The XX Factor

-A federal judge ruled that cheerleading cannot be considered a sport under Title IX, but cheer advocates aren't throwing in the towel . [ New York Times ]

- Details emerge about Jeffrey Epstein 's slimy sex mansion. [ Daily Beast ]

-Facebook issues an apology to Sarah Palin for deleting her post about construction of a Ground Zero mosque. [ Politico ]

-The owner of teen gossip site StickyDrama recorded a rape and kept the evidence on his hard drive for three months. [ Gawker ]

- Is Don Draper the devil ? [ L.A. Times ]

Photograph of cheerleaders by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images.