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Ted Cruz expresses ‘full out denial’ of global warming during forum | US news | The Guardian
Ted Cruz has stated that he doesn’t believe in the science behind global warming.
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The first Deadpool trailer will be released on Tuesday · Newswire · The A.V. Club
As reported by Variety, Ryan Reynolds will be stopping by Conan on Tuesday to show off the first official trailer for Deadpool, his R-rated superhero movie that we’re all hoping is better than Green Lantern.
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Odebrecht: Brazilian construction giant in the crosshairs – BBC News
Brazil’s emergence in the global economy during the recent boom years brought rewards for average Brazilians, who saw their incomes rise. Many businesses saw their operations blossom too.
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Click here to hack the network – BBC News
This week is hacker week in Las Vegas. The desert playground is hosting three conferences dedicated to computer security – Black Hat USA, Def Con and BSides LV. Between them, they capture the entire gamut of hacker culture.
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Asimov’s Yeast Vats May Be the Real Future of Food
Isaac Asimov and other classic sci-fi writers envisioned a future in which great vats of yeast or bacteria could feed humanity. We’re not there yet, but today’s startups are using yeast cultures to produce milk, egg whites, and even coffee.
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We all know cyber security is a hot issue these days. A new hack or cyber security threat seems to make headlines each week.
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Mark Hamill Is Good At Autographs – Digg
Autograph collector and expert Steve Grad knows a thing or two about penmanship. And his collection features some of the most unique autographs in the world, like Mark Hamill. Most celebrities just sign their names when you ask them for an autograph…
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The Great Presidential Poll Freak-Out Has Begun — NYMag
It’s been a bad year for polls.
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Atari founder Nolan Bushnell on why life is ‘a game’ – BBC News
“I have made so many massive mistakes of ego, I can’t tell you,” says Nolan Bushnell leading the way into his crumbling office two floors above a slightly decrepit Los Angeles row of shops.
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hitchBOT destroyed in Philadelphia – Tech Insider
All hitchBOT wanted to do was see the world, but the robot’s travels were cut short when it was vandalized and ultimately destroyed upon reaching Philadelphia after only 2 weeks traveling in the states.
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How To Create A Holographic Illusion With Your Smartphone And A CD Case – Digg
True hologram technology is probably still a ways off, so here’s a quick way to make a hologram-esque projection from your smartphone screen, using a CD case (still good for something!) and some other household materials.
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Indian tea-seller who hawks his books on Amazon – BBC News
The most famous tea seller in the Indian capital, Delhi, Laxman Rao, is also a prolific Hindi-language author whose novels are now available on online platforms like Amazon. Anasuya Basu met him recently in central Delhi. Laxman Rao is not your ordi…
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The Twitter bot that ‘corrects’ people who say ‘illegal immigrant’ – BBC News
Two American journalists have created a Twitter bot that “corrects” people who tweet the term “illegal immigrant”, and offers alternatives. But not everyone appreciates the suggestion. The “I” word has been called into question in recent years.
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A man described as a person of interest was taken into custody on Sunday in Memphis, where law enforcement authorities were searching for a gunman who fatally shot a police officer the night before, the police said.Sgt.
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Second American Doctor Wanted for Killing a Lion — NYMag
Authorities in Zimbabwe have named another American doctor and big game hunter who they allege illegally killed a lion near Hwange National Park this past April, reports the Associated Press.
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In high school, I was a shop rat. Power mechanics, auto mechanics, auto body, drafting, print shop, plastics shop, wood shop, and metal shop. Those classes are likely the only reason I was able to graduate from high school.
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The American Brewing Renaissance Continues – The Atlantic
Back in the Golden Age of Blogging™, running from maybe a dozen years ago to maybe the past two or three years, personal sites often consisted of informal, incremental personal chronicles. Andrew Sullivan captured this spirit of this form, at its pr…
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LOS ANGELES — Raunchy comedy is having a rough run at the box office. Moviegoers turned out in strong numbers over the weekend for the well-reviewed fifth chapter in Paramount’s “Mission: Impossible” series, which sold about $56 million in tickets.
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Nigeria’s army says it has rescued 178 people held captive by Boko Haram | World news | The Guardian
Nigeria’s army said late on Sunday that it rescued 178 people held by Islamist militant group Boko Haram in Nigeria’s Borno state, the heartland of the insurgency. Spokesman Colonel Tukur Gusau said 101 of the those freed were children, 67 were wome…
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Travel Photographer of the Year: What was the best? – BBC News
From the harsh reality of the natural world, to stunning beauty seen at some of the planet’s remotest locations – the best images from the latest Travel Photographer of the Year competition are now on show in London.
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Fantasy author N.K. Jemisin isn’t satisfied with the status quo: it “is significantly racist and sexist and a whole bunch of other things that I think need to change.
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How a group of grannies got their first holiday – BBC News
A group of elderly women from a village in northern Italy have long dreamed of seeing the sea. They tried posing for a calendar to raise the funds – but unlike in the film, it didn’t work. Then one of their grandchildren came up with what seemed lik…
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Hope for Reshma 100 days after Nepal quake – Al Jazeera English
It’s been 100 days since an earthquake devastated Nepal and its people. Shortly afterwards, an Al Jazeera team met Reshma, an 11 year-old girl who was missing her mother and infant brother when a building collapsed on them.
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Anyone with a Facebook or Twitter account last week couldn’t avoid hearing about Walter James Palmer, the Minnesota dentist who allegedly went trophy hunting in Zimbabwe and killed Cecil the Lion, a local favorite who had been illegally lured away f…
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Two-thirds of public against building on Britain’s green belt land | Politics | The Guardian
Almost two-thirds of people think the green belt should not be built on, according to a survey conducted as protected land faces rising pressure from housing developments.
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Can computer coding help prisoners find a new life? – BBC News
Computer software, apps and websites are all made using coding languages or code for short. But despite the importance of coding, there is a major global shortage of people with the right skills.
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Teenagers and students advised to take new meningitis vaccine | Society | The Guardian
Health officials are calling on teenagers to come forward for a new vaccine against meningitis and septicaemia, particularly if they plan to go to university in September. From Monday, GPs will be inviting all 17- and 18-year-olds to take part in th…
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George Osborne asks public sector workers for money-saving ideas | Society | The Guardian
Millions of public sector workers, including teachers, civil servants and diplomats, are to be asked for their ideas on how to deliver public services more efficiently to help George Osborne cut departmental spending by £20bn.
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Immigrants living in Britain illegally will face abrupt eviction from rental properties under new laws designed to make Britain a tougher place to live in, the government will announce as it redoubles its response to the Calais migrant crisis.
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For almost 100 years, Agatha Christie has beguiled readers with her much-loved mysteries. But now a panel of experts claims to have worked out how to answer the perennial question: whodunnit?
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Foreign Office drops references to its campaign to abolish death penalty | Politics | The Guardian
The UK Foreign Office has revised its global human rights priorities, dropping any explicit reference to its campaign to abolish the death penalty. The recalibration of the promotion of civil liberties overseas has triggered a row between campaigner…
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Fatal helicopter crash grounds Russian helicopters – BBC News
The Russian defence ministry has grounded its fleet of Mi-28 attack helicopters after a fatal accident at an air show on Sunday.
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Bank lending to business forecast to rise in 2015 | Business | The Guardian
Business lending by Britain’s banks remains on track to rise in 2015, despite falling sharply in June, according to a new forecast from the EY Item Club.
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Iain Green on the athletics doping allegations – cartoon | Comment is free | The Guardian
Illustration: ©Iain Green, 2015
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This year, I went to comic con as “Drunk Uncle Ben”. The goal: pass out and die in front of as many spidermen as possible. (imgur.com)
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Obama White House says carbon emissions cuts legal under Clean Air Act | Environment | The Guardian
The White House insisted on Sunday it was on strong legal footing as it unveiled details of ambitious carbon-reduction plans that are likely to be fiercely opposed by coal-burning Republican states.
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Open Channel: That Similarity Between Ant-Man And Interstellar
I finally got to see Ant-Man recently, and something that happened in it made me sit back and think while I was driving home. Why did Ant-Man largely get a pass for this, while Interstellar was ridiculed for it? Some spoilers ahead. Seriously, some …
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Windows 10 is a step forward for desktop, and a step back for tablet
Earlier this week, Microsoft released the anticipated Windows 10 update to millions of users worldwide. But for tablet users who had become accustomed to Windows 8, the new tablet mode in Windows 10 feels like a step backwards.
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American Pharoah makes winning return at Haskell Invitational | Sport | The Guardian
Trainer Bob Baffert might well be expecting a call from the Bureau of Competition after the 48th running of the $1.75m Grade I Haskell Invitational Stakes at Monmouth Park, in which Triple Crown hero American Pharoah treated his opponents to a displ…
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Athletics Roiled by Mass Doping Allegations | Al Jazeera America
Three weeks before the world championships, athletics was thrown into turmoil by new accusations of widespread doping and experts denouncing an anti-doping system compromised by leniency.
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OCEANPORT, N.J. — In his first race since becoming the first Triple Crown champion in 37 years, American Pharoah raced to a victory in the 48th running of the William Hill Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park on Sunday.
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INDIAN LAND, S.C. — Twenty-five years ago, Ni Meijuan earned $19 a month working the spinning machines at a vast textile factory in the Chinese city of Hangzhou. Now at the Keer Group’s cotton mill in South Carolina, which opened in April, Ms.
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Ever wondered why humanity’s alone in the universe? It’s because we don’t exist
If you do step past the great orange gate to see what’s inside, expect to be confronted with possible answers to the Grand Mysteries of Creation™. Including, but not limited to: You’ve been warned.
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SolarCity: The company didn’t invent the solar panel, but it invented something even more important.
There’s a huge, ongoing, and justifiable obsession with Elon Musk and his ventures—chiefly Tesla, the electric car manufacturer, and SpaceX, his private spacecraft business. It’s not surprising a biography of the man was a best-seller this year.
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Adele Island : Image of the Day
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station took this photograph of Adele Island, off of Australia’s north coast. The island is only 2.9 kilometers (2 miles) long, but the entire tidal zone—with concentric and extensive sandbanks—is 24.5 kil…
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Ephemeral Vs. Perpetual Messaging: Thinking Outside The Timeline | TechCrunch
If you are following the battle of the short messaging systems, you might think it is a one-dimensional contest between the systems that maintain your chat history for all time – like Twitter and Facebook – and the so-called disappearing messengers …
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VICE News is closely tracking global environmental change. Check out the Tipping Point blog here. The icebreaker that’s key to Shell’s plans to drill for oil in the Arctic is heading back north after authorities broke a dramatic blockade on Friday b…
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It was a brilliant idea: Buy the original, then commission and sell forgeries. It almost worked …
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Second American Sought for Hunting, Killing a Lion in Protected Zimbabwe Park | VICE News
Warning: the images in this story may disturb some readers. Dr. Jan Casmir Seski is being sought by Zimbabwe’s National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority after allegedly illegally hunting and killing a lion at the Hwange National Park in Zimba…
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The K-Y-A in KYA Anlytics stands for “Know Your Audience,” and founder and CEO Jeff Weisbein said that’s exactly what he’s trying to help online publishers do.
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Enjoy This Gorgeous Image of the Lagoon Nebula
At this very instant, five thousand light years from Earth, near the center of our galaxy, new stars are forming in a region of interstellar gas and dust called the Lagoon Nebula. Bright, hot young stars blaze amid dark clouds of dust and bright str…
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Delighted to meet hedgehog on the lawn: Country diary 100 years ago | Environment | The Guardian
OxfordshireHearing a sound half-way between a snuffle, a choke, and a grunt last night in the garden, I took a candle and made investigations. For some time I had noticed on the grass traces of what I believed to be hedgehogs, and the light of the c…
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LPT: Check and replace AC unit filters regularly. Units as clogged as this waste electricity, don’t cool as well, and can make you sneeze or sick! (i.imgur.com)
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Today, it’s difficult to imagine a world without “Clueless,” the 1995 teen movie starring Alicia Silverstone that’s since gone on to be a cultural touchstone for women of all ages.
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Five Myths About New U.S. Climate Plan: What You May Not Know
Talk about complexity. The key plank of President Obama’s climate plan is hardly one-size-fits-all. Its targets vary by state, and its details can be confusing, so here’s a myth-busting guide. The U.S.
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Man arrested on Isle of Wight after woman’s body found | UK news | The Guardian
Police were called at 12.40pm on Sunday to a property in Barton Road, Newport, where they found a body. Hampshire police have launched an investigation and the scene was cordoned off so that specialist forensic officers could examine the property.
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Exiled Yemeni PM visits Aden after its recapture – Al Jazeera English
Khaled Bahah, Yemen’s exiled prime minister, has visited districts of the port city of Aden, with the World Food Programme (WFP) distributing aid to locals there. Eighty percent of Yemen’s 24-million population is in need of aid, according to UN da…
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Woody Allen says he’s too “lazy” and “middle class” to make good movies · Newswire · The A.V. Club
For decades, movie-goers have begged to learn more about Woody Allen, Hollywood’s most enigmatic filmmaker.
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Dude surfs a wave on a dirt bike : videos
Beep beep. Out the way, nature. America is here. Too late. America now.
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Ashes 2015: England can break the sequence despite loss of Jimmy Anderson | Sport | The Guardian
So in the aftermath of their comprehensive win at Edgbaston, England have that elusive thing called momentum going into the fourth Test at Trent Bridge starting on Thursday. Or do they? They had plenty of momentum after the victory in Cardiff too, a…
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Humans recap: season one, episode eight – the big finale | Television & radio | The Guardian
Spoiler alert: this recap covers the eighth episode of Humans showing on Channel 4. For episode seven, click here If you’ve grown to love the conscious synths over the past few episodes, look away now.
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The New Ghostbusters Visit Boston Hospital In Full Costume
Celebrities visiting a hospital has been a cool thing to do for a while now: Christian Bale and Chris Pratt have been known to stop by to cheer up kids.
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Chelsea’s Emma Hayes keeps FA Cup final winners focused on more trophies | Football | The Guardian
This was a big occasion for women’s football: the first FA Cup final to take place at Wembley, where a warm afternoon added to the sense that here was a game basking in its moment.
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The official teaser released by Paramount Pictures doesn’t give us a whole lot of information about what to expect from the sequel that fans have been anticipating for nearly 15 years.
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Rio triathlon overshadowed by doping and virus fears | Sport | The Guardian
In the biggest test yet of preparations for the 2016 Games, hundreds of Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls swam, cycled and ran under the limpid blue skies of Copacabana over the weekend, but the glorious scenes were partly overshadowed by fears about …
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Alcohol Is A Gateway Drug, Not Marijuana According To This Study : worldnews
Alcohol Is A Gateway Drug, Not Marijuana According To This Study (hot6today.com)submitted just now by paterasloading…
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John Isner beats Marcos Baghdatis to win third-straight Atlanta Open title | Sport | The Guardian
John Isner won the Atlanta Open for the third straight year, beating Marcos Baghdatis 6-3, 6-3 on Sunday at Atlantic Station. The top-seeded former University of Georgia star has reached the final in Atlanta in five of the past six years and is 20-3…
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Boko Haram attack reported in Nigeria village – Al Jazeera English
Boko Haram fighters have killed 13 people in an attack on Malari village in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, witnesses say.
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Saudi king cuts short controversial holiday in France – BBC News
King Salman of Saudi Arabia has cut short a holiday on the French Riviera where the closure of a beach for his security caused an uproar. After only eight days of what was planned as a three-week stay, the king flew on to Morocco, officials said.
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The Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, prepared on Sunday to become the latest powerful state official booked on felony charges. But unlike when Governor Rick Perry smiled for his mugshot last year, Republicans are not rushing to Paxton’s defense.
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Canada PM calls general elections in October – Al Jazeera English
The story behind Nigeria’s domestic movie industry, the second biggest producer of films in the world. An investigation into the role of one of the most influential banks in the world.
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A Xena Reboot Is Coming, But Probably Without Lucy Lawless
The reboot factory is rolling out yet another old television favorite: Xena: The Warrior Princess. Unfortunately, we probably won’t be able to see Lucy Lawless reprise her role as the former warlord-turned-hero.
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I love Minions. And you don’t. So: What’s the deal?
Since their inception, Minions have brought me nothing but joy. They’re funny, loyal, insightful, ambitious, and provide us with a valuable commentary on the nature of humanity itself.
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Terrawatch: The lost art of specimen illustration | Science | The Guardian
Today scientists use sophisticated technology to catalogue treasures such as fossils. Items can be laser scanned, enabling us to view the object from any angle, without even touching the specimen. But sometimes you can’t beat an old fashioned illust…
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GENEVA — One morning in late June, 1,200 runners snaked up the south side of the Chamonix Valley before dawn in southeastern France. They were participating in the Mont Blanc 80 KM, a grueling running race in which participants would cover 50 miles …
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Harvard University Press has released what looks like a new book by Thomas Piketty, but isn’t. My unhappy review.
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Can tech help overcome addiction?
The tragic death of 22-year-old Bobbi Kristina Brown this week, along with the memory of the drug-related death of her mother and acclaimed performer Whitney Houston, is a painful reminder of the severity of drug addiction and its potential to cross…
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Hillary Clinton vs. Bernie Sanders is a fight for the soul of the Democratic Party that must happen
Democrats sold out their values over the last 30 years. Ronald Reagan successfully gave the country a semblance of supply-side economics success, using Keynesian economics with a supply-side facade. He slashed taxes mostly for the wealthy and supple…
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Startups Rocket To The Front Of The Space Race | TechCrunch
Capitalizing on the falling cost of launch services and the miniaturization of satellites, a new breed of startups are gearing up for the space race under the moniker of NewSpace. At a recent conference in San Jose, Calif.
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Smog-belching refrigerated trucks might soon emit harmless nitrogen instead – Quartz
But a whole other world of dirty, outdated technology is still pumping carbon dioxide and other pollutants onto the streets. Called “auxiliary engines”, they generally run on diesel and drive the cooling system in refrigerated trucks that transport …
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“Lunch” · Wet Hot American Summer: First Day Of Camp · TV Review · The A.V. Club
Wet Hot American Summer the movie has an honest-to-goodness, fleshed out plot, but when people talk about what they loved about the movie, they almost never talk about the plot. They talk about the jokes, and not even the jokes that directly relate …
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A porn parody of UFC fighter Ronda Rousey is coming soon
As per usual, Ronda Rousey stepped into a UFC cage on Saturday and dominated an opponent, defeating Bethe Correia just a few days after Rousey declared that she wasn’t a “do-nothing bitch” and proclaimed that she loves her body.
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BBC Sport – Leaked IAAF doping files: Toni Minichiello questions lack of action
Jessica Ennis-Hill’s coach Toni Minichiello has queried why no action was taken over leaked data suggesting widespread doping in elite athletics. He urged world governing body the IAAF to examine its “internal mechanisms”.
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Foreign visitors shun Tunisia’s Sousse beach – Al Jazeera English
A month after an attack on a beach resort in Tunisia left 38 tourists dead, foreign visitors are largely staying away.
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Yesterday, a dropout of the Derek Zoolander Center For Kids Who Can’t Read Good And Wanna Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too accidentally released the teaser trailer for Zoolander 2 a little early, prompting mass hysteria among the world’s Blue Steel …
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White House set to adopt sweeping curbs on carbon pollution – The Washington Post
The Obama administration will formally adopt an ambitious regulation for cutting greenhouse-gas pollution on Monday, requiring every state to reduce emissions from coal-burning power plants and putting the country on a course that could change the w…
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California Wildfire Grows, Closes Two Highways | Al Jazeera America
The Rocky Fire in Lake County north of San Francisco has grown in size by about 20,000 acres since Saturday, according to Cal Fire, a state website for fire information.
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Innocent Hitchhiking Robot Murdered by America — NYMag
A cute, harmless robot, that was built by Canadian researchers to study the kindness of strangers, was unable to survive in America after successful hitchhiking trips across Canada and Europe, according to the Associated Press.
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Your inherited genes control your IQ and may affect how well you do at exams | Ars Technica
We know that genes play a role in how well children do in school, but there are gaps in our knowledge: is this the same for different topics in school? And can this be explained largely by intelligence, or do other genetic factors contribute?
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Russian Military Helicopter Crashes at Air Show, Latest in Series of Military Crashes | VICE News
A Russian military helicopter crashed Sunday as it took part in an airshow leaving the pilot dead and another injured according to the Defense Ministry.
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Brandon Boykin clarifies comment about Chip Kelly and ‘men of our culture’ | Sport | The Guardian
Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Brandon Boykin has clarified comments that suggested the Philadelphia Eagles head coach, Chip Kelly, has a problem with black players. Boykin, who joined the Steelers from the Eagles on Saturday, had said that Kelly is…
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Mexican photojournalist found dead was likely tortured, activists say | World news | The Guardian
A photojournalist who was found dead in Mexico City after he fled harassment in his home state appears to have been tortured before he was shot dead, the head of a free press advocacy group said on Sunday.
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Jean-Pierre Drucker pips Britain’s Ben Swift in London-Surrey Classic | Sport | The Guardian
Ben Swift endured another near miss on The Mall as Luxembourg’s Jean-Pierre Drucker beat the 27-year-old Briton in a four-way sprint to claim the RideLondon-Surrey Classic in blazing sunshine yesterday.
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Baltimore shootings: weekend violence kills two amid record-setting report | US news | The Guardian
Fresh off its deadliest month in 43 years, Baltimore saw 11 people shot – and two of them killed – in the first two days of August.
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Romas mark 71st anniversary of Nazi massacre – Al Jazeera English
Sunday marks the anniversary of the mass killings of Europe’s Roma, an event which countries in Central Europe remain reluctant to acknowledge. It is believed 500,000 Roma people were killed by Nazis but historians in Hungary say many more Roma may …
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Jeremy Corbyn will brush aside warnings that he risks a return to the divisions of the 1980s when he outlines plans to end “the years of political and economic austerity” to help create a high-skilled workforce in Britain.
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The Ljubljana Tinder power rankings
The Daily Dot is exploring the depth and beauty of foreign hookups with its ongoing Tinder power rankings. It’s a travelogue for swiping abroad. Last month, I poured my heart out into the loveless sieve of Tinder like a drunkard sloshing beer from k…
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Customers claim Jessica Alba’s Honest sunscreen honestly sucks
Jessica Alba can burn you with her hotness, and she can also indirectly burn you with the ineffectiveness of her organic sunscreen line, some consumers say. Alba has created a natural product empire with the Honest Company.
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Donald J. Trump has fired a campaign adviser after racially-charged Facebook posts under his name emerged last week, Mr. Trump’s campaign manager said. “Effective immediately, low level part-time consultant, Sam Nunberg is no longer associated with …
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Dr. Dre will release his first album in 16 years — but it won’t be the much anticipated “Detox.” The album is titled “Compton A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre,” and will be available Aug. 7 on Apple Music.
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MAYAGṺEZ, P.R. — The first visible sign that the health care system in Puerto Rico was seriously ailing was when a steady stream of doctors — more than 3,000 in five years — began to leave the island for more lucrative, less stressful jobs on the ma…
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3D Printed Bubble Bucket Blows 14,000 Bubbles Per Minute – YouTube
This is the 3D Printed Bubble Bucket, designed by “Scratchhax”. It can blow up to 14,000 bubbles per minute. Read and see more at http://3dprint.com/84721/3d-printed-b…
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Back in 2001 two French economists, Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez, circulated a seminal research paper (formally published two years later) titled “Income inequality in the United States, 1913-1998.
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As everyone knows, there are two kinds of lies: Bad ones that are hurtful, and less bad ones that are a little less hurtful.
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It was one of those moments that makes you either stand up from your chair or fall back into it, and for Christian Benteke the perfect way to mark his first appearance for Liverpool.
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The Holocaust, slavery, and the Republicans’ routinely repulsive rhetoric
Sadly, the ranks of reasonable people apparently don’t include many of the leading lights of the Republican Party and its amen corner in the conservative movement.
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“Bart Star” · The Simpsons (Classic) · TV Review · The A.V. Club
In which it’s very easy to criticize (fun, too)… It would be easy, and somewhat accurate, to describe Homer Simpson as a bad father. He’s selfish, dismissive, and generally refuses to take any interest in his children’s lives unless prompted or pr…
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Ebola Vaccine Shows 100% Effectiveness In Latest Trial
There’s a new tool in the fight against Ebola in West Africa: rVSV-ZEBOV, a vaccine that has recently concluded a study phase, with researchers finding that it was incredibly effective against the deadly disease.
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I can picture now every strange quirk of the cars I rode in as a kid. The Ford Popular had indicators that were levers, jerking out to signal at the pull of a wire. The Morris Minor had a hole in the floor, beneath the carpet, so a child could pee w…
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An Oregon Library Reinvents Itself – The Atlantic
Over the past three months my wife Deb and I have been doing a lot of traveling, interviewing, and reporting for our American Futures series, for a set of posts that we haven’t published yet but will roll out in coming weeks.
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Erison and the Ebola Soccer Survivors on Vimeo
Refusing to live in Ebola’s shadow, Erison Turay and others in Sierra Leone found new strength and solidarity on the soccer field. Produced by: Ben C. Solomon Click here to follow us: vimeo.com/newyorktimes Watch more videos at: nytimes.com/video Fo…
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Donald Trump staffer fired over past racially charged Facebook posts | US news | The Guardian
The Trump campaign confirmed to the Guardian on Sunday that longtime aide Sam Nunberg had been fired, after Business Insider reported on an eight-year-old social media post.
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Obama To Impose Strict Regulations To Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions | VICE News
In an effort to combat the rising threat posed by climate change, President Barack Obama is slated to introduce sweeping changes to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the US by limiting the amount of carbon that can be released from power plants throug…
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MH370: Malaysia urges debris vigilance after wing part found – BBC News
Malaysia is asking other Indian Ocean islands near French-owned Reunion to be on the lookout for more possible debris after a wing part suspected of being from missing flight MH370 came ashore. The Malaysia Airlines plane, carrying 239 people, vanis…
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500px ISO » Stunning Photography, Incredible Stories » 30 Incredible Ballet Portraits
The sublime art of ballet is about movement; and yet, few videos seem to do the ballet dancer justice like the perfectly captured still image.
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Vegan Black Metal Chef makes lasagna – Boing Boing
This Vegan Black Metal Chef is Brutal.
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Famous hitchhiking robot gets ripped apart in Philadelphia
This is why we can’t have nice things. A hitchhiking robot named hitchBOT set off on a cross-country journey two weeks ago, starting in Boston.
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Amnesty International is one of the great organisations of the modern world. Few can have done more to establish the simple propositions that human rights matter and that they matter for everyone. It has exalted the lowly and brought down the mighty…
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The United Nations has published its latest projections for world population. It predicts that the current 7.3bn people on the planet will reach 8.5bn in 2030, and could be 11.2bn at the end of the century. India is expected to overtake China as the…
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On Dark Matter, Why Not Seek Revenge For Things You Can’t Remember?
Why even give these people amnesia if they’re going to go ahead and find out everything they can and get revenge for things they can’t remember? Episode eight was a lot better executed than last week’s. There was only one major plot going on, so dev…
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Why the U.S. government’s new cybersecurity solution is doomed to fail
Congress is about to respond to the Office of Personnel Management cyberattack with a move as ill-considered as it will be ineffective.
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Obama Finalizes Sweeping Climate Change Plan — NYMag
On Monday, President Obama will release an ambitious set of environmental regulations designed to sharply cut greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. power plants, according to the New York Times and Washington Post.
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GOP’s 2016 pack fights for debate space | TheHill
The clock is ticking for GOP candidates at the bottom of the polls, scratching and clawing to reach the stage for the first Republican debate Thursday. Only 10 contenders will make the cut, leaving the rest struggling for visibility in a much sm…
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Bill Nye Reads Mean Tweets That Were Sent To Him – Digg
“Maybe do cartwheels for voodoo,” isn’t even mean, it’s just evocative and confusing.
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How to hack a city—and why we should
No one thinks about the servers and infrastructure that run cities: at least, not until something goes wrong, like flooding, blackouts, or gridlock.
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How cyberthriller ‘The Net’ predicted the future of the Web
When The Net premiered 20 years ago this week, filmgoers were astounded by the potential of the Internet to drastically change their lives in irrevocable ways. I’m referring, of course, to the promise of being able to order a pizza online.
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Why are weddings so damn expensive? – YouTube
A wedding videographer explains the bizarre economics of your big day.Listen to NPR’s Planet Money on why wedding dresses are so expensive: http://www.npr.org/sections/money/201…Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjOVox.com is a news websi…
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Paul Romer has been writing a series of posts on the problem he calls “mathiness”, in which economists write down fairly hard-to-understand mathematical models accompanied by verbal claims that don’t actually match what’s going on in the math.
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‘Daily Show’ producer Jena Friedman on her biting new show, ‘American C**t’
Jena Friedman is a standup comedian, a field producer on the Daily Show, and a former writer for Late Night with David Letterman. She is gearing up to leave her position on the Daily Show—she’s leaving when Jon leaves—to pursue personal projects.
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Music: “The Happy Song (Dum-Dum,)” Otis Redding (1968) – Boing Boing
“Those good old lovely songs. Those sweet soul music songs.
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An elegant computer for a more civilized age – Boing Boing
Somewhere, nestled in the woods near Santa Rosa, California, Ryan Powers came across this relic from a time better left forgotten.
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50 Years after Selma March, Activists Walk Again to Restore Voting Rights in South | VICE News
More than 50 years ago, George Sallie, at the time a 36-year-old Korean War veteran, shuffled behind Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other leaders of America’s civil rights movement in a march stretching 54 miles from Selma to Montgomery, Al…
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US resumes strategic dialogue with Egypt – Al Jazeera English
The US has resumed formal security talks with Egypt that were last held six years ago and kept on hold until now amid the political unrest that swept the country in the wake of the Arab Spring.
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Your Banking Future And The Big Brother Fed | TechCrunch
Manhattan, 2040: Alice wants to open an antiques store. Chelsea seems like a good location. She has to find 150 square meters to move the items that she has collected over the years, and to go on a tour of flea markets in Eastern Europe, her area of…
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Trump: People Won’t Vote For Another Black President Because Of Obama | ThinkProgress
President Obama has sort of ruined the whole concept of black presidents, according to Donald Trump. The statement has the potential to raise some eyebrows, as former white presidents who have been perceived poorly have seemingly not prevented futur…
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So You Want To Join The Empire: The Finer Details
Last week in this series, I took a look at how you take a rough kit of plastic and bring it down to a workable pile of plastic. Rough cutting brings the vacuuformed parts into recognizable shapes, and gets you closer to the part where you begin to a…
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In Medieval England, Fugitives Seeking Sanctuary Needed Only To Get Themselves To Church.
Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. So you are in 13th century England and you’ve been accused of, or maybe have actually committed, a murder.
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Amazon opens up Alexa voice technology: Army of third-party devices incoming
A little over a week ago, Amazon announced it was opening up its Alexa voice assistant – the technology behind the Echo – for use by third parties for free. Now developers can finally start integrating the technology into their own software and devi…
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Nerveless Inbee Park claims Women’s British Open to seal career grand slam | Sport | The Guardian
There are two sure signs to look for when a golfer is succumbing to the pressure of a big occasion. The swing gets shorter and faster. And putts start coming up short of the hole.
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Britain at the Bookies: a rose-tinted view of the nation’s gambling habit | Sport | The Guardian
“Stuart is on his daily trip around the betting shops of Huddersfield.” While viewers will almost certainly hear more depressing lines uttered in the voiceovers of future documentaries, that particular zinger will take some beating.
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People in Britain should boost their vitamin D intake with supplements because the UK does not get enough bright sunshine to provide naturally, government health advisors have suggested.
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BT Sport were left embarrassed on the opening day of what they are hoping will be their breakthrough season after the broadcasters’ website and app struggled to cope with the demand for coverage of Sunday’s Community Shield between Arsenal and Chels…
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President Obama announces new Clean Power Plan to combat climate change
In a video posted to the White House Facebook page on Saturday, President Obama announced his new plan to combat climate change. The Clean Power Plan will be released in full on Monday, and include a new set of regulations targeting power plants acr…
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Donald Trump backlash intensifies within GOP ahead of first 2016 debate | US news | The Guardian
Amid growing rancour among Republican presidential candidates ahead of their crowded first debate on Thursday, current frontrunner Donald Trump on Sunday threatened to consider running as an independent if he was not “treated fairly” by the party.
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You can now reserve (but not pay for) the ‘liquid-metal’ Turing Phone
The Turing Phone made headlines when it was announced back in April thanks to its eccentric design, ‘liquid metal’ construction and high-security premise. You can now put in a reservation to make sure you get the storage and color scheme you were vy…
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Lord Coe expects ‘robust response’ from IAAF to claims of mass doping | Sport | The Guardian
Lord Coe said he expects “a robust response” from the world athletics governing body to claims of mass doping following the leak of thousands of elite athletes’ blood test results by a whistleblower.
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5 of the worst accidental butt-dial scenarios
For our personal hero Tina Belcher, butts are a glorious, magnificent thing. Our cartoon heroine has a photographic butt memory and can often be found curating her butt bank.
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Zoolander 2 Trailer Ponders Life, The Universe, and Derek Zoolander | Vanity Fair
It may not be as fierce as a walk down a Paris catwalk, but the first teaser trailer for Zoolander 2 (or is that 2oolander? Zoolander II?) at least proves that age has not made Derek Zoolander one bit smarter. The trailer doesn’t reveal much about t…
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Caitlín R. Kiernan’s Drowning Girl and The Red Tree Optioned For Film
Caitlín R. Kiernan has earned considerable acclaim for her works, including a pair of World Fantasy Awards last year, and now, two of her best-known works have been optioned for film.
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A year after John Crawford III, a 22-year-old black man, was killed by a white police officer while carrying an air rifle in an Ohio Walmart, a federal review of the case remains unfinished.
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The Hunting of Hillary: A conversation with Joe Conason
Conason was kind enough to give us a few moments to talk about the media and the Clintons, surely one of the strangest stories of the last 25 years, as discussed below.
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CAIRO — Secretary of State John Kerry told the Egyptian authorities on Sunday that they would not be able to defeat terrorism at home unless they showed greater respect for human rights.
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Shiv Puri embraced New York City’s paid sick leave law last year and was heralded as a trailblazer among employers. At City Hall, Mayor Bill de Blasio praised him as “a great example to business owners all across the city.”
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Erasing yourself from the Internet is really, really hard | Fusion
Horrified, all I could do was count. One, two, three, four, five, six. Six. Six friends of mine who appeared on a list of doxing targets. Sick to my stomach, I started texting and emailing people – all the while hoping that the information was wrong…
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What’s That Thing: Stockbridge dampers.
What’s That Thing is Slate’s column that examines the details of the world that are hiding in plain sight. Send ideas for future columns, along with photos if possible, to whatisthat@markvr.com. Like all scientists, biologist Craig M.
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This Is How to Find the Spiders That Are Staring At You in the Dark
Have you ever looked out into your backyard at night and wondered how many spiders are lurking out there? If you have a flashlight, you can spot them by the creepy green glow of their eyes. Most spiders have eight eyes.
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Greek shares ‘set to plunge 20%’ as stock exchange reopens – BBC News
The Athens Stock Exchange is set to plunge by as much as 20% on Monday when trading finally resumes after a five-week closure, traders have predicted. The bourse was shut just before the Greek government imposed capital controls at the height of the…
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With miscarriage, there are many routes to shame | Zoe Williams | Comment is free | The Guardian
‘Most people don’t discuss miscarriages because you worry your problems will distance you or reflect upon you – as if you’re defective or did something to cause this,” wrote Mark Zuckerberg, announcing his wife’s pregnancy, after three miscarriages.
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Ashes: 10 things to look out for in England v Australia at Trent Bridge | Sport | The Guardian
The suggestion is that Mark Wood will come in at Trent Bridge, where his first-class record is an impressive 15 wickets at an average of 22.53. The last part of that sentence won’t mean a thing by the time he kicks off that imaginary wall for his fi…
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Sunday Puzzle is on holiday this weekend! In its place, try your hand at this week’s collection of puzzles from NPR’s Will Shortz. “Every answer this week is a six-letter word that contains two consecutive F’s. Use each anagram of the other four let…
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True Blood to Tarzan: how Alexander Skarsgård swung into Hollywood | Film | The Guardian
“I’m tall in Sweden,” says Alexander Skarsgård, lounging across a conveniently oversized sofa. “But I’m huge in Hollywood.” He’s not kidding: at 6ft 4in, he’s even taller in the flesh than he appears on screen.
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10 Lab-Made Meats, Cheeses And Other Odd Startup Foods | TechCrunch
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Six in hospital after Taplow boat explosion | UK news | The Guardian
Six people, including a three-year-old boy, have been taken to hospital after an explosion on a boat. Thames Valley police are investigating the cause of the explosion at Bray Lock in Taplow, near Maidenhead, at around 12.40pm on Sunday.
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Joe Biden May Be Considering A 2016 Presidential Run | Vanity Fair
Joe Biden may be considering giving Hillary Clinton a run for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination. While rumors of a presidential run have circulated around Biden for years, he previously said that he would make a final decision for the 2016…
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Is one minute of high-intensity exercise really enough to get fit?| Life and style | The Guardian
Too busy to get fit? No longer an excuse. The world of workouts is moving to ever-shorter bursts of activity.
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BBC’s rivals aren’t feeling the pinch as much as green paper suggests | Media | The Guardian
Over recent weeks the media story – with a slight diversion for “Lord Coke”, bless him – has been the BBC.
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BBC Sport – Women’s British Open: Inbee Park wins seventh major at Turnberry
Inbee Park claimed her seventh major title after seeing off the challenge of fellow South Korean Ko Jin-young to win the Women’s British Open at Turnberry. The world number one shot seven birdies and an eagle during a seven-under round of 65 – the j…
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Voice over: why Tesco’s female tills have checked out for the final time | Business | The Guardian
Name: Helena Breck. Occupation: Actor.
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Star Trek And Shania Twain Work Surprisingly Well
There’s no reason why this should work, but somehow, it does. Spock and McCoy shippers, take note: this sums up the pair’s relationship perfectly.
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England’s Ian Bell warns of Australia backlash with the Ashes in reach | Sport | The Guardian
England will blow off the cobwebs from their post-Edgbaston celebrations with a game of football at Nottingham Forest’s training ground as they turn their attention to Thursday’s fourth Ashes Test at Trent Bridge with Ian Bell warning that Australia…
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Ted Cruz again claims Obama works to the benefit of our enemies. And the movement loves him for it.
And because he is of the opinion that his political enemies are probably working hand in hand with terrorists and that no government at all is better than a government of negotiated compromise, a certain element of the Republican base loves him, as …
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Cesc Fàbregas and Eden Hazard go missing and hand Arsenal initiative | Football | The Guardian
In their final preparation game for the Premier League campaign, Arsenal and Chelsea were still ironing out flaws in their approach – and while Arsène Wenger’s side emerged victorious, the two sides faced similar issues.
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Iran uses fabricated WikiLeaks cable to smear UN rights rapporteur | World news | The Guardian
Iran has launched a sophisticated smear campaign against the UN special rapporteur investigating its human rights violations by widely spreading a fabricated WikiLeaks cable purporting to show he received bribes from Saudi Arabia.
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Future Artefacts fair seeks to show physical media are far from dead | Media | The Guardian
A fair celebrating the future of physical objects in media – from books and magazines to records and cassettes – will debut in London this autumn, demonstrating that print is anything but dead.
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So ends the honeymoon: the turmoil in Calais and its consequences in Kent have finally dragged David Cameron from the election winner’s podium down to political ground level and a harsh audit of his response to the cross-Channel crisis.
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Mexican photojournalist Ruben Espinosa found dead – BBC News
Ruben Espinosa, who worked for the investigative magazine Proceso, had recently moved to the city from the eastern state of Veracruz where he said he had been threatened and harassed. Veracruz is considered one of the most dangerous Mexican states f…
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Three overnight shootings kill two and injure 11 in New York City | US news | The Guardian
Two people were killed and 11 others wounded in three overnight shootings in New York City, including nine people hurt when gunfire broke out at a backyard party in Brooklyn, police said on Sunday. The gunfire at the party in the East New York secti…
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Sunday show wrap-up: 2016 grabs spotlight | TheHill
Trump: GOP challengers ‘viciously’ attacked me “They attacked me first and I hit them back,” he said Sunday. http://hill.cm/mz0GCxc Paul: Defund Planned Parenthood, support community health centers “I think most Americans don’t want the… http://hill.
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Malaysia Says Debris Is Part of a Boeing 777 | Al Jazeera America
Airplane debris that washed up on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion has been identified as being from a Boeing 777, the same model as a Malaysian Airlines plane which vanished last year, Malaysian officials said Sunday. Experts say the 6.
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Girl stabbed at Israeli Gay Pride march dies of wounds – Al Jazeera English
A teenage girl stabbed along with five other people at a Jerusalem Gay Pride parade by a suspect identified as an Ultra-Orthodox Jew has died, according to a hospital statement.
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David Foster Wallace and Hollywood’s obsession with white guy biopics | Fusion
Hollywood loves to take a genius, or an athlete, or a politician — a notable figure whose life was important — and dramatize his story for the silver screen. A big shot actor is called in to gain (or lose) weight and develop every tick of this brill…
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Another Sunday edition of “This Week in Popular” brings with it yet another 25 photos that will either inspire you to go out there and shoot, or bang your head against a wall because darn it how are these people so talented!? We suggest the first op…
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California wildfire threatens 5,000 homes after spreading overnight | US news | The Guardian
Fire officials said a massive blaze raging in the Lower Lake area north of San Francisco spread overnight, covering more drought-stricken ground. Cal Fire said the fast-moving blaze had charred 71 square miles by Sunday morning and was threatening 5…
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BBC Sport – Leaked IAAF doping files: Lord Coe promises ‘robust’ response
Data leaked to the Sunday Times and a German broadcaster has revealed an “extraordinary extent of cheating” by athletes at the world’s biggest events, according to the newspaper.
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Huckabee: ‘We got nothing’ from Iran deal | TheHill
Former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-Ark.) said on Sunday that there is no benefit for Americans in President Obama’s nuclear agreement with Iran. Huckabee sparked outrage for invoking the Holocaust last week in his criticism of the pact over Iran’s nuclear…
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Watch The Original Fantastic Four Recut Into A Modern Trailer
The upcoming adaptation of Fantastic Four is coming later this week, and it’s getting a bit of a cool reception. The folks over at New York Magazine wanted to look back at the original Robert Corman adaptation and recut it into a modern-ish trailer.
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How Vacation Broke From National Lampoon — Vulture
Van Wilder was a good thing for National Lampoon. It was also a very bad thing for them. When the collegiate romp was released in 2002, expectations were modest.
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Carson: ‘Black Lives Matter’ controversy is political correctness ‘going amuck’ | TheHill
Presidential candidate and former neurosurgeon Ben Carson said Sunday that the “Black Lives Matter” controversy is “political correctness going amuck.” “Of course all lives matter,” Carson, an African American, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.
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Make super cute fabric pins with Sukie Button Factory – Boing Boing
I’m 18 and still have so much fun sitting at my kitchen table doing arts and crafts. One of my favorite craft kits I own is an awesome and simple pin-making kit called the Sukie Button Factory. This kit makes it easy to create adorable fabric-covere…
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Trump: Biden has ‘good chance’ against Hillary | TheHill
GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Sunday that Vice President Biden could beat Hillary Clinton for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination. Reports emerged on Saturday that Biden is seriously considering a 2016 presidential campaign.
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the beginning of the 42nd Canadian federal election this morning, vowing that the two-and-a-half month campaign would be necessary for voters to differentiate between his party and its rivals.
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Freak downpours cause drop in numbers of puffin chicks | UK news | The Guardian
Puffin numbers on one of Britain’s most important seabird colonies may be hit by the terrible summer weather, wildlife experts have warned. Flooded burrows on the Farne Islands off the Northumberland coast have been blamed for a serious drop in the …
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Israeli Dies Injuries From Stabbing Pride parade | Al Jazeera America
An Israeli teenager died Sunday of stab wounds sustained when an ultra-Orthodox man with a knife attacked a Gay Pride parade in Jerusalem three days ago, police said. High school student Shira Banki, 16, was one of six people wounded in the assault.
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Jeb Bush is spending hours in sessions from Florida to Maine preparing policy answers for Thursday’s first Republican debate — but he is also being mindful to avert any display of disdain for the man he will stand beside, Donald J. Trump, who has in…
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THE most important question of the moment, as the Republican Party prepares for the first of 1,162 or so presidential primary debates, isn’t really what Donald Trump will say or do on stage. O.K.
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Donald Trump On Black Lives Matter: ‘We Have To Give Power Back To The Police’ | ThinkProgress
Asked about growing concerns over police brutality toward black Americans, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Sunday that more power should be given to the police.
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The head of China’s most famous kung fu temple is under investigation by the country’s religious administration after online allegations by an anonymous former monk surfaced.
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Russia has been singled out over doping, says former athletics coach | Sport | The Guardian
Top Russian sports officials have responded with anger to new accusations that athletes suspected of doping won most of the country’s athletics medals between 2001 and 2012, arguing that performance-enhancing drugs are a problem everywhere.
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Turkish military denies targeting civilians in Iraq – Al Jazeera English
Turkey’s military has denied allegations that it hit civilians in the village of Zargala in northern Iraq during air strikes, saying that the target was a shelter for Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters.
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Arsenal beat Chelsea to win Community Shield – Al Jazeera English
Arsene Wenger finally earned his first win over Jose Mourinho as Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s first-half goal gave Arsenal a 1-0 victory over Chelsea in the Community Shield.
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Derek and Clive are back – are they too much for the 21st century? | Stage | The Guardian
What’s the worst job you ever had? Ask the right (wrong) person and their eyes will light up with mischief and horrible recognition. They have found a kindred spirit.
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Arsenal 1-0 Chelsea | Community Shield | Football | The Guardian
It has taken 14 attempts, spread over 11 years, and in the most difficult moments Arsène Wenger has looked like he would cheerfully throttle José Mourinho with his own tie, but finally Arsenal’s manager knows what it feels like to get one over his b…
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Compare All The Objects Of The Solar System
Yesterday, we looked at an interactive infographic on the relative orbits of everything in the solar system. Today, let’s compare the planets to one another. This site shows us how all of the solar system’s planets (and Pluto) stack up.
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Joe Biden Reportedly Considering Run For President | ThinkProgress
Joe Biden — Vice President of the United States, celebrity crush of Leslie Knope, hero of The Onion — is reportedly considering a run for president. According to the New York Times, Biden is in the early stages of “actively explor[ing] a possible pr…
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Incredible ‘Uptown Funk’ supercut features 280 movie quotes
Just when you think the Internet might have tired of “Uptown Funk” videos, someone dreams up a creative new twist on the song. We’re totally impressed by the dedication it took to bring together movies like Pulp Fiction, This Is Spinal Tap, and Beet…
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“Our Early Solar System Harbored SuperEarths” (Weekend Feature)
Long before Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars formed, it seems that the inner solar system may have harbored a number of super-Earths–planets larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune.
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GOP chairman: Third-party run would be ‘death wish’ | TheHill
Republican National Chairman Reince Priebus on Sunday urged Republican candidates not to run as independents.
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A car bomb blast killed two Turkish soldiers Sunday and injured at least 31 others as violence escalated between the Turkish government and the Kurdish population inside and outside Turkey.
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BBC Sport – Zimbabwe beat New Zealand to end losing ODI run
Zimbabwe beat New Zealand by seven wickets in Harare to claim their first one-day international win over a Test-playing team in almost a year. Ross Taylor hit 112 not out as the tourists reached an imposing 303-4.
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Pro-Confederate flag rally at ‘south’s Mount Rushmore’ draws hundreds | US news | The Guardian
In a flare-up of the controversy that followed a June mass shooting in South Carolina, hundreds of protesters waving Confederate flags gathered this weekend in Georgia’s Stone Mountain Park.
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Local news reporter whips out the Nae Nae during commercial break
Walter Morris of Fox News San Diego was on a commercial break during a recent live shot, and instead of idly watching traffic, he was moved by the spirit of the Nae Nae. Luckily, the cameras were still rolling, and were able to capture his admittedl…
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A great travel portrait—one that honestly captures someone from the other side of the globe and makes you feel like, if only for a moment, you’re kin sharing this planet—is an incredible thing. And photographer Mohammed Al Sulaili seems to have mast…
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Machine Learning And Human Bias: An Uneasy Pair | TechCrunch
Algorithms like this obviously raise some uncomfortable questions.
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Blood doping: what is it and has anyone died as a result of it? | Sport | The Guardian
What is blood doping? Blood doping is the use of certain techniques or substances to increase the mass of red blood cells and therefore haemoglobin in the body.
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Zimbabwe stun World Cup finalists New Zealand – Al Jazeera English
Craig Ervine struck a powerful maiden century to lead Zimbabwe to a seven-wicket victory over 2015 World Cup finalists New Zealand in the first ODI at the Harare Sports Club. Ervine scored an unbeaten 130 off 108 balls as Zimbabwe reached the 304-ru…
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RNC head: GOP has ‘meritocracy’ on debates | TheHill
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said on Sunday that his party’s upcoming presidential debates are based on merit. Priebus cited the GOP’s 2012 presidential nominating process as proof the RNC is not setting a new precedent with…
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Ancient Egyptian underwater treasures to be exhibited for the first time | Science | The Guardian
Spectacular ancient Egyptian treasures are to be exhibited for the first time following their underwater discovery amid the submerged ruins of the near-legendary cities of Thonis-Heracleion and Canopus.
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Here’s The Trailer For The Final Season Of Continuum
Syfy is wrapping up Continuum this year with a final, 6 episode fourth season. It’ll start in Canada on September 4th, and will air in the United States on Syfy on September 11th.
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Researcher Disputes Report That Jericho, Cecil the Lion’s Brother, Was Killed
Satellite data from a tracking collar on Jericho showed that he had moved nine meters (29.5 feet) between about 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Saturday night, said Brent Stapelkamp, a field researcher with Oxford’s Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU).
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Jericho the Lion Is Alive and Well—and Not Cecil’s Brother
Jericho, the lion reputed to be both Cecil’s brother and killed in a hunt yesterday, is neither, say researchers in Zimbabwe. “Jericho was seen alive and well” at 6:15 a.m.
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What Surfing Teaches You About Life
Say the word “ surfer” and we tend to think of a muscle-bound hunk with sun-bleached, blonde hair and Schwarzenegger-style pecs. Bill Finnegan defies the stereotype.
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WASHINGTON — The shooting looked bad. But that is when the professor is at his best. A black motorist, pulled to the side of the road for a turn-signal violation, had stuffed his hand into his pocket. The white officer yelled for him to take it out.
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Iran nuclear deal makes Middle East safer, says John Kerry – video | World news | The Guardian
Speaking in Cairo, US secretary of state John Kerry says last month’s nuclear deal with Iran will bring greater peace and security to the Middle East. Despite persistent human rights concerns, the US on Sunday resumed formal security talks with Egyp…
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Olympic bid process to be simplified to allay fears over hosting games | Sport | The Guardian
Cities considering bidding for the Olympics in the future can expect an easier and less complicated procedure after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) overhauled the two-year process.
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Ghostbusters Cast Pays Visit To Children‘s Hospital | Vanity Fair
The Ghostbusters are known for raising ghosts, but the stars of the film can also raise spirits. Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones took a break from filming the reboot of the franchise and headed to Boston’s Floating Ho…
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Game of Thrones Brings In Deadwood’s Ian McShane for Season Six | Vanity Fair
Game of Thrones is turning into a game of HBO musical chairs. Ian McShane who starred in the network‘s gone-to-soon Western, Deadwood, is heading to Game of Thrones for the show’s sixth season.
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Sanders disagrees with Clinton on ‘many issues’ | TheHill
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said on Sunday that he does not always see eye to eye with Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton. Sanders said on Sunday that he is surprised by Clinton’s reluctance to state her position on whether the U.S.…
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Endangered Species Light Up the Empire State Building – The New Yorker
Between 9 P.M. and midnight on Saturday, the southern face of the Empire State Building became a giant projection screen filled with images of a snow leopard, a manta ray, and other imperilled land and sea creatures.
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South Sudan to compete in Rio after becoming 206th Olympic nation | World news | The Guardian
South Sudan has become the Olympic movement’s 206th member, crossing the final hurdle to competing at the 2016 Rio games.
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The Minds Behind Diversity in Comics: A Reading List : Longreads Blog
Comics inspire me to be brave, to collaborate with my friends, to try new things, to stand up for myself. Maybe that’s trite, but it’s true.
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Days after a shooting at a screening of Amy Schumer’s Trainwreck at a Lafayette movie theater, the daughter of a Sandy Hook shooting survivor posted an open letter to Schumer on Medium.
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Turn your smartphone into a hologram projector using everyday items
Using cheap items you may already have in your home, you can build your own 3D smartphone projector. Technically, this simple DIY project doesn’t produce a hologram, but the results look very similar.
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The UK’s most expensive borough to live in, the royal borough of Kensington and Chelsea, plans to send some of its most vulnerable residents to live outside London because the soaring property market means it can no longer afford to house them.
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With a career spanning over half a century, Samuel R. Delany has seen many changes within the science fiction landscape. The New Yorker has an essay about Delany and his life, with a particular look at his existence within the science fiction commun…
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In The Sonar System, a new children’s picture book by singer and MC Ras Mykha, the planets orbit a gigantic, pulsating speaker instead of a sun.
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In a year of violent police encounters, a 25-year-old movement to document law enforcement has new urgency. This is the story of Copwatch as told by Michael Brown’s neighbor and Freddie Gray’s friend.
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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada called a federal election on Sunday, hoping to maintain his Conservative Party’s decade-long hold on power despite questions about its ethics and a struggling economy. By law, Mr. Harper had to hold a…
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Santorum: GOP will treat Trump ‘fairly’ | TheHill
Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) said on Sunday that Republican leadership will treat Donald Trump with respect during the 2016 presidential race. Santorum’s remarks come as Republicans gear up for their first televised presidential debates later t…
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Tributes to Cilla Black, ‘Liverpool’s Cinderella’, pour in | Television & radio | The Guardian
Tributes have been paid to Cilla Black, who moved from singing star in the vanguard of the 1960s Merseyside pop revolution to queen of Saturday night television and then subject of a much-praised TV bio-drama last year.
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5 books to help you make better decisions
Morning runs every day for a month. Learn to code by July. Whatever you swore to do and then…well… didn’t, stop feeling guilty and do something about it. Here, we reveal five books that teach you exactly how to build your willpower and get things do…
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Festival Of Code Winners May Be The Startups Of The Future | TechCrunch
Startups start with talent, and the talent, as we all know, seems to get younger every year. But it wouldn’t happen if children themselves were not introduced to the word of technology and engineering early, and shown that it can be a fun, creative …
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Connor Franta’s Heard Well label taps Lohanthony as its next release
Lohanthony, a 16-year-old YouTube sensation known for calling out the “basics,” will be the next digital influencer to release on Heard Well, according to label co-founder Andrew Graham.
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Obama to Announce Steeper Power Plant Rules | Al Jazeera America
President Barack Obama will impose even steeper cuts on greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. power plants than previously expected, senior administration officials said Sunday, in what the president called the most significant step the U.S. has ever t…
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Jerusalem Gay Pride: Israel teenage stabbing victim dies – BBC News
Shira Banki, 16, was one of six people attacked at the event on Thursday. She was rushed to the Hadassah Medical Centre with serious wounds, but doctors were unable to save her. The other victims suffered various degrees of injuries.
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The Deschutes Library System in Central Oregon Reinvents Its Role – The Atlantic
Formula for success in Central Oregon: know the users, spot the opportunities, act with vigor. In 2010, the administrators of the Deschutes Public Library system, in the beautiful high desert region of central Oregon, had a great idea.
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Paul: Trump represents those with ‘vein of anger’ | TheHill
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Sunday said fellow GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump is tapping into a “vein of anger” with Washington – one with which he agrees.
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Canada to hold national election in major test for PM Stephen Harper | World news | The Guardian
The Canadian prime minister, Stephen Harper, on Sunday triggered a general election campaign, with the vote set for 19 October. Harper said on Sunday he had asked Canadian governor general David Johnson to dissolve parliament.
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Canada PM Harper calls general election for 19 October – BBC News
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has called a parliamentary election for 19 October. In an announcement he said he had asked Governor General David Johnston to dissolve parliament.
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Yann M’Vila and Leroy Fer set to add muscle to Sunderland’s midfield | Football | The Guardian
Dick Advocaat hopes to be in a position to include two new midfielders, Yann M’Vila and Leroy Fer, in the Sunderland squad he will take to Leicester City on Saturday. Significantly, both players are tall, powerful and physically imposing.
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Turkish troops killed in ‘PKK suicide attack’ | World news | The Guardian
Two Turkish soldiers have been killed and dozens wounded in a suicide attack blamed on Kurdish militants, as Ankara kept up its air campaign against the rebels’ bases in northern Iraq.
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Rafael Nadal beats Fabio Fognini to claim Hamburg Open title | Sport | The Guardian
Rafael Nadal won his 67th career title with a 7-5, 7-5 victory against the dangerous Italian Fabio Fognini in the final of the Hamburg Open on Sunday.
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One officer was indicted for murdering Sam Dubose. What about the officers who lied to cover it up?
Joseph T. Deters is the district attorney of Hamilton County, the person who secured an indictment of murder in this case. Deters has ensured that, this time at least, there will be a trial after the death of an unarmed, non-threatening black man at…
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25,000 cyclists flock to second day of Ride London | Life and style | The Guardian
After last year’s downpours from the tail end of hurricane Bertha, the third incarnation of what is already one of the world’s biggest mass cycling events was bathed in sunshine on Sunday, as 25,000 riders tackled a 100-mile course through London an…
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Italian coastguard rescues 1,800 migrants as five found dead | World news | The Guardian
About 1,800 migrants have been rescued from seven overcrowded vessels in the Mediterranean, while five corpses were found on a rubber boat carrying 212 others, according to the Italian coastguard. The bodies were found on board at the time of the re…
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Dr Now: the smartphone app that puts you in touch with a GP – for a fee | Business | The Guardian
A UK tech firm is offering video consultations with doctors via mobile phone, in a bid to repeat the success of British startup apps such as Hailo and Just Eat in which a taxi or a meal is a phone-tap away.
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The exaggerations and half-truths that some Republicans are using to derail President Obama‘s important and necessary nuclear deal with Iran are beyond ugly. Invoking the Holocaust, Mike Huckabee, a contender for the Republican presidential nominati…
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WASHINGTON — In the strongest action ever taken in the United States to combat climate change, President Obama will unveil on Monday a set of en
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Paul: Defund Planned Parenthood, support community centers | TheHill
GOP presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Sunday doubled down on his call to defund Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood has become the latest subject of controversy in the 2016 presidential candidate, after videos surfaced with some …
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Why Israel is suddenly owning up to its terrorism – Al Jazeera English
After over a year of total silence, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made two phone calls to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in as many weeks.
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Kasich makes quick rise in the polls | TheHill
It could have been embarrassing: The sitting governor of Ohio left off the primetime Fox News debate stage in his home state because of low poll numbers. But in the two weeks since he launched his presidential campaign, John Kasich has bypassed New …
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Nadal races to Hamburg Open title – Al Jazeera English
Spaniard Rafa Nadal won his 67th career title with a 7-5, 7-5 victory against Italian Fabio Fognini in the final of the Hamburg Open.
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A few weeks ago, if you’d asked me to pick a word to express my feelings about the impending summer holidays, I would have had no hesitation: dread. Last summer was beyond a nightmare. I was settling into a new job, and we decided to move house too.
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UN sounds warning on CAR humanitarian crisis – Al Jazeera English
The Central African Republic is geared to become one of the largest humanitarian crises of our time if immediate action is not taken to increase aid to the country, according to the UN.
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Trump: GOP challengers ‘viciously’ attacked me | TheHill
GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Sunday that Republicans have not given him a warm welcome since he entered their 2016 nominating process.
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New York Jets open on Sheldon Richardson’s future after arrest and ban | Sport | The Guardian
Sheldon Richardson has a lot of making up — and growing up — to do with the New York Jets. General manager Mike Maccagnan echoed the supportive sentiment of coach Todd Bowles and Jets players had for the defensive lineman, but was noncommittal on Ri…
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Nine people were shot, none fatally, after an altercation at a party early Sunday morning in Brooklyn, the police said. The gunfire erupted around 2:15 a.m. in the backyard of a two-story brick-front home on the corner of Stanley Avenue and Crescent…
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US and Egypt to resume formal security talks amid human rights concerns | US news | The Guardian
Despite persistent human rights concerns, the US on Sunday resumed formal security talks with Egypt that were last held six years ago. The talks were kept on hiatus amid the political unrest that swept the country in the wake of the Arab Spring.
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Christie blasts Iran nuclear deal | TheHill
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Sunday criticized the Iran nuclear deal, President Obama’s record on the Middle East and other foreign policy issues, four days before the first GOP presidential debate.
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Zimbabwe seeks second American ‘lion killer’ – BBC News
Zimbabwe says it is seeking a second American over the illegal killing of a lion, as the outcry over the death of famed animal Cecil continues. The National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority said the man from Pennsylvania killed a lion in Apri…
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Heritage Action CEO: Conservatives ‘sick’ of the GOP | TheHill
The chief executive of the Heritage Action for America super-PAC said on Sunday that conservative voters are weary of the Republican political establishment. Michael Needham argued that the GOP is alienating its base by ignoring its concerns.
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Greece braces for busy day’s trading as Athens stock market reopens | World news | The Guardian
Greek investors expect a tumultuous day’s trading when Athens’ stock market reopens on Monday after a five-week shutdown.
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Australia’s 20 biggest polluters will be able to significantly increase their greenhouse gas output despite being covered by the Abbott government’s so-called “safeguard mechanism” and will wipe out most of the emission reductions the government int…
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Kezia Dugdale, the favourite to take over as Scottish Labour leader, has criticised the length of time the party is devoting to leadership campaigns north and south of the border, warning it leaves Scottish Labour unprepared for next May’s Holyrood …
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The age of deference is well and truly dead. Previously revered institutions are no longer held in the same unquestioning respect. In every corner of society once opaque bodies have had to embrace modernisation and transparency in order to survive.
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PKK Attacks Kill Two Soldiers in Eastern Turkey | Al Jazeera America
Kurdish rebels on Sunday detonated an explosives-laden agricultural vehicle at a military police station in eastern Turkey, killing two soldiers and wounding 24 others, authorities said, amid a sharp escalation of violence between the government for…
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Chris Pratt challenges fans to make him an awesome Facebook banner
Chris Pratt made a request to his fans this weekend: He needed a new Facebook banner image. And oh boy, did they deliver. While Pratt’s star power is off the charts, his Photoshop skills are borderline nonexistent.
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Christie working on immigration plan | TheHill
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said Sunday he is still deciding what he would do with 11 million illegal immigrants now in the U.S. if he wins the presidency.
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Government may begin RBS sale from Monday – BBC News
The Treasury could begin the process of selling part of the government’s stake in Royal Bank of Scotland from Monday, according to BBC sources.
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‘I don’t know what Donald Trump is paying attention to,’ Perry says | TheHill
Former Gov. Rick Perry (R-Texas) said on Sunday that he will not relent in his criticism of Donald Trump’s 2016 Oval Office bid. Trump shocked listeners earlier this month by mocking Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for his captivity during the Vietnam Wa…
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Amid an international outcry over a US hunter who is accused of illegally killing a well-known lion named Cecil in early July, authorities in Zimbabwe allege that a second American killed a lion in an illegal hunt with a bow and arrow several months…
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Duchess of Cambridge gets scuba diving qualification – BBC News
The Duchess of Cambridge is now an advanced scuba diver, a Kensington Palace official has said. The duchess has passed her Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) advanced open water diver qualification.
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Israel to detain West Bank arson attackers without trial | World news | The Guardian
Israel has announced it intends to detain Jewish terror suspects without trial as the prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, vowed “zero tolerance” in the wake of an arson attack that killed a Palestinian toddler.
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Financial infidelity: how to prevent money secrets from hurting a marriage | Money | The Guardian
If I mention “infidelity” as being the biggest cause of a marriage or relationship breakup, you’ll probably roll your eyes, nod in agreement and wonder (a) why I’m re-stating the obvious and (b) why you’re reading about it in a column in the money p…
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Only one person will know whether the Australia captain, Michael Clarke, truly has a future in Test cricket beyond this Ashes series, and that is the player himself.
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It is 14 years since Paula Radcliffe sat in the stands at the world athletics championships in Edmonton, Canada, and held up a sign protesting against the decision to allow Olga Yegorova to take part in the 5,000m.
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Larry Lucchino to leave as Boston Red Sox CEO after three World Series titles | Sport | The Guardian
Larry Lucchino is stepping down as president and CEO of the Boston Red Sox at the end of this season. Team spokesman Kevin Gregg said on Saturday night in an email that Lucchino hopes to remain with the club in some capacity.
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BBC Sport – 2016 Olympics: South Sudan will compete after IOC inclusion
South Sudan will compete at Rio 2016 after becoming the 206th member of the Olympic movement. IOC president Thomas Bach wished the country a “bright future” after its inclusion was ratified.
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The government has been accused of acting in a “morally reprehensible” way after the Home Office confirmed it is planning to strip families of the automatic right to benefits if their asylum applications are rejected.
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Astronauts Test Virtual-Reality Headset for Space On Ocean Floor
It’s a tech geek’s dream fulfilled in the underwater lab hosting four “aquanauts” for 14 days this month, where they get to practice space exploration with a cutting-edge Microsoft virtual-reality headset.
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Kasich on Trump: ‘Why would I talk about someone else?’ | TheHill
Gov. John Kasich (R-Ohio) said on Sunday that he is too busy to discuss fellow GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump. Kasich’s remarks come as the GOP prepares for its first televised presidential debates next week.
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Nigel Slater’s berry and stone fruit recipes | Life and style | The Guardian
They won’t be here for long, the locally grown berries and the best of the currants. The white peaches, those that smell softly of roses and ripen evenly, will also soon be gone.
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Best Space Stories of the Week — August 2, 2015
An artist’s concept of brilliant auroras on the brown dwarf LSR J1835+3259, a misfit failed star about 18.5 light-years from Earth. The auroras are the first ever detected beyond our own solar system.
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Fewer than four hundred families are responsible for almost half the money raised in the 2016 presidential campaign, a concentration of political donors that is unprecedented in the modern era.
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Christie ‘confident’ he’ll make debate stage | TheHill
Presidential candidate and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he’s “confident” he will make it into the first Republican debate on Thursday. Christie refrained from taking shots at Trump, saying whether he is a “serious” candidate is up to Trump hi…
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The week the Olympics and Deflategate set off Boston’s BS sensors | Sport | The Guardian
On Monday, much of Boston welcomed the news that the city formally withdrew its bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics. After months of growing opposition, Mayor Marty Walsh read the poll numbers and effectively pulled his support.
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CarFest resumes after stunt pilot’s death | UK news | The Guardian
Chris Evans’ car festival has resumed despite the death of a pilot whose aircraft plummeted from the sky during an aerial display. Kevin Whyman, 35, was killed in the accident which happened at about 2pm in Oulton Park, Cheshire, on Saturday.
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Why I waited until I was 24 to buy my first bikini | Sarah Galo | Comment is free | The Guardian
Bikinis are for honeymoons. Or so I was told as a child when I asked my mom why I couldn’t get a two-piece bathing suit like everyone else. “Only your husband should see your body like that. That’s the way God made it,” my mom told, continuing to fo…
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Is Puerto Rico Too Big To Fail? Inside The Island’s Debt Crisis. | ThinkProgress
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO — Angry graffiti scrawled across the brightly colored buildings of San Juan tells the creditors of the world exactly where they can stick their plan to extract roughly $73 billion in debt from the struggling U.S. territory. “Pu…
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Obama Sends ‘Memo To America’ On Climate Change | ThinkProgress
Early Sunday morning, the White House shared a video message narrated by President Obama that announced the Monday release of the final version of the Clean Power Plan.
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Arsenal v Chelsea: Community Shield 2015 – live! | Alan Smith | Football | The Guardian
Greetings! How has your summer been? Feeling refreshed? Good, so let’s get down to business. It’s time for Chelsea v Arsenal. As Community Shields go, this has plenty of promise.
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Why The Obama Administration Wants To Pay For Prisoners To Go To School | ThinkProgress
JESSUP, MD— “My professor, Miss Jamie Mullaney, she cried the last day of class. And it made me cry,” Terrell Johnson said, sitting across from Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Attorney General Loretta Lynch at Maryland Correctional Institute-Jes…
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Why the U.S. Can’t Build an Army in Syria – The Atlantic
An attack on an American-funded military group epitomizes the Obama Administration’s logistical and strategic failures in the war-torn country. Last week, the U.S. finally received some good news in Syria:.
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‘Between the World and Me’: Reducing the Inner-City Burden – The Atlantic
Over the next few weeks, The Atlantic will be publishing a series of responses to Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me. (An excerpt is available online.) This is the fifth in a series. Readers are invited to send their own responses to hello@…
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FAQs: Al Jazeera’s journalists on trial in Egypt – Al Jazeera English
A court in Cairo has adjourned the retrial of Al Jazeera journalists Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed until April 22. Previous sessions were also adjourned after prosecution witnesses failed to attend. Where do things stand now? How many of your jour…
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If my mom was alive, she’d probably be voting for Hillary
In 2013, Hillary Clinton spoke to 14,000 Deltas in Washington, DC. There were 20,000 of them at a convention celebrating 100 years of Delta Sigma Theta. They wanted her to run for office, as you can read below.
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Cecil the lion joins endangered species on Empire State Building | World news | The Guardian
An image of an animal is projected onto the Empire State Building as part of an endangered species projection to raise awareness. Photograph: Eduardo Munoz/Reuters Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close
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Cilla Black, singer and TV star, dies aged 72 – BBC News
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3-D–Printed Flowers Lure Invasive Weevils to Their Deaths in Wisconsin – Scientific American
There’s something particularly cruel in using beauty to kill, but that’s exactly what scientists at the Chicago Botanic Garden set out to do earlier this summer in the sand dunes of northern Wisconsin.
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Sunday’s Best Deals: Chef’s Knife, Latex Pillows, Granola, and More
Here are the best of today’s deals. Get every great deal every day on Kinja Deals, follow us on Facebook and Twitter to never miss a deal, join us on Kinja Gear to read about great products, and on Kinja Co-Op to help us find the best.
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Murder inquiry launched after woman stabbed to death in Chelsea | UK news | The Guardian
Police have begun a murder investigation after a woman was stabbed to death in Chelsea, south-west London, in the early hours of Sunday morning. Officers were called at 1.20am to a property in Stadium Street close to the river Thames, where a woman …
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On the barren flatlands of the Nevada desert, children ages 5 to 14 weave unnoticed between ecstasy-tripping ravers, elaborate penis-shaped art cars, and an endless sea of topless young women. The children of Burning Man, and their nearby parents, d…
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BBC Sport – Jamie Murray and John Peers win Hamburg Open doubles
Britain’s Jamie Murray and Australian John Peers won the Hamburg Open doubles title with victory over Colombian pair Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah. After the first two sets were shared, Murray and Peers took the third-set tie-break on the 18…
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The Week In Data: E-Waste, High School Musicals, And Police Chases | FiveThirtyEight
This is The Week In Data, our data journalism roundup. Here you’ll find the most-read FiveThirtyEight articles of the past week, as well as gems we spotted elsewhere on the Internet.
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Hitchhiking robot dead as cross-country trip cut short by vandals | Technology | The Guardian
The Canadian researchers who created Hitchbot as a social experiment said someone in Philadelphia damaged the robot beyond repair early on Saturday, ending its first American tour after about two weeks.
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‘Ultimate Frisbee’ recognised by International Olympic Committee – BBC News
Flying disc sports, including Ultimate Frisbee, have been officially recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Disc-based games are played in 58 countries around the world by thousands of athletes.
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Calais migrant crisis: David Cameron accused of ‘playing politics’ – BBC News
The Swedish justice and migration minister has accused David Cameron of “playing politics” with the migrant crisis in Calais. Morgan Johansson said scenes in Calais had resulted from France and the UK not taking “responsibility” for accepting more a…
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Interest rates: economists and homeowners brace for Super Thursday | Business | The Guardian
Mortgage borrowers will be warned this week to brace themselves for higher interest rates on what City of London traders have dubbed “Super Thursday”.
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VidCon 2015: Screaming Fans, Millionaires, and the Future That’s Already Here | Vanity Fair
The madness of VidCon is not immediately evident. Simply walking down Anaheim’s palm-lined Katella Avenue on a July afternoon, with Disneyland on your left and the Anaheim Convention Center on your right, gives little indication of what is seething,…
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