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NY Archdiocese Closing Dozens of Churches | Al Jazeera America
On a warm and sultry summer night, a couple dozen worshippers gathered recently at the Church of the Nativity in New York City’s East Village for a mass celebrating the life of Dorothy Day, founder of the Catholic Worker Movement dedicated to helpin…
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Diane Keaton joins Vatican drama – BBC News
Oscar-winner Diane Keaton will star opposite Jude Law in a new Sky drama about the Vatican. The Young Pope will feature the Annie Hall actress as an American nun living in the Vatican City, alongside Law’s fictional Pope Pius XIII.
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People’s Climate March: the revolution starts here | Ricken Patel | Environment | The Guardian
Creating a world powered on clean energy to save ourselves from climate catastrophe is a central challenge of our time, and requires a revolutionary transition in our economies.
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Elizabeth Alexander on What Poetry Does for the Human Soul | Brain Pickings
Elizabeth Alexander is among the most entrancing and spiritually invigorating poets of our time, and only the fourth poet in history to read at a U.S. presidential inauguration. Her recent memoir, The Light of the World, is one of the most breathtak…
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These Mugs Will Remind You That Life Can Always Be Worse
At $215,000 of a $25,000 goal, with a little less than three days left in the Kickstarter, Don Moyer has added mugs to his Calamityware line. These are called “Things-Could-Be-Worse” mugs. And boy are they: giant frogs, robots, pteranodons…
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With a restful duck pond at the main entrance and an arboretum of 1,400 labeled trees and shrubs dwarfing the few ball fields on its campus, Haverford College looks nothing like an athletic powerhouse.
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Zion Harvey, 8, becomes youngest double hand transplant recipient – BBC News
An eight-year-old boy in America has become the youngest recipient of a double hand transplant. Four teams of surgeons worked over 11 hours to complete the complicated operation.
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Cecil the lion: US hunter ‘regrets’ killing – BBC News
Walter Palmer a dentist from Minnesota is believed to have paid bout $50,000 (£32,000) to hunt Cecil. Zimbabwe is battling to curb illegal hunting and poaching which threatens to make some of its wildlife extinct.
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Calais: one dead as 1,500 migrants try to storm Eurotunnel again | UK news | The Guardian
One person was found dead as at least 1,500 migrants trying to reach England made a further overnight attempt to enter the Eurotunnel terminal at the French port town of Calais, police said on Wednesday morning.
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LONDON — When Tasnime Akunjee’s father, a university student from a middle-class family in Bangladesh, came to Britain in the early 1970s, he thought the streets of London would be paved with gold. Literally. “In those days, Britain had a powerful s…
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Bangladesh Upholds Opp. Leader Death Sentence | Al Jazeera America
The Supreme Court of Bangladesh on Wednesday upheld the death sentence for an influential opposition leader and an aide to a former prime minister for his role in mass killings during the country’s independence war against Pakistan in 1971. Chief Ju…
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Eight Australian men charged in ‘paedophile ring’ – BBC News
An Australian father is one of eight men charged with 503 child sex offences, including sexual slavery, against his 13-year-old daughter. The Perth man is accused of running the alleged paedophile ring involving men he knew, aged 35 to 47.
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Theodor Geisel (March 2, 1904–September 24, 1991), better known as Dr. Seuss, is one of the most beloved children’s book authors of all time.
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Barclays reports 25% rise in profits – BBC News
Barclays bank has reported a 25% rise in statutory pre-tax profits to £3.14bn for the six months to the end of June. Profits last year were £2.55bn. The bank also set aside a further £850m to compensate customers – including further claims for mis-s…
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Grandmaster Flash lost crates of vintage vinyl in car park mix-up – BBC News
Hip-hop pioneer Grandmaster Flash says he lost three crates of irreplaceable vintage vinyl when a valet mistakenly gave his car to the wrong person. Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, he said some of the collection dated back decades.
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Amazon suggests a separate airspace for delivery drones – BBC News
US online retailer Amazon has called for a separate air space zone for commercial drone flights that could deliver goods to customers. The zone would have the unmanned vehicles flying below normal planes at a height of 200 to 400 feet.
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The most skin-crawling portraits ever – in pictures | Art and design | The Guardian
Bone Structure I: Posterior, 2015. All photographs: Can Pekdemir Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close
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17-year-old boy dies after New Mexico emergency dispatcher told a woman attending to the shot and dying boy to “deal with it yourself” during an argument on the telephone (news.yahoo.com)submitted 2 minutes ago by loading…[–]jay_bro[S] [score hidd…
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The World Bank’s view that we need to grow 50% more food by 2050 to feed 9 billion people, while finding ways to reduce carbon emissions from agriculture at the same time, ignores one very simple fact – we already grow enough food for 10 billion peo…
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If you want to understand how modern British and American intelligence services operate, you could do worse than visit the new exhibition that opens at Bletchley Park this week.
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Interview with Aussie visual artist and graphic designer Nikki Flux
To say Nikki Flux has ‘made it’ is an understatement. This Aussie visual artist and graphic designer recently won the MIMCO Design Project with her State of Flux bag concept. She is constantly taking on new projects to keep busy, not always in the c…
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Top 10 hotels in Vancouver | Travel | The Guardian
This is the only hotel on Granville Island – the late-1970s experiment in urban renewal of the once-industrial False Creek area, which has become one of Vancouver’s most successful public spaces.
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Wait, do you not have pancakes in Europe? Or is it just the “comically large stack of pancakes drowning in syrup with a butter patty on top” that makes it American?
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Techmeme: Windows 10 Free Upgrade Available in 190 Countries Today (Terry Myerson/Windows Blog)
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House Conservative Files Motion to Oust Boehner | Al Jazeera America
Rep. Mark Meadows of North Carolina on Tuesday filed a resolution to vacate the chair, an initial procedural step. Meadows is a member of the House Freedom Caucus, a group often at odds with Boehner.
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GOP Congressman Launches Bid to Oust Boehner — NYMag
Republicans have revolted against House Speaker John Boehner on numerous occasions, but since the last embarrassing but ineffective coup attempt in January, there hasn’t been much grumbling about stripping him of the speakership.
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AFL taunts at Adam Goodes reignite racism row – BBC News
Australian Football League (AFL) star Adam Goodes says he is taking time off, as a row over racism in the game shows no sign of dying down.
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Fancy swimming in a bright pink lake? In Senegal you can!
by in Cool Travel There are a lot of wonderful things to see in Senegal, but if there’s one thing you absolutely must see in this small African nation, it’s Lake Retba. This colourful lake lies north of the Cap Vert peninsula of Senegal, just 30km …
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Chastity Belt’s Julia Shapiro on why “Happy” makes her anything but · HateSong · The A.V. Club
In HateSong, we ask our favorite musicians, writers, comedians, actors, and so forth to expound on the one song they hate most in the world. The hater: A four-piece group out of Seattle, Chastity Belt blends DIY sounds with references to John Carpen…
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For most of the history of television, the barrier to syndication—and to profitability—has been 100 episodes. The shows that have made it to that mark are an unusual group. Many were big hits. Some found small cult audiences.
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2015 Gathering Of The Juggalos: Children, a wedding, and Juggalos For Jesus · Recap · The A.V. Club
The word “family” is ubiquitous at the Gathering Of The Juggalos, the infamous yearly festival of arts and culture thrown by Detroit’s notorious Insane Clown Posse.
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Alive past five: 16 late sequels that are actually quite good · Inventory · The A.V. Club
It’s conventional wisdom that most film franchises stay fresh for only a few installments; the well of ideas tends to run dry around the time producers have to decide between slapping a “5” on the end of a title or coming up with a subtitle that doe…
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Girl party · Savage Love · The A.V. Club
I have always wanted to have a girls-only sex party, but I’m not sure how I feel about actually organizing one.
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The Erotic Rites Of Frankenstein · Film Review · The A.V. Club
No reasonable person would say that Jesús “Jess” Franco was an artist of the same magnitude as Orson Welles, but the two men did have a lot in common, besides the Spanish director serving as an assistant on Chimes At Midnight.
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Unleash your Aztec pride with Ultima Lucha · What’s On Tonight · The A.V. Club
Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Wednesday, July 29. All times are Eastern. Lucha Underground (El Rey, 8 p.m.): Maybe you’ve missed it, but Lucha Underground has been one of the best shows on television since October.
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Wet Hot American Summer: First Day Of Camp · Season 1 · TV Review · The A.V. Club
Plenty of fans first encountered Wet Hot American Summer on a television screen.
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Tips For Traveling With Young Children – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
Family vacations can be a time for bonding and building lasting memories, but when young children are involved, trips can also be stressful to plan and execute.
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FT. LAUDERDALE, FL—Repeatedly referring to himself as “on fire” and “in the zone” on that particular day, local office worker Kenneth Michelson was reportedly still talking this week about an incredibly productive afternoon he had nearly four months…
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Donald J. Trump seemed irritated. He had been grilled for two hours in a lawsuit over a failed Florida real estate project, and he told the lawyer that her questions were “very stupid.” When the lawyer, Elizabeth Beck, asked for a medical break, Mr.
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‘Leaders and lifters’ help ants move massive meals – BBC News
Scientists in Israel have discovered how ants co-operate to move big chunks of food back to their nests. They appear to have a mathematically perfect balance between individuality and conformism, the researchers said.
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Baby giraffe whose birth was streamed live on internet dies at Dallas zoo | US news | The Guardian
A baby giraffe whose birth at the Dallas zoo was viewed live on the internet worldwide has died in an accident. A Dallas zoo statement said Kipenzi, three months old, died about 5.30pm on Tuesday when she ran into a perimeter edge of a barn that is …
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Death at the Elvis museum | Brandon Harris | US news | The Guardian
Paul MacLeod may very well have been the most famous Elvis memorabilia collector of all time. He was certainly the stuff of regional legend, a gun-toting, mile-a-minute talker with a questionable relationship to the truth.
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You’ve Got Graboids: The First Trailer for Tremors 5: Bloodlines
Oh yay, yay, yay. Judging from this trailer, Tremors 5 is exactly what we want from this franchise. Which, let’s be honest, is mostly Burt Gummer (Michael Gross) and his sass.
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Syfy achieves its highest self, orders show about blood-drinking cars · Newswire · The A.V. Club
As the only network on the airwaves solely devoted to science fiction—that branch of literature that explore the heights and depths of the human condition through the lens of the amazing and the fantastic, often shortened to the simple sobriquet “Sy…
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Cecil the lion’s killer is being slayed on the Internet (and rightly so)
Earlier this month, Cecil the lion – one of the most treasured lions in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park – was found shot, beheaded and skinned. This week it was reported that an American man paid a local $55,000 for the opportunity to hunt down Ceci…
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Golden Gate Ventures Unwraps $50M Fund For Southeast Asia | TechCrunch
Founders, assemble! There’s a new fund from a familiar face in Southeast Asia. Singapore-based Golden Gate Ventures just announced its second, $50 million fund to support startups in the region and international companies looking to move into Southe…
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NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory – Day-Night Band Imagery of Blizzard
A combination of the day-night band and high resolution infrared imagery from the Suomi NPP satellite shows the historic blizzard near peak intensity as it moves over the New York through Boston Metropolitan areas at 06:45Z (1:45 am EST) on January …
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Malik Ishaq Pakistan Sunni militant chief killed – BBC News
Pakistani police say they have shot dead Malik Ishaq, the leader of banned Sunni militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. Ishaq, who had been detained last week, was in a prison convoy in Punjab province when supporters opened fire in an attempt to free hi…
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Channel Tunnel: Migrant flow at Calais ‘too much to handle’ – BBC News
The flow of migrants trying to get into Britain from Calais appears “too much” for the UK government to handle, a spokesman for Eurotunnel has said. About 2,000 migrants tried to enter the Channel Tunnel terminal in Calais on Monday night in a bid t…
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What has Obama’s visit done for Africa – BBC News
When Barack Obama stepped off Air Force One in Kenya it felt like a moment of affirmation and an opportunity to use the US president’s words to “call on the world to change its approach to Africa”. As a continent, it depends less on aid now than it …
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Techmeme: Razer says it will pay what Ouya owes to indie devs (Brian Crecente/Polygon)
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Valley where life is just a bowl of cherries | Environment | The Guardian
A plate of cherries, entered in the fruit class at the village show, prompts reminiscence of old trees that, in the last century, still produced the sweet black cherries peculiar to the Tamar valley.
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Brazil businessman Odebrecht charged in corruption scandal – BBC News
The president of Brazil’s construction giant Odebrecht has been charged with corruption and money laundering. Marcelo Odebrecht is accused of paying millions of dollars in bribes to senior officials at the state oil company Petrobras to secure lucra…
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Windows 10 launch is a ‘new era’, says Microsoft boss – BBC News
Windows 10 marks a “new era” for personal computing, Microsoft’s chief executive has said. The software, launched globally on Wednesday, is the company’s attempt to reverse its fortunes in the mobile industry.
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Beijing must not win 2022 Winter Olympics bid, say human rights activists | Sport | The Guardian
Chinese activists are calling on the International Olympic Committee to reject Beijing’s bid to host the 2022 Winter Games in response to what they call a human rights crisis in the country.
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Microsoft’s last version of Windows is finally here: Windows 10 is arguably the best version of the ubiquitous operating system. But the question is, should you upgrade for free immediately? Or will it be another Windows 8 moment?
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PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — A small favor for a killer’s daughter. A stolen kiss and a furtive sexual encounter. And ultimately, sneaking tools past guards for use in an audacious escape from a maximum-security prison. Such were the moments in Joyce E.
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8 GIFs to mourn the firing of Mexican soccer coach Miguel Herrera
Despite leading Mexico to a Gold Cup title last weekend and despite the fact that El Tri is heading into a one-game playoff showdown with the U.S.
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APOD: 2015 July 28 – Rainbows and Rays over Bryce Canyon
Explanation: What’s happening over Bryce Canyon? Two different optical effects that were captured in one image taken earlier this month. Both effects needed to have the Sun situated directly behind the photographer.
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Google Straps Aclima Sensors To Street View Cars To Map Air Pollution | TechCrunch
If a city knows what intersections are full of smog, it could add trees or change stop light schedules to improve the air its citizens breathe. Google Earth’s Outreach program that equips non-profits and public-benefit organizations with data wants …
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Xbox chief doesn’t see ‘as much value’ in TV cable box features | The Verge
When Microsoft originally unveiled the Xbox One nearly two years ago, the software maker was focused heavily on entertainment. Reaction was swift and critical from fans, and the launch quickly turned into a disaster.
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Microsoft is working on streaming PC games to Xbox One | The Verge
Microsoft’s Windows 10 operating system debuts today, enabling Xbox One game streaming to PCs. While that’s a neat feature for Xbox One owners, Microsoft is working on streaming PC games to Xbox One consoles too.
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TIL scientists attached stilts to the legs of ants to prove that ants return to their nests by counting their steps. The ants with stilts overshot their nest by roughly 50% due to the new length of their steps. (bio-pro.de)
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You can now upgrade to Windows 10 | The Verge
Windows 10 is here. After nine months of public beta testing, the final version is rolling out to machines across the world. You can now upgrade to Windows 10 free of charge if you have Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 on your existing PC.
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Barely more than a week before the Super Bowl, he appeared at a news conference wearing a sweatshirt, slacks and a woolen Patriots hat, and a two-day growth of beard. He affected a soft, doe-eyed innocence.
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Between her upcoming HBO special and the Netflix documentary that was recently released about her, comedian Tig Notaro is having a 2015 that’s a hell of a lot better than her 2012, when a series of personal catastrophes came very close to ending her…
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Sea Shepherd releases confronting anti-whaling statement – video | Environment | The Guardian
Marine conservation group Sea Shepherd has released an anti-whaling video starring actor David Field. He plays a man who is shot in the back by a harpoon before being dragged to his death.
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Surf’s up in North Korea as tourism expedition put its toe in the water | World news | The Guardian
A professional surfer who coaches the Chinese national surf team, and a tourism agency in New Jersey, Uri Tours, plan a surfing expedition and training camp in North Korea in September, touting its pristine beaches, virgin waves and potential to bec…
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Tony Abbott wrong on coal being ‘good for humanity’, Oxfam report shows | Environment | The Guardian
Tony Abbott is mistaken in claiming coal is “good for humanity”, with the fossil fuel causing numerous health problems and ineffective in delivering electricity to the world’s poor compared with renewables, a new Oxfam report has shown.
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Ants have an astonishing ability to mix collective muscle with individual initiative for heavy lifting, a study has revealed.
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Cinemax silences Banshee · Newswire · The A.V. Club
The small town of Banshee, Pennsylvania is closing its doors, forcing its diverse population of con men, plucky criminals, and morally compromised police deputies out into the street.
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Turkey president Erdogan in China amid Uighur tensions – BBC News
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in Beijing for a state visit to meet Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. Mr Erdogan is leading a delegation of businessmen in talks expected to focus on economic ties.
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China’s navy has carried out a “live firing drill” in the South China Sea to improve its maritime combat ability, state media has reported as tensions flare over the disputed waters.
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“Lillian’s Birthday” · Another Period · TV Review · The A.V. Club
The word “manic” just might be the key to Another Period, as every episode comes across as though the show’s characters have just taken a hit or three of “romance powder” before entering a scene. That’s meant in the best way possible.
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Mexican Court Sentences Five Men for Femicides | Al Jazeera America
Five men in northern Mexico were sentenced to an unprecedented 697 years in prison for the gender-driven killing of 11 women, a state where hundreds of young women have been murdered since 1990.
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Chelsea 2-2 Barcelona (Chelsea win 4-2 on penalties) | Match report | Football | The Guardian
Any manager worth his salt will argue that only a fool would delve too much into how a side performs before the real action starts.
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Open thread for night owls: The sinking of the poaching vessel ‘Thunder’
Industrial-scale violators of fishing bans and protected areas are a main reason more than half of the world’s major fishing grounds have been depleted and by some estimates over 90 percent of the ocean’s large fish like marlin, tuna and swordfish h…
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WASHINGTON — President Obama has submitted himself for a grilling on the set of “The Daily Show” with Jon Stewart three times. But on at least two occasions, Mr. Obama also secretly met with the comedian on his own imposing turf. In 2011 and again i…
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Here’s the Trailer for Bay’s Fiery Benghazi Pic — Vulture
Come for the politics, stay for the beards. In an alternate dimension with no Pam, Jim Halpert and Roy Anderson have grown epic beards and decided that nobody should mess with them. (Actually, there are a lot of beards in here.
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The winter storm that brought heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain to much of the south-central U.S. has moved off the east coast.
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New Theory of the Molecular Origins of Life
When life on Earth began nearly 4 billion years ago, long before humans, dinosaurs or even the earliest single-celled forms of life roamed, it may have started as a hiccup rather than a roar: small, simple molecular building blocks known as “monomer…
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Obama Won’t Pardon Snowden Due to Petition — NYMag
The internet is a powerful tool, but it’s not powerful enough to make the White House give Edward Snowden a “full, free, and absolute pardon” for blowing the whistle on NSA surveillance programs.
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A temple in southern Nepal known for the mass slaughter of animals at a festival every five years has indefinitely banned animal sacrifice, India’s Humane Society International said Tuesday.
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What On Earth Could Make Channing Tatum Leave Gambit?
This isn’t official or anything, and let’s hope that something gets worked out, but sources have told The Wrap that Channing Tatum is in the process of walking away from Gambit. There aren’t any major details yet, all The Wrap says is that Tatum and…
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Samuel Pisar, who survived Auschwitz as a boy to become a successful lawyer, an adviser to presidents and the creator of the text for Leonard Bernstein’s symphony “Kaddish,” died on Monday in Manhattan. He was 86. His daughter Leah Pisar-Haas said t…
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In 2012, the U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya, was assaulted by a group of armed attackers. The incident ended in the deaths of four American citizens, including Ambassador J.
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Techmeme: Citrix aims to simplify, unload GoTo business as CEO retires (Larry Dignan/ZDNet)
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Nokia reveals Ozo, a futuristic new camera for filming virtual reality | The Verge
Microsoft bought Nokia’s handset business in 2013, two big questions hovered above all. The first was “why,” and we never got a convincing answer: Microsoft wrote off $7.6 billion in Nokia costs this month, higher than the purchase price.
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The European Union has said it is investigating whether Disneyland Paris is overcharging customers from certain countries in breach of the bloc’s laws. The European commission said it had received several complaints about the theme park east of the …
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A Peruvian military operation in the Andes has secured the release of more than a dozen people who were kidnapped by the Shining Path rebel group up to 25 years ago.
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The United Nations Security Council scheduled a vote for Wednesday on a draft resolution that would create a tribunal to prosecute those found responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014. The jetl…
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Kurdish leader decries Turkey’s ‘safe zone’ plan in Syria – BBC News
A “safe zone” Turkey and the US are creating in Syria is an attempt by Ankara to stop Kurds from forming their own territory, the leader of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party has told the BBC.
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Lightweight, sleek and totally on-point: You need to check out these earphones
When you purchase in-ear headphones, you usually have two choices – earbuds that stay in your ears but with pitiful audio quality, or earbuds with great audio quality that just don’t stay in your ears.
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Free-falling miles above the desert, his test spaceship ripped to pieces and the frigid air hard to breathe, pilot Peter Siebold struggled through crippling injuries to turn on his oxygen and just to stay conscious.
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Victory’s $19,999 Empulse TT electric motorcycle can go 140 miles on a charge | The Verge
If the Empulse TT looks familiar, there’s a good reason: it’s a refreshed and rebadged version of the Brammo Empulse.
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According to The Hollywood Reporter, Colin Minihan and Stuart Ortiz (Grave Encounters) have been hired to direct Temple, a new “horror-thriller” from Simon Barrett, the writer behind the well-received horror-thriller The Guest.
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Yelp, the consumer review website, reported a surprise loss and forecast revenue for the current quarter that fell far below market expectations, sending its shares plummeting in after-hours trading on Tuesday.
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During the government’s long crackdown on insider trading in the hedge fund industry, investigators often looked for ties among a loose circle of friends.
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NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory – Intense Weather Weekend for the United States
The United States has endured 8 straight days through May 10 with tornado reports from Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Colorado, including 52 reports on May 6, 53 reports on May 9 and 26 reports on May 10.
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Artists and environmental activists have called on the Darwin festival to reject sponsorship from the energy company Santos because of its work to frack land in the Northern Territory for shale gas.
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Saif al-Islam Gaddafi: The rise and fall – BBC News
Not too long ago, playboy Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was heir-apparent to an oil-rich dictatorship. Now he finds himself with a death sentence after having been in prison for almost four years.
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In an innocuous bit of entertainment news that would probably be a lot more startling if it leapt, screaming at you, from out of a darkened corridor, the planned film adaptation of stunningly successful camera simulator Five Nights At Freddy’s has f…
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Los Angeles bans gun magazines larger than 10 rounds | US news | The Guardian
Los Angeles city council has voted unanimously to ban the possession of large-capacity gun magazines, following San Francisco to become the second major city in California to take that step.
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Donald Trump distances himself from lawyer’s marital rape comments | US news | The Guardian
Donald Trump has distanced himself from controversial comments on rape made by his lawyer and spokesperson, saying Michael Cohen did not speak for him.
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PARIS — Under cover of darkness, group after group of migrants made their way to the Eurotunnel compound in Calais, France, overnight on Monday, climbing over fences and other barriers in a desperate bid to board freight trains bound for Britain. By…
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PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — A small favor for a killer’s daughter. A stolen kiss and a furtive sexual encounter. And ultimately, sneaking tools past guards for use in an audacious escape from a maximum-security prison. Such were the moments in Joyce E.
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During the government’s long crackdown on insider trading in the hedge fund industry, investigators often looked for ties among a loose circle of friends.
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TOKYO — Not long after he took over as president of Japan’s dominant business newspaper in April, Naotoshi Okada delivered a message to his 1,300 reporters and editors.
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RIO DE JANEIRO — The sweeping corruption scandal shaking Brazil’s establishment intensified on Tuesday after the police arrested the mastermind of the military’s secret nuclear program during the 1970s and ’80s.
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“Oldest Panda” Celebrates With an Ice-Sculpture Cake and World Records
We can’t call giant panda Jia Jia the oldest panda in the world, because there are around 1,600 wild pandas roaming around out there. We can, however, salute her new title as “Oldest Panda Living in Captivity,” which she does at Hong Kong’s Ocean Pa…
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North Korea completes rocket launch site revamp, says US thinktank | World news | The Guardian
An upgrade of North Korea’s main rocket launch site now appears complete amid expectations in rival South Korea that a launch could take place in October, according to a US monitoring institute.
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The top American military commander urged United Nations member states on Tuesday to increase their commitments to its global peacekeeping forces, warning of what he called an unsustainable imbalance caused by too few contributors. The commander, Ge…
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Since 2013, Good Morning To You Productions has been working on a documentary about the “Happy Birthday” song and its complicated origin.
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Donald J. Trump seemed irritated. He had been grilled for two hours in a lawsuit over a failed Florida real estate project, and he told the lawyer that her questions were “very stupid.” When the lawyer, Elizabeth Beck, asked for a medical break, Mr.
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Australia encouraged by support for MH17 crash tribunal – BBC News
Australia says it is encouraged by UN Security Council support for an international criminal tribunal into last year’s MH17 crash. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has returned to New York to lobby for the establishment of the tribunal.
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Republicans make peace after days of high drama | TheHill
Senate Republicans appeared eager Tuesday to lay down their arms after days of intraparty strife over highway legislation.
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Yes! Telafonica’s latest album has just dropped
It was between 2012 and 2014 that Telafonica slowly carved away at their new album. It took a while to piece everything together as members got married, applied for doctorates, undertook archaeological digs – you know, the usual stuff that happens i…
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A fire that erupted Tuesday at a furniture factory east of Cairo killed 25 people and injured 22, Egypt’s Health Ministry said. It appeared that the blaze in Obour started when a gas cylinder exploded, a security official said.
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WASHINGTON — One man was thought to be the first Anglican minister in the Americas. Another, an early explorer of the Mid-Atlantic region, was a rival of Capt. John Smith’s. And two of them, kin of Sir Thomas West’s, the governor of Virginia, helped…
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Trump camp tested by ‘rape’ remark | TheHill
Donald Trump’s campaign moved quickly Tuesday to distance the candidate from a controversial remark about rape from a top adviser.
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The Only Metric That Matters For Content Marketing | TechCrunch
At Pixable, we — like almost every digital property — are in the eyeball game. We are one of thousands of media companies competing for attention, and, in our case, we seek the attention of young, highly social readers with seemingly infinite intere…
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Techmeme: Investors pour $16M into Tripping, a vacation rental search engine (Sean O’Neill/Tnooz)
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Ten steps to improve your photography – BBC News
Whether you take pictures purely for your own pleasure or have ambitions to build a career for yourself through photography, there comes a time when you have to stop snapping and start making pictures.
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Another Christie corruption case is moving forward
Not in dispute: after the sheriff of Hunterdon County and two subordinates were indicted on 43 counts by a grand jury, the Christie administration that very day moved in to strip the case from local prosecutors, promptly asking the judge to overturn…
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OnePlus 2 is coming, but it’s not what it claims to be
As it turns out, OnePlus seems to be creeping closer to the companies and devices it was aiming to topple. The OnePlus 2 is a flagship device wearing the title of flagship killer. OnePlus loses this advantage when it comes to carriers.
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Our climate may be screwed, but at least it makes for some good stories | Grist
Humans just love a post-apocalyptic story, maybe because we’re ceaselessly obsessed with our own mortality. There’s no other explanation for the success of things like Planet of the Apes, 28 Days Later, or that Beyoncé video. (Just kidding — all of …
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Illustrator is drawing every item in his late grandfather’s tool shed – Boing Boing
Artist Lee John Phillips has begun to lovingly draw the over 100,000 items housed in his late grandfather’s toolshed. He plans to catalog every single tool, part, gadget, and bit of hardware over the course of the next five years.
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Must Presidential Visits Be Regal Affairs? | | Observer
President Obama just shattered another long-standing tradition: he didn’t stay at the Waldorf-Astoria during his visit to New York City this past weekend, and is apparently not planning to use the venerable Park Avenue tower during September’s meeti…
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Study suggests elderly men love porn—and they feel weird about it
Spoiler alert: Men your grandfather’s age love looking at porn. But they don’t feel any better about that fact than you do. A study of 2,000 men aged 50 and older confirms that plenty of them are looking at pornography online.
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Everyone Wants to Know What Happened to Windows 9 | WIRED
Windows 10 is here—but the masses want to know, where is Windows 9? Well, it’s nowhere. Microsoft went ahead and skipped from Windows 8.1 to 10 and boy are people confused. What happened to Windows 9!? https://t.co/jpt2eEDMTA
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Will Windows 10 prove a winner for Microsoft? – BBC News
The world’s most used operating system has made it into double figures. Windows 10 is destined to change the way millions of us interact with our computers and gives Microsoft’s chief executive, Satya Nadella, the opportunity to steer the company in…
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We hadn’t been married that long when we first sought the help of a couples therapist. Our son was a toddler. I remember that the therapist had covered an entire wall of her office in framed photographs of the same black horse.
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NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory – New Analysis of Ocean Color for World Ocean Day
June 8th is World Ocean Day, and starting this month, NOAA has a more accurate analysis of global phytoplankton concentrations, also known as “ocean color.” This image shows the average global phytoplankton concentration for the month of May 2015.
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This fed-up bicyclist moves a car with his bare hands | Grist
Bicycling around the city isn’t always easy. It requires sweating up countless glute-busting hills, being hyper-aware of clueless drivers, and occasionally navigating some truly infuriating bike lanes.
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NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory – Hurricane Blanca Strengthens, Winds to 130 MPH
Blanca has rapidly intensified with an increase in wind speed of 60 knots since 1200Z on June 2. The hurricane has developed a distinct pinhole eye in visible images surrounded by very deep convection.
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It is nice to be an idealist in college. Subjects like history and economics will always be useful, particularly if one aspires to a position of responsibility.
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Ebola: ‘Isn’t that over yet?’ – BBC News
When I told people earlier this month that I was off to West Africa again to cover the Ebola outbreak, the resounding response was, “Isn’t that over yet?”The short answer is no, but there is a lot more to it than that. The outbreak has been “nearly …
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High Bridge Ascendant | | Observer
The reopening of High Bridge, the oldest bridge in New York City, is cause for celebration. It’s also an opportunity to reflect on how far New York has come since this bridge first opened in 1848, for the purpose of delivering water from the Old Cro…
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Labor Wrestles Over Choice Of Clinton Or Sanders | Al Jazeera America
The 2016 presidential primary contest has fostered discord within some of America’s biggest labor unions, weakening frontrunner Hillary Clinton’s lock on the support of a key Democratic constituency.
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BAGHDAD — In the days after reaching an agreement with the United States to combat mayhem in Syria and Iraq, Turkey said it had vaulted itself into the battle against extremists menacing Turkish security. But the extremists the Turks have in mind ar…
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Some California farmers are ditching popular crops for less thirsty varieties | Grist
As I grew up in Southern California, avocados and oranges were always a family favorite. We looked forward to the warmer months when the local fruits became bountiful and dotted farmers markets and restaurant menus everywhere.
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NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory – Four Tropical Systems, Four Seas
From left to right: Tropical Cyclone Olwyn in the Indian Ocean heads south for landfall near Learmonth on the west coast of Australia, Tropical Cyclone Nathan meanders northeast of Cooktown, Queensland, Australia in the Coral Sea, Tropical Cyclone P…
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NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory – Great Lakes Total Ice Cover Nears 85%
The NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory is showing total ice cover of 84.4% as of February 22, 2015, well above the long term average and closing in on last year’s mark of 92.5% coverage on March 6, 2014.
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BAGHDAD — In the days after reaching an agreement with the United States to combat mayhem in Syria and Iraq, Turkey said it had vaulted itself into the battle against extremists menacing Turkish security. But the extremists the Turks have in mind ar…
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Michael Faraday Was the World’s Most Badass Insurance Investigator
Michael Faraday, the guy famous for the Faraday cage, didn’t just spend his life tinkering with electricity. He was also an insurance investigator who, just occasionally, set stuff on fire in the courtroom if a jury didn’t believe him.
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Mailman of the year raises donations for boy who just wants to read
What started off as a request for something that most people wish they have less of turned into a heartwarming story. Desert News reports Flores told Lynch that he was looking for something to read.
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Why is the US still using a Nazi tall ship? – BBC News
The Eagle was built by the Nazis and fought for Hitler in World War Two – so how did a tall ship that once flew the swastika end up as a training vessel for all new recruits to the US Coast Guard? Driving home along the coast of Connecticut one wint…
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The activist hedge fund Elliott Management has scored another victory in its battle with a technology company. Citrix Systems said on Tuesday that it had agreed to make several changes, including replacing its longtime chief executive and giving Ell…
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A Breaking Bad café just opened and it’s the coolest thing ever
In Istanbul, coffee lovers are satisfying their caffeine addiction at a Breaking Bad-themed café called Walter’s Coffee Roastery. Inspired by the hit TV show, entrepreneur Deniz Kosan set out to make his very own meth lab – albeit without the meth.
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Archaeologists Identify Bodies of Lost Leaders of Jamestown
An explorer, a nobleman, a soldier, and a chaplain: four men who might have been forgotten to history had they not been brought together to establish the first permanent British settlement in America. And now, four hundred years later, their bodies …
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Tommy Lee Jones to scowl at Matt Damon in next Bourne movie · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Matt Damon will once again be putting on the iconic nondescript outfit and generic, Matt Damon-y haircut of Jason Bourne for a yet-untitled fifth Bourne movie, and Variety is reporting that famous Hollywood tough guy Tommy Lee Jones will be joining …
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Chelsea v Barcelona: International Champions Cup – live! | Football | The Guardian
Diego Costa collides with Serge Aurier. Photograph: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images
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UN Calls Syria Crisis ‘Shameful’ As Rebels Mount Offensive Toward Assad’s Home Province | VICE News
Syrian rebels have reportedly launched a major offensive toward the home province of President Bashar al-Assad, as the UN relief coordinator presented yet another dismal report about humanitarian conditions in the war-torn country.
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Facebook is testing out LinkedIn-style profile tags | The Verge
Facebook seems to be taking a cue from LinkedIn and is early in the process of testing a new feature — profile tags. Verge reader Luke M.
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Comedy Central announces premiere dates for South Park and more · Newswire · The A.V. Club
We already knew Trevor Noah would be kicking off his stint as the new host of The Daily Show on September 28, where he will no doubt face a generous and open-minded audience eager to give him time to find his comedic groove.
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Twitter says it’s struggling to attract new users, teases major changes
In what was one of Twitter’s most candid earnings calls to date, interim CEO Jack Dorsey and CFO Anthony Noto agreed: Twitter is still failing at convincing people to use its service. This lack of growth could mean serious changes on the horizon.
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The last Catholic priest in the Antarctic – BBC News
Every southern summer for the past 57 years, Catholic priests from New Zealand have packed their warmest clothes and travelled some 4,000km (2,500 miles) south, to the frozen wastelands of the Antarctic.
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Iris Apfel: ‘I think dressing up should be fun’ – BBC News
Iris Apfel is a fashion icon and the toast of the ‘frow’ – the front row at fashion shows. She picks up her accessories from flea markets and wears distinctive large framed glasses.
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Turkish air strikes: Who is being targeted? – BBC News
Turkey has begun bombing targets in both Syria and Iraq, but they are not just bombing Islamic State fighters – they have also been targeting Kurdish militants. The BBC’s Paul Adams explain who is being hit, where, and why.
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Twitter Has a Problem: Most People Still Don’t Get It | WIRED
The big problem at Twitter? The number of people who really use the thing. Power users love to tweet, but n00bs just don’t get it.
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One of the coolest things you can ever do is visit Bangkok’s floating markets
Bangkok is a photographer’s dream with its incredible architecture and dizzying nightlife, but if you want to take a photo that will still be talked about years from now, head just outside of the city to the Damnoen Saduak Floating Market. Yes, floa…
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Ferguson Mayor on Protests: ‘I Wasn’t There’ | Al Jazeera America
FERGUSON, Mo. – One year after the killing of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer spurred massive protests, residents and city officials say they’re trying to move forward.
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Are the youth of Seattle more afraid of an earthquake or climate change? | Grist
Seattle’s Capitol Hill Block Party is really nothing like a block party, unless everyone else grew up with a lot more Molly in the lemonade served in their childhood neighborhoods. The fact that it’s way more of a summer festival than a neighborhood…
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An Iconic Image of Haitian Liberty – The New Yorker
On News Desk today, Edwidge Danticat writes about the legacy of the U.S. occupation of Haiti, which began a hundred years ago, on July 28, 1915. “It is very hard to figure out what to commemorate, what to remember and what to forget, during a ninete…
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The Long Legacy of Occupation in Haiti – The New Yorker
I am writing this in Les Cayes, Haiti, where one of the worst massacres of civilians took place on December 6, 1929, during the nineteen-year American occupation of Haiti, an occupation that began a hundred years ago today.
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Jon Stewart Secretly Visited Barack Obama in White House | Rolling Stone
Jon Stewart had private meetings with President Obama during crucial times in his administration. The Daily Show host met with the commander in chief on two occasions, in 2011 and in 2014, according to The New York Times. Politico discovered the mee…
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Terrified about That Earthquake? Here’s what to do about it | Grist
How at risk am I? It depends. One of the most attention-getting lines in Schulz’s original piece was a quote from FEMA official Kenneth Murphy, who said that after the earthquake anything west of I-5 will be “toast.
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Daniel Crespo Jr. was in class last fall when his mother, Lyvette, called. He let it go to voice mail. She texted him: “Please come home. It’s your dad.” Daniel Jr. was 19, small and shy — as he would later admit to the prosecutor, the meekest of th…
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Legacy Republic Acquires Yarly To Build Up Its Workforce For Digitizing Family Photos | TechCrunch
Legacy Republic, which is building a freelance workforce to help families digitize their photos and videos, just acquired competitor Yarly. Digitization company YesVideo launched its Legacy Republic initiative last fall.
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NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory – Storms on the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts
Heavy rain and snow possible over the northeastern states and heavy rain possible over parts of the northern California and Pacific Northwest coasts. Low pressure over the Ohio Valley will be absorbed by the deepening storm along the Mid-Atlantic an…
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Virgin Galactic crash blamed on “single human error” – Boing Boing
Federal safety officials say the maker of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo, Scaled Composites, is at fault for not anticipating the copilot error that caused the spaceship’s disintegration during a test flight nine months ago.
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New York City has decided to actually pay attention to city money paid to Verizon after city officials discovered Verizon’s broadband-related-promises don’t always hold up to scrutiny.
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Microsoft announces August’s free games for Xbox Live Gold members
Xbox gamers rejoice, because some awesome games are coming to Gold subscribers in August. Xbox One gamers can get in on some espionage action with Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes. It’s an epilogue to Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain which is c…
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Brazil Enlists Drones to Help Eradicate Slave Labor | VICE News
The Brazilian government will start deploying a small army of drones as part of its latest effort to eradicate human trafficking in remote parts of the country.
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In our exclusive investigation, VICE News host Simon Ostrovsky went to one of Tokyo’s busiest neighborhoods, where girls solicit clients in their school uniforms.
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GOP lawmaker seeks to oust Boehner | TheHill
Conservative Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) confirmed Tuesday he introduced a resolution to oust House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) from his leadership post — the latest in a series of attempts by conservatives to strip the gavel from the longtime lead…
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Hannibal’s Tao Okamoto to play Mercy Graves in Batman V Superman · Newswire · The A.V. Club
We’ve known since last year that Hannibal’s Tao Okamoto—who was The Wolverine’s Tao Okamoto back then—will be in Batman V Superman, but the reports at the time suggested she’d be playing an original character created for the film.
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Obama Criticized for Saying Ethiopia Is Democratic | Al Jazeera America
African activists on Tuesday dismissed President Barack Obama’s remarks that Ethiopia has a democratically elected government as an “out of touch” public relations exercise.
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Glacier Lake Outburst Flood near Almaty : Image of the Day
Many glacial lakes have a distinct turquoise or greenish hue caused by rock flour suspended in the water. Although this can leave an impression of serenity and beauty, some of these picturesque lakes pose significant risks to people in mountainous r…
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Did slaves harvest the palm oil that went into your cookie? | Grist
Every major palm oil buyer has recently committed to end deforestation and human exploitation in the industry. Now that commitment is being put to the test.
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Do Low-Income Co-ops Make Sense? | Observer
Given the never-ending subsidies that are part and parcel with the creation and preservation of affordable rental housing, low-income home ownership would seem an attractive alternative—the city subsidizes the cost of the housing once, then the apar…
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Cecil the lion’s death prompts calls to ban trophy hunt imports to US | World news | The Guardian
Conservationists are calling on the US government to ban the the import of lions killed in trophy hunting, following the death of Cecil, Zimbabwe’s most famous lion, who was allegedly killed by an American dentist this month.
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How Would the Ice on Pluto Change How the Craters Look?
Among the many revelations about Pluto we’ve got in the last weeks was the existence of a very strangely-iced surface and the lack of craters. But does one have anything to do with the other?
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White House Dismisses Petition For Edward Snowden’s Pardon | TechCrunch
It looks like whistleblower Edward Snowden might be renewing his lease at his Moscow apartment. The “We the People” petition was created just days after the first Snowden disclosures were made public regarding government surveillance programs like P…
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The main characters in ‘Batman v Superman’ look ridiculous
In stills from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Henry Cavill and Ben Affleck look an awful lot like plastic action figures. That probably sounded like an insult, but this style of costume has been used in plenty of beloved movies before.
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Meanwhile in the Future: Cross the Border Using Only Your Face as ID
This week, we go to a world where facial recognition is so good that any company can grab an image of your face while you’re walking down the street, and link it to everything from your social media profiles, to your credit score, to your workplace.…
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Why Boston said ‘no’ to hosting the 2024 Olympics—and every other city should, too
When former IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch stepped to the microphone on Sept.
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AI: Scientists fear robotic weapons – BBC News
More than 1,000 scientists, including Stephen Hawking, have called for a ban on developing artificial intelligence for military use and to build robotic weapons. Remotely piloted drones have played a controversial role in military operations by coun…
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Did Obama Administration Downplay Malaysia Slavery To Grease Trade Deal?
“Pope Francis says when the economy controls politics both lose … When economics takes over we tolerate anything for the sake of the dollar.” – Sister Simone Campbell Cheap labor is the whole point of our corporate-rigged, NAFTA-style trade agreemen…
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Lock it Down: A song for Creative Commons, by Jonathan “Song a Day” Mann – Boing Boing
More: jonathanmann.bandcamp.com.
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Ukraine ‘blacklists’ French actor Depardieu – BBC News
Ukraine has banned French actor Gerard Depardieu from entering the country for five years, local media say. Ukraine’s Security Service spokeswoman Olena Hitlianska was quoted as saying the move came at the request of the culture ministry.
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Exactly 63 years ago today, the Melbourne Argus became the first newspaper to print in full color. The Argus wrote, “Here’s a picture that makes news–and newspaper history, too.
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Deadly SpaceShipTwo Crash Caused by Co-Pilot Error: NTSB – Scientific American
The fatal breakup and crash of Virgin Galactic’s first SpaceShipTwo space plane last year was caused by a co-pilot error, as well as the failure of the spacecraft’s builders to anticipate such a catastrophic mistake, federal safety investigators say.
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Europe’s ‘Jewish Olympics’ Kicked Off in a Berlin Stadium Built by Hitler | VICE News
The 14th European Maccabi Games — dubbed the “Jewish Olympics” — kicked off tonight at the site of the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany. Some 2,300 Jewish athletes from 36 countries have gathered in Berlin for the 2015 edition of the games, which will …
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Birdman breaks silence on Lil Wayne fallout: ‘He’s my son and I love him’ | Music | The Guardian
Birdman (real name Bryan Williams), the CEO of Cash Money records who has been involved with a very public spat with rapper Lil Wayne, insists their relationship is solid and that he still sees the rapper as his son. Speaking to Power 105.
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Netflix cancels Lilyhammer · Newswire · The A.V. Club
As reported by Deadline, Netflix won’t be renewing Norwegian mobster dramedy Lilyhammer for a fourth season.
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How Mike Huckabee became even worse than Donald Trump
For months, we’ve all been getting it wrong. It’s been so easy, maybe too easy, to sit back on the Internet and have a good chuckle at the expense of Donald Trump, the bombastic, decidedly unapologetic GOP presidential frontrunner. It’s an understan…
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Scott Walker’s Campaign Stop In Philly Goes Hilariously Off The Rails
In Philadelphia, you don’t mess with people’s cheesesteaks. Wisconsin Gov.
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Your favorite ‘Super Mario Bros’ tunes sound incredible on this Nintendo-themed piano
Pianist and composer Sonya Belousova is celebrating 30 years of Super Mario Bros. with an epic piano medley on the world’s coolest piano.
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Chicago, see Charlize Theron in Dark Places, early and for free · Contest · The A.V. Club
This summer, Mad Max: Fury Road co-stars Charlize Theron and Nicholas Hoult transition from the bright badlands of the post-apocalypse to some Dark Places.
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Netflix unveils plans for Marvel—and ‘Daredevil’ was just the beginning
Netflix announced on Tuesday that it has big plans for Marvel. Ambitious, borderline-unsustainable plans sure to delight fans everywhere—especially for anyone who binged the streaming power’s Daredevil.
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Jack Dorsey just took shots at Dick Costolo’s tenure as Twitter CEO
During today’s earnings call, Twitter made sure to note things were on the right path. Interim CEO (and founder!) Jack Dorsey had some strong statements about what Twitter is, where it’s going, and doesn’t seem to like what former CEO Dick Costolo l…
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Is There Anyone in America Who Still Doesn’t Have the Internet? – The Atlantic
There are still about 47 million people in the United States who don’t have an Internet connection. The population of people in the United States who don’t have an Internet connection is down to 15 percent, new data from Pew Research shows.
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Eric Church Exhibit Coming to Country Music Hall of Fame | Rolling Stone
Visitors to Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will soon be able to walk through the life and career of Eric Church. The “Like a Wrecking Ball” singer has been tapped as the subject of the venue’s next cameo exhibition, opening Septem…
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Cops Release More Footage From Sandra Bland’s Time in Jail to Quell Conspiracy Theories | VICE News
Police have released more footage taken during the three days Sandra Bland spent in a Waller County, Texas jail before she was found hanging from her cell on July 13.
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Sherman Hemsley’s death goes viral 3 years too late
“Sherman Hemsley is moving on up… to heaven” is what I would have said if he died today. But he didn’t die today. He died three years ago.
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Internet Attacks Lion Killer With Poisoned Yelp Reviews | WIRED
Walter Palmer killed one of Zimbabwe’s most beloved lions. And now he must face the wrath of the Internet. Today, new reports fingered Palmer, a Minnesota dentist, as one of the hunters who killed, decapitated and skinned a beloved and endangered li…
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Etiquette tips for your next ritzy Hollywood orgy · DVR Club · The A.V. Club
True Detective may be a hard-boiled TV crime program, but it also offers practical lessons for the viewing public if you know where to look.
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A New Glimpse Of Limitless, One of This Fall’s Most Exciting New Shows
Limitless was one of the coolest things we saw at Comic-Con—a TV version of the Bradley Cooper movie about smart drugs, in which a new guy gets dosed with the magic pills and joins up with the FBI.
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Macklemore Discusses Drug Relapse, New Album | Rolling Stone
Seattle rapper Macklemore, real name Ben Haggerty, admitted in a new cover story for Complex that he relapsed into taking pills and smoking weed following the monumental success of his 2013 LP with Ryan Lewis, The Heist.
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Walt Mossberg Reviews Microsoft Windows 10 | Re/code
Starting today, Microsoft will try to reinvigorate its flagging Windows franchise, reignite falling PC sales, and maybe even save its almost invisible phone business with the release of just one product — Windows 10.
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The Doobie Brothers file lawsuit over use of their trademarked Doobie(s) · Newswire · The A.V. Club
It feels like 1974’s Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve all over again, because The Doobie Brothers are making headlines.
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BBC Sport – Mexico sack coach Miguel Herrera days after Gold Cup win
Mexico have sacked coach Miguel Herrera after allegations that he punched a reporter two days after their Gold Cup win. The television journalist says he was hit in the neck and threatened by Herrera at Philadelphia Airport.
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New video of Sandra Bland’s jail booking released – video | US news | The Guardian
More jail footage from the last days of Sandra Bland’s life was released on Tuesday as Texas officials sought to dispel theories that she was killed by police before arriving at the Waller County jail.
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The group behind two anti-abortion videos targeting Planned Parenthood has released a third video, continuing a two-week campaign that has seen renewed calls to defund the healthcare organization as well as several state and congressional inquiries.
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For the first 13 years of the decade, Americans embraced the Internet at a whirlwind pace. The percentage of Americans who use the Internet grew to 84 percent in 2013 from 52 percent at the turn of the century, according to data from the Pew Researc…
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Egypt furniture factory fire kills at least 25 people – BBC News
At least 25 people have died in a fire at a furniture factory north of the Egyptian capital Cairo, officials say. The fire is thought to have started after a gas canister exploded while it was being transported in a lift.
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Gaming the system of money-back guarantees — Hopes&Fears — flow “Business”
I WAS IN AN AIRPORT BAR IN SACRAMENTO WHEN NEIL PATRICK-HARRIS CAME ON THE T.V. The beloved thespian and How I Met Your Mother star promised that Heineken would give me my money back if I didn’t like their light beer.
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Boston Pulls Bid For 2024 Olympics – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
After months of failing to gain public support among taxpayers who fear they will foot the bill for the event, bidding group Boston 2024 ended its initiative to bring the Olympic Games to Boston, with many speculating that Los Angeles will soon moun…
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Extinct Animals’ Skeletons Recreated Through 3-D Printing | | Observer
London’s Grant Museum of Zoology has turned to 3-D printing to help it reconstruct rare and extinct species’ skeletons. Recently, museum director Jack Ashby used the technology to complete the skeleton of a quagga, one of the rarest zoological speci…
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Chelsea’s Cesc Fàbregas: the love I have for Arsenal will never change | Football | The Guardian
Cesc Fàbregas is steeling himself for a hostile reaction from Arsenal fans when Chelsea take on his former club in the Community Shield on Sunday.
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Jane Birkin asks Hermès to remove her name from handbag after Peta exposé | Fashion | The Guardian
British singer Jane Birkin has asked luxury manufacturer Hermès to remove her name from its crocodile-skin handbag after learning of the “cruel” methods used to make the famous accessory.
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In This Week’s Comics: A Story About A Shrinking Man That’s Not Ant-Man
Sure, Hank Pym and Scott Lang make all that shrinking look fun, but as you can see in this week’s adaptation of the Richard Matheson classic The Shrinking Man, it can be pretty petrifying.
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Marvel Should Release The Longer Cut Of Age of Ultron Theatrically
The Avengers sequel didn’t quite stack up to the original Avengers, from 2012—depending on whom you talk to, it was either a little disappointing, or a major letdown. But I’m willing to bet that the original, longer cut of the film fixes most of the…
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Techmeme: Twitter added just 2M MAUs in Q2, excluding “SMS Fast Followers” (Kurt Wagner/Re/code)
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Artist honors late grandfather by drawing contents of his tool shed and sharing on Instagram
When artist Lee Johns Phillips’ grandfather passed away, he left behind a tool shed full of treasures. Now, the nails, jars, screwdrivers, and other widgets sitting in his workspace have inspired the younger Phillips to honor his late grandfather wi…
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I have a Master’s degree and a full-time job—and I’m still applying for food stamps
For millions of Americans, it’s not getting better. While the national unemployment rate has been on a downward trend in recent years—after reaching a high of 10 percent in October 2009—not everyone has been able to enjoy those benefits.
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Le’Veon Bell suspension reduced to two games following settlement | Sport | The Guardian
Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell’s suspension has been reduced from three games to two as a result of a settlement between the NFL and NFL Players Association, the league has confirmed.
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N.F.L. Commissioner Roger Goodell upheld the four-game suspension of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, one of the league’s biggest stars, for his role in the deflation of footballs used in the A.F.C. Championship game in January.
N.F.L. Commissioner Roger Goodell upheld the four-game suspension of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady on Tuesday after finding that he had destroyed potential evidence about his role in the deflation of game balls to gain competitive advan… -
New Video of Sandra Bland Released — NYMag
Waller County officials have released new footage of Sandra Bland at the jail where she later died.
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The Onion’s New Vice Parody Will Kidney Punch You with News | WIRED
Attention, lovers of Vice and those who seek to be waterboarded by news! The Onion is coming at you with a disruptive docu-vertical of its own, and it’s called Edge. The series, which premiers online Aug.
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Student loan debt is a serious problem here in the US as the price of higher education continues to outpace every standard economic yard stick. Lots of people think the government should step in to do something about it.
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Windows 10, the next version of Microsoft’s operating system, arrives on Wednesday, and it will have a familiar look and feel to the more than one billion people who have touched a Windows computer in the last two decades.
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White House promises to speed up petition responses, now works with Change.org | The Verge
Well, now we know why the White House has finally responded to a two-year-old petition to pardon Edward Snowden: it’s clearing its backlog for some tweaks to the whole system.
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How LGBT People Would Benefit From The Decriminalization Of Sex Work | ThinkProgress
A massive feud has erupted over new a new policy Amnesty International is considering recommending the decriminalization of sex work.
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Massive hunt for ‘lion’ in Milwaukee – BBC News
Authorities in Milwaukee are searching for what appears to be a lion, after grainy footage of a large animal was captured by a member of the public. Local reporter Ben Hutchinson told the BBC that people were curious about the animal and had been ou…
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Listen to Me Marlon review – Brando gets the portrait his fans deserve | Film | The Guardian
Despite his towering public profile, Marlon Brando was a deeply private man. Yet in the documentary Listen to Me Marlon, the actor lowers his defences to reveal his innermost thoughts. Director Steven Riley’s film is a fascinating collage which prof…
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Twitter beats earning expectations amid exodus of top executives | Technology | The Guardian
Twitter beat expectations – including its own predictions – by a healthy margin on Tuesday, announcing better than anticipated earnings even as two more high-profile executives left the company amid a continuing shakeup. The company posted revenues …
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Twitter latest financials are strong but its executives are jumping ship | The Verge
Twitter posted higher than expected revenues and profit today, and the stock was up more than 10 percent in after-hours trading. But interim-CEO Jack Dorsey said that the company still was not satisfied with its growth, adding just 2 million core us…
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How to get ahead in advertising
Advertising is changing. Brands are hiring agencies that specialize in digital and social, alongside traditional agencies to work on the same projects. However, as pointed out by ad guru Ana Andjelic, there appears to be no real consensus about what…
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In The Major Leagues, Female Coaches Are Barely A Rounding Error | FiveThirtyEight
Jen Welter has been hired by the Arizona Cardinals as an assistant coaching intern and may be the first female coach of any kind in the NFL. But her presence alone is enough to put the NFL near the top of the list among major men’s sports in terms o…
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How ‘A Pac-Man’ Satellite Will Gobble Up Space Debris | Video
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Searching for American DIY at Gigawatts Fest | | Observer
It’s no secret New York City is not the musical breeding ground of yore.
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How will Sarah Palin fund her lavish lifestyle as her PAC cash dwindles? – Boing Boing
So called “leadership PACs” run by past and current elected officials are little more than slop troughs for politicians to poke their snouts into. And Sarah Palin’s SarahPAC is no exception. Slate published a list of SaraPAC’s recent expenditures:
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The Mindy Project adds Mindy’s parents and replacement to the cast · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Perhaps in a move to impress its new Hulu overlords, The Mindy Project has spent most of July just announcing season four’s guest stars, including Joseph Gordon-Levitt and the Duplass brothers. And since it’s not quite August, we have even more cast…
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ROME — Rome’s mayor, Ignazio Marino, shuffled his executive council on Tuesday, promising to improve transit and other services in the city, which have recently been under harsh scrutiny for troubles in garbage collection and other issues. Mr.
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An Oklahoma city said Tuesday it wouldn’t release a recording of the 911 call made from a Broken Arrow home where a couple and three of their children were stabbed to death last week.
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Tiger Woods: game is ‘starting to come together’ for Quicken Loans National | Sport | The Guardian
Time is running out for Tiger Woods to salvage what he describes as a frustrating PGA Tour season after three missed cuts, a withdrawal and just one top-25 finish in eight starts.
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Q&A: A Meteorologist on Why It’s So Hot Out — NYMag
Get ready to stay sweaty: As hot as Tuesday has been, Wednesday is expected to be even hotter — possibly the hottest day of the year. Temperatures are projected to hit 95 degrees, though it will probably feel closer to 100 once the oppressive humidi…
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This Material Wouldn’t Melt, Even at the Center of the Earth
Researchers have discovered a material that could break the record for the highest melting point of any substance.
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There Is Still a Pile of Snow Melting in Buffalo — NYMag
Near Central Terminal in Buffalo, there are two unsightly hills of dirt that didn’t exist before last November. If you manage to wade through the muddy pools surrounding them and whack them with a shovel, it quickly becomes apparent why.
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Techmeme: Twitter Reports Second Quarter 2015 Results (Twitter IR)
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Burly Dude Is Fed Up With Cars Parking In His Bike Lane – Digg
When “move your car or I’ll move it for you” is more than just an idle threat.
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Donald J. Trump’s presidential campaign has taken a “no apologies” approach to inflammatory remarks and controversies, but on Tuesday one of his personal aides had some regrets. Michael Cohen, who is special counsel to Mr.
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Does Guantanamo Bay have a cancer problem? Three military lawyers are dead. – The Washington Post
The military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, may have another problem to deal with: Cancer. The U.S. Navy acknowledged Monday that it is investigating concerns about possible carcinogens where the Defense Department holds military commissions for de…
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Warming waters are destroying your salmon burger | Grist
The Columbia River is many things: the fourth largest U.S. river by volume, the river that generates more hydroelectric power than any other in North America, and now, a mass salmon gravesite. Warming river water has killed or will kill more than 25…
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Jon Stewart, political heavyweight
Jon Stewart visited the White House. And Obama visited The Daily Show. That gives you some idea of the influence — on both sides of the aisle — Jon Stewart has built up over his tenure.
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Why ISIS’s Quest To Destroy History Is Foolish | Observer
Damnatio Memoriae — damnation of memory — was an ancient and infrequently practiced concept. It entailed the complete erasure of one from history: artworks defaced, names crossed out, statues destroyed.
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Titus Burgess Was Set to Teach College Classes Before ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ | | Observer
If we were forced to take one and only one thing away from Netflix’s break-out comedy Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt — minus the Emmy nods, the incredible Jon Hamm cameo, or just the general warm feelings the show gives you — it would be the re-emergence…
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Cecil, a 13-year-old lion, wandered out of his sanctuary in a national park in Zimbabwe this month, following the scent of a potential snack outside the boundaries that protected him.
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Group Warns Supporters ‘NO Racial Slurs’ At Georgia Confederate Flag Rally
If the Confederate flag felt under-appreciated before, some Georgia residents are out to change that.
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Here’s How Much Your City’s Crappy Roads Are Costing You | WIRED
If you drive a car in San Francisco and Oakland, you’re already aware of how much time you waste in traffic and how much you spend on gas. And you definitely know the rough road conditions leave something to be desired.
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Isis-inspired Florida man planned to detonate nail bomb on beach, FBI says | US news | The Guardian
A man described by the FBI as an Islamic State sympathizer who hoped to mount attacks on US soil was charged Tuesday with plotting to detonate a nail-filled backpack bomb on a Florida beach.
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Here’s an infographic of the most “badass” fictional weapons · Great Job, Internet! · The A.V. Club
The folks over at the British costume supplier MorphCostumes clearly have murder on the brain. They previously ranked Marvel characters based on the body count each one racked up. And now the site is back with an infographic that breaks down the exp…
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Compulsive workaholic John Hodgman announces Vacationland tour dates · Newswire · The A.V. Club
How can John Hodgman possibly have time for a vacation? Between authoring tomes like That Is All, periodic appearances on The Daily Show, serving up fake internet justice and obscure cultural references on the Judge John Hodgman podcast, playing Ber…
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New Key & Peele Sketch Will Make You Preemptively Miss This Show | WIRED
Key & Peele frequently reveals a sketch a few days before an upcoming episode. But this week’s preview isn’t just hilarious, it’s an intriguing blend of social commentary and education advocacy.
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Tom Brady’s ‘Deflategate’ Suspension Upheld by Roger Goodell | Rolling Stone
Tom Brady’s four-game suspension for his role in the New England Patriots’ “Deflategate” scandal was upheld Tuesday by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, who said the star quarterback “engaged in conduct detrimental to the integrity of, and public conf…
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How Archaeologists Dug Up a Human-Shaped Coffin in Jamestown That Wasn’t There – The Atlantic
Researchers are using a combination of cutting-edge technologies to identify materials that have long since disintegrated. But it wasn’t just what researchers found, but also how they went about finding it, that deserves attention.
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Metal Vets Kylesa Announce New Album ‘Exhausting Fire,’ U.S. Tour | Rolling Stone
Savannah, Georgia sludge metal veterans Kylesa will release their seventh studio album, Exhausting Fire, on October 2nd via Seasons of Mist. The band recently revealed the album’s lead single, “Lost and Confused,” a demanding, intricate and bludgeon…
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Satanic Temple holds public sculpture unveiling in Detroit| Reuters
DETROIT A Satanic organization unveiled a controversial bronze Baphomet sculpture in Detroit just before midnight on Saturday, after trying in vain to have it installed near a 10 Commandments monument in Oklahoma.
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Newfound Bacteria Expands Tree of Life | Quanta Magazine
It used to be that to find new forms of life, all you had to do was take a walk in the woods. Now it’s not so simple. The most conspicuous organisms have long since been cataloged and fixed on the tree of life, and the ones that remain undiscovered …
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HBO today announced its second deal with a pay TV provider, in this case Verizon*, to make its over-the-top streaming service HBO NOW available to broadband customers who don’t have a cable TV subscription.
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Unlike With Cuba, Cuomo Won’t Lead New York Trade Mission to Iran | Observer
Gov. Andrew Cuomo today told reporters he would not make a trade visit to Iran if the Obama administration-brokered peace deal passes and economic sanctions are dropped—a departure from the trip he took to Cuba in April after the United States renew…
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Twitter boss says ‘not satisfied’ with user growth – BBC News
Twitter’s revenue and earnings for the second quarter have beaten expectations, but co founder Jack Dorsey has said he is “not satisfied” with its user growth. The micro blogging site posted revenue of $502m, up 61% year-on-year and beating its own …
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SAN FRANCISCO — Closing the era of one chief executive and entering another under temporary leadership, Twitter exceeded investor expectations on Tuesday, reporting a 61 percent increase in revenue and a narrower loss than a year ago.
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Twitter Loses Two Employees Focused On Growth And Discovery | TechCrunch
Two Twitter employees announced their departures right before its second quarter earnings dropped today. The first, Christian Oestlien, was a VP of Product Management focused on growth. Oestlien came from Google and spent about two years at Twitter.
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Transgender murder in California leaves community fearful and angry | US news | The Guardian
The transgender community in Fresno remains on high alert following the murder last week of Kenton Haggard, who was stabbed fatally in the neck moments after talking to occupants of a light-coloured SUV.
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A Week In, Casey Neistat’s New App Beme Has 1.1M Videos Shared | TechCrunch
Launched about a week ago, Beme is a new video sharing app built by viral filmmaker Casey Neistat, and Matt Hackett, former VP of Engineering at Tumblr and Hacker-in-Residence at betaworks. The duo raised $2.
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The United States risks a collapse in its future negotiating credibility if it walks away from the Iranian nuclear deal, according to US secretary of state John Kerry, who argues Congress now has little choice but to back the plan.
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Congress demands FIFA stop paying female soccer players 40 times less than men
Nearly everyone in the U.S. watched the 2015 Women’s World Cup. With 26.7 million viewers, it was the most-watched soccer game in American history.
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Sanders gives Dems his presidential pitch | TheHill
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) gave Senate Democrats his presidential pitch on Tuesday — and left his colleagues thankful for not attacking Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton.
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As Yemenis Starve, Saudi Arabia is Accused of War Crimes in the Country | VICE News
As a unilateral 5-day humanitarian pause declared by the Saudi-led coalition bombing Yemen appeared to crumble, the aid group Oxfam said Tuesday that half of Yemen’s population — almost 13 million people — is struggling to obtain food, and that some…
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NFL says Tom Brady destroyed #DeflateGate evidence, upholds suspension
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell upheld Tom Brady’s four-game suspension for #DeflateGate on Tuesday, and one major reason is because the NFL has claimed Brady destroyed his cell phone before investigators could examine it.
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Afghan government officials and Taliban representatives are set to meet again for a second round of peace talks on Friday, two Pakistani government officials said Tuesday.
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McConnell blinks on highway bill, Boehner wins
The House “has decided to process a multi-year highway bill of their own” which would then go to conference with the Senate’s bill, he said. Other GOP Senate leaders made similar comments.
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8 Minutes of Flash Bloopers Brings New Meaning to the Term “Flashdance”
Normally, most blooper reels enter the world in small snippets. But here are eight delightful minutes of the cast of The Flash screwing up countlessscenes from their otherwise excellent first season.
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In 1981, ABC’s news program 20/20 aired a segment on the rising phenomenon of rap music called Rappin’ to the Beat. It is painful to watch in parts, but ultimately worth it for the footage of street scenes and artist performances. Here is part 2. (v…
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‘Running Wild’ Recap: Kate Winslet and Bear Grylls Bond over a Tampon Fire | | Observer
This was a strange episode of Running Wild with Bear Grylls. Not because Kate Winslet isn’t a lovely person — quite the opposite, actually. She’s almost too lovely? I don’t trust people that are that pleasant in any scenario, much less dangling off …
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Following the bell, Yelp reported its second-quarter financial performance, including revenue of $133.9 million, and a per-share loss of $0.02. The street had expected Yelp to generate a cent in per-share net income, off revenue of $133.48 million.
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NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory – Andres Weakens, Blanca Strengthens in the Pacific
The first two named storms of the Eastern Pacific Ocean hurricane season are spinning off the west coast of Mexico in the Pacific Ocean. Hurricane Andres is winding down and expected to drop to depression-strength and turn east in the next couple of…
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NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory – Longer dry spells in store for U.S. Great Plains
These maps, adapted from the U.S. National Climate Assessment issued in May 2014, show historical and projected patterns in the number of consecutive dry days experienced in different parts of the Great Plains.
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NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory – Subtropical Storm Ana Forms off the East Coast
Subtropical Storm Ana is expected to move toward the southeastern U.S. at a very slow pace during the next 48 hours. During this time Ana is expected to remain over sufficiently warm sea surface temperatures to foster some strengthening that could s…
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Fox Reporter Promised Baltimore Cops He Wouldn’t Mention Freddie Gray
A Fox TV reporter begins an email asking then-Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts for an interview by proclaiming, “I’m a POLICE fan!” according to the email obtained by The Washington Post. Rick Boone, formerly a reporter with WTTG-TV, W…
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Afternoon Bulletin: Cuomo, Christie Urged to Meet Over River Tunnel | Observer
In the wake of LaGuardia Airport’s recently announced overhaul, US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx has sent a letter urging Governors Cuomo and Christie to meet with him to discuss building new crossings between the Big Apple and the Garden St…
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Hand-crank lantern, flashlight, USB charger ($15) – Boing Boing
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This is the Summer of Gawker | | Observer
As the Summer of Gawker reached record temperatures last week, a history of the 13-year-old company joined the proliferation of profiles, stories and blog posts that have helped define Gawker since the beginning.
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This Is What Happens When You Send a 4K Camera Into Space | WIRED
Everybody loves pictures from space. People love pictures *of* space. And even though most folks tend to watch them on wee little screens with mmmmaybe retina-class resolution, the world is still full of IMAX screens and, someday soon, Oculus Rifts.
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Intel puts new ultra-fast 3D NAND memory into production
Faster, smaller memory flash memory is coming. Intel is announcing the 3D NAND architecture they’ve developed in partnership with Micron is entering production, and will be in testing later this year.
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Florida man plotted to ‘backpack bomb attack’ – BBC News
A 23-year-old man has been arrested in Florida for planning to carry out a backpack bomb attack in the US, officials say. The US justice department said Harlem Suarez, also known as Almlak Benitez, has been charged with attempting to use a weapon of…
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More Sandra Bland jail footage released by Texas authorities | US news | The Guardian
Texas authorities are releasing more video of Sandra Bland during her three days in jail. Judge Trey Duhon of Waller County said on Tuesday that several hours of jail footage are being distributed to the media, partially in response to conspiracy th…
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Disneyland Paris faces pricing probe – BBC News
Disneyland Paris is facing a pricing probe following accusations that UK and German customers are being frozen out of certain price promotions. The Financial Times said people in the UK were paying 15% more for one day tickets.
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Michael Cohen, a key member of Donald Trump’s campaign and a trained lawyer, misstated New York law and offended many Americans on Monday when he said “you can’t rape your spouse” in response to allegations of marital rape by Trump.
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If you are going to interview Maximilian Josef Riedel, the thirty-seven-year-old C.E.O. and president of Riedel Crystal, his team will send over a dossier in advance, to get you up to speed on the man.
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What New York Magazine’s Bill Cosby Cover Story Can and Can’t Accomplish – The Atlantic
Even with the overwhelming recent New York cover story, the women pay a price for speaking out.
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Google’s new Timeline feature is a terrifying reminder to turn your location off right now
Google just rolled out a new “Timeline” feature that allows you to look back on all the places you’ve been—and no, I’m not talking about a Facebook Timeline linked to your status updates and reported travel activities.
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Why you should take esports’ new drug tests with a pinch of bath salts
You’ve got to hand it to esports. When presented with problems, we fix them fast. Take this matter of drugs testing for example. Off the back of a few unsubstantiated claims from a single player, the major tournament organizers rushed to ensure a dr…
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What It Costs To Host The Olympic Games – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
Boston announced this week it will pull its bid for the 2024 Olympics, due in part to the huge costs associated with the games that could become a taxpayer burden. Here is a breakdown of what the Olympics cost their host cities:
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Deadly SpaceShipTwo Crash Caused by Co-Pilot Error: NTSB
The fatal breakup and crash of Virgin Galactic’s first SpaceShipTwo space plane last year was caused by a co-pilot error, as well as the failure of the spacecraft’s builders to anticipate such a catastrophic mistake, federal safety investigators say.
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Twitter reported that its monthly active user count has reached 316 million, up 15 percent compared to the year-ago quarter, and up from 308 million in the preceding quarter. The company indicated that it sees 80 percent of its monthly actives as mo…
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Update: Twitter shares fell to flat in after-hours trading, before rebounding mildly to a slimmer gain. Investors are still trying to figure out how to score the quarter, it seems. Twitter earned an adjusted $0.
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VICE News is closely watching policing in America. Check out the Officer Involved blog here. University of Cincinnati Police Officer Ray Tensing reportedly pulled over Dubose, 43, over a missing front license plate on July 19, police said.
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How to get the Windows 10 update | The Verge
Windows 10 is about to launch, and you’re probably going to want to update. The good news is that Microsoft has made the process surprisingly painless. Seriously, you just click a couple buttons and everything should be set.
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Donald Trump’s Clueless Lawyer Threatens Press, Says It’s Ok To Rape Your Spouse | Techdirt
A few weeks ago, we wrote about the absolute ridiculousness of Donald Trump’s “lawsuit” against Univision, which made some bizarre claims about the First Amendment and defamation that clearly did not apply.
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The growth formula: Q&A with Kevin Weil, Twitter’s head of product | The Verge
Even at a company where executive turnover is the norm, running Twitter’s product organization has been a particularly precarious job. When Kevin Weil took the reins in October, he was the fifth person to take the job in five years.
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How to Use a Black Hole’s Spin to Harvest Energy
A black hole isn’t the energy sink you might think it is. By hurling matter towards a black hole, it might be possible to get energy out of it. Learn how a spinning black hole could be an energy turbine for an entire civilization. Like nearly every …
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Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. recruits Bates Motel’s Andrew Howard · Newswire · The A.V. Club
When Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D returns on September 29, it will have a new agent in its fold (that plural in the title has really left ABC lots of room to maneuver, casting-wise).
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A lawyer for Bill Cosby’s first accuser on Tuesday questioned his self-described ability to “read” people’s sexual cues given that her client is gay.
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This Scandalous 1946 Small-Town Murder Helped Inspire Peyton Place
In 1956, Grace Metalious wrote Peyton Place, an immediate best-seller about the scandalous secrets of a small town in New England. One of its inspirations was the real-life case of 20-year-old Barbara Roberts, who shot her father in December 1946 wh…
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Verizon internet customers can subscribe to HBO Now starting today | The Verge
Verizon is joining HBO’s growing roster of partners that offer subscriptions to HBO Now, the premium network’s stand-alone streaming service. Cablevision already lets customers buy in, and you can also order the service via in-app purchase on Androi…
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The Creator of Pepe the Frog Talks About Making Comics in the Post-Meme World | VICE | United States
Long before 4Chan and Reddit made him an internet icon and the likes of Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj blasted his mug to the masses, the emotionally expressive amphibian meme known as Pepe the Frog was the work of a single man.
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What are “natural flavors” anyway? — Hopes&Fears — flow “Question”
Hopes&Fears answers questions with the help of people who know what they’re talking about. Today, we wonder what the elusive nutritional term “natural flavors” really means.
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Blowhards: Meet the Stuart Highland Pipe Band
Adam Holdaway is tipsy. In the past hour, he has gone from downing plastic cups of Steam Whistle pilsner to swigging Johnnie Walker Black Label and Jameson straight from the bottle.
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GOP Lawmaker: Planned Parenthood No Different Than ‘Nazi Germany’
A Texas state representative compared Planned Parenthood to Nazi Germany at a rally at the Texas Capitol on Tuesday following the release of “sting” videos by an anti-abortion group, the Houston Chronicle reported.
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Why Tech Needs The Rooney Rule | TechCrunch
Something that you’ve likely never heard uttered is that an industry should look to the National Football League (NFL) for social cues.
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Which Programming Languages Get Used Most At Hackathons? | TechCrunch
Picking a programming language to learn can be a stressful task. The trendy language at any given time isn’t necessarily one that anyone will care about in a year, much less the one that’ll get you the best gigs.
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NYC Bars Blow Away Competition At the Academy Awards of Cocktails | Observer
New Orleans – For one night only, the Grand Ballroom of the Sheraton Hotel in the French Quarter is dressed in Cuban décor. The room is a kaleidoscope of color, and palm trees are scattered about.
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Build curvy, complicated, organic structures with ZOOB – Boing Boing
Most of the really great construction sets are rectangular in shape, or they obey rigid angles. Lego, Kapla Blocks, Kinnex, or Zomeworks are fabulous kits that foster open-ended creativity. But they all tend toward very rectilinear structures.
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Lawmakers to meet with Netanyahu in Israel | TheHill
More than 40 lawmakers will travel to Israel next month to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of a critical vote in Congress on the nuclear deal with Iran.
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The Most Important Movie of 2015 Is a VR Cartoon About a Hedgehog | WIRED
Skip Article Header. Skip to: Start of Article. Right now the goal at Oculus Story Studio is move the Post-its. The true finish line is locking their latest animated virtual reality movie Henry, but to do that they have quite a few issues to fix.
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What the Trump and Cosby Allegations Reveal About Rape Culture | Rolling Stone
On the heels of New York magazine’s moving interview and photo project with nearly three dozen women who’ve publicly accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault, The Daily Beast published a reminder this week that Ivana Trump once made similar accusations …
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Adam Sandler Has a Hell of a Lot to Answer For
Pixels reminded us all just how shitty an actor Adam Sandler can be. But it’s worse than you probably realize. As a star, and also as a producer, Sandler has created a string of horrible, vapid comedies that have helped make us all dumber.
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Chadian Forces Launch ‘Major Sweep Operation’ Against Boko Haram on Lake Chad | VICE News
Chad’s military is in the middle a “major sweep operation” to rid the islands in Lake Chad of Boko Haram, a Chadian security source told AFP. The Nigerian Islamist insurgency intensified its regional attacks over the weekend.
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Astronomers Discover a New Class of Freakishly Dense, Compact Galaxies
Imagine what our night sky would look like if its stellar density was a million times greater than it is now. Remarkably, such places actually exist: They’re called “Ultracompact Dwarfs,” and astronomers are calling them an entirely new kind of gala…
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A new lawsuit filed against Conan O’Brien underlines the murky territory that comes with accusing another comedian of plagiarism. On July 25, a Twitter user noticed something strange.
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Chicago, see Meryl Streep in Ricki And The Flash early and for free · Contest · The A.V. Club
Despite her enduring presence on the awards circuit and in our hearts, it’s actually been a couple of years since Meryl Streep has taken on a lead role.
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Jubilate: An Homage in Catterel* Verse – The New Yorker
For I will consider my Cat Cherie for she is the very apotheosis of Cat-Beauty which is to say, nothing extraordinary for in the Cat, beauty is ordinary like the bliss conferred upon us in the hypnosis of purr- ing. She has been known to knead her c…
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Years and Years on Crafting Dance-Pop With Indie-Rock Edge | Rolling Stone
U.K. electronic band Years and Years jumbles together an unlikely mix of sounds, including some that don’t seem particularly fashionable — think Hot Chip and the Wanted covering Savage Garden, with a dash of Jamie Woon.
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Japan Prefers Small Breasts and Brazil Prefers Butts: Lessons From Tittygram | | Observer
A Tittygram model on site at ULCAMP 2015, a tech conference in tents along the Volga River, in Russia. (Photo: Tittygram) It pained Vladimir Gritsenko to see companies he saw as simple, such as Snapchat, getting billion dollar valuations. So he foun…
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‘Art/ Sleep Experience’ Brings Interactive Art to a Whole New Level | | Observer
First there was glamping, but that is so 2014. Now, you’ve got to take part in an “art/sleep experience,” if you want to be up on your bourgeois outdoor activities.
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Saint Laurent Is Reviving Their Couture Business | Observer
Remember way back to 2012 when Hedi Slimane was hired to helm Yves Saint Laurent? Critics (and fashion followers) were skeptical, even more so after he chopped of the Yves and renamed the brand Saint Laurent.
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Gigi Hadid is Topshop’s Ticket Overseas | Observer
Noted Instagram sensation Gigi Hadid will take a break from filtering selfies to be the face of Topshop’s Autumn Winter 2015 Campaign. Shot in London by Tyrone Lebon and styled by Topshop creative director, Kate Phelan, the campaign will feature in …
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Senate presses ahead with defunding Planned Parenthood | TheHill
GOP leaders are moving forward with plans to defund Planned Parenthood, tapping Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) to shape the Senate’s response to mounting undercover video controversy. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.
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NFL Upholds Tom Brady’s 4-Game Suspension — NYMag
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has upheld Tom Brady’s four-game suspension for his role in the Patriots’ Deflategate scandal.
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California’s impending thunderstorms will ‘absolutely not’ ease drought | US news | The Guardian
California is bracing for thunderstorms and monsoonal moisture in the next few days, but the weather is not expected to alleviate the state’s historic drought.
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This Simpsons-Wire Mashup is the Opening Sequence of Our Dreams | WIRED
In the great Internet sport known as Ranking Every Season of a Given Show In Order to Prove Your Worth as a Human, third seasons don’t tend to get a lot of love.
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Solar power – an array of misconceptions | Letters | Environment | The Guardian
Geoff Moore (Letters, 28 July) seems very poorly informed as to how the payments for rooftop solar arrays are calculated. If nothing is generated and therefore there is no export to the grid, the payment would be nil.
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The Pentagon now says at least 192 laboratories accidentally received anthrax | The Verge
A US Army lab accidentally shipped live anthrax to at least 192 laboratories, according to a Department of Defense statement. That’s more than double the number reported by the Pentagon in June.
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How Propane Could Completely Undermine One State’s Ban On Fracking | ThinkProgress
Tioga Energy Parters, LLC, applied earlier this month to conduct propane fracking — a process similar to hydraulic fracturing, but that injects propane gas, not water, into shale formations to loosen the deposits of oil and natural gas underground.
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Turkey and the United States have taken a major step toward confronting the Islamic State militant group and trying to address the Syrian conflict.
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Google Search can now tell you when a store gets crowded | The Verge
Google has a new way to help you dodge crowds. Today, the company announced a new feature in Google Search cards showing the busiest times for businesses and public places in Google search, broken down hour-by-hour by days of the week.
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SAN FRANCISCO — After Paul Minton graduated from college, he worked as a waiter, but always felt he should do more. So Mr. Minton, a 26-year-old math major, took a three-month course in computer programming and data analysis. As a waiter, he made $2…
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For decades the Marine Corps has tolerated, even encouraged, lower performance from the young women who enlist in its ranks, an insidious gender bias that begins with the way women are treated immediately after they sign up and continues through the…
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Obamacare’s side effects: Fewer uninsured, better health
Obamacare improved key health-care measurements for millions of Americans, reversing a troubling trend, a new study strongly suggests.
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A Renaissance painting reveals how breeding changed watermelons – Vox
Look in the bottom right corner of this painting. If you’ve never seen a watermelon like that before, you’re not alone. This 17th-century painting by Giovanni Stanchi, courtesy of Christie’s, shows a type of watermelon that no one in the modern worl…
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I’m the voice of junk food and your “vampire boyfriend” — Hopes&Fears — flow “What Do You Do”
In the latest installment of our anonymous interview series, we talk to a voiceover actor who lends his talents to competing snack brands and creepy toys. I’m a voiceover actor. I’ve been doing it professionally for six years.
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It’s 2015, and living half your life online is unavoidable. Our personal computers have become like extensions of our brains and bodies, portals to a world where we can assume new identities, interact with strangers across the globe, and learn once …
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Oklahoma just recorded 40 earthquakes in a week | Grist
Once known primarily as the home of tornados and the Hanson brothers, Oklahoma has a new claim to fame: earthquakes!
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A government inquiry underway in Australia has revealed that more than 1,000 members of the Jehovah’s Witness Church there have been accused of child sexual abuse since 1950 — yet none of them have ever been reported to the police.
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In addition to being published in storied publications like NatGeo and TIME, there is one other way you can tell if a photographer or individual image has reached true fame in this day and age: Wikipedia.
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There are a lot of concepts swirling around the new red band trailer for The Night Before. Seth Rogen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Anthony Mackie are childhood best friends in a loving three-way bromance.
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Cartel Gangsters Face 697 Years Behind Bars in Historic Femicide Case in Juarez, Mexico | VICE News
Five members of a Mexican street gang on Monday night were sentenced to almost 700 years in prison each for the kidnapping, trafficking, and murder of 11 women in the border city of Juarez, Mexico.
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Trump’s Spousal Rape Disaster Is Much Bigger Than One Dumb Lawyer
The Donald Trump news cycle is not ready to burn out yet, not while his lawyer, in a very Trump-like show of belligerence, told a reporter that spousal rape is legal when it most certainly is not.
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Josh Duhamel joins Hulu’s Stephen King adaptation 11/22/63 · Newswire · The A.V. Club
According to The Hollywood Reporter, professional handsome man Josh Duhamel has signed on to Hulu’s adaptation of 11/22/63, the Stephen King book about a guy who goes back in time and tries to prevent the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
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Mexico coach Miguel Herrera fired after fight with journalist | Football | The Guardian
Miguel Herrera, the embattled coach of the Mexican national team, has been fired for punching a TV reporter – just two days after leading his team to victory in the Gold Cup.
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The Next Big Drug-Fueled Christmas Classic Trailer: The Night Before | WIRED
So by most indications, the new Vacation movie will only serve to crush your childhood if you grew up loving the Griswold clan. That’s a shame.
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Reports of cancer among Guantánamo personnel prompt US navy investigation | US news | The Guardian
The US navy is investigating a complaint that seeks the evacuation of civilian and military lawyers from parts of the US base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, following reports of cancer cases among personnel working on the trials of detainees there.
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Virgin Galactic crash: Brakes blamed – BBC News
Investigators have said a Virgin Galactic spaceship crash was caused by structural failure after the co-pilot unlocked a braking system early.
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‘Business Time’ webseries skewers corporate culture with comedy
Business-speak and those who sup the corporate Kool-Aid are intolerable. But they exist in the corners and cubicles of offices worldwide, and their antics are finally seeing appropriately comedic treatment in new webseries Business Time.
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What Pet Should I Get? by Dr Seuss review – lost title fits easily into canon | Books | The Guardian
Score another one for the ad hoc paper filing systems of old. With less fanfare and controversy than the rediscovery of Harper Lee’s manuscript Go Set a Watchman, another juggernaut literary estate recently found itself with a lucrative new classic …
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The Weeknd Scorches Stage in ‘Can’t Feel My Face’ Video | Rolling Stone
The Weeknd wins over a vicious crowd with a blazing performance of “Can’t Feel My Face” in the simple, but riveting, new video for the R&B singer’s summer hit, which arrived via Apple Music’s Connect.
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A Look Behind the Scenes of Adventure Time’s Most Enigmatic Art
We can’t sing the praises of the Adventure Time cartoon enough. But for an ostensibly silly show it can get mature, complex, and downright metaphysical—and there’s no better proof that the show’s always mesmerizing title cards.
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Who Is the True Monster? – The New Yorker
Men and womenfolk of the village, I stand before you a miserable wretch. You chase me with torches and pitchforks. You hound me, rain or shine, to the town’s very limits.
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“The Big Apple is Back.” That’s pretty much the first thing you read in Lonely Planet’s 1997 tourist guide to New York City.
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How Your Work Crush Can Improve Your Marriage – Bloomberg Business
If you came upon this story by Googling “how my crush could actually be good for my relationship,” congratulations, you just found what you’re looking for.
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In this exclusive election, Jeb is way out front of the GOP pack with a record haul of $100 million, while Hillary has bagged $45 million to lead among the Dems. Hold on.
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300-Year-Old Spanish Shipwreck Holds Million Dollar Treasure
Shipwreck divers have announced quite the anniversary present for the flagship of a 1715 Spanish treasure fleet, the Capitana: 52 gold coins, 40 feet of gold chain, and 110 silver coins and buttons all worth over one million dollars.
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We Just Learned How ‘Crazy Ants’ Ever Get Anything Done
Four years ago, Ehud Fonio watched as pieces of his cat’s dinner spontaneously floated from the feline’s bowl. On closer inspection, he spotted an ant brigade: With the massive prize hoisted over their heads, they charged back to the nest.
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There’s a paradox about economic policy since the Great Recession, one that is often acknowledged implicitly but rarely stated directly. On one side, the economic problems facing both the United States and Europe have been quite straightforward and …
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Killing of Cecil the Lion Sparks Debate Over Trophy Hunts
The killing of one of Zimbabwe’s best known and most-studied lions, Cecil the Lion, has stoked a debate around a growing trend in trophy hunting of endangered species. Cecil was shot with a bow, stalked for 40 hours, and gunned down by trophy hunter…
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We May Have Been Wrong About How African Pygmies Grow
People with small body sizes, known as Pygmies, begin life at a typical size but grow slowly in early childhood, a new study shows. The results may cast doubt on long-held beliefs about how and why these groups developed shorter statures.
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Why Insects Are Drawn to Corpse Flower’s Stench
People had been waiting for days with bated breath—and pinched noses—for Trudy the corpse flower to bloom at the University of California Botanical Gardens in Berkeley.
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Think owning submarines is only for the military? Now you can get your very own!
If you’ve always wanted to sneak up on your enemies from under the sea, your dreams have come true with the U-Boat Worx C-Explorer 5. Yep, there’s a personal submarine for you and four of your closest friends.
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How to Bring a Sense of Poetry to the Mission for Clean Energy
In her quest to help rural women become solar entrepreneurs, Neha Misra will climb mountains, literally. A poet, Misra reached the summit of Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro this month. The climb was a fundraiser meant to highlight just how many people …
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Guantanamo Cancer Cluster Fears Were Warned of by Personnel Years Ago | VICE News
Amid a spate of cancer diagnoses and deaths among colleagues who worked at Guantanamo Bay, a Navy reserves lawyer who worked on a war court case at the 45-square mile naval base in Cuba has lodged a legal complaint calling for the immediate evacuati…
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The Virtues Of Bud Light, Manchester United And Virtual Reality | TechCrunch
Despite being a few feet from Luis Suárez, I was only mildly concerned that he’d be lunging towards me to take a bite out of my shoulder. But then again, I wasn’t actually a few feet away.
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NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory – Cyclone Nathan in the Coral Sea
Tropical Cyclone Nathan has spent the past week slowly circling the Coral Sea east of the Great Barrier Reef off the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. The Reef can be seen in this image as the light blue ribbon of reefs, islands and cays paral…
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NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory – February 2015 Leaves Its Mark on the Eastern U.S.
Freezing rain is in the forecast from Texas to the mid-Mississippi Valley and into the Carolinas with temperatures 20-40 degrees below normal across parts of the central and southern U.S. on Friday, extending February’s icy grip on the eastern half …
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Intel, Micron debut 3D XPoint storage technology that’s 1,000 times faster than current SSDs – CNET
Intel and Micron today unveiled their all-new memory technology called 3D XPoint (pronounced “cross-point”). This is a new class of memory that can be used both as system memory as well as nonvolatile storage.
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SAN JOSE, CA—Noting how lucky she was to have finally found the one she was meant to be with forever, local woman Julie Winters told reporters Tuesday she was relieved that her true soulmate also happened to have the same socioeconomic status as she…
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Midday open thread: A Nobel Prize, a smelly flower and the Boy Scouts
The woman credited by her publisher with reinventing the previously male-dominated true crime genre by focusing on the victims has died at age 83.
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Cuban Athletes Won’t Stop Defecting To The United States | ThinkProgress
A rush of hope reverberated across the Straits of Florida last week when the Cuban flag was raised in Washington, D.C. for the first time in over 50 years. But the thawing of relations between the two countries hasn’t stopped Cuban athletes from def…
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Black Love Matters | The Nation
His nickname was Mike-Mike and his favorite color was blue. The morning workshop portion on the first day of the gathering was over, and the afternoon plenary was the first time that many of the attendees had come together in the same room.
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Bill de Blasio Rips Rand Paul for Trying to Defund Planned Parenthood | | Observer
Is Bill de Blasio afraid too many people are going to stand with Rand? Mr. de Blasio, the liberal Democratic mayor of New York, blasted Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, a Republican presidential candidate, this afternoon for staging a vote to defund Planned…
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Netflix Wants to Debut a New Marvel Show ‘Every Six Months’ | Observer
The Television Critics Association’s press tour kicked off this week, and the first panel up was everyone’s favorite binge-factory Netflix.
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New York prison worker pleads guilty to helping murderers escape – video | US news | The Guardian
At a court appearance in Plattsburgh, former prison seamstress Joyce Mitchell pleaded guilty to helping convicted murderers Richard Matt and David Sweat escape from New York’s Clinton Correctional Facility in June
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NFL upholds Tom Brady’s four-game Deflategate suspension | Sport | The Guardian
Tom Brady’s appeal of his four-game suspension over the Deflategate scandal has been upheld, and the Super Bowl champions New England Patriots will be without their best player for a quarter of the regular season.
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SpaceShipTwo Crash – Sir Richard Branson Responds To NTSB Report | Video
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Why can’t we stop playing games on our phones?
What happens when an organic form of existence, after evolving for millions of years, meets the last word in planned and designed addictiveness? Darwin goes searching for the gas pedal in this evolutionary phenomenon of his.
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Gilbert Arenas Wins Big in Carnival Game — NYMag
Gilbert Arenas hasn’t played in an NBA game since the 2011–12 season, but his shot is apparently still good enough to clean up at a carnival basketball game.
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N.F.L. Commissioner Roger Goodell upheld the four-game suspension of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, one of the league’s biggest stars, for his role in the deflation of footballs used in the A.F.C. Championship game in January.
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The National Endowment for Democracy, a Washington-based nonprofit funded largely by the US Congress, has become the first group to be banned in Russia under a law against “undesirable” international nongovernmental organisations.
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Christopher Nolan has already completed his next film—a documentary · Newswire · The A.V. Club
For those wondering what big-budget filmmaking heights Christopher Nolan would scale as a follow-up to his ambitious science-fiction opera Interstellar, io9 reports the director has seemingly traveled through a wormhole into the past and made a shor…
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How to Stay Safe When the Big One Comes – The New Yorker
For most of the past three years, I’ve worked as a book critic, which is not a job that affords me many opportunities to scare the living daylights out of my readers. (Authors, occasionally; readers, no.
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Republican National Committee: All is well in debate-land. Nothing to see here!
There was also frustration about debate hosts and moderators, some of whom had concocted bizarre and irrelevant questions.
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Blank on Blank returns with an animation of another lost interview from the Studs Terkel Radio Archive. This time, they’re breathing new life into a conversation Terkel had with Hunter S.
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I’d Like To See The Government Try And Take Away My Trash – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
It seems like Big Government is always finding more ways to stick its nose into everybody’s business. At this very moment, they’re probably working on all kinds of new ways to trample upon the God-given rights of freedom-loving Americans like you an…
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Ben Carson: ‘Obviously Rape Can Occur Within Marriage’ | ThinkProgress
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson on Tuesday denounced Donald Trump’s lawyer’s assertion that “you cannot rape your spouse,” a defense the attorney made against allegations that Trump raped his former wife.
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Don’t Call Alexa Chung an ‘It’ Girl | Observer
Alexa Chung can’t see. Standing on the rooftop of a studio in Brooklyn while posing for an Observer photographer, glare from the midday sun is obscuring her vision.
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US dentist blamed for killing beloved lion in Zimbabwe – Boing Boing
Cecil the Lion, a much-loved lion who lived in a nature reserve in Zimbabwe, was recently killed by a human. That human is said to be Walter Palmer, a dentist from Minnesota. Palmer is said to have paid $50,000 for the privilege of killing the big c…
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Fourth female Reddit executive set to leave the company
Reddit is losing its fourth female senior executive in less than a month in a move that will only add fuel to the fire of sexism accusations that have shined a light on the site’s toxic culture. The latest employee to depart the site is Jessica More…
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The Curious Case Of Google’s Emerald Sea | TechCrunch
Is it a Facebook competitor? Is it a social network?
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Watch: Clinton’s amusing parody of GOP climate change deniers – Boing Boing
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Hillary Clinton dodges question about Keystone XL pipeline – video | US news | The Guardian
At a town hall meeting Tuesday in New Hampshire, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton refused to take a position on the Keystone XL pipeline when asked by an audience member
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TV reporter confronts his alleged identity thief – Boing Boing
Steve Noviello, a reporter for Dallas-Fort Worth’s Fox 4 News, learned that someone had checked into his hotel using his credit card number.
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Three 4.0-Plus Magnitude Earthquakes Rattle Oklahoma Near Wastewater Disposal Wells | ThinkProgress
Two relatively large earthquakes struck northwest of Oklahoma City midday on Monday within a span of about 20 minutes. The 4.0 magnitude and 4.5 magnitude quakes were accompanied by another 4.1 quake about seven hours later around 8:20 p.m.
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Americans Are Healthier Since O-care, Especially Minorities and Low-Income
Since the implementation of Obamacare picked up in the fall of 2013, Americans are reporting better health and easier access to doctors, a new study found. But minority Americans as well as lower-income Americans reported even greater gains.
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Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard set to be released from prison in November | World news | The Guardian
Convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard is scheduled to be released from prison in November, according to media reports.. Pollard, will be released from prison on 21 November, his attorneys told Reuters on Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON — Jonathan J. Pollard, who was sentenced to life in prison in 1985 for passing classified documents to the Israeli government, will be released on parole in November after 30 years in prison, a government panel decided on Tuesday. Mr.
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It’s not a ‘white thing’: the mythology of suicide in black American lives | US news | The Guardian
The idea that Sandra Bland, the 28-year-old African American woman who died in police custody in Waller County, Texas, killed herself feels suspicious for many reasons: more than 600 people have been killed by police in the United States this year, …
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On T-Mobile, you can now stream Apple Music for free
The mobile carrier announced it is adding Apple Music to its Music Freedom plan and will offer free upgrades to anyone who buys an iPhone 6 in the coming months. Music Freedom isn’t a widely known feature from T-Mobile, but it is an extremely handy …
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Why Pluto Lacks Craters, and Why That’s So Freakishly Weird
Pluto has been puzzling us with its weirdly smooth surface, but if it’s the first Kuiper Belt Object we’ve visited, how did we know how many craters to expect in the first place? Here’s everything we’ve figured out about collisions in this chaotic a…
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WASHINGTON — Jonathan J. Pollard, who was sentenced to life in prison in 1985 for passing classified documents to the Israeli government, will be released on parole in November after 30 years in prison, a government panel decided on Tuesday. Mr.
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Moto X Pure Edition camera forecast: mostly sunny with scattered doubts | The Verge
We’ve said it once and then said it again and won’t stop saying it: the camera matters, especially on Android, where the points of differentiation between flagship phones are becoming increasingly small.
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Earth could get just 12 hours’ warning of damaging solar storm | Science | The Guardian
Humanity would only have a 12-hour warning about the arrival of a “coronal mass ejection” that could damage the National Grid, pipelines and railway signals, according to a newly released document from the UK Cabinet Office.
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Is the U.S. Selling Out Ukraine to Work With Russia? – The Atlantic
U.S. officials are turning to Russia for help with Iran and Syria, even as the Ukrainian conflict persists. If you believe all the talk out there lately, Vladimir Putin is not only duplicitous and hypocritical—the Russian president’s also been prett…
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WASHINGTON — President Obama has submitted himself for a grilling on the set of “The Daily Show” with Jon Stewart three times. But on at least two occasions, Mr. Obama also secretly met with the comedian on his own imposing turf. In 2011 and again i…
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Nepal, Three Months After the Earthquakes – The Atlantic
Three months have now passed since massive twin earthquakes struck Nepal, killing more than 8,800 people, injuring more than 22,000, flattening nearly 600,000 homes, and leaving millions still in need of food, clean water and adequate shelter.
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — President Obama asserted on Tuesday that he could win a third term if allowed by the Constitution, but said he was looking forward to life after the presidency, when he will be able to take a walk and spend more time with his…
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Hundreds of Metro Cars Contain Asbestos, Documents Show | NBC4 Washington
As Metro works to retire the oldest railcars in its fleet, known as the 1000 series railcars, a new issue has surfaced: asbestos.
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WATCH: The Onion Unveils Its ‘Uncaged’ VICE Parody Called EDGE
The Onion Media Empire will now include “immersive reporting that is uncaged, unaccountable and totally fucked up” with a parody of HBO’s VICE, the company announced Tuesday.
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Gawker and the Rage of the Creative Underclass — New York Magazine
Gawker and the rage of the creative underclass. At the risk of sounding like a wounded old-media journalist, let me share a story about my experience with the media-gossip blog Gawker.com, which I, like most journalists who cover stylish topics in N…
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Stopping Civil Forfeiture Without a Conviction | Al Jazeera America
On a beautiful fall day in September 2010, Stephen Skinner and his son pulled out of their driveway in Chicago and were on their way to Las Vegas.
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The Windows 10 Era Is Now | TechCrunch
At some point inside the next 24 hours, Window 10 will “launch” in New Zealand, before spreading out across the globe. To a certain extent. Of course, for the more than 5 million folks currently testing the software, its “launch” is almost a non-eve…
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Cloud-Based IDE Nitrous Names New CEO As It Starts Going After Professional Developers | TechCrunch
Nitrous, the cloud-based code editor and integrated development environment that recently raised a $6.65 million funding round, today announced that it has brought on CoreOS and GitHub alum Alex Malinovich as its CEO.
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Honda is testing technology to alert drivers before they hit pedestrians
As cars get smarter, they also get better at avoiding collisions with each other. But what happens when a pedestrian finds himself staring at an approaching bumper? Honda is on the case.
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Venture Capital Diversity Data
Tech companies have been releasing data about diversity for the past year or so, but relatively little is known about diversity in the startup and venture capital ecosystem.
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Hillary Clinton refuses to take a position on Keystone XL pipeline | US news | The Guardian
Hillary Clinton says she will not take a position on the Keystone XL pipeline until she becomes president, citing her work on the issue as secretary of state. Related: Is Hillary Clinton’s ambitious solar energy goal for the US workable? | Karl Math…
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“Out to Sea” · BoJack Horseman · TV Review · The A.V. Club
“Out to Sea” feels like a series finale, but not necessarily a satisfying one. After delivering one of the series best and riskiest episodes with “Escape from LA”, the season finale tackles several plotlines at once without ever really letting any s…
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The Military Will Test a New Terrifyingly Loud Noise Gun – Defense One
Imagine walking through a field on a cloudless day when you suddenly hear the 130-decibel roar of a fighter jet. But you can’t spot the jet, or even tell which direction the sound is coming from.
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Resolute Congress Passes Second Amendment Again – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
Give your spam filter something to do. WASHINGTON—Easily securing the requisite two-thirds majorities in the House and Senate, a resolute United States Congress responded to the ongoing national debate on gun rights Tuesday by passing the Second Ame…
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Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking call for ban on “autonomous weapons” – Boing Boing
Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking, and hundreds of artificial intelligence researchers and experts have signed a letter calling for a worldwide ban on “autonomous weapons.
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Keyboard Privacy Chrome extension makes tracking your typing behavior much harder
The way you type says a lot about you—so much so that companies can use typing behavior to identify specific people across multiple websites with shocking accuracy.
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U.S. home ownership rates drop to lowest level in 48 years – Boing Boing
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Techmeme: DHI Group plans to sell off Slashdot and Sourceforge (Lee Hutchinson/Ars Technica)
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This might be the closest you’ll get to taking a guided tour of the ISS. The ESA has stitched together photographs and maps to make a virtual panoramic tour which you can use to float your way through the ISS, clicking on parts of it to get a more d…
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CBS will live stream every national Super Bowl ad next year for the first time | The Verge
The internet has changed the way we watch the Super Bowl, and media is following suit. Variety reports that CBS, in a game-changing move, will live stream every national ad during next year’s big game in near-real time.
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Persona isn’t the only stellar two-woman showcase by Ingmar Bergman · Watch This · The A.V. Club
Every day, Watch This offers staff recommendations inspired by a new movie coming out that week. This week: Arriving in select theaters Friday, The End Of The Tour belongs to a fine tradition of movies that feature little more than two actors gabbin…
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Court refuses new trial for New Orleans officer convicted of burning body | US news | The Guardian
A federal appeals court has refused to grant a new trial to a former New Orleans police officer convicted for burning the body of a man shot to death by another officer after Hurricane Katrina.
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In Hear This, A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well. This week: Our favorite songs under two minutes long. I had wanted a girl, my wife a boy. Obviously we would’ve been happy with either, yada, yada, yada, but I wanted a daught…
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon might soon be writing another musical comedy for Tom Cruise to star in—according to The Hollywood Reporter, he’s in talks to work on the screenplay for Disney’s Bob The Musical.
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American hustle: how Hollywood rips off women | Film | The Guardian
Good news! Women can make as much money as men in the film industry after all. More, even. They have been doing so for years.
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Silicon Valley CEOs are the default movie villains of our generation | The Verge
Mark Zuckerberg is the model villain of our time. Where popcorn movies of previous eras installed Nazis, Soviets, space aliens, and zombies, we get a horde of tech CEOs. Today a press image revealed the new look of Lex Luthor in the upcoming Batman …
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1,800 Migrants Were Rescued From the Mediterranean Yesterday — Along With 14 Bodies | VICE News
VICE News is closely watching the international migrant crisis.Check out the Open Water blog here. The Irish Times reported that the crew of the Irish Naval Service ship LÉ Niamh discovered 14 corpses below the deck of a barge floating approximately…
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Watch astronauts play with carbon-filled bubbles and their new 4K camera in space | The Verge
NASA released today more 4K Ultra High-Definition (UHD) video footage captured by the space station’s RED Epic Dragon camera — and it looks like the astronauts are having a lot of fun playing with their new expensive toy.
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Penny Arcade: New York ‘doesn’t see the value of culture, only of status’ | Stage | The Guardian
Penny Arcade wants to use the past to keep dystopia at bay. The latest solo show by the Warhol superstar turned performance-art pioneer is called Longing Lasts Longer, and it takes aim at the dizzyingly rapid corporate takeover of space in her belov…
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World’s Oldest Panda Celebrates 37th Birthday — NYMag
Jia Jia, a giant panda living at an animal theme park in Hong Kong, turned 37 today.
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How Classical Musicians Use iTunes (and Why They’re Ready to Stop) – The Atlantic
The new version of Apple’s signature media software is a mess. What are people with large MP3 libraries to do? When the developer Erik Kemp designed the first metadata system for MP3s in 1996, he provided only three options for attaching text to the…
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NSA To Dump Phone Records In Surveillance Database | ThinkProgress
As the National Security Agency (NSA) winds down its bulk phone data surveillance program, the government well begin purging that data and cutting off access to it by the end of the year. The NSA won’t be allowed to query the telephony metadata coll…
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Anonymous Vows to Keep Leaking Canadian Spy Secrets Over Police Shooting | VICE News
A chapter of the hacktivist group Anonymous released a document they say exposes the Canadian government’s signals intelligence infrastructure, and they’re planning to continue leaking the memos until police arrest the officers responsible for the d…
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THE first time you meet Robin, it’s easy to be misled by her fragile appearance. She’s in her 40s and painfully thin, and she grips her aluminum walker with hands that have been twisted by rheumatoid arthritis. But she’s both tough and resourceful, …
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Leon Nathan Davis III of Georgia state was sentenced to 15 years, the maximum punishment allowed. Davis, 38, pleaded guilty in May to seeking to help a known terrorist organization. He was arrested at the Atlanta airport last October trying to board…
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Why medieval painting babies were ugly
I had no idea Ol’ Dirty Bastard and medieval paintings had something in common. One of ODB’s AKAs was also the reason why babies in medieval paintings looked like ugly middle-aged men: Big Baby Jesus.
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Super Typhoon Maysak is tracking west-northwestward through the western Pacific Ocean, northwest of Yap Island. The storm has maintained its 15 nautical mile diameter eye, but is weakening slightly as dry air encroaches from the southern periphery.
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NYPD Removes Controversial Surveillance Tower From Tompkins Square Park | | Observer
The NYPD has removed a patrol tower from Tompkins Square Park, only a week after placing it there. EV Grieve reported that the tower was taken down at some time before 9 a.m. today. The disappearance of the tower is as sudden and unexplained as its …
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It’s nearly August and Buffalo’s snow still hasn’t totally melted yet | US news | The Guardian
It may be almost August, but dirt-covered snow still hasn’t completely melted since being dumped at a defunct Buffalo railroad station after November’s record-breaking storm.
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Increasing instability and MLCAPE values into the afternoon could foster an uptick in storm coverage and intensity for portions of the Permian Basin and Big Country into northern and central Texas.
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There is a risk of severe thunderstorms for Wednesday afternoon and evening across parts of the southern Plains into the Ozarks. The greatest risk will be over parts of central and northern Oklahoma, southwestern Missouri and northwestern Arkansas, …
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Channel Tunnel: ‘2,000 migrants’ tried to enter – BBC News
Some 2,000 migrants tried to enter the Channel Tunnel terminal in Calais on Monday night in an attempt to reach the UK, operator Eurotunnel has said. Eurotunnel is facing a daily struggle with migrants who attempt to smuggle themselves into Britain,…
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A massive sand storm that began on April 1, 2015, is spreading into Pakistan and India after disrupting air and ground traffic throughout the Gulf region.
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Play it now: Claw Champion Earth – Offworld
Oh, claw machines. Those playful, enticing toy bins we’ve fairly recently learned are definitely rigged to routinely thwart your desire for a new fluffy friend.
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De Blasio Demands Feds Let Puerto Rico Declare Bankruptcy | Observer
Mayor Bill de Blasio today rallied with a host of activists and politicians to demand Congress pass a bill permitting financially flailing Puerto Rico to declare bankruptcy to escape its credit crisis.
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Who shot Cecil? First it was thought that a mystery Spaniard had the blood of one of Africa’s most famous lions on his hands. Then came a fresh twist. The Cecil slayer, Zimbabwean conservations said on Tuesday, was in fact a dentist from Minnesota.
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Excellent photo app Filters has been sold to Camera+, will live on!
Filters, the popular (and affordable) photo editing app for iOS, is now part of the Camera+ family. In a blog post on Medium, Filters developer Mike Rundle says the app will remain as a standalone in the App Store, and isn’t being “acquired for part…
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TEHRAN — For Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post reporter now on trial for espionage in Iran, the incident was extraordinary but still looked like another example of the difficulties in covering the country’s politics.
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Facebook Publishes Its Managing Bias Course For All | WIRED
Facebook—like so many other tech giants—still hasn’t managed to make much progress in terms of diversifying its ranks. But the company insists it’s pushing hard for change.
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Footage shows migrants scaling Channel Tunnel fence – BBC News
Some 2,000 migrants tried to enter the Channel Tunnel terminal in Calais on Monday night in an attempt to reach the UK, operator Eurotunnel has said. Eurotunnel is facing a daily struggle with migrants who attempt to smuggle themselves into Britain,…
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Investigation finds causes of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo crash | Science | The Guardian
The violent crash of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo was caused by a combination of human error and inadequate safety procedures, a nine-month investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board has found.
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In 1923 a 16-year-old called Israel Myers set up a raincoat company in Baltimore. He called it Londontown. The firm jogged along profitably enough, supplying the US navy and becoming popular in Philadelphia on account of its special patented liners.…
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Facebook is trying to make its workers check their privilege
When tackling the problem of diversity in the workplace, Facebook is trying to address it from all angles. One of the biggest tentpoles in its plan is to collect its workers and make them look at their own bias and privilege.
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Nuclear deal ‘not to reform Iran’, says John Kerry – BBC News
The nuclear deal with Iran is not meant to “reform Iran’s regime, or end its support for terrorism”, US Secretary of State John Kerry has told US Congress.
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Ford warns China car sales may see first fall since 1990 – BBC News
Ford has predicted industry-wide sales will be flat or fall in China this year – the world’s biggest car market. The car giant expects 23 million to 24 million car sales in China, compared with 24 million last year.
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This Teenage Duo Could Be the Future of Music—for Better and Worse | The New Republic
Jack & Jack’s new EP, Calibraska, is no one’s idea of groundbreaking music.
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Rand Paul 2016: Inside his campaign’s downward spiral – POLITICO
He was once a serious contender for the White House. Now, his campaign is fighting over what went wrong. Rand Paul, once seen as a top-tier contender, finds his presidential hopes fading fast as he grapples with deep fundraising and organizational p…
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Too Many People Don’t Know Marital Rape Is Rape | FiveThirtyEight
A lawyer for Donald Trump apologized Tuesday for saying “by the very definition, you can’t rape your spouse,” in response to resurfaced allegations that the Republican presidential candidate raped his former wife Ivana Trump in 1989. Although the co…
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T-Mobile Adds Apple Music To Its Data-Free Music Freedom Plan | TechCrunch
T-Mobile, specifically its eccentric CEO John Legere, announced a couple pretty major initiatives with Apple today that, amongst other things, included free Apple Music streaming and an upgraded iPhone trade-in plan.
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Come the second Thursday of September, the city of Toronto will once again play host to a teeming mass of movie stars, movie fans, movie directors, movie critics, and people who just want to scream the names of that first group while jostling for a …
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Here’s the scenario. You’re sportsball superstar Tom Brady. You’re a four-time Super Bowl Champion and three-time Super Bowl MVP with the New England Patriots. You also happen to be a central figure in the high-profile sportsball drama known as “Def…
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Remix imagines upcoming Fantastic Four as a ’90s action film · Great Job, Internet! · The A.V. Club
Before the upcoming Fantastic Four film, and before the 2005 Fantastic Four film, there was yet another Fantastic Four film.
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Martha’s Vineyard or Nantucket: Which Is Right For You? | | Observer
To many East Coasters, weekend trips to Martha’s Vineyard or Nantucket isn’t a getaway, it’s a tradition. Princess Diana would visit Martha’s Vineyard. The Kennedy Compound is in Aquinnah, (formerly known as Gay Head). Bill Gates, Barack Obama, and …
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No, German Scientists Have Not Confirmed the “Impossible” EMDrive
Two German researchers claim they have produced measurable amounts of thrust using a copy of NASA’s controversial EMDrive.
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22 DeepMind Rearchers Among Hundreds Calling to Ban Autonomous Weapons In Open Letter | Observer
Hundreds of computer scientists, engineers, academics, futurists and concerned citizens have penned their signatures on an open letter warning of the dangers of military robots and urging a ban on their development.
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Un: Almost 1,900 Civilians Killed in Yemen | Al Jazeera America
The civilian death toll from four months of fighting in Yemen has risen to nearly 1,900, with at least 202 people killed over the past 12 days, the United Nations said Tuesday. The U.N. human rights office in Geneva said another 353 civilians were w…
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We Transformed Living Cells from Pigs into Tiny Lasers – Scientific American
Editor’s note: The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research.
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The UK has just begun its first major public inquiry into undercover policing, and with Britain’s covert officers already known to have stolen dead babies’ identities, used sexual relationships to get closer to targets, and possibly committed crimes…
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Windows 8 came out in 2012, chock-full of Grand Proclamations About The World. Two-in-one devices are taking over! Touchscreens are great! Old apps are stupid! Who cares about settings menus! Interesting ideas, the lot of ‘em. Almost none came true …
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SpaceShipTwo – Catastrophic Failure Moment | Video
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Musical Ambien distributor Ed Sheeran will soon be making heads roll instead of loll on FX—via The Hollywood Reporter, the singer has just been cast in Kurt Sutter’s The Bastard Executioner, a medieval drama based in part on the Welsh rebellions of …
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A decade of documented mental health issues didn’t preclude John Russell Houser from purchasing a handgun from an Alabama pawn shop last year. That gun would later be used in a lethal assault against moviegoers during which Houser shot 11 people — t…
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Cecil the Lion’s Killer Is a Dentist — NYMag
Since Zimbabwe’s famous and much-loved lion Cecil was killed a short distance from the edge of Hwange National Park on July 1, the search has been on for the North American hunter who allegedly shot him. Now a spokesman for Walter Palmer says his bo…
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Dragon Quest, Japan’s Biggest RPG, Finally Goes Multiplatform | WIRED
Japan’s biggest role-playing game series is, finally, hedging its bets. Square Enix has announced Dragon Quest XI, the latest in its long-running, very popular line of RPGs that’s something of a Japanese cultural phenomenon. The games sell millions …
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Art and Possibly Pink Eye Comes to DC Museum | Observer
On its website, Snarkitecture—the art and architecture collective from designer Alex Mustonen and artist Daniel Arsham—states that one of its goals is to make “architecture perform the unexpected,” and technically, making an installation that can gi…
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DES MOINES, IA—In an effort to accommodate the tremendous influx of presidential candidates pouring into the state, Iowa Republican Party officials announced Tuesday the construction of a massive town hall stadium to play host to the campaigning.
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White House shoots down petition to pardon Edward Snowden | The Verge
Two years after it was posted, the White House has responded to a petition to pardon NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.
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The Republicans Have Been Trumped; Democrats Can Organize Better Debates | The Nation
As the Republican National Committee prepares to begin what was supposed to be a carefully managed and scheduled presidential debating season — but which is now turning into the Season of the Trump — the Democratic National Committee has yet to set …
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Petition to pardon Edward Snowden rejected by Obama administration | US news | The Guardian
The White House has rejected a petition to pardon NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, dubbing the former contractor’s revelations about the US government’s surveillance apparatus as “dangerous” and compromising to national security.
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Madrid mayor scraps eviction orders for 70 families in social housing | World news | The Guardian
The leftwing mayor of Madrid has overturned eviction orders for 70 families living in social housing and safeguarded more than 2,000 similar rental contracts.
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Donald J. Trump‘s presidential campaign has taken a “no apologies” approach to inflammatory remarks and controversies, but on Tuesday one of his personal aides had some regrets. Michael Cohen, who is special counsel to Mr.
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How to make fun of metal bands and test for robots at the same time | The Verge
In the never-ending struggle of the CAPTCHA, things just got a little bit worse. That little rectangle of distorted text, which seems to exist solely for the purpose of making Ticketmaster more infuriating, just spawned this: Metal CAPTCHA.
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My son is Abraham Amuhaya Imbula. He was born Nov. 16, 2009. The silence at his delivery penetrates my being. I remember his pregnancy, delivery, and the time we spent with him so vividly. I can still smell his scent. Our family valued our time with…
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Cecil the Lion Was Brutally Killed by a Minnesota Dentist, Officials Say | VICE News
Walter Palmer, an American dentist from Minnesota, is believed to have paid almost $55,000 to hunt and kill Cecil, a cherished lion from one of Zimbabwe’s national parks, according to the Telegraph.
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The long-awaited prequel to Wet Hot American Summer premieres this week on Netflix. The original film has developed a cult status over the past 14 years, but another project featuring the film’s creators and many of its stars has been overlooked. I …
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Qualcomm says it can now wirelessly charge metal phones | The Verge
The best phones around are increasingly being made with metal bodies and frames, which has posed an issue for wireless charging. Metal phones have had to rely on supplementary cases if they want to support this type of charging, but today Qualcomm s…
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The Willkie What-If: F.D.R.’s Hybrid-Party Plot – The New Yorker
A remarkable thing almost happened to the two-party system in the summer of ’44: Franklin D.
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Why Grooveshark failed | The Verge
Sometime in early 2006, Josh Greenberg, a freshman at the University of Florida, began attending meetings at a school club for budding business types. The son of an electronics repairman, Greenberg was a model junior entrepreneur.
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Dem Sen.: Trump Lawyer ‘Giving Akin A Run For His Money’
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) on Monday night slammed the lawyer for Donald Trump who claimed that legally, a man cannot rape his wife, comparing him to former Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO), the politician known for his claim about “legitimate rape” in the 2…
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Kentucky man dies from snake bite suffered during church service | US news | The Guardian
The Bell County sheriff’s office said on Monday that 60-year-old John David Brock of Stoney Fork was handling the snake during a Sunday service at a Pentecostal church in Jenson. Authorities said Brock was bitten on his left arm and refused medical …
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Azealia Banks now feuding with entire nation of Australia · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Following two years of lobbing insults in the general direction of Australian pop star Iggy Azalea, fellow rapper-or-flower-or-whatever Azealia Banks is now waging war on the entire nation of Australia to save time.
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The White House has finally responded — more than two years later — to a petition asking for a pardon of Edward Snowden. The petition surfaced soon after Snowden went public with his identity. Less than three weeks later — June 25, 2013 — it had…
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Come see me tonight in Seattle! – Boing Boing
I’m reading from the novel I just finished (Utopia) and then being interviewed by Geekwire’s Frank Catalano. It’s part of the Clarion West reading series (I’m teaching there this week*) and funds go to benefit the Clarion West writing workshop.
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Archaeologists discover remains of Jamestown colony’s earliest leaders | US news | The Guardian
Archaeologists have uncovered human remains of four of the earliest leaders of the English colony that would become America, buried for more than 400 years near the altar of what was America’s first Protestant church in Jamestown, Virginia.
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The Key to Keeping Up With Health Food’s Hottest Trend | | Observer
The city’s hottest new healthy trend, blending, has sprouted a crop of shops popping up on a block near you. High or low, posh and un-posh, all use the same blender, the Vitamix, whose highest-end offering is the Professional Series 750. Universally…
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What Drake and Meek Mill’s feud over ghostwriting says about hip-hop today | Music | The Guardian
Last week, the Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill dissed Drake, insisting that the Canadian MC uses ghostwriters, in particular on their recent collaboration R.I.C.O. Mill is a high-profile rapper; R.I.C.O. is from his latest album, Dreams Worth More Tha…
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Hundreds of Indian teachers quit amid crackdown on fake qualifications | World news | The Guardian
More than 1,600 teachers in a north Indian state have resigned after a court told all educational staff with fraudulent qualifications to quit or face legal action.
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As São Paulo, Brazil, suffers from the worst drought in its history, multinational pulp company Fibria, which is headquartered in the city, is one of many that has felt the pinch.
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Sweden says submarine wreck probably Tsarist-era Russian vessel | World news | The Guardian
The wreck of a submarine found off Sweden’s coast was probably a Tsarist-era Russian vessel that collided with a ship about a century ago, the country’s military has announced.
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Police left voicemail on Lamara Bell’s mobile 10 days after she died | UK news | The Guardian
The brother of Lamara Bell, who died from her injuries after police failed to follow up a report of her car crashing off a motorway in central Scotland, has described the force as “useless” after it emerged that a constable left a voicemail on his s…
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Jennifer L. McDonald is an ecologist by profession and a cat person by avocation. Some years ago, Tiggy, her ginger-and-white shorthair, would bring home freshly killed mice and shrews for her consideration. Dr.
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Nerdy baking YouTube channel to release its first cookbook
And soon you’ll be able to try some of her recipes without getting frosting on your laptop. Pansino is releasing her own book titled The Nerdy Nummies Cookbook: Sweet Treats For The Geek In All Of Us this fall.
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Ex-President Bill Pullman is also joining Rob Reiner’s LBJ · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Deadline reports that former President Bill Pullman has joined the cast of Rob Reiner’s upcoming political drama, LBJ. Pullman will be playing liberal Democrat Sen. Ralph Yarborough.
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Climate Change Means Major Economic Losses For The South | ThinkProgress
Climate change is set to hit the Southeast United States and Texas hard. That’s the conclusion of a new report from the Risky Business Project, a nonprofit that focuses on the economic impacts of climate change.
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ISS astronaut shows us what happens when you dissolve antacid in a water bubble
Don’t expect your antacid tablets to go “plop plop fizz fizz” in space.
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‘Trillion-Dollar Asteroid’ Zooms by Earth as Scientists Watch (Video)
When an asteroid packed with about $5 trillion worth of platinum zoomed past Earth this month scientists were ready, capturing the space rock on radar as it sailed safely by our planet. The asteroid 2011 UW158 missed Earth by about 1.5 million miles…
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Help kickstart L.A.’s Big Art Church – Boing Boing
L.A.’s Big Art Church, a studio, gallery, school and performance venue, is just getting going! Naturally, it needs our help! Our friend Dan Das Mann takes on ambitious projects.
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15 Percent of Americans Don’t Use the Internet | WIRED
Many Americans are still offline. In research released today, the Pew Research Center says that 15 percent of American adults do not use the Internet. That number is a significant drop from 2000, when Pew found that nearly half of all adults didn’t …
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Cooking rice in a coffee pot flushes out arsenic – Boing Boing
Rice contains more of the carcinogen arsenic than other grains, but researchers at Queen’s University Belfast, UK found that cooking rice in a simple coffee percolator removed about half the arsenic.
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WATCH: Florida Cop Arrests Man, Tosses Peanuts To Him Like A Zoo Animal
Sarasota, Florida police officer Andrew Halpin arrested a Florida man on July 18. After handcuffing and booking the man, Halpin started to toss peanuts into the intoxicated man’s mouth like a zoo animal, the Herald-Tribune reported Monday.
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Report: Recent App Store Algorithm Change Points To Crackdown On “Keyword Stuffing” | TechCrunch
Last week, we noted a recent change to the App Store’s algorithm which appeared to have more heavily impacted iPad app developers, and ultimately resulted in ranking changes for some subset of app publishers.
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Dwarf Planet Ceres Global Highs And Lows Animated | Video
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Netflix, as part of its effort to keep the nation suspended in a constant state of binge-watching hypnosis, has announced a title and date for Aziz Ansari’s buzzed-about sitcom, as well as a new season of BoJack Horseman.
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Fugitive caught after being spotted in horror film photos – Boing Boing
I imagine most fugitives would want to keep a low profile, but not so for Jason Stange, of Olympia, WA, who was found guilty of armed bank robbery in 2006.
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Servers.com Launches In US, Takes Aim At DigitalOcean With Focus On Bare-Metal Servers | TechCrunch
Servers.com, a hosting company with a focus on dedicated bare-metal servers that launched in Europe in 2005, today announced the opening of its first U.S. data center location. The new Dallas data center currently only offers dedicated servers, but …
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At this point, we’d save time by running a headline when Donald Trump doesn’t provoke an outrage. Like the old joke about being able to tell a politician is lying because his lips are moving, it’s just a safe bet that, if Trump is conscious, somethi…
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Donald Trump’s race problem is even worse than you think
Donald Trump has to go above and beyond to be the standout racist among the 16 men running for the top spot in the GOP, and he’s doing so with his chin held high and his hair coiffed.
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Vet Allegedly Brought Gun Into Army Office To Keep Recruiters ‘On Their Toes’
A 72-year-old military veteran was arrested for allegedly bringing a gun into an Army recruitment office in Conyers, Georgia last week to “keep the guys on their toes,” according to the Rockdale News.
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Photos of 1970s cheap motels – Boing Boing
In the 1973, subversive street artist Mike Mandel would take snapshots of the cheap motels where he stayed while traveling the country. He’s posted the series on Flickr. This led, inevitably, to my photographing the motels themselves: interiors, poo…
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I never thought I’d find myself thinking that someone should be legally banned from getting married, but if there was ever a person who deserved it – I’m sure I’ve found him.
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In 1985, Thundercats were on the move, answering the age-old question, “what would it be like if a cohort of feline-humanoid hybrid aliens crash-landed on a sparsely populated Earth under the thrall of an agitated sorcerer mummy?” For four years, th…
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Michael Bloomberg buys £16m house in exclusive London street | US news | The Guardian
Michael Bloomberg is to follow the likes of Mick Jagger and Roman Abramovich when he moves into a £16m ($25m) mansion on one of London’s wealthiest streets. The former mayor of New York is reported to have paid £1m ($1.
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Japanese artist goes on trial over “vagina selfies” – Boing Boing
In December, we wrote about the unbelievably stupid arrest of Rokudenashiko (nee Megumi Igarashi), a Japanese manga artist who makes art with castings of her genitals.
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Time’s Mirror: A CHRONOS Files Novella by Rysa Walker – Boing Boing
I fell in love with Rysa Walker’s time travel stories, the CHRONOS Files. Time’s Mirror is a new novella exposing one of her most controversial characters! Time’s Mirror tells the CHRONOS Files story from Prudence Pierce’s point-of-view.
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Will Ferrell never met a sport he didn’t want to make a movie out of, but after tackling soccer, auto racing, figure skating, and basketball, the SNL alum is finishing his half-decathlon of sports comedies with an unexpected twist: a documentary.
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Open Source Is Going Even More Open—Because It Has To | WIRED
Google often gives its software away for free. It has long believed in open source software. But last week, the company took this idea to the next level.
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Amazon proposes drones-only airspace to facilitate high-speed delivery | Technology | The Guardian
Amazon is proposing that a pristine slice of airspace above the world’s cities and suburbs should be set aside for the deployment of high-speed aerial drones capable of flying robotically with virtually no human interference.
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Sherri Shepherd to return to The View · Newswire · The A.V. Club
We can all join together in a collective sigh of relief, because Deadline reports that Sherri Shepherd will be returning to The View as a contributor for its upcoming 19th season and will appear in about 50 episodes of the daytime talk show.
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Wildfires torch bone-dry northern California as temperatures rise | US news | The Guardian
High temperatures are expected on Tuesday as crews struggle to make headway against a wildfire threatening about 450 homes and other buildings in the tiny wooded communities of Bass Lake and Cascadel Woods north of Fresno, California.
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I’m sometimes grumpier when I stay at a nice hotel. I have certain expectations about the service that’s going to be provided.
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NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory – Typhoon Halola Turning Towards Japan
A relatively compact storm, Typhoon Halola is strengthening as it begins to turn north on what is forecast to be a course that brings it close to Sasebo in southern Japan. Current maximum winds are around 85 mph, but may reach up to 110 mph by July …
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Some of the most amazing photography subjects on our planet are incredibly easy to overlook… or even step on. Snails are a great example (as are all the macro photography worlds, really) and another is the magical world of mushrooms.
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Facebook ordered to allow Germans to use fake names
If you want to use a pseudonym on Facebook, Germany is where you want to be. The Hamburg data protection authority, which regulates Facebook in Germany, has ruled the service can’t force Germans to use their real names.
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Planned Parenthood Opponents Hope You’ll Be Grossed Out By Graphic Images Of Fetuses | ThinkProgress
Conservative activists hoping to drum up political opposition to Planned Parenthood are relying on the oldest tactic in the book: Distributing graphic images of fetuses to construe abortion as a barbaric procedure that Americans cannot in good consc…
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Putin Says Embattled FIFA President Sepp Blatter is Awesome, Deserves Nobel Prize | VICE News
FIFA President Sepp Blatter deserves a Nobel Prize, Vladimir Putin has claimed, after the international football’s governing body was rocked by the biggest corruption scandal in its history.
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Recycling Your Old Clothes Just Got A Lot Easier | Observer
Many shopaholics (this writer included) face a frequent conundrum, especially when tiny New York City apartments are involved. The issue du jour includes having a closet that is bursting at the seams with clothing, sidled with a rather strong desire…
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AwareCar will tell you where you parked (and remind you to put change in the meter)
There’s a lot you can learn from your car via in-dash dongles like Automatic, but if you’re more interested in interacting with your car, AwareCar may be for you. With an app and a Bluetooth beacon, you’ll get relevant, location-based info — all for…
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Get a Good Look at the Ant-Man Movie Credits’ Major New Superhero Reveal
If you’re seen Ant-Man—well, if you’ve seen Ant-Man and didn’t immediately book out of the theater when the credits start to roll like an insane person—then you saw the first look of the superhero outfit of a legendary Avenger and a welcome addition…
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Why did Instagram just ban the tag #goddess?
When you hear the word “goddess,” do you think of porn? Likely not. The term is more typically associated with Hindu religious figures, Greek and Roman mythology, and modern-day paganism. Goddess worship can involve anyone from Aphrodite and Lakshm…
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Blizzard’s Zeratul ban adds to Liquid’s struggles
Team Liquid’s Heroes of the Storm World Championship qualification campaign has hit another bump in the road, with a last-minute hero ban and a bad draw knocking them out in the second round of the first EU Open.
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Why Obama’s Pell Grants For Prisoners Could Be Huge For Students Of Color | ThinkProgress
In a move that could drastically reduce the recidivism rate among inmates, the Obama Administration will soon lift a ban that has kept federal and state prisoners from accessing financial aid for school for more than twenty years.
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Tick populations booming due to climate change | Environment | The Guardian
A few weeks ago, on a pleasantly cool day, this reporter and his dog, an Alaskan malamute named Bear, headed for a small set of trails in an area of woods not far from the New York-New Jersey border.
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Cybersecurity experts urge Obama to veto CISA
Pressure is mounting against a cybersecurity bill that critics say endangers Americans’ privacy while still failing to protect against cyberattacks.
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What A Truly Diverse Tech Company Would Look Like | TechCrunch
A lot of the conversation about diversity in tech revolves mostly around the lack of women and minorities. But diversity is much more complex than that. It’s not just about increasing the number of women in tech.
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Trump Lawyer Apologizes For Saying That ‘You Can’t Rape Your Spouse’
Micahel Cohen, a special counsel to Donald Trump, apologized on Tuesday for comments about marital rape that he made while defending his boss from allegations that Donald Trump sexually assaulted his ex-wife.
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Surprise, TechCrunch panders to awful start-up founders! – Boing Boing
In this terrible post, TechCrunch panders to the worst kind of start-up exec, the lying and failing kind. Nothing in their piece is good advice, and no one should look to these bozos for business tips. This is a crock.
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Yankees Are 90 Percent Likely to Make Playoffs — NYMag
Not much was expected of the Yankees this year, even in a wide-open American League East. Six Sports Illustrated experts picked three different teams to win the division, none of them New York. Out of 88 ESPN experts polled before Opening Day, only …
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How Makerbot Organizes Its Brooklyn Factory’s Floor | | Observer
Looking for Betabeat? Betabeat is now the newly launched Innovation section of the Observer. All your favorite features and columns—as well as exciting new areas of tech coverage—can now be found at Observer.com/Innovation.
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Intel’s new storage chip is 1,000 times faster than flash memory | The Verge
Intel and Micron have a new way to store data that they say is denser, tougher, and faster than the competition, and it’s already starting production.
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If you’re wasting water, this shower curtain will poke you with spikes
Your extra long showers are ruining the environment and Elisabeth Buecher wants to do something about it. Part of a series of creations called “My Shower Curtain is a Green Warrior,” the Spiky curtain pushes people out of the stall if they’ve been i…
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A Tribe Called Red’s electric powwow puts indigenous culture centre stage | Music | The Guardian
The dispute began on Instagram last summer, when Bear Witness, a founding member of the electronic group A Tribe Called Red, posted a photo at the Calgary folk music festival.
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Here’s how Motorola’s new phones compare to the iPhone 6 and Galaxy S6 | The Verge
Motorola announced three impressive phones this morning, with options ranging from a surprisingly appealing low-cost device to a surprisingly inexpensive high-end device. It started off with the Moto X Style, a 5.
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Hands On With Motorola’s Stunning New X and G Phones | WIRED
Motorola is rapidly climbing up the smartphone market-share charts, and there are a few reasons why. According to the company, its bargain-priced Moto G is the best-selling smartphone in company history (the title of bestselling phone goes to the Ra…
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Why The New York Times’ Clinton Error Is a Big Deal – The Atlantic
The paper of record’s inaccurate reporting on a nonexistent criminal investigation was a failure that should entail more serious consequences. I have read The New York Times since I was a teenager as the newspaper to be trusted, the paper of record,…
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South Africa’s ANC accuses firms of being ‘unpatriotic’ – BBC News
South Africa’s governing party has accused the private sector of being “unpatriotic” following an announcement that mining companies will cut thousands of jobs. The African National Congress (ANC) warned that the job losses would worsen unemployment.
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Crowdbirthing: do young mums really like to push in public? | Life and style | The Guardian
Name: Crowdbirthing. Age: Popular among mums aged 16-29.
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In DC’s Bombshells, Batwoman Messes Up Batman’s Origin in the Best Way
When DC announced that their series of World War II, pin-up style takes on their cadre of female heroes was getting a comic, we couldn’t wait to see some of comic’s coolest ladies swing into action—and now we’ve got a taste of just how great it is w…
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The 7 most dangerous myths about the fight for $15 minimum wage
What was once a fringe movement led largely by far left liberals has become a major media story and trending topic on Twitter: Workers, politicians, and even business owners are fighting for a higher minimum wage. In some areas, they’re even winning.
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Techmeme: German regulator orders Facebook to allow pseudonyms (Julia Fioretti/Reuters)
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NATO Is Cool With Turkey’s ‘War on Terror’ Against The Islamic State and The Kurds | VICE News
NATO expressed “strong support” for Turkey on Tuesday, after holding an emergency meeting in Brussels as Ankara pursues a two-pronged “war on terror” targeting Islamic State jihadists as well as Kurdish militants.
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Obama thinks he could win a third term for president
If he was allowed to run, would President Barack Obama win in 2016? Yes—at least according to Obama.
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BRETT GELMAN CHIP BENT SUSIE ABRAHAM Written and Directed by Michael Langan Produced by Najeeb Tarazi Executive Producer Nick Read Associate Producer Katia Nicolova Production Coordinator Nick Baker Director of Photography Boyd Hobbs Assistant Camera
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Cecil the lion: US dentist blamed for Zimbabwe killing – BBC News
Conservationists in Zimbabwe say the man who paid $50,000 (£32,000) to kill the country’s most famous lion was an American dentist. The Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force (ZCTF) named the tourist as Walter Palmer from Minnesota and said he shot the an…
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Wondermark » Archive » #1146; In which Theft is justified
It’s a big week next week!! (The picture above isn’t relevant to anything, it’s just a context-free reflection of my fondest hopes and dreams.) On Monday, my Roll-a-Sketch Kickstarter comes to an end.
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Wondermark » Archive » Last chance for Roll-a-Sketches! PLUS: Gen Con!
Hooray! The Roll-a-Sketch coloring book Kickstarter ended today having funded at a staggering 379,900% of our goal amount. Thank you so much to everyone who pledged! Stand by for news & updates coming via Kickstarter on that project, starting next w…
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Charles Barron Mulling Campaign to Replace John Sampson | Observer
Does Charles Barron want an Albany upgrade? The Brooklyn assemblyman, a Democrat and self-identified Black Panther, is contemplating a bid to replace former State Senator John Sampson, who was forced from office following a conviction on federal cor…
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Diane Keaton and Jude Law to star in The Young Pope | Media | The Guardian
Oscar-winning actor Diane Keaton is to star alongside Jude Law in the eight-part Paolo Sorrentino-directed series The Young Pope, it has been announced.
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Man born with “virtually no brain” has advanced math degree – Boing Boing
The subject of this paper grew up with a normal cognitive and social life, and didn’t discover his hydrocephalus — which had all but obliterated his brain — until he went to the doctor for an unrelated complaint.
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What you need to know about internet television and its weird pre-YouTube origin | The Verge
I am nostalgic for internet videos in the time before YouTube. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, I remember watching strange, absurd, hideous shorts — shot on home camcorders or animated with cheap software — on websites I’m no longer sure exist.
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Netflix is bringing BoJack Horseman back for a third season | The Verge
BoJack Horseman’s second season is still brand new, but Netflix has seen enough to make a call regarding its future. The streaming service announced today that the strange, suggestive cartoon has been renewed for a third season, one that’s set to ai…
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Looking back at Windows 8, it’s easy to see where Microsoft went wrong. It was a giant bet on touch-based computing, but it made using a PC with a keyboard and mouse awkward, frustrating, and outright confusing.
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Google will now require explicit consent for tracking European users | The Verge
After a long and costly legal battle in the European Union, Google is making some changes to the way it serves ads to European users.
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Harpoon will help freelancers spear invoicing and time tracking in one handy service
Freelancers all have the same underlying issues; tracking hours and billing clients. Often, the solution comes via a patchwork of disparate apps and services, but Harpoon is hoping to change all of that with a suite that includes financial planning,…
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Blame a Catastrophic Blindspot for the Virgin Galactic Crash | WIRED
The deadly crash of the spaceship designed to carry wealthy Virgin Galactic customers into space can be pinned on pilot error, the National Transportation Safety Board said this morning.
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VSCO updates its mobile apps with a new Collections feature for expanded image curation
Visual Supply Company (VSCO), makers of digital film emulation presets and camera profiles, has debuted Collections, a new feature for its VSCO Cam apps on iOS and Android.
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VSCO Cam’s new Collections feature lets you curate your favorite images | The Verge
VSCO Cam is best known as a great image editor for mobile devices that makes it easy to tweak and improve the images captured by your smartphone or tablet. But VSCO has long had greater ambitions for the app than just editing images.
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The New Moto X And Moto G Are Incredibly Cheap Yet Powerful Phones | TechCrunch
Motorola has just unveiled its new lineup of smartphones, the Moto G, Moto X Style and Moto X Play. While these phones are mostly updated versions of their previous iterations, Motorola is sticking with its key advantages — price, customization and …
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Fox Searchlight to adapt 80-year-old New Yorker article into movie · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Aspiring screenwriters can sleep well tonight, knowing they’ve all been beaten by a man who’s been dead since 1976.
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It’s Not a Nuclear-Armed Iran That Israel and Saudi Arabia Really Fear | The Nation
Don’t sweat the details of the July nuclear accord between the United States and Iran. What matters is that the calculus of power in the Middle East just changed in significant ways.
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Vacation · Film Review · The A.V. Club
The most recognizably 2015 element of the 2015 edition of Vacation comes early in the film: a shot of Debbie (Christina Applegate), stone-faced and mirthless as she comments on an Instagram post with an enthusiastic and exclamation-heavy “LOL!” For …
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Just as James Clapper’s office was officially announcing the death of the bulk phone metadata program (ending November 29th, with three months of post-wind-down wind-down for data analysts), the DOJ was filing a motion in the Second Circuit Court of…
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Google now helps you dodge crowds at your favorite places so you can be the worst
When you’re having a long, busy day, you’re often grasping for pockets of time to escape and do something right for you, like getting a quick coffee from the place by your work.
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As a man in my mid-30s in the year 2015, I spend the bulk of my life diligently and repeatedly carrying out one simple task – ignoring the prospect of my inevitable death.
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Mitchell Pleads Guilty to Prison Break Charges — NYMag
Joyce Mitchell, the prison worker charged with helping two prisoners escape from Clinton Correctional Facility in upstate New York last month, pleaded guilty to a felony and a misdemeanor on Tuesday. She could face up to seven years in prison.
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See Hunter S. Thompson Talk Hell’s Angels in Newly Animated Interview | Rolling Stone
In the mid-Sixties, gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson spent about a year with the world’s most notorious biker gang to write the book Hell’s Angels, which came out in 1967.
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Mastodon, Judas Priest Plot Co-Headlining Fall Tour | Rolling Stone
Two monsters of metal will hit the road together this fall as Judas Priest and Mastodon have announced an 11-date co-headlining tour. The trek will kick off October 16th in Paso Robles, California. Tickets go on sale to the general public on July 31…
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Unions still playing a big, if different, role in elections – latimes
Scott Brown says he’s for the middle class but votes against us every time http://t.co/kQml2rKb @massteacher @UAOrganizer550 @ATUComm #1uMA
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Watsi | Fund medical treatments for people around the world
I love the idea of donating directly to life-changing medical treatments for specific people in dev countries http://t.co/tW7S15SF (↬@nttd)
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Oxfam Warns Climate Change And Extreme Weather Will Cause Food Prices To Soar | ThinkProgress
Oxfam Warns Climate Change And Extreme Weather Will Cause Food Prices To Soar #green http://t.co/9QdRPOx7
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I Stand w/ Ann Romney: I’m also concerned about
I Stand w/ Ann Romney: I’m also concerned about Mitt’s Mental Health. . #p2 #SAVEMITT http://t.co/HnJv4gtz
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Penises are NOT actually shrinking (Sorry, Rush, i
Penises are NOT actually shrinking (Sorry, Rush, it’s just you) http://t.co/zf4b2NNS via @DebbyHerbenick
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Women in #Yemen are worse off now than a year ago, @Oxfam report: http://t.co/1WwVHaXw
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Cat Laser Pointer Go – YouTube
whenever i see headline about romney camp “pouncing” on something this comes to mind http://t.co/q5ydsjAG theyre just as effective
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Saves Beneficiaries $4.5 Billion on Rx Drugs Pro
#Obamacare Saves #Medicare Beneficiaries $4.5 Billion on Rx Drugs http://t.co/wj3INiDo Progress #RomneyRyan wld repeal #p2 #tcot #GOP
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New ITU ‘Sustainability Toolkit’ for the ICT sector
New ‘Sustainability Toolkit’ for the ICT sector http://t.co/ytJxITKz Green standards highlighted as tools to achieve greener corporations
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Prepare to pay as much as $331,200 OUT OF POCKET f
Prepare to pay as much as $331,200 OUT OF POCKET for Medicare w/ the Romney-Ryan voucher plan. http://t.co/0tUKG5Zi http://t.co/LHsbqyky
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STUDY: Agriculture Giant Monsanto's Products Cause Tumors, Organ Damage In Rats | ThinkProgress
STUDY: Agriculture giant Monsanto’s products cause tumors, organ damage in rats http://t.co/fL7kNHGS #icymi
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RT @iaeaorg: IAEA, Argentina ink pact for promoting nuclear knowledge management in Latin American and Caribbean http://t.co/eRyromvh
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04.04.2011 – Mine Action day 'Mine People of Iraq' | Flickr – Photo Sharing!
Meet Hassan, whose daughter dug up #clusterbombs while playing near her dad, who was herding sheep: http://t.co/NVMp3WJ4 #CrisisSunday
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Vine’s Quiet, Stealthy Pivot | Fast Company | Business + Innovation
With Vine, capturing life in motion is fun and easy. . . . They’re little windows into the people, settings, ideas and objects that make up your life.
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Jeffrey Tambor Is Getting His Leading Man Moment…as a Woman | GQ
Jeffrey Tambor is sitting in the window of a diner in the suburbs north of New York City, telling a story about losing his hair at the age of 16, when a young man approaches tentatively on the sidewalk outside and holds a handwritten note up to the …
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Ancient tooth found in French cave – BBC News
The tooth was found at Arago cave near the village of Tautavel, one of the world’s most important prehistoric sites; it has been under excavation for about 50 years. The owner of the tooth – a very worn lower incisor – lived during a cold and dry pe…
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Smashing Pumpkin’s leader—and sole remaining original member—Billy Corgan is a man of many opinions, most of which I find easy to ignore.
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CLEVELAND—Gingerly stepping around several of the largest wet patches on the floor, local Indians fan Mark Freel reportedly assured himself Tuesday that at least some of the liquid covering the ground of the men’s bathroom at Progressive Field was m…
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These Gorgeous Royal Wedding Gowns All Have One Thing In Common | Observer
Monaco, Sweden, Greece and the Netherlands all have their own royal families. But when members of those families get married, the splendid nuptials tend to have one thing in common: Valentino is summoned to design the wedding gown.
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Google Search Now Shows You When Local Businesses Are Busiest | TechCrunch
Google Search got a small, but notable, update today which focuses on helping users determine when it’s the best time to visit a nearby business.
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#TenThingsNotToSayToAWriter Hashtag Has Famous Authors Venting and Bonding on Twitter | | Observer
Writing is not a career for the weak. It comes with seemingly everlasting periods of writer’s block, glooming fits of self-doubt and often little recognition or remuneration in return for great dedication.
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Pebble CEO Eric Migicovsky Will Join Us At Disrupt SF | TechCrunch
Imagine you’ve just run the most successful Kickstarter campaigns of all time. What do you do next? If you’re Pebble CEO and founder Eric Migicovsky, you come back and do it all over again three years later, raising nearly twice as much as the first…
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Virgin Galactic spacecraft crash ‘due to braking error’ – BBC News
Investigators say a Virgin Galactic spaceship crash was caused by structural failure after the co-pilot unlocked a braking system early. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says resulting aerodynamic forces caused the brakes to actually …
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Fuzzberta the guinea pig is better at cosplaying than you
Instagram is going crazy – and rightly so – for a little guinea pig name Fuzzberta. It’s not just her name that’s cute, either. This little charmer is melting our hearts with her too-cute and too-funny cosplay outfits.
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Texas Pastor Shoots Church Intruder
Police said a pastor at the Church of New Beginnings in Baytown, Texas, about 30 miles from Houston, was sleeping in the church office when noises woke him up just after 6 a.m., the Chronicle reported. The pastor grabbed a gun, confronted the intrud…
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Missouri Rejects Lawmakers’ Attempt To Block Immigrants From Receiving Scholarships | ThinkProgress
Some good news came to undocumented immigrants in Missouri this week, when officials ruled that language in a state appropriations bill could not prevent students from receiving state scholarship funds for college.
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Remains of English Jamestown colony leaders discovered – BBC News
Scientists have identified the remains of four men who were among the early leaders of Virginia’s Jamestown settlement. Jamestown was the first successful British colony that gave rise to modern day America.
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Lollapalooza is streaming on The A.V. Club this weekend · Newswire · The A.V. Club
This weekend Lollapalooza heads to Chicago’s Grant Park, and you can stream many of the event’s biggest names right here on The A.V. Club. Much like we did for Bonnaroo earlier this year, come to The A.V.
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PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — A prison employee pleaded guilty on Tuesday to charges that she helped two convicted killers stage a dramatic escape from a maximum-security prison in June in northern New York. Dabbing tears from her eyes, the employee, Joyce E.
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Jason Isbell’s success shows that country music is splitting in two | Music | The Guardian
This week singer-songwriter Jason Isbell, the Alabama native whose breakout album Southeastern landed him on the top of many critics’ year-end lists in 2013 (this one included), debuted in first place on Billboard’s country chart with his latest set…
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All hail Tom Cruise and the era of the equal opportunity action movie | Film | The Guardian
Tom Cruise may … ahem … get the odd bit of bad press, but he remains Hollywood’s most dependable action hero.
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Film Great Job, Internet! Lightsabers in Star WarsLightsabers in Star Wars Jul 28, 2015 10:30 AM For Hopes And Fears, Aaron Reese traces a brief history of sound effects in sci-fi films, starting with the early roots of Foley art and continuing on t…
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BEIJING — For many Chinese, the images coming out of Turkey this month have been ferocious and frightening.
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Ancient Huts May Reveal Clues to Earth’s Magnetic Pole Reversals
Grain bins much like these modern ones, photographed in southern Africa, were ritually burned down during Africa’s Iron Age. The scorched ground beneath them conserved rare clues about the Earth’s magnetic field.
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Toronto Film Festival: Eddie Redmayne and Julianne Moore aim for double Oscar success – BBC News
Oscar-winning actors Eddie Redmayne and Julianne Moore will launch their effort to become double Oscar winners at this year’s Toronto Film Festival. The pair, who collected Academy Awards in February, each have films screening at the festival which …
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Dem leader Pelosi backs $15 minimum wage | TheHill
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday endorsed a $15 minimum wage, joining a growing chorus of liberals on and off Capitol Hill pushing to more than double the current $7.25 rate. In April, top Democratic leaders — including Pel…
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Baltimore teens are training police on how to bett
Baltimore teens are training police on how to better interact with the communities they serve http://t.co/Pz34BDhnUX http://t.co/Dav0q3Pk3W
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Yoda's Long Lost Twin Found in a 14th Century Illuminated Manuscript | Open Culture
Yoda’s Long Lost Twin Found in a 14th Century Illuminated Manuscript http://t.co/461pYLY6yO http://t.co/FOt1zvm1lx
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Five years on, we’ve learned n
Five years on, we’ve learned nothing from the largest onshore oil spill in U.S. history http://t.co/Omn3siNV5J
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Methane Challenge Program Proposal | Natural Gas STAR Program | US Environmental Protection Agency
The @EPA proposes voluntary program to cut methane emissions from natural-gas sector. http://t.co/qoIUCaNU3p Regulations coming late summer.
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. Report: Fox News Roger Ailes
.@owillis Report: Fox News Roger Ailes And Boss Rupert Murdoch Fighting Over Trump Coverage http://t.co/YZhTW4zKrQ … http://t.co/KTgZ3n9oSA
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Climate change threatens some of America’s most iconic species. @aewetzler makes the case for the #CleanPowerPlan http://t.co/VwxDdybcjR
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“I wanted to make racism tactile, visceral. Becaus
“I wanted to make racism tactile, visceral. Because it is.” Ta-Nehisi Coates http://t.co/Pa1Ki9K7vp http://t.co/OUP0YUfNdS
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The David Brooks letter to Ta-Nehisi Coates is lik
The David Brooks letter to Ta-Nehisi Coates is like a Matterhorn of tone-deafness. It’s kind of amazing actually http://t.co/BgeGw3RzqS
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One year ago today, Eric Garner was killed by a Ne
One year ago today, Eric Garner was killed by a New York City Police officer. http://t.co/AbtXl0VDSe http://t.co/tzuQrwbaq4
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As our climate changes, extrem
As our climate changes, extreme weather will become more frequent—and more costly. http://t.co/fx07edLIeq via @DLashof
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Poetry Lovers’ Page – William Blake: “To See a World…”
@JoshuaStarlight nice pic. reminded me of this http://t.co/K5sF6UoT9n http://t.co/DaKRfS2hQq
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Obama's ‘Amazing Grace’ – The Atlantic
Obama’s ‘Amazing Grace’ – http://t.co/8L05DWhbcd (@JamesFallows, @TheAtlantic)
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We couldn’t fit this into the show last night – 5 years of people prematurely declaring Obamacare dead.. https://t.co/Ksrb1XSz7S
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Former white supremacist on th
Former white supremacist on the US shooting “I think it’s racism, it’s terrorism” http://t.co/aJQqeZvu0z http://t.co/nH0uMbOrVN
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Pope Francis’ words are a defining moment in the f
Pope Francis’ words are a defining moment in the fight against climate change. Add your voice: http://t.co/E13iKSmdoC http://t.co/Aa99AdG3qO
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Look up! Auroras are possible tonight across the n
Look up! Auroras are possible tonight across the northern U.S. Send photos to @yourtake http://t.co/vK2RqNjlme http://t.co/469Z4ro9TM
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“The human environment and the natural environment deteriorate together…” [1/2] @Pontifex http://t.co/nTxweKTLTd #Encyclical
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Obama Urges Action on Gun Violence After Charleston Church Shooting – NBC News
“It is not good enough simply to show sympathy.”
Obama urges action on gun violence http://t.co/Ky98MUXuLM http://t.co/ezl6eJO89O -
Science: If Your State Government Is Pro-Environment, You'll Have Cleaner Air | ThinkProgress
Science: If your state government is pro-environment, you’ll have cleaner air http://t.co/U3afDdiSuS http://t.co/15JdJeLJDo
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“Om” won’t be part of International Yoga Day in In
“Om” won’t be part of International Yoga Day in India. Thousands of government workers will be http://t.co/qD1aSqt97a http://t.co/l1ArO5oF0p
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Pope Francis has thrown the weight of the Catholic
Pope Francis has thrown the weight of the Catholic Church behind fighting climate change. #encyclical #popeforplanet http://t.co/971LpCSS0l
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“GHG”=greenhouse gas. Traps heat in our atmosphere, which leads to climate change http://t.co/cpryBSeisT #RoadtoParis http://t.co/NwMhqCoGku
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Clinton Campaign Manager Expects a Primary Challen
Clinton Campaign Manager Expects a Primary Challenge http://t.co/wS2Y82zCEM
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Jeb Bush says: #ConfirmLynch http://t.co/or75xD6utW
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RT if you agree. http://t.co/3rJ92XhN9B
RT if you agree. http://t.co/4BOyIMfAzf
#TheCrossing #SaveTheArctic http://t.co/3rJ92XhN9B
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UK’s climate advisors and public agree, no role fo
UK’s climate advisors and public agree, no role for coal power generation in future. http://t.co/KRzm91ICPf http://t.co/inRdRnzens
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Imagine – 2010 – Remaster, a song by John Lennon on Spotify
Imagine all the people…
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More photographs of Leonard Nimoy, who died this m
More photographs of Leonard Nimoy, who died this morning at 83: http://t.co/r0UN55C8qH http://t.co/idjKT0HUZW
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Those on the terror watch list are free to buy and
Those on the terror watch list are free to buy and own firearms in the U.S. And it is well documented that they do. http://t.co/iyXGsEiptK
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We can strengthen our economy through college for
We can strengthen our economy through college for all http://t.co/4ksFHEquNH http://t.co/ONaoINMW4S
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Humans release between 5.3 million & 14 millio
Humans release between 5.3 million & 14 million tons of #plastic into the ocean annually. http://t.co/0NjNej2PYR
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A Republican House member said
A Republican House member said the right-wing games on DHS is like “living in the world of the crazy people.” True. http://t.co/6ECwqxDvxJ
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Explore the 2016 White House Budget on OpenGov – OpenGov
Data geeks: You can now explore the President’s budget with just a few clicks! http://t.co/Tw66L51EWn via @OpenGovInc http://t.co/DxrsEi7LhH
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Ukraine begins artillery withdrawal, recognizing t
Ukraine begins artillery withdrawal, recognizing truce is holding at last: http://t.co/zPNNLgmOVs http://t.co/eFrmWdiSXm
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Ukraine Cease-Fire Is Reached, Along With $40 Billion Aid Deal : The Two-Way : NPR
Ukraine Cease-Fire Is Reached, Along With $40 Billion Aid Deal http://t.co/CpzkBGvFks
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BREAKING: Supreme Court to decide whether same-sex
BREAKING: Supreme Court to decide whether same-sex couples nationwide have right to marry. http://t.co/5jTJbvAuKD
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What is the purpose of coin toss? Where are they t
What is the purpose of coin toss? Where are they tossing to? Please toss the coin here http://t.co/FqzO100gTe #FeministBookstoreSaysWhat
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“Unlike his predecessor, Afgha
“Unlike his predecessor, Afghanistan’s spy chief has never been accused of having a torture chamber in his basement” http://t.co/panJbN0p4F
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Women are leading major Hollyw
Women are leading major Hollywood studios, yet they still aren’t being hired as directors in appreciable numbers http://t.co/fP1ULsHZro
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In India, there’s a “Jesus tra
In India, there’s a “Jesus trap”: the temptation of soul-saving to lure some Christians into conversions to Hinduism http://t.co/C6CqbCLIJV
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. kicks off our event on public financing for NC j
.@MicheleJawando kicks off our event on public financing for NC judges. Watch here: http://t.co/Rid1idpU9e http://t.co/JH94IbpNJs
Tune in now: Screening of “Dirty Money, Dirty Water” http://t.co/Rid1idpU9e http://t.co/soifLbq0T9 -
15 MIN: Dirty Money, Dirty Water: The End of Publi
15 MIN: Dirty Money, Dirty Water: The End of Public Financing for North Carolina Judges #coalash #cleanwater #coal http://t.co/pOSdfti1M8
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Elizabeth Warren to GOP: ‘Who do you work for—Wall Street or the American people?’
Elizabeth Warren to GOP: ‘Who do you work for—Wall Street or the American people?’ http://t.co/IxS7dPiW7f
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57Schopenhauer: Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a… — 9ePhilosophical Quotes
« Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see. » Schopenhauer http://t.co/KqtnlhvpFA
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Tennesseeans vote for extreme anti-choice amendment which puts abortion further out of reach in the South http://t.co/nZHOwAcf8e via @Salon
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« All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue. » Plato http://t.co/fa7eBiCBey
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Paris Review – The Art of Poetry No. 66, Christopher Logue
“All dreams are one dream, / All wars civil wars. / Lovers have never found // Agony strange” —Christopher Logue http://t.co/ymAR4XIxDb
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How the slow response to Ebola in West Africa led
How the slow response to Ebola in West Africa led to thousands of deaths http://t.co/WzHBsB8Vh6 http://t.co/qtZD8CCxWz
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Polar Bears Among 31 New Species Issued Protection Status By UN Conservation Body | ThinkProgress
Polar bears among 31 new species issued protection status by UN conservation body http://t.co/O79VrAIaIO http://t.co/elxzsdIsy2
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Amazing tale: Business lobbyists, bearing gifts, w
Amazing tale: Business lobbyists, bearing gifts, woo state attorneys general, get them to drop enforcement actions. http://t.co/mGzu7vZLUB
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Turn Out for Climate Action – 350
There is a 100% guarantee things will stay the same if you sit out this election. Find where to #ClimateVote here: http://t.co/aDwLAJXU0M
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Above all, Obamacare is an attack on inequality.
Above all, Obamacare is an attack on inequality. http://t.co/nHsbo0g22T http://t.co/yaG2RjlQ64
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Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, there’s one less thing to worry about: http://t.co/rYOgW5GzX0 http://t.co/5wVP0g4fpX
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Who was helped most by Obamacare http://t.co/cHgD
Who was helped most by Obamacare http://t.co/kXWIwAs87d http://t.co/cHgDxWOW4F
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Johnny Cash’s Short and Person
Johnny Cash’s Short and Personal To-Do List #1 Not Smoke. #2 Kiss June. http://t.co/p2ZxBPWtqb http://t.co/zOQ2uqKBmZ
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The “Democrats running from Obama” story is being way overplayed – The Washington Post
Good post from @paulwaldman1 on the problems with the hyped “Dems running from Obama” storyline: http://t.co/R0AR1Rpg6Q
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Abortion Capital of Bible Belt? Tennessee Vote Tes
Abortion Capital of Bible Belt? Tennessee Vote Tests That Idea http://t.co/R55vYMsH2Q
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Retailers, Bankers and Democrats Agree | United St
Retailers, Bankers and Democrats Agree | United Steelworkers http://t.co/xBxjk5jRED
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The Obamacare dilemma for Republican governors
The Obamacare dilemma for Republican governors http://t.co/lI8VmshLXt
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48Aristotle: Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. — 9ePhilosophical Quotes
« Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. » Aristotle http://t.co/l0qbCInDkU
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« In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head. » Schopenhauer http://t.co/pE7rkIS50k
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3cMarcus Aurelius: Each day provides its own gifts. — 14Philosophical Quotes8a
« Each day provides its own gifts. » Marcus Aurelius http://t.co/peXdGzSfkL
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“For a modern architect, the most important missio
“For a modern architect, the most important mission is to bring green spaces back to the earth” Greening the City | http://t.co/O9YIji8uey
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« Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that we do. » Plato http://t.co/3AmfhxxnYe
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New jobs data underscore stable recovery although
New jobs data underscore stable recovery although wages have yet to budge http://t.co/aDSs8n8jsB http://t.co/0PfbYB1TRK
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72-Hour Cease-Fire Announced in Gaza by
72-Hour Cease-Fire Announced in Gaza by @StateDept http://t.co/9dD56DTLpp
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It’s time to stop rewarding co
It’s time to stop rewarding companies who break the law and harm their workers http://t.co/aV1Kw3IyWR http://t.co/onvQFBCQs6
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Report: Climate Change Skeptics Could Reach Catastrophic Levels By 2020 http://t.co/tCg70VrEKU http://t.co/JnzOafYZrJ
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No, Millennials Are Not All Libertarians | The Nation
I’ve got a new piece in @thenation on the creep of techno-libertarianism as an ideology of many in my generation http://t.co/qWinDgRbpI
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“A community that works for older people works for
“A community that works for older people works for everyone” http://t.co/VRJ4QVo15v
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DeepakChopra.com • Article | Blog | Posts
RT @deepakchopra: A positive lifestyle requires that you comply day in & day out. A Better Way to Think Abt Your Body http://t.co/h3wetDy3dH
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National security and international policy experts
National security and international policy experts on President Obama’s State of the Union address http://t.co/ZwviLDfmyh #SOTU
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John Lennon – Happy Xmas (War Is Over) – YouTube
John Lennon – Happy Xmas (War Is Over): http://t.co/IDJuiCXjTq via @youtube
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Newest evidence that and gas resources are finite
Newest evidence that #oil and gas resources are finite and we need to focus on clean #energy solutions http://t.co/RhpwoXRMNI
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The Progressive Honor Roll of 2013 | The Nation
The Progressive Honor Roll of 2013 | The Nation http://t.co/9VDdrH8DyM
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The Wandering Spirit – The New Yorker
A look at photographs that capture “both the humanity and banality of the American continent” http://t.co/wp3zo3P2Gi
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New e-book featuring tributes to Mandela, Lessing, Ephron, Cockburn, MCA, Hobsbawm, Gerda Lerner and many, many more. http://t.co/IuTGkv05MM
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In the wealthiest area of the country, 7 homeless
In the wealthiest area of the country, 7 homeless people have frozen to death this winter http://t.co/TjQa3PsUIE
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Katherine Zoepf travels to Saudi Arabia to cover the beginning of a women’s revolution there: http://t.co/ZnPRt3J6fB
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College students: this free digital subscription is our holiday gift to you! Get it here: http://t.co/GJQZHO6oD2 http://t.co/PRT8ypDXWh
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Art in Review: Tracey Moffatt:
Art in Review: Tracey Moffatt: ‘Spirit Landscapes’ http://t.co/MddHwMYFfS
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President McCain reveals his Obamacare replacement
President McCain reveals his Obamacare replacement plan http://t.co/s0je3kkbeM
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Art in Review: Jaime Davidovic
Art in Review: Jaime Davidovich: ‘Museum of Television Culture’ http://t.co/CtR5F6gZbU
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Dems plan big Christmas push on unemployment benefits – The Washington Post
Dems plan big Christmas push to persuade Republicans not to cut off jobless benefits to 1.3 million. http://t.co/kgawXZJL4I @ThePlumLineGS
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Youth Rising To Support Agressive Action on
Youth Rising To Support Agressive Action on #Climate http://t.co/oGW9LssBqs #climatechange
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Peter O’Toole, Star of ‘Lawren
Peter O’Toole, Star of ‘Lawrence of Arabia,’ Is Dead at 81 http://t.co/fk1edlukeZ
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I’m Sen. Sanders, ask me anything this Monday at 4
I’m Sen. Sanders, ask me anything this Monday at 4pm on @Reddit: http://t.co/mSvncIf44q #Reddit http://t.co/hvSf5C5HLC
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Are dot-com billionaires trying to save the media
Are dot-com billionaires trying to save the media or will they change the news business forever? @AJListeningPost | http://t.co/qkBhIi0yWl
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SABC TV Live Stream Coverage: Nelson Mandela's funeral in Qunu – YouTube
Livestream of Nelson Mandela’s state funeral: http://t.co/kaMFeJU7XB
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The Week Ahead | Classical Music: A Straussian Tal
The Week Ahead | Classical Music: A Straussian Tale of Thwarted Lust http://t.co/CzW4NotC4j
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Scott Fagan Sings Stephin Merritt by Mark Swartz — Kickstarter
awesome RT @indeciSEAN Speaking of @kickstarter, I was just about to txt you this…Stephen Merritt’s DAD launched one http://t.co/6GU8PlQk1Z
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Icy floods force Gaza residents from homes
Icy floods force Gaza residents from homes http://t.co/oxGVr3qER3
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Krugman on how the budget deal between Sen. Murray
Krugman on how the budget deal between Sen. Murray and Paul “the Flim Flam Man” Ryan is a loss for working people… http://t.co/MVM8tIm9ov
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Putin: Russia not aspiring to be superpower, or teach others how to live – YouTube
Putin: #Russia not aspiring to be superpower, or teach others how to live http://t.co/Ws5wIlLVqQ
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What the means for all Americans
What the #FAMILYAct means for all Americans http://t.co/vyAbsEDRum #icymi
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World Briefing | Middle East: Egypt: Bomb Hits Sec
World Briefing | Middle East: Egypt: Bomb Hits Security Forces http://t.co/SFHCnT3Fv9
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The green industrial revolution and the United Sta
The green industrial revolution and the United States http://t.co/cz44Thyl84
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“Former President Bush shows photos of his paintin
“Former President Bush shows photos of his paintings to, from left, First Lady Michelle Obama…” http://t.co/2r2EmMz4uV
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An incredibly rare butterfly orchid has been “redi
An incredibly rare butterfly orchid has been “rediscovered” on a volcano ridge in the Azores http://t.co/mXrzaDzECq
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Nelson Mandela and His Cause Weren’t Always Revered in the US | The Nation
Nelson Mandela and His Cause Weren’t Always Revered in the US http://t.co/b3v3lDsTM3
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About 1/4 of the carbon dioxide people put into th
About 1/4 of the carbon dioxide people put into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels is absorbed by the #ocean http://t.co/QkIovlkHZI
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Paul Krugman is correct: Sensible conservatives ha
Paul Krugman is correct: Sensible conservatives have no voice in today’s GOP, and the Dems ignore the extreme left: http://t.co/7NPqTdIWPf
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Annual checkups, screenings, and vaccines are now free—when you get covered. Buy your health insurance by Dec. 23rd: http://t.co/tDZe1YL3B7
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Uruguay Just Became the First Country To Legalize
Uruguay Just Became the First Country To Legalize Marijuana http://t.co/I4PTd1ox7E
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2013: The Year in Photos, May – August — In Focus — The Atlantic
2013 in photos: The most memorable images of the year http://t.co/CrvcN4SZVe http://t.co/CYCpOtzc1f
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Real family values: Raising the federal minimum wa
Real family values: Raising the federal minimum wage http://t.co/pGkmIlNYj4
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The Promise—and Threat—of the Internet:
The Promise—and Threat—of the Internet: http://t.co/TmKcG7APFZ
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Check out the profile on everyday people benefiti
Check out the @nytimes profile on everyday people benefiting from #Obamacare: http://t.co/achZrmKyIw http://t.co/be5DeeND8n
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This Commercial Should Make Every Parent Vow to Never Shop at Toys“R”Us | The Nation
“Wow, this is pretty much everything that’s wrong in an extreme capitalist society…” http://t.co/AuYoNeT9gg
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http://t.co/ZgFqNvJMN9 We thank him for coming, we thank him for teaching, we thank him for loving us. Nelson Mandela
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Nelson Mandela: Union Man | The Nation
Nelson Mandela: Union Man http://t.co/7t2CSzJf1X http://t.co/Zhl6BqT5W5
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Overlooked but not forgotten, thermal deserves a
Overlooked but not forgotten, #solar thermal deserves a second look http://t.co/LxcPFey7S6 #renewables
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“Capricious generosity is not a replacement for a
“Capricious generosity is not a replacement for a living wage” #socialjustice l Read More: http://t.co/Y2HSZTJREn
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“We have a moral obligation to protect the atmosph
“We have a moral obligation to protect the atmosphere for our children & grandchildren.” http://t.co/Sz5H6qOQb0 #ActOnClimate
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: the human, the symbol and the nation-builder l R
#Mandala: the human, the symbol and the nation-builder l Read More: http://t.co/GYZBVdGtHz
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A changing poses enormous challenges for towns, c
A changing #climate poses enormous challenges for towns, cities, & communities around the world. http://t.co/oxeUQOBYVW #extremeweather
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On : What does the future holds for after 2014?
On @AJPeoplePower: What does the future holds for #Afghanistan after 2014? http://t.co/1qaLygmQc9
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is sinking, but is throwing them a lifeline: (v
#ALEC is sinking, but @google is throwing them a lifeline: http://t.co/fRwENKEgSa #ALECExposed (via @NathanEmpsall)
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Sally Kohn: Let’s try emotional correctness | TED Talk | TED.com
.@SallyKohn does it AGAIN! Check out her TED talk on “emotional correctness” http://t.co/uqB46GUqvn … Take notice, @CNN !! #RisingStar
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On Al Jazeera Correspondent: Israelis, Palestinian
On Al Jazeera Correspondent: Israelis, Palestinians and American Jews share their views on #Zionism and the conflict http://t.co/21QuHNubJ6
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"I can go to the doctor again"
“I can go to the doctor again.” Read Virginia’s story about finally having health insurance: http://t.co/iOamirJjcQ #Obamacare
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FACT: Our manufacturers added 27,000 jobs last month—and 554,000 jobs since February 2010. http://t.co/RkoQbIbBZZ #MadeInAmerica
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Follow ‘s path to becoming a global symbol of the
Follow #Mandela’s path to becoming a global symbol of the struggle for justice l Read More: http://t.co/43lZfDCFwa
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How inequality is holding back our economy
How inequality is holding back our economy http://t.co/KT9r6gGYiz #icymi
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My piece for NYT on “Where are you going, dad?” Ca
My piece for NYT on “Where are you going, dad?” Can a new reality TV show change how Chinese men approach parenting? http://t.co/ikZspmJ3Yb
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Mandela, My Countryman – The New Yorker
“His spirit could not be in the custody of apartheid.” Nadine Gordimer remembers her friend, Nelson Mandela: http://t.co/0u3SCya13U
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Via : ‘He Belongs To The Ages’
Via @gaycivilrights: ‘He Belongs To The Ages’: President Obama Speaks On Passing Of Nelson Mandela http://t.co/ekC6VKyouZ | #p2 #lgbt #gay
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Live, worldwide coverage of ‘s legacy now on , ap
Live, worldwide coverage of #NelsonMandela’s legacy now on #CNN, @CNNMobile apps & online: http://t.co/oqm9G0ncui http://t.co/J963Ac0o3g
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President Obama to Issue Statement on Mandela: Wat
President Obama to Issue Statement on Mandela: Watch Live http://t.co/X5YF0VGTs2
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Nelson Mandela: A Life in Photographs – The New Yorker
Nelson Mandela in 1962. http://t.co/HA6BUwi2Bq http://t.co/iv7cejWK4N
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Mandela the day after his release from prison in S
Mandela the day after his release from prison in Soweto, South Africa. His life in pictures http://t.co/S9kKYHdJyx http://t.co/eyGtK1PAZ6
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Nelson Mandela had 57 @cspan appearances http://t.co/toDqFBux0V RIP. http://t.co/AMMNCxZk1a
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The Meaning of Mandela | The Nation
Mandela knew that the vision of creating a new kind of nation was bigger than a single leader: http://t.co/1IracEtHYT http://t.co/tPd7Zi2rrz
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This is Obamacare – Spokane, WA – YouTube
While the GOP continues their crusade against #Obamacare, the law continues to work. Here’s a story out of Spokane: http://t.co/wdnPu5C0BR
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More people signed up for Obamacare in the last tw
More people signed up for Obamacare in the last two days than all of October http://t.co/QUyeWw276a
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A Better Bargain | The White House
Right now: President Obama speaks on increasing economic mobility and helping more Americans succeed: http://t.co/C7KdubHkMx #ABetterBargain
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FACT: Nearly 1.5 million more Americans are eligib
FACT: Nearly 1.5 million more Americans are eligible for coverage through Medicaid next year: http://t.co/JG2zlKoFwi #PeopleOverPolitics
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BEETHOVEN’S 5th…performed by incredible burlesque… – AMANDAPALMER.TUMBLR.COM
Video: BEETHOVEN’S 5th…performed by incredible burlesque performer @michelle_lamour, who displays… http://t.co/Jg44uOI8TL
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If the media tells you to set your clocks back, it
If the media tells you to set your clocks back, it’s just feeding the Illuminati/Bilderberg time-theft conspiracy. http://t.co/nf3vgPzrmj
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KXL press release | Carbon Tracker Initiative
Approving Keystone XL = rush of risky investments in tar sands: http://t.co/zW6lrB069J Bad for people, bad investment. Stop the tar sands.
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Get Involved | Amnesty International
Sign our petition http://t.co/zGLrJzkOpB & put pressure on Palestinian President Abbas to bring to justice all crimes against civilians!
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Harlan Ellison, Isaac Asimov, Studs Terkel togethe
Harlan Ellison, Isaac Asimov, Studs Terkel together in 1982 video http://t.co/A3IQOZ0qOk
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Here Comes Everybody | The Nation
“If we are going to present what we publish as valuable intellectual work, then we owe it to readers not to cheat…” http://t.co/PFIyos95Bk
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On Iran, John Kerry Closes a Deal and Opens a Window – The New Yorker
“Now the task is to not let go.” @tnyCloseRead on the promise of the Iran nuclear deal: http://t.co/tM6efLUxGw
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Kerry: ‘Iran will have to prove that its program is really peaceful’
Kerry: ‘Iran will have to prove that its program is really peaceful’ http://t.co/zBAgSBWImN
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Obama seeks support to shore up Iran nuclear deal
Obama seeks support to shore up Iran nuclear deal success http://t.co/q3KpACBls2
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EUROPA – PRESS RELEASES – Press release – EU welco
EUROPA – PRESS RELEASES – Press release – EU welcomes progress on international climate action at Warsaw conference http://t.co/CcUe3llJk6
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Do you enjoy your morning cup of ? Mountains where
Do you enjoy your morning cup of #coffee? Mountains where coffee grows getting warmer as a result of #climatechange http://t.co/xMcopgG4SX
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Organizing For Action | Fight to raise the minimum wage
It’s time to #RaiseTheWage—Tell Congress that you support fair wages: http://t.co/oz2xYQilMM http://t.co/IoBHL7SNKZ
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As it happened: Iran nuclear deal – BBC News
@BAYONNEBERNIE GIVE PEACE A CHANCE! BBC News – LIVE: Iran nuclear deal http://t.co/QvcztgpPxI
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In Depth: Iran accused of mistreating Afghan migra
In Depth: Iran accused of mistreating Afghan migrants http://t.co/YyV4YZQJhv
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President Obama Delivers Statement Iran Nuclear | Video | C-SPAN.org
VIDEO: President Obama statement on #IranTalks from White House http://t.co/3ONdwILlsc http://t.co/GdmtvD9Bjj
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Obstructionism vs. ACA – Edward-Isaac Dovere – POLITICO.com
Man of courage.
RT@GetWisdomDude @politico #Obama: ‘We’re not done yet’
http://t.co/WZgUEYEtg2 … via @POLITICO http://t.co/5PHwbI45K0 -
Breaking: Iran nuclear deal reached | The Back Channel
Anyone saying the #Iran deal isn’t good for the US & our allies is either willfully ignorant or politically spiteful: http://t.co/GsElpMD99o
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has agreed to submit program to ‘unprecedented mon
#Iran has agreed to submit program to ‘unprecedented monitoring,’ Kerry says http://t.co/QcdFgMDRMp
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Statements
Welcoming #Iran nuclear agreement, #UNSG says this could turn out to be beginnings of “historic agreement” http://t.co/aqRgdkTfLu
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This live event has concluded – Video on NBCNews.com
President Obama to speak shortly on Iran deal. NBC News live stream: http://t.co/MJals7BLzy
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Obama: “Since I took office, I have made clear my determination to prevent #Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.” http://t.co/KvadYk9atb
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A senior official says the deal does not recognis
A senior #US official says the deal does not recognise #Iran’s right to enrich uranium: http://t.co/vHt9I61zAc
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Paris Review – The Art of Nonfiction No. 2, Gay Talese
“I don’t use notebooks. I use shirt boards.” —Gay Talese http://t.co/kTXsAHMUYO
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Paris Review – The Art of Fiction No. 193, Norman Mailer
“Style is an attack on the nature of reality.” —Norman Mailer http://t.co/rJKDofp6C6
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Geneva Deal Strong First Step Toward Addressing Iran’s Nuclear Program | Ploughshares Fund
RT @plough_shares: #Irannukes deal reached in Geneva. Statement from @cirincione & @joelmartinrubin http://t.co/FMXmZd3n1f
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Cop Admits He Ordered Mentally Ill Black Man To Sing, Make Animal Noises | ThinkProgress
Cop admits he ordered a mentally ill black man to sing and make animal noises. http://t.co/GGd0A6dp8B
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Organizing For Action | Fight to raise the minimum wage
It’s time to increase the minimum wage. Add your name: http://t.co/gt5tJgjewu #RaiseTheWage http://t.co/6nPfsLtF4q
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Amy Goodman Questions Top U.S. Envoy on Role of U.
Amy Goodman Questions Top U.S. Envoy on Role of U.S. to Curb Emissions, Pay Climate Reparations | http://t.co/8ZmbNvN4xm via @nationofchange
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Riders on the Storm – The Doors HD – YouTube
Riders on the Storm – The Doors HD: http://t.co/8y6Zbii6Bs via @youtube
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Sen Reid Filibuster Rules | Video | C-SPAN.org
#Senate #Filibuster Rules: Sen Reid http://t.co/cA41qL8MCE -AND- Sen McConnell http://t.co/v4c852S9Zl #nuclearoption http://t.co/OLdqLdRtzt
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Reid announces intention to break the filibuster today
Reid announces intention to break the filibuster today http://t.co/3wrohwQ63J
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C-SPAN Live Stream | C-SPAN.org
I’m heading to the Senate floor to make an important announcement. Watch here: http://t.co/KPVyyYAuk4
Prime Minister’s Questions with @David_Cameron – LIVE on C-SPAN2 http://t.co/Arux29qGc7 -
Best Evidence Yet for a High-Energy Jet Emanating from the Milky Way’s Black Hole
“Best Evidence Yet for a High-Energy Jet Emanating from the Milky Way’s Black Hole” http://t.co/jsVk8evf7D http://t.co/EsRXZB2DXx
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Rich countries must end obsession with private climate finance | Oxfam International
Now rich countries must end their obsession w/ private climate finance & deliver on their promises http://t.co/uh2TXfurZF #COP19 2/2
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For Deadheads only: Garcia, "busted down on Bourbon Stre… on Twitpic
Mugshots! RT @stevesilberman: For Deadheads only: Garcia, “busted down on Bourbon Street,” 1970. http://t.co/4obbxvbC6a
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NBC/WSJ poll: Shutdown debate damages GOP – NBC News
Never seen a poll released before that essentially is a death knell for a political party. Wow: http://t.co/OgImx3csvF
“@RalstonReports: Never seen a poll released before that essentially is a death knell for a political party. Wow: http://t.co/uRxNAKKASN” -
It’s time for states refusing to expand Medicaid t
It’s time for states refusing to expand Medicaid to put #PeopleOverPolitics & help millions of Americans #GetCovered: http://t.co/T92PEuwuY0
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Immigration reform will ease that entitlements “crisis” we keep hearing about – The Washington Post
Wall Street Journal puts conservatives in box, arguing immig reform will strengthen Social Security: http://t.co/J6DboIPWDj
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Things the GOP’s latest Senate candidate thinks are unconstitutional: Social Security, Medicaid, the minimum wage http://t.co/SZPqzqnkKm
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A Letter From Sen. Warren – http://t.co/gMsjZl035s
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scolds for sending arms to , says it will “embold
#US scolds #Russia for sending arms to #Syria, says it will “embolden the regime and prolong suffering” http://t.co/k1bOJd220L
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The national debt? Republicans built that
The national debt? Republicans built that http://t.co/hlkjEPKo
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22 Reasons You’re Still Not Over Your Ex | Thought Catalog
22 Reasons You’re Still Not Over Your Ex http://t.co/53JwB6Q9PL
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Pope gives special holiday hate speech against gays because it’s Christmas
Pope gives special holiday hate speech against gays because it’s Christmas http://t.co/MGr3BeVJ
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Rep. Yarmuth10f8 would ‘lose seat’ over stance on gun control – The Washington Post
This congressman is willing to give up his job over his stance on gun control http://t.co/XLJ3nEK9 @RepJohnYarmuth via @fold
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Even Israel Is Fact-Checking the NRA Now – The Wire
Even Israel Is Fact-Checking the NRA Now http://t.co/kNlPWqXi
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Walmart Worker: In Mandatory Meeting, Management Sent Message ‘That We Could Get Disciplined’ for Striking | The Nation http://t.co/rg523fBq
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thank you trent!!! next time come get covered in glitter with us RT @trent_reznor Great work Amanda!
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How Sandy Laid Bare Our Globe’s Inequalities | The Nation
Superstorm Sandy laid bare our global inequalities – Haiti, Cuba and the world’s richest people all felt the impact: http://t.co/RwxK4xHT
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“Ain’t no party like a White House cause a White H
“Ain’t no party like a White House cause a White House party don’t stop (for four more years) http://t.co/Wb5fim2c
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Are and serious about working towards a free Mi
Are #Israel and #Iran serious about working towards a #nuclear free Middle East? @AJInsideStory debates | http://t.co/kQrjQOvj
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It's Time to Grade Pundit Predictions – The Wire
It’s time to grade the pundits: Nobody got the election right, but many got it terribly wrong http://t.co/PSNuUmOf
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Not a Big Win for Obama, but a Broad One
Not a Big Win for Obama, but a Broad One http://t.co/32esaWWk
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Voter ID drive rejected – StarTribune.com
Photo ID requirement going down in Minnesota http://t.co/NegxemLF
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Romney’s concession speech: ‘Pray for the President’ http://t.co/c7KZC0ep
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The Time Karl Rove Took on the Fox News Decision Desk – The Wire
The most bizarre moment of election night: When Karl Rove took on the Fox News ‘decision desk’ http://t.co/ATDpQGzw
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US election 2012 – as it happened – Live coverage – The Independent
Barack Obama has taken the stage in Chicago with his family to give his election speech. Follow live updates at http://t.co/8a9VfgYw
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Watch: Obama Talks Division and Hope in Victory Speech – The Wire
Obama: ‘The best is yet to come’ http://t.co/icXS6IoA
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Nice. Romney may not bear rancor RT : Mitt Romney’
Nice. Romney may not bear rancor RT @lisatozzi: Mitt Romney’s Web site streaming Obama’s victory speech: http://t.co/xhcYKXe8
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Obama wins four more years as Romney challenge is crushed – Americas – World – The Independent
Obama re-elected to White House after decisive victory over Republican challenger Romney http://t.co/0T3pNpAn
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RT : I am confident in saying that President Obama
RT @algore: I am confident in saying that President Obama is going to carry the state of Florida tonight. http://t.co/GChZWyrW #Current2012
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Donald Trump is losing his mind:
Donald Trump is losing his mind: http://t.co/nnMCJCHp
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OK… this time… Fox is reporting on its website
OK… this time… Fox is reporting on its website that Elizabeth Warren (D) has won in #MA Senate race: http://t.co/dK0EOlbM
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Living on Earth: Superstorms and Climate Change
About Sandy, storm expert says to expect such large, intense storms from climate disruption, but maybe fewer overall http://t.co/2pxaaBZG
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going blue puts in lead for first time tonight. L
#Wisconsin going blue puts #Obama in lead for first time tonight. Latest: #Obama:158, #Romney:153. More live results: http://t.co/fRyXDmpf
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Results Thread – The Washington Post
Sherrod Brown victory is important: Shows outside cash can’t tip a Senate race, regardless of quality of candidates http://t.co/eFpeK6QF
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The original sports drink — water — may be the best one http://t.co/YxkiCitE
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Black Seniors: "Don't Drop the Baton," – Rep. Elijah Cummings – YouTube
Powerful new VIDEO: Rep. Elijah Cummings on Voter Suppression, African American pride, and passing the baton — http://t.co/MipnDFWu
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This is the choice on choice: , http://t.co/9cwwGP
This is the choice on choice: http://t.co/V5g9IV78, http://t.co/9cwwGPnT
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United States of ALEC. On the influential little k
United States of ALEC. On the influential little known corporate political force. 9p ET, 9p PT & online: http://t.co/UsaEYzfx @linktv
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Video the Vote 2012 | Resources
If you see this happening at the polls, there’s something you can do about it: http://t.co/luBUnqwo https://t.co/HZ0cdlP7
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'Sons of Anarchy' star talks about devastation to Staten Island home | EW.com
‘Sons of Anarchy’ star: Storm aftermath ‘a lot worse than how it’s being portrayed by media’ [we agree] http://t.co/JI0V2v8z #nyc #sandy
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We can make history again if you commit to vote fo
We can make history again if you commit to vote for @BarackObama. http://t.co/Lb1JdQfq http://t.co/x4wYogjC
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What’s your reason for voting Obama-Biden? Share your story: http://t.co/OpEErxIx #Forward2012
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Red Hook dealing with enormous property losses, t
Red Hook #Brooklyn dealing with enormous property losses, treatment plants continue to spew raw sewage http://t.co/eIU3o4w4 #Sandy
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The 100th Day of the Romney Administration – YouTube
Day 100 of the Romney presidency: Obamacare is dead, Medicare is voucherized, and Roe v. Wade is getting overturned. http://t.co/WAzCeYSG
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How is directly affecting global food production?
How is #GlobalWarming directly affecting global food production? @AJInsideStory discusses | http://t.co/aan3Oe6B
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Top oil giants Exxon & Shell earn $54 billion
Top oil giants Exxon & Shell earn $54 billion so far in 2012 after taking $800 million in annual tax breaks http://t.co/ZwLqahNK #icymi
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Breaking news: Romney has alre
Breaking news: Romney has already won. http://t.co/XVboUw8Q … according to all the conservative news organizations.
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New Jersey @GovChristie on hurricane Sandy response: ‘The President deserves great credit’ #p2 #tcot http://t.co/MM6l7nER
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Why it’s perfectly fair that Sandy is affecting th
Why it’s perfectly fair that Sandy is affecting the presidential campaign. http://t.co/DchQwB7m
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President Obama Early Votes – YouTube
If the President can make time to vote early, you should too. This is how it’s done: http://t.co/rzrViFS1
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On : Should laws contributing to the having one
On @AJPeoplePower : Should laws contributing to the #US having one the world’s largest prison populations be amended? | http://t.co/mUUbnqlw
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Why George, a Vietnam veteran in Kentucky, is volu
Why George, a Vietnam veteran in Kentucky, is volunteering to re-elect President Obama: http://t.co/NGoZPu6O
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Could a presidency lead to the privatisation of
Could a #Romney presidency lead to the privatisation of #US emergency response? Watch the @AJInsideStoryAm debate #FEMA http://t.co/OQLXo3vo
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Michigan poll: Obama leads by 6 points, half say a
Michigan poll: Obama leads by 6 points, half say auto bailout is “deciding factor” in their vote http://t.co/2A5xVkEs
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“Sandy is short for Cassandra, the Greek mythologi
“Sandy is short for Cassandra, the Greek mythological figure who epitomizes tragedy.” http://t.co/Qv2qSron
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. has released its list of 10 House races to watch
.@NYTimes has released its list of 10 House races to watch. These races could lead to flipped seats. http://t.co/bxrzFk5c
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Romney will never win an election here. – Mitt too
Romney will never win an election here. – Mitt took tons of state jobs and moved them overseas computer tech was a … http://t.co/Qwyk25lD
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SCARY: 90% of transgender people have experienced
SCARY: 90% of transgender people have experienced some sort of harrassment or mistreatment on the job http://t.co/EaYJzkm7 #LGBT
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RT @NRDCNY: Was #Sandy super-sized by #climatechange? http://t.co/tCF05agi
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The 2011 Report That Predicted New York's Subway Flooding Disaster – CityLab
This 2011 report predicted New York’s subway flooding disaster http://t.co/3HMg9at4 via @AtlanticCITIES
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Opinion: The cold shoulder to climate change
Opinion: The cold shoulder to climate change http://t.co/TdqMuFVm
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Who is under surveillance in the & what is ha
Who is under surveillance in the #US & what is happening to the information that is being collected? @AJInsideStoryAm | http://t.co/m7YfoRcF
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If you’d like to help with the
If you’d like to help with the #Sandy recovery, what’s needed most is money, blood and volunteer labor: http://t.co/Lk3VsK81
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energy will overtake power in UK, study says via
#Renewable energy will overtake #nuclear power in UK, study says http://t.co/YKujmIxY via @GuadianEco
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Statements
See what Ban Ki-moon said while accepting the Seoul Peace Prize on Monday http://t.co/Nr8eeXJ0
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Yoko Ono didn’t break up the Beatles, Paul McCartney says – latimes
Yoko Ono didn’t break up the Beatles, Paul McCartney says http://t.co/M8A4Pb2N via @latimesent
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“Beautiful minds don’t always write beautiful books. Life isn’t fair that way.” A review of Benoit Mandelbrot’s memoir: http://t.co/7CEd3iV0
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Stay Classy SFC – Giants World Champs 2012 – YouTube
Video: Giants fans in my neighborhood acting stupid — but slowed down w/ Al Green music http://t.co/QLC0ipzV
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I have no idea what’s going on here, and I’m okay
I have no idea what’s going on here, and I’m okay with that. RT @roiaroo: @wilw I’m so done with the internet tonight http://t.co/rjzRgsVo
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Hurricane Sandy in Photos – The Atlantic
The unbelievable power of Hurricane #Sandy, captured in scenes across the East Coast. PHOTOS: http://t.co/UjNQFwxq
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“The idea of the metro swamped by cold, salt water
“The idea of the metro swamped by cold, salt water is unbearable” – #Sandy has drowned the #NYC I love @billmckibben http://t.co/RGYxD1cR
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U.S. and Russia Nuclear Security Headed Toward Uncertain Future | Ploughshares Fund
What’s up with Russia these days? Our take on the blog: http://t.co/5Z7TwDMH (w/VIDEO commentary from @cirincione)
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Due to the impact of Hurricane #Sandy, @UN offices in #NYC will remain closed on Tuesday, 30 Oct: http://t.co/KR169fAx
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Will Colorado be the Florida of 2012?
Will Colorado be the Florida of 2012? http://t.co/3vhQZmcZ
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Calling Romney’s lie what it is: A lie – The Washington Post
New Obama ad flatly calls out Romney’s Jeep-to-China claim as a “lie”: http://t.co/WJSOEhVa
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Pennsylvania Radio Station Runs Misleading Voter ID Ad | ThinkProgress
Pennsylvania radio station running ad telling people they need to show an ID to vote, even though they don’t. LISTEN: http://t.co/F7IxmRM5
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The Road to November 6th: America Forward! Tour – YouTube
All across the country, Obama supporters are fired up and ready to go: http://t.co/41ES2bh6
“Every single day I set foot in the Oval Office, you know I’m thinking about you. I’m fighting for your families.” http://t.co/LdQ2C6gK -
Massachusetts Knows Mitt – He betrayed same sex co
Massachusetts Knows Mitt – He betrayed same sex couples. http://t.co/kqwmHl0Q
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Rachel Maddow Busts David Gregory’s Rape Dodge for Romney
Rachel Maddow Busts David Gregory’s Rape Dodge for Romney http://t.co/uZK3rWjK via @politicususa #p2 #p2b #topprog #connecttheleft
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Talk to Al Jazeera speaks to after his daughters’
Talk to Al Jazeera speaks to @DrAbuelaish after his daughters’ deaths inspired “I Shall not Hate” book | http://t.co/BLep8rYb #TTAJ #Gaza
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On : How much of a connection is there between au
On @AJInsideStory : How much of a connection is there between austerity measures in #Europe and rising suicide rates? | http://t.co/FcCfe9Li
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Online Discussion on Gender-Based Violence | Online Discussion on Gender-Based Violence |
Read: powerful personal stories & expert comments:Week1 #Genderbasedviolence forum @worldwewant2015: http://t.co/KP6fT4Pj #CrisisSunday
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Massachusetts Knows Mitt – Kerry of Boston said “W
Massachusetts Knows Mitt – Kerry of Boston said “We are still cleaning his BS up all these years later” http://t.co/5rQIjNPm
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RT : The truth about where the debt came from. Rea
RT @suewinma: The truth about where the debt came from. Read & weep, Cons. http://t.co/c33mNh8h #mapoli
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U.S. May Come Close to 2020 Greenhouse Gas Emissio
U.S. May Come Close to 2020 Greenhouse Gas Emission Target: http://t.co/CpTagv7x (via @sciam) #climate
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“Brown does not have the vibrancy or the ethical c
“Brown does not have the vibrancy or the ethical courage to advocate for social justice” | CapeCodTimes http://t.co/EbXFERkx
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President Bush: Bush Tax Cuts Destroyed US Economy – YouTube
Watch Tim Russert ruin Dick Cheney for squandering the surplus & destroying the economy #NeverForget >> http://t.co/iA2JMAH7 #mapoli
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This is pretty awesome. Per , I am “a thin and eff
This is pretty awesome. Per http://t.co/6hkhCqAE, I am “a thin and effeminate man” & therefore not to be trusted. http://t.co/wJzBn5kS
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Don’t forget this election was always supposed to
Don’t forget this election was always supposed to be a close one… http://t.co/OaBSbu4n
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Is decentralising investment the best way possible
Is decentralising investment the best way possible for #Haiti’s recovery? Watch @AJInsideStoryAm discussion http://t.co/P3XtRRVn
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Schwarzenegger’s Conan prepping for his ‘Unforgiven’ turn http://t.co/hXli6CEE
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Follow as he revisits to reveal the desperation
Follow @TweetTonyHarris as he revisits #Baltimore to reveal the desperation felt by the black community http://t.co/EBD7h7e3
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Will California Congressman Buck McKeon Go Down? | The Nation
RT @lhfang: Will the King of Military Pork, Congressman Buckeroo McKeon, go down this election? http://t.co/esRyiSdw
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Republicans didn’t consider Re
Republicans didn’t consider Reagan’s “ridicule” of virgins to be proof of fallen worlds and hellfire. But he was a man. http://t.co/tQa7pUTa
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New Poll: Americans Believe is Real and Threatens
New Poll: Americans Believe #GlobalWarming is Real and Threatens Their Families http://t.co/jWkq34rp
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'Anti-Business' Obama Is Best President For Corporate Profits Since 1900 | ThinkProgress
Obama is best President for corporate profits since 1900 http://t.co/w7sOsYdY #socialism
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Today’s Ringside Seat: Have white voters been take
Today’s Ringside Seat: Have white voters been taken for granted? http://t.co/usjJO0QO
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Navy veteran: “The Republican Party does not any longer represent who I want myself or my kids to be.” http://t.co/5mXAANyO
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Chevron donates $2.5 Million to GOP SuperPAC. It’s
Chevron donates $2.5 Million to GOP SuperPAC. It’s the largest direct corporate donation since Citizen’s United. http://t.co/N7ct71e2 #icymi
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Advantage Elizabeth Warren: http://t.co/CNBtCVJN
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Mitt Romney’s ‘new math’ for his jobs plan doesn’t add up – The Washington Post
Mitt Romney’s entire economic plan is “Fire the black guy.” http://t.co/RP2PWq4i
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How a loophole allowed a mass murderer to obtain his murder weapon without a background check http://t.co/usvRYguj
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With a week-and-a-half left until Election Day, vo
With a week-and-a-half left until Election Day, voter suppression schemes are slamming swing states: http://t.co/YduNi15K
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As ‘Frankenstorm’ barrels towa
As ‘Frankenstorm’ barrels towards East Coast, newspaper coverage IGNORES connection to climate change http://t.co/YU69GBLT #icymi
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Marine One Lands on the White House Lawn – President Obama's America Forward! Tour – YouTube
Welcome home, Mr. President: Wheels down, White House. http://t.co/ddKi6AuE
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Printer Friendly Copy | The Detroit News
Last night, @MittRomney & his staff claimed Jeep production is moving to China. They weren’t telling the truth: http://t.co/aVLPAQDs
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What's Turning Minority Voters Away From Mitt? Maybe His Crowds – The National Memo
Whenever Mitt Romney speaks, the crowd is very diverse. There are white people in their 50s, 60s AND 70s. http://t.co/ccDQwER9
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Condoleezza Rice not joining criticism of Barack Obama on Libya – latimes
Condoleezza Rice not joining in criticism of Obama over Libya http://t.co/wSxTpjGl
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UC Student Workers Protest Restrictions on Health
UC Student Workers Protest Restrictions on Health Insurance Plan: http://t.co/Dulj2i7j
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Stephen Colbert’s takedown of Fox News’ Libya coverage – latimes
Stephen Colbert’s takedown of Fox News’ Libya coverage http://t.co/BsSDer4v
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81% of African American studen
81% of African American students and 67% of Latino students who earned bachelor’s degrees leave school with debt http://t.co/5Q2STeBv
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While 38 states elect their state supreme courts,
While 38 states elect their state supreme courts, only 6 elect justices in partisan races http://t.co/f8CTW7rD
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CAP Action report: Romney-Ryan plan costs seniors
CAP Action report: Romney-Ryan plan costs #OH seniors extra $660 for Rx/yr. http://t.co/ExisDtVY
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Obama criticizes Chief Justice John Roberts on Oba
Obama criticizes Chief Justice John Roberts on Obamacare decision: http://t.co/y13hQVSG
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Chamber Of Commerce Is Spending Millions Supporting Candidates Pledged
The Chamber of Commerce is spending millions supporting candidates it pledged to defeat http://t.co/ISwSj8TN
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On Pablo Picasso’s Birthday, Remembering the Artist as a Champion of Peace | GOOD
Remember Pablo Picasso for his activism and symbols of peace on his 131st birthday. Do you have a favorite Picasso? http://t.co/cHXWOUuG
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The steep ideological drop-off from current Democr
The steep ideological drop-off from current Democratic committee chairs and their Republican counterparts: http://t.co/5TD1016c
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Atlanta Gun Store Raffling Off A Gun For Votes | ThinkProgress
Atlanta Gun Store is raffling off a gun for votes http://t.co/WRgCoq1V
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Thanks to whales, oceans used to be as loud as a rock concert – latimes
“Thanks to whales, oceans used to be as loud as a rock concert,” says LA Times: http://t.co/frW8Bj10 Like, say, Blue Oyster Cult loud?
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FACT: The House of Representatives voted 55 times
FACT: The House of Representatives voted 55 times on anti-woman measures in the 112th Congress. http://t.co/iV1KHZ8u #fem2
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Todd Akin has been arrested multiple times for physically blocking women’s access to abortion clinics http://t.co/BP9rVxg4 #icymi
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This afternoon, President Obama will become the fi
This afternoon, President Obama will become the first sitting president to vote early. Find out if you can join him: http://t.co/njqUw9Td
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GOP Rep Says Strike On Iran's Nuclear Facilities Would Not Be An Act Of War | ThinkProgress
Bombing #Iran is not an act of war, apparently. http://t.co/wcUEFco1 If Iran bombed US #nuclear facilities, would the same standard apply?
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Van Jones' advice for science fiction fans – YouTube
Are you a sci-fi fan? @VanJones68 has some advice for you. http://t.co/TsmHvvg0
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“What we do know, though, is t
“What we do know, though, is that he has said he’ll “get rid of” Planned Parenthood funding if elected…” http://t.co/t4dFihjr
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In Virginia, 350,000 Would-Be Voters Wait for Democracy’s Slow Return: http://t.co/pXmYXetm
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The third party debate – did we see any credible
The #US2012 third party debate – did we see any credible strategies there? @AJInsideStoryAm analyses | http://t.co/2ta1Trke
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Five Things You Need To Know About 'War On Coal' Messaging This Election Season | ThinkProgress
5 Things You Need To Know About ‘War On Coal’ Messaging This Election Season http://t.co/iqhgfqd5
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Opinion: Bringing the foreign policy debate home
Opinion: Bringing the foreign policy debate home http://t.co/llAj8GDN
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Republican Senate Campaign Committee strongly backs Mourdock, defends calling rape pregnancies “gift from god.” http://t.co/cMbSACHB #icymi
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Paul Ryan: No, I Want to Help the Poor! Really! — NYMag
Paul Ryan has an EXCELLENT chance to help the poor. He could lose twice on November 6. http://t.co/BZ1qpGux
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Why We Need a Universal Language for Creativity in Classrooms | GOOD
Why we need a universal language for creativity in classrooms http://t.co/nREDqyGQ
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Paul Ryan’s PAC Gave $5,000 To Mourdock In June
Paul Ryan’s PAC gave $5,000 to Richard Mourdock, who thinks pregnancy from rape is what “God intended.” http://t.co/LpTM2841
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The Day the World Came Together – The 350 Movement: October 24, 2009 – YouTube
Happy anniversary! 3 years ago, the world came together for @350’s 1st int’ll day of action. Proud to still be working: http://t.co/5jvFJjRC
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It’s Genre. Not That There’s Anything Wrong With It! – The New Yorker
Arthur Krystal on genre vs literary fiction: For “the most part…genre isn’t going to break the sea frozen inside us.” http://t.co/Y59LGF90
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Reddit Thinks It Can Handle Its Creep Problem Better Than the Internet – The Wire
Reddit thinks it can handle its creep problem better than the Internet http://t.co/UOuWAWl9
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“Whether we’re Team Michelle o
“Whether we’re Team Michelle or Team Ann, playing the First Lady game gives it strength” http://t.co/eku4JD7F
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Romney's 'Binders Full Of Women' Didn't Include Many Judges | ThinkProgress
Romney’s ‘Binders full of women’ didn’t include many judges http://t.co/JAgmH0OG
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Jamie Dimon thinks that after receiving billions i
Jamie Dimon thinks that after receiving billions in government aid, his bank should also be legally immune: http://t.co/rGLDHx69
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The American killing machine in what continues to
The American killing machine in what continues to be a Global War on Terrorism: http://t.co/PeYNgDgV
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Milky Way has never looked clearer than in new 9 b
Milky Way has never looked clearer than in new 9 billion pixel image (PHOTOS): http://t.co/8bASr4hc @ESO
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Lana Wachowski's Remarkable Human Rights Campaign Visibility Award Speech | ThinkProgress
Maybe the best speech you’ll ever see about gender, sexuality and equality http://t.co/yEcKJOof
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UN Day 2012- Secretary-General message – YouTube
Ban Ki-moon calls on individuals & international community to reaffirm their commitment to #Futurewewant on #UNDay http://t.co/FD65lRyY
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So the rule is that if you’re the richest nominee
So the rule is that if you’re the richest nominee to EVER seek the presidency, you don’t have to release tax returns? http://t.co/lbYgkWiM
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INFOGRAPHICS: Billionaires around the country are
INFOGRAPHICS: Billionaires around the country are dumping $$ into Louisiana school board campaigns. Why? http://t.co/IdKXcFqT
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Trump Announces He's A Very Sad Man – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
“I’m a sad, pathetic human being and a complete waste of life.” – Donald Trump http://t.co/FVPREAWw
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We’re only 13 days away from E
We’re only 13 days away from Election Day. It just takes one person to make a big difference: http://t.co/7iBZYmaX
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Stop Killing Our Youth: Protest Against Police Brutality | The Nation
RT @rozhunter: New video from @fareynolds : “Stop Killing Our Youth” from yesterday’s protest against police brutality. http://t.co/Ox1LibKa
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Mitt Romney: Extremely Conservative and Endorsing Richard Mourdock – YouTube
Mitt Romney has made only one TV ad for a senate candidate in this election: Richard Mourdock. http://t.co/QrX3Mgnb
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An Open Letter to Ann Coulter | The World of Special Olympics
An open letter from @SOlympicsVA athlete John Franklin Stephens to @AnnCoulter in response to her #Rword tweet. http://t.co/5R3zAT2p
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Major Cable Provider In Ohio Offering Anti-Obama Film For Free | ThinkProgress
UPDATE: Ohio cable provider also gave American Xroads, Karl Rove’s Super PAC, $1.3M in “in kind cable access” in Sept. http://t.co/zqajnBXc
How an Ohio cable company, run by a major Romney donor, is trying to deliver the state to Romney http://t.co/zqajnBXc -
The process behind targeted killing – The Washington Post
“Disposition Matrix” — Endless War will destroy our country/The process behind targeted killing http://t.co/U8uSyANJ
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With nearly a billion people g
With nearly a billion people going hungry, and demand for food set to soar, it’s time to re-think our food system: http://t.co/FFbacQtJ
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President Obama has a concrete second-term plan to
President Obama has a concrete second-term plan to create jobs and strengthen the middle class: http://t.co/QiuJeZkI
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Four Huge Global Issues The Candidates Didn't Debate Last Night | ThinkProgress
Genocide Prevention, Climate Change and other global issues that weren’t discussed last night http://t.co/eeLErfYO
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50 Years Later: The Cuban Missile Crisis Remembere
50 Years Later: The Cuban Missile Crisis Remembered http://t.co/ZtMnRFFw
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Republicans have committed the very voter registra
Republicans have committed the very voter registration fraud they once accused ACORN of perpetrating: http://t.co/xFisNuZY
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Closing theme of Campaign 2012: Who can you really trust? – The Washington Post
Obama sharpens attack on Romney’s character, tells Ohioans Romney lied in their faces about auto bailout: http://t.co/alzXmPV5
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New Hampshire Gubernatorial Candidate touts Obamacare funds after campaigning against it http://t.co/DUoptZ2M
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President Obama: “I believe in you, and I need you
President Obama: “I believe in you, and I need you to keep believing in me.” http://t.co/lqEHGlGW #GottaVote
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[new article] Obama Unlikely to Get Big Debate Bou
[new article] Obama Unlikely to Get Big Debate Bounce, but a Small One Could Matter http://t.co/gwldkXG0
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The precise moment Obama won the debate was 12:48
The precise moment Obama won the debate was 12:48 in. http://t.co/XgHDH4Aw
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5 Facts To Commit To Memory Before Tonight's Foreign Policy Debate | ThinkProgress
Romney criticized Obama harshly for saying he’d go after Bin Laden in Pakistan. EXACT QUOTE: http://t.co/ZBZuo9iT #debatereacp
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News Analysis: Romney Seeks Out Center, Avoiding H
News Analysis: Romney Seeks Out Center, Avoiding Hawkish Tone http://t.co/3AaYp56C
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Create a Real Safety Net Through a Social Network | GOOD
Create a real safety net through a social network http://t.co/ksy0RUXG
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RT @ReutersPolitics Obama made the stronger arguments during the debate: 63% Obama, 33% Romney http://t.co/rZPVOMe9
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George McGovern, the Last Honest Democrat | The Nation
William Greider’s searing, moving memories of covering George McGovern, the Last Honest Democrat | The Nation http://t.co/66659zmr
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How to Teach Yourself Lucid Dreaming – The Atlantic
How to teach yourself lucid dreaming http://t.co/sSbmE9kI
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Live Chat: The Final Obama-Romney Debate – The New Yorker
.@SteveCollNY: Romney cannot win this argument….If I were his debate coach I would be waving my arms. http://t.co/9EkTxlfd
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Obama To Romney: The 1980s Called — They Want Their Foreign Policy Back (VIDEO)
VIDEO: Obama to Romney: The 1980s called — they want their foreign policy back http://t.co/AhKWJfpG
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'Quite Far To The Right': Meet Mitt Romney's Foreign Policy Team | ThinkProgress
Tonight, Romney tried to position himself as a peacenik. Wants you to forget that these are the people advising him http://t.co/QBFk0Gni
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20 mins to go and still no mention of climate chan
20 mins to go and still no mention of climate change. Will it be the 1st time since ’84 it’s ignored in every debate? http://t.co/trqVzl0C
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Romney Rips Paul Ryan: Calls Running Mate's Vote For Defense Cuts 'A Big Mistake' | ThinkProgress
Romney ripping defense cuts his running mate, Paul Ryan, voted for http://t.co/n83N7gtf
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Conservatives already bemoaning Romney’s debate pe
Conservatives already bemoaning Romney’s debate performance http://t.co/gpALL6vT #debaterecap
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Romney has not introduced any concrete plan to hel
Romney has not introduced any concrete plan to help veterans http://t.co/801A1otn
Romney has not introduced any concrete plan to help veterans http://t.co/801A1otn #debaterecap -
Romney says Obama went on apology tour. FALSE http://t.co/eK2ff9g6
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ROMNEY: President Obama's "Crippling Sanctions" On Iran Are Working – YouTube
Mitt Romney agrees that President Obama’s “crippling sanctions” on Iran are working. http://t.co/G1isrMem #StrongerWithObama
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Romney Campaign Backing Off Pledge To Balance Budget By 2020
You can look on Romney’s website all you want. You’ll NEVER find out how he balances the budget. Because he doesn’t: http://t.co/lkSJNM2V
You can look on Romney’s website all you want. You’ll NEVER find out how he balances the budget. http://t.co/lkSJNM2V #debaterecap -
Romney directly contradicts his own campaign. Says
Romney directly contradicts his own campaign. Says Obama’s sanctions are working. http://t.co/HyvYLUj5
Romney directly contradicts his own campaign. Says Obama’s sanctions are working. http://t.co/HyvYLUj5 #debaterecap -
Romney says he doesn’t want to get our military in
Romney says he doesn’t want to get our military involved in Syria. A few months ago, he had the opposite position: http://t.co/rw84Ambb
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Mitt Romney: Iraq Withdrawal is Tragic – YouTube
Romney said bringing our troops home from Iraq was “tragic”: http://t.co/Dj3DrU8I #RomneyWrong
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MITT ROMNEY: Russia Is Our Number 1 Geopolitical Foe – YouTube
Mitt Romney said Russia is “without question, our No. 1 geopolitical foe.” http://t.co/odDflXnE #RomneyNotReady
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Read the quote from October 8 where Romney critici
Obama says Romney recently said he wanted to keep more troops in Iraq. TRUE http://t.co/fUwpFDhS
Read the quote from October 8 where Romney criticizes Obama for withdrawing all troops from Iraq http://t.co/fUwpFDhS -
Veterans Who Support President Obama – YouTube
President Obama delivered on his promise to bring our troops home from Iraq—and fight for them when they come home: http://t.co/kQn7VOp9
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CNBC Host Accuses Obama Of Manipulating Libya Facts To Cut Military Spending | ThinkProgress
Impressive of CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo to pack in so much misinformation on Libya in one question http://t.co/bpwMKSFE
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The Iran Talks Bombshell | The Nation
Good news about Iran Talks — don’t accept denials out of DC & Teheran/ The Nation http://t.co/L5cQKmNt
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Join us tonight for our final debate chat! The fir
Join us tonight for our final debate chat! The first 3 were huge successes so don’t miss the grand finale: http://t.co/lgU3YiRy
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How Rising Health Care Costs Impact The National Budget | ThinkProgress
How Rising Health Care Costs Impact The National Budget http://t.co/5P3l2rrG
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"You Don't Own Me" PSA – YouTube
RT @emilyslist: Love love love! Lesley Gore + ladies tell Romney and the GOP “You Don’t Own Me.” MUST SEE http://t.co/xkiURnP2
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Watch the Republican nominee for Governor in New Hampshire explain why he opposes equal pay legislation http://t.co/ZcjPR0fm
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Mitt Romney’s Neocon War Cabinet | The Nation
“If we take the candidate at his word, a Romney presidency would move toward war against Iran…” -@AriBerman http://t.co/AKZb3grn
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From the White House to the statehouse, get a list of Democrats who will appear on your ballot at http://t.co/rgq4wvPO—then RT.
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Door to door, unions pave path for Obama | Las Vegas Review-Journal
RT @AmericaVotes: Our friends @SEIU are hard at work in #NV! http://t.co/xXSQOnzd via @reviewjournal #PurplePower
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Militarization along border endangers all | SanDiegoUnionTribune.com
“Our largest federal police force — the Border Patrol — lacks responsible leadership” http://t.co/KhPtaO32
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Trade policy is about economics. But it’s also abo
Trade policy is about economics. But it’s also about human rights. http://t.co/9mdypxQU #debare
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Romney closing argument ad: Five lies in 30 seconds
Via @DailyKos: Romney closing argument ad: Five lies in 30 seconds http://t.co/XVdKRu1I | #p2 #p2b
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Thousands of SEIU volunteers knock on doors to elect Champions for Working People. http://t.co/FJcGdz4F via @Storify #PurplePower
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All bluster & no specific plans: Here are the
All bluster & no specific plans: Here are the foreign policy questions Romney needs to answer tonight. http://t.co/bqR7qLSf #RomneyNotReady
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Don't Look Now, but a Strong Recovery Is Finally Here – The Wire
Why the economy isn’t as bad as Republicans make it out to be http://t.co/7YZopagP
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GOP Candidate Falsely Claims He Never Supported Privatizing Medicare
Senate candidate says he never supported privatizing Medicare. He’s voting record says otherwise. http://t.co/sr445xmW
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Why Romney Isn't Rigging Voting Machines | ThinkProgress
Why Romney isn’t rigging voting machines http://t.co/GikMA9Yy
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Akin Campaign Doubles Down On Comments Comparing McCaskill To A Dog | ThinkProgress
Akin campaign doubles down on dog comparison: “If Claire McCaskill were a dog, she’d be a ‘Bullshitsu’” http://t.co/6XgJVk7Z
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Obama Regains National Lead In Carville/Greenberg’
Obama Regains National Lead In Carville/Greenberg’s Pre-Debate Poll http://t.co/rDCmEuvF
The President is up by 3 and the Gallup poll is BS. What you need to know –> http://t.co/rDCmEuvF
It’s the third debate and time for Mitt Romney to show us why the more people know him, the less they like him http://t.co/VDlRrrg0 -
This 1972 Nation profile of McGovern, written at t
This 1972 Nation profile of McGovern, written at the height of his ailing presidential campaign, is a fascinating read: http://t.co/Q5XourbN
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FACT: Fannie & Freddie have backed roughly 60%
FACT: Fannie & Freddie have backed roughly 60% of home loans since the housing crisis began. http://t.co/ASq4zXxI
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The “Uncertainty” Scam http://t.co/G0fz1bQs
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On the Blog: US candidates’ converging foreign pol
On the Blog: US candidates’ converging foreign policy http://t.co/adWz8LbW
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In 2006 only 31% of Latinos supported marriage equ
In 2006 only 31% of Latinos supported marriage equality. Now a majority support it. http://t.co/GdxXMO59
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The Durango Herald 10/20/2012 | Re-elect Obama
“Who will better serve this country for the next four years?”—Colorado’s Durango Herald endorses @BarackObama: http://t.co/PDSW6krW
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Martin Sheen and Woody Harrelson Sign Up For 9/11 Truther Movie 'September Morn' | ThinkProgress
Martin Sheen and Woody Harrelson sign up for 9/11 truther movie “September Morn” http://t.co/WuegiS55
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remember that terrible president who romney wants
remember that terrible president who romney wants to emulate?http://t.co/pJDGeGsN
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On the Blog: US election defies conventional wisdo
On the Blog: US election defies conventional wisdom http://t.co/Lb5xqC6S
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Opinion: Defending Romney’s ‘binders of women’
Opinion: Defending Romney’s ‘binders of women’ http://t.co/4f1JLDHN
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The modern Democratic Party? He built that. reme
The modern Democratic Party? He built that. http://t.co/UuUT4EUn @yeselson remembers George McGovern.
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Jordan ‘foils major al-Qaeda plot’
Jordan ‘foils major al-Qaeda plot’ http://t.co/UFdjTjTL
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Billy Graham takes full-page ad in Ohio newspaper to back Romney – latimes
Billy Graham takes out full-page Ohio newspaper ad to back Romney http://t.co/xJm89TvV
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More than 1 in 3 Americans live on less than $46,0
More than 1 in 3 Americans live on less than $46,042 for a family of four: http://t.co/vy9YFajw
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Stop Stealing Dreams – Seth Godin on Education | Education on GOOD
Stop stealing dreams – Seth Godin on education http://t.co/XqAaP5zE via @NRBLB
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Gov. : “Florida, the country i
Gov. @JenGranholm: “Florida, the country is looking to you. You have a moment of power—exercise it.” #GottaVote http://t.co/aOHNNm0J
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Avaaz – Days to save the Antarctic ocean
Join Leonardo DiCaprio to help create the world’s largest marine sanctuary around #Antarctica. Sign now & RT: https://t.co/auXSiUxV
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Can a businessman help the economy? For presidents, the answer has been no. – The Washington Post
This nails it. Cite next time Romney spouts his “CEOs make better Prez” line. Can a businessman help the economy? http://t.co/AXBFH0UD
Are Businessmen Better Presidents? Historically, answer is a big NO. http://t.co/AXBFH0UD -
Why Tuesday? The Case For Moving Election Day | GOOD
Why Tuesday? The case for moving Election Day http://t.co/zwvhX9iA #TakeBackTuesday
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One conversation could make th
One conversation could make the difference in this election—make a few calls to voters today: http://t.co/aYbzObnL, http://t.co/PxgAinQ8
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Watching George McGovern Run – The New Yorker
George McGovern in The New Yorker: http://t.co/D1h2cZVT
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Rep. Steve King Won't Say If He Believes Contraception Should Be Legal
Rep. Steve King won’t say if he believes contraception should be legal. WATCH: http://t.co/lTB1M8ha
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President Obama in Fairfax, Virginia: "Romnesia" – YouTube
#Romnesia speech has been viewed 388,000 times in just over 48 hours. http://t.co/6JYbDHAR
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Letter From Washington: Win Ohio, and Win the Whit
Letter From Washington: Win Ohio, and Win the White House http://t.co/53CzTvM5
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Doesn’t even count outside GOP groups’ $ tsunami/
Doesn’t even count outside GOP groups’ $ tsunami/ Clean up lousy system! Romney $ GOP Began Month With $34 Million http://t.co/g3OTlyOM
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Weekly Address: Congress Should Join the President to Help Responsible Homeowners – YouTube
Worth a RT: It’s time for Congress to join the President & help responsible homeowners refinance at low interest rates. http://t.co/gpUoHO7I
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Education: Elite colleges may not be worth the cost – latimes
Money advice: Parents plan big sacrifices so daughter can go to an elite college. But actually … http://t.co/ti8s4PNn
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ExxonMobil, the largest oil company in the world is behind the plan to transport dangerous #TarSands oil through Maine http://t.co/ZhepPOYK
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The Onion Tees Up TED Talks – The New Yorker
.@BetsyMorais on “Onion Talks”: “just like TED, ‘only instead of a good idea, it will be a ludicrous one.’” http://t.co/CkV57XUY @TheOnion
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Important/U.S. Officials Say Iran Has Agreed to Nu
Important/U.S. Officials Say Iran Has Agreed to Nuclear Talks http://t.co/kuDeOnNF
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Iran open to nuclear talks after U.S. election, diplomats say – latimes
Iran is open to nuclear talks after U.S. election, diplomats say http://t.co/2Zg9tHKN
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Top Romney surrogate says pay equity is “nothing but an effort to help trial lawyers”: http://t.co/tCYUnABv
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Is Your Boss Going to ‘Mine’ Your Vote? More Corporations Step Up Coercion | The Nation
Is Your Boss Going to ‘Mine’ Your Vote? More Corporations Step Up Coercion | The Nation http://t.co/JXfRrdIp #p2 #p2b #Connecttheleft #RWNJ
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Lying Liars and the Communities Who Fight Back for their Right to Vote | The Nation
Lying Liars and the Communities Who Fight Back for their Right to Vote | The Nation http://t.co/8enSHRjF #p2 #p2b #connecttheleft
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How do the feel about the end of ‘s status as a t
How do the #Swiss feel about the end of #Switzerland’s status as a tax haven for the world’s wealthy? | http://t.co/7F8qu3nN
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How Mitt Romney's Latest Attack On Libya Is Falling Apart | ThinkProgress
How Mitt Romney’s attack on Libya is completely falling apart http://t.co/3dfMd7mx #icymi
Romney doesn’t say a word about Benghazi when asked directly. Why? His attack has fallen apart: http://t.co/3dfMd7mx #debaterecap -
CEO Asks Employees To Help Company 'And Yourself' By Donating $2,500 To Romney | ThinkProgress
CEO asks employees to help company “and yourself” by donating $2,500 to Romney: http://t.co/O86aYV29
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U.S. senate candidate can’t detail new Medicare plan until he uses “the computers” in Congress: http://t.co/U2KnZV8s
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Cecile Richards Introduces President Obama in Fairfax, Virginia – 10/19/2012 – YouTube
Cecile Richards: “Mitt Romney would not only set us back four years—he’d set us back 40 years in America.” http://t.co/9ImzRjQd #Romnesia
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Rachel Maddow Adds up the Facts and Concludes Mitt Romney is a Blatant Liar
Rachel Maddow Adds up the Facts and Concludes Mitt Romney is a Blatant Liar http://t.co/ob47hNrB via @politicususa #connecttheleft
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“Declaring something an act of
“Declaring something an act of terror does not necessarily mean you are declaring it a terror attack.” Really?? http://t.co/7DrnB2cN
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A mere 19% of millennials think that government sp
A mere 19% of millennials think that government spending is the way to improve the economy: http://t.co/GUEJnsvg
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“Obama understands that the backbone of the American Dream is innovation and entrepreneurship.” http://t.co/Fq08qnwp (via @Tech4Obama)
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Issa’s Benghazi document dump exposes several Libyans working with the U.S. | Foreign Policy
RT @joshrogin: Issa’s Benghazi document dump exposes several Libyans working with the U.S. http://t.co/uUU0Q9yg
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This Week in Poverty: What We Talk About When We Talk About Poverty | The Nation
What We Talk About When We Talk About Poverty | The Nation http://t.co/7gdqsK2i
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DOJ, Congress, state senators,
DOJ, Congress, state senators, election protection lawyers and civil rights advocates—all eyes are on True the Vote. http://t.co/vnLeYhW2
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More Junk Science: Congressman says abortion is never necessary to save a woman’s life http://t.co/aXU7bR9Z #icymi
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Romney’s now-infamous “binders
Romney’s now-infamous “binders full of women” show how little he knows about overcoming structural inequality.
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What Difference Would Obama’s Re-Election Make to
What Difference Would Obama’s Re-Election Make to Black Americans? http://t.co/AoOdPUng via @MHarrisPerry
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Here’s what you need to know about the latest in t
Here’s what you need to know about the latest in the fight against voter suppression across the nation: http://t.co/83Uq2hUA
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The man who will make your life miserable if Mitt
The man who will make your life miserable if Mitt Romney is elected president: http://t.co/NPD6w9YE
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President Obama in Fairfax, Virginia: "Romnesia" – YouTube
.@BarackObama diagnoses Mitt Romney’s pre-existing condition: #Romnesia, a failure to recall previous extreme stances. http://t.co/WpM5Gq36
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[new article] Oct. 18: Obama Gains in Forecast on
[new article] Oct. 18: Obama Gains in Forecast on Resiliency in Swing State Polls http://t.co/FTZAM9RO
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Romney Team Plans To Continue War Spending Indefinitely | ThinkProgress
Romney campaign explains his plan to continue war spending indefinitely http://t.co/SIney6tr
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Why Amtrak Keeps Breaking Ridership Records and Will Continue To Do So – CityLab
Why Amtrak keeps breaking ridership records—and will continue to do so http://t.co/mJIZ8BnQ via @AtlanticCITIES
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Bill Clinton: “Saving The Planet Is Better Economi
Bill Clinton: “Saving The Planet Is Better Economics Than Burning It Up” http://t.co/NxdVkubq (via @climateprogress)
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What’s important to you in #election2012? Climate change? NRDC Trustee @LeoDiCaprio & @Vote4Stuff want to know! http://t.co/VFXbU8eL
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Super Scam: How PACs Are Turning Obama Hate Into Cash
SuperScam: How PACs are turning Obama hate into cash http://t.co/kOk2FZf9
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UPDATED LINK: Americans’ belief in #climate change is up 13% since Jan 2010. Check the political party breakdown at http://t.co/JIoflH56
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Arms control should be high on president’s agenda – latimes
Arms control should be high on president’s agenda — Steven Pifer http://t.co/G6l64nYj
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VA small business owner says ending the Bush tax cuts wont hurt him, will bolster his customer base: The middle class: http://t.co/p6Go7QHt
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GOP Rep Upset Obama ‘Waited 4 Minutes' To Call Libya Attack An 'Act Of Terror' | ThinkProgress
GOP Rep. upset Obama ‘waited 4 minutes’ to call Libya attack an ‘Act of Terror,’ negating GOP’s 14 days talking point http://t.co/TSNBkenf
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In Q2 of 2012 alone, more than 37K new clean energ
In Q2 of 2012 alone, more than 37K new clean energy jobs were announced in projects across 30 states. http://t.co/q3yyCpQV #CAPenergy
FYI: Letting the production tax credit expire will cost 37K Americans their jobs http://t.co/q3yyCpQV #CAPenergy
FACT: The clean energy economy is a diverse set of industries that employs some 3.1M Americans. http://t.co/q3yyCpQV #CAPenergy
7 of the 17 states with the fastest-growing green jobs numbers are swing states or “red states” http://t.co/q3yyCpQV #CAPenergy -
Mitt and Ann Romney made at least $15.3 million on
Mitt and Ann Romney made at least $15.3 million on that auto industry rescue that he condemned: http://t.co/mJIVS6xr
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How Newsweek Needs To Transform As It Ends Its Print Edition | ThinkProgress
How Newsweek can learn from The Atlantic as it ends its print edition http://t.co/9cV9jkvI
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Mother of slain U.S. Ambassador says people should stop politicizing her son’s death http://t.co/fVnaOcxH #icymi
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#FutureWeWant includes healthy #ecosystems & #biodiversity #CBD #COP11 http://t.co/CJ9vt7LK
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GOP Senate Candidate goes to incredible length to avoid question on violence against women http://t.co/N3CHeti3
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Obama: “Presentation” wasn’t right in first debate
Obama: “Presentation” wasn’t right in first debate http://t.co/KVbXeeRT
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BREAKING: Virginia Health Commissioner resigns in protest of draconian abortion clinic regulations http://t.co/F8z4PNEF
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The Stronger Argument against DOMA: Thoughts on t
The Stronger Argument against DOMA: http://t.co/3qdEgiOx Thoughts on the Second Circuit’s decision.
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Washington’s Pakistan Meltdown | The Nation
Today in dysfunctional nuclear relationships: Pakistan & the US http://t.co/y7d5rFeI and Russia & the US http://t.co/Wb8aSKWw
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Small Business Voices: Ending Tax Cuts for High Income Earners Will Bolster The Middle Class http://t.co/oZncFkvJ via @youtube
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Can the global nuclear stockpile be reduced? Send
Can the global nuclear stockpile be reduced? Send your comments & videos to @AJStream | http://t.co/thvbAQpU
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Wondering why I’m confident polls will start impro
Wondering why I’m confident polls will start improving for the president very soon? http://t.co/MMKtdNKg
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POLL: Majority Of Latinos Support Marriage Equality | ThinkProgress
POLL: 52% of Hispanics support marriage equality and only 34% oppose, A flip from just 6 years ago when 56% opposed http://t.co/kstDXtze
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7-term Congressman Paul Ryan supports term limits.
7-term Congressman Paul Ryan supports term limits…no really, he does! – http://t.co/u8ovagq2
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.: One of the most tenacious myths of the Obama pr
.@MHarrisPerry: One of the most tenacious myths of the Obama presidency is that he has a problem with black voters. http://t.co/6AIY2Yx0
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Watch live: President Obama sp
Watch live: President Obama speaks in New Hampshire about what’s at stake in this election. http://t.co/wHLgL1Ex #Forward2012
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romney is for/against/confused on the lilly ledbet
romney is for/against/confused on the lilly ledbetter act http://t.co/FANeXn2D better check the binder
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UNDP’s & Global Framework 2012-20 has been l
UNDP’s #Biodiversity & #Ecosystems Global Framework 2012-20 has been launched! #FutureWeWant #SDGs #post2015 http://t.co/dqbiYRCB
There cannot be sustainable #development where life does not flourish. #biodiversity #FutureWeWant #post2015 http://t.co/dqbiYRCB -
Kornacki: ‘This country is a better place because of George McGovern’ – Video on NBCNews.com
An excellent tribute to George McGovern by @stevekornacki: http://t.co/Nw402tS0 Highly recommended.
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Tagg Romney Says He Wants To 'Take A Swing' At Obama | ThinkProgress
Tagg Romney says he wants to “take a swing” at Obama but can’t because of the Secret Service. LISTEN: http://t.co/mGgmkyDE #icymi
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Of Course, Mitt's New Tax Plan Gives More To The Rich And Still Doesn't Add Up – The National Memo
Mitt said “OF COURSE” his math adds up and gave you his resume. BUT IT JUST DOESN’T ADD UP. http://t.co/jMK4NQ7U
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A few photos from last night’s debate:
A few photos from last night’s debate: http://t.co/JWpgF1cs
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Obama still should make stronger case on economy – The Washington Post
This is good: Obama is now making a stronger case that the economy is recovering. Scroll down for video: http://t.co/bKZRXtzH
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RT : Romney Cares About All Immigrant Children, Bu
RT @colorlines: Romney Cares About All Immigrant Children, But Only After They Join the Military http://t.co/8AnHEaqq
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Lunch Break: See who these clairvoyant voters thou
Lunch Break: See who these clairvoyant voters thought won the debate hours before it happened. http://t.co/xc7Oo0Cm
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The truth about Romney and those ‘binders’ – The Washington Post
Romney reached out to women’s groups & got back “binder” full of candidates? Not so much, head of one says: http://t.co/xvGaG4uA
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Financial Crisis Denialism http://t.co/53hs9kTC
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Itsy Bitsy Bain http://t.co/U0xiXivX
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Poverty Stuck at Highest Level in Almost Two Decades | Colorlines
Last night’s invisible topic? Poverty is stuck at a 20 yr high.1 out of 3 blacks and 1 out of 4 Latinos is poor.#debate http://t.co/mmG4rqid
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What Does Mitt Romney Really Want for Women?
What Does Mitt Romney Really Want for Women? http://t.co/HTQUnke7
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Mitt’s Binders and the Missing Women – The New Yorker
RT @tnycloseread: Mitt Romney’s binders full of women, and why he lost the #debate: http://t.co/kUZeWbvx
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Right Wing Ignores Reality, Says Obama Is Lying About Libya Remarks | ThinkProgress
Right-wing ignores reality, says Obama is lying about Libya remarks http://t.co/leuJ5qFG
Obama actually referred to Libya as an “act of terror” on Sept. 12 AND Sept. 13 http://t.co/leuJ5qFG -
The Benghazi Embarrassment – The Atlantic
The Benghazi embarassment: Why can’t politicians have an mature conversation about the attack? http://t.co/Z1HB3uay
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Not only does tying the knot make our streets safe
Not only does tying the knot make our streets safer, it cures obesity and reverses the aging process. http://t.co/iQSVcfxI
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Newly discovered planet is a four-star world:
Newly discovered planet is a four-star world: http://t.co/TvBWrEIw
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Feed kids, not cars! Petition from asking EU to t
Feed kids, not cars! Petition from @Avaaz asking EU to take action against #biofuels: http://t.co/6t7mZenD
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At Last Night's Debate: Romney Told 31 Myths In 41 Minutes | ThinkProgress
At last night’s debate: Romney told 31 myths in 41 minutes http://t.co/KzCdBqLq
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Full transcript and video of the 2nd Obama-Romney
Full transcript and video of the 2nd Obama-Romney debate http://t.co/nJCaD3RY
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RomneyCrowleyfactcheck – YouTube
Watch Romney accuse Obama of lying, to his face, on TV. And then get called out for being completely wrong http://t.co/zNBeBMi3 #debaterecap
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BREAKING: Supreme Court turns down Ohio early voti
BREAKING: Supreme Court turns down Ohio early voting case in victory for Obama campaign http://t.co/QGZ9mIJ6
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Joe Wilson Doesn't Like It When You Call People Liars – The Wire
RT @TheAtlanticWire: Rep. Joe Wilson doesn’t like it when you call people liars http://t.co/YzdWX9rJ
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President Clinton Explains Mitt Romney's $5 Trillion Tax Cut – YouTube
President Bill Clinton explains why Romney’s tax plan doesn’t add up: http://t.co/f4Kc5i1Z #MittMath
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Obama camp blasts Romney 12 million jobs claim – The Washington Post
News orgs did great work on Romney’s tax plan. Now time to get to work on Romney’s sham of a jobs plan: http://t.co/ejUlvPEs
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Listen, buddy. I refuse to be rickrolled in 2012.
Listen, buddy. I refuse to be rickrolled in 2012. RT @ChrisPennanen: @LOLGOP Check out http://t.co/y7rRJjQE
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Obama and Romney Split Early Newspaper Endorsement
Obama and Romney Split Early Newspaper Endorsements: http://t.co/HGCWu7aB
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Obama’s Town Hall To-Do List: A cheat sheet from
Obama’s Town Hall To-Do List: http://t.co/zeO6iAid A cheat sheet from @rkuttner for tonight’s debate
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Mitt Math: 3M Obama Energy Jobs + 7M Bush Tax Cut Jobs + 2M Bush Trade Jobs = 12M Jobs Already Coming Anyway http://t.co/Vly11T0F
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Noam Chomsky on the Cuban Missile Crisis and owner
Noam Chomsky on the Cuban Missile Crisis and ownership of the world: http://t.co/JaPx6WAs
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5 Facts To Commit To Memory Before Tonight's Debate | ThinkProgress
5 facts you should COMMIT TO MEMORY before watching tonight’s debate http://t.co/SOwS6cyM
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How Historic Preservation Helped Save Denver's Downtown – CityLab
The story of how historic preservation played a crucial role in the revival of Denver’s downtown http://t.co/PE7PQu9r via @UrbanLandInst
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September 2012 Tied For The Warmest Ever Recorded | ThinkProgress
Reading – September 2012 tied for the warmest ever recorded (@climateprogress) #climate http://t.co/0hPgRtgj
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RT @EPAgov: Compare your home’s energy use and get local recommendations for improvements. http://t.co/rtSL1vP1
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Democracy Now! National and Global News Headlines for Tuesday, October 16, 2012 – YouTube
Watch our summary of today’s top news headlines: http://t.co/RYLRpXS2 #dailynews
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Message To Obama: Go Bold On Jobs! | http://t.co/SH0I6Q6V http://t.co/hr0fhssd
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Linda McMahon’s offers ridiculous excuse for opposing emergency contraception in cases of rape http://t.co/CONatdCC
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Why is it that only those who oppose reproductive
Why is it that only those who oppose reproductive rights get the pledges of respect? http://t.co/Ds0GzA4O
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Clinton: ‘I take responsibility’ for Benghazi
Clinton: ‘I take responsibility’ for Benghazi http://t.co/5OFckqjz
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“We Will All Fry” – The New Yorker
50-yrs post-Cuban missile crisis, see notes from ExComm’s debates about how the U.S. would respond to the Soviet threat http://t.co/xukurB2s
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Opinion: Peter Van Buren discusses 6 critical fore
Opinion: Peter Van Buren discusses 6 critical foreign policy questions that won’t be raised in the Presidential debates http://t.co/DUKmIABm
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Josh Mandel Offers the Most Nonsensical Plan Yet to Cover Pre-Existing Conditions | The Nation
Just another one of a gazillion reasons Sherrod Brown should win/ Josh Mandel talks nonsense on preexisting conditions. http://t.co/dSZbUuvK
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Michigan Congressional Candidate Thinks He Is Santa Claus | ThinkProgress
Michigan Congressional candidate thinks he is Santa Claus http://t.co/bPZBJ3W9 #notjoking
The GOP nominee for Congress in Michigan’s 11th district thinks he’s Santa Claus http://t.co/bPZBJ3W9 #literally -
Katrina vanden Heuvel: How Romney insults us all – The Washington Post
Romney was for it before he was against before he was for it….This isn’t a platform, it’s a punchline/http://t.co/6cYqbjmn
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Opinion: The more Syrian people were punished the
Opinion: The more Syrian people were punished the more determined they were to stay the course, writes Cooke http://t.co/9GJiNfoF
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Psst. Obama and Romney. We have a town hall debate
Psst. Obama and Romney. We have a town hall debate cheat sheet for you right here: http://t.co/ZwEN7SzH
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Food scarcity: the timebomb setting nation against nation | Global development | The Guardian
Climate change is raising food prices across the globe – “We have ignored the earth’s environmental stop signs” http://t.co/Fj0ZaU7o #350ppm
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Mitt Romney’s trying to hide his severely conservative positions. Voters aren’t fooled. http://t.co/uIbwdXsw
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Tea Party Group Launches Racist 'Obama Phone' Ad | ThinkProgress
Tea Party group launches racist ad featuring “Obama Phone” http://t.co/HODllVnn
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On at 1930GMT: Are armies with unmanned weapons m
On @AJStream at 1930GMT: Are armies with unmanned weapons more inclined to launch attacks? Send us your thoughts | http://t.co/zYnphgv0
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“Don’t be fooled.” People on the street compare Romney’s recent claims to #TheRealRomney’s positions: http://t.co/rYqLM7JQ
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Jack Welch AIN’T buying it. RT : September 2012 is
September 2012 is tied for the warmest month EVER recorded globally http://t.co/bjsxADoo
Jack Welch AIN’T buying it. RT @thinkprogress: September 2012 is tied for the warmest month EVER recorded globally http://t.co/dD4E1Chn -
Five Fool-Proof Tips for Winning a Town Hall Debat
Five Fool-Proof Tips for Winning a Town Hall Debate: http://t.co/rrATwPnC
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Arlen Specter (1930-2012), Evolved To Be Strong LGBT Ally
How Arlen Specter (1930-2012), evolved to be a strong LGBT ally http://t.co/F5K1ABoS
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Drought is leading restaurants to raise prices, cut portions – latimes
More climate change at the dinner table – restaurants raise prices and cut portions: http://t.co/6DtkOSVk #350ppm
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RT : The First Lady just cast her 2012 ballot! Fin
RT @MichelleObama: The First Lady just cast her 2012 ballot! Find out if you can vote early too: http://t.co/hrrk5LkQ, http://t.co/9R7X1WgV
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ROMNEY ROCKED IN NC: Newspaper that endorsed McCai
ROMNEY ROCKED IN NC: Newspaper that endorsed McCain in ’08 “Obama is best choice for president” http://t.co/r2orX92Q #p2
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Fast Food Chains use loopholes and low-tax countries to avoid millions in taxes each year http://t.co/i8SogbV1
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Unmasking Romney’s economic plan as a sham – The Washington Post
Job one for Obama tomorrow night: Unmask Mitt Romney’s five point plan as nothing but flim flam: http://t.co/oNRtJi3N
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Nonpartisan report: Seniors wo
Nonpartisan report: Seniors would pay more under Romney’s plan to turn Medicare into a voucher system. http://t.co/vmeLntPz
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Opinion: “Many have jumped on it as a new opportun
Opinion: “Many have jumped on it as a new opportunity for political point-scoring and Islamist-bashing,” writes author http://t.co/B1t2AfCm
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“In 2008 we changed the guard. In 2012 we guard th
“In 2008 we changed the guard. In 2012 we guard the change.” #GottaVote http://t.co/dl1nxemB
“It’s time we give @BarackObama four more years to finish the job he started.” #GottaVote http://t.co/dl1nxemB
“Florida, if you think your vote doesn’t matter, I’m sure there were 537 people in 2000 who thought the same.” http://t.co/dl1nxemB
Crist: “We can’t take anything for granted. This is too important—for your future, for your children’s future.” http://t.co/dl1nxemB -
Note to Obama: It’s Still the Economy, Stupid
Note to Obama: It’s Still the Economy, Stupid http://t.co/8ISXODZ7
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“Mr. Romney actually has no plan to lower the defi
“Mr. Romney actually has no plan to lower the deficit. He just says he does.” http://t.co/mMof88hy
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Protesters Blockade Fracking Well Site in Ohio
Awesome: Ohio fracking well blocked by activists all day yesterday: http://t.co/nC7WMwGd #350ppm
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Sensata: Mitt Romney profits as Bain sends American jobs to China
Via @DailyKos: Mitt Romney profits as Bain sends American jobs to China http://t.co/wQviKUj6 | #p2 #p2b
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Fox News celebrates Romney victory…in coin toss.
Hey! You should really like us on Facebook: https://t.co/xUDfC3Cg #p2
“Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.” –Thomas Jefferson http://t.co/HMyZaG1E
Fox News celebrates Romney victory…in coin toss. Screenshot: http://t.co/S1635Tfa
This one is for anyone who watched the debate last night and is angry about the #ClimateSilence: http://t.co/SZPmDu88 thanks @ChrisLHayes
New Yorkers are stepping up – we know who is responsible for Sandy’s mess. Join us tomorrow: http://t.co/tBVRPUgh #350ppm
Rest in Peace Mr. Mandela. Let’s pray that your vision for preserving Africa’s wildlife and wild places will live… http://t.co/dXeFeUjByE
ICYMI – (VIDEO) Patricia Arquette’s #Oscars2015 acceptance speech calling for #EqualPay stole the show! http://t.co/DbDRQjglZP #1u -
What Is the Future of King Coal in China?:
What Is the Future of King Coal in China?:
China’s shift from being a net… http://t.co/A3o0fEgO
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Cause For Hope: Robin Hood Tax Advances in Europe | The Nation
If EU really moves on this, maybe that Nobel deserved! Robin Hood Tax Advances in Europe | The Nation http://t.co/Td9AwbbH
Cause For Hope: Robin Hood Tax Advances in Europe & check out bill Rep. Keith Ellison has intro’ed in House/|The Nation http://t.co/Td9AwbbH -
Sorry, but the HPV vaccine does not cause “sexual promiscuity” in girls http://t.co/5lPNogg6
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Cause For Hope: Robin Hood Tax Advances in Europe
Cause For Hope: Robin Hood Tax Advances in Europe http://t.co/W620xCeu
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A former Republican on how he changed his mind abo
A former Republican on how he changed his mind about voter ID laws: http://t.co/eZPT6KDj
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Ann Coulter calls Vice President Biden “the bigges
Ann Coulter calls Vice President Biden “the biggest jackass boyfriend you’ve ever had” http://t.co/CniUSdqx
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What is Donald Trump pushing on Fox today? It’s th
What is Donald Trump pushing on Fox today? It’s the BLS jobs conspiracy: “They’re not real numbers.” http://t.co/XkwHDTKc
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Listings of Homes for Sale Drop as U.S. Housing Recovers – Bloomberg Business
There were 1.8M homes for sale in the U.S. in Sept, down from 2.2M in 2011 & 40%+ below Sept 2007 (via @bloombergnews) http://t.co/uceSpIvr
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Main Street – Obama for America TV Ad – YouTube
“Stick with this guy. He will move us forward.” Why Main Street supports Barack Obama: http://t.co/ufXe6ffq
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Top Romney surrogate admits Republicans are exploiting Libya tragedy for political gain http://t.co/o2wZg47j
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“This Civil War, This Complicated Civil War” The
“This Civil War, This Complicated Civil War” http://t.co/2tsEe53g The Prospect asks an expert about the conflict in Syria.
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In Depth: Immigrants thrive in US country music ca
In Depth: Immigrants thrive in US country music capital http://t.co/BFhuPRtf
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Now that Romney has secured endorsements from Lind
Now that Romney has secured endorsements from Lindsay Lohan AND Piers Morgan, he’s going to be tough to beat http://t.co/cMPT1iHE
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The trajectory of Let’s Move h
The trajectory of Let’s Move has left many of those initially optimistic doubtful that it will accomplish much more: http://t.co/o8QrfMm5
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“Arlen Specter was a competitor who became a frien
“Arlen Specter was a competitor who became a friend” – @BobEdgarCC remarks on passing of Former Sen. Arlen Specter http://t.co/pycf0SqV
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Father of U.S. Ambassador killed in Libya: ‘It would be abhorrent to make this into a campaign issue’ http://t.co/oEB0QCg9
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Organizing For Action | Organizing for Action
You never know who might show up at your local phone bank. http://t.co/kr6n1XWn, http://t.co/fbz0XFXg
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Nine years ago, SCOTUS affirmed the value of culti
Nine years ago, SCOTUS affirmed the value of cultivating a diverse student body. It might not this time around. http://t.co/H4x8bW9b
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“Education is not a luxury. It
“Education is not a luxury. It is a necessity for survival, like water and bread and roads and democracy.” http://t.co/inAWQ6R2
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all of these thoughts having just read this in NYt
all of these thoughts having just read this in NYtimes…about the pitfalls of our system. “a possibly fatal mistake”. http://t.co/u5qX0KG2
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[new article] An Extra Ingredient in North Dakota
[new article] An Extra Ingredient in North Dakota Politics: Oil http://t.co/JPMvuVoM
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Fast Facts: Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery | UNDP
Disasters cost the world economy more than $380 bil in 2011. More facts on disasters: http://t.co/f0kfteoP #CrisisSunday #ActNow
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What Really Drew Asian Immigrants to the Suburbs? – CityLab
The trope of the immigrant settling in an urban enclave and later, moving ‘up’ to suburbia is a narrative of the past. http://t.co/FTg37i2u
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Strong & needed.More media attention needed &a
Strong & needed.More media attention needed & protests/ Questions on Drones, Unanswered Still http://t.co/xbIcluxe
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Former NYC schools chancellor Joel Klein isn’t qui
Former NYC schools chancellor Joel Klein isn’t quite who he says he is: http://t.co/EK043a8G
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Obama campaign hypes expectations for second debat
Obama campaign hypes expectations for second debate http://t.co/hsRwjWld
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Yes, it should not take till 2014 for US to leave
Yes, it should not take till 2014 for US to leave Afghanistan. NYT Rethinks — & Says it’s “Time to Pack Up” http://t.co/H7aV4NBI
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Report: Paul Ryan Faked Soup Kitchen Photo Op
Report: Paul Ryan Faked Soup Kitchen Photo Op http://t.co/uaER7lgX
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Winston-Salem, NC Journal, which endorsed McCain i
Winston-Salem, NC Journal, which endorsed McCain in 2008, endorses Obama in 2012 http://t.co/NwPB4RzT – Romney will gut enviro protections
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Philippine peace deal worries locals
Philippine peace deal worries locals http://t.co/sDrmDWYO
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Missing Page on Sierraclub.org
“500 mountains have been flattened, and 2,000 miles of freshwater streams.” — Marilyn Mullens, WV. http://t.co/4yUBSsWg #coal
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Koch brothers are attempting to control their empl
Koch brothers are attempting to control their employees votes http://t.co/bmaSRIEm
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Sign up for the Daily Ray of Hope! – Sierra Club
“We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.” — William Hazlitt http://t.co/agAQP4zM
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Monument to a National Treasur
Monument to a National Treasure – the new César Chávez National Monument: http://t.co/kKYUzJc7
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Programmes: The art of obituary writing
Programmes: The art of obituary writing http://t.co/ioM6MGZb
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Opinion: Rape in the context of democratic transit
Opinion: Rape in the context of democratic transition http://t.co/HzO837gb
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Hector Barajas is opening up his home to serve as
Hector Barajas is opening up his home to serve as a safe house for deported veterans like himself, stranded in Mexico. http://t.co/ZNFvdaMA
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Steelworkers Expose the Real Mitt Romney at DNC – YouTube
Steelworkers Expose the Real Mitt Romney at DNC
http://t.co/7Brm4mpk #ConnectTheLeft #p2 #Vote4Obama2012 #FireALLRepublicans -
The only Benghazi scandal is the GOP hiding their feckless foreign policy record by politicizing a tragedy. http://t.co/dRpcdy6f
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How to fight pirates and save our :
How to fight pirates and save our #oceans: http://t.co/9ZUeIAX6 #Africa #fisheries
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COMING FOX NEWS HEADLINE: Boss demands workers vot
COMING FOX NEWS HEADLINE: Boss demands workers vote for Obama http://t.co/k79yavdu
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Examining the multifaceted propaganda battle over
Examining the multifaceted propaganda battle over the future of #Syria – Watch @AJListeningPost | http://t.co/hGBlpT88
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Obama Nearly Doubles Romney With Early Voters.
Obama Nearly Doubles Romney With Early Voters. http://t.co/dFzcgwja
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Programmes: Are Turkish-Russian ties at risk over
Programmes: Are Turkish-Russian ties at risk over Syria? http://t.co/Vyg004R6
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What is the human cost of poor disaster preparatio
What is the human cost of poor disaster preparation? http://t.co/zPkVRyFZ v@JRyanUNDP @IR_WorldWide #CrisisSunday
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“Looking back on it, it’s enou
“Looking back on it, it’s enough to make you weep. So little has been able to be achieved” http://t.co/N0nOUPUW #Longreads
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The Coral Reef Crisis Threatens Nature's Ability To Help Us Deal With Climate Change | ThinkProgress
V @ClimateProgress: The Coral Reef Crisis Threatens Nature’s Ability To Help Us Deal With Climate Change http://t.co/2TWdUjF4 | #p2 #climate
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Opinion: Pariahs among us: Sex offender laws in th
Opinion: Pariahs among us: Sex offender laws in the 21st century http://t.co/rjRQMfux
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Via : Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: Death by Dollar
Via @DailyKos: Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: Death by Dollars Edition http://t.co/igVR0de9 | #p2 #p2b
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Opinion: Learning to tackle malnutrition: Afghanis
Opinion: Learning to tackle malnutrition: Afghanistan’s silent child killer http://t.co/PyIfmWX8
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The Fight to Vote | The Nation
in 2012, fight is to ensure no vote suppression..Then let’s make sure everyone has the fundamental right to vote/|http://t.co/Iaa0f2Wh
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Video: Marking the Cuban missile crisis
Video: Marking the Cuban missile crisis http://t.co/nYZMo32e
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How are changes in the & the affecting the K
How are changes in the #MiddleEast & the #ArabSpring affecting the Kurdish struggle for autonomy? Watch #TTAJ | http://t.co/tb0L4m0P
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Recalls… – The New Yorker
.@TNYFrontRow: Some interesting things from Arnold @Schwarzenegger’s interview with Die Zeit: http://t.co/IhpLUpOe
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[new article] Oct. 13: Arizona and the Spanish-Spe
[new article] Oct. 13: Arizona and the Spanish-Speaking Vote http://t.co/amR61fRy
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Sandy Banks: Domestic violence and indifference doubly harm women – latimes
Sandy Banks: Domestic violence and indifference doubly harm women http://t.co/kc6WtVni
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Meet 2 Afro-American sons of the South who couldn’
Meet 2 Afro-American sons of the South who couldn’t have more divergent perspectives http://t.co/gGrmc4hH #RedStateRoadTrip #US2012
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IDDR2012 | Flickr – Photo Sharing!
Photos: Women & girls hard at work to protect you from the impact of disasters! http://t.co/OeVYyAQd #IDDR #ActNow
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What kind of backgrounds do staff have? Meet the
What kind of backgrounds do #UN staff have? Meet the UN’s global workforce here: http://t.co/OoMsGTOg
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See on with , , and tomorrow AM on :
See @KatrinaNation on @facethenation with @Bay_Buchanan, @FrankLuntz, @DavidCornDC and @jdickerson tomorrow AM on @CBS: http://t.co/cElBuJpf
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Economic Growth – Obama for America TV Ad – YouTube
Mitt Romney paid a lower tax rate last year than many middle-class Americans—and he says that’s “fair”: http://t.co/br9vVqQQ
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F.D.R.’s Message to B.H.O. – The New Yorker
F.D.R.’s Message to B.H.O. http://t.co/1q6VSLfH
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Times Like This Are Different http://t.co/eAOgqstr
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'Million Muppet March' Planned Against Romney | ThinkProgress
‘Million Muppet March’ Planned Against Romney http://t.co/HqYniC21
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POLL: Obama Leads in Arizona. Yes, really. Arizona!
POLL: Obama Leading Romney… in Arizona???? http://t.co/Tc7pPPam
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No matter what happens on Elec
No matter what happens on Election Day or before the SCOTUS, don’t expect Republicans to stop suppressing the vote: http://t.co/FwsoL8eA
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Read part one of our interview with today’s Foot S
Read part one of our interview with today’s Foot Soldier, New Orleans-based education activist Aesha Rasheed: http://t.co/Qu4vCY30 #nerdland
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You've Heard of Urban Coyotes. Urban Bears Could Be Next – CityLab
Would you be willing to give up your neighborhood green space for fear that a coyote pack may settle in? http://t.co/XzxT1B9f
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Here is ‘s brilliant piece on POTUS Obama and rac
Here is @jelani9’s brilliant @NewYorker piece on POTUS Obama and race “Barack X” http://t.co/NWAG3Ify #nerdland
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[new article] G.O.P. Senate Hopes Fade, Even as Ro
[new article] G.O.P. Senate Hopes Fade, Even as Romney’s Rise, Polls Show http://t.co/zhTjuj6o
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Quantum Computing Wins a Nobel – The New Yorker
Quantum Computing Wins a Nobel: http://t.co/o2pk64ta
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This Week: Stop-and-Frisk. Plus: Progressives and Election 2012. | The Nation
This Week @ The Nation: Stop-and-Frisk. Plus: Progressives and Election 2012. | The Nation http://t.co/5yjl9b7G
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Skinny Minnie Mouse Could Give Girls Body Image Problems For Christmas | ThinkProgress
Disney puts Minnie Mouse on severe diet. Pushes ridiculous body image on young girls. Check it out: http://t.co/o8p4uT2n
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This week’s roundup from : , the VP debate, progre
This week’s roundup from @KatrinaNation: #StopandFrisk, the VP debate, progressives and election 2012 and more: http://t.co/qYCVCiZh #p2
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Russia Says 20 Groups Shut Down in Caucasus
Russia Says 20 Groups Shut Down in Caucasus http://t.co/8esYjure
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Obama naysayers demonize 1st non-white president f
Obama naysayers demonize 1st non-white president from 3 angles: black identity, liberalism & foreign Muslim-born father http://t.co/PMkXX9Pp
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Some climate scientists, in a shift, link weather to global warming – latimes
Great article @latimesscience – scientists’ view of #globalwarming & #extremeweather + our newest data on public view: http://t.co/3PGMSYS1
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Learning all the things to effectively move the world. @annaazarjew http://t.co/v2MKc6vW
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The Republican Vision for Government is Corporate Owned and Operated
Republican Vision for Government is CORPORATE OWNED & Operated (<-Definition of Fascism!)
http://t.co/fFzLPwmC #ConnectTheLeft #p2 -
GOP Consultant Under Investigation For Voter Registration Fraud Quietly Restarts Registration Efforts http://t.co/XHlMplDH @thinkprogress
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Sport: Armstrong scandal leaves Tour ‘void’
Sport: Armstrong scandal leaves Tour ‘void’ http://t.co/5JU9kqOh
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Friday: Security Council adopted resolution paving
Friday: Security Council adopted resolution paving way for possible intervention force in northern #Mali http://t.co/WJIZAfPF (corrected)
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Human Trainwreck Lindsay Lohan Announces Support F
Human Trainwreck Lindsay Lohan Announces Support For Mitt Romney. http://t.co/5NYxozlz
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Of Babies and Beans: Paul Ryan on Abortion – The New Yorker
Of Babies and Beans: Paul Ryan on Abortion http://t.co/OFvaWIkl
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How struggled to deal with the issues of identity
How @ajecathturner struggled to deal with the issues of identity & racism arising from her transnational adoption | http://t.co/8lmXyz2d
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“College isn’t for everybody” is an increasingly common political mantra. Is that a bad thing? http://t.co/LKEgJ7cH
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Challenges – Obama for America TV Ad – YouTube
Morgan Freeman narrates new OFA ad http://t.co/M6ccUyLT
Challenges – Obama for America TV Ad: http://t.co/H5wGF5md via @youtube -
Can a hospital feed patients sustainable food?
Can a hospital feed patients sustainable food? http://t.co/cTx2da6W
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Protesters Gather at Keystone XL Site in Texas
Protesters Gather at Keystone XL Site in Texas http://t.co/eRrvLukQ
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In defense of the ‘s abortion question: via
In defense of the #VPdebate’s abortion question: http://t.co/4LZVxmeI via @EmilySDouglas
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Nielsen: 51.4 million people watched Joe Biden-Paul Ryan debate – latimes
Nielsen: 51.4 million people watched Joe Biden-Paul Ryan debate http://t.co/NlcRcTTS
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Has Michelle Obama’s anti-obesity campaign been to
Has Michelle Obama’s anti-obesity campaign been too accommodating toward the food industry? http://t.co/sRrn4rA9 #longreads
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Biden: We immediately rescued General Motors. Romney said, "No, let Detroit go bankrupt." – YouTube
If you know a non-comatosed American citizen who hasn’t decided who to vote for, show her this video. http://t.co/PtoBkwAd
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.: Joe Biden Showed Heat and Heart During the Deba
.@KatrinaNation: Joe Biden Showed Heat and Heart During the Debate http://t.co/PEx3LMA5
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Much like family farmers, small independent distri
Much like family farmers, small independent distributors are disappearing from the food system: http://t.co/OjCGQTTr
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Five myths about political polls – The Washington Post
Post poll guru Jon Cohen gets it right: Big story in this week’s NYT.NBC polls is *lack* of swing state movement: http://t.co/kEiTeuz1
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Can We Fight Poverty And Climate Change At The Sam
Can We Fight Poverty And Climate Change At The Same Time? http://t.co/kkjj4JkF
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No polar bears within few decades, Russian expert predicts | canada.com
Polar bears could disappear from Russia within decades if Arctic ice continues melting: http://t.co/280dzQIK #350ppm
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The gave us a Catholic politician going on record
The #VPdebate gave us a Catholic politician going on record that faith and support for abortion rights can coexist: http://t.co/IB6i8iAz
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Todd Akin: No 'Science' Behind Evolution | ThinkProgress
Last night, Todd Akin explained that there is no “science” behind evolution http://t.co/lL3rzcTN #icymi
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Something wrong on the internet? Malarkify it!
Something wrong on the internet? Malarkify it! http://t.co/i9YxEhso
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The Genesis of 'Looper': Rian Johnson's Rough, Found-Footage Pitch Reel – The Atlantic
The short film that became ‘Looper’: Watch Rian Johnson’s rough, found-footage pitch reel http://t.co/t0giCpZ0
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Romney Ad Criticizes Obama For Cutting Government Spending | ThinkProgress
Romney Ad criticizes Obama for cutting government spending http://t.co/cFHos6Dx
Think Progress: Romney Ad Criticizes Obama For Cutting Government Spending http://t.co/Eu7Wy2Av #p2 #topprog -
It’s time for some men on Twit
It’s time for some men on Twitter to handle criticism better: http://t.co/26jmgYCc
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GOP Nominee Blames Poor People's 'Slothfullness and Laziness'
GOP Congressional Nominee derides poor people for ‘Slothfulness and Laziness’ at fundraiser http://t.co/VkU8rjtF
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Social Media Can Help Effectively Communicate With Teens About Sexual Health | ThinkProgress
How social media can help teenagers avoid STDs http://t.co/v5QaVHTu
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Ban Ki-moon places a textbook from his childhood days published by UNESCO at Open UNESCO – YouTube
This week, Ban Ki-moon donated a textbook from his childhood to a @UNESCO exhibit in Paris. Video: http://t.co/0MaEarWZ
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On :What is the main difference between & i
On @AJInsideStoryAm :What is the main difference between #JoeBiden & #PaulRyan in economic policy outlook? | http://t.co/olWevrqz
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Van Jones on VP Debate: Ryan robotic, over-rehearsed – YouTube
Paul Ryan: Robotic, over-rehearsed and willing to put Americans in harm’s way. http://t.co/l4yJTRep
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What Paul Ryan Got Wrong About Libya Security During VP Debate | ThinkProgress
Three things Ryan got wrong about Libya security last night http://t.co/QBYZgXlV
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Some hospitals are seeking out
Some hospitals are seeking out local food—but for the local food movement, meeting their needs is a challenge: http://t.co/OXxxcKYC
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NOW-NYC, Common Cause Push For Specifics In JCOPE
NOW-NYC, Common Cause Push For Specifics In JCOPE Investigation Of Vito Lopez Scandal http://t.co/hD3amYuE
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It’s hard to imagine a concept more anti-democrati
It’s hard to imagine a concept more anti-democratic than the filibuster: http://t.co/BOGtyty8
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How former NYC schools chancellor Joel Klein has m
How former NYC schools chancellor Joel Klein has misrepresented his life story to serve his political agenda @CTULocal1 http://t.co/Zp0Sb0ME
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Fed Official Calls For Limits On Bank Size
Some common sense from Fed Guv: Federal Reserve Official Calls For Placing Limits On The Size Of Big Banks http://t.co/Fm3ci4Hz
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Dems hope Ryan’s evasions in face of persistent Raddatz questioning about tax plan gives them opening: http://t.co/2O3zZOyL
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Comedy Central Official Site – TV Show Full Episodes & Funny Video Clips
Don’t think Lindsay Lohan’s endorsement matters? Well, you’re right, but you should still read this: http://t.co/Lhx0DdYU
You exercised your right to vote. Now exercise your right to write jokes in our Caption Challenge: http://t.co/dqGNoqed
The only thing that really matters to Californians on Election Day is if porn stars will have to wear condoms. http://t.co/acVT4pVB
Our list of winners and losers in tonight’s election. You’ll never guess in which category we put Mitt Romney! http://t.co/TPysF0fA -
Yes, The European Union Won the Nobel Peace Prize – The Wire
Yes, the European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize http://t.co/0ePCWgCR via @TheAtlanticWire
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The Jewish progressive super PAC behind Samuel Jac
The Jewish progressive super PAC behind Samuel Jackson’s “Wake The F*** Up” http://t.co/cii74I9s
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CNN’s Erick Erickson on the Vice President: “Even
CNN’s Erick Erickson on the Vice President: “Even around 2000 years ago, Mary could’ve ridden him to Bethlehem” http://t.co/xLdTdx0r
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Why abortion didn’t get enough time: RT @AlyssaRosenberg 5 questions Raddatz could have asked about abortion last night http://t.co/xcrSHSkP
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Attorneys general in six GOP states are supporting
Attorneys general in six GOP states are supporting a constitutional challenge to Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. http://t.co/0FAnhcgx
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Voter ID Advocates: Laws Fight Perception Of Fraud
People who raise fears about voter fraud say voter ID is necessary to calm fears of voter fraud http://t.co/JoQw60Fe
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At The Vice Presidential Debate: Ryan Told 24 Myths In 40 Minutes | ThinkProgress
At the vice presidential debate: Ryan told 24 myths in 40 minutes http://t.co/ZfmOa8qU
The 24 myths Paul Ryan told in 40 minutes at last night’s debate http://t.co/ZfmOa8qU -
Business Daily: USA’s climate change – BBC News
Business Daily: USA’s climate change – BBC News http://t.co/RMt19RNI
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Women activists in new @UNAIDS video: “Support & engage us to protect our health & that of our children” http://t.co/MW1fXdbc @UN_Women #HIV
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Although we’re right to be wary of dark $, don’t f
Although we’re right to be wary of dark $, don’t forget that pres. campaigns remain the biggest spenders on the trail. http://t.co/f2TTuSDU
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The Anita Hill effect spawned the “Year of the Woman,” when 23 women won seats in Congress. Can we do it again? http://t.co/1NATokP0
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Only one candidate in this race is standing up for
Only one candidate in this race is standing up for women’s health, and that’s President Obama: http://t.co/LMGIGCxs, http://t.co/cobH4vwI
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Until Republicans get serious about courting a div
Until Republicans get serious about courting a diverse and younger electorate, they’ll just keep suppressing the vote: http://t.co/3S7IUlEP
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What Everyone Needs To Know Before Watching The VP Debate | ThinkProgress
Before you watch the #VPdebate, remember Paul Ryan considers Social Security a “Ponzi Scheme.” http://t.co/xFbpKleJ #LyinRyan
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.: Paul Ryan Is No Champion of American Auto Worke
.@Nicholsuprising: Paul Ryan Is No Champion of American Auto Workers http://t.co/vnAhrBwH
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Republicans Reveal Location Of Secret CIA Base During House Hearing On Libya Attacks | ThinkProgress
Republicans reveal location of secret CIA base during house hearing on Libya attacks http://t.co/F5j3y8Wh #icymi
Idiots! Republicans Reveal Location Of Secret CIA Base During House Hearing On Libya Attacks http://t.co/CXHCrmTf @cspanwj #nerdland #uppers -
[new article] Solid South Reversed, but Still Divi
[new article] Solid South Reversed, but Still Divided by Race http://t.co/lyoNNpQU
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Did the government have the responsibility for pr
Did the #Pakistani government have the responsibility for protecting 14-yr-old #Malala ? @AJInsideStory debates | http://t.co/FIrkH5a6
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Today’s Ringside Seat: VP slugfests are usually m
Today’s Ringside Seat: http://t.co/YtlGsQiG VP slugfests are usually more entertaining than the main events.
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Scott Brown’s Hypocrisy on Wall Street Reform | The Nation
Scott Brown’s Hypocrisy on Wall Street Reform | The Nation http://t.co/0vGkLYrc
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The Hit Man or the Kid? – The New Yorker
The hit man or the kid? In Detroit, a hit man claims murders that a half-blind teenager confessed to four years ago: http://t.co/T9WYoeap
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UNDP's response to HIV – YouTube
Video: Our response to #HIV: http://t.co/vWBk52uA #EndHIVThursday
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DeepakChopra.com • Article | Video | Posts
My daughter Mallika discusses the power of intent and the ways society can use social media. http://t.co/ia6RKk08
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Romney now a 60/40 favorite in Florida after addit
Romney still inching forward in 538 forecast, but bigger electoral-popular split emerging. http://t.co/AVlagOjq
Romney now a 60/40 favorite in Florida after addition of Mason-Dixon poll. http://t.co/AVlagOjq
Obama finally broke Romney’s 8-day winning streak in our forecast. 62.9% to win EC (vs 61.1% Fri) http://t.co/AVlagOjq
538 forecast stable. Obama 67.6% to win Electoral College (67.9% yesterday). http://t.co/AVlagOjq
Dems now 90% likely to retain control of Senate, per 538 forecast. And that’s before any post-Mourdock polls in IN. http://t.co/X6LrZ1O3 -
Turnout for a popular ballot measure that would fu
Turnout for a popular ballot measure that would fully legalize marijuana could determine who wins Colorado:
http://t.co/9Xbz35vb -
Republican Congressional Nominee Breaks To Support Marriage Equality
Republican Congressional Nominee breaks with party to support Marriage Equality http://t.co/U5bznYur
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Stuck in Second-Class Debate Gear:
Stuck in Second-Class Debate Gear: http://t.co/EsXhjHy7
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The vice-presidential contenders meet for their only debate…that and more discussed on tonight’s @NewsHour http://t.co/fwL9C5J0
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Take a look at some of the ways that has helped y
Take a look at some of the ways that @BarackObama has helped your community over the past four years: http://t.co/2pnbyEzU
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Obama campaign points to other numbers as polls ta
Obama campaign points to other numbers as polls take a hit: http://t.co/35SklJSK
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Obama: Romney now “severely kidding” about past po
Obama: Romney now “severely kidding” about past positions http://t.co/qSIWv4gJ
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Mitt Romney: If You’re Serious About Deficit Reduc
Mitt Romney: If You’re Serious About Deficit Reduction, Leave Big Bird Alone http://t.co/prXLjDiZ
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America’s Warfare Welfare State
America’s Warfare Welfare State http://t.co/Aogng43H
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On 1930GMT: A new law tightens govt grip on the
On @AJStream @ 1930GMT: A new law tightens govt grip on the media in #Jordan. What about reform? #ReformJo | http://t.co/tFuC5toA
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Cali’s version of the Koch brothers teams up to de
Cali’s version of the Koch brothers teams up to defeat Jerry Brown’s initiative to tax the rich and save public ed. http://t.co/B5hkFjkZ
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FDA Approves First-Ever Home HIV Test | ThinkProgress
FDA approves first-even at home HIV test http://t.co/LEk30ZKk
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On the Road With Working America: via
On the Road With Working America: http://t.co/3awOPSvg via @josheidelson
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GOP Plans Congressional Investigation Into September Jobs Number Conspiracy | ThinkProgress
BREAKING: Republicans plan Congressional investigation into September jobs number conspiracy http://t.co/vVjih3St
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The economic crisis both presidential candidates a
The economic crisis both presidential candidates are ignoring: http://t.co/CxCQAKTC
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President Obama’s plan would g
President Obama’s plan would give tax breaks to companies who invest in America, not ones that ship jobs overseas: http://t.co/QXKj40GS
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Could outrageous GOP attacks on women lead to anot
Could outrageous GOP attacks on women lead to another upsurge in women elected to Congress as happened in 1992? http://t.co/nnKtZyBb
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Joe Biden primed to go on attack in crucial VP debate with Paul Ryan
Joe Biden primed to go on attack in crucial VP debate with Paul Ryan | The Raw Story http://t.co/sLEIwZyt
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Wisconsin Lawmaker Claims 'Some Girls Rape Easy' | ThinkProgress
UPDATE: @PaulRyanVP withdraws endorsement of Wisconsin lawmaker who said “some girls rape easy” http://t.co/AXDTDvOn
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Let’s see if foreign policy kn
Let’s see if foreign policy know-nothing Paul Ryan tries to scare Americans with the specter of Al Qaeda tonight. http://t.co/BheNadyW
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NOM Doubles Down On Ex-Gay Therapy, Lifetime Celibacy For Gays | ThinkProgress
National Organization for Marriage advocates “ex-gay therapy,” lifetime celibacy for gays http://t.co/9wCIe7OD
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The stimulus worked. Thanks, President Obama!
The stimulus worked. Thanks, President Obama! http://t.co/nqXz7gTM #Obama2012 #4jobs #2futures #p2 #tcot
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Belfer Center, Foreign Policy launch contest on Cuban Missile Crisis lessons | Harvard Gazette http://t.co/oitHESOH
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The Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society marked #PeaceDay with ‘A Beat for Peace’ http://t.co/D87QMCpn #GlobalTruce2013
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The loophole that allows Saudi Arabian businesses
The loophole that allows Saudi Arabian businesses to spend freely in our election: http://t.co/9UpAbXOX
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How the cannabis factor could determine whether Co
How the cannabis factor could determine whether Colorado swings red or blue this year: http://t.co/IGNDpHZw
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We’re screening latest @BillMoyers doc #USofALEC at @DCPressClub tonight at 6, and you’re invited! http://t.co/UiHzeLRD
Are we living in the #USofALEC? Join us @at @PressClubDC tonight @ 6 to find out! #ALECExposed http://t.co/UiHzeLRD -
@OurTimeOrg Young Americans want a secure, #sustainable future. Please kindly share our fun, green #electionday app? http://t.co/EqgiMsuQ
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Great story! W African fishing communities drive o
Great story! W African fishing communities drive off fleet of illegal & unregulated “pirate” trawlers: http://t.co/8zCthQG6 via @guardianeco
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RT : Why we need an International by
RT @half: Why we need an International #DayoftheGirl by @ianatplan http://t.co/y4lcBVQv
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Debate Question for Paul Ryan: Which of Mitt’s Man
Debate Question for Paul Ryan: Which of Mitt’s Many Sides Are You On? http://t.co/3OHeHqDi
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Could the VP Debate Be a BFD? http://t.co/MFkiyJYW
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Corporate Lobbyists Run Almost Every Pro-Romney Su
Corporate Lobbyists Run Almost Every Pro-Romney Super PAC: http://t.co/U7BEdceS
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Don’t miss talking about the Fiscal Cliff with CA
Don’t miss @LHSummers talking about the Fiscal Cliff with CAP President @NeeraTanden live at 1:30pm EST: http://t.co/PCjBZOHI
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Why Ohio Republicans Are So Determined To Restrict Early Voting, In One Chart | ThinkProgress
Why Ohio Republicans are so determined to restrict early voting, in one chart http://t.co/8VljEbQQ #icymi
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It's Never OK to Say 'Some Girls Rape Easy' – The Wire
GOP Wisconsin representative tells the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that ‘some girls rape easy’ http://t.co/o8t9KxpY
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They would expose the elderly and disabled…to the kind of suffering this country spent decades trying to eradicate. http://t.co/rjPnxLeF
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Opinion: The new ‘golden age of oil’ that wasn’t
Opinion: The new ‘golden age of oil’ that wasn’t http://t.co/BYhqbcaL
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Chinese residents fight for their rights – YouTube
RT @worldcrunch: Watch this video from @AmnestyOnline about the brutal, forced evictions in China | http://t.co/YKRqhq3m
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Has ‘s $5bn arms sale to anything to do w/ the si
Has #Russia’s $5bn arms sale to #Iraq anything to do w/ the situation in Syria? @AJInsideStory analyses | http://t.co/rPdWiBAN
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Russia demands Turkey explain intercepted jet
Russia demands Turkey explain intercepted jet http://t.co/udz3znkk
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Bill Clinton Hammers Romney and Warns Voters Not to Be Fooled By His Lies
#BillClinton Hammers #Romney and Warns Voters Not to Be Fooled By Lies http://t.co/e5i3aF52 #CSPAN2012 @cspanwj
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Great line from : “Romney changes positions the wa
Great line from @CharlesMBlow: “Romney changes positions the way a pop diva changes outfits.” http://t.co/ZWUbjKq5
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“This is a very serious situat
“This is a very serious situation.” Swedish Minister on security gaps at nuclear plants, just exposed by @GreenpeaceSE: http://t.co/GZCYFKXK
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On the Blog: Fighting child marriages in Afghanist
On the Blog: Fighting child marriages in Afghanistan http://t.co/AwN67sv6
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Programmes: Will new voter ID laws affect US 2012
Programmes: Will new voter ID laws affect US 2012 result? http://t.co/aTACPgnJ
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The IMF and the GOP http://t.co/zmnkdCcJ
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Opinion: What did they do all day?
Opinion: What did they do all day? http://t.co/xfPwfj1F
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US approves first over-the-counter HIV test
US approves first over-the-counter HIV test http://t.co/yTypYPbb
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Obama’s First Term Approval Ratings Now Equal Clinton and Reagan
Obama’s First Term Approval Ratings Now Equal Clinton and Reagan #Obama2012 http://t.co/MOI5okl7
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Evangelicals in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, reveal h
Evangelicals in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, reveal heavy mix of God & politics http://t.co/KUIo2J5P #Election2012 @BenPiven #RedStateRoadTrip
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Photo: Mitt Romney Breaking Ground at Public Broadcasting Station, 2005 | Mother Jones
Photo: Mitt Romney Breaking Ground at Public Broadcasting Station, 2005 http://t.co/AjNUqyor
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The six most memorable moments in vice presidential debate history – The Washington Post
The six most memorable moments in vice presidential debate history http://t.co/04md6Caq
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This is what a feminist looks like: #dayofthegirl #basicmath http://t.co/AdCOjj2a
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What’s the Truth about True the Vote?
What’s the Truth about True the Vote? http://t.co/g5pe4St3
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Voting Rights Act Protects Two More States From Suppression Efforts | Colorlines
Voting Rights Act Protects Two More States From Suppression Efforts http://t.co/QSwY9dvi via @Colorlines
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&Medicaid helped this single-mom Ask cands ho
#SNAP&Medicaid helped this single-mom http://t.co/hflh8u5s Ask cands how they’ll reduce #childpoverty in1st #100days? #talkpoverty #VPdebate
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Congressman Chris Van Hollen on Thursday's Vice Presidential Debate – YouTube
Congressman Chris Van Hollen on what to expect in tomorrow’s vice presidential debate: http://t.co/6B9tvFVI
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By 2023 the majority of Americans under 18 years o
By 2023 the majority of Americans under 18 years of age will be children of color. http://t.co/H8vRy60q
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Ghost of the New Deal Haunts Democrats’ Agenda, but It’s Time to Summon FDR
Ghost of the New Deal Haunts Democrats’ Agenda, but It’s Time to Summon FDR http://t.co/QFm0Ryi5
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Court Puts South Carolina Voter ID Law On Hold Until After Election
Federal court blocks South Carolina voter ID law http://t.co/3F6Vj0T7
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Katrina vanden Heuvel: Still waiting on a jobs plan from Romney and Obama – The Washington Post
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Still waiting on a jobs plan from Romney and Obama – The Washington Post http://t.co/2Ti6KQ7f |Didn’t Obama have one?
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On :Are rates of , & lack of higher educati
On @AJStream :Are #NativeAmericans rates of #poverty, #alcoholism & lack of higher education reversible? http://t.co/7dAYeMrv
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Obama Foreign 'Scandal' Based On Inaccurate Google Translation
Obama “foreign donation scandal,” hyped by right-wing and mainstream outlets, based on inaccurate Google translation http://t.co/KUckpThj
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The Sounds Of Climate Silence: Mitt Mocks Carbon-Fueled Drought, Obama Calls It A Distant Threat http://t.co/YYHwc8Vz
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“I’m going to vote for Romney,” Kevin said. “But t
“I’m going to vote for Romney,” Kevin said. “But the answer is not Democrat or Republican, it’s Jesus Christ” http://t.co/6BfuBnqo #US2012
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Discovery's Embarrassing Embrace of Ted Nugent, And The Value of Public Broadcasting | ThinkProgress
Discovery Channel embraces Ted Nugent for TV special. Ted Nugent accuses Obama of “criminal complicity to murder” http://t.co/R5ieEAnZ
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Afternoon Break: The only debate recap where Jim
Afternoon Break: http://t.co/nPzFlOCv The only debate recap where Jim Lehrer is allowed to win.
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'Where You Been, Boy? I Missed You!' – The Atlantic
Bill Clinton on the return of ‘old moderate Mitt’: ‘Where you been boy? I missed you!’ http://t.co/5yyCD29Z
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Ronald Reagan Lives! But Will He Endorse Mitt Romney? | The New Republic
The inside story of the Ronald Reagan hologram http://t.co/9o2JDeal
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Mother of Navy SEAL killed in Libya demands Romney stop talking about him in stump speech http://t.co/H9C9jXAB
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“There are an awful lot of peo
“There are an awful lot of people that are very curious about what we might be up to,” says the founder of TTV. http://t.co/fwtq4tD9
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Moscow to block US from monitoring Russia’s nuke arsenal — RT Russian politics
Moscow to block US from monitoring Russia’s nuke arsenal http://t.co/UL2jzgG7
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What You Won’t Hear in the Presidential Debates: The Bombs We Left Behind | GOOD
MT @GOOD: What you won’t hear in the presidential debates: the bombs we left behind from @plough_shares @nonstrategic http://t.co/ubptaIOh
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Stellar Energy Powers AVATAR Movie Franchise – YouTube
James Cameron commits to solar power to run AVATAR 2 & 3 – meaning both films will be emissions free http://t.co/AvtOAzHi
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Stepping up for clean energy: Inactive – Sierra Club
Tell Congress to Protect Clean-Energy Jobs! http://t.co/pLNwhzwv
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Don’t know what referenda are showing up on the ba
Don’t know what referenda are showing up on the ballot in your state? Don’t worry, we’ve got ya covered. http://t.co/TM3uSzuY
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10/10/10 – We Got to Work! – YouTube
Two years ago we hosted the world’s largest work party to get started fixing climate change: http://t.co/PiYWKgEv And still working. #350ppm
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Will women fall for Mitt’s moderate makeover? – The Washington Post
No, there’s no contradiction between portraying Romney as “severely conservative” and a “flip flopper”: http://t.co/P94M15bQ
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Awkward: Opponents of the production tax credit ar
Awkward: Opponents of the production tax credit argue it’s harming consumers…by saving them too much money. http://t.co/V6eBNLbB
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The GOP's embassy security problem | MSNBC
gop cuts embassy security budget, blames obama. http://t.co/eFVt3Hwr
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this is : Nugent Accuses “Obama Gang” Of Treason O
this is @discovery: Nugent Accuses “Obama Gang” Of Treason On Day Promotional Discovery Channel Special Is Set To Air http://t.co/sWojaRqP
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Tomorrow, Biden should rip Ryan on his neglect of
Tomorrow, Biden should rip Ryan on his neglect of hometown auto workers http://t.co/EEJniK56
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ICYMI: Harvard professor: Elizabeth Warren got …
Harvard professor: Elizabeth Warren got job on merits http://t.co/YHThF5D6 #masen #p2 #mapoli #tcot
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Three-Fourths of Americans Now Think Change Is In
Three-Fourths of Americans Now Think #Climate Change Is Influencing the Weather: http://t.co/mpadM3qb
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RT : This is probably one of the most important co
RT @Slate: This is probably one of the most important comic strips of all time and it just ended: http://t.co/Bc9euMDj
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Democrats Tie Paul Ryan To Akin Ahead Of VP Debate
Democrats Tie Paul Ryan To Akin Ahead Of VP Debate http://t.co/v1R8EoSh via @evanmc_s
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GOP agrees: Obama's sanctions on Iran 'having an impact' | MSNBC
#GOP agrees: President #Obama’s sanctions on Iran ‘having an impact’ http://t.co/4rUn3wV7 #tcot #p2 #dems #p2FL #Connecttheleft #BarackObama
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Pro-Life Congressman Pressured Mistress To Get An Abortion | ThinkProgress
REPORT: Pro-Life Congressman pressured his mistress to get an abortion http://t.co/WLSN2nyT
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Women outperform men at work, school & home. A
Women outperform men at work, school & home. Are #men obsolete or can they reinvent? Record comment for #AJStream: http://t.co/oFgDb7Q3
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Jon Stewart on Romney’s unfeasible agenda: “Are yo
Jon Stewart on Romney’s unfeasible agenda: “Are you a wizard?” http://t.co/QxoLGZqu
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can’t escape his record of profitting from shippin
#Romney can’t escape his record of profitting from shipping jobs to China. It’s on Page 1 of the NY Times: http://t.co/vyFVk9R1
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Ann Romney To Visit Cancer Center That Benefited From Stimulus Funds | ThinkProgress
Ann Romney to visit Cancer Center that benefited from stimulus funds http://t.co/hRRrJxxC
No comment. Ann Romney To Visit Cancer Center That Benefited From Stimulus Funds http://t.co/zhrs4hGL via @thinkprogress -
On 1930GMT: Is this the ? Send questions for deb
On @AJStream @ 1930GMT: Is this the #EndOfMen? Send questions for debate w/ @HannaRosin & @StephanieCoontz to #AJStream http://t.co/UJ8oFCu9
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Clinton happy to see “old moderate Mitt” (VIDEO)
Clinton happy to see “old moderate Mitt” (VIDEO) http://t.co/6Bxsjymk
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On : What does President mean by normalisation
On @AJInsideStoryAm : What does #Venezuelan President #Chavez mean by normalisation of relations with the #US ? | http://t.co/MUipjSLc
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Scott Brown will claim to be pro-choice in the 3rd
Scott Brown will claim to be pro-choice in the 3rd debate against Liz Warren tonight, but his record shows the opposite http://t.co/krTttN29
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Romney Luuuuuuuuuuuuunges to the Center on Abortio
Romney Luuuuuuuuuuuuunges to the Center on Abortion: http://t.co/nv3ppAY4 Just in time for the election
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Video: Opposition fighters gaining ground in Syria
Video: Opposition fighters gaining ground in Syria http://t.co/9J3kl9mS
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Romney debates himself on abortion
Via @DailyKos: Romney debates himself on abortion http://t.co/oPJ4enuM | #p2 #p2b
Romney debates himself on abortion http://t.co/poHcn4LU -
Is Admitting You’ll Cut Education the New Political Kiss of Death? | GOOD
Romney’s “read my lips” moment: Is saying you’ll cut education the modern “no new taxes” political kiss of death? http://t.co/AWEdzvD1
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Thomas Dewey, who helped Gore with VP debate prep,
Thomas Dewey, who helped Gore with VP debate prep, says get ready for a zingerlicious debate tomorrow. http://t.co/9yVj3jvZ
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Things are going down in Ohio, election law editio
Things are going down in Ohio, election law edition: http://t.co/3m7qXggy
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Double speak,Romney-Style, He Repeats Trade Messag
Double speak,Romney-Style, He Repeats Trade Message, while Bain Maintains China Ties http://t.co/jKRK8ooU
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Republican Congressman Falsely Claims That ‘Almost All’ Clean Energy Companies Go Bankrupt http://t.co/SXlf7EjR
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Matt Miller: How Biden can win Thursday’s vice presidential debate – The Washington Post
Can anyone pass this on to Joe Biden for me? Thanks. http://t.co/aDACTtVf
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Damien Echols Tells Us How Stephen King Novels Taught Him to Write | Village Voice
Damien Echols Tells Us How Stephen King Novels Taught Him to Write http://t.co/pJpstl39
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The most important issue facing our democracy: Pizza toppings
The most important issue facing our democracy: Pizza toppings http://t.co/oFzneHhq
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GOP’s Post-Truth World/ Conspiracy World
GOP’s Post-Truth World/ Conspiracy World http://t.co/RpwtGmp2
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CAC's Elizabeth Wydra Discusses Affirmative Action and the Fisher Case at SCOTUS – YouTube
ICYMI: conservative caught flat-footed on the Constitution, debating affirmative action with #CAC’s E Wydra on FOX News http://t.co/7hfKUDY8
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The Morning Plum – The Washington Post
Chill, Obama supporters, chill: http://t.co/pXLCIWQF
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World Of Warcraft Hack: Attack Kills Thousands Of Players, Destroys Several Major Cities (VIDEO)
Virtual towns matter, too! @HuffingtonPost reports on the carnage in World of Warcraft’s major cities: http://t.co/jnH6g18J #cityreads
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Matt Miller: How Biden can win Thursday’s vice presidential debate – The Washington Post
How Biden can Win Deate with Ryan via @wapo #p2 #tcot http://t.co/KQsPGLoW
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On the Blog: Selling off Britain: Lost in translat
On the Blog: Selling off Britain: Lost in translation? http://t.co/caOA59yB
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.: “As Romney repeats trade message, Bain maintain
.@nytimes: “As Romney repeats trade message, Bain maintains China ties”: http://t.co/XM4k8a7Q
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Opinion: The ‘war on terror’ i
Opinion: The ‘war on terror’ is dead … long live the ‘war on terror’? http://t.co/WQwujWWh
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Saying Anything to Win White House: As Romney Repe
Saying Anything to Win White House: As Romney Repeats Anti-China Message, Bain Maintains China Ties: http://t.co/PnvksmzZ #GOP #Hypocrisy
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Hugo re-elected: What are the international impli
Hugo #Chavez re-elected: What are the international implications? @AJInsideStoryAm debates | http://t.co/Km3sXmAx
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As Romney Repeats Trade Message, Bain Maintains Ch
As Romney Repeats Trade Message, Bain Maintains China Ties http://t.co/YgM8uKw1
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HHDL shaking hands with Dave Matthews onstage at the One Worl… on Twitpic
HHDL shaking hands with Dave Matthews onstage at the One World Concert held in Syracuse, NY, USA, on October 9th. http://t.co/gBoqDWnd
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Programmes: What is behind Iraq’s arms deal with R
Programmes: What is behind Iraq’s arms deal with Russia? http://t.co/fwiUPLLC
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3.3M: Cars and light trucks sold by GM and Chrysle
3.3M: Cars and light trucks sold by GM and Chrysler in the past 12 months, up from 2.9M in the previous period. http://t.co/KJ3ObSmB
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Bullet removed from Pakistani rights activist
Bullet removed from Pakistani rights activist http://t.co/UHetFAi9
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Schumer Tells Dems To Grow A Spine In Tax Negotiations With GOP
Schumer Tells Dems To Grow A Spine In Tax Negotiations With GOP ~ #TPM http://t.co/Vr6QDaIz
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The New “Restoration Economy” a Boon for Jobseeker
The New “Restoration Economy” a Boon for Jobseekers and the Environment http://t.co/oLHPQvr9
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Pakistan’s almost-suicide-bombers | Foreign Policy
How extremists convince young, non-religious boys to be suicide bombers http://t.co/YSCjv5Sq
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RT : Are You Pro-Big Bird or Anti?
RT @joshtpm: Are You Pro-Big Bird or Anti? http://t.co/tI7XeTM5
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Schumer Calls Out Dems on Regressive Tax Reform:
Schumer Calls Out Dems on Regressive Tax Reform: http://t.co/GlUSUsya
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Must Read: Bernie Sanders: Obama and Biden Need to
Must Read: Bernie Sanders: Obama and Biden Need to Get Specific About Social Security – @NicholsUprising, @TheNation: http://t.co/SqR34BF0
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“Workers know something that neither party has fac
“Workers know something that neither party has faced up to: work in America has changed, fundamentally and forever.” http://t.co/BV2pg9cw
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Good Morning America Host Comes Out, Announces Engagement | ThinkProgress
Watch this Good Morning America host come out on live TV, announce engagement http://t.co/4an9q2EX
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Obama releases new TV ads on Medicaid, Medicare | Planet Washington blog
Obama releases new TV ads on Medicaid, Medicare: President Obama released a new TV ad Tuesday about issues that … http://t.co/AgeGA6CI
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80% of face risk of experiencing natural disaster
80% of #Armenians face risk of experiencing natural disaster- this is what’s being done to reduce their impact: http://t.co/QPULey7r
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Watch Presdient Clinton Live w
Watch Presdient Clinton Live with our California Democratic candidates: http://t.co/EICOCDk3
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Why The Obama Foreign Donation 'Scandal' Is Pure Fiction
Why the Obama foreign donation “scandal” is pure fiction http://t.co/3xK5Ig0C
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Pete Townshend’s War – The New Yorker
.@rolandkelts on Pete Townshend’s new autobiography and how his music was a response to the Second World War: http://t.co/zusGjvbE
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Jon Stewart nails Fox on Sesam
Jon Stewart nails Fox on Sesame Street funding “Fox News is upset that empty headed puppets are tryi… http://t.co/NbugVpCH RT
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A secret recording of a stop-and-frisk in action s
A secret recording of a stop-and-frisk in action sheds unprecedented light on how the NYPD policy is carried out: http://t.co/guwxEhNf
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Anti-Muslim 'Savage' Ads Invade DC's Metro | ThinkProgress
Anti-Muslim ‘savages’ ads invade DC’s Metro http://t.co/T5ntGC47
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Want to read all of Carnegie’s
Want to read all of Carnegie’s latest publications? Click here: http://t.co/l2vzDhGN
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At Harvard, Obama Approved Of Denying Free Speech Rights To Those Critical Of Minorities « Pat Doll… http://t.co/RKrImcMX via @newspin
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VIDEO: on Romney vs Obama policy on today’s .
VIDEO: @cirincione on Romney vs Obama #Iran policy on today’s @BPShow. http://t.co/WZNNOfDN
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Dem pollster delivers wake up call to Obama – The Washington Post
Dem pollster Stan Greenberg: Obama is sinking because he failed to speak to unmarried women at debate: http://t.co/sNL9C9Qc
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RT @amandamarcotte: Folks, I always appreciate sarcasm, but I do make important points at @theprospect. http://t.co/hdlamikB *sniff* *big…
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Malala Yousafzai: Pakistan activist, 14, shot in Swat – BBC News
Today our thoughts are with #Malala Yousafzai, the inspirational 14-yr-old activist for girl’s rights http://t.co/ID1ZJp5j #dayofthegirl
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Today, a U.S. team just completed the 12th New STA
Today, a U.S. team just completed the 12th New START inspection this year in #Russia. Learn more by visiting, http://t.co/c9TAuCyE
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Deadly Meningitis Outbreak Highlights The Need For Strengthened FDA Regulations | ThinkProgress
What you need to know about the deadly Meningitis outbreak in the U.S. http://t.co/G5S5Eorf
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Conscientious Objector to Patent War: ‘I Would Like to Decline to Participate’ | GOOD
A conscientious objector in the patent wars says, “I Would Like to Decline to Participate”: http://t.co/Wmf3DL3C
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Arkansas State Representative: Slavery Was A 'Blessing In Disguise'
Arkansas State Representative: Slavery was a “blessing in disguise” for “the blacks” http://t.co/sefkdC6H
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‘Big, yellow, a menace’ snarks new Obama ad starri
‘Big, yellow, a menace’ snarks new Obama ad starring Big Bird http://t.co/cSlfrG0H
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Innovation in Arms Control Challenge
Are there ways that gov’ts & citizens can work together to ensure better monitoring of treaties? Join the Challenge. http://t.co/iGuQeTq7
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EUROPE UNITED FOR ZERO: Alex – YouTube
Join our student Alex in telling the Euro Parliament to stand for @globalzero: a world without nukes! http://t.co/ByQ6GRKi #unitedforzero
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Chill out . Debate may have turned into the Phanto
Chill out @sullydish. Debate may have turned into the Phantom Menance, but there’s still plenty of hope to go around. http://t.co/7d4f8UZv
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International Student/Teacher Essay Contest, Deadline 12/31/12
Calling students & teachers everywhere! @carnegiecouncil international essay #contest w/ prizes. Pls spread the word: http://t.co/sa7XRUUD
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Romney: Can the United States afford to lead the w
Romney: Can the United States afford to lead the world? The United States can’t afford not to. http://t.co/Fme1rpHh via @teemcsee
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Elizabeth Warren for MA | TV Ad: Ashamed – YouTube
Asbestos workers & their families, angry at Brown’s false attacks, speak out in 2 new ads: http://t.co/HisUJbC9 http://t.co/2GgxOZ2t #masen
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Opinion: Fighting corruption in Nigeria requires a
Opinion: Fighting corruption in Nigeria requires action not words http://t.co/WJ0VVnfc
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In 1969, Mr. Rogers appeared before the U.S. Senat
In 1969, Mr. Rogers appeared before the U.S. Senate, reacting to President Nixon’s proposed cuts to PBS funding http://t.co/hM5fzskx
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Progressive news and media coverage on Crooks and Liars
New At VideoCafe: Matalin Rages at Krugman: You ‘Lied’ About Ryan Proposing Vouchers for Medicare http://t.co/3clkvRmq
Rosie Perez asks Mitt Romney: Easier as a Latino? Actually…
http://t.co/uSFfQFFG #ConnectTheLeft #Obama2012 #p2 -
On :Is the right in calling for more change to ‘
On @AJInsideStory :Is the #MuslimBrotherhood right in calling for more change to #Jordan’s political system? | http://t.co/onOn9ajk
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Noam Chomsky: Issues That Obama and Romney Avoid
Noam Chomsky in @truthout – nuclear war is one of the top two threats facing humanity. http://t.co/d0aa32bk
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The rise of women does not mean the End of Men: Stephanie Coontz and Hanna Rosin debate.
More on The Rise of Women Does Not Mean the End of Men in Slate http://t.co/FdmVk3mk
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Analysts predict China’s growt
Analysts predict China’s growth rate this year to be only 7.5%, lowest rate in 20 years. http://t.co/ckftpMv2
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We Know,..He’s a Liberal Now >Romney, Appealing
We Know,..He’s a Liberal Now >Romney, Appealing to Wider Audience, “Recalibrates Message” http://t.co/34nC8Ko2 #gop #tcot #p2
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Anti-Presidential: Money Grubbing, Community Disdaining Candidates
Donald Trump says exactly what the GOP believes. It’s a simple axiom: personal wealth accumulation is everything.
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No room at the inn for innocence – Los Angeles Times
he children gather at dusk on the pitted motel parking lot, hard against the sound wall of the freeway. They kick a scuffed soccer ball and play with the stray dogs they have rescued. One holds a cockroach he pretends is a pet turtle.
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Netflix: ‘Bojack Horseman’ Renewed, Aziz Ansari Comedy and ‘Longmire’ Get Debut Dates | | Observer
Fantastic news today for fans of genuinely smart comedy and/or animated talking animals. And yes, I’m pretty sure Aziz Ansari falls into both categories. Netflix dropped some news today, including the great tidbit that Bojack Horseman will get a thi…
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NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory – Multispectral Imagery of the Air Mountains
Located in the Saharan Desert (northern Niger), the Air Mountains rise over one mile high, creating unique micro-climates and surface features. By combining different infrared imagery bands from the VIIRS instrument on the Suomi NPP satellite, these…
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North Carolina GOP Chair Tweets Memes Linking Hillary Clinton To KKK
The head of North Carolina’s Republican Party recently tweeted a pair of memes linking Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to the Ku Klux Klan. State GOP Chairman Hasan Harnett, who is black, tweeted images of a wild-eyed and a winking…
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Hands On: Moto X Style Pure Edition
Long gone are the days of the $199 Moto X, but with each price bump comes major improvements. Today, Motorola’s unveiled its most powerful Android phone yet: The Moto X Style. If you’ll excuse the Taylor Swift-ified name, the Moto X Style is jam-pac…
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Secret Catholics at Jamestown – The Atlantic
A newly discovered artifact buried with one of Jamestown’s most prominent leaders suggests he could have been a crypto-Catholic. After 400 years in the Virginia dirt, the box came out of the ground looking like it had been plucked from the ocean.
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IBM Watson Is Now A Psychologist | Observer
It beat Ken Jennings at Jeopardy and is used to power toys. Now Watson is trying to become the new Sigmund Freud.
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How Researchers Transformed Living Cells Into Tiny Lasers
A research team from Harvard University has made pig-skin lasers. Here’s how they did it—and perhaps more importantly, why. Above: Inserting an optical fibre into a piece of pig’s skin to excite and extract the laser light generated by subcutaneous …
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Melting Mummies Are on Thin Ice, Thanks to Climate Change – Scientific American
Glacial archaeologists scramble to save long-preserved specimens thawing out of vanishing ice before they are lost forever By | A researchers examines Ötzi at the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology, where the mummy is now displayed.
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Politico’s Mike Allen To Emcee Koch Bros. Q&A With 2016 GOPers
Politico’s chief white house correspondent Mike Allen has been booked to emcee part of an event set up by a group funded by the Koch brothers designed to connect Republican presidential candidates with wealthy donors, according to Politico.
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Kaldi joins Tempo Storm as Hearthstone analyst
After leaving Fnatic’s Hearthstone roster last week, Jokul “Kaldi” Johannsson is transitioning into a new position with Tempo Storm. Johannsson has joined Andrey “Reynad” Yanyuk’s organization as an analyst and manager for its Hearthstone division.
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3D scanning helps scientists unwrap the secrets of ancient mummies
When dealing with ancient mummified remains, archaeologists are understandably wary. Mummies are an incredible resource for learning more about long-dead civilizations, but too much handling could cause serious damage.
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What Is Your Most Significant “What If…?” Moment? – Scientific American
Do you ever wonder whether things would be different if a specific event or decision happened differently or not at all? Perhaps you’ve thought of alternative versions of your life where you never met your significant other, ended up in a different …
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Hank Green on the future of VidCon and his own creative goals
It would be easy to think of Hank Green as the face of the YouTube generation.
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Honorary Knight Bloomberg Buys a London Mansion — NYMag
Former mayor of New York, once and future cosmopolitan rich person, and honorary knight Michael Bloomberg just bought another expensive place to live in London, on a street that Mick Jagger and Keith Richards once called home.
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Massachusetts Cop to Driver in Video: ‘I’ll Put a Hole Right Through Your Fucking Head’ | VICE News
VICE News is closely watching policing in America. Check out the Officer Involved blog here. Det. Stephen Lebert allegedly pulled over the motorist after he accidentally turned the wrong way down a one-way street at a traffic circle, Boston.com repo…
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Welcome back to the Victorian Hugo Awards, what I hope will be a semi-regular column in which I award honorary Hugo Awards to the best novels and short stories of the Victorian era. When I wrote about the slate of nominees for the 1891 Hugo, I undou…
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Kurtzer: Huckabee Guilty Of Same ‘Incitement’ That Led To Rabin Assassination
Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel Kurtzer on Monday night condemned former Arkansas Gov.
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Trello gets serious about the enterprise with new paid tier
Trello, the popular task management app, has rolled out a new tier specifically for enterprise users. The new Trello Enterprise tier features single sign on, two factor authentication, automatic intrusion detection, file encryption and priority phon…
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Prison Worker Pleads Guilty in NY Inmate Escape | Al Jazeera America
Joyce Mitchell, a tailor shop instructor at Clinton Correctional Facility, was jailed shortly after the elaborately staged June 6 escape of Richard Matt and David Sweat.
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Meet the monks making the best baked goods you can buy online
No one goes to the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan by accident. It’s a remote area with beaches and cabins that provide unobstructed views of the Lake Superior sunset.
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Crazy Ants Cooperate To Carry Food | Popular Science
A group of longhorn crazy ants join forces to move an object.Ehud Fonio and Ofer Feinerman A little more than a week ago, I found ants in my kitchen.
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All the weird bulletproof stuff you can buy (pictures) – CNET
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Nepal temple bans mass animal slaughter at festival | World news | The Guardian
In a victory for activists, Nepalese temple authorities have announced they will end a centuries-old Hindu tradition of mass animal slaughter that attracts hundreds of thousands of worshippers.
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SpaceShipTwo Crash: Co-Pilot Triggered Failure, NTSB Says | Video
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GE FirstBuild Launches Indiegogo Campaign For Next Generation Icemaker | TechCrunch
It’s the biggest innovation in ice in nearly twenty-five years, according to General Electric (a company that knows a thing or two about ice). It’s called the Opal, and its a portable ice machine that’s makes a new shape of ice — nugget ice.
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The Guy Who Taught AI to ‘Remember’ Is Launching a Startup | WIRED
At Google, a team of researchers recently demonstrated an artificially intelligent system that could reliably identify a mountain-unicycling video.
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Why Google+ has to shrink to grow | The Verge
One day in 2013, I received an email from Google informing me that YouTube was preparing to fix its notoriously bad comment section. The proposed savior was Google+, then a little over 2 years old.
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Review: Titus Andronicus’ The Most Lamentable Tragedy is vital, vicious rock | The Verge
When you find yourself in the middle of a Titus Andronicus binge, it’s easy to slip into a parallel universe — a world much like ours, but where “+@” (the band’s preferred short form) is the biggest band in the world.
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The Pogues tear down Irish stereotypes by releasing own brand of whiskey · Newswire · The A.V. Club
It’s been a busy week already for music-related alcohol news, and now comes more: Irish folk-punk band The Pogues announces they’re releasing their own brand of whiskey.
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Motorola releases two new wireless headphones for only $59.99 and $69.99 | The Verge
In addition to unveiling three new flagship smartphones, Motorola is releasing two new wireless headphones to pair with the devices. Available starting today, the Moto Pulse and Moto Surround are attractive (and attractively priced) enough to lure i…
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You can now use Google Now to dictate messages on WhatsApp | The Verge
Google is rolling out an update to Google Now that will allow you to dictate and send messages through a number of popular third-party messaging apps including WhatsApp, the company announced in a blog post.
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This music video from Microsoft is pure Windows 10 hype | The Verge
Unless you don’t have the internet (you do, you’re reading this) then you’ll know Windows 10 is launching tonight. Alongside any major release of Windows comes a lot of marketing and hype, but this time it has been slightly different.
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T-Mobile adds Apple Music to its data-free music streaming plan | The Verge
T-Mobile’s controversial Music Freedom program just got a lot bigger. In an announcement today, CEO John Legere announced he was adding Apple Music to the carrier’s free music-streaming program, joining Spotify, Google Play Music, iTunes Radio, Tida…
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The five most important things from Motorola’s Moto X event | The Verge
In 2010, Motorola Mobility introduced the Moto X, its first smartphone since being acquired by Google. The Moto X didn’t have the best specs on the market, but it did have something virtually no other phone had: customizability.
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How to Design a Foolproof at-Home HIV Test Kit | WIRED
Caption: The BioSure HIV Self Test could have huge implications in the fight against HIV. It’s the first of its kind. BioSure Biosure’s first user trials with its home HIV test proved Murphy’s law.
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LaGuardia Airport Will Get a Sprawling $4B Redesign | WIRED
New York’s LaGuardia Airport, long derided for its shoddy terminals and chronic travel delays, will soon get redesigned. New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo says the gleaming, brand new, and modern airport will rival the best airports in the world whe…
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Which Obsolete Tech Will You Never Throw Away?
The technological cycle is not a sentimental one: A new update comes and the old tech gets thrown out, over and over again. Sometimes, though, something goes askew in the whole process, and there’s something you just can’t quite let go of. Today we …
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WASHINGTON — For several years, a handful of lawmakers in Congress have tried to scale back tough sentencing laws that have bloated federal prisons and the cost of running them. But broad-based political will to change those laws remained elusive.
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A fast-paced bass thumps through the gym as a trio of girls grips a smaller teen and hoists her into the air, squatting and driving upward with such force that the spring-loaded floors bounce a bit beneath them.
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Looking for the animal on Sunday in Milwaukee as the citywide search intensified. A grainy cellphone video has given the animal a Bigfoot-like celebrity.
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Whitney and Amy: worlds-apart artists that wound up in the same place | Music | The Guardian
The sad death of Bobbi Kristina Brown may have you thinking again about her mother Whitney Houston and possibly, in the light of this latest tragedy, it’s made you reconsider her music. Three days before Bobbi Kristina died was the fourth anniversar…
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Trello, the kanban-style project management service that was spun out of Fog Creek Software last year, launched its enterprise service today.
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Tripping.com Raises $16 Million To Be The Kayak For Long-Term Rentals | TechCrunch
Tripping.com, a search engine for long-term rental properties, has secured $16 million in new funding to build out its one-stop shop for vacation homes.
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Safeguarding the Food Supply – Scientific American
Given the billions of food items that are packaged, purchased and consumed every day in the U.S., let alone the world, it is remarkable how few of them are contaminated.
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Black Woman, 18, in Alabama Police Custody Commits Suicide | Observer
Kindra Chapman, 18 years old, committed suicide by hanging herself with a bedsheet on July 14th in Homewood, Alabama.
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The US has banned imports of cilantro from several farms in the Mexican state of Puebla after an investigation found growing fields littered with human feces and toilet paper.
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Archive footage of Cecil the lion, the star attraction at Zimbabwe’s Hwange national park that was killed earlier this month. The 13-year-old lion was found skinned and headless on the outskirts of the park. Authorities say an American man paid $50,…
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Are Touch Screens Ruining Our Children? – Scientific American
You’ve met the cluck-cluckers—the people who automatically decry every new technology. “All this newfangled gadgetry is rotting our brains,” they say, “and ruining our kids.” Every older generation disapproves of the next; that’s predictable and hum…
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Why Boston Was Compelled to Pull Their 2024 Olympic Bid | The Nation
These phrases are what people trying to affect change often say quietly to avoid slouching into despair. Today, they are what crews of Bostonians are singing to one another over rowdy, joyous toasts, confident that their actions just beat back the m…
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Hundreds of Taliban Fighters Seize District HQ in Northern Afghanistan | VICE News
VICE News is covering the ongoing fight for the future of Afghanistan. Click here for more from the Enduring Freedom blog.
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A New Populism Is Driving American Politics | The Nation
As Donald Trump surges in Republican polls and Bernie Sanders makes waves with progressive activists, the political establishments—on both the right and the left—face growing threats from a new kind of populism.
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Here’s your chance to rent a real-life Hobbit house in the English countryside
Fans of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings who’ve always dreamed of visiting the Shire could soon enjoy the next best thing. Inspired by the classic Hobbit holes from Tolkien’s work, West Stow Pods wants to add “Podditon” to its curr…
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Turkey urged at Nato meeting not to abandon Kurdish peace process | World news | The Guardian
The Turkish government has been pressed at a special Nato meeting to adopt a proportionate response towards Kurdish militants and not abandon the increasingly fragile peace process.
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‘WWE Raw’: John Cena’s Broken Nose, Dog Ziggler’s Big Debut | Rolling Stone
I know what you’re thinking: How am I supposed to focus on wrestling when the Rockies just reportedly traded All-Star shortstop Troy Tulowitzki to the Blue Jays for a package including equally injury-prone shortstop Jose Reyes? I hear you, but did y…
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Get Involved, Internet: Help fund a mobile monument to free speech · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Here on the internet, the “free speech” card is usually only played when someone gets in trouble for something terrible they said on Reddit. Surprisingly, that’s not actually what America’s founding fathers intended when they came up with the Consti…
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In the Age of Trump, Will Democrats Sell Out More, Or Less? | Rolling Stone
Over the weekend, polls showed that that the Trump-fueled collapse of the Republican Party is reaching historic depths. According to CNN, the GOP’s approval rating is now down to 32 percent, the lowest level in over two decades.
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Watch 3 men react to videos of their girlfriends being catcalled
The magazine discreetly filmed three women walking down the street and receiving various whoops and gawks from unknown men. Those women then joined their boyfriends in a studio to watch the footage together. The men’s reactions range from physical d…
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Genesis’ Tony Banks Talks Elusive Solo Success, New Box Set | Rolling Stone
In October, 1983, Genesis released their blockbuster self-titled LP, a slick set of artful pop-rock that went quadruple platinum in the U.K., spawning massive singles like “That’s All.
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SAN FRANCISCO — After Paul Minton graduated from college, he worked as a waiter, but always felt he should do more. So Mr. Minton, a 26-year-old math major, took a three-month course in computer programming and data analysis. As a waiter, he made $2…
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The case for the quantified cat
When my cat was diagnosed with chronic kidney failure, I spent nearly as much time thinking back as I did thinking forward.
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ALMA Observatory “Pierces Cosmic Fog of the Early Universe”
ALMA Witnesses Assembly of Galaxies in the Early Universe for the First Time Wednesday, 22 July 2015 The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has been used to detect the most distant clouds of star-forming gas yet found in normal gala…
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Biker lifts parked car out of bike lane
How many times have you seen a car parked in the bike lane and wanted to somehow move it out of the way? Well, this very large cyclist felt that way and lifted this small car right out of his way.
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Holy smoke: cannabis churches extol ‘sacrament’ of marijuana | Society | The Guardian
“Magic is a sense of enchantment,” said Steven Hager, organizer of the first ever Congress of Marijuana Ministries, sitting in front of a flag of a marijuana-leaf-tailed phoenix. “It comes through Santa Claus or it comes through the Catholic church.
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T-Mobile CEO John Legere is doing the unthinkable. Starting today, T-Mobile customers who buy an iPhone 6 on the company’s $15-a-month Jump! On Demand plan can swap the phone out for the new iPhone when it comes out without paying for anything more.
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The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has issued a statement addressing the inevitable shutdown of the Section 215 bulk phone metadata program. This is a pretty remarkable moment in the security v. privacy battle, but there are still r…
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Obama Pitched His Policy Ideas to Jon Stewart — NYMag
When Jon Stewart made fun of the Obama administration, White House staffers were definitely watching, cringing, and perhaps taking notes. “I can’t say that because Jon Stewart was unhappy policy changed,” former adviser David Axelrod, who emailed an…
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Only four northern white rhinos remain on earth after a 31-year-old female named Nabire died in the Czech Republic late on Monday, zookeepers said. The animal born at Dvur Kralove zoo in the country’s north died from complications of a ruptured cyst…
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Tom Cruise and Jimmy Fallon face off in a lip-sync battle—and ‘Top Gun’ makes a cameo
Even Tom Cruise isn’t beneath entering a lip sync battle with Jimmy Fallon to appease the crowd and sell his movie. While NBC’s Lip Sync Battle delights crowds on a weekly basis, it’s been quite some time since Fallon brought it back to his own stag…
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Google minus: underperforming social network Google+ scaled back | Technology | The Guardian
Oh, Google+, we hardly knew you. Because we never used you. Even though your parent company systematically forced us all into signing up for accounts. You were the new odd kid in class nobody wanted to talk to, but we were all forced to.
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Why I’m Going to Miss Jon Stewart | The Nation
When I appeared on “The Daily Show” in late 2002, host Jon Stewart wanted to know why conservatives seemed to have a more effective message than progressives. “Are they better at selling their ideas, or they just have better ideas?” he asked.
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On the Market: Morning links from the New York Observer | Observer
Meet the NIMBYs! Crain’s gets to know some of the more potent project blockers in the city: “They cut their teeth fighting the megaprojects of the Bloomberg years and have perfected the arts of public relations, community organizing and legal action…
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FDA detains Mexican cilantro at the border, citing fecal contamination – Quartz
The good news is that Chipotle’s guacamole is going to be fine. The bad news is you might not want to eat any Mexican cilantro for a while.
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I’d Like To See The Government Try And Take Away My Trash – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
It seems like Big Government is always finding more ways to stick its nose into everybody’s business. At this very moment, they’re probably working on all kinds of new ways to trample upon the God-given rights of freedom-loving Americans like you an…
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At the end of October, 7 incredibly talented pro photographers and 1 equally talented videographer will meet in Fiji and spend three days teaching a group of people the tricks of their trades at the F Stop Lounge Fiji Photography Workshop.
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Your Horoscopes — Week Of July 28, 2015 – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
Not only will romance, adventure, and thrills refuse to come to you, they will also refuse to come to theaters near you. Everyone must eventually choose between what they really must do and what they merely want to do.
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Give your spam filter something to do. Set to open in 2016, a new 178,000-square-foot terminal at JFK International Airport will be designed to kennel and quarantine pets, birds, and livestock, complete with swimming pools, flat-screen TVs, and full…
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Blogging Platform Medium Takes A Firmer Stance On Harassment And Revenge Porn | TechCrunch
It’s time to clean up the Internet, apparently.
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Armstrong Spacesuit Funded, Smithsonian Takes Next ‘Giant Leap’ on Kickstarter
The Smithsonian’s first-ever crowdfunding campaign to conserve, digitize and display astronaut Neil Armstrong’s lunar spacesuit has rocketed to success and is now stretching to “reboot” other space history artifacts in the national collection.
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Memo To Donald Trump: Here’s What The Law Actually Says About Raping Your Spouse | ThinkProgress
Donald Trump may want to use some of his multi-billion dollar fortune to hire a better lawyer, as The Donald’s special counsel appears to have a very dated understanding of what constitutes rape.
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‘The Olympics are dead’: Why should anyone want to be a host city? | Sport | The Guardian
The reason Boston’s residents didn’t want to be Athens is the same reason the residents of Oslo or Krakow or Stockholm don’t want to be Athens. Hosting an Olympics is a corporate sinkhole sucking billions of dollars and a city’s future into a bottom…
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Northern Forests Falter in Combating Climate Change – Scientific American
The Earth relies on its vegetative cover to extract and hold onto carbon dioxide when a great deal of it finds its way into the atmosphere, as has happened with the burning of fossil fuels. The forests, which form the largest part of this land-based…
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How To Drive The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter | Video
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Reports: Rockies send Troy Tulowitzki to Blue Jays in blockbuster trade | Sport | The Guardian
After all the speculation the past couple of years, the Colorado Rockies finally traded Troy Tulowitzki. It was a surprising spot, too – north of the border to a team loaded with bats.
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‘Ronald Ray Gun,’ Death Threats, and Deep Throat: The FBI’s George McGovern Files | VICE News
Last week, a Gallup poll found that the favorability rating for Bernie Sanders, the liberal Vermont senator who is currently seeking the Democratic nomination for US president, has doubled since March. In the same period of time, Hillary Clinton’s f…
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Five years after the passage of a sweeping Wall Street reform package in the wake of the worst financial crisis in generations, lawmakers opposed to strict government policing of the financial industry are inviting two prominent deregulators back to…
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Eleven years ago surveys estimated that about 440 Bengal tigers (Panthera tigris tigris) roamed the dense mangrove forests of Bangladesh’s Sundarbans region. Today we have a new number and it is much, much lower.
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What kind of pet should we get? A Dr. Seuss homage
In 2013, it was revealed that Theodore Geisel, better known by his world-renowned pen name “Dr. Seuss,” planned to release his latest children’s book despite the handicap of being dead for more than 20 years. That time has now come.
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NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory – Calbuco Volcano Erupts in Southern Chile
Calbuco Volcano in southern Chile has erupted for the first time since 1972, with the last major eruption occurring in 1961 that sent ash columns 12-15 kilometers high.
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Moto G hands-on: Motorola’s most popular phone gets a premium upgrade | The Verge
Much of the surprise surrounding the next version of the Moto G faded last week, after leaks told us nearly everything there is to know about the device. Motorola’s “cheap” phone can’t really be called low-end anymore.
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NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory – Deepwater Horizon Five Years Later
Late in the evening on April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon Macondo oil well drilling platform started the largest marine oil spill in U.S. history, releasing millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
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Trump’s Ex-Wife Defends Him After 1989 Sex Assault Allegations Resurface
Donald Trump’s ex-wife, Ivana Trump, came to his defense on Tuesday after The Daily Beast resurfaced a decades-old deposition in which she reportedly accused the billionaire real estate mogul of sexually assaulting her.
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Techmeme: Microsoft to open its New York City flagship store this fall (Mary Jo Foley/ZDNet)
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Amazon launches its second mini-store for hardware startups | The Verge
There’s a new way for hardware startups to get their goods onto Amazon. Today, the company unveiled Amazon Launchpad, a new digital storefront devoted entirely to hardware startups and crowdfunded products.
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These stickers will not save the New York Subway | The Verge
New York’s huge subway system includes the notorious Lexington Avenue Line that runs along Manhattan’s East Side, which has the distinction of serving more riders than the entire Washington Metro.
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The questionable numbers around Europol’s Dark Net crackdown
Since the Federal Bureau of Investigation shut down the Silk Road black market in 2013, the Dark Net has become more saturated with marketplaces selling drugs, guns, stolen data, and other illegal goods.
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Pluto: ten things we now know about the dwarf planet | Science | The Guardian
Pluto is larger than we thought Pluto’s diameter is larger than expected at 2,370 kilometres across. This is about two-thirds the size of Earth’s moon, giving Pluto a surface area comparable to Russia.
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Foxtales Shows Game Devs How to Get a Sensitive Story Right | WIRED
Every game has a moment—a moment that not only crystallizes your mission, but that lets you know why you’re playing at all. In Foxtales, that moment happens almost immediately.
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Hands on with Motorola’s new Moto X Style | The Verge
Motorola just announced the latest version of its flagship Moto X, which is now called the Moto X Style. It looks a LOT like last year’s Moto X, but it comes with a bigger, higher resolution display and a new, 21-megapixel camera. It’s going to be a…
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Trump Is Rich, But Maybe Not 10-BILLION Rich — NYMag
Earlier this month, when presidential campaign hobbyist Donald Trump sent his financial disclosure paperwork to the Federal Election Committee, he said his “net worth is in excess of TEN BILLION DOLLARS.
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Father and daughter bond over the magic of cosplay
As a divorced father living in Sydney, John Tierney had no experience with cosplay, or even any idea that it existed. Sure, he did enjoy the occasional fancy party and turning up in drag to Rocky Horror showings, but he had left his geek days long b…
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Lawmakers take aim at Endangered Species Act | Al Jazeera America
The Endangered Species Act (ESA) is under threat this year from a record number of bills and legislative riders that could undermine protections for dozens of species, according to a report released Tuesday by the Center for Biological Diversity.
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Cartoon: Advice conservatives never give themselves
Some people blame Sandra Bland for escalating the situation during her traffic stop, suggesting she should have been more respectful to the barking, button-pushing officer.
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Wild ‘Windbot’ Concept Aims to Sail in Jupiter’s Sky
This artist’s illustration depicts a NASA “windbot” soaring through the skies of Jupiter, powering itself by the planet’s powerful winds. The polyhedron design shown here is a notional concept that would spin to absorb wind energy, creating lift to …
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How Uber uses free rides as a lobbying tool | The Verge
Uber’s rapid rise has spawned one of America’s most heated urban policy debates.
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Moto X Pure Edition will sell for $399 in the US this fall | The Verge
Motorola is pushing off-contract phones in a big way this year. In the US, it’s going to be selling the Moto X Style — its new 5.7-inch flagship — as a Pure Edition for $399 unlocked.
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All the news from Motorola’s Moto X event | The Verge
Motorola is pushing off-contract phones in a big way this year. As in, it isn’t even selling the Moto X Style — its new 5.7-inch flagship — on contract in the US. Instead, it’s rebranding that phone for the US as the Moto X Pure Edition, which will …
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Delta will now let you upgrade your flight to a private jet, if you’re extremely lucky | The Verge
Private aircraft are typically the exclusive playground of millionaires and billionaires, but Delta is rolling out a new program that might — might — put them within reach of the normals.
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Run the Jewels, Al Green Reissue LPs on Pink Vinyl for Cancer Charity | Rolling Stone
Run the Jewels, Al Green Reissue LPs on Pink Vinyl for Cancer Charity Primus, Sturgill Simpson and Joey Bada$$ will also join Ten Bands One Cause program on September 29th
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Jewel Returns to Folk Roots on ‘Picking Up the Pieces’ Album | Rolling Stone
It was just over 20 years ago that an Alaskan songwriter named Jewel made her debut with Pieces of You, a record that carved out a perfectly confessional, coffeehouse niche between the decline of grunge and the rise of the slinky pop princess.
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NTSB reveals cause of Virgin Galactic’s deadly SpaceShipTwo crash | The Verge
Last year’s crash of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo was caused by a premature repositioning of the vehicle’s tail wings, an investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board found.
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You Blew It! tackles punk elitism on “Punker Than Thou” · Newswire · The A.V. Club
It’s no secret: For all their grandiose goals, punks can be awfully petty. Even as terms like “sellout” and “poser” approach obsolescence, that “holier than thou” mentality remains, something Orlando’s You Blew It! know a thing or two about. The A.V.
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MetalCaptcha: captcha with heavy metal band logos – Boing Boing
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Iran nuclear deal: John Kerry appears before House – BBC News
US Secretary of State John Kerry and Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz are appearing before the House Foreign Affairs Committee over the Iranian nuclear agreement. The deal was finally agreed between Iran and the P5+1 nations in Vienna on July 14.
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Zooniverse: Season Spotter – Scientific American
Season Spotter is asking volunteers to help identify changes in plants, shrubs, and trees over the seasons, so they can better understand the impact of climate change on vegetation.
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Barack Obama becomes first US president to address African Union – video | US news | The Guardian
Barack Obama addresses the African Union in Addis Ababa, on Tuesday, becoming the first ever president of the United States to do so. Obama says Africa has helped shape America as a nation as well as his own worldview.
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Germany seeks new Balkan migrant curbs to halt influx – BBC News
German officials are urging action to tackle a surge of asylum seekers from the Balkans, including reintroducing visas and declaring more of the migrants’ home countries to be “safe”. Pressure has grown in recent days after attacks on migrant hostel…
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In Photos: On the Frontlines of Ukraine’s Failed Ceasefire | VICE News
It’s now been five months since Ukrainian government forces and the pro-Russia separatists of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) signed a ceasefire in the Belarusian capital of Minsk in February.
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France wildfires: Thousands evacuated from Provence campsites – BBC News
Around 10,000 tourists have been evacuated from campsites in the French region of Provence after wildfires made worse by hot winds. The tourists had to leave three sites in the Var area of Provence, in the south of France, on Monday.
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Brinks computerized safe was hacked in 1 minute – Boing Boing
Next month, security researchers will demonstrate how to crack a modern Brink’s safe in seconds. Get this: it runs Windows XP.
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Richard Linklater to sign up for Jennifer Lawrence’s The Rosie Project | Film | The Guardian
Boyhood director Richard Linklater is set to become the latest indie film-maker to to burnish the career of Hunger Games actor Jennifer Lawrence, after it emerged that Linklater is being sought to direct The Rosie Project, a romantic comedy in which…
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Bich Ha and Huei Hann Pan were classic examples of the Canadian immigrant success story. Hann was raised and educated in Vietnam and moved to Canada as a political refugee in 1979. Bich (pronounced “Bick”) came separately, also a refugee. They marri…
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Sergei Pugachev doesn’t look like a man on the run. He is in good humour, dressed in jeans and a casual shirt. But the former Russian banker – once close to Vladimir Putin, and now his bitter opponent – is elusive about how he recently escaped from …
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How bow-tie pasta is made…in slow motion
From Zerega Pasta, a video that shows, in slow motion, how farfalle (aka bow-tie pasta) is made at their factory. Incredible combination of precision and quickness.
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Supersymmetry? –“Standard Model of the Universe Fails to Explain Dark Matter or Dark Energy”
The Standard Model is the mainstream theory of all the fundamental particles that make up matter, and the forces that govern them. But the model has weaknesses: it doesn’t explain dark matter or dark energy, which jointly make up 95 percent of the u…
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California’s Child Pornography Reporting Law – The Atlantic
A new law meant to protect children could lead to fewer pedophiles getting treatment before acting on their sexual impulses. Say that a 25-year-old man walks into a therapist’s office, where he expresses gratitude for being seen on such short notice…
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The Life And Works Of Dr. Seuss – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
A 50-year-old manuscript by the late Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, is being released this week, captivating nostalgic readers who grew up on seven decades of children’s books from the prolific author. Here are some highlights from Dr. S…
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Larry Wilmore Pops Cosby’s Latest Legal Strategy Using Pudding Pops (VIDEO)
Larry Wilmore used Bill Cosby’s signature dessert — the pudding pop — on Monday night’s “The Nightly Show” to debunk the comedian’s ardent stance that he did not rape and assault almost four dozen women over 40 years.
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Product Hunt has made a splash as a new place for startups to market new products, and Shopify offers a way for startups to easily start selling their products online, and Shyp takes the pain out of sending things from point A to B.
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Techmeme: Motorola doubles down on Moto X with Style, Play, updates Moto G (Roger Cheng/CNET)
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You can customize and buy the new Moto G with LTE today | The Verge
This year’s Moto G may have been one of Motorola’s worst kept secrets, but it’s still taking the time to formally announce the new smartphone on stage today. And Motorola’s announcement actually confirms one important thing: the new Moto G now inclu…
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Killer of Cecil the lion was American, Zimbabwe officials claim | Environment | The Guardian
Conservationists in Zimbabwe have accused an American man of being the alleged killer of Cecil, one of Africa’s most famous lions and the star attraction at the Hwange national park.
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The New Moto X Could Change How We Buy Phones | WIRED
At Motorola, everything changes all the time. The company gets sold to Google; it moves into a new, huge office space in Chicago; it’s sold to Lenovo; it gets new leadership. And yet the sun keeps rising, and the Moto X keeps on coming.
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Silicon Valley’s entrepreneur-of-it-all, Jack Dorsey, will take center stage on Tuesday.
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‘X-Men’ fans give Emma Frost the costume makeover she deserves
The debate over female superhero costumes is not a new one. Regularly drawn wearing spike heels and catsuits with cleavage windows, there are too many female superheroes whose outfits look wildly impractical in the name of sex appeal.
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Obama: I Could Win A Third Term If I Ran (VIDEO)
President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he could win a third term if he ran again. But, he noted, the Constitution won’t let him. Obama is the first sitting U.S. President to visit Africa. During his trip there, he has advocated for gay rights in Afr…
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Jon Stewart stunned into silence by Huckabee’s repulsive “ovens” comment. Watch. Outrage is a cheap thing. But sharks like Huckabee make the Holocaust into a soundbite and treat Jews like some sort of yahwistic lawnjockeys, mascots and museum pieces…
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Trailing Trump, Other Fifteen Hopefuls Release Joint Sex Tape – The New Yorker
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—In what critics are calling a desperate attempt to draw the media’s attention away from Donald Trump, the other fifteen candidates for the Republican nomination have released a joint sex tape.
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Jon Stewart Stunned Into Silence By Huckabee’s Holocaust Comments (VIDEO)
Jon Stewart was stunned into silence Monday night on “The Daily Show” by Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s (R) comments comparing the Iran nuclear deal to the Holocaust. After playing the clip, Stewart was un…
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Vero Launches A “Relationship-First” Social Network | TechCrunch
The creators of Vero are betting that there’s room for a new kind of social network — one that’s a bit more attuned to the nuances of real-world relationships. Like other social media services, Vero allows users to share movies, music, photos and so…
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KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban have seized territory across three provinces in northern Afghanistan in recent days, as the government in Kabul has struggled to reinforce isolated outposts amid the insurgent offensive.
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Hillary Clinton released a video on Monday mimicking a trailer for an old horror film — except instead of Frankenstein, the monsters were the Republican presidential candidates who deny that human-caused climate change is real.
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Why You Shouldn’t Donate To Disaster Relief | Observer
Which is more valuable: water or diamonds? I imagine this question has divided my readership into two camps. Team Water will say: Obviously water is more valuable. If we didn’t have water, we’d all be dead. If we didn’t have diamonds, we’d just have…
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The Moto X Play is cheaper than the competition and has a massive battery | The Verge
In addition to the third-gen Moto G and Moto X Style, Motorola today unveiled the new Moto X Play, a new, bigger Moto X that’s cheaper than the competition and has an absolutely massive battery.
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Sir Anthony Atkinson: Don’t Blame Tech for the Wealth Gap | WIRED
In an era where economic policymaking skews strongly toward free-market forces, London School of Economics professor Anthony Atkinson—one of the world’s top academics on inequality and income distribution—still stands in defense of government interv…
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Bloomberg: Sorry, Trump, You’re Actually Worth Just $2.9 Billion
Real estate mogul Donald Trump may think he’s worth “TEN BILLION DOLLARS,” but Bloomberg disagrees. The Bloomberg Billionaires Index estimated Tuesday that the Republican presidential candidate is worth closer to $2.
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For decades the Marine Corps has tolerated, even encouraged, lower performance from the young women who enlist in its ranks, an insidious gender bias that begins with the way women are treated immediately after they sign up and continues through the…
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The Gist: The Texas senator has had a series of public beefs with Republican leadership, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senator John McCain.
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Google will now let cloud partners hold their own encryption keys | The Verge
Google is adding another layer of protection for its cloud computing customers. Starting today, the company will let users hold their own encryption keys for Google Compute Engine, the company’s cloud processing platform.
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Barack Obama has made a scathing attack on Africa’s culture of presidents-for-life, urging the continent’s leaders to follow the example of George Washington and Nelson Mandela by respecting term limits, and saying of himself: “I think if I ran I co…
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Motorola announces 5.7-inch Moto X Style with ‘pure’ Android | The Verge
The new Moto X is now official: it’s a 5.7-inch Android Lollipop smartphone with “one of the best cameras in the world” and it carries the title of Moto X Style.
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How Goldman Sachs Became a Tech-Investing Powerhouse – Bloomberg Business
It was at the height of the annual South by Southwest (SXSW) conference, held in Austin, Texas. The event, which started as a music festival, more recently has become famous for propelling the likes of Twitter, Foursquare, Meerkat, and other fast-gr…
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Swipe right to discover a new indie game – Offworld
With over 16,000 indie games now available on the website Itch.io, it’s not always easy to figure out which ones to play. But with the help of their new Randomizer tool, finding a new game to play around with is just as easy as swiping right.
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West Long Branch, NJ – Donald Trump holds a sizable edge in the Monmouth University Poll of likely New Hampshire Republican presidential primary voters, with a 2-to-1 edge over his nearest rival Jeb Bush.
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CAIRO — A court in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, on Tuesday sentenced Seif al-Islam el-Qaddafi, a son of the former dictator Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, to death in an act of retribution that had been the urgent demand of the millions of Libyans who ros…
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For the Record: The Relationship Between WIRED and Reddit | WIRED
Reddit comes up in the news a lot these days. Ellen Pao, the company’s former interim CEO, faced off against Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in a highly publicized trial on gender discrimination.
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Wandering Tourists Look Like Ants in the Vast Gobi Desert | WIRED
Skip Article Header. Skip to: Start of Article. Bence Bakonyi transforms tourists into ant-like specks in the Gobi Desert for his series Cognition. The photos aren’t about the individual people, but the homogenous, often strange way groups of sights…
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This is the next installment in a series of interviews on race that I am conducting for The Stone. This week’s conversation is with Joe Feagin, a sociologist, and a leading researcher of racism in the United States for more than 40 years.
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Motorola announces the 5.7-inch Moto X Style, its latest flagship Android phone
At its global event today, Motorola announced its latest flagship Android phone, the third-generation Moto X Style. As with all previous versions of the Moto X, the newest model will be as customizable as the last.
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Messaging App Viber Buys Nextpeer To Add Social Features To Its Gaming Portal | TechCrunch
Viber, the messaging app with 600 million+ users acquired last year by Japan’s Rakuten for $900 million, is today making an acquisition of its own, specifically aimed at building out its new games business.
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Rescuers cling to hope in search for two Florida teens missing at sea | US news | The Guardian
Rescuers endured a fourth night of an anxious search for two young Floridians born and bred as boaters who went missing on the high seas. The Coast Guard scoured an area the size of West Virginia with no sign of the boaters by early Tuesday.
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A non-tropical area of low pressure is expected to form near the northwestern Bahamas around midweek. This system could gradually acquire some subtropical characteristics by Thursday or Friday as it moves generally northward at a slow forward speed.
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Get 90% off the Java Developer Course Bundle
Wondering which programming language to learn? Whether you want to build apps for the Web, desktop, Android devices or for Internet of Things-enabled gadgets, Java is a great choice. It’s a powerful object-oriented language that’s easy to learn, wri…
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Top Russian Official Mocks U.S., Declines to Recognize Texas | Observer
Vladimir Churov, the head of Russia’s Central Electoral Commission since 2007, does not believe anything positive could come out of studying the American experience with democracy – because democracy in the US is nothing more than a bunch of dirty t…
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On Sunday, Hillary Clinton took a first swing at the many-headed carbon hydra. By the end of her first term, she said, the US would have seven times more solar energy capacity than it does today. And by 2027, renewable energy would supply a third of…
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NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory – Strong Storms Forecast for Southern Florida
Numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected across the central and eastern Gulf states today and tonight, with a few severe storms possible mainly over southern and central Florida.
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NYT Publishes A Lengthy Editors’ Note About Its Mistaken Clinton Email Story
The New York Times published a lengthy editor’s note late Monday that went a step further toward owning up to its mistaken story about a criminal probe into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email account.
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Medical Office Software Maker Kareo Raises $55M | TechCrunch
Kareo, a startup that provides small medical practices the tools they need to run their business, has pulled in $55 million in funding to accelerate expansion in doctors’ offices across the country.
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Ride the cable car up the side of a mountain to dine at this Swiss restaurant
If you like to work for your dinner, head to Switzerland and dine at one of the most breathtaking restaurants in the world. The Äscher mountain restaurant is perched at the side of a cliff face, 4,770 feet above sea level.
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Miguel Arteta set to direct film of YA novel All the Bright Places | Film | The Guardian
Miguel Arteta will direct an adaptation of Jennifer Niven’s young adult novel All the Bright Places, with Elle Fanning cast in the starring role, according to the Hollywood Reporter. She will play Violet Markey, a girl who learns to live from a boy …
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Pop Culture Auction House Sells $1.2M in Memorabilia | | Observer
Bidders rang up an impressive total of $1.2 million at an online auction by Hake’s Americana, an auction house focused on historical and pop culture collectibles, reported ArtDaily. A signed first edition of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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VideoBlocks launches collegiate research grant program for copyright-safe multimedia content
VideoBlocks, the royalty-free stock media company, has announced a new Digital Media Action Grant program for US college campuses.
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Obama to African leaders: ‘Nobody should be president for life’ – BBC News
US President Barack Obama has warned that Africa could not advance if its leaders refused to step down when their terms ended. Mr Obama made the comments in the first ever address by a US leader to the 54-member AU at its headquarters in the Ethiopi…
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Google Now Lets Developers Bring Their Own Security Keys To Compute Engine | TechCrunch
Starting today, developers who use Google’s Compute Engine infrastructure as a service platform will be able to bring their own security keys to the service.
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Obama: ‘I Think If I Ran, I Could Win’ — NYMag
While discussing democracy during his last speech in Ethiopia on Tuesday, President Obama jokingly graded his presidency — Certified Fresh — and his imaginary 2016 chances. “I actually think I’m a pretty good president,” he said. “I think if I ran,…
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RNC Official Refuses To Denounce Huckabee Holocaust Comments | ThinkProgress
As former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) doubled down on Tuesday on his earlier comments that the proposed anti-nuclear deal with Iran was akin to marching Israelis to the “door of the oven” at a concentration camp, his party’s spokesman refused to criti…
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As many job seekers know, networking can be a delicate art. In person, aggressive networkers earn themselves blank stares and no jobs, the human equivalent of the spam filter.
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TPM is Hiring a Publishing Fellow
TPM is hiring a Publishing Fellow to join our publishing team working out of our New York City office. This is a 6-month fellowship that comes with a stipend. (Fellows frequently join our full time staff at the end of their fellowships.) TPM is an i…
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The experience of getting older is a nebulous thing—life is unpredictable and has many chapters. Mishka Kornai’s documentary attempts to encapsulate what it’s like to grow up, using testimonies from 75 individuals.
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Dublin’s newest coworking space is building a startup dungeon
Dogpatch Labs might sound familiar if you’ve been keeping your eye on startup accelerators and coworking spaces in the past few years, but while the name remains the same, the organization behind it has changed.
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Windows 10: ten things you need to know before it launches | Technology | The Guardian
… for a bit. For some people. The company is offering a free upgrade to Windows 10 for users running Windows 7, 8 or 8.1, provided they jump on the bandwagon soon enough. After a year, they’ll have to stump up cash for the upgrade
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Why I won’t run another startup
Earlier this year, I closed my startup. So now I get to reflect on what I’d have done differently. Hindsight is unfair and inaccurate, but I still enjoy its lessons. This is one, a note to my future self: Don’t call your projects ‘startups’.
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Morning Digest: Why Kelly Ayotte’s lead might be temporary
• NH-Sen: The first worthwhile independent poll of New Hampshire’s Senate race in many months comes from Marist, which finds GOP Sen. Kelly Ayotte leading Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan by a 50-42 margin.
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Boxer takes on Microsoft’s Outlook by bringing your inbox and calendar together
Email productivity app Boxer is challenging Microsoft’s Outlook app for iOS and Android with the addition of calendar support. On iOS, you’ll find your calendar integrated right into the same app as your email and contacts.
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A Visual Introduction to Machine Learning
Let’s revisit the 73-ft elevation boundary proposed previously to see how we can improve upon our intuition. Clearly, this requires a different perspective.
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Stock Video Service VideoBlocks Courts Universities And Students With A Free Semester | TechCrunch
VideoBlocks, a subscription service and marketplace for stock video footage, is giving universities and students a chance to try it out for a semester before they pay for it.
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The Majority Of GOP Voters Want Mass Deportation, But It’ll Cost Them | ThinkProgress
Sixty-three percent of Republican voters would support deporting the population of 11 million undocumented immigrants, according to a new CNN/ORC poll taken in the days following Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s controversial remarks…
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U.S. women’s soccer star Carli Lloyd had some choice words about male players ‘flopping’
One of the key differences between men’s and women’s professional soccer is that male players are huge drama queens who play up their injuries to the referees, while women… aren’t. Okay, that may be a slight exaggeration.
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Libya Court Sentences Gadhafi Son to Death | Al Jazeera America
The Tripoli court that sentenced Seif al-Islam, who is being held by a militia that refuses to hand him over, also sentenced to death eight others, including former Libyan spy chief Abdullah al-Senoussi, who is in government custody.
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Golden retriever treats new pet sibling curiously in first play session
There comes a time in every young dog’s life when he is no longer the center of his owner’s universe. Atlas is both curious and playful when a new dog enters the picture at home. It seems like a friendly rivalry, but it’s a rivalry nonetheless.
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There is definitive proof, for anyone willing to look, that Greece is not solely or even primarily responsible for its own financial crisis. The proof is not especially exciting: It is a single bond, with the identification code GR0133004177.
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Wired to fail – Tony Romm – POLITICO
Bryant Hancock, a contractor for Lake Connections,buries fiber optic lines in May in rural Lake County, Minnesota. | M. Scott Mahaskey/Politico In September 2011, as the U.S.
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Sepp Blatter deserves the Nobel Prize, Vladimir Putin says
MOSCOW (AP) — Vladimir Putin and Sepp Blatter just can’t stop praising each other. The Russian president, speaking with Swiss TV on Monday, said the embattled head of FIFA deserves a Nobel Prize for his work.
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Space in Images – 2015 – 07 – MSG-4 completes LEOP
At mid-day on 26 July, ESA formally handed control of Europe’s last Meteosat Second Generation weather satellite, MSG-4, to Eumetsat, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites.
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Daily Kos Radio is LIVE at 9 am ET!
The fiendish plot of Ted Cruz and Mike Lee falls apart. Turns out that the nuclear option requires allies! Who knew? GunFAILers FAIL in new and illustrative ways. And maybe some room to shoehorn in some crazy stories languishing in our own Flaming D…
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Motorola updates the Moto G with more RAM, storage, and water resistance | The Verge
After weeks of leaks, Motorola has officially unveiled the new Moto G, the third generation of its popular, low-cost smartphone.
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Evidence found that Happy Birthday song older than copyright owner claims – Boing Boing
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Photo highlights of the day | News | The Guardian
Sydney, Australia Ocean paddlers train on surf ski’s at Manly Beach Photograph: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close
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Live from the Moto XGX event – The Verge
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French archaeologist finds tooth dating back 560,000 years | Science | The Guardian
Valentin Loescher, 20, was volunteering alongside Camille Jacquey, 16, on his first summer archaeological dig at the Arago cave near Tautavel, when he discovered the tooth. The tooth could be the oldest human remains found in France.
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For a year and a half South Sudan has been torn apart by a civil war. The multitribal coalition that ruled the country after it gained independence from Sudan in 2011 — and that had governed the area for some years before then — has collapsed.
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Guantanamo | Al Jazeera America
The U.S. Navy is investigating a complaint that seeks the evacuation of civilian and military lawyers from parts of the U.S. base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, following reports of cancer cases among personnel working on the trials of detainees there.
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On The DNR Frontline: Ukraine’s Failed Ceasefire (Part 1) | VICE News
It’s been five months since the second ceasefire was agreed between the Ukrainian government and the Russian-backed separatists of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR). But this truce, much like the first, has not brought an end to th…
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eBay gives up on same-day delivery service – Boing Boing
eBay Now is dead, reports Trevor Mogg. The get-it-today delivery option was launched in 2012 in New York, San Francisco, Dallas and Chicago, but was not popular with buyers.
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Regards, Governor Paul R. LePage P.S. [Resignation] Not going to happen!
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When Hillary Clinton released a fact sheet detailing her plan to fight climate change on Sunday night, her presidential campaign characterized it as “bold.
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Henry Blodget Has Found Another Tech Boom — NYMag
Henry Blodget heads for the staircase of his office building, a neo-Romanesque beauty in the Flatiron District that, back in the 19th century, was home to the largest publisher in the world.
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Pandora will give you one hour of ad-free music if you ‘engage with brands’ | The Verge
“Pay attention to us and we’ll give you free music,” — that’s the message from brands and advertisers participating in online radio service Pandora’s new “Sponsored Listening” initiative.
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Boxer launches new email app with integrated calendar | The Verge
The mobile email app space is highly competitive, with great entries from Google, Apple, Microsoft, and many others. The best email apps tend to do more than just manage your mail — they make it easy to view your calendar, contacts, and file attachm…
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Malaysia’s Najib Razak Sacks Attorney General | Al Jazeera America
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, stung by allegations that he received some $700 million in government money, on Tuesday fired the attorney general who had been investigating him and a deputy who has been among his most prominent critics.
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The Kenyan president, Uhuru Kenyatta, usually bristles at any criticism of his government from the west.
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The Boy Scouts of America on Monday ended its ban on openly gay adult leaders. But the new policy allows church-sponsored units to choose local unit leaders who share their precepts, even if that means restricting such positions to heterosexual men.
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Behind the wheel of VIRTTEX, Ford’s distracted driving simulator | Ars Technica
DEARBORN, MI—Everybody thinks they’re a great driver; distracted driving is something that happens to everyone else. However, plenty of research suggests this isn’t the case, and it only takes a few seconds of looking away from the road to get into …
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Ancient Vikings Settled Greenland for the Ivory | Hakai Magazine
Throughout the first millennium CE, European economics went through an important change as new trade networks across Europe and Asia opened markets for goods of all kinds.
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Why do archaeological fraudsters deceive us? – Ted Scheinman – Aeon
Three archaeologists walk into a recently excavated prehistoric bar in Iceland. Athwart the barstools sit various skeletons, both human and dinosaur.
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Fox’s Brit Hume Calls Out Cruz For Sparing Trump, But Attacking McConnell
Fox News analyst Brit Hume on Monday night tore into Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) for refusing to denounce Donald Trump’s inflammatory statements, and then pouncing on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) over the Republican leader’s move to advanc…
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‘The Bachelorette’ Morning-After Rose Ceremony: The Finale | | Observer
The Bachelorette is so good, it’s frustrating that we have to cap it off at a measly two hours per week. That’s why each Tuesday, we’ll be having a Bachelorette Morning-After Rose Ceremony to celebrate the people, places and moments that really made…
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When the Federal Reserve considers raising interest rates on July 28—and then again every six weeks after—MyAsia Reid, of Philadelphia, will be paying close attention.
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Here Is Your WIRED Star Wars Challenge for Day 86 | WIRED
For the seemingly interminable wait until Star Wars: The Force Awakens hits theaters, we’re helping pass time by giving you daily challenges related to everyone’s favorite universe. When you complete a task, send us a tweet @WIRED or tag us on Faceb…
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Let’s Analyze the Physics of New Horizons’ Mission to Pluto | WIRED
I’m going to give you some homework. But before we get to the fun stuff, I want to talk about Pluto. This is nothing new, but I like to give my own view on the topic. Let me start with some Pluto haiku.
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By Heart: Mary-Beth Hughes on Penelope Fitzgerald’s Novel ‘The Blue Flower’ – The Atlantic
The author Mary-Beth Hughes discusses how Penelope Fitzgerald’s novel The Blue Flower showed her that words can dance. By Heart is a series in which authors share and discuss their all-time favorite passages in literature.
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Of content and controversy at VidCon 2015
At VidCon, no one will ever judge you for taking a selfie.
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Mike Huckabee’s Iran deal Holocaust analogy leaves Jon Stewart speechless
Jon Stewart always has some witty comment up his sleeve about the 2016 presidential candidates and the darndest things they say on the campaign trail. But one of them finally made the normally unflappable Daily Show host lose his marbles.
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Kurdish peace ‘impossible’ – Turkey’s Erdogan – BBC News
The Turkish president has said that Turkey cannot continue the peace process with the Kurds amid attacks by Kurdish militants on Turkish targets. It comes as the Nato alliance discusses Turkey’s campaigns against the Islamic State (IS) group and Kur…
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How Obama’s Confidant Became a Climate Adversary — NYMag
Just after noon on June 18, Laurence H. Tribe, the nation’s foremost scholar of constitutional law, fired off an angry and anguished self-defense.
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LONDON — A high-profile inquiry into the death by poisoning of a former K.G.B. officer who had sought asylum in Britain entered its final, public stages on Tuesday overshadowed by the last-minute refusal of a key Russian suspect to testify.
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The Myth of New Orleans’s Affordability – The Atlantic
Cities with “cheap” housing aren’t cheap if most wages are relatively low. In popular (and pricey) cities such as New York and San Francisco, the idea of outrageous rental prices is easy to grasp.
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Most Americans With Schizophrenia Want to Work. Why Aren’t They? – The Atlantic
Most Americans with the condition can and want to work. What’s standing in their way? When Abdul-Ali Muhammad returned to Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1975 after a year of military service, he felt that something had fundamentally changed.
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People’s president: India mourns Abdul Kalam – BBC News
The death of former Indian president APJ Abdul Kalam has triggered an outpouring of grief in the country. Prayer services were held to pay tribute, and hundreds of Indians lined roads and stood outside Mr Kalam’s residence to catch a final glimpse.
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Turkey vs Islamic State vs the Kurds: What’s going on? – BBC News
Turkey has opened up a northern front in the fight against Islamic State (IS) militants, by bombing their positions and permitting US jets to do the same from its territory.
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Google cools focus on flagging Google+ network – BBC News
Google has revealed plans to sideline its social network Google+ by changing the way users log in to its products and services. It said it would no longer require users to sign up to Google+ to post comments to products such as YouTube.
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BERLIN — One of the most heartbreaking scenes I’ve witnessed from the Greek crisis took place in Swabia, a hilly, prosperous region of southern Germany. Swabia is home to a thriving auto industry that has long lured laborers from Southern Europe, in…
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HONG KONG — It was a humid summer day in Jingzhou, a city in central China, and Xiang Liujuan, a 31-year-old mother, had gone to the mall to relax. Ms.
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Behold! A new record for the world’s highest melting point – The Washington Post
Hold on, hold on! We may have a new world record here. Researchers from Brown University may have found a substance with a melting point that beats out the previous record by a few hundred degrees.
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Corgi puppy struggles adorably to climb down flight of stairs
Peanut Butter the corgi puppy has an arduous quest ahead of him: descending a flight of stairs. At nine weeks old, he found it hard work making this journey. Watch as he struggles down two or three steps before taking a well-deserved rest. He’s all …
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Significant Digits For Tuesday, July 28, 2015 | FiveThirtyEight
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the telling numbers tucked inside the news. Chinese stocks took a big hit Monday as two major indices fell more than 8 percent. Some blame the drop on “malicious” short selling.
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I try to catch the Noir City film festival whenever it comes through Los Angeles, not just because it uses the Egyptian, one of my favorite theaters in town, but because it comes curated by the experts.
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Gobbling Up Space Debris: A Pac-Man Approach Proposed
A team of engineers has been at work for the past three years to develop a space cleanup satellite. The intent is to eliminate threatening, human-made orbital debris. The worry is not new – there’s lots of clutter to pick and choose from, be it brok…
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Congress seeks to lift gun ban at military outposts despite army’s concerns | US news | The Guardian
While attempts to enact stricter gun laws at the federal level remain stalled in Congress despite a series of recent high-profile mass shootings, certain restrictions on firearms may actually be loosened.
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Audubon Society’s 2015 bird photography winners – Boing Boing
The Audubon Society received 9,000 entires for their annual photography contest and chose nine winners, including Mary Angela Luzader’s Fine Art Honorable Mention for her shot of fighting Purple Gallinules, above. The Top 100 is well worth the time …
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LISTEN: Composing Beyond the Grave – Boing Boing
Did the spirits of dead composers contact British medium Rosemary Brown to dictate new music? In the 20th century, two different women claimed to be receiving messages from the spirits of dead composers.
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WATCH: Slide for 1/3 of a mile on world’s longest waterslide – Boing Boing
Here are some crazy videos from the 1980s, when it was considered among the most dangerous amusement parks, making it very popular, natch.
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WATCH: Fantastic Four as a direct-to-VHS trailer – Boing Boing
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Realistic summerwear – 10 key pieces | Fashion | The Guardian
Bomber, £49.99, hm.com Photograph: hm.com Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close
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States with the worst rape kit backlogs – Boing Boing
The U.S. government estimates that hundreds of thousands of untested rape kits languish in police and crime lab storage facilities. The EndTheBacklog project illustrates that there’s “more we do NOT know about the backlog than we do know.”
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Abbreviated pundit roundup: ‘Maximum Trump’? and the Republican debates
We will soon find out whether our senators are truly insane.
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Yozio Raises $7M Series A To Help Apps Gain Users Through Organic Channels | TechCrunch
Yozio, which helps developers acquire more mobile users without spending tons of money on app-install ads, will expand its growth platform after landing a $7 million Series A.
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MacroFab Raises $2M In Seed Funding To Help Hardware Startups Manufacture PCB Boards | TechCrunch
MacroFab, a platform to help hardware startups prototype and manufacture PCB boards, has raised a $2 million seed round led by Techstars Ventures. Any company that has worked with manufacturers to produce PCB boards knows how hard it can be.
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HONG KONG — It was a humid summer day in Jingzhou, a city in central China, and Xiang Liujuan, a 31-year-old mother, had gone to the mall to relax. Ms.
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First Click: Thanks Microsoft, but the Windows to my life have all closed | The Verge
Windows 10 is shaping up to be a great operating system. I’ve been using it on and off as a beta tester for months now, and I’m already running the final build ahead of tonight’s big release. But I’m not going to switch. Not now.
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Surfer celebrates remarkable escape from huge wipe-out in Tahiti| Sport | The Guardian
A Hawaiian surfer has been celebrating a dramatic escape from a huge wipe-out in Tahiti. Niccolo Porcella was picked up by the giant wave at Teahupoo before being rolled helplessly forward and then dashed on a coral reef beneath the surface.
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The president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has said it is impossible to continue a peace process with Kurdish militants and urged parliament to strip politicians with links to “terrorist groups” of their immunity from prosecution.
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Jen Welter hired by Arizona Cardinals as assistant coach
TEMPE, Ariz. – In March, Arizona Cardinals coach Bruce Arians was asked when the NFL would have a female coach. The answer was Monday.
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Zen Train-ing: Why Late Subways Drive New Yorkers Crazy | | Observer
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Eyes Weird Rock On Mars
NASA’s Curiosity rover saw this rock outcrop dubbed “Missoula,” near Marias Pass on Mars. Image released July 23, 2015.
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Giant Crater on Saturn Moon Tethys Dazzles in Spectacular Photo
The giant impact basin Odysseus on Saturn’s moon Tethys distinctly appears brighter than the rest of the visible icy crescent. Image released July 27, 2015.
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Officers of the US Army’s 2nd Cavalry Regiment, currently stationed in Vilseck, Germany, stopped by the Pentagon last week to talk about their rotational training in Eastern Europe and the larger array of efforts in the region being held to reassure…
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Here’s what it’s like inside a Cold War nuclear missile silo
YouTube science series Veritasium took its show on the road to a nuclear missile silo, revealing the oddly reassuring secrets behind America’s nuclear launch plans. On the one hand, it’s terrifying to think that the world spent decades on the cusp o…
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Moto X event: start time, live stream, and what to expect | The Verge
Tuesday’s a big day for Motorola. It’s about to announce three new phones, all of which are updates to its most popular lines. That means there are new things in store for the flagship Moto X and the impressively affordable Moto G, plus one more pho…
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Good Tuesday morning from Washington, where the summer heat and the race to make the cut for the presidential debates seem to have made tempers short.
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Map: which countries are the worst for human trafficking? | News | The Guardian
The US Department of State released its 2015 report into human trafficking on Monday. The map below shows the ratings of countries around the world according to the US. For a country to make it into tier one it has to comply fully with the US traffi…
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French IoT Startup Smiirl Raises Seed Round, Launches Twitter And Instagram Counters | TechCrunch
French hardware and IoT startup Smiirl hit on pretty early the concept of a mechanical Internet of Things-styled ‘Like’ counter for Facebook that bridges the digital and physical worlds.
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The Native American kids who get $200k for graduating – video | World news | The Guardian
The Ho-Chunk Nation are a Native American tribe that owns a string of casinos across Wisconsin. Ho Chunk children get a share of casino profits once they’ve graduated and turned 18. It’s called their 18 Money. When they finish high school, they get …
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The past year will not be remembered as a great one in the history of the State Department’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. Its engaging, consensus-building chief, ambassador Luis CdeBaca, unexpectedly stepped aside in November.
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Don’t shoot! Fugitive bank robber recaptured after he stars in horror movie | Film | The Guardian
Jason Stange, 44, was arrested on Friday by US marshals, who tracked him down to the capital of Washington state, Olympia, where he had been shooting the film Marla Mae.
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Hero cyclist picks up and moves car blocking bike lane
If you’re a bicyclist and some idiot has parked their car right in the middle of the cycle lane, what do you do? In most cases, the answer is probably “nothing.” It’s way too much bother to try and get the car removed, so you end up just cycling aro…
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Billionaire hedge fund managers have called on Puerto Rico to lay off teachers and close schools so that the island can pay them back the billions it owes.
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Sizing Up Clinton’s New Climate Message
If you want a presidential candidate who supports a carbon tax and vociferously opposes the Keystone pipeline, you should vote for Sen. Bernie Sanders.
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It has been more than a week since Donald Trump’s remarks about whether Senator John McCain should be considered a war hero, and many journalists and commentators have reached a conclusion: Mr. Trump has emerged unscathed.
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Israeli Ambassador: Huckabee’s Holocaust Comment Not ‘Appropriate’
Ron Dermer, the Israeli ambassador to the U.S., on Monday denounced former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s (R) comment’s criticizing the nuclear deal with Iran, in which the presidential candidate invoked the Holocaust.
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Lego Makes Everything Better—Even a Prosthetic for Kids | WIRED
Caption: A new prosthetic arm dubbed Iko can be endlessly customized with Lego pieces so that kids can make it whatever they want it to be. Carlos Arturo Torres It just got easier for kids with prosthetic limbs to go fully bionic—with a little help …
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Windows 10 might already be downloading on your Windows 7 and 8 PCs | The Verge
In less than 24 hours, Microsoft will start upgrading Windows 7 and Windows 8 machines to Windows 10. The software giant is preparing for this big release, at 12AM ET on July 29th (9PM PST on July 28th), by pre-loading the final version of Windows 1…
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Gawker Reboots, But Even Nick Denton Isn’t Sure What’s Next | WIRED
After a week of public scorn, internal fighting, multiple resignations, and debates about the company’s mission, Gawker Media is rebooting. Its flagship site, Gawker.
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Brinks’ Super-Secure Smart Safes: Not So Secure | WIRED
Master thief Willie Sutton famously said he robbed banks because that’s where the money was. Of course, he also got caught.
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Lafayette shooting highlights failures of gun background check laws | US news | The Guardian
In the wake of the Lafayette theater shooting, Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal on Sunday called on other states to strengthen their background check laws for gun purchases, implying that his state’s laws could have prevented the shooting. But Louisi…
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Mesmerizing Time-Lapse GIFs of Cacti Flowers in Bloom | WIRED
Echinopsis cacti bloom in a blaze of brilliant color, but it’s tough to catch them in the act. They typically flower at night and as quickly as they pop, the petals begin to fade. “They’re only at their best for an hour or so,” Greg Krehel says.
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How Medical Students Can Learn Empathy from Their Cadavers – The Atlantic
The first-year dissection is often an experience that teaches medical students to emotionally detach from their patients. By forcing future doctors to learn about the lives of their cadavers, some medical schools are trying to reverse the effect.
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President Obama addresses African Union in Ethiopia – BBC News
US President Barack Obama is addressing the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on the last day of his trip to East Africa. He is the first US leader to deliver a speech at the 54-member body, with security and action against terrorism likely to…
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Rovio Entertainment set to release Angry Birds 2 – BBC News
Rovio Entertainment, the creators of the smash hit mobile game Angry Birds, are set to release their new game, Angry Birds 2. Since the first version of the game was launched six years ago, around 2.5bn people have downloaded the game.
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Taliban seize Afghan district HQ in north – BBC News
Taliban fighters have seized the headquarters of a northern district in Afghanistan, officials say. The militants captured the Kohistanat district in Sar-e-pul province after a night of heavy fighting.
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The Woman Finding Tech Jobs for the World’s Poorest People | WIRED
Fresh out of Harvard in 2005, Leila Janah landed a job as a management consultant. One of her first assignments took her to Mumbai, where she traveled by auto-rickshaw to a sleek outsourcing center staffed by well-educated Indians from middle-class …
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$10 Million For UpCounsel Means Small Businesses Can Hire BigLaw Attorneys | TechCrunch
UpCounsel, a marketplace for legal services, has pulled in $10 million in new funding to provide small businesses with attorneys at a fraction of the cost of a big law firm.
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Updated, 6:35 a.m. Good morning on this steamy Tuesday. The site where La Guardia Airport now operates was once home to the popular Gala Amusement Park, but amusement is the last thing weary travelers now feel as they trudge the place.
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Techmeme: Amazon takes Prime Music streaming international with UK launch (Luke Westaway/CNET)
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Shanghai investors keep calm amid the stock market storm | Business | The Guardian
The temperature in this small airconditioned room of a brokerage in Shanghai’s Xuhai district was cool, as was the mood even though the stock market had dropped again for the second day running.
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Guess the guitar hero – from their guitar | Music | The Guardian
1It’s a sharp dressed guitar – but is its fluffiness signifying the kind of owner who might drive a souped-up Cortina with fluffy dice and a bit of jazz funk on the stereo?Boon Gould of Level 42Eddie Hazel of FunkadelicBilly Gibbons of ZZ TopJohnny …
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“Fat” cartoon characters may lead children to eat more junk food, new research suggests, but there are ways to counter this effect.
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Kite chick undergoes reconstructive surgery on broken beak – BBC News
The yellow-billed kite chick, named Beaky, underwent surgery on his lower beak just nine days after hatching. The hatchling’s beak was left deformed and pointing towards the floor, after it was bent up against the side of his egg’s shell during incu…
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Pictish fort south of Stonehaven ‘is Scotland’s oldest’ – BBC News
BBC Scotland has learned that carbon dating tests have pinpointed the origin of the site on the sea stack back to the 3rd or 4th Century. The original discovery by the University of Aberdeen team had been revealed in April.
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Alright, people, strap in and keep the laughter to a minimum because we’re going to talk dildos here. Specifically, remotely operated dildos, and other sex apparatuses, including those operated by Bluetooth connections or over the internet.
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Black Motherhood in the Age of Ferguson – The Atlantic
Several years ago, Ta-Nehisi Coates took his son, not yet 5, to see a movie on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. As his son made his way off the escalator, a white woman pushed him and said, “Come on!” Chaos ensued.
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Jefferson, Jackson and the Democratic Party – The Atlantic
Connecticut, Missouri, and Georgia have dropped the slave-owning presidents from their annual fund-raising dinners, and many more states could follow suit. The Democratic Party is on the hunt for a new pair of fathers.
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The former secretary of defense lobbied for the repeal of “Don’t ask, don’t tell,” and has now ended the Boy Scouts’ ban on gay scoutmasters. Eagle Scout. Young Republican. CIA recruit. Air Force officer. CIA director. Secretary of defense.
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India conducts first official survey of Ganges dolphins | Environment | The Guardian
The conservation of dolphins in India’s holiest, but most polluted waterway, is under the spotlight as the country conducts its first official count of the freshwater species.
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Data from an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate that the nearly stationary area of low pressure located about 210 miles south-southeast of the South Carolina-North Carolina border is now producing 40-45 mph winds mainly to the nort…
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Microsoft has quietly released its own Android launcher | The Verge
Microsoft’s relatively new strategy of pushing more apps onto more platforms continues apace with the quiet release of Arrow Launcher Beta: a basic but functional launcher for Android devices.
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Berlin Nazi-built stadiums host Europe’s biggest Jewish sports event | World news | The Guardian
Seventy years after the end of the second world war, stadiums built by the Nazis for the 1936 Olympics are to play host to Europe’s biggest Jewish sporting competition.
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Al Haymon – devil incarnate or accidental saviour of boxing? | Kevin Mitchell | Sport | The Guardian
If you thought Jeremy Corbyn divided opinion, take a look at Al Haymon, boxing’s most famous mystery man. He might be the new Don King, he might be Father Christmas. Haymon collects fighters like writers collect quotes. However, unlike King, he is a…
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Iran rolls out red carpet for new visitors after nuclear deal – BBC News
When a city suddenly moves to the top tier of foreign ministers’ travel itineraries, you know it has notched up new political significance. Such is the status of Tehran.
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July 28, 1914: Austria-Hungary Declares War on Serbia, Sparking the First World War | The Nation
The First World War began on this day in 1914, a month to the day after the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, triggered a series of diplomatic maneuverings among European powers.
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How Weird Is Alex Rodriguez’s Resurgence? | FiveThirtyEight
Once–disgraced slugger Alex Rodriguez turned 40 years old Monday, and he’s still hitting home run hat tricks. His remarkable return to form (at the moment he’s a top-10 hitter despite missing all of last year) has even New York fans who loathed him …
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$15 minimum wage divides Dems | TheHill
Democrats are divided on how much to lift the nation’s minimum wage, an issue that has long united the party. Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is pushing to raise the federal wage from its current $7.25 an hour to $15.
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Obligatory Donald Trump Cartoon | The Nation
FINAL WEEK for my Kickstarter: 25 YEARS OF TOMORROW, a two-volume, hardcover, thousand page compilation of every cartoon I’ve ever done!
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‘There’s some crazy-ass people out here’: Joc Pederson adjusts to MLB | Sport | The Guardian
It’s a couple of hours before the first pitch at Citi Field, and 23-year-old Dodgers center fielder Joc Pederson is bouncing around the clubhouse like he owns the place, shouting across the room at team-mates and turning up a stereo to an uncomforta…
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The Real Reason Rand Paul Is So Eager To Defund Planned Parenthood
Most of the fallout was predictable from a video released a couple of weeks ago that falsely accused Planned Parenthood of selling fetal body parts: that there would be an initial flurry of media excitement followed by an inevitable debunking, that …
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Both the men’s and women’s US soccer teams came into this summer with the aim of winning tournaments – and both teams’ coaches knew that failure to win those tournaments could result in a severe erosion of their mandates as leaders.
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Troll-In-Chief: A Brief History of Ted Cruz Roiling His Fellow Republicans
Sen. Ted Cruz may be trailing Donald Trump in the 2016 polls. But at least on Capitol Hill the firebrand from Texas is top contender for Republican troll-in-chief.
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Tyler Frahme, a University at Albany junior, had never even heard of affirmative consent, the unequivocal O.K. to sex that is mandated by state law. Nor was he in the habit of asking women for permission to proceed at every new juncture of sexual ac…
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TRIPOLI, Libya — A court in Libya’s capital convicted a son of Moammar Gadhafi of murder and inciting genocide during the country’s 2011 uprising on Tuesday, sentencing him to death in absentia.
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Boy Scouts of America president on gay leaders – BBC News
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has voted to lift its ban on gay people serving as adult leaders in the organisation. Religious groups including units run by the Catholic church and the Mormon church are exempt to the new policy.
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Scouts for Equality welcome the repeal of the blanket ban on gay adult leaders in Boy Scouts of America, but a pastor calls it a ‘terrible decision’. Eric Hay says his organisation, Scouts for Equality, which has been pushing to overturn the ban, wi…
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HONG KONG — Malaysia’s prime minister, Najib Razak, dismissed his deputy prime minister and the attorney general on Tuesday, amid a scandal involving a government-owned development fund that has roiled the country’s top levels of political power.
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Good morning. NATO ambassadors meet today in Brussels, at Turkey’s request, to size up the threat the Islamic State extremist group poses to Turkey and to discuss the response.
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BBC Sport – Fifa: Michel Platini to announce presidency bid
Uefa president Michel Platini will announce later this week he wants to be the next president of Fifa. The 60-year-old former France international midfielder could declare as early as Wednesday.
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LinkedIn says it’ll stop littering your inbox, don’t believe it
If you check your email right now, you probably have at least one email from LinkedIn telling you something nobody cares about. The company is well known for its awful email tactics, sending constant notifications that are virtually unstoppable.
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Colombia searches for possible mass grave near Medellin – BBC News
Forensic experts in Colombia have begun a search for hundreds of bodies at a landfill site believed to be one of the largest urban mass graves in the world. The bodies of up to 300 people – many of them civilians – are believed to be buried at the s…
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Litvinenko judge criticises suspect’s ‘charade’ | World news | The Guardian
Claims by a suspect in the killing of Alexander Litvinenko that he wanted to give evidence to the inquiry into the spy’s death may have been a “charade”, the judge leading the probe has said. Dmitry Kovtun was due to provide testimony by video link …
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Eurotunnel day trip passengers told to postpone journeys – BBC News
Lorries are queuing on a closed section of Kent’s M20 after Operation Stack was reintroduced. Kent Police said the latest closure is because of a large amount of freight heading towards Dover and Eurotunnel and continued disruption in Calais.
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WASHINGTON — For several years, a handful of lawmakers in Congress have tried to scale back tough sentencing laws that have bloated federal prisons and the cost of running them. But broad-based political will to change those laws remained elusive.
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Chinese shares suffer further falls | Business | The Guardian
Chinese shares slumped further on Tuesday before mounting a partial recovery as Beijing battled to calm the stock market turmoil that has returned to haunt the world’s second-largest economy. The Shenzhen index closed down 2.24% at 2,111.70, after a…
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De Niro to direct Bronx Tale musical – BBC News
Actor Robert De Niro is to direct a new stage musical in New Jersey next year. The world premiere will take place at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey on 4 February.
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Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam sentenced to death by court in Libya | World news | The Guardian
Colonel Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam and other senior members of the former Libyan regime have been sentenced to death by a court in Tripoli.
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LONDON — Two days after a newspaper claimed that he had used cocaine with prostitutes, a senior member of the House of Lords in Britain resigned his seat on Tuesday, apologizing for the “pain and embarrassment” he had caused.
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Yakub Memon: Court defers plea by Mumbai bomb plotter – BBC News
India’s top court referred a final plea by Yakub Memon to suspend his execution over his role in the 1993 Mumbai bombings, to a larger bench of judges. Memon says the authorities did not follow proper legal procedures in issuing the warrant for his …
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Lui Akira Francesco Matsuo said he was standing in line for communion one Sunday at his Roman Catholic church in Detroit when a fellow parishioner pulled him aside: Didn’t he know that the archbishop had just urged supporters of same-sex marriage no…
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To make meat greener, make it more efficiently | Grist
We started out this series by asking if meat can be sustainable (yes, but we should eat less), and if meat can be moral (perhaps not, although that doesn’t seem to convince people to give it up). But no matter how we answer these questions, people a…
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Vanuatu reconstruction moves ahead in the aftermath of Cyclone Pam | World news | The Guardian
More than four months after Cyclone Pam, one of the most powerful ever recorded in the south Pacific, emergency aid is winding down in the Vanuatu archipelago, leaving inhabitants of rural islands facing an uncertain future.
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Qaddafi’s Son Has Been Sentenced to Death for War Crimes | VICE News
Saif Qaddafi has today been sentenced to death by a court in Libya over war crimes linked to the 2011 uprising. The only surviving son of the former dictator Muammar Qaddafi faces execution by firing squad having been accused of suppressing protests…
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Neolithic house discovery at Avebury stone circle dig – BBC News
Archaeologists believe they may have found the remains of a house where people who built Avebury stone circle may have lived. The three-week Between the Monuments project is researching the daily lives of Neolithic and Bronze Age residents at the Wi…
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Cat gets neutered, wakes up with the most confused and horrified reaction
When six-month-old Milo came back from the vet, he woke up and felt like something was missing. He looked down, and saw absolutely nothing. Cue: confusion followed by anger and denial. ‘He looked down and realized they were missing and let out this …
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Why we like to believe that dinosaurs were scaly – BBC News
Once thought to be terrifying, scaly lizards, it now seems dinosaurs were actually more like birds. But not everyone’s ready to accept their new image, writes Mary Colwell.
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LONDON — Two days after a newspaper claimed that he had used cocaine with prostitutes, a senior member of the House of Lords in Britain resigned his seat on Tuesday, apologizing for the “pain and embarrassment” he had caused.
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Techmeme: Researchers Hack Air-Gapped Computer With Simple Cell Phone (Kim Zetter/Wired)
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VICE News Capsule – Tuesday, July 28 | VICE News
The VICE News Capsule is a news roundup that looks beyond the headlines. Today: Kuwait steps up mosque security, French farmers protest against German agricultural produce, Colombia begins to unearth its largest mass grave, and separated South Sudan…
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Lui Akira Francesco Matsuo said he was standing in line for communion one Sunday at his Roman Catholic church in Detroit when a fellow parishioner pulled him aside: Didn’t he know that the archbishop had just urged supporters of same-sex marriage no…
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Kevin Ten Eyck (FC WICHITA v Vaqueros) Mike Grella (NEW YORK RED BULLS v Benfica) Eric Ayuk (PHILADELPHIA UNION v New York Red Bulls) Michael Bohm (FV UFFENHEIM v ASV Ippesheim) Michal Zyro (LEGIA WARSAW v Podbeskidzie) Andrés Guardado (MEXICO v Jam…
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Gaddafi’s son sentenced to death – BBC News
A court in Libya has sentenced Col Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Saif al-Islam, and eight others to death over war crimes linked to the 2011 revolution.They were on trial along with dozens of other close associates of the deposed leader, accused of suppres…
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Dragon Quest XI is coming to PS4 and 3DS | The Verge
The next mainline entry in arguably the most popular game series of all time in Japan has just been announced. Dragon Quest XI is coming to both PlayStation 4 and the 3DS, according to a live broadcast currently underway in Japan, with no release da…
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World’s first solar-powered E Ink traffic signs deployed in Australia | The Verge
In some respects, E Ink displays are a bit of a marvel, with their low power consumption, easy readability, and minimal glare making them both sustainable and practical.
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Boy Scouts End Ban on Gay Leaders, Face Backlash — NYMag
The Boy Scouts of America lifted its ban on openly gay adult leaders on Monday, but will allow church-sponsored units to continue excluding homosexuals.
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MARINA DI CAMPO, Italy — The Italian government has had only limited success in pressuring its European partners to share the burden of the 83,000 migrants who have reached its shores so far this year.
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BBC Sport – Clive Rice: Former South Africa and Notts captain dies aged 66
Former South Africa and Nottinghamshire captain Clive Rice has died at the age of 66. Rice was South Africa’s first skipper in one-day cricket after their readmission in 1991 following their sporting isolation during apartheid.
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LONDON — The British oil giant BP said on Tuesday that it had lost $5.8 billion in the second quarter, reflecting a huge settlement over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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Why everyone is a designer… but shouldn’t design
That’s something we’ve heard time and time again. Because if you’re a problem solver, you’re a designer. Even Don Norman, who coined the term “user experience,” says that everyone is a designer. As he writes: “We are all designers.
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Here’s why your Twitter app is looking different
There’s a lot of hooplah on Twitter today about… well, Twitter. The company has just started a series of tests that tweak major changes to its design on iOS, including the replacement of the ‘fav’ button with a heart which we saw on Android last mon…
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Happy birthday, Jia Jia: Hong Kong giant panda becomes oldest ever | World news | The Guardian
It may not be considered a landmark birthday for humans, but turning 37 has made Hong Kong’s Jia Jia the oldest ever giant panda in captivity, and she celebrated in style.
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Amazon brings its Prime Music streaming service to the UK
Amazon has today announced that its Prime Music streaming service is now available for members based in the UK, having previously been restricted to users in the US.
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Google reportedly tried to buy a synthetic burger company
There is seemingly no end to the lengths that former and current meat-eaters will go to find meat substitutes that taste exactly like — meat. Food companies developing plant-based meat equivalents seem aware of that juicy tidbit.
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UK economy powers ahead by 0.7% | Business | The Guardian
Britain’s economic growth bounced back in the second quarter of the year according to official data on Tuesday, fuelling the debate about the first rise in interest rates since the financial crisis. After a slowdown in the first three months of the …
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Listen to the sounds NASA sent into space for aliens to hear
It’s been a big month for alien enthusiasts. First Stephen Hawking backed a $100 million fund to get serious about our search for extraterrestrial life, now NASA has posted the ‘Golden Record’ up on Soundcloud.
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Lrn for iOS is the app that will get you learning to code
There are plenty of apps and initiatives designed to help you to code – Codeacademy, Code.org and Code Institute among them – but the truth is whatever approach you take, there isn’t a magic trick to mastering it.
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The Artificial Intelligence AK-47 is coming
“The endpoint of this technological trajectory is obvious: autonomous weapons will become the Kalashnikovs of tomorrow. The key question for humanity today is whether to start a global AI arms race or to prevent it from starting.
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EU satellite gears up for data flood – BBC News
Europe’s Sentinel-2a satellite is on course to go into full operation in early or mid-October. The spacecraft, which takes visible and infrared pictures of the Earth, was launched in June and is now undergoing a period of commissioning.
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LinkedIn will finally stop spamming your inbox | The Verge
If you created a LinkedIn account at any point in your life, you’ve probably grown accustomed to receiving a flood of daily emails that, in most cases, go straight to the trash bin. Thankfully, the career-building social network has now realized the…
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Killer robots: Tech experts warn against AI arms race – BBC News
More than 1,000 tech experts, scientists and researchers have written a letter warning about the dangers of autonomous weapons. In the latest outcry over the development of “killer robots”, the letter warns that “a military AI arms race is a bad ide…
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UK economy grew 0.7% in second quarter – BBC News
Lord Sewel resigns from the House of Lords and apologises for “the pain and embarrassment” caused after he was filmed allegedly taking drugs with prostitutes.
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La Guardia Airport, whose dilapidated terminals and long, unenviable record of traveler delays have made it a target of jokes and complaints for decades, will be completely rebuilt by 2021, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo…
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Oldest panda Jia Jia’s birthday celebrated in Hong Kong – BBC News
At nearly 37 years of age, Jia Jia is thought to be the oldest panda ever kept in captivity. Celebrations to mark her birthday are taking place at an amusement park in Hong Kong where she has lived since 1999.
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Chief Keef says he will run for mayor of Chicago | Music | The Guardian
Chief Keef has responded to the shutting down of his gig-by-hologram on Saturday by declaring his intention to run for mayor of Chicago, and telling his fans to call the incumbent mayor – former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel – “and tell hi…
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World’s most popular song is not under copyright, according to lawsuit | Music | The Guardian
You may have noticed something very strange about birthdays in movies and on TV. Namely, that the lucky recipient of the presents rarely has Happy Birthday sung to them – instead they might get For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow, a song only heard in movi…
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Amazon launches music streaming service in the UK – BBC News
Amazon has entered the UK streaming market with the launch of Prime Music, a new service available to Amazon Prime customers as part of their annual £79 subscription. Prime Music will provide access to more than one million songs and around 500 spec…
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BBC Sport – Jen Welter: Arizona Cardinals appoint NFL’s first female coach
Jen Welter has become the first female coach in the NFL after being appointed by the Arizona Cardinals. The 37-year-old, who spent 14 seasons as a professional player, has been hired by head coach Bruce Arians as a linebacker coach for pre-season.
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How thoroughly has Xi Jinping rewritten the rules of Chinese politics? Since he became Communist Party leader in November 2012 and the country’s president in March 2013, he has pursued an energetic agenda at home and abroad. But experts disagree on …
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Oliver, A New Apartment-Finding App, Cuts Out The Middlemen | TechCrunch
If you’ve ever tried to find an apartment in a popular city like San Francisco, New York, or Chillicothe you’re probably familiar with magical beings called brokers. These creatures take a cut of your rent while doing surprisingly little and it’s hi…
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Didi Kuaidi, Uber’s Biggest Rival In China, Launches Personal Chauffeur Service | TechCrunch
Enjoy the convenience of Uber but own a car? There might be something in China for you. Didi Kuaidi, Uber’s biggest rival in the world’s most populous country, has launched a personal chauffeur service, its latest in a series of efforts to diversify…
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Chance the Rapper: ‘I once wanted Kanye West to be my dad’ | Music | The Guardian
Chance the Rapper is the sort of man who finds meaning in life’s simpler moments. “I wanted to come back here,” the wiry musician says on a sweltering summer afternoon, his eyes narrowing as he gazes up at the sun.
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When investigator Pavel Yasman was tasked with interrogating performance artist Petr Pavlensky, known for his shocking political protests, he never imagined that their conversations would change his life.
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How the 2000 Election in Florida Led to a New Wave of Voter Disenfranchisement | The Nation
On November 7, 2000, Willie Steen, a Navy vet who had served in the Persian Gulf during Desert Storm, went to cast his ballot for president at the St. Francis Episcopal Church in Tampa, Florida. He brought his 10-year-old son, Willie Jr., to the pol…
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France’s top climate ambassador has said she is very concerned at the slow rate of progress on a negotiating text that will form the basis of a new international deal on global warming in Paris later this year.
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ABOARD THE BOB BARKER, in the South Atlantic — As the Thunder, a trawler considered the world’s most notorious fish poacher, began sliding under the sea a couple of hundred miles south of Nigeria, three men scrambled aboard to gather evidence of its…
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“The Truth Fairy” · Odd Mom Out · TV Review · The A.V. Club
The culminating episodes of a season are important not just because they begin to wrap up story threads, but because they really expose a series’ strengths and weaknesses while doing so.
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Once upon a time, Joe Strummer wrote and directed Hell W10, a silent black & white film featuring the music of The Clash. And the Pixies’ Black Francis created a driving, jangling soundtrack for one of Weimar Germany’s finest silent films, The Golem…
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Turkey calls Nato meeting to discuss campaign against Isis | World news | The Guardian
Ambassadors from all 28 Nato countries are due to meet on Tuesday in Brussels – at Turkey’s request – to discuss Ankara’s campaign against Islamic State and Kurdish militants. Turkey called the extraordinary Nato meeting over what it calls its “anti…
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Lost in Space (Without the Gear)? Here’s What Would Happen
Paul Sutter is a research fellow at the Astronomical Observatory of Trieste and visiting scholar at the Ohio State University’s Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics. Sutter is also host of the podcasts Ask a Spaceman and RealSpace, and th…
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ABOARD THE BOB BARKER, in the South Atlantic — As the Thunder, a trawler considered the world’s most notorious fish poacher, began sliding under the sea a couple of hundred miles south of Nigeria, three men scrambled aboard to gather evidence of its…
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Stripe Lands New Funding At $5B Valuation And Partnership With Visa | TechCrunch
Payment processing company Stripe is now valued $5 billion following its latest round of financing. Beyond adding more money to its coffers, the five-year-old company inked a deal with Visa which will see the duo work together on a range of projects…
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“Required Reading” · Teen Wolf · TV Review · The A.V. Club
The majority of Teen Wolf’s “Required Reading” is a solid, even good episode. It begins with the type of action you want to see through, and it brings a lot of much needed substantial weight and intrigue (and something—anything, really) to the Dread…
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“Top 18 Perform” · So You Think You Can Dance · TV Review · The A.V. Club
The big concern lingering over the first eight episodes of So You Think You Can Dance season 12 was what will happen when the proper competition starts and the members of Team Street are forced to dance in different styles.
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Over 60% of voters think the former Labor government’s carbon price had no effect, or only a small effect, on electricity bills – as the Abbott government tries to rerun its cost of living argument against Labor’s pledge to re-introduce an emissions…
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Jen Welter hired by NFL’s Arizona Cardinals as assistant coaching intern | Sport | The Guardian
The Arizona Cardinals have hired Jen Welter as assistant coaching intern to coach inside linebackers through their upcoming training camp and pre-season. The Cardinals say Welter is believed to be the first woman to hold a coaching position of any k…
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BP reveals $6.3bn quarterly loss due to Deepwater Horizon bill | Business | The Guardian
BP has revealed a loss of $6.3bn (£4bn) for the second quarter after being forced to book new costs linked to the Deepwater Horizon disaster. The UK oil giant slid into the red after taking an extra $10.8bn charge related to the Gulf of Mexico oil s…
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ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s energy minister says an explosion on a natural gas pipeline between Iran and Turkey caused a large fire and shut down the flow of gas.
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NY Archdiocese Closing Dozens of Churches | Al Jazeera America On a warm and sultry summer night, a couple dozen worshippers gathered recently at the Church of the Nativity in New York City’s East Village for a mass celebrating the life of Dorothy Day, founder of the Catholic Worker Movement…
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