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Lord Sewel resigns from Parliament after drug claims – BBC News
Lord Sewel has resigned from the House of Lords after being filmed allegedly taking drugs with prostitutes. Footage obtained by The Sun on Sunday appeared to show the peer – who had been deputy speaker of the Lords – snorting powder from a woman’s b…
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Malaysia PM Najib Razak sacks deputy over 1MDB scandal – BBC News
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak has replaced his deputy amid a continuing financial scandal. Muhyiddin Yassin had criticised Mr Razak’s handling of allegations surrounding a state investment fund.
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Bahrain police officers killed in bomb attack | World news | The Guardian
Two Bahraini police officers have been killed and a third severely wounded in a bomb attack in the mainly Shia village of Sitra, south of the capital, Manama, the interior ministry has said.
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Zurich Insurance considers RSA bid – BBC News
Zurich Insurance says it is considering a bid for the UK’s RSA Insurance, the owner of the More Than brand. There is “no assurance that any offer will be made”, Zurich added.
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Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton unveils her renewable energy goals on the US campaign trail, announcing she wants to move the country away from a ‘fossil fuel economy’ towards a ‘clean renewable energy economy’.
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“Imagination is the precursor to policy, the precondition to action. Imagination, like wonder, allows us to value something.” Beatrix Potter (July 28, 1866–December 22, 1943) is one of the most beloved and influential storytellers of all time.
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Peru’s government has ordered telecommunications companies to grant police access without a warrant to mobile phone users’ locations and other call data in real time and store that data for three years – a sweeping decree that civil libertarians cal…
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Lord Sewel quits House of Lords over sex and drugs claims | Politics | The Guardian
Lord Sewel has quit the House of Lords and apologised for his behaviour after footage emerged of him allegedly taking cocaine with two sex workers. The former Labour minister has bowed to intense pressure to resign from parliament following the scan…
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Thailand dismisses US criticism over human trafficking and slavery | World news | The Guardian
Thailand has hit back after being blacklisted in a US report for the second consecutive year for not combatting modern-day slavery, arguing it has made serious steps to tackle human trafficking.
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Azealia Banks played to one of the fullest tents at Splendour in the Grass festival in Byron Bay this weekend but a throwaway comment by one fan who wasn’t even there has kicked off a war of words in which the US artist labels Australian audiences a…
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Puerto Rico’s Economy, Crime to Blame for Exodus | Al Jazeera America
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Rob Rex, a 32-year-old graphic designer, is among the more than 1,000 Puerto Ricans who are leaving the island each week, according the American Community Survey. Most of them are heading to the mainland, with many to central…
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BP profits fall on low oil price – BBC News
BP has reported a sharp fall in profits for the three months to the end of June as lower oil prices continue to hurt. Underlying replacement cost profit for the quarter was $1.31bn (£841m) compared with $3.63bn a year ago.
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Portland, the city, is back in the news again regarding Portland, the sign, and the city’s insistence that it has a trademark over the landmark. We last checked in on this when Pabst, the brewery, had used an adaptation of the famous Portland sign t…
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Leif Ove Andsnes: ‘You can never grow tired of Beethoven’ – BBC News
The Norwegian pianist, Leif Ove Andsnes, has spent the past four years performing and recording the five Beethoven concertos with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra across Europe, Asia and the United States.
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And the Oscar may go to: 30 key movies that could win big next award season | Film | The Guardian
Autumn is when studios typically unspool their serious-minded awards contenders. But with major film festivals like Sundance, Berlinale and SXSW all occurring before the summer, many potential Oscar players screen before the fall season begins to ta…
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Welcome to Astana, Kazakhstan: one of the strangest capital cities on Earth | Cities | The Guardian
Of all places, why put a city here? From the window it’s more of the same: flat, empty and endlessly vast. At 30,000 feet, a few lonely lakes polka-dot the landscape. There is no evidence of human activity. There are scarcely any trees and few disti…
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‘Reading Rainbow’ Is Officially Headed For Netflix : television
Set phasers to love me! “Butterfly in the sky, I can go twice as high. Take a look, it’s in a book, a Reading Rainbow. I can go anywhere. Friends to know, and ways to grow. A Reading Rainbow!”
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Food as cute bookmarks will make you hungry for literature
Here’s a slice of pizza that won’t leave stains on the pages of your book. Francesca of ‘Inspirational Gecko’ creates felt bookmarks that look like tiny food slices.
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Farm Aid 30: Willie Nelson, Neil Young Headline 30th Anniversary Show | Rolling Stone
Farm Aid is coming to Chicago. The annual event, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary, will be held on September 19th at FirstMerit Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island near downtown Chicago.
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Bjørn Lomborg’s $4m centre rejected by Flinders University academics | World news | The Guardian
Academics at Flinders University have delivered a withering rejection of the university’s plan to host a Bjørn Lomborg-run research centre with $4m of federal government money, labelling the Dane“infamous” for his views on climate change.
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“Princess” · UnREAL · TV Review · The A.V. Club
The unreality of UnREAL takes center stage this week, in a world where wind can be stopped, horse-riding and orgasms are faked, and unstoppable rain pours in to ruin an idyllic artificial setting.
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10 of the best ways to enjoy New York … on a budget | Travel | The Guardian
Take to the water Despite recent stories of hapless tourists being charged $200 a ride by alleged scammers, the Staten Island ferry is still as free (as it has been since 1997) and offers a dazzling view of the southern tip of Manhattan, Ellis Islan…
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South Korea Declares Country Out of MERS Danger | Al Jazeera America
South Korea declared on Tuesday it is effectively out of danger from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), more than two months after the first case was reported and began spreading in hospital settings to kill 36 people.
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The Obama Administration Gains Support for its Iran Deal – The Atlantic
On one side: the Congressional GOP, the full slate of Republican presidential candidates, plus Benjamin Netanyahu and allied figures. On the other side: the Obama administration, plus an overwhelming majority of American diplomatic and military figu…
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An activist has received rape and death threats after US rapper Tyler, The Creator mistakenly tweeted that a campaign to have him banned from entering Australia was successful.
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Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Tuesday, July 28. All times are Eastern. BoJack Horseman (Netflix, 1 p.m.
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Hillary Clinton has a renewable energy plan, but she still needs one for fossil fuels | Grist
Hillary Clinton’s new renewable energy agenda has impressed climate hawks with its ambition. But some activists worry that Clinton still isn’t standing up to fossil fuels.
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NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory – Cold Antarctic Winters Magnify Ozone Loss
The Antarctic ozone hole reached its maximum size on September 11, 2014, according to NOAA and NASA scientists. This image, using NOAA satellite data, shows the ozone hole (areas below 220 Dobson units) in shades of red. At 9.3 million square miles …
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DA Names Committee to Review Sandra Bland Case — NYMag
In light of the ongoing controversy over the death of Sandra Bland, the woman found dead in a Texas jail cell after being pulled over for changing lanes, Waller County District Attorney Elton Mathis announced on Monday that he has asked two defense …
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HONG KONG — Instability continued to roil China’s stock markets on Tuesday in spite of new pledges of support from the government. Shanghai’s main share index fell as much as 5 percent as trading opened on Tuesday, adding to an 8.
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Cyborg tackles unlikely superhero subjects of race and disability · Comics Panel · The A.V. Club
French comics scribe Fabien Vehlmann continues his run of penning a slate of varied and interesting comics, highlighted by the quality of his artistic collaborators. In The Marquis Of Anaon: The Isle Of Brac, U.K.
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Suffer the GOPers to Come Unto Me
In an inside look at the mega event where GOP prez contenders go to out-Christ each other.
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Bestcasts asks podcasters to discuss the three most memorable episodes of their podcast. Ties are allowed/encouraged. For more podcast coverage, see Podmass, The A.V. Club’s weekly roundup of the best ’casts out there.
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In We’re No. 1, The A.V. Club examines a song that went to No. 1 on the charts to get to the heart of what it means to be popular in pop music, and how that has changed over the years. In this installment, we cover New Radicals’ “You Get What You Gi…
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San Fermin covers Stealers Wheel · A.V. Undercover · The A.V. Club
San Fermin is unlike the typical band in a number of ways: There are eight of them most nights, and their musical direction comes not from the singer or guitarist, but from mastermind Ellis Ludwig-Leone, who composes San Fermin’s intricate music.
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Listen To Me Marlon · Film Review · The A.V. Club
Documentaries that avoid the standard talking-heads approach are always welcome, even if they sometimes turn out to be less innovative than they initially appear.
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How the MP3 helped build a pop utopia · For Our Consideration · The A.V. Club
Twenty years ago the German research group Fraunhofer IIS conducted an internal poll to settle on the three-character suffix that would become the standard file name extension for digital audio coding format that engineers there had developed.
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OnePlus’ Follow-Up, OnePlus 2, Looks Like Another Promising Smartphone | TechCrunch
OnePlus, the China-based smartphone maker that sold more than 1.5 million units of its debut device, has finally launched its follow-up: the OnePlus 2.
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Are we ready to 3D print our own clothes? | Fashion | The Guardian
Imagine going on holiday with an empty suitcase, checking out the vibe of the hotel bar on arrival, then printing out the perfect dress to match it in your room. Such a delicious possibility could be on offer – one day – thanks to 3D printing.
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On 26 May, CNN broadcast an unusual clip of a US navy intelligence flight over the South China Sea.
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Protected birds faring better in Europe | Environment | The Guardian
Birds which have been given the highest level of protection by European rules are faring significantly better than other bird species, research has shown.
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“July 27, 2015” · WWE Monday Night Raw · TV Review · The A.V. Club
Just because you bill your episode of Monday Night Raw as a “night of firsts” doesn’t mean everything, from matches to backstage segments, is suddenly more meaningful and impactful. WWE didn’t get that memo though.
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How much I slept in my final year and a half of grad school [OC] : dataisbeautiful
Don’t know what your major is, but that seems like a lot of sleep for a grad student. Or maybe I’m just slow and stupid. Apologies. No judgement there. Just mildly baffled.
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Just two weeks ago in a conference call with Wall Street analysts, Bruce Thompson, the chief financial officer of Bank of America, took a victory lap.
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People living in the world’s wealthiest nations generally understand what climate change is but in many countries just half perceive it to be a threat, new research has found.
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Dolphins bring a moment of pure joy to idyllic journey | Environment | The Guardian
We had sailed the length of the Great Glen on the Ros Crana, the largest barge in Scotland, and now, for the last half mile, could smell the sea. Past the Clachnaharry Works Lock, then the swing railway bridge, we were at the point where the Caledon…
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Meth, murder and mess: Melbourne’s Trauma cleaners – a PLGRM video | Australia news | The Guardian
Every day across Melbourne, husband and wife duo Steve and Lorinda Penn clean up crime and trauma scenes. The couple detail the psychological challenges and confronting experiences that come with cleaning everything from murder scenes to the crystal…
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What does the Iran nuclear deal mean for Iraq? | World news | The Guardian
Just a few hours after the agreement was announced, Iraqis were heatedly discussing the topic on the streets, in cafes and on social media forums: did the United States sell them out? Will Iran now be able to interfere in Iraq with impunity?
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The last person to see Robert Allenby on the night of his ordeal in Hawaii has jumped to the golfer’s defence and is outraged at former caddie Mick Middlemo suggesting the story is made up.
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TIL Hostess deducted pay up to 30% claiming to avoid bankruptcy, only to file soon after. They then took all employee’s pensions to avoid another, promising to pay back. Instead they filed for bankruptcy again then sold the company for $410 Million.…
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Always concerned about possible threats to his regime, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has reportedly ordered music censorship to be extended, banning not only foreign songs but local tunes too, sources inside North Korea say.
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Abdul Kalam: People’s President, extraordinary Indian – BBC News
Dr Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen (APJ) Abdul Kalam, India’s 11th President, who collapsed and died, aged 84, on Monday evening while doing what he loved – addressing students – was an extraordinary Indian.
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APOD: 2015 July 27 – Milky Way and Aurora over Antarctica
Explanation: It has been one of the better skies of this long night. In parts of Antarctica, not only is it winter, but the Sun can spend weeks below the horizon. At China’s Zhongshan Station, people sometimes venture out into the cold to photograph…
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Stripe is gaining more financial allies to help it take on the digital payments industry. The start-up, based in San Francisco, said on Tuesday that it had raised new funding from investors like Visa, American Express and Sequoia Capital, among othe…
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Reddit’s head of community, Jessica Moreno, has left the company. She is the fourth senior female employee to exit in less than a month.
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NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory – Hurricane Vance in the Pacific Ocean
Hurricane Vance, located south of Isla Socorro in the Pacific Ocean, has likely peaked in intensity. Vertical shear over Vance is forecast to dramatically increase over the next 24 – 48 hours, causing the hurricane to rapidly weaken to a tropical de…
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The Fast New SkyCam Can Fly Through Fireworks | WIRED
Long before drones and drone selfies and high-speed drone racing, there was SkyCam. You know SkyCam: It’s that cable-suspended camera system that shoots mesmerizing mid-air tracking shots during the Super Bowl and college bowl games, providing float…
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The Vatican Will Welcome More Than 60 Mayors From Around the World to Talk Urban Policy – CityLab
VATICAN CITY—When Pope Francis issued his much-noticed encyclical last month, it was his call for action against climate change that grabbed headlines. But buried deep in the 184-page letter was a surprising statement on urban planning.
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Spox on Trump Allegation: Marital Rape Is Legal — NYMag
When asked about Mike Huckabee making a Holocaust reference regarding the Iran deal, President Obama quipped, “Maybe this is just an effort to push Mr. Trump out of the headlines.” But rest assured that no one out-Trumps Team Trump.
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Pope Francis Image, Vatican City
At a general audience in St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City, Pope Francis rides in a popemobile without the protection of bulletproof glass. The pontiff wandered freely when he was a cardinal in Buenos Aires but cannot do so in Rome for his own safe…
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Former Whitesnake Drummer Plays A Tribute To Rush On A Speedbag, For Reasons – Digg
Brian Tichy is a drummer, and he’s played with Whitesnake, Foreigner, Billy Idol and Ozzy Osbourne. Apparently he also loves physical fitness and Rush.
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Obama to become first US leader to address African Union – BBC News
US President Barack Obama is due to address the African Union in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, on the last day of his trip to East Africa. He is the first US leader to deliver a speech at the 54-member body, with security and action against terror…
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Meet Some Of The Lagos Luminaries Shaping Nigeria’s Tech Scene | TechCrunch
President Barack Obama may be the most famous citizen of the United States traveling around Africa this week, but he’s not the only one. It’s nearly 4:30 in the morning here in Lagos and I’m too excited to sleep.
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Samsung Set To Unveil New Galaxy Note Smartphone On August 13 | TechCrunch
It looks like Samsung will unveil the latest version of its Galaxy Note phablet series — and potentially a new addition to that product family — on August 13. That’s the date that the company is teasing for its latest “Unpacked 2015″ which takes pla…
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The plains wanderer, which is only found in small pockets of Victoria’s northern plains, the Riverina district of New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia, requires “emergency action”.
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A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Once President of India, Dies | Al Jazeera America
Former Indian President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, known as the father of the country’s military missile program, died Monday after collapsing while delivering a lecture, a top state official said. He was 83.
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Provence fires: thousands evacuated from French campsites | World news | The Guardian
French officials evacuated 10,000 people from three different campsites as hot winds fanned fires in drought-hit Provence in the middle of the summer holiday season.
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European Facebook users can let a loved one update their profile pics after death
Life may end, but Facebook goes on. As such European users of the social network are now able to set who gets control over their profile should they pass away.
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Ban Killer Robots Before They Take Over, Stephen Hawking & Elon Musk Say
A global arms race to make artificial-intelligence-based autonomous weapons is almost sure to occur unless nations can ban the development of such weapons, several scientists warn.
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A lawyer and spokesman for current Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump issued a series of vulgar threats to a reporter on Monday, while falsely claiming that it was legal for a husband to rape his wife in New York.
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Lee drops ObamaCare repeal push in highway bill | TheHill
The highway bill avoided more ObamaCare drama on Monday night after Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) abruptly dropped his highly tactical plan to sidestep Senate rules and force a repeal vote.
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How the Pluto Team Survived a Decade of Waiting
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.
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NSW school prayer groups audited for extremist ideology – BBC News
The New South Wales (NSW) government will audit public school prayer groups because of concerns students are being exposed to violent ideologies. The move follows allegations a Sydney student was preaching radical ideology at his school.
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The OnePlus 2 pushes the boundaries of how cheap a flagship smartphone can be | The Verge
There are more options than ever for getting a good, cheap smartphone, and last year’s OnePlus One was a standout. For $300, you got a well-made, nice-looking phone with cutting-edge hardware and few compromises to be found (assuming its 5.5-inch si…
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Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking, along with hundreds of artificial intelligence researchers and experts, are calling for a worldwide ban on so-called autonomous weapons, warning that they could set off a revolution in weaponry comparable to gunpowder …
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OnePlus 2 launches with 5.5″ full HD display and fingerprint scanner, priced from $329
Chinese handset maker OnePlus has finally announced its second flagship handset – the OnePlus 2 – following weeks of drip-feed teaser announcements and leaks. The follow-up to the popular OnePlus One offers a 5.
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NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory – Lake Effect Snow for the Great Lakes
Cold air moving over the Great Lakes and some upper-level energy will aid in producing lake effect snow downwind from the Great Lakes and over parts of the Northern/Central Appalachians through Thursday morning.
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What does the Starbucks cup say: Greg or Corey?
Move over, dresses of questionable shades. We have another puzzle for the Internet to solve. This time, it’s “What name is written out on the Starbucks cup below?” It seems obvious that the man who tweeted the photo, Greg Dorris, told whomever took …
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Open thread for night owls: State clears way for Malaysia TPP despite human trafficking concerns
As of Monday, that’s no longer a concern.
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How the OnePlus 2 Plans to Be More Than a One-Hit Wonder | WIRED
Imagine being Dexy’s Midnight Runners, circa 1982. “Come On Eileen” just came out of nowhere and is blowing up. It’s on every radio station, and playing at every party. Nobody had ever heard of you; now you’re everywhere.
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IS conflict: Nato to discuss Turkey-Syria border crisis – BBC News
Envoys from all 28 Nato countries are to hold a emergency meeting to discuss Turkey’s campaign against the Islamic State (IS) group and Kurdish militants. The meeting in Brussels was called by Turkey, which has become involved in the Syrian conflict…
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Apple Showcases Watch Apps With Short, Sweet New Ads | TechCrunch
Today, Apple dropped a trio of 15 second ads showing off all of the great third-party apps available on the Apple Watch. Specifically, the ads focus on the travel, music and fitness apps available now for the device.
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Interested in working at a company that’s using Slack? Each week, we add new job listings that companies using Slack submit. Listings are free for Slack customers — to get a position listed here, submit a job description.
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‘BoJack Horseman’ and ‘Rick and Morty’ are two of the best shows on television
The perception of animation both in film and television has shifted somewhat over the past two to three decades.
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Bill de Blasio, Martin O’Malley and the Question of Whose Lives Matter | Observer
On stage at the progressive Netroots Nation conference this month, former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley was beset by protesters asking him to latch on to their rallying cry—that, as the hashtag says, #blacklivesmatter. Mr. O’Malley agreed: “Black li…
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WASHINGTON — For Senator Ted Cruz to call his party’s leader, Senator Mitch McConnell, a liar as he did Friday and again Sunday in the Senate
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The Times’s coverage last week of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s use of a personal email account as secretary of state involved several corrections and changes that may have left readers with a confused picture.
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Powerful Earthquake Hits Indonesia’s Papua region | Al Jazeera America
The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 7.0 underground quake struck at 6:41 a.m. Tuesday and was centered 153 miles west of Jayapura, the provincial capital of Papua. Its depth was measured at 32.8 miles beneath the remote mountainous region …
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South Korea on Tuesday declared a de facto end to an outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome that has infected 186 people, killing 36, as well as scaring away foreign tourists and temporarily shutting down thousands of schools.
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I left London recently for New York after a five-year stay in the British capital. It would be wrong to say that the place where I grew up after spending my infancy in South Africa has become unrecognizable.
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RED 4K Camera Captures Riveting Footage of Unique Fluid Behavior in Space Laboratory – YouTube
Astronauts on the International Space Station dissolved an effervescent tablet in a floating ball of water, and captured images using a camera capable of recording four times the resolution of normal high-definition cameras. This footage is one of t…
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Ever fantasize of being able to see the benefits of exercise without having to, you know, work out? If so, research from Britain’s University of Southampton published this week gives a glimpse of what may be possible in the future.
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Earlier this month, we reported that Columbia Pictures and Sony had picked up the rights to adapt Graeme Simsion’s novel The Rosie Project into a movie, with Jennifer Lawrence attached to star.
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Szymon Borzestowski was a Newscastle artist who lived and breathed music. He spent hours in his bedroom performing, recording and producing his own music with a simple software program. He had almost finished his debut album when he lost his battle …
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South Korea: Mers virus outbreak is over | World news | The Guardian
South Korea has declared an end to a deadly outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) that killed 36 people, triggered widespread panic and stymied growth in Asia’s fourth-largest economy.
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Former Indian president APJ Abdul Kalam has died, aged 83 | World news | The Guardian
Former Indian president APJ Abdul Kalam, known as the father of the country’s military missile program, died on Monday after collapsing while delivering a lecture, a top state official said. He was 83.
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South Korea declares ‘de facto end’ to Mers virus – BBC News
South Korea’s Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn has declared a “de facto end” to the outbreak of the Middle East Respiratory Virus (Mers). Mr Hwang said that as there had been no new infections for 23 days, the public could be “can now be free from worry…
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Baidu Issues Disappointing Q3 Forecast As It Invests Heavily In O2O Services | TechCrunch
Baidu is focusing aggressively on online-to-offline (O2O) sales, one of the hottest forms of e-commerce in China, but its near-term earnings growth is still under pressure. The company’s shares dropped about 9.
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Beijing has vowed to step up its interventions in China’s volatile stock market following a traumatic day on Monday when stocks suffered their greatest losses since 2007.
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Asia shares down following the historic drop in China – BBC News
Shares in Asia opened in negative territory on Tuesday after mainland China saw a dramatic sell-off the previous day. In its biggest drop in eight years, the Shanghai Composite had tumbled more than 8% on growth concerns.
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Typhoon Nuri, now an extra-tropical storm, is moving into the Aleutian Islands archipelago, and bringing with it some monstrously large waves. NOAA’s WaveWatch III ocean model, used to predict ocean conditions, shows that some waves could exceed 60 …
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NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory – Satellite Images Capture the Changing Seasons
The changing of the seasons across the Mid-Atlantic can be seen in these two true color images from the Suomi NPP satellite taken on September 27th and November 2nd, respectively.
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NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory – Cold Front Sweeps Deep Into the U.S.
A cold front sweeping deep into the Southern U.S. is bringing freezing temperatures to large parts of the country. This image from the High Resolution Rapid Refresh model shows the minimum surface air temperature expected from November 13th through …
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Cornyn: Senate to vote on defunding Planned Parenthood | TheHill
The No. 2 Senate Republican on Monday promised a vote to defund Planned Parenthood “as soon as this week.”
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A host of Hollywood stars, including Oscar-winning actors Meryl Streep, Kate Winslet and Emma Thompson, have lent their support to a campaign demanding that Amnesty International reject a proposal to endorse the decriminalisation of the sex trade.
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Boy Scouts end ban on openly gay leaders
The Boy Scouts of America announced that LGBT adults will no longer be banned from membership in the organization on Monday.
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Cameroon plans to send an additional 2,000 soldiers to its Far North region after three suicide bombings in the past week in the regional capital, state radio said Monday. Boko Haram militants are suspected in the attacks.
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World record semi truck jump! – YouTube
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Patriotic volunteer guard bravely Second Amendments ISIS-inspired parking lot: GunFAIL rides again!
Well, no point in trying to explain what happened. The real point is that people haven’t stopped shooting themselves or others accidentally, and I never stopped keeping the list of the times they did it.
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Trump lawyer: he didn’t rape Ivana because you “cannot rape your spouse” – Boing Boing
Ivana Trump accused her husband of sexually violating her, and his lawyer has issued a series of insane threats to Daily Beast reporters, which they have published. “It is true,” Cohen added. “You cannot rape your spouse. And there’s very clear case…
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Does Donald Trump realize that if you rape your wife it counts as rape? Even if she’s your wife?
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CHICAGO — On the Friday before she died, Sandra Bland sent a joyful text to her older sister in Illinois, telling her that she had landed a job
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True Detective Recap: A Smartly Done Orgy Scene | WIRED
There wasn’t lethal danger looming over the proceedings when Ray Velcoro showed up at Frank’s new house at the end of last week’s episode. But at the start of “Church in Ruins,” the two associates face off knowing full well that each has a gun ready.
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Really, Propellantless Space Drives Are Still Not a Thing | WIRED
The last time we saw the EM Drive, it was causing a kerfuffle over at NASAspaceflight.com, where a member of a tiny team called Eagleworks at NASA’s Johnson Space Center had posted some information about the group’s latest work into its propellantle…
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John Sewel, a member of the House of Lords, has requested a leave of absence while the police and Parliament investigate accusations against him.
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United Nations electoral observers in Burundi say an election last week that gave President Pierre Nkurunziza a controversial third term took place in an environment that was “not conducive for an inclusive, free and credible electoral process.
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His family called him unstable and violent, so John R. Houser was ordered by a judge to be taken against his will to a mental hospital in 2008. Despite that sign that Mr.
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Boy Scouts of America vote to lift ban on gay leaders – BBC News
The Boy Scouts of America have voted to lift its ban on gay people serving as adult leaders in the organisation. Religious groups including units run by the Catholic church and the Mormon church are exempt to the new policy.
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AMMAN, Jordan — A pledge by Saudi Arabia to halt its military operations in Yemen failed to stop ferocious fighting across the country on Monday as a humanitarian aid group warned that more than six million people were facing starvation because of t…
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US family make million-dollar gold find from Spanish fleet off Florida | US news | The Guardian
A Florida family has been rewarded for years of treasure hunting after finding gold artefacts worth $1m or more from the wreckage of a 1715 Spanish fleet that sank in the Atlantic, according to a salvage company.
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BOSTON — Deep skepticism here about whether taxpayers would be stuck footing the bill for the Olympics has doomed Boston’s bid to host the 2024 Summer Games and raised questions about whether any other major American city might be willing to take on…
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The Cleveland transit officer who pepper-sprayed a crowd leaving the Black Lives Summit has been placed on administrative leave.
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The Next Wave Of Enterprise Software Powered By Machine Learning | TechCrunch
Enterprise software is about to undergo radical transformation — a substantial change that will make the shift to software as a service (SaaS) look like a simple facelift. This transformation is being powered by machine learning.
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NFL Team Adds First Female Coach | ThinkProgress
For the first time in history, a woman will be a coach on an NFL team. The Arizona Cardinals have brought on Jen Welter to coach inside linebackers. Welter was “collegiate rugby player who played 14 seasons of pro football, mostly in the Women’s Foo…
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Ireland will allow tens of thousands of adopted people access to their birth certificates for the first time under proposed legislation that some advocacy groups say could still deprive many of their identities.
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In Russia, some Muslims want to create a more positive image of Islam. A fashion designer, a public relations adviser and a composer all work toward the same goal.
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MGM is making a thriller about a pregnant woman confined to bed rest · Newswire · The A.V. Club
We’re not experts on babies here at The A.V. Club, but we’re pretty sure one of the things you’re not supposed to do when you’re pregnant is star in a Rear Window-style thriller.
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Seeking to resolve an issue that threatened to tear apart the organization and expose it to crippling lawsuits, the Boy Scouts of America on Monday ended its nationwide ban on openly gay adult leaders.
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BAGHDAD — In agreeing to cooperate to clear Islamic State forces out of a 60-mile-long strip of northern Syria along the Turkish border, the United States and Turkey have taken a major step toward increasing pressure on the militant group and easing…
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DES MOINES — Setting ambitious goals for producing energy from the sun, wind and other renewable sources, Hillary Rodham Clinton seized on an issue Monday that increasingly resonates with Democratic voters and sets up a stark contrast with the Repub…
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WASHINGTON — The top trade negotiators of the United States and 11 other Pacific nations are gathering this week at a luxury resort in Maui for one last push to complete the largest regional trade accord in history, roping together 40 percent of the…
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Boy Scouts end ban on openly gay leaders | TheHill
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) officially ended Monday night its highly controversial policy banning openly gay men and women from serving as adult leaders and employees of the organization.
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Why Airbnb could be making it even harder to find affordable housing
The appeal of AirBnb is obvious. When you travel, you get to stay in the middle of trendy neighborhoods, rather than business centers and tourist districts. Instead of a fairly standard hotel room, you get homestyle amenities and a kitchen; sometime…
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Viewpoint: Why Britain does not owe reparations to India – BBC News
At the end of May, the Oxford Union held a debate on the motion “This house believes Britain owes reparations to her former colonies”. Speakers included Indian politician and writer Shashi Tharoor and British historian John MacKenzie.
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What drives women to terrorist acts? – BBC News
“I had a pistol in my belt, a grenade in my pocket and TNT in my bag. I was a woman dressed in a fashionable way. I opened my bag for security but the man just saw my make-up and waved me through.
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How NSA and GCHQ spied on the Cold War world – BBC News
American and British intelligence used a secret relationship with the founder of a Swiss encryption company to help them spy during the Cold War, newly released documents analysed by the BBC reveal.
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Iran nuclear deal: The tools which will stop Tehran cheating – BBC News
If Iran breaches promises it made when it signed a deal over its nuclear programme, it will be up to one group to confirm the news to the world. The International Atomic Energy Agency, the IAEA, has been given a crucial role in the new agreement wit…
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Apple fake factory ‘caught in China’ – BBC News
The operation reportedly involved “hundreds” of workers repackaging second hand smartphone parts as new iPhones for export, with the counterfeit phones produced worth 120m yuan ($19m).
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With Boston Out, USOC Turns to LA | Al Jazeera America
Boston’s bid to host the 2024 Olympics is over, undercut by its own mayor, a skeptical public and, finally, leaders of the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) who now have seven weeks before officially nominating a city. Next, it may be time to see if the…
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What’s putting the brakes on driverless cars? – BBC News
There’s been so much hype about driverless cars anyone would think they were on the verge of taking over the world.
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How many gun stores are there in cities around the world? — Hopes&Fears — flow “City Index”
This week in City Index, we take a look at the availability of firearms. People the world over are reasonably divided on the topic of guns as the history, culture, legality and impact of guns are not universal among countries and their cities.
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For Will Shu, the idea behind his tech start-up grew out of frustration. When he moved moved to London for the first time, to work as an analyst for Morgan Stanley, Mr. Shu could not find restaurants in the city’s financial district to deliver food …
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Chasing Britain’s most threatened duck – BBC News
A team from the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) is capturing and tagging female common scoters, to find out why these birds are in such severe decline in Britain. Just 35 pairs of the birds now breed in the UK each year, most of them by lochs in t…
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This baby orca shows us what true happiness is all about
In the Salish Sea near British Columbia, Canada, naturalist Clint Rivers photographed a baby orca who perfectly captures that happy feeling we get on Fridays. The 6-month-old calf, named J50, put on a show for whale watchers by doing belly flops and…
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Google Express Contract Employees File to Join Teamsters Union | Re/code
Earlier this year, the Teamsters Union began backing shuttle drivers who work Apple, Yahoo, eBay and a host of other Silicon Valley companies. Now, the union is coming for Google.
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A public marketplace for hackers—what could possibly go wrong? | Ars Technica
Last November, Charles Tendell quietly launched a website called Hacker’s List. Its name was literal. In this online marketplace, white-hat security experts could sell their services in bite-size engagements to people with cyber-problems beyond thei…
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Scientists have discovered a new taste that could make food more delicious – The Washington Post
Taste, the sense that allows us to appreciate the beauty of good food, is something scientists understand fairly well.
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DailyDirt: Out Of This World (And On To Others) | Techdirt
Astronomers only somewhat recently confirmed the existence of planets orbiting other stars like our own — in 1995. Since then, we’ve found nearly 2,000 exoplanets, and we’re honing in on more Earth-like planets that look like our own little world.
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Former Queensland National party senator Ron Boswell made a gaffe-riddled appearance on the ABC TV’s flagship show on Monday night, criticising the pope’s encyclical on the environment while admitting that he hadn’t read it.
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BAGHDAD — In agreeing to cooperate to clear Islamic State forces out of a 60-mile-long strip of northern Syria along the Turkish border, the United States and Turkey have taken a major step toward increasing pressure on the militant group and easing…
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Lawyers: Immigrants Coerced Into Ankle Monitors | Al Jazeera America
Lawyers representing immigrant mothers held in a South Texas detention center say the women have been denied counsel and coerced into accepting ankle-monitoring bracelets as a condition of release, even after judges made clear that paying their bond…
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Boy Scouts Vote To End Ban On Gay And Lesbian Adults | ThinkProgress
Fifteen years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Boy Scouts of America have the right to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, the organization’s leadership has voted to repeal its national ban on gay and lesbian adult volunteers…
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John Oliver Calls For An End To Mandatory Minimum Sentences – Digg
Mandatory minimums require fixed prison sentences for certain crimes. John Oliver explains why we treat some turkeys better than most low-level offenders.
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Techmeme: Restaurant Delivery Startup Deliveroo Raises $70M Series C (Steve O’Hear/TechCrunch)
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Breaking Bad themed coffeeshop opens in Istanbul – Boing Boing
Walter’s Coffee Roastery is the creation of Deniz Kosan, who wanted to create a coffee roastery inspired his favorite show, Breaking Bad. The space has a cool “science lab” vibe. Just don’t ask them where they store the cash, and duck under a table …
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Did Conan O’Brien steal this comedy writer’s tweets?
A man is alleging that Conan O’Brien stole four of his jokes from Twitter and reworked them for late-night TV. But the comedy legend’s team isn’t taking this lying down.
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Protesting French farmers have blocked several routes into their country from Germany and Spain, turning back hundreds of trucks transporting foreign produce and food products.
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We’re pretty sure they’re not having safe sex on True Detective | Grist
In this installment of Green Screen, we highlight the greenest parts of your favorite TV guilty pleasures (spoiler: There are a lot of them!).
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They should have sent a Twitter bot poet · Great Job, Internet! · The A.V. Club
We finish up today’s Great Job, Internet! tour of the Twitter bot world—the first two entries in our little series covered a TV-captioning bot and a headline-writing bot, among others—with some computer-generated poetry.
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Colombia searches dozens of bodies at Medellin landfill site – BBC News
Forensic experts in Colombia have begun a search for dozens of bodies at a landfill site believed to be one of the largest urban mass graves in the world. Relatives of possible victims held a ceremony at the site on the outskirts of the city of Mede…
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#BBCtrending: The ‘Uptown Funk’ unemployment parody – BBC News
The sharply produced music video satirizes the struggle of finding jobs – despite high education rates, a third of young Jordanians are unemployed. In 2011, thousands of young people took to the streets to protest a lack of job opportunities and ris…
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LaGuardia Airport in New York set for sweeping overhaul – BBC News
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has unveiled a sweeping plan to rebuild the ageing terminals of LaGuardia Airport – one of the busiest in the US. Vice President Joe Biden – who previously compared the airport to “some Third World country” – was on ha…
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Tech’s Next Frontier: Removing Barriers for Disabled People | WIRED
The Americans with Disabilities Act turned 25-years-old this weekend, and given its impact on breaking down the barriers disabled people face over the last two and a half decades, it deserves to be celebrated.
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‘Wrecked submarine’ found in Swedish waters – BBC News
Sweden is investigating a report that a submarine wreck has been discovered in the country’s territorial waters. The military says it is now studying video footage of the wreck taken by divers off Sweden’s eastern coast.
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Why we like to believe that dinosaurs were scaly – BBC News
Once thought to be terrifying, scaly lizards, it now seems dinosaurs were actually more like birds. But not everyone’s ready to accept their new image, writes Mary Colwell.
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WASHINGTON — The top trade negotiators of the United States and 11 other Pacific nations are gathering this week at a luxury resort in Maui for one last push to complete the largest regional trade accord in history, roping together 40 percent of the…
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BBC Sport – Sepp Blatter deserves Nobel Prize, says Vladimir Putin
Fifa president Sepp Blatter deserves a Nobel Prize, says Russian president Vladimir Putin. Blatter announced he would be stepping down on 2 June following the arrest of seven Fifa officials as part of a United States investigation that saw 14 people…
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For Will Shu, the idea behind his tech start-up grew out of frustration. When he moved moved to London for the first time, to work as an analyst for Morgan Stanley, Mr. Shu could not find restaurants in the city’s financial district to deliver food …
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Cuba removed from US human trafficking list – BBC News
The United States has removed Cuba from its list of countries that fail to combat human trafficking. The annual State Department report comes a week after Cuba and the US formally restored diplomatic relations.
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For many users, Google Plus accounts don’t get all that many visits. Now, Google seems to be indicating it, too, will be paying less attention to its social network.
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Baidu profits miss expectations – BBC News
China’s biggest online search engine Baidu missed analysts’ expectations as profits took a hit from investment redirected elsewhere. Its operating profit was $559m in the three months to 30 June, down 2.5% on the same period last year.
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Gavin Grimm sat quietly in the audience last November as dozens of parents at a school board meeting in Gloucester County, Va., demanded that he be barred from using the boys’ restrooms at school.
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NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory – July 2015 Ocean Temperatures
Conditions are currently warming up in the Pacific, and the NOAA Climate Prediction Center expects a greater than 90% chance that El Niño will continue through the winter and most likely into the spring.
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Madeleine McCann investigators contact Australian police over body | UK news | The Guardian
Police officers investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have contacted Australian authorities over the discovery of a young girl’s remains in a suitcase, Scotland Yard has said.
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BERLIN — When Nancy Glickman lights the torch for the 14th European Maccabi Games, being held for the first time in Berlin, she believes that her
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Pixar: The Design of Story is an upcoming exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum here in NYC.
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Corgi puppy still not entirely sure about going down these stairs – Boing Boing
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Restaurant Delivery Startup Deliveroo Raises $70M Series C | TechCrunch
Deliveroo, the ‘on-demand’ startup that offers food delivery from premium restaurants that don’t traditionally offer a take-out service, appears to be on somewhat of a roll.
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Samsung to host Unpacked event on August 13th | The Verge
Samsung today officially announced its next major product launch event, which will take place in New York on August 13th.
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Just a pug lying in a little swimming pool, snoring, with sunglasses on – Boing Boing
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‘LaGuardia is un-New York’: Cuomo and Biden plan airport overhaul – video | US news | The Guardian
On Monday, New York governor Andrew Cuomo and vice president Joe Biden presented an infrastructure plan for New York, including a new single-terminal LaGuardia airport. Construction is set to begin in one month and roll out over the next five years,…
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Chief Keef is just 19 years old but already an accomplished rapper, child-support avoider, and fringe bystander at shootings.
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Nail salon owner attempts to mansplain away N.Y. Times’ nail salon exposé
Sarah Maslin Nir’s 13-month investigation into the labor conditions of New York City’s nail salons prompted many to rethink their next pedicure appointment and spurred immediate state-wide emergency measures.
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Family of woman found dead in jail outside of Cleveland asks for answers | US news | The Guardian
The family of a black woman who was found dead in a suburban jail outside of Cleveland, Ohio, is asking for answers about her death, saying she was “perfectly fine” when they visited her at the jail the day before.
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Plenty of Other People Signed That AI Weapons Letter | WIRED
Today, a bunch of really smart people signed an open letter, supported by the Future of Life Institute, that strongly condemns the use of artificial intelligence to create autonomous weapons.
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The Blockbuster-in-China, Man-Births-Radish Trailer: Monster Hunt | WIRED
One of the hottest topics in Hollywood today is China.
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NY Gov. Cuomo Announces New Laguardia Airport | Al Jazeera America
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday introduced a plan to redesign and rebuild New York City’s LaGuardia airport, replacing the cramped, outdated hub with a unified terminal that will have more than double the operational space for airliners.
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Independent Committee to Investigate ‘Lingering Questions’ around Sandra Bland’s Death | VICE News
A committee of special prosecutors and defense attorneys formed by Waller County District Attorney Elton Mathis, will investigate some of the “lingering questions” around the death of Sandra Bland, the 28-year old black woman from Illinois, who was …
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Vacation review – you’ll laugh, but you’ll feel guilty | Film | The Guardian
It’s both a plea from a studio’s PR department and one of the more sly moments in John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein’s unnecessary but not entirely unfunny new film.
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NSA to destroy phone data it illegally collected on millions of Americans
The National Security Agency promises that it will soon destroy the metadata it collected on millions of Americans with no ties to terrorism.
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La Guardia Airport to Be Torn Down and Rebuilt — NYMag
The New York area’s most convenient, least charming airport just got one step closer to its long-awaited overhaul.
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Being followed? Here’s how to shake your tail – Boing Boing
At Hopes&Fears, Kristen Felicetti has tips from private dicks on how to lose someone who is following you, in a car, on foot, and on public transportation.
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The NSA will begin losing access to phone record metadata on November 29
The NSA will soon lose access to phone records it is in possession of, but the data isn’t going away. On November 29, the agency can no longer reference the call logs or gather further data, but must keep it handy for ongoing litigation.
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Opternative’s Online Eye Exam Gets You A Glasses Prescription From Home | TechCrunch
The annoyance of going to the doctor keeps tons of people from finding out if they need glasses or updating their prescription. But it turns out you don’t need one of those giant multi-lens machines to do an eye exam.
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Satirical Twitter Account Takes on NYPD Tower in Tompkins Square Park | Observer
Days after the NYPD raised a surveillance tower in Tompkins Square Park, an unlikely commentator took to Twitter to express its discontent: the tower itself.
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Being friends with Melissa McCarthy and her husband Ben Falcone has its upsides. The pair, who co-wrote the upcoming Kristen-filled Michelle Darnell, have closed a deal with TV Land for a pilot script they are executive producing, with the working t…
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Twitter for Windows 10 gets a new look | The Verge
Twitter for Windows 8 first debuted in March 2013, and it has been barely updated ever since. Aside from a few bug fixes over the past couple of years, the app has remained the same in terms of looks and features.
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Obama meets Lucy, ‘the grandmother of humanity,’ during Ethiopia visit | US news | The Guardian
She had never heard of Barack Obama, or the United States for that matter, and did not say a word when she met the president before a state dinner in Ethiopia. Lucy, a 3.
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Comedy Central is launching its first live radio show on SiriusXM · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Hey theeeerrrrre, ladies and germs! You’ve got your dial turned to AVClub.comFM and you’re listening to Newswire Ned In The Mornings with me, Newswire Ned, and my idiot sidekick, Other Newswire Ned.
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The Chicago Tribune has a disturbing story about how the police in Hammond Indiana shut down an entire music festival because they didn’t like a particular rapper, Chief Keef, who appeared via hologram (supposedly to avoid arrest for some outstandin…
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Shannon Boxx and Lauren Holiday formally announce USA retirements | Football | The Guardian
US Soccer formally announced that midfielders Shannon Boxx and Lauren Holiday will retire from international football following a victory tour to celebrate the Women’s World Cup title. Both players had previously voiced their intention to step down …
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Sweden investigating underwater wreckage as possible Russian submarine | World news | The Guardian
The Swedish military is studying a video taken by shipwreck hunters who say it shows a wrecked submarine, just off the country’s eastern coast, which appears to be Russian.
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Virtual Doorman and Concierge Service Team Up for the Amenity-Deprived | Observer
Not everyone has the means to live in a white-glove building, but for those with some means, who long for the assistance of hired help, a virtual doorman company is teaming up with a real-life concierge to create an approximation of the pampered lif…
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This Airstream farm is so … Burning Man | Grist
Ah, Burning Man! The annual gathering of hula-hoop enthusiasts and tech billionaires might welcome a new compatriot this year, and her name is Isabel.
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Longer, More Frequent Fire Seasons : Image of the Day
A new analysis of 35 years of meteorological data confirms fire seasons have become longer. Fire season, which varies in timing and duration based on location, is defined as the time of year when wildfires are most likely to ignite, spread, and affe…
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Watching a sphere of water bubble in space in 4K resolution: Yup, pretty cool – Boing Boing
A water bubble with the remnants of an antacid tablet reaction floats in front of astronaut Terry Virts’ eye. The reaction of putting the effervescent tablet into the water was filmed with the Red Epic Dragon Camera. More: NASA.
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Rattlesnake selfie ends in horror
In the wake of the story of the reasonable lady who wanted to take a selfie with bison comes the story of the sensible gentleman and the rattlesnake. Getting mashed, gored, trampled, bitten, and clawed by wild animals is no new thing for those who t…
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PragueCrunch IV Is Coming | TechCrunch
PragueCrunch IV is an annual celebration of all things central European and startupy and it’s coming back on Friday, July 31, 2015 from 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM (CEST). We’ll be holding the event on the terrace at Střelecký Ostrov.
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Obama Has Proposed a Ban on Almost All Ivory Sales in the United States | VICE News
In the midst of a booming ivory trade that threatens to wipe out Africa’s elephants, the Obama administration announced on Saturday a proposal for new regulations that would almost entirely eliminate ivory sales in the United States.
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Libyans suffering in turbulent Tripoli – BBC News
The regime of Colonel Gadaafi in Libya ended four years ago. It is now a divided country with two rival governments and its people are struggling to rebuild their lives.
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“Armed man” was actually armed with musical instruments – Boing Boing
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Dwarf Planet Ceres Reaches Opposition in Night Sky
With all the news about Pluto this month, most skywatchers may not be aware that Ceres, the brightest and nearest of the dwarf planets, reached its opposition to the sun on Saturday (July 25). An object is said to be in opposition when it is directl…
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Vice Goes No-Holds-Barred with New Women-Focused Web Channel | WIRED
Vice is launching an online presence devoted entirely to women. The Hollywood Reporter broke the news back in February and now the “network,” called Broadly, has its first trailer. In true Vice fashion, Broadly looks like it’s going to go there.
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Pee-proof: San Francisco trials paint that repels urine – BBC News
Be warned: If you pee on a wall in San Francisco it may come straight back. The city’s public works agency says it is testing a new urine-repellent paint in areas popular with people looking to relieve themselves.
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More money, more booze: poll finds people with higher incomes drink more | US news | The Guardian
Rich people and college graduates are more likely to say they drink alcohol. And they prefer wine over beer. Eight out of 10 adults who qualify as upper-income and highly educated say they drink alcohol, according to Gallup’s annual poll of American…
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NSA will destroy millions of American calling records ‘as soon as possible’ | US news | The Guardian
The Obama administration has decided that the National Security Agency will soon stop examining – and will ultimately destroy – millions of American calling records it collected under a controversial program revealed by former agency contractor Edwa…
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Mary Roy of Potosi, Mo., at an anti-abortion rally last week outside a Planned Parenthood building in St. Louis. Planned Parenthood’s procedures for providing fetal tissue to researchers have drawn the attention of Congress.
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Alarm at Kenya quarry deaths and injuries – BBC News
Concern is rising among residents in coastal Kenya about the increasing number of injuries and deaths from quarries, with children being most at risk. The quarries are mostly used for sourcing building materials.
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NEW DELHI — India’s 11th president, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, whose role in advancing India’s nuclear program made him one of his country’s most beloved figures, died on Monday after collapsing at an event where he was to deliver a lecture. He was 83.
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The Boy Scouts Have Announced a Plan to Allow Gay Troop Leaders | VICE News
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) will no longer prevent gay men from becoming scout leaders — but local troops will still be allowed to maintain their own bans, according to a new compromise policy announced by the group’s board on Monday.
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India police siege: How the attack unfolded on Twitter – BBC News
At least ten people have died in the Indian state of Punjab after a siege at a police station was brought to an end by security forces. All three attackers were killed, along with seven other people, including the Punjab state police superintendent.
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In the fall of 2014 the author decided to quit the prescription medications she has been taking to treat her anxiety, depression and insomnia, and began the process of gradually reducing her dosages.
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Another blast of Arctic air surging through the Nation will drop temperatures across the central and eastern U.S. early this week.
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NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory – Nor’easter Will Impact East Coast Thanksgiving Travel
An active weather pattern is shaping up across the eastern U.S., with a nor’easter developing off the Gulf Coast on Tuesday and moving up the East Coast Tuesday night through early Thursday.
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NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory – Heavy Lake Effect Snows for the Great Lakes Region
Heavy snow is forecast for downwind areas of the Great Lakes region from Tuesday into Wednesday with the eastern shores of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario seeing impressive snow totals greater than 18 inches in limited bands near Fredonia and Watertown, …
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It’s Supergirl versus Gotham in battle for viewers, ad dollars · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Forget Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice (oh, it looks like you already did), the real war brewing between DC superheroes will be seen on TV this fall, and it will be fought for advertising.
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Planned Parenthood Confirms Hack
Planned Parenthood confirmed Monday that its internal systems were the target of a cyber attack, hours after reports that hackers had gained access to the organization’s internal databases and employee records.
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Fox Host Calls Out Huck’s Holocaust Remarks: ‘You May Not Go There!’ (VIDEO)
Fox host Geraldo Rivera exploded at presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) on Monday for comparing President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran to the Holocaust. “As a Jew… it was inappropriate.
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Why Bugs Bunny is the greatest cartoon character ever | The Verge
Bugs Bunny, one of the most beloved and enduring characters of the 20th century, turns 75 today. That’s a major milestone for any American pop culture icon, putting him on a plane right beside the likes of Superman in terms of sheer longevity.
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Huckabee won’t apologize for likening Iran deal to Holocaust: ‘I know what the oven door looks like’
Mike Huckabee doesn’t seem to understand that if you want to play the Holocaust card, you need to have visited Auschwitz in 1944, not 2014. The only people who know exactly what that oven door looks like were on the other side of it.
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NSA to Destroy Phone Records it Illegally Collected | WIRED
One month after a law was passed ending the NSA’s bulk collection of US phone records, the director of intelligence announced today that records previously collected by the spy agency will be destroyed, according to the Associated Press.
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The former Queensland National party senator Ron Boswell made a gaffe-riddled appearance on Q&A on Monday as the Coalition’s only representative, three weeks into the Abbott government’s boycott of the ABC talk show.
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What the obsession with Jennifer Lopez’s birthday dress says about us
Even at the relatively ripe age of 46, she’s still Jenny from the block. From In Living Color to The Boy Next Door, the Bronx-born musical siren has enjoyed years of widespread popularity—for both her many talents and her curvaceous backside.
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Crisis Text Line lets you DM a trained therapist—and it’s free
When you’re in emotional crisis, you can now get help from a supportive stranger as easily as you might coordinate meeting friends in a crowded bar. After 62 years of crisis hotlines, a new service is something of an Uber—for when you need someone t…
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NASA’s Epic Pluto Flyby Almost Didn’t Happen on Time
NEW YORK — NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft got the first-ever up-close looks at Pluto this month, but the epic encounter very easily could have been delayed by a couple of years.
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Actor Seeks Role (Short Film) on Vimeo
Directed by Michael Tyburski Written and Produced by Ben Nabors SYNOPSIS: An aspiring method actor (Alex Karpovsky) in New York City resorts to medical acting, a part-time gig performing the symptoms of various illnesses for student doctors. Althoug…
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Institute for New Feeling May Bring New Feelings, Sure…But Why? | | Observer
Here’s a not-for-profit you’ve never heard of: The Institute for New Feeling. And while the feelings inspired by this self-proclaimed “research clinic,” may indeed be new, it’s unclear if they are also “good,” or, “useful.”
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Go to Kmart to use the Internet to shop at Kmart – Boing Boing
“Kmart Solutions” in-store video from 1998.
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Best-selling true crime writer Ann Rule, author of 33 books, dies at age 83 | Books | The Guardian
The true crime writer Ann Rule has died at the age of 83. The author of 33 books, Rule shot to fame with her debut, The Stranger Beside Me, which detailed her time working on the late shift at a suicide hotline service in her adopted hometown, Seatt…
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Boston out of the running to host Summer Olympics 2024 – video | US news | The Guardian
Governor Charlie Baker of Massachusetts told a press conference on Monday that the US Olympic Committee nixed Boston’s bid to host the summer games in 2024.
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Mongrel Media apologizes for misquoting our review · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Earlier today, The A.V. Club posted an open letter I wrote to the distribution house Mongrel Media, which released the “lost” David O. Russell movie, Nailed, on Blu-ray and DVD in Canada a few months ago.
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NEW DELHI — India’s 11th president, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, whose role in advancing India’s nuclear program made him one of his country’s most beloved figures, died on Monday after collapsing at an event where he was to deliver a lecture. He was 83.
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Watch Will Ferrell ‘Take the Field’ in Documentary Trailer | Rolling Stone
Will Ferrell stepped up to the plate this spring when he joined 10 different MLB teams for spring training in Arizona. His adventure has been captured on film, and the first official trailer for HBO’s Ferrell Takes the Field now previews his basebal…
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MOSCOW — Anatoly B. Chubais, one of the best-known architects of Russia’s post-Soviet economic overhaul, has come under attack from anti-Western hard-liners in the Russian government. The campaign against him appears to be the latest effort by power…
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Planned Parenthood says hackers are trying to access employee data | US news | The Guardian
Planned Parenthood representatives say that hackers appear to be working to gain access to the abortion providers’ employee information systems.
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Using images found on the internet through Google’s visually similar images feature, NASA, U.S. Geological Survey, and various mapping services, Kelli Anderson recreated part of the Eames’ iconic Powers of Ten as a flipbook. Watch a video here:
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YC’s ROSS Intelligence Leverages IBM’s Watson To Make Sense Of Legal Knowledge | TechCrunch
As our body of legal knowledge, court rulings and laws becomes ever more complex, simple keyword searches won’t cut it for surfacing prior precedents and policies.
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Facebook, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Adobe and Yahoo are just some of the tech companies joining forces for a new initiative that aims to make tech more accessible to people with disabilities through higher education.
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PSG bid £28.5m for Ángel Di María but Manchester United hope to limit loss | Football | The Guardian
Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain are in advanced negotiations for Ángel Di María, with the French club having offered €40m (£28.5m) to buy the 27-year-old. The fee is less than half the British record £59.7m United paid Real Madrid for Di M…
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Humpback whales make a comeback in Australian waters as numbers rebound | Environment | The Guardian
Humpback whale populations have rebounded to up to 90% of pre-whaling numbers in Australian waters, and should no longer be officially considered a threatened species, new research has found.
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Why we’re killing our comments section
This afternoon we put the Daily Dot’s commenting system on indefinite hiatus. Chances are you didn’t notice—and that’s part of the point.
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Sleepy Hollow gets a new FBI boss · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Fox seems to be doing some “creative tinkering” with its fantasy mystery series Sleepy Hollow, which is the most euphemistic phrase we could think of for “firing some people, hiring some others, and ordering the show to get its shit together.
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Finding someone else’s joke on Twitter, reposting it as your own without attribution, then collecting the retweets and faves that lead to your own development deal has quickly become our modern path to fame.
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Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs film to be ‘centrepiece’ at New York film fest | Film | The Guardian
Steve Jobs, the upcoming film about the Apple maverick – which stars Michael Fassbender in the titular role and was directed by Danny Boyle – will screen as the centerpiece film for the 53rd New York film festival.
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Halt and Catch Fire GIF and a Graf: She’s Lost Control | WIRED
When last week’s episode of Halt and Catch Fire ended, Mutiny was in free fall.
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From Frost Giant to Lowly Squire, we preview the latest Hearthstone cards
Last week, Blizzard announced The Grand Tournament, the second major expansion for its wildly popular card game, Hearthstone. Since then, it’s teased handful of new cards out of the 130 cards in the expansion.
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Clinton highlights renewable energy initiative but stops short of commenting on Keystone XL
Hillary Clinton was in Iowa Monday laying out her renewable energy vision for the nation.The Democratic presidential contender is proposing that every home in the United States be powered by renewable sources by 2027. Her plan calls for installation…
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‘Come Dance With the Devil’: Hundreds Turn Out for Satanic Statue in Detroit | VICE News
Amid death threats and calls to burn it down, the Satanic statue of Baphomet has finally found a home.
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On Sunday evening, New York magazine posted a stark, black-and-white cover of its latest issue, featuring 35 women who have accused the comedian Bill Cosby of sexual abuse. Hours later, the magazine’s website went offline, and the article was inacce…
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VICE News is closely tracking global environmental change. Check out the Tipping Point blog here.
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Uber’s Phantom Cabs | Motherboard
When Heather*, a driver who has been working for Uber for about eight months, opened up the passenger app a few weeks ago from her residence, she noticed something peculiar. The app’s map showed four drivers on the streets immediately by her pick-up…
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Michael Jackson’s white glove to be auctioned for $20,000 | Music | The Guardian
A rare white sequined glove once owned by Michael Jackson could be yours to own. Auction house Nate D Sanders is selling the piece of memorabilia on 30 July, with bidding for the item beginning at $20,000.
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Medium takes a stance against revenge porn and doxxing users
If you thought you’d turn to Medium as a means to shame or harass others, think again. The site has changed its rules, and now prohibits acts of public shaming, revenge porn, and posting private information on others (doxxing).
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‘Come Dance With the Devil’: Hundreds Turn Out for Satantic Statue in Detroit | VICE News
Amid death threats and calls to burn it down, the Satanic statue of Baphomet has finally found a home.
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The Jehovah’s Witnesses Church in Australia failed to report more than 1,000 reports of child sexual abuse SINCE 1950, according to testimony presented at a government inquiry into the claims.
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The curious history of how Guitar Hero stormed video games
Guitar Hero is making its triumphant return in October. There’s a brand-new guitar controller this time out. The gimmick is warmly familiar to gamers—yet we haven’t been given a Hero title in five years. That’s long enough for vibrant nostalgia.
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Walking her dog through a sun-roasted film set in Queens last Monday, Lois Gillman said she couldn’t believe it at first when she heard about the movie being made, just around the corner from her house. The movie being shot — “37” — won’t be a horro…
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Somehow Teen Girls Get the Coolest Wearable Out There | WIRED
Jewelbots are bracelets with programmable plastic flowers made for middle-school girls. They’re also the most interesting wearable I’ve seen this year. Their creators describe them as “friendships bracelets that teach girls to code.
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What should we ask the people who make TV at the TCAs? · Newswire · The A.V. Club
At The A.V. Club, we’re nothing if not fans of our colleagues’ work.
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Five Men Talk About Going Down On Girls – The Hairpin
1.So when were you first aware that cunnilingus—it feels very weird saying that word, but I can’t think of a better term— No, we’re going to stick to that. —was a thing that people did? I was probably very young. We had Internet access very, very ea…
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Even If The State Of Georgia Can Copyright Legal Annotations, Should It? | Techdirt
Last week, we wrote about the fact that the State of Georgia is suing Carl Malamud for posting PDFs of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, and sending them around.
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NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory – Typhoons in the Western Pacific Ocean
Two typhoons in the Philippine Sea and a tropical storm near the China coast near Hong Kong and Macau have the region on alert. From left to right: Tropical Storm Linfa is tracking westward parallel to the coast of China, losing steam as the storm i…
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Neglect Is Still The Biggest Threat To Data Security | TechCrunch
When it comes to data security, we hear a lot about how cyber attackers are becoming more sophisticated or that cloud technology is full of risks. While these statements are true to some extent, both can be convenient excuses hiding a harsher truth.
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Fox Host Insists Sandra Bland Could Have Used Cigarette As Weapon
Fox and Friends co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck suggested that Sandra Bland could have used her cigarette as a weapon against the officer who arrested her during a routine traffic stop, and is seen yelling and threatening Bland in a dash cam video rele…
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Techmeme: Now any mobile network can sign up to Facebook’s Internet.org (Owen Williams/The Next Web)
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You can now mute people who Periscope too much | The Verge
The rise of live-streaming apps this year has proven a boon to journalists, media organizations, and everyday people who find themselves standing at the center of a news event — and those who want to watch them unfold.
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Periscope for iOS now lets you mute notifications and control language settings
Periscope for iOS now lets you control which users you receive notifications from, and uses iOS’ Handoff so you can start watching a stream on one device and seamlessly transition to a different one later. A new mute feature lets you mute users that…
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The rise of Twitter has led to the headline-ification of global knowledge, because no matter how vast or complex an idea is, it must be compressed into a hundred-odd characters to be disseminated over Twitter. Your Twitter feed is probably awash in …
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Twitter for iOS update enables interactive notifications
Twitter for iOS is getting a small but useful update that should make the app a bit more convenient to use. First up, Twitter notifications are now more powerful, allowing you to favorite or reply to tweets while using other apps.
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Upright Citizens Brigade clip sums up our obsession with Instagram likes
Admit it, we’ve all felt that little rush or tingle when our Instagram pics reach a certain number of likes. And we’ve all experienced some degree of Instagram envy.
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Interview with Alexander Rose, contestant on the ABC series Battlebots – Boing Boing
Alexander “Zander” Rose is the executive director of The Long Now Foundation, which was founded in 1996 to become the seed of a very long-term cultural institution that fosters very-long-term planning. He was hired to build their clock that lasts 10…
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NSA analysts will lose access to phone record database on November 29th | The Verge
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has laid out a roadmap for restricting access to, and eventually deleting, years’ worth of telephone records collected under the Patriot Act.
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Former HTC and Apple employees are creating hardware together | The Verge
NextBit, a mobile developer that wanted to bring Handoff-style app switching to Android, is now getting into the hardware business. Recode reports that the startup now plans on designing its own smartphone.
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Sepp Blatter deserves a Nobel prize for his stewardship of football’s world governing body, Vladimir Putin said in an interview aired by the Swiss broadcaster RTS.
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Glowstick air-drummer at Rush show nails Neil Peart’s part
Rush is nearing the end of a nationwide tour that celebrates the prog-rock band’s four decades in music.
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Who has the largest vocabulary in music?
Will the musician with the largest vocabulary please stand up? Researchers Varun Jewalikar and Nishant Verma sorted 93 of the best-selling artists by genre: pop, rock, hard rock, R&B, country, hip-hop, funk, pop rock, progressive, Latin, soul, regga…
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Twitter’s Periscope Now Lets You Mute Users, Watch Live On Mac Via iOS 8 Handoff | TechCrunch
One of the biggest problems with the Twitter-owned live streaming app Periscope from day one has been its notification system.
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‘MacGyver’ Creator Lee Zlotoff Launches Competition to Find ‘The Next MacGyver’ | | Observer
It may have started out as simply a TV series about an unlikely hero who every week fashioned some sort of amazing device out of improbable items to save the world, but that series has left more of an impact on society than anyone, even its creator,…
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Earnings Preview: Twitter And Yelp Report In 24 Hours | TechCrunch
Have you recovered from last week? If not I forgive you — after that earnings deluge I think that we all need a break. However, tomorrow has two key earnings reports that will help set the camber of the current tech financial cycle. Earnings are fla…
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Barack Obama ran for president promising to save the planet. Hillary Clinton is promising to help people save money on their electricity bills.
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Bobbi Kristina Brown: ‘No obvious cause of death’ – BBC News
Initial tests on Bobbi Kristina Brown have found no significant injuries and no obvious underlying cause of death, according to the medical examiner. Brown, 22, died on Sunday. She had been in a coma since being found face down and unresponsive in a…
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Contenders Emerge to Replace Convicted Brooklyn State Senator Sampson | Observer
At least two candidates are vying to replace ex-State Senator John Sampson of Brooklyn—who was forced to resign the seat on Friday after being found guilty of corruption charges—insiders told the Observer.
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The principal of a popular elementary school in Harlem acknowledged that she forged answers on multiple students’ state English exams in April because the students hadn’t finished the tests, according to a memorandum released Monday by the Departmen…
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Baseball Great Thanks Tommy John Surgery, Decries Its Frequency – Scientific American
“I’ve been given an opportunity as one of the only players, the only one right now, to be inducted into the Hall of Fame with Tommy John surgery.” The great Braves pitcher John Smoltz at his induction ceremony in Cooperstown, NY, yesterday, July 26t…
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‘Laughing gas’ emissions from farming understated in US – BBC News
Emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O) from agriculture in some locations are underestimated by 40% according to new research. The gas is a significant threat as it contributes both to global warming and the destruction of the ozone layer.
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WASHINGTON — In the immediate aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, Justice Department officials, concerned that another attack was imminent, swiftly arrested many people, some of whom were only remotely suspected of having ties to terrorism. Many suspicions…
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Stop blaming yourself for the woolly mammoth extinction | Grist
Phew! It looks like we might finally be off the hook for killing all the woolly mammoths. New research suggests that it was climate change, not overhunting and human-caused habitat fragmentation, that drove all of Mr. Snuffleupagus’ ancestors to ext…
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Boy Scouts To Lift Ban On Gay Leaders – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
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Watch A Fighter Jet Take Off And Go… Straight Up – Digg
As this MiG-29 fighter jet speeds down the runway and lifts off, nothing seems too out of the ordinary And then just seconds after lifting off the ground, the jet abruptly turns its nose to the sky and shoots vertically into the clouds.
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Musk, Wozniak and Hawking urge ban on warfare AI and autonomous weapons | Technology | The Guardian
Over 1,000 high-profile artificial intelligence experts and leading researchers have signed an open letter warning of a “military artificial intelligence arms race” and calling for a ban on “offensive autonomous weapons”.
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Most Android phones at risk from simple text hack, researcher says – CNET
The flaw, says researcher Zimperium, exists in the media playback tool built into Android, called Stagefright.
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Could Japan Become America’s New Proxy Army? | The Nation
Over the last month, Japan has been shaken by the largest antiwar demonstrations since the late 1960s, when millions of students, workers, and ordinary citizens turned out to try to block their government’s collaboration with the US war in Vietnam.
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Afternoon Bulletin: LaGuardia Airport to Undergo Major Reconstruction | | Observer
This afternoon marked a major announcement from Vice President Joe Biden and Governor Andrew Cuomo regarding the restructuring of LaGuardia Airport. Deeming the airport “un-New York,” Gov.
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Perry Wants More Guns in Movie Theaters — NYMag
Republican presidential candidate and accused felon Rick Perry has a solution to the United States’s mass-shooting problem, and it’s exactly what you’d expect.
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Sherlock’s Jonathan Aris is probably in Star Wars: Rogue One · Newswire · The A.V. Club
There’s no official casting announcement here, but this sounds pretty hard to deny: According to a report from the BBC, Sherlock actor Jonathan Aris (he plays Anderson, the forensics guy who hates Sherlock but becomes obsessed with his “death”) rece…
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Noted Tough Guy Ed Sheeran to Recur in Kurt Sutter’s ‘The Bastard Executioner’ | | Observer
When you hear the name Ed Sheeran, is the first word that pops into your head “deadly?” Like, the first time you heard The A-Team drifting out over the airwaves, did you think “man, that silky-smooth English accent probably belongs to a cunning rogu…
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Boston Scares Away Foreigners Who Want Tax Money — NYMag
Hours after Boston mayor Marty Walsh told reporters he could not “commit to putting the taxpayers at risk” by signing a United States Olympics Committee host-city contract before he knew more about potential costs, the city’s 2024 Summer Olympics
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‘Blue Moon’ History and What Can Actually Turn It Blue | Video
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Christians, Jews and Muslims Gather To Protest Iran Deal | | Observer
Opponents of The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (Iran Deal) between the P5+1 and the Islamic Republic are making their voices heard – demanding Congress reject this plan they contend poses a grave threat to Israel, the Middle East and the United…
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Obama Sees Evidence In Ethiopia That He’s Related To Donald Trump
Not only did President Barack Obama get to explore his genetic roots during his visit to Africa — he got to explore Republican presidential candidate and well-documented “birther” Donald Trump’s too. Dr.
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“It’s just a such strange little show,” said Paula Pell, fondly. It’s an apt description for Hudson Valley Ballers, the web series that Pell, a writer for Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock, created with fellow SNL writer James Anderson and cinematogra…
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Ethiopians Aren’t Optimistic That Obama Can Help End Country’s Human Rights Abuses | VICE News
Barack Obama became the first US president to visit Ethiopia on Sunday during the second half of a five-day trip to East Africa that also saw him visit Kenya, his father’s homeland.
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Police Seize Nearly Six Tons of Hashish in Major Drug Bust in France | VICE News
French police have seized 5.8 metric tons of cannabis resin — known as hashish — and arrested three men in a major drug bust near the southeastern port town of Marseille, the French interior ministry said in a statement.
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New Moto X rumored to have 1080p display, big battery, microSD slot | The Verge
Motorola may resist the industry trend of moving to higher-resolution displays with its upcoming, third-generation Moto X. HelloMotoHK has published what it claims to be accurate hardware specs for the device, and those point to the 2015 Moto X havi…
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‘Star Trek’ Fan Film Targets Takei to Continue Warp-Speed Funding
Like Scotty pulling a bit of extra power out of the Enterprise, the “Star Trek: Axanar” fan film has easily warped beyond its initial $250,000 goal and now looking ahead to a new frontier for the sci-fi crowdfunding project.
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Jeb Bush: Huckabee’s Holocaust ‘Oven’ Comment ‘Is Just Wrong’
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) on Monday chastised former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) for invoking the Holocaust to criticize the Obama administration’s nuclear deal with Iran.
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UK Space Agency Unveils National Strategy
The UK Space Agency has released its National Strategy for Space Environments and Human Spaceflight to detail how it plans to pursue space exploration with humans and robots.
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Moon Base Would Be Cheap with Help from Private Industry: Report
This Alliance for Space Development (ASD) illustration shows a proposed industrial base for mining water and producing propellant at a lunar pole, featuring crew habitats, robotics and industrial equipment. Image released July 20, 2015.
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Sexy Congress – Who is the sexiest congressperson?
SEXY CONGRESS Who would you rather have sex with? Women Only / Men Only / Mix RANKINGS # 1 House – Hawaii 2 Democrat # 2KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND Senate – New York Democrat # 3ELISE STEFANIK House – New York 21 Republican # 4KYRSTEN SINEMA House – Arizona …
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Airbnb Vs. Hotels – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
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WASHINGTON—Noting that the field of presidential hopefuls currently exceeded maximum capacity, the Republican National Committee announced Monday it was offering a cash voucher to any GOP candidates willing to give up their spot in the 2016 race and…
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Ethiopia Claims US Precedent for Crackdown on Journalists | The Nation
Early on July 9, guards in Kaliti prison in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, told Reeyot Alemu to pack up her bags. After four years in prison, she was going home. Reeyot is one of six journalists, including two bloggers from the Zone 9 blogging collective, r…
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‘We Need to Tear it Down:’ Gov. Cuomo Announces a New LaGuardia Airport | Observer
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, announced bold plans to replace LaGuardia Airport in its entirety on Monday afternoon, tearing down a hodgepodge of dilapidated terminals that Mr.
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Hannibal GIF and a Graf: A Four-Quadrant Killer | WIRED
“The Great Red Dragon” is a flash-forward that entirely resets Hannibal’s major characters in order to tell the story of Thomas Harris’ first book featuring the famous cannibal.
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Tom Brady in camp as representatives hold talks over suspension | Sport | The Guardian
Tom Brady has already shown up at the New England Patriots facility for the opening of this week’s training camp, which only makes the NFL’s predicament regarding his looming suspension even more complicated.
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Campgrounds were evacuated and residents put on alert Monday as a California wildfire threatened hundreds of structures in Sierra national forest, one of nine blazes burning across the state.
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The Game Of Thrones “dead character” toys don’t include [REDACTED] · Newswire · The A.V. Club
(The season five finale of Game Of Thrones was more than a month ago now, but maybe there are still some people who don’t know who the [REDACTED] in this headline refers to. If so, are you really that busy? You have time to read The A.V. Club, you c…
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Pro-Santorum Super Pac releases GOP campaign’s first negative 2016 ad | US news | The Guardian
The Working Again Pac unveiled an online-only ad that lauds Santorum as “the one consistent conservative” and also bashes the Kentucky senator Rand Paul and the former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee for being insufficiently so.
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Steam accounts were vulnerable to serious password-reset bug for 4 days
Video-game streaming service Steam has been vulnerable to a serious password exploitation technique since at least July 21, and if not for five-day bans on password changes, plenty of Steam users could have been in big trouble.
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Every tool box needs a pair of screw removal pliers – Boing Boing
There are a number of ways to remove screws with stripped heads. Lifehacker has a nice article on this subject. My favorite method of removing a stuck/stripped screw is with a pair of screw removal pliers.
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Ronda Rousey Is All Hype, Bethe Correia Says | Rolling Stone
Ronda Rousey is definitely the queen of MMA’s cult of personality – feel free to debate whether or not that’s a good thing – but there’s one fighter who believes she can unseat her from the throne: Bethe Correia, Rousey’s opponent at Saturday’s UFC …
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Protests at Saudi Embassy in Washington, Dc | Al Jazeera America
Activists in cities around the world rallied over the weekend to protest what they describe as Saudi Arabia’s systematic destruction of holy sites.
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Hear Wes-Tone’s Ode to Real-Life Romance ‘Diamond in the Rough’ | Rolling Stone
Hear Wes-Tone’s Ode to Real-Life Romance ‘Diamond in the Rough’ Grammy Amplifier contest winner was chosen by the Band Perry, Mark Ronson, Ziggy Marley and Allen Stone to receive special recording session
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WASHINGTON — In the immediate aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, Justice Department officials, concerned that another attack was imminent, swiftly arrested many people, some of whom were only remotely suspected of having ties to terrorism. Many suspicions…
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New York’s LaGuardia Airport is so bad that it’s being completely replaced | The Verge
LaGuardia. Just the word sends shudders down the spines of frequent travelers. The airport — the smallest of three major airports that serve the New York metropolitan area — is so bad that Vice President Joe Biden famously quipped that it felt like …
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After three weeks of heavy intervention from Beijing, China’s stock markets unraveled once more on Monday, with the Shanghai Composite Index falling 8.5 percent — the steepest decline since 2007 and the second highest one-day decrease in its history.
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The Siege Of Aden (Trailer) | VICE News
VICE News filmmaker Medyan Dairieh spent two weeks in Yemen’s seaport city of Aden. Surrounded by Houthi militia rebels and under siege “from air, land, and sea,” Aden is the focal point of the Yemeni Southern Resistance.
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Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet has called for citizens to break the pacts of silence that have covered up human rights violations during the 1973-1990 military dictatorship, praising a former soldier who helped the investigation intoan incident…
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De Blasio Smooths Rift With Mark-Viverito, Keeps Distance From Cuomo | Observer
Days after City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito offered a unusual, sharp rebuke of Mayor Bill de Blasio, the two appeared today at the Museum of Natural History today to tout the growth of their municipal ID program, trading whispers, a couple…
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NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory – Unsettled Weather Forecast Across Eastern U.S.
A front extending from the lower Great Lakes to the eastern Gulf coast will move eastward to the southeast coast and off the northeast coast by Wednesday morning. A wave of low pressure will develop over the eastern Gulf of Mexico and move northeast…
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India’s government has finally released the country’s recommendations for new net neutrality protections, and the report makes it very clear: they’re not impressed with Mark Zuckerberg’s vision of a Facebook-dominated, walled-garden Internet future.…
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Al Roker launching three “shows” with video streaming service Meerkat · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Al Roker has always been one of America’s most technologically advanced weathermen, from the great strides he made in being able to see what’s happening in your neck of the woods to the time he pooped his pants at the White House and (presumably) us…
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Win Joe Dante’s Burying The Ex on Blu-ray and a signed poster · Contest · The A.V. Club
Joe Dante’s been cranking out cult movies for decades and shows no signs of slowing down. From his horror roots under the guidance of Roger Corman to his later family fare like Gremlins and Small Soldiers, his work is always charged with a youthful …
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22 Dead After Another Violent Weekend Strikes Eastern States in Mexico | VICE News
A wave of violence left 22 people dead in the neighboring Mexican states of Veracruz and Tamaulipas over the weekend.
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Snapchat Gives Kids What They Want by Teaming With BuzzFeed | WIRED
Snapchat just booted some old school media for the new school. Today, the instant-messaging company rolled out new content partners for its Discover news portal, dropping launch partners Yahoo and Warner Music Group in favor of BuzzFeed and iHeartRa…
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Why Boston’s Olympic Bid Is Dead | ThinkProgress
Boston’s troubled effort to host the 2024 Summer Olympics has come to an end, the U.S. Olympic Committee announced Monday. The U.S.
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There’s now a ‘jail’ for StarCraft players that don’t show up to matches
So many StarCraft 2 players are failing to show up to their online matches in various tournaments that organizers are finally putting an end to it. They’re putting players in “jail.” In 2010, StarCraft 2 reinvigorated the esports community, creatin…
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Every NFL mascot ranked in order of creepiness · Great Job, Internet! · The A.V. Club
It’s easy to forget about NFL mascots, and maybe that’s for the best. When games are broadcast, they’re usually relegated to couple of seconds of off-field footage when the cheerleaders are taking a breather.
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Independent committee to investigate Sandra Bland death and traffic stop | US news | The Guardian
Elton Mathis, the WallerCounty district attorney, said on Monday that he is forming “a review committee of select former prosecutors and defence attorneys” to examine the evidence in Sandra Bland’s death.
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Kenyans launch #SomeoneTellCNN after network calls their country a ‘terror hotbed’
Kenyans are furious at CNN for calling Kenya a “hotbed” of terrorism, and they’re venting their frustration at the network in a powerful, constructive way.
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The final appeals court for global sports on Monday further blurred the line separating male and female athletes, ruling that a common factor in distinguishing the sexes — the level of natural testosterone in an athlete’s body — is insufficient to b…
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Bernie Sanders: Strong Words on Structural Racism and Inequality
As he rises in the polls and draws larger and larger crowds, Bernie Sanders is forcefully addressing structural racism, and its direct connection to economic inequality. The stakes were high for Sen.
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Hillary Clinton still won’t take a position on the Keystone XL pipeline | Grist
This story is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Hillary Clinton took a strong stance on clean energy Monday, telling a crowd in Des Moines, Iowa, that her efforts to tackle climate change would parallel President John F.
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In Oregon and Tennessee, Questions Linger Over Benefits of Free Community College – The Atlantic
New programs in Oregon and Tennessee face praise and scrutiny about which students they actually benefit. This fall, Cesar Sanchez, 18, will do something he never thought possible.
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VIDEO: White People With Confederate Flags Crash Black Child’s Birthday Party
A group of white passengers in trucks with waving Confederate flags reportedly interrupted a black child’s birthday party in Douglasville, Georgia on Saturday, according to The Atlanta Journal Constitution.
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During a visit to Kenya on Saturday, President Obama announced sweeping bans to the United States’ ivory trade in the hopes of protecting the increasingly endangered African elephant.
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Pilots Who Fly Drones Into Wildfires Are Idiots. Punish Them | WIRED
Skip Article Header. Skip to: Start of Article. We’re fascinated by wildfires. So fascinated, in fact, that we can’t help flying our newly bought drones into the blaze to get a better look. And that’s becoming a serious problem.
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Scott Walker’s go-to foreign policy guy wanted to nuke the Middle East
Unfortunately for Scott Walker, it’s also served to highlight just how devoid of substance his proto-foreign-policy is.
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Obama Lays Into Huckabee Over Iran Deal ‘Oven’ Comment | VICE News
While visiting Ethiopia Monday, US President Barack Obama came out against GOP presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee for controversially equating the Iran nuclear deal with the Holocaust, and slammed the field of Republican candidates for “ridiculous” …
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Rand Paul Wants to Defund Planned Parenthood | VICE News
Since allegations emerged that Planned Parenthood is profiting from the sale of aborted fetal tissue, anti-abortion presidential contenders have been eager to voice their support for the elimination of federal abortion funding.
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Dengue vaccine protects people nine years or older — but harms younger kids | The Verge
A vaccine for dengue, a leading cause of illness and death among children in some Latin American and Asian countries, protects people nine years old and older from the infection, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Techmeme: Microsoft releases tool to hide or block unwanted Windows 10 updates (Ed Bott/ZDNet)
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One rower, two cats, 900 miles – BBC News
Three decades ago, Ove Joensen decided to row 900 miles (1,450km) across the North Sea from his home in the Faroe Islands to Denmark. He didn’t make it on his first attempt, but in the end his persistence paid off.
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El Niño Probably Won’t Solve California’s Dire Drought
If anyone is eagerly following news of the strengthening El Niño in the Pacific, it’s California. Strong El Niño events have a history of bringing drenching rain to the West Coast during the winter months, and we could see that play out this year.
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‘The Truth of Life’: Paula Fox on the Re- (Re-) Release of Her 1970 Novel : Longreads Blog
This year, on the 45th anniversary of its publication, W.W. Norton & Company has re-(re-)released Desperate Characters, a novel by Paula Fox first published in 1970 and made into a film the following year, with Shirley MacLaine and Kenneth Mars.
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Desperate Characters : Longreads Blog
Below is an excerpt from Desperate Characters, the novel by Paula Fox first published in 1970 and re-(re-)released this year on the 45th anniversary of its publication. Read Sari Botton’s Longreads interview with Fox about her book.
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A Wilderness of Waiting: Pregnancy on an Ohio Farm
I am 32 and living in a 19th-century cabin on my parents’ Ohio farm. The cabin is approximately 40 feet wide, with walls and floors of sturdy wood planks, a wood-burning stove, and a pioneer feel.
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The Mindy Project has always had a bit of a knack for snagging big-name guest stars in its season premiere episodes. For the season two opener, it was James Franco.
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Watch this semi truck jump 160 feet, setting new record – Boing Boing
In this video a semi jumps through the air, over half the length of a football field. Nobody dies. The truck’s stunt driver Gregg Godfrey says he was aiming for just 140 feet, but managed to clear another twenty or so feet at the Montana event last …
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Somewhat ironically, many of the direct-care workers living in states that haven’t accepted Obamacare’s optional Medicaid expansion can’t afford insurance benefits to ensure them the same quality of care as they provide the elderly and people with d…
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Newark Police Compares Black Mayor To An Ape In Facebook Message | ThinkProgress
A Newark Police Department lieutenant is under investigation for allegedly referring to Mayor Ras Baraka as a primate on social media. The incident comes several months after the Mayor signed an executive order establishing an independent civilian r…
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This Week in Trailers: There’s Another Movie About Steve Jobs | WIRED
Here’s a surprising mix for you: Director Bobcat Goldthwait tells the story of comedian Barry Crimmins who used his popularity—and the Internet—to advocate for victims child abuse.
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Midday open thread: Bill Cosby’s accusers, public defenders and scandals
Today’s comic by Tom Tomorrow is Obligatory Donald Trump cartoon: What you missed on Sunday Kos …
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How Caitlyn Jenner’s New Reality Show Will Improve The Lives Of Trans People | ThinkProgress
ThinkProgress invited three trans people and one ally to watch the premiere of Caitlyn Jenner’s reality show ‘I Am Cait.’ We wanted to know what they thought of Jenner, her coming out process, and the first episode of the groundbreaking series. This…
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MERS Isn’t an Epidemic. That Makes It Harder to Find a Cure | WIRED
It’s been three years since a deadly new virus emerged in Saudi Arabia, and the world doesn’t have single drug dedicated to treating it. Middle East respiratory syndrome, or MERS, has sickened at least 1,227 people, killing a third of them.
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New Court Evidence Reveals Hollywood’s Plan to Smear Google | WIRED
Over the years, Google and Hollywood have fought bitterly over the Stop Online Piracy Act, an anti-piracy bill that would have granted the US government and private corporations extraordinary power to battle copyright infringement on the web. It fai…
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Here are the 79 titles coming to Netflix this August
While we’re sad to see content leave Netflix each month, we’ll always have even more movies and shows to obsess over.
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — President Obama on Monday lashed out at Republican presidential candidates for making what he called “ridiculous” claims about his policies and “outrageous attacks” that crossed the line of political decorum.
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China is Finally Lifting Its Ban on Video Game Consoles | Digital Trends
China is lifting its ban on the manufacturing and sale of video game consoles in its country, which opens a large door of opportunity for the likes of Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo.
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A beautifully haunting collaboration between humpback whales and humans
While listening to your favourite beats is enjoyable, trying to work and concentrate at the same with those beats is pretty much impossible. In fact it’s so impossible that for a while I had to work in complete silence to get anything done.
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Vice Drops Promo Video, Launch Date for Female-Focused Channel ‘Broadly’ | Observer
Three weeks ago, Vice soft-launched their much anticipated new channel Broadly. They created a Twitter handle for the channel, announced coverage will revolve around “sex, politics, culture, witchcraft.
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Facebook opens up Internet.org to all mobile operators | The Verge
Internet.org first launched in Africa, but has since expanded and is now available in 17 countries — including countries with very large populations like India — spanning three continents, but only worked with select operators.
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The Messengers’ Riley Smith is going to Nashville · Newswire · The A.V. Club
A former horseman of the apocalypse will try to launch a country music career on Nashville next season: The Messengers’ Riley Smith has been cast as Markus Kane, the lead singer of a successful band who tries to go country when he goes solo.
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“Escape from L.A.” · BoJack Horseman · TV Review · The A.V. Club
From the very beginning, “Escape From L.A.” warns you not to get comfortable. The ending of “Yes And,” which showed BoJack driving away from his toxic life in Los Angeles, was more hopeful for BoJack than not.
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NK Jemisin: the fantasy writer upending the ‘racist and sexist status quo’ | Books | The Guardian
“It’s human nature that we come in our own flavours,” fantasy author NK Jemisin tells the Guardian, “and it doesn’t make any sense to write a monochromatic or monocultural story, unless you’re doing something extremely small – a locked room-style st…
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Mo. GOP Guv Candidate Identified As Gay Before ‘Religious Experience’
After Missouri state Sen. Bob Dixon (R) launched his campaign for governor of Missouri last week, he was forced to address details about his past that resurfaced on Friday.
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If you close all the browser windows and programs on your computer, chances are you are left with a desktop of icons.
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Fluffiest dog in Seattle sighs adorably while falling asleep
Sometimes you’re just so tired that you let out a long sigh while relaxing into slumber. Sometimes you’re a big fluffy dog and it’s 100 times cuter. Meet Skookum the Samoyed, probably the puffiest and friendliest dog in all of Seattle. After a long,…
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I agree with much of your first comment on climate change (Editorial, 23 July). However, I would like to expand upon the observation that “just like fracking and nuclear, greening the energy supply needs intervention”.
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Save the salt: canceled Utah race renews fears of shrinking flats | US news | The Guardian
A small city of tents, trailers and thousands of visitors appears almost every August in the Utah desert to watch cars, motorcycles and anything with wheels rocket across gleaming white sheets of salt at speeds that can top 400 mph.
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Keith Richards Trades Stadiums for Studios in New ‘Trouble’ Video | Rolling Stone
Keith Richards Trades Stadiums for Studios in New ‘Trouble’ Video Track will appear on Rolling Stones guitarist’s upcoming solo LP ‘Crosseyed Heart’
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In the last few years, I’ve watched a continuing battle among my friends about which is worse for you: artificial sweeteners or sugar. Unless you want to forgo all beverages that are sweet, you’re going to run into one of these.
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Can you go to jail for selling fake drugs? — Hopes&Fears — flow “Question”
Hopes&Fears answers questions with the help of people who know what they’re talking about. Today, we discuss a suspicious plot line from ‘Orange is the New Black.’
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Roundtable: All Of Baseball History Should Get An Asterisk | FiveThirtyEight
It always comes back to the use of performance-enhancing drugs. The “steroid era” may be over, but Major League Baseball is still dealing with its consequences.
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Harper Lee wrote To Kill a Mockingbird in 1960. More than a half decade later, the novel remains one of the most widely-read books in American classrooms. And students still write the 89-year-old author, requesting photographs and autographs.
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PARIS—In what many are calling the single most dominant performance in the 112-year history of the event, the 2015 Tour de France was won Sunday by Jason “Scab” Vickerson of the Harley Davidson Team.
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Trailer for a Steve Jobs documentary
There’s a documentary on Steve Jobs coming out called Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine. The director is Alex Gibney, who directed the excellent Going Clear (about Scientology), We Steal Secrets (about Wikileaks), and Enron: The Smartest Guys in th…
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Lawsuit claims Conan O’Brien stole jokes from Twitter – Boing Boing
In a lawsuit against Conan O’Brien, San Diego resident Robert Kaseberg says his lulzy tweets about Tom Brady, Caitlyn Jenner, airlines, and the Washington Monument all made it into the late night host’s monologue.
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The Deplorable Conditions One Whistleblower Witnessed At A Family Detention Center | ThinkProgress
A social worker has come forward to talk about the deplorable conditions she witnessed at a family detention center in Texas built in response to the large increase of Central American migrants that came across the southern U.S.-Mexico border last y…
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Prostitute in West Virginia shoots dead ‘serial killer’ – BBC News
She told police that Neal Falls, 45, had answered her online escort ad, but the encounter turned violent after he arrived at her West Virginia home. During a struggle, the woman got hold of Falls’ gun and shot him.
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McCarthy: Defund Planned Parenthood during probes | TheHill
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Monday that Congress should immediately defund Planned Parenthood until the group can clear its name of any wrongdoing in the wake of its hidden camera controversy.
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Well, here’s one we did not see coming at all. Both former Homeland Security boss Michael Chertoff and former NSA and CIA director Michael Hayden have said that they actually disagree with current FBI director Jim Comey about his continued demands t…
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The hot air balloon that is Donald Trump’s campaign for the Republican nomination continues to head for the stratosphere, with one weekend poll showing that he is not only the leading contender but has nearly doubled his support among Republican vot…
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Former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba signs for MLS side Montreal Impact | Football | The Guardian
Former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has made the switch to Major League Soccer by signing for Montreal Impact. The 37-year-old Ivorian was a free agent following the end of his second spell with the Blues, for whom he scored 164 goals across nine s…
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President Obama’s visits to Kenya and Ethiopia can be justified as policy by the dreadful state of South Sudan, which borders both countries, but it is hard to escape the thought that he had personal reasons for wanting to visit Kenya, his father’s …
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BBC Sport – Didier Drogba joins MLS side Montreal Impact
Former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has signed for Major League Soccer side Montreal Impact. More to follow.
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R.I.P. Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of the late Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, died Sunday. Brown had been placed in hospice care following a months-long hospitalization after being found unconscious in her home. She was 22 years old.
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The CIA Paid This Contractor $40 Million to Review Torture Documents | VICE News
One of the main criticisms leveled by Republicans and CIA supporters about the Senate Intelligence Committee’s landmark five-year study into the CIA’s torture program has been the cost to taxpayers: $40 million.
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‘German-Somali’ behind Mogadishu’s Jazeera hotel blast – BBC News
A German of Somali origin is suspected to have been the suicide bomber who struck in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, on Sunday, a Somali intelligence officer has told the BBC.
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It’s about time Elle Fanning stars in a trendy YA adaptation · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Elle Fanning, an actress often at the center of films about young people (such as Super 8, The Boxtrolls, and the upcoming How To Talk To Girls At Parties), will now employ her bright-eyed stare and bulbous tears in service of adapting a bestselling…
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Yesterday was Stanley Kubrick’s birthday—he would have been 87—and in honor of the filmmaking giant, here’s a collection of tracking shots from four of his films.
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Is artificial intelligence the next step in advertising? | Media Network | The Guardian
Artificial intelligence (AI) has rarely been out of the public eye in the past 12 months. Stephen Hawking’s grave warning, Channel 4 drama Humans and big screen outings Ex Machina and Terminator Genysis have all asked questions about the the potenti…
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People are apparently shocked, shocked to learn that Greece did indeed have plans to introduce a parallel currency if necessary. I mean, really: it would have been shocking if there weren’t contingency plans. Preparing for something you know might h…
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On the eve of a judge’s ruling, attorneys find key evidence tucked away in the files of the opposing side. They rush to court with word of their bombshell discovery. If this sounds like the third act of a Hollywood movie, it very well might become o…
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500px ISO » Stunning Photography, Incredible Stories » Breathtaking Outdoor Portraits by TJ Drysdale
TJ Drysdale exploded onto our radar in a big when when his photo “Highlands” landed in the #2 most popular spot of our Top 25 This Week in Popular roundup yesterday.
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9 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before July 31 | | Observer
British artist Lucy Beech makes her American debut with two fictional videos based on real-life research into the labor and economy of emotions.
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Why Did Uber Beat Bill de Blasio? | Observer
The cutting television ads. The coalition-building. The incessant lobbying. It was a textbook 21st century campaign.
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How Top Computer Vendors Are Differentiating Themselves As Windows 10 Releases | | Observer
Microsoft’s Ashley Frank discuss Windows 10 at a meeting of the company’s shareholders in December. (Photo: Stephen Brashear/Getty Images) Windows 10 releases to the public for personal computers tomorrow.
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Following its split from PayPal last week, eBay announced this morning it’s closing down a number of standalone mobile applications, including eBay Valet, eBay Fashion, and eBay Motors, and is retiring its on-demand delivery service eBay Now.
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Al Roker is airing a new cooking series on Meerkat | The Verge
If you’re like me, you’re probably familiar with Al Roker because of his work on TV. He’s gregarious and capable as the weather anchor on NBC’s Today, and he hosts his own daily show on The Weather Channel, Wake Up with Al.
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Florida Man crowned winner of 2015 Ernest Hemingway lookalike contest – Boing Boing
A man in Florida with a bangin’ white beard won this year’s “Papa” Hemingway Look-Alike Contest. It was the contender’s 15th try at the highly coveted title.
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Bush Administration Officials React to 9/11 in Newly Released Photos
The video of George W. Bush sitting blankly in a Florida elementary school classroom after learning that a hijacked airplane had crashed into the Twin Towers is an indelible part of Americans’ collective memory of Sept. 11, 2001.
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Bread loaf that looks like a pug is just too cute to eat
Don’t you wish you could just bite a pug because they’re so dang cute? Well, now you can! English baker Miss Insomnia Tulip of Lou Lou P’s Delights has baked a loaf of bread that looks like a realistic pug.
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NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory – A New Heat Record for Alaska
On May 23, 2015, Alaska set a new record for earliest day with temperatures in the 90s. As described by climate.gov, a daytime high of 91 °F was measured in Eagle, AK, where temperatures have been recorded since the 1890s.
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Transgender boy barred from men’s room testifies in sex discrimination case | US news | The Guardian
Gavin Grimm, a 16-year-old transgender boy in Virginia who was barred by his high school from using male restrooms and directed instead to segregated “biological gender” facilities, went before a federal judge on Monday to argue that he is the victi…
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Chris Christie: I’m Done Talking About Donald Trump
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is done talking about fellow Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump – so stop asking. “That’s my position. I don’t comment on his comments. It’s just not worth the time,” he said.
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Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk are worried about weapons that think for themselves
Among the signatories on the letter from the Future of Life Institute are renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, Tesla founder Elon Musk, and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.
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Google Not Playing Nice With Apple Music Yet | TechCrunch
If you want to stream your music instead of buying tracks, there are more options than you can shake a stick at. You’ve got Spotify, Rdio, XBox Music (Microsoft), Amazon, Apple Music and Google Play (just to name a few).
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Launch Photos: US Air Force’s Wideband Global SATCOM 7 Blasts Off
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Google+ breathes its last breath as Google axes login requirements
In a huge pivot in Google’s original plan, the company will no longer require a Google+ login to use services like YouTube. When Google forced Google+ accounts on anyone wanting to comment or upload videos on YouTube in 2013, the service exploded wi…
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Every month, Netflix announces which films and television shows will be joining and leaving the streaming service. August’s list, like the lists of many recent months, is an example of the company’s ability to fill the service with nostalgic fluff, …
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FocusMotion lets any wearable become your fitness trainer, no matter how obscure the exercise
There are no shortage of fitness wearables on the market, but many of them do roughly the same thing in different packaging: Sleep tracking, motion detecting, heart rate measuring and the like.
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Switching: The tale of my unexpected moves to Microsoft services. | The Verge
Yesterday marked another step into the Microsoft world for myself, someone who pretty much used Google services exclusively historically with the purchase of a new Microsoft Surface 3 with a Type Cover. So, what’s changed for me exactly?
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Rapha ties records at Quakecon, Meltdown takes Tri-Master title
The only major Quake tournament of the year was a thriller, even if it wasn’t exactly what fans were hoping to see. This year’s Quakecon featured a what it calls a Tri-Master tournament, a $32,000 event pitting teams against each other in three diff…
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Can Philadelphia barbershops help increase black voter turnout? | Business | The Guardian
Duerward Beale goes to his local barbershop in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, two or three times a month. For Beale – known as “Woody” to his friends – the barbershop trip is not just a quick in-and-out appointment. Instead, the visit often spans hours…
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Sarah Palin Tries To Compare Planned Parenthood To The Confederate Flag
Former Republican vice president nominee Sarah Palin waded into the fights over Planned Parenthood and the Confederate flag with a single Facebook post on Sunday.
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eBay is killing its local delivery service and specialized apps
Fans of eBay are about to have a much simpler experience. In a blog post,the company says it is shuttering services – including its on-demand delivery service eBay Now – and apps, such as eBay Valet. Functionality from the specialized apps is being …
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BEIRUT, Lebanon — On a normal weekend night, the revelers at Floyd the Dog, a bar in one of this city’s rowdiest party neighborhoods, spill onto the sidewalk, drinks in hand, to smoke cigarettes in the warm Mediterranean air.
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Razer buys Ouya as the dream of an open Android console dies
Razer, the company best known for its high-end PC gaming hardware, has purchased indie-centric hardware and software developer Ouya in an all-cash deal. The precise terms of the deal have not been disclosed, but we do know that only the software por…
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How Americans Die Abroad – Bloomberg Business
Last year, 68 million Americans traveled internationally. The overwhelming majority returned safely to U.S. shores. An unlucky few didn’t. The government doesn’t keep comprehensive records of civilian deaths abroad.
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Your E-mail Font Is Ruining Your Life – Bloomberg Business
Well, maybe not your life. But certainly your reputation with people of good taste. Helvetica, the hip font of choice for brands and typeface nerds, is the default font setting for Apple Mail. Gmail defaults to Arial, a font one designer called Helv…
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Nate Cohn cautions us not to make too much of the polls supposedly showing the Trump surge continuing, as many — but not all – were taken before the McCain affair. Fair point.
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White House Accused of ‘Selling Out’ Fight Against Human Trafficking Over Malaysia | VICE News
The US State Department certified on Monday that Malaysia is making progress in the fight against human trafficking — but human rights groups, Malaysian activists, and a number of US Senators accuse Barack Obama’s administration of manipulating the …
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With U.S. homeownership levels back to their lowest point since 1993, rentals look set to make up a larger share of the country’s housing stock for the foreseeable future.
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“Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want” is perfect sadness · Hear This · The A.V. Club
In Hear This, A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well. This week: Our favorite songs under two minutes long. I like short songs. They get in, get out, and get the point across. Short songs are especially good for acts prone to min…
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Russian Accused of Poisoning Ex-KGB Agent Given Until Tuesday to Testify | VICE News
The often tense relationship between the United Kingdom and the Russian Federation was on display on Monday in Court 73, a beige room on the third floor of London’s Royal Courts of Justice.
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Masters of Sex GIF and a Graf: Freud Is Dead | WIRED
Although it does pick up a bit of the Virginia-balances-life-and-work thread from its previous installment, last night’s Masters of Sex largely focused on the, well, response that Human Sexual Response is getting. Religious folks condemn it. High sc…
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Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine play a murderous cat-and-mouse game · Watch This · The A.V. Club
Every day, Watch This offers staff recommendations inspired by a new movie coming out that week. This week: Arriving in select theaters Friday, July 31, The End Of The Tour belongs to a fine tradition of movies that feature little more than two acto…
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The house formerly known as Prince’s in Purple Rain is for sale · Newswire · The A.V. Club
So this is what it feels like when doves make real estate investments. Minnesota’s public radio station The Current reports the house used as the residence of “The Kid” in the film Purple Rain is for sale.
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The Art Historian Advising Ted Cruz – NationalJournal.com
When a terrorist attack killed American personnel in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012, Republican foreign policy wonks were suddenly very busy. There was blame to cast and danger to assess, and their opinions were in unusually high demand.
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Why I Hope Jon Snow is Dead and Never Comes Back | | Observer
A quote, from “the internet” – Did you hear Kit Harington rode a plane that was flying in the general direction of the Game of Thrones set? Did you see his hair? Did you? Did you?? Did you hear the news that today HBO totally tipped its hand by rele…
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Thom Yorke sings a pre-Radiohead version of High and Dry
While the members of On A Friday, the band that later became Radiohead, were on a break as they attended college, Thom Yorke was a member of a band called Headless Chickens.
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Reluctant cartoonist Sydney Padua tips us off early in The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Computer that her graphic novel/history book is probably neither.
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New York Magazine Site, Cosby Cover Story Back Up After DDoS Attack | Observer
Around 9pm EST last night, New York magazine published an article about the alleged sexual assault victims of Bill Cosby, for which the magazine interviewed 35 of the 46 women who have come forward with allegations.
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Huckabee’s Iran comments spark ire – but not from Iowa’s Jewish Republicans | US news | The Guardian
Mike Huckabee’s controversial contention that by agreeing to a nuclear deal with Iran President Barack Obama will take “the Israelis and march them to the door of the oven” has sparked condemnation from national Jewish groups, as well as Obama himse…
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Trump to the Future: “Back to the Future” + Donald Trump parody video – Boing Boing
“Contrary to popular belief, the 2015 Donald Trump presidential campaign actually extends all the way back to 1985.” A wonderful parody video by James Montalbano that’s making the rounds, as Donald Trump becomes a credible presidential candidate, de…
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Where’s the justice for the women who have accused Bill Clinton of sexual assault?
What if America’s first female president were married to a sex offender? This is not a hypothetical question. A multitude of allegations against former President Bill Clinton have appeared over the years. Among the most prominent:
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The darkest moment of André Borschberg’s unprecedented solar flight across the Pacific was not when he learned of the battery failure that has now suspended the Solar Impulse flight until next spring.
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OnePlus 2 shows up in detailed photos ahead of announcement | The Verge
We’re hours away from the official unveiling of the OnePlus 2, which will be revealed tonight during an event that’s also being broadcast in virtual reality. But aside from price, availability, and a few remaining hardware details, the company may n…
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Is there a Jon Snow spoiler hidden in the HBO Store?
In Game of Thrones fans’ ongoing quest to figure out whether Jon Snow somehow survived the mutiny by the Night’s Watch (despite what the showrunners have said on the matter), they’ve now turned to the HBO Store itself.
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TomTom is now making maps for autonomous vehicles | The Verge
Autonomous vehicles are going to need detailed maps of the world if they want to carefully get around, and TomTom wants to be one of the companies to provide those. It’s starting to work with auto parts maker Bosch to develop road maps for self-driv…
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We all know the maxim “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”, but what happens when an item doesn’t fit into one of these categories? It becomes the “R” people don’t like to talk as much about: rubbish.
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Sewel vows to stay away from Lords until ‘cocaine video’ inquiry finished | Politics | The Guardian
Lord Sewel has said he will stay away from parliament until investigations into allegations that he took drugs while cavorting with sex workers are completed.
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How One Photographer Captured A Piercing Gaze That Shook The World : NPR
As part of a series called My Big Break, All Things Considered is collecting stories of triumph, big and small. These are the moments when everything seems to click, and people leap forward into their careers.
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How to Keep a 1,500-Foot Skyscraper From Falling Over | WIRED
The Chengdu Greenland Tower, currently under construction, is rising to conquer the Chengdu skyline.
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Quality Assured: What It’s Really Like To Test Games For A Living
There’s an old commercial for Westwood College that’s become something of a running joke in the video game world. Two young men sit at a couch, hammering away at PlayStation controllers. A woman walks in. “Hey guys, finish testing that game yet?” sh…
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BBC Sport – Women’s Ashes 2015: Australia beat England to take ODI series
Australia took a 4-2 lead in the Women’s Ashes series as they won the third and final ODI at Worcester by 89 runs, clinching the one-day series 2-1. Meg Lanning hit 85 as the tourists compiled an imposing total of 241-7 on a tricky wicket.
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With the Obama administration’s final Clean Power Plan rule due out in a matter of weeks, a contingent of 14 states vehemently opposed to it are set on suing against the implementation of the proposed regulation.
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Hawking, Musk Warn Of ‘Virtually Inevitable’ AI Arms Race | TechCrunch
The letter, which was presented Monday at the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Buenos Aires, Argentina, specifically advised against militaries engaging in an AI arms race.
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Cheers To The CFDA’s 40 Newest Members | Observer
The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) has been rather busy. Today, they inducted an impressive 40 new members into the exclusive organization. This is the largest class of CFDA newcomers yet, bringing the total headcount to 508 members,…
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Translate.com Launches Its Enterprise Translation Platform | TechCrunch
Emerge Media’s Translate.com, which launched about four years ago, has probably the best domain name you can have if you’re in the translation business.
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Inside the At-Home Massage Startup Taking Over NYC | | Observer
I was sitting in my apartment a couple of Saturdays ago, sore from the workout I did that morning, when I remembered I had a credit to test out Zeel: the startup that’s kind of like Glamsquad, except they bring massages to your home instead of blow-…
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It’s taken former Valdosta State University (VSU) student Hayden Barnes most of a decade and two trips to the 11th Circuit Appeals Court, but his efforts to hold the school accountable for its abusive behavior have finally paid off.
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New Heart Drugs More Expensive than Expected – Scientific American
LONDON (Reuters) – Two of the most anticipated new heart drugs to be launched in recent years have been priced well above analyst expectations, fuelling the debate about whether modern medicines cost too much.
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Nasty Bug Lets Hackers Into Nearly Any Android Phone Using Nothing But A Message | TechCrunch
It’s like something from a bad movie: eager to learn the details of the bad guy’s dastardly plot, the good guys hack his phone armed with little more than knowledge of his phone number.
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Daily Deal: Corporate Bridge Business Courses: Lifetime Subscription | Techdirt
Another Monday and another course bundle that could help you learn a few new skills to add some polish to your resume. For 68% off, you can gain a lifetime membership to the Corporate Bridge Business Courses site. They have over 1200+ courses in fin…
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Here’s What Caused Megafauna Like the Mammoths to Go Extinct | VICE News
VICE News is closely tracking global environmental change. Check out the Tipping Point blog here.
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Watch a semi truck fly a record-breaking 166 feet through the air | The Verge
I don’t really have a lot to add to this one; here’s a semi jumping over half the length of a football field.
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Turkey and US ‘planning buffer zone’ in northern Syria – BBC News
The US and Turkey are working together on military plans to clear the Islamic State (IS) group from parts of northern Syria, American officials say. They said an “Islamic State-free zone” would ensure greater stability along the Syria-Turkish border.
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China says share purchase continues after market dip – BBC News
In an effort to prop up its stock market, Chinese regulators said they are continuing their purchase of shares.
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News reaches these shores that HBO, the American network behind Game of Thrones and Sex and the City, is considering a remake of British comedy classic All Creatures Great and Small. According to a “production insider”, the new version, if it goes a…
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Weekend Box Office: Is it game over for Adam Sandler? · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Nostalgia is a fickle mistress, especially when it comes to the tricky business of selling a movie.
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Today on the Great Job, Internet! desk, we’re going to feature a few artificially intelligent luminaries from the world of Twitter bots—computerized Twitter accounts that generate weird tweets by interpreting their data-based world in a specific, id…
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Boring Samsung Monitors Like This Are What Wireless Charging Needs | WIRED
The ultimate promise of wireless charging is that it should be everywhere, it should be invisible, and it should have a single global standard that works with everything. Perfect wireless charging must be a given, like Wi-Fi or wall outlets. It must…
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Yemen conflict: Saudi-led coalition resumes air strikes despite truce – BBC News
The ceasefire started at midnight on Sunday, but was pierced by a strike on rebels after they attacked Aden airport with rockets. There was further fighting in the south on Monday, as Houthi militias shelled residential areas in the city of Taiz.
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Facebook users in Europe can now assign someone to manage their account when they die
Facebook users in the US have been able to nominate someone to manage their account pages after they pass away – allowing it to be turned into a sort of memorial, if desired – but the company has only just now started rolling the option out for UK u…
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Senate Republicans Desert Ted Cruz – The Atlantic
The Texas conservative assumes the role of Washington rebel, and enlists his outraged colleagues as his supporting cast. On Friday, Ted Cruz called the leader of his party a liar on the Senate floor. On Sunday, Cruz’s fellow Republicans responded by…
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None of Mexico’s Missing 43 Students Are Among 129 Bodies Found in Mass Graves | VICE News
In the hills surrounding the city where 43 Mexican students were kidnapped and likely killed last year, the search for the missing continues.
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Dear Investors, Fund More Underrepresented Founders In Tech | TechCrunch
If the future of the tech industry is to be a culture of inclusion and diversity, then women founders and founders of color need funding.
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America’s biggest cities are at far greater risk of serious flooding in the coming decades than was previously thought, because of a “triple threat” produced under climate change, researchers said on Monday.
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Election Results and Post-Poll Violence: Burundi on the Brink (Dispatch 8) | VICE News
Though the presidential elections in Burundi have concluded, political violence surrounding the controversial vote has not simmered.
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Human and fish insult each other’s species – Boing Boing
“The Fish, the Man, and the Spirit” is by Leigh Hunt. It was published in 1836.
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I Am Cait panel review – five trans writers give their verdict | Television & radio | The Guardian
You wake up with Caitlyn Jenner at 4am as she fulminates over her sense of responsibility to the trans community, fretting about “getting it right”.
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The Last of the ‘Britani Brigade Bangladeshi Bad Boys’ Has Been Killed | VICE News
The last member of a group of British men who traveled to join the so-called Islamic State (IS), calling themselves the “Britani Brigade Bangladeshi Bad Boys,” has reportedly died, marking what is thought to be the 50th British jihadi that has been …
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Thirteen US companies sign on to White House climate change pledge | Environment | The Guardian
The Obama administration’s attempts to cut US carbon emissions by 6bn tons by 2030 were boosted on Monday, when 13 of the country’s largest companies added their names to the American Business Act on Climate Pledge.
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EMDR Eye Movement Therapy for Victims of Trauma and PTSD – The Atlantic
It’s straight out of a cartoon about hypnosis: A black-cloaked charlatan swings a pendulum in front of a patient, who dutifully watches and ping-pongs his eyes in turn. (This might be chased with the intonation, “You are getting sleeeeeepy…”)
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Google+ and YouTube are finally splitting up | The Verge
Google is officially divorcing Google+ profiles from its other, more popular services.
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The Little Führer: A Day in the Life of the New Generation of Nationalists | Al Jazeera America
By Vegas Tenold in Knoxville, Tenn. Late at night on June 17, after he and his wife had gone to bed, Matthew Heimbach’s phone rang on his nightstand. On the other end of the line was a man from the South Carolina field office of the FBI.
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His call to include mental-health info in background checks is radical only within the Republican Party—but it might not do much to stop killings anyway.
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LAURENS, IA—Acknowledging the lack of any remotely interesting or entertaining attractions in the surrounding area, the wedding website for couple Adam Jessup and Rachel McHenry explicitly states that there is absolutely jack shit for guests to do w…
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Meet Gosta Peterson: One of Twiggy’s First Photographers | Observer
“Fashion photography is about creating an image, not just for the sake of selling something, but for telling a story,” Bonnie Turtur, editor in chief of Masters Magazine, told the Observer.
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From agricultural monitoring to charting changing lands, early images from Europe’s new Sentinel-2A satellite show how the ‘colour vision’ mission’s critical observations can be used to keep us and our planet safe.
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How One Miami Collector Swaps Her Guest House for Art | | Observer
Maybe you own a home in the suburbs and have a spare room or even a back house that you rent out for a bit of extra cash.
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Fired Gawker Editor Torches The Site On His Way Out
Gawker’s fired national security editor William Arkin set fire to the news site’s “external shitstorm” and internal dysfunction on his way out the door in an email posted Monday to the archive site Cryptome.
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A Traitor Who Writes | The Nation
I have finally started calling myself a “traitor who writes,” after having long hesitated to do so. This honor is too high for me, and I know I do not deserve it.
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Rapper’s ‘hologram’ performance shut down by US police – BBC News
American rapper Chief Keef has had a digital show halted by police. The ‘holographic’ projection was part of a music event called Craze Fest in Hammond, within the metropolitan area of Chicago, Indiana, on Saturday but it was shut down within minute…
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Many of the World’s Top Tech Experts Want to Ban Super-Intelligent ‘Autonomous Weapons’ | VICE News
Some of the world’s top scientists fear that we’re on the brink of unlocking the disturbing potential of artificial intelligence, and have called for a ban on autonomous weapons systems and “killer robots” that can select and assault targets without…
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Russian Helicopter Pilot Crashes Into Arctic Waters, Faces Polar Bears — And Survives | VICE News
The Russian pilot attempting to be the first to fly around the Arctic circle in a lightweight helicopter has been found “alive and well,” after he was forced to land on water during the Iqaluit-to-Greenland leg of the trip.
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Boston mayor throws more doubt over 2024 Olympic bid – BBC News
Boston’s bid for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics has been thrown into further doubt after the mayor said he would not authorise the use of taxpayer money for any cost overruns. Mayor Marty Walsh must sign a host city contract promising to cover an…
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Fort Lean embraces its New Hobbies on a tour-only EP · Newswire · The A.V. Club
On its debut album Quiet Day, Brooklyn’s Fort Lean trafficked in expertly crafted indie-pop. Of course, not every song the band loved made the album, and this August Fort Lean will be releasing New Hobbies, a tour-only EP that puts these songs in th…
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Professor Blastoff packs it up after a long stretch of success · Podmass · The A.V. Club
Professor Blastoff packs it up after a long stretch of success The Latest From Newswire The Latest From Features The Latest From Reviews B B+ The Latest From Videos The Latest From Great Job, Internet! AUX Podmass In Podmass, The A.V.
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Kimberly Thomas stood in the pouring rain Sunday at the intersection where her brother, Samuel Dubose, was shot dead by police one week prior. The loss of her “biggest fan” has been devastating, just as she was planning to open a new restaurant with…
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Inside The A-List Event Where 2016 GOPers Are More Christian-Than-Thou
Lou Dubose is the editor of The Washington Spectator, where this article first appeared. His most recent book is Vice: Dick Cheney and the Hijacking of the American Presidency. American politics is not easy for believers.
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As you’ve seen, the Times has now issued yet another correction on that terribly botched story about Hillary Clinton and her emails. The scale of the screw up is frankly mind-boggling.
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A female sprinter barred from international competition because her natural levels of testosterone were judged by track and field officials to be in the range of men must be allowed to compete, the final appeals court for global sports ruled on Mond…
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Obama attacks Mike Huckabee over Israel ‘oven’ remarks – BBC News
US President Barack Obama says attacks on him by Republican presidential candidates are “outrageous” and would be “ridiculous if it weren’t so sad”. His comments came after Mick Huckabee accused Mr Obama of marching Israelis “to the door of the oven…
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Spain wildfires: Firefighters battle huge blaze in Catalonia – BBC News
The Catalonia region of Spain has seen its biggest forest fire this year, with more than 1,200 hectares (3,000 acres) burned in less than 24 hours. Helicopters have been used to contain the fire, which broke out on Sunday.
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Obama’s trip to Kenya: 12 things – BBC News
Lord Sewel is granted “leave of absence” from the House of Lords after being filmed allegedly taking drugs with prostitutes.
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LISLE, Ill. — Funerals are often predictably somber — a cloistering and culminating of grief and pain. Not Sandra Bland’s funeral. (Everyone called her Sandy, by the way.) Sandy’s was simultaneously celebratory and defiant.
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WASHINGTON — The fight for a $15 minimum wage has gained momentum in New York, California and other places around the country in recent months. But as a national strategy to raise incomes at the bottom of the pay scale, it faces major obstacles, bot…
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NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory – 2014 Was the Warmest Year on Record
Analysis by shows that in 2014, the combined land and ocean surface temperature was 1.24°F (0.69°C) above the 20th century average, making the year the warmest since records began in 1880. The ocean alone was record warm, while the land alone was fo…
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Have We Reached Peak Vinyl? – Stereogum
Stewart Anderson has had enough. The frontman for noise-pop veterans Boyracer and head of likeminded label 555 Recordings has been releasing music on vinyl since 1991.
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Man decides not to crush caterpillar after noticing it had a human face – Boing Boing
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NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory – 2014 Was the Warmest Year on Record
Analysis by shows that in 2014, the combined land and ocean surface temperature was 1.24°F (0.69°C) above the 20th century average, making the year the warmest since records began in 1880. The ocean alone was record warm, while the land alone was fo…
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Here’s what’s leaving Netflix in August
All you really need to know about what’s leaving Netflix in August is that you only have a week to watch Face/Off. Here’s the whole rundown of what you need to queue up before the cruelest month slides in. Aug.
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Crawl inside the mind of a killer with comics creator Joshua Williamson
Thanks to recent films like The Babadook and It Follows, Hollywood has declared a resurgence in the horror genre. In addition to tons of buzz for upcoming films like M.
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Never Read The Comments | Observer
I’m the 24-year-old CTO of a startup that just raised $2 million. I built all of my company’s tech by myself for the first two years we existed. But, apparently, if I’m on your tech team you should [re]evaluate your life.
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Internet activists determined to halt what they see as another ill-conceived Washington cybersecurity bill are hitting Congress where it hurts: right in the fax machine. Protesters have programmed eight separate phone lines to convert emails sent fr…
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The Back to the Future Donald Trump mash-up is too real and too terrifying | The Verge
Video artist James Montalbano has replaced the grim fictional 2015 of Back to the Future Part II with the grim non-fictional 2015 of the current election cycle.
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Is this police video about a local robbery actually a viral ad for Coke?
One small-town cop won’t settle for anything less than justice and a cheeseburger for a local supermarket and restaurant that was the victim of a recent robbery. The St.
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Little Big Town Cancel More Tour Dates | Rolling Stone
Since May 9th, Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush” has reigned as the biggest country song in America, sitting atop the Billboard charts for nearly three months straight. It couldn’t be a better time for the band to hit the road.
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The Internet was too smart to fall for 4chan’s fake feminist convention
In an attempt to con feminists out of thousands of dollars, a group of 4chan users tried to set up a fake convention called FemCon—but it most certainly did not go as planned.
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No one shows up to Seattle’s ‘straight pride parade’ except one sad troll
Seattle’s Anthony Rebello claims he just wants to celebrate his sexual orientation like the LGBT community does.
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#TheEmptyChair: New York magazine’s Cosby cover ignites dialogue on rape | World news | The Guardian
New York magazine’s cover photograph of 35 women who have accused comedian Bill Cosby of sexual assault – the largest such picture of the dozens of women who have alleged that he drugged and raped them – has sparked a global conversation on rape and…
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This NYC comedian figured out the best way to channel his ‘True Detective’ frustrations
Complaining about season 2 of True Detective has become the Internet’s favorite Monday morning hobby. But one man has taken his frustration offline. NYC comedian Jason Saenz decided to make his loss of interest in the show something more tactile tha…
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Sorry Hulk Hogan, You’re Not Invited to LeSean McCoy’s Party | Rolling Stone
With veterans set to report to NFL training camps this week, players are doing all they can to savor their final moments of freedom; sadly, LeSean McCoy is not having the send-off he was hoping for.
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There are probably way more people in the ‘gig economy’ than we realize | Fusion
Its authors argue that for all the attention it has received, the share of American workers actually participating in the “gig economy”—driving for Uber or Lyft or picking up jobs, or deriving income from selling products on Etsy—really isn’t that b…
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The World’s First Malaria Vaccine Is Almost Here, and Will Be Entirely Not-For Profit | GOOD
An estimated two hundred million people are infected with the malaria virus annually. Hundreds of thousands of those infected are eventually killed by the disease, making its mosquito carriers the deadliest animals on Earth.
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Today’s ‘Galaxy’ Insight –The Search for Habitable Planets
Data from orbiting telescopes like NASA’s Kepler Mission hint that the tally of habitable planets in our galaxy is many billion. If E.T.’s not out there, then Earth is more than merely special – it’s some sort of miracle.
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Will Iran Deal Expose Jewish Political Impotence? | | Observer
There is near unanimity among Jewish organizations in the United States and Israel’s Jewish citizens that the Obama deal with Iran is a catastrophe that must be stopped.
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Planned Parenthood Website Hacked By “Social Justice Warriors” | Observer
As if New York magazine wasn’t enough. Planned Parenthood was also the victim of a hacking attack this past weekend.
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Zero Waste Remains a Dirty Business | The Nation
In an age of global warming, two global capitals, Los Angeles and New York, are going “zero waste.” Following a nationwide trend, the cities have launched new plans to aggressively reform their waste-management and recycling systems to nearly elimin…
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The pro guide to the perfect UX portfolio
For UX and UI designers, your website is more than just descriptions of your work — it is your work. In a lot of cases, the site alone may determine whether or not you get hired, so do everything you can to make it perfect.
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Senate Democratic Head Still Hopes for Special Session on Ethics | Observer
Speaking days after the the convictions of upstate Republican State Senator Thomas Libous and Brooklyn Democratic State Senator John Sampson in separate corruption cases, Democratic Minority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins said she hoped Gov.
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Arctic sea ice expert complains to press watchdog over Times story | Environment | The Guardian
One of the world’s leading Arctic sea ice experts has responded strongly to a Times newspaper story claiming that he thought assassins may have murdered three leading British scientists in 2013.
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From Opium Wars to Darwin’s Finches: A Brief History of Great Britain | The Nation
Opium was outlawed in China. British merchants smuggled it in from India. Their diligent efforts led to a surge in the number of Chinese dependent on the mother of heroin and morphine, who charmed them with false happiness and ruined their lives.
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How might we better manage the world’s oceans? This question came up often during the reporting of The New York Times’s series about lawlessness at sea.
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Highly Anticipated August Meteor Shower And More | Skywatching Video
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Barbara Gordon and Dick Grayson are former lovers who have experienced big changes in the last year, with both of their ongoing solo series, Batgirl and Grayson, taking them in considerably different directions from what was being done with their ch…
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TorrentFreak reports on a somewhat unexpected end to a criminal case against an (oddly unnamed) 50-year-old Swedish man who was accused of and admitted to running the servers for the topsite known as Devil.
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Walker Inches Past Trump In IA While Trump Beats Bush, Walker in NH
The initial primary and caucus states are starting to have clear frontrunners in Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, according to two new polls.
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WASHINGTON — Thailand remains among the nearly two dozen countries that are making little to no effort to stop the smuggling of people, while Malaysia has improved its effort to combat human trafficking in the last year, according to a State Departm…
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The Most Recognizable Voice in New York on Vimeo
Meet the man behind New York City’s subway announcements. Read more: http://nyr.kr/1HHA5zA Subscribe: vimeo.com/newyorker Follow us: twitter.com/newyorkervideo Watch more videos at newyorker.com/video
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Today’s Kids Have No Idea How The First iPod Worked | TechCrunch
It’s easy to forget that technology changes quickly when you follow this industry. When the first iPod was released in 2001, it was a much different world. Components weren’t powerful enough to create smartphones and tablets. Gmail, Facebook, Twitte…
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Yet more consolidation afoot in the gaming business. Gree International, the global arm of the Japanese gaming giant that focuses on social and mobile gaming, is downsizing in San Francisco by cutting 30% of jobs, and at the same time it is doubling…
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Google has announced a change to its user consent policy which will affect website publishers using Google products and services including Google AdSense, DoubleClick for Publishers, and DoubleClick Ad Exchange, and whose sites or apps have visitors…
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Colombia Mass Grave Excavation | Al Jazeera America
The last contact Margarita Restrepo had with her daughter was a hurried phone call on Oct. 25, 2002. The school day was over and 17-year-old Carol Vanesa was going to meet friends at a metro stop near the sprawling Comuna 13 working class neighborho…
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Teaching Kendrick Lamar and Social Justice | Observer
Hands up, don’t shoot. Pants up, don’t loot. Black lives matter. White lives matter. We live in a white supremacist culture. We live in post-racial America. It is a frustrating time to be living in America.
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Kepler-452b: What It Would Be Like to Live On Earth’s ‘Cousin’ – Scientific American
Kepler-452b may be Earth’s close cousin, but living on the newfound world would still be an alien experience. Kepler-452 is 60 percent wider than Earth and probably about five times more massive, so its surface gravity is considerably stronger than …
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New York Magazine’s website is under attack after an ambitious Cosby rape story | The Verge
At 9PM on Sunday night, New York Magazine published to the web one of its most ambitious and powerful stories of the year, an extended interview with 35 women who have accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault.
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South Africa’s police boss Phiyega disputes Marikana massacre report – BBC News
South Africa’s police chief has criticised a judge-led inquiry which blamed her officers for the killing of 34 miners in what became known as the Marikana massacre. Riah Phiyega said police management did not have “murderous intent” on the day the s…
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Huckabee’s Controversial Remarks Undercut By Former U.S. Ambassadors To Israel | ThinkProgress
Republican Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee hasn’t been discouraged by criticism over his controversial remarks on the weekend which took aim at the Obama administration’s acceptance of the Iranian nuclear deal.
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A Kentucky distillery is playing Bowie, Springsteen to its brandy · Newswire · The A.V. Club
The jury’s still out on whether playing music helps plants grow, but the Copper & Kings distillery is convinced it’s good for brandy.
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Burger King gets boost in sales from ‘chicken fries’ – BBC News
Burger King has credited the return of its “chicken fries” for helping to drive a better-than-expected rise in second quarter sales. The deep fried chicken strips, first launched in 2005, were taken off the menu in 2012, but were reintroduced after …
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Manchester Royal Infirmary A&E unit closed over Mers outbreak – BBC News
Manchester Royal Infirmary has shut its A&E unit after a suspected Middle East Respiratory Syndrome outbreak. It confirmed the emergency department was closed temporarily while two patients are investigated for the condition.
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Razer confirms Ouya purchase in bid to take over Android TV gaming | The Verge
Razer has confirmed its acquisition of Ouya, maker of the Android-based game console that started as one of Kickstarter’s biggest hits before fizzling out when it came to market with few games, limited functionality, and a bad controller.
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Follow us on Twitter where we’ll announce the next topic for On The Line. VICE News’ Mexico City Bureau Chief Daniel Hernandez joined On The Line to discuss drug lord El Chapo’s prison break, and the latest news from Mexico and Latin America.
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Tokyo’s Olympics Logo Is a Confusing Geometric Mess | WIRED
Tokyo has a logo for its 2020 Olympic games, and what a confusing one it is.
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Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis sue MailOnline over photos – BBC News
Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis have taken legal action against MailOnline over pictures of their daughter. The celebrity couple have issued High Court proceedings against Associated Newspapers on behalf of themselves and one-year-old Wyatt over two a…
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BBC Pop Up: Satirising Obama in Kenya’s political cartoons – BBC News
Kenyans rolled out the red carpet for US President Obama as he returned to his ancestral home as part of a trip to East Africa. But that didn’t stop many Kenyans from also asking questions about what Mr Obama has done for Kenya.
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A History of Hamburger E. Coli Outbreaks | Lucky Peach
E. coli O157:H7 did not burst onto the scene in the early 1990s, as many in the big food business like to think. It slowly crept into our food supply, spreading in the enormous feedlots that began to dot the U.S. landscape during the last century.
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The Subtle Genius of Minionese | Mental Floss
Because the 2010 film Despicable Me was about an evil genius, it was only natural that it should also feature minions. From Dr. Frankenstein’s Igor to Dr. Evil’s Mini-Me, underlings who are prepared to fawn over evil geniuses and do their every bidd…
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“A Galaxy of Earth-like Planets” –The Kepler Mission Revolution
It is estimated that there are millions of Earth-like planets in our Galaxy. However, most of these are out of our observational abilities for the coming decades, and probably many centuries.
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Who dares sit on a chair with a cactus at the bottom?
Pushing the limits of everyday design, New York-based Deger Cengiz has come up with a rather, uh, prickly furniture piece that puts a 10-inch barrel cactus at the bottom. Let’s hope that building material is thick. And designed to stay in place!
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Google Stops Requiring Google+ For Services Like YouTube And Moves Features Out
It’s no secret that Google+ didn’t quite work out the way Google envisioned and now, after already moving Google Photos out of the service, it’s starting to decouple Google+ profiles from its regular Google accounts.
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Terrorize the seas as the white whale of Moby Dick, but with lasers – Offworld
Have you ever wanted to glide through the seas with the grace of a giant sea creature, killing everyone in your path? Did you enjoy Ecco the Dolphin, but wish it had allowed you to commit mass murder? Then Pequod might be for you.
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Joe Jackson has suffered a stroke · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Joe Jackson, the talent manager and father of the late Michael Jackson, has suffered a stroke while in Brazil. According to USA Today, Jackson was visiting the country in part to celebrate his birthday—the music mogul turned 87 on Sunday.
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Google+ to be streamlined and unlinked from other Google services
Hate Google+? You won’t need it to log into other Google services anymore. In a blog post, Google also says the entire experience will be more focused, which will send ripple effects down through YouTube as well.
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Here’s a great free Instagram iOS custom keyboard
A couple of weeks back, we wrote about an app that puts Instagram into the iOS notification center. But if you’re a really huge fan, this is even better – an Instagram iOS custom keyboard.
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My old gadgets are worth £114. How much is hidden in your junk drawer? | Technology | The Guardian
How many old mobile phones and tablets are languishing in your home? A quick inventory of my drawers, where gadgets go to die, reveals a stash bigger than Las Vegas’s neon boneyard.
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Razer confirms Ouya acquisition in a move to strengthen its Android TV gaming
Struggling gaming startup Ouya found itself in desperate need of a buyer a few months ago, and now it’s found one: Razer. The deal closed back on June 12, and it was Razer’s first-ever acquisition.
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Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana called for tougher gun laws in other states on Sunday, breaking his silence on the issue three days after a gunman with a history of mental illness and violence opened fire in a movie theater in the state’s fourth-larg…
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On March 12, the Capitol Crawl, organized by ADAPT (Americans Disabled for Accessible Public Transit), gathered a crowd of hundreds of chanting supporters at the entrance of the country’s legislature.
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Mike Huckabee thinks the Iran deal is like the Holocaust
Former Arkansas Gov. and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has once again compared politics he doesn’t like to the Holocaust.
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NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory – Cold Weather in the North Central U.S. Moving East
The large and sprawling Canadian surface high over much of the northern U.S. will push a strong cold front towards the southeast, putting an end to the recent mild weather for the Mid-Atlantic region and the Northeast states.
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Mixpanel Announces Codeless Mobile Analytics | TechCrunch
Mixpanel recently unveiled a new feature that should make it easier for mobile businesses to customize the company’s analytics tools without writing any addition code. That’s because it’s not just tracking pageviews, but a number of different user a…
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Warm global temperatures along with emergence of El Niño-like conditions in the Pacific combined to create a very stressful year for coral reefs.
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NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory – Philippines on Alert for Strengthening Typhoon Hagupit
Typhoon Hagupit is moving west at 20 mph southwest of the eastern Caroline Islands in the western Pacific Ocean with strengthening to Super Typhoon status forecast later in the week.
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The Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) has a policy (Policy 912) that requires that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, and intersex (LGBTQI) juveniles be treated with respect for their identities.
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35 women assault by Bill Cosby tell their stories in New York magazine – Boing Boing
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Guitarist perfectly covers the soundtrack to Super Mario Bros. 3
In his latest video, Onotera covers of the Super Mario Bros. 3 soundtrack. Only he doesn’t just cover the music. He also impressively includes the accompanying sound effects with his guitar.
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An emailed statement early Monday from the Albert Einstein hospital in São Paulo says only that Jackson was admitted to the hospital Sunday afternoon. He is in the intensive care unit. The statement also said he was suffering from an irregular heart…
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New Zealand authorities searching for two missing Canadian university students say they have found a second body in the rubble of an avalanche.
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Even If Sandra Bland Did Commit Suicide…
We don’t know what the evidence will show happened to Sandra Bland in that jail cell. It shouldn’t matter. Does it really matter if Sandra Bland committed suicide while in police custody or was murdered? Does a suicide under police watch in any way …
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How to shake someone who’s tailing you — Hopes&Fears — flow “Life”
You never know when you might be followed. If that terrifying circumstance ever arises, this is how to lose that nefarious character that’s hot on your heels. We live in an age where it pays to be paranoid. Security cameras are unavoidable. The NSA …
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Space in Videos – 2015 – 07 – Sentinel-2: an introduction
An introduction to the Sentinel-2 mission for Europe’s Copernicus programme and some of its benefits for the planet’s ever-growing population, such as deforestation monitoring, food security and the sustainable management of natural resources.
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If you follow music news, you’ll have read of late more than a couple stories about two former members of two highly influential bands—Jackie Fox of the Runaways and Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth.
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A Visit from the President | | Observer
President barack just shattered another long-standing tradition: he didn’t stay at the Waldorf-Astoria during his visit to New York City this past weekend, and is apparently not planning to use the venerable Park Avenue tower during September’s meet…
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Portland police officer accused of 7-hour sexual assault gets paid vacation – Boing Boing
Portland police officer Jeromie Palaoro is sitting on his couch collecting a paycheck pending the results of an investigation of his alleged sexual assault on a woman who had called the police to report that her boyfriend attacked her.
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New exploit means nearly any Android phone can be hacked with a single text
As many as 950 million Android devices might be vulnerable to a hack so simple that it only requires a text message.
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Malaysia, Cuba Taken Off US Trafficking Blacklist | Al Jazeera America
The State Department on Monday removed Cuba and Malaysia from its blacklist of countries failing to combat modern-day slavery, leaving the United States open to criticism that politics is swaying the often-contentious rankings in its annual human tr…
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There is no shortage of GOP candidates in this election cycle. Senators, governors, surgeons and real estate developers-turned-reality-stars all feel they have what it takes to be the nation’s top executive. Many have claimed the spotlight for short…
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Twitter joke thieves are getting DMCA takedowns – Boing Boing
Among professional comedians, joke theft is no joke. Now Twitter is allowing members to use DMCA notices to take down tweets posted by accounts that copy and paste them without attribution. PlagiarismBad’s name-and-shame campaign has already netted …
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WATCH: Artist redraws a photo portrait from scratch in this timelapse – Boing Boing
DeviantArt member viktoriyarova made a time-lapse video as she recreated a photo from scratch in Photoshop. Below is Vicky’s final Evey Study illustration: http://beethy.deviantart.com/ • ViktoriYarova (DeviantArt) • Vicky Yarova (vickyyarova.
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850 photos: Making of Yogi Bear and The Flintstones in 1960 – Boing Boing
LIFE photographer Allan Grant took 850 photos documenting Hanna-Barbera studios in 1960.
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NSFW survey shows what women want in porn – Boing Boing
PornHub and RedTube’s new survey shows that Southern ladies tend to love porn more than other American women, and women are more likely to enjoy porn with lesbians and gay men, regardless of the women’s orientation. Women’s favorite porn stars are r…
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Wild beluga migrate downriver from Canada’s Hudson Bay – in pictures | Environment | The Guardian
Every summer, approximately 57,000 beluga migrate to the estuary of the Canadian Hudson, in Churchill, Manitoba. They arrive in May and stay for four months, before leaving at the end of August or in early September Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share …
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As President Obama addresses the leaders of the African Union, I have strong misgivings that his presence as the first sitting United States president to attend the gathering will be misinterpreted as positive reinforcement of the type of governance…
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Christie Slams Iowa Gun Activist: ‘Your Point Of View Is Dead Wrong’ (VIDEO)
GOP presidential candidate and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) had some strong words for a gun rights activist on Saturday at a town hall event in Iowa, according to a CNN video.
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NYT Slaps A Second Correction On ‘Mess’ Of A Story About Clinton Emails
The New York Times appended a second correction over the weekend to a story it published last week about an investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email account that she used at the State Department. The newspaper initially reported Thursday t…
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Comment from the August 3, 2015, Issue – The New Yorker
In “Broken,” Amy Davidson writes about Donald Trump’s success in the polls, and what it means for a debate in Cleveland co-hosted by Fox News and the Ohio Republican Party.
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Earth-Like Exoplanet Kepler-452b | Space Wallpaper
About this Image This stunning space wallpaper shows the possible appearance of the planet Kepler-452b, the first near-Earth-size world discovered in the habitable zone of star similar to our sun. [Read full story.] Credit: NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech/T.
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7 Muslim-American Actors on Hollywood’s Terrorist Typecasting | GQ
The right-wing action hero gave Maz Jobrani hope. This was 2001. Maz had been trying to make it as an actor in Hollywood for three years, but things were going badly for him. He was earning peanuts as an assistant at an advertising agency.
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The trouble with climate change is that it’s too slow: a creeping disaster causing incremental changes to our lives one year at a time.
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‘Hard Ceilings’ Doomed Past Societies — Medium
Without energy, we die. That is the law of entropy: over time, complex arrangements of matter break down unless they can capture constant inputs of free energy from outside themselves.
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Cosmic Winds Sweep Through Galaxies –“Creating the Last Generation of Stars”
Astronomers have long known that powerful cosmic winds can sometimes blow through galaxies, sweeping out interstellar material and stopping future star formation. Now they have a clearer snapshot of how it happens.
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Bruce Omori takes, literally, the hottest photos on 500px: the Big Island native specializes in photographing the extreme and extremely beautiful lava landscapes of his home state of Hawaii. And they succeed in spades.
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13 Giant Companies Just Made Big Climate Pledges | ThinkProgress
Thirteen giant companies joined the Obama administration’s Act on Climate initiative Monday, announcing at least $140 billion in new low-carbon investment and more than 1,600 megawatts (MW) of new renewable energy, the White House said.
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Queen Of Earth trailer pays tribute to ’70s psychodramas · Coming Distractions · The A.V. Club
The official full-length trailer has been released for Queen Of Earth, Alex Ross Perry’s highly anticipated psychological thriller starring Mad Men’s Elisabeth Moss and Inherent Vice’s Katherine Waterston.
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The risk of flooding for US coastal cities has risen significantly over the past century | The Verge
Changing storm dynamics have made flooding a much bigger problem in the US, according to a nationwide study published in Nature Climate Change today.
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Hotel in Belfast charges $41 for bottle of melted iceberg water – Boing Boing
The Merchant Hotel in Belfast employs two water butlers to help patrons select the right kind of H20 to match their meal.
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“Are you Haitian?” That’s the question the Dominican consular officer in NY asked of Dan-el Padilla Peralta, a Dominican writer living in NY who describes himself as “dark-skinned and nappy-headed,” when he recently tried to renew his passport.
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Michael B. Jordan to play a different kind of hero in Just Mercy · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Fantastic Four’s Michael B. Jordan is apparently also a fan of real-life heroes.
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FRANKFURT — Already rived by internal conflict, Greece’s leftist government came under further pressure on Monday following the release of a recording in which the former finance minister described a secret plan to leave the euro.
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An Open Letter to Rudy Gay | The Nation
Hey. We met once and had a solid, if brief talk about Baltimore, so here’s hoping you remember and this letter finds you well.
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Disclosure and Sam Smith are back together for moody single ‘Omen’ | The Verge
British house-pop princes Disclosure have a new album on the horizon — sophomore effort Caracal is due out September 25th — and their latest single features the vocal work of an old friend.
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Ted Cruz gets the cold-shoulder treatment in rare Sunday Senate session
So when Cruz came to the floor looking for 16 senators to agree to hold a roll-call vote, only three raised their hands. McConnell, sitting at his desk, turned around and peered at Cruz, who looked stunned at what had just happened.
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Researchers have found a new texting vulnerability in Android | The Verge
This morning, researchers at Zimperium Mobile Security announced a new vulnerability in Android, targeting the multimedia messaging system.
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Kenyan Cartoonists and Media Are Questioning Obama’s Visit to Africa | VICE News
Cartoonists and Chinese state media are doing their very best to pour cold water on President Barack Obama’s visit to Africa.
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The time zone rebels of the world — Hopes&Fears — flow “City”
In 1934, representatives from 26 countries gathered in Washington DC for the International Meridian Conference.
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Bing Removing Revenge Porn – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
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At a press conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Barack Obama criticized comments by Republican candidate Donald Trump about war veteran John McCain, saying presidential debates deserve better: ‘We’re creating a culture that is not conducive to good …
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Multimedia Hack Affecting 95 Percent of Android Phones | Observer
It may be time for Android users to make the dreaded switch to iPhone. Mobile security experts are in a panic this morning after researchers at Zimperium zLabs found six critical vulnerabilities in 95 percent of Android phones.
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Tod’s Clothing is Finally Available Online, Exclusively At Net-A-Porter | Observer
Following in the footsteps of Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana and Tom Ford, Tod’s is turning to Net-A-Porter for an exclusive e-commerce partnership. This is the first time the Italian label has offered their luxurious threads online and they’ve entered a t…
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The search for 43 missing college students in the southern state of Guerrero has turned up at least 60 clandestine graves and 129 bodies over the last 10 months, Mexico’s attorney general’s office says.
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John Boehner Cries During Interview With The Golf Channel (VIDEO)
Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) brought the Golf Channel to Capitol Hill and it brought the Republican to tears. The Republican lawmaker brought Golf Channel’s host David Feherty to his offices in Washington, D.C.
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[Sponsored Message] Five Points On How the Pharmaceutical Industry Creates Middle Class Jobs
The pharmaceutical industry is one of America’s biggest providers of secure, middle-class jobs. Here are five points on the jobs the industry creates and the investments it makes in science and math education in the U.S.
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On the Market: Morning links from the New York Observer | Observer
Owners of a 54-unit HDFC co-op on W. 106th Street claim that the board has allowed the building to deteriorate while paying themselves generous salaries from the common charges and they’re suing, according to DNAInfo.
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Is It Finally Time to Accept Fat as the Sixth Taste?
There are five acknowledged tastes: sweet, sour, bitter, salty, and (slightly more controversially) umami. For awhile now, researchers have suggested the existence of a sixth taste: fat.
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The Week In Pictures – Week Of July 27, 2015 – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
Winchester Unveils New 9MM Stray Bullet Guaranteed To Hit Innocent Bystanders Read Full Article Nephew Surprised By How Much Bigger Aunt Has Gotten Since Last Year Read Full Article 4 Hours Scrolling Through Facebook Before Bed Referred To As ‘Windi…
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Space in Images – 2015 – 07 – Born-again planetary nebula
Beneath the vivid hues of this eye-shaped cloud, named Abell 78, a tale of stellar life and death is unfolding. At the centre of the nebula, a dying star – not unlike our Sun – which shed its outer layers on its way to oblivion has, for a brief peri…
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The increasingly shrill tone of the Republican presidential campaign has provoked a rare overseas rebuke from Barack Obama, who criticised candidates like Donald Trump, Mike Huckabee and Ted Cruz for lacking “seriousness, decorum and honesty”.
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Developers are exposing their Git directories to the world
Git is a developer’s best friend… except when it’s not used properly and exposes a site’s security. The tool is used for version control. It tracks changes to code over time, so that multiple developers can work together efficiently and roll back if…
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Judge Slams Meddling Sheriff Thomas Dart For Likely First Amendment Attack On Backpage | Techdirt
A few weeks ago, we wrote about the highly questionable move by Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart to first strongarm credit card companies into no longer working with Backpage.
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Shaun Wright-Phillips joins his brother Bradley at New York Red Bulls | Football | The Guardian
New York City FC have Andrea Pirlo and Frank Lampard – and now their cross city rivals, the Red Bulls, have two members of one of English soccer’s more famous families.
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Creating a “best of” list is always a dicey proposition, as many writers can attest. As soon as the list is published online, someone has to pop up in the comments to say “How could you leave out my favorite”, or “Since you included this, there is n…
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The BBC thinks many Best Picture Oscar winners aren’t so great · Newswire · The A.V. Club
You tell yourself the Academy Awards don’t matter, but then something appalling happens, like Goodfellas losing the Best Picture Oscar to Dances With Wolves. As your rage-induced mini-stroke subsides, you realize the Oscars exist solely to torment m…
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New York is now the world’s number 2 startup ecosystem
Startup data benchmarking company Compass has released its second Startup Ecosystem Report. In the three years since the previous report, New York City has overtaken Tel Aviv in the rankings to become the second most significant startup ecosystem in…
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Art World Praying for Safe Return of Son of Nick Korniloff | Observer
Heartfelt and fervent art-world prayers go out to Nick Korniloff of director and founder of ArtMiami, Art Southampton and several other fairs, whose son is missing off coast of Jupiter, Fla.
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Three years ago, Compass — a three-and-a-half-year-old, San Francisco-based company that provides reporting and benchmarking software to startups around the world — produced a widely read report on the global startup ecosystem.
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Watch the new Telekinesis video, shot on Goonies beach · Newswire · The A.V. Club
Telekinesis—with or without the exclamation point—is a longtime A.V. Club favorite. The band—really just Michael Benjamin Lerner and whoever he’s got around him at the moment—has released three excellent albums, and recently announced the impending …
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Azerbaijan’s ‘Show Trials’ Are Once Again Targeting Rights Activists | VICE News
It’s been a year since a host of high-profile human rights activists were detained in Azerbaijan.
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Donald Trump’s Yelp Reviews – The Atlantic
Taking the measure of the presidential candidate using the Yelp reviews of his customers With Donald Trump atop the Republican presidential field, leading CNN’s national poll even as he runs first in New Hampshire and second in Iowa, it’s clear that…
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Pandora now lets you listen to an hour of music after you engage with an ad
Subscribing to Pandora One isn’t the only way to avoid ads in your music session anymore: a new “Sponsored Listening” tool lets you listen to an hour of uninterrupted music if you engage with an ad before your stream begins.
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Midway through Kanye West’s performance of Good Life at the Closing Ceremony of the Pan Am Games in Toronto, his mic and backing track went dead.
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Name: All Creatures Great and Small. Age: 45. The first book was published in 1970. The TV series came eight years later.
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For decades it has been widely accepted to only frame police officers as people who save us, protect us and stop the ‘bad guys.’ They have been the superheroes of countless stories, always getting the bad guy – a bad guy who just so happens to alway…
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I find this sort of fascinating. We surveyed 1800 TPM Readers to find out who they thought was the “greatest president” out of the last five Democratic presidents: Kennedy, Johnson, Carter, Clinton and Obama. Probably not surprisingly the overwhelmi…
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Huckabee Hits Back At Obama: Iran Has Pledged To ‘Annihilate’ Israel
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) on Monday refused to back down from his comments comparing the Iran nuclear deal to the Holocaust, bashing President Obama for mocking Huckabee’s remarks. “What’s ‘ridiculous and sad’ is that President Obama do…
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Boston mayor puts city’s 2024 Olympic bid in doubt | Sport | The Guardian
Boston’s Olympic bid is looking likely to fail before it even gets to the starting blocks. On Monday, the Boston mayor, Marty Walsh, said he would not sign a host city contract with the US Olympic Committee (Usoc) until he knew the financial implica…
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No one knows who shot a Russian man taking group selfies on the Ukrainian border
The Russian government may have issued a guide to taking selfies without dying, but that couldn’t protect one Russian man who was reportedly shot while photographing himself and his friends near a Ukrainian border checkpoint.
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YC-Backed GO1 Wants To Make Compliance Training Suck Less | TechCrunch
GO1, an employee training startup out of Y Combinator’s Summer 2015 cohort, is launching in North America to help companies onboard and educate their employees in a more effective fashion. Anyone who has worked for a large company knows the frustrat…
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How An Epilepsy Treatment Shaped Our Understanding of Consciousness – The Atlantic
How a radical epilepsy treatment in the early 20th century paved the way for modern-day understandings of perception, consciousness, and the self
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Tour de France 2015: the 21 stages in 21 pictures | Sport | The Guardian
Skip to main content Tour de France 2015 Tour de France 2015: the 21 stages in 21 pictures We round up our favourite photos from the 21 stages of this year’s Tour de France, from the stunning Netherlands coastline, to the twists and turns of the Alp…
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Science explains why dogs are legitimately man’s best friend
The idea that dogs are man’s best friend isn’t just a saying. It’s also supported by science.
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Virtus Pro topple Na`Vi, Americans at CEVO
The most fiery and unpredictable team in Counter-Strike added another notch to their belt by defeating two of the game’s most hyped teams.
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Brandon Jennings’ Drake Tweets Have Meek Mill’s Manager ‘Charged Up’ | Rolling Stone
Brandon Jennings knows how to shut ’em down on Twitter.
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Watch Disclosure, Sam Smith Reteam for Dancey ‘Omen’ Video | Rolling Stone
Disclosure have dropped the new music video for “Omen,” the Sam Smith collaboration that features on their upcoming second LP Caracal. The track reteams Disclosure and Smith, who featured on the group’s 2012 single “Latch” that became a breakout hit…
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Video Captures Catlike Creature Riding Rare Rhino
The saga of animals riding on other animals continues. This time, it’s a genet—a relative of a mongoose—atop a rare black rhinoceros as it moves through the South African bush.
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The Rat In The High Hat – The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
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‘Ray Donovan’ Recap 3×3: ‘Come and Knock on Our Door’ | | Observer
Ray Donovan has a sprawling, prestigious cast and tells the story of an infamous family of lowlifes, but it rarely generates the “ensemble” vibe.
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Conservationists and politicians have called on the EU to ban the import of lion heads, paws and skins as hunters’ trophies from African countries that cannot prove their lion populations are sustainable, following the killing of Zimbabwe’s most fam…
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Weakened Solar Activity Could Speed Greenland Ice Melt
Since the Arctic is getting warmer as a result of climate change, you’d expect that Greenland, the immense Danish territory situated on the edge of the Atlantic and Arctic oceans, would be warming too.
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Kenyan Cartoonists and Media Are Trashing Obama’s Visit to Africa | VICE News
Cartoonists and Chinese state media are doing their very best to pour cold water on President Barack Obama’s visit to Africa.
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Boy Scouts expected to relax ban on gay and lesbian troop leaders | World news | The Guardian
The Boy Scouts of America’s longstanding ban on gay leaders is expected to fall on Monday, after the group’s leadership votes on a rule it went to the US supreme court to defend 15 years ago.
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Razer Confirms Acquisition Of Ouya’s Software, Tech And Dev Teams In All-Cash Deal | TechCrunch
After raising funds at a $1 billion valuation, gaming company Razer has confirmed its first acquisition.
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Eurozone outlook improves, International Monetary Fund says – BBC News
The outlook for the eurozone has improved, says the International Monetary Fund (IMF), thanks to a falling oil price, a weaker euro and action taken by the European Central Bank (ECB). It predicted that growth would pick up to 1.7% next year, from 1…
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Danny Boyle and Michael Fassbender aren’t the only ones with a Steve Jobs film this fall. A documentary about the Apple co-founder by Academy Award-winning director Alex Gibney (Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief) is scheduled for rel…
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Bangladesh finds only 100 Bengal tigers in Sunderbans – BBC News
Bangladesh has only a little more than 100 Royal Bengal tigers living in the Sunderbans forest, far fewer than previously thought, new figures show.
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It’s set to be another busy week in technology news. In Silicon Valley, two of the best-known social media companies — Twitter and Facebook — will be reporting their quarterly earnings in the next few days.
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BBC Sport – Aston Villa: Jordan Ayew completes move to Midlanders
Aston Villa have signed Ghana striker Jordan Ayew. The 23-year-old, who joins from Lorient in France’s Ligue 1, helped his country to the silver medal in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.
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Why this beach is glowing like a beautiful night light | The Verge
Plankton are best known for their greatest hits: producing organic compounds, being devoured by krill, drifting aimlessly on the ocean’s upper layer. You’ve read about those ditties so many times, you might think you’ve seen all plankton have to off…
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Pompeii guard dog mosaic back on show – BBC News
A vivid Roman dog mosaic is back on show after restoration at Pompeii, despite Italy’s problems funding the historical site’s conservation.A glass shield now protects the House of the Tragic Poet, where tourists can see the dog with the inscription …
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The story certainly seemed like a blockbuster: A criminal investigation of Hillary Rodham Clinton by the Justice Department was being sought by two federal inspectors general over her email practices while secretary of state.
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We need more Wisconsin love here! It’s a beautiful state. I took this photo yesterday morning in Madison, WI on Nine Springs Creek [OC][1100×720] (i.imgur.com)
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On Sunday evening, New York magazine posted a stark, black-and-white cover of its latest issue, featuring 35 women who have accused the comedian Bill Cosby of sexual abuse. Hours later, the magazine’s website went offline, and the article was inacce…
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500px ISO » Stunning Photography, Incredible Stories » Capturing Beautiful Photos of Owls at CHRP
Phoo Chan is a talented birding photographer and 500px member whose work has been published in various publications including National Geographic magazine and the latest National Geographic Complete Bird of North America (2nd edition) book cover pag…
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It’s Not Climate Change — It’s Everything Change — Matter — Medium
The future without oil! For optimists, a pleasant picture: let’s call it Picture One. Shall we imagine it? There we are, driving around in our cars fueled by hydrogen, or methane, or solar, or something else we have yet to dream up.
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Activity at Klyuchevskoy Volcano : Image of the Day
The top photograph, taken by an astronaut onboard the International Space Station, highlights one of the most active volcanic regions on Earth: the Kamchatka Peninsula in far eastern Russia.
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Uber Won The War and Medallion Owners Have Themselves to Blame | | Observer
As a real New Yorker, born and bred on these streets, the iconic yellow taxis have always been part of my life and a large part of our culture. While the background has been written about extensively, I believe this week represented a tipping point …
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Senate GOP Can’t Stand Ted Cruz
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5 Points On Ted Cruz’s Sunday Senate Shenanigans
The stage was set for fireworks this weekend during the rare Sunday Senate session that Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) called to push forward a major transportation funding bill, and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) did not disappoint.
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Michelangelo’s Illustrated Grocery List | | Observer
What’s on the agenda today? Hmm, influence the development of Western art, maybe paint the Sistine Chapel… buy eggs. Actually, Michelangelo sent someone to buy his groceries, but, because that servant was illiterate, he had to draw each and every it…
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Following the arrival of stronger-than-expected earnings last week, radio service Pandora this morning announced the expansion of its “Sponsored Listening” ad product, which is now being made available to all advertisers.
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Obama on Huckabee’s Hitler comments: ‘Ridiculous if it weren’t so sad’
Obama hit the nail on the head when he added “Maybe it’s just an effort to push Mr. Trump out of the headlines.”
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Carol has never been kissed on Vimeo
One kiss from her true love and legs she would sprout…but true love was hard with a face like a trout.
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HotelTonight And Lyft Can Now Be Expensed by 25M Employees Via Concur | TechCrunch
Concur, the travel management and expense toolset that was purchased about a year ago by SAP, announced that it is partnering with HotelTonight and Lyft to allow employees to easily expense the two services.
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The United States is facing criticism after it removed Cuba and Malaysia from the US State Department’s list of the countries categorically failing to respond to widespread human trafficking.
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The United States Should Ditch NATO and Follow Britain out of Europe | | Observer
Suppose we had a war and Britain didn’t come? Which is sort of what happened in Syria when President Obama, on the advice of Samantha Power, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, declared that we must go in now, this afternoon. No time to …
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‘True Detective’ Recap 2×6: Time for the KNIVES | | Observer
Vinnie: I just want to start off by saying that Ray’s son saying “K” and nonchalantly taking a bite of pizza in response to a long-winded speech by Ray is how I wish I could review True Detective every week. Drew: I want to watch Friends instead of …
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RNC Chair: GOPers Should ‘Pledge Not To Run As A Third-Party Candidate’
Following a threat from Donald Trump that he may consider running as an independent, Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus said on Monday morning that all Republican presidential candidates should commit to run only as a member of the G…
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Rick Perry: ‘It Makes A Lot Of Sense’ To Bring Guns To Movie Theaters (VIDEO)
Presidential candidate and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) said on Sunday that people should be able to take guns into movie theaters to help prevent mass killings, such as the shooting in a Louisiana theater last week that left two dead and others…
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This Woman Doesn’t Wear Wearables. She Implants Them | WIRED
Skip Article Header. Skip to: Start of Article. Alexia Mckenzie is surrounded by chronic time wasters. They check their mail when they get home. (Typical.) They answer the door when someone knocks. (Lame!) They even do their own laundry. (Why?) McKe…
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True Detective: season two, episode six recap – Church in Ruins | Television & radio | The Guardian
Spoiler alert: this blog details events in the sixth episode of the second season of True Detective, which airs on Sunday nights on HBO in America, and Mondays in the UK on Sky Atlantic at 9pm & 2am. For the episode five recap, click here.
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This Man Was Crowned The World’s Best Bartender | Observer
Leave it to the English to master the classic art of cocktail-making. Ryan Chetiyawardana, known to most as Mr.
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Why Don’t Schools Give Teachers Enough Time to Use the Restroom? – The Atlantic
Educators seldom have enough time to do their business. What’s that doing to the state of learning? It’s common knowledge that teachers today are stressed, that they feel underappreciated and disrespected, and disillusioned.
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Europe has a chicken-and-egg startup problem | The Verge
I’m a European, in the full, quixotic, let’s-all-be-friends sense of the word. I prefer the present, highly imperfect European Union over the past of nationalistic disunity and warmongering strife.
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Disney CEO says ESPN will eventually be sold straight to consumers | The Verge
You’ll eventually be able to buy ESPN without a cable subscription, though it won’t be any time soon.
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With just days to go before the International Olympic Committee decides whether Almaty, Kazakhstan, or Beijing will host the 2022 Winter Olympics, human rights advocates are waging a vigorous campaign to dissuade the committee from choosing China, c…
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Photo highlights of the day | World news | The Guardian
Wuhan, ChinaAn employee conducts tests at an antenna at a factory in the Hubei province Photograph: China Daily/Reuters Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close
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Twitter removes lifted jokes over copyright infringment claims | Technology | The Guardian
Twitter has begun to honour takedown requests from users complaining their jokes have been lifted wholesale and shared by others, passing them off as their own. Certain tweets have begun to be replaced with copyright notices and a message saying “tw…
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10 Things We Learned From the ‘I Am Cait’ Premiere | Rolling Stone
From the first moments of I Am Cait, E!’s new, hotly anticipated reality series documenting the life and times of former Olympiad Caitlyn Jenner, it’s clear that this isn’t going to be another drama-filled sequel to Keeping Up With the Kardashians.
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Christians are facing growing persecution around the world, fuelled mainly by Islamic extremism and repressive governments, leading the pope to warn of “a form of genocide” and for campaigners to speak of “religio-ethnic cleansing”.
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Medicare turns 50 this week, and it has been a very good half-century. Before the program went into effect, Ronald Reagan warned that it would destroy American freedom; it didn’t, as far as anyone can tell.
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The serene robot art of KMNDZ can’t be undone – Boing Boing
When you live in or near Detroit, Michigan, there is a magnetic pull towards a job in the automotive industry. For me it just wasn’t the right fit. The idea of getting a “real” job was all I ever wanted, but the fact that I couldn’t—wasn’t Detroit’s…
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Astronaut Rips Handle Off Hubble Space Telescope | Retrospective Video
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Weathernews Partners With Moji, Maker Of China’s Largest Crowdsourced Weather App | TechCrunch
Weathernews, one of Japan’s biggest weather forecast providers and the owner of Sunnycomb and Weathermob apps, is taking a big step into the Chinese market. The company announced today it signed an agreement with Moji, the maker of China’s largest s…
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Weekly Workout Plan: Golf with Adam Levine, Swim with Doutzen Kroes | Observer
Is your Fitbit just not cutting it? Need some extra ideas for staying active throughout the week? Let these workout-centric Instagrams inspire you from Monday to Friday. Monday: Ease into your week with a low-key morning walk. Perhaps, like Alec Bal…
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Hillary Clinton Vows to Make U.S. a Clean Energy Superpower – Scientific American
Hillary Clinton yesterday unveiled the first portion of her presidential campaign’s energy agenda, vowing an aggressive expansion of the nation’s renewable energy production while taking aim at the Republican primary field over the GOP’s widespread …
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Let your hair down with Wikipedia’s list of hairstyles · Wiki Wormhole · The A.V. Club
With more than 4.9 million articles, Wikipedia is an invaluable resource, whether you’re throwing a term paper together at the last minute, or celebrating marriage equality on an island of 48 people with no gay couples.
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Hidden Hearing Loss from Everyday Noise – Scientific American
Football fans of the Seattle Seahawks and the Kansas City Chiefs routinely compete at home games to set the Guinness World Record for the noisiest stadium. On October 1, 2014, the Chiefs hit the latest peak: 142.2 decibels (dB).
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Cartoon: Obligatory Donald Trump cartoon
Only eight days left on my Kickstarter for 25 YEARS OF TOMORROW—a two volume, hardcover compilation of EVERY TMW CARTOON EVER! If you want a copy, act soon—there won’t be a second printing!
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Despite the death of singer John King after the release of 2010’s Content, Gang Of Four managed to come back with a new frontman, John Sterry, and a departure from previous work in the form of this year’s What Happens Next.
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BBC News – Autonomous trucks: Daimler seeks licence for road tests
Car manufacturer Daimler is hoping to test self-driving trucks on German motorways this year, according to a company executive. Speaking to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, Wolfgang Bernhard said he was “positive” the firm would get certi…
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The brilliant thing about Kate Moss is that she can never be shamed | Fashion | The Guardian
Why do newspapers hate Kate Moss so much? There is a strange editorial divide when it comes to the essential and never-ending news cycle that is the life of Kate Moss. The broadsheets seem to love her, using any old excuse to print photos of her.
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‘True Detective’ Recap Roundtable, Season Two, Episode Six: ‘Church in Ruins’ – The Atlantic
Ani went undercover, Frank embraced his sensitive side, Paul tested his powers of observation, and Ray went insane. Each week following episodes of True Detective, Spencer Kornhaber, Sophie Gilbert, and Christopher Orr will discuss the murders and m…
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NYMag Offline After Cosby Cover Story Publishes | WIRED
Last night, New York Magazine debuted this month’s cover story, detailing the experiences of 35 women who have publicly accused Bill Cosby of rape.
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BBC Sport – Ashes 2015: Chris Rogers ‘good to go’ for third Test
Australia batsman Chris Rogers is fit to play in the third Ashes Test after recovering from dizzy spells, according to team-mate Mitchell Starc. Rogers retired hurt on 49 in the second innings of the Lord’s Test, saying he could see the grandstand m…
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Next two Galileo satellites reach Europe’s Spaceport / Navigation / Our Activities / ESA
Europe’s ninth and tenth Galileo satellites have crossed the Atlantic, touching down in French Guiana ahead of their joint launch this September.
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To many children of the 1980s and 90s, Hulk Hogan’s alleged racist rant, in which he is said to have repeatedly used the N word while expressing his displeasure at his daughter’s relationship with a black man, has come not just as a shock but as a b…
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NY Mag Website Gets Attacked After Unveiling Cover With 35 Cosby Victims
On Sunday Night, New York magazine published a groundbreaking cover featuring 35 of the 46 women who have publicly accused comedian Bill Cosby of rape and/or sexual assault. But just hours after the unveiling, the magazine’s website, nymag.
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Obama urges Ethiopia to end crackdown on political and press freedom | US news | The Guardian
Barack Obama urged Ethiopia’s leaders to curb crackdowns on press freedom and political openness as he began a visit that has been criticised by human rights groups who say it legitimises an oppressive government.
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Farming may have originated 23,000 years ago, thousands of years earlier than previously thought, according to a new study. Researchers discovered a large number of seeds at an ancient hunter-gatherer site known as Ohalo II on the shore of the Sea o…
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Brazil Is An Alternate Video Game Universe Where Sega Beat Nintendo | Atlas Obscura
When video games moved from arcades to living rooms, a whole new industry was born as Atari, Sega, Nintendo and others competed to dominate the world’s home console markets. For Sega, a company initially founded in the U.S.
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WASHINGTON — Rick Perry’s voice softens when he talks about the joy he gets from looking at his iPad and seeing “that 20-week picture of my first grandbaby.” Marco Rubio says ultrasounds of his sons and daughters reinforced how “they were children —…
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Funk in the Glass: The Ups and Downs of Wild Microbes in Beer
Funky, floral, complex. No, this is not a description of a piece of vintage wallpaper. These are some of the words that are used to describe the enormous variety that exists within the world of beer.
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Clean Weed: Inside an ‘Organic’ Marijuana Farm | Civil Eats
SoFresh Farms, in Canby, Oregon, is not what I expect. When I finally find it, on an out-of-the-way gravel road, I’m struck by how ordinary this rural neighborhood is. There’s a produce farm on one side; a man raising Longhorn cattle on the other. M…
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Meet The Start-Up That Wants To Send You To Space (Virtually) | Observer
At some point in our lives, we briefly aspire to the idea of “hanging in the void” of space and realizing first-hand, Earth’s role among the stars. That kind of wonder and dramatic change in perspective may soon become accessible to all mankind via …
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James Hansen Spells Out Climate Danger Of The ‘Hyper-Anthropocene’ Age | ThinkProgress
James Hansen and 16 leading climate experts have written a must-read discussion paper on what humanity risks if it can’t keep total global warming below 2°C (3.6°F). The greatest risk they identify is “that multi-meter sea level rise would become pr…
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New Legal Troubles for Dennis Hastert, Kazakhstan’s Sleeping Villages, and Remembering Sandra Bland
The Gist: A lawsuit accusing the former House Speaker of misappropriating public funds for private business has been reopened. The Gist: The Senate failed to pass an amendment repealing the Affordable Care Act in its first vote on the law since the …
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Obama: GOPers Like Huck, Trump Would Be ‘Ridiculous’ If They Weren’t So Sad (VIDEO)
President Barack Obama on Monday chided the Republican presidential field, in particular Donald Trump and Mike Huckabee, for cheapening the political debate with what he said were “outrageous attacks.
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — President Obama on Monday lashed out at Republican presidential candidates for making what he called “ridiculous” claims about his policies and “outrageous attacks” that crossed the line of political decorum.
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What You Don’t Understand About Suicide Attacks – Scientific American
Whether in Chattanooga or Afghanistan, the attacks are driven more by psychological problems than ideology — which hints at a solution By | Police tape and a makeshift memorial frame the scene after a shooting at an Armed Forces Career Center in Cha…
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Uber can’t be stopped. So what happens next? | The Verge
Last week New York City backed down from a plan to cap the explosive growth of Uber’s vehicle fleet. The mayor’s office declared the deal it reached to be a win-win for both sides, and warned Uber that an eventual cap is still a possibility if it do…
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King Salman’s French holiday: A throne, motorcades and a lift to the beach – BBC News
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has arrived in the south of France for a three-week break – but the monarch is not your average holidaymaker. Locals are already upset after a public beach was closed so he can relax in private, while a 300m (985ft) exclus…
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Two Ideas for Predicting the Next Color of the Year – Facts So Romantic – Nautilus
In each of the past 16 Decembers, Pantone has announced a “color of the year.
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The Man Who Hears Color: Neil Harbisson – The Atlantic
Neil Harbisson was born with achromatopsia, a rare condition that leaves 1 in 30,000 people completely colorblind. He convinced doctors to implant an antenna in his skull, which allows him to hear colors through audible vibrations in his head.
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The Francis Factor: How Will The Pope Influence The 2016 Election?
When Pope Francis visits the United States in two months and becomes the first pontiff to address Congress, his speech will be a seminal moment in American history.
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John Oliver Explains The Insanity Of Mandatory Minimum Sentencing (VIDEO)
John Oliver has tackled the prison industrial complex from multiple sides — including bail and the elections of judges. On Sunday night, he went after mandatory minimum sentencing.
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Obama prods Ethiopia toward Democratic reform | TheHill
President Obama on Monday prodded Ethiopia’s government to address concerns over its poor human-rights record as he kicked off a historic, two-day visit to the country.
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PsychologyAskScience AMA Series: I’m Stephan Lewandowsky, here with Klaus Oberauer, we will be responding to your questions about the conflict between our brains and our globe: How will we meet the challenges of the 21st century despite our cognitiv…
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China Stock Market Plummets | Al Jazeera America
Chinese shares tumbled more than 8 percent on Monday, the biggest drop since 2007, as an unprecedented government rescue plan to prop up valuations abruptly ran out of steam, casting doubt on Beijing’s ability to stave off a deeper crash.
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Gorgeous animated pixel-art depicting everyday Japan – Boing Boing
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Is Pluto’s Atmosphere Collapsing (Like A Comet’s)? | Video
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Anti-abortion hackers attack Planned Parenthood, release databases, employee data
Late Sunday night, a group of hackers who oppose the healthcare nonprofit’s abortion practices released Planned Parenthood’s website databases as well as names and email addresses of the organization’s employees. The attack on Planned Parenthood fol…
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Bryan Nelson | Environment | The Guardian
Seabirds are to many ornithologists the most fascinating of all bird groups. For Bryan Nelson, who has died aged 83, they became a benign obsession, to which he devoted most of his professional and personal life as an author, zoologist and academic.
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When it comes to censorship, WordPress has your back – Boing Boing
Automattic, WordPress’s parent company, has a new transparency report that shows that they’ve bounced 43% of their 2015 copyright censorship demands for being frivolous or invalid. The figure climbs to 67% if you lump together requests for individua…
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Cablevision Follows Comcast Down The Compulsory WiFi Hotspot Rabbit Hole | Techdirt
Less than a year ago, Comcast was sued over its WiFi hotspot program, which essentially turned residential customers into hotspots for other Comcast customers or hotspot subscribers. Comcast used this to make a great deal of money off of its own res…
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Windows 10 release week: what to expect and how to download | The Verge
After nine months of waiting, Windows 10 is almost here. Tuesday night at midnight, Microsoft will release the first full release of Windows 10, the biggest sea change in PC software in nearly three years.
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Turkey Accused of Shelling Syrian Kurds While Fatal Clashes Break Out in Istanbul | VICE News
Kurdish fighters in northern Syria today accused Turkish troops of shelling their positions after a weekend of unrest that dented chances of peace with Turkey’s own long-suppressed Kurdish population.
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Morning Digest: GOP group busted for running photoshopped ad of Obama greeting Iranian president
• WI-Sen: Yeah, whoops. A new Republican super PAC called Restoration PAC just started airing a minute-long TV ad that tries to push some incredibly hardcore fear-mongering about Iran while taking a moment to praise GOP Sen.
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My Brief Encounter with a Dark Web ‘Human Trafficking’ Site | Motherboard
“Nicole’s starting bid is set at 150,000$,” the listing read. The girl, skinny, blonde, and topless, appeared to be thrashing around in the accompanying photos.
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The Mind-Bending Science of Awe | Atlas Obscura
The natural world can provoke awe on a large scale. (Photo: Lane Pearman/flickr) Awe is not an everyday emotion. You don’t wake up awestruck. A satisfying lunch doesn’t leave you filled with awe.
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The automation myth: Robots aren’t taking your jobs— and that’s the problem – Vox
President Obama has warned that ATMs and airport check-in kiosks are contributing to high unemployment. Marco Rubio said that the central challenge of our times is “to ensure that the rise of the machines is not the fall of the worker.
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TPM is hiring a Polling Intern
TPM is seeking a Polling Intern to help manage its award winning app, PollTracker. This is a paid internship program in which interns get a crash course in polling and in how a digital media news organization works from the ground up.
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As evidence has continued to mount suggesting that Bill Cosby is a serial rapist, his lawyers and other representatives have continued to defend him.
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Researchers Hack Air-Gapped Computer With Simple Cell Phone | WIRED
Skip Article Header. Skip to: Start of Article. The most sensitive work environments, like nuclear power plants, demand the strictest security. Usually this is achieved by air-gapping computers from the Internet and preventing workers from inserting…
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Get self-destructing Gmail emails with Dmail | The Verge
Last month, Google introduced an “Undo Send” option for all Gmail users, allowing anybody to recall messages up to 30 seconds after sending them.
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Jindal Threatens Arrest For Westboro Baptist Church Protesters At Funerals
Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) on Sunday threatened to arrest members of the Westboro Baptist Church who stage protests at the funerals for the victims of the Thursday shooting at a movie theater in Lafayette, La.
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After several days of prevarication, US officials have confirmed the Obama administration’s agreement to Turkish demands to set up a coalition-protected “safe zone” inside northern Syria in return for permitting US aircraft to use Turkey’s military …
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Daily Kos Radio is LIVE at 9 am ET!
As always, tons of worthy stories to catch up on, plus all the morning’s news that’s destined to replace them. Come on in! The water’s fine! Or, if you’re from California, “Come on in! There’s water!”
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DAKAR, Senegal — Surrounded by 10 muscular prison guards, Hissène Habré, his frail body entirely swathed in white, looked smothered in his chair. He was sitting in the front row of the immense courtroom, fingering Muslim prayer beads.
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Hillary on Quarterly Capitalism: Big Challenge, Timid Reform
Last week, Hillary Clinton opened an important “conversation” about what she calls “quarterly capitalism” or excessive “short-termism.
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Hack Brief: The Android Text Attack | WIRED
A serious flaw in Android operating systems uncovered by a researchers at Zimperium zLabs could be the worst ever reported for Android devices.
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Mobile game of the week: Prune – Offworld
Prune is a game so simple that its elegance becomes hard to describe. It’s a game about trees stretching their limbs slowly toward the light, and how sometimes you must trim parts for the betterment of the whole.
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Kathryn DeWitt conquered high school like a gold-medal decathlete. She ran track, represented her school at a statewide girls’ leadership program and took eight Advanced Placement tests, including one for which she independently prepared, forgoing t…
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Human corpse in street turns out to be brisket – Boing Boing
Tina Lin, compiling local police reports for The Andover Townsman of Massachussets, reports that “A caller from North Main Street reported at 12:38 p.m. that there was an item on the side of the road that looked like a torso.”
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The 2004 Democratic National Convention was held in Boston eleven(!!!) years ago this week. Howard Dean, who ignited the lefty blogosphere (he’s the reason I stumbled on to Daily Kos), wasn’t our nominee. But when he walked onstage Tuesday night, Ju…
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Ofcom clears Top Gear over ‘pikey’ pun – BBC News
Ofcom has backed a BBC Trust decision not to censure the BBC over using the word “pikey” in an edition of Top Gear. The Traveller Movement complained after former host Jeremy Clarkson was seen holding a placard with “Pikey’s Peak” while at Pikes Pea…
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The recent nuclear deal with Iran showed that the US can be flexible with a willing counterpart, including North Korea if it decides it wants talks on its nuclear programme, a US envoy said on Monday.
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Australia Jehovah’s Witnesses ‘did not report 1,000 alleged abusers’ – BBC News
The Jehovah’s Witnesses Church in Australia failed to report more than 1,000 alleged child sex abusers to the police, an inquiry has heard. Instead, the commission says, the Church itself handled all the cases – some of which date to the 1950s.
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The Wet Hot Reunion’s Insanely Packed Yearbook | WIRED
Between high camp and low camp, there’s summer camp. And on Friday, Netflix is rewarding fans of comedy crew The State’s 2001 cult film, Wet Hot American Summer, with an eight-episode reunion series that adds to the movie’s already-giant ensemble wi…
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Why You Have Little Influence And How To Change It | Observer
Those dreaded words from across the hall wake us up, as they often do in the middle of the night. Our three year old foster child is having a hard time sleeping again. This is where it gets really hard. My wife needs sleep, and this little boy does …
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The Religious Right’s Last, Best Chance To Create A Legal Right To Discriminate | ThinkProgress
Open advocacy of discrimination is not popular in the United States, and advocates who claim that the right to discriminate is an essential part of “religious liberty” are unlikely to win over the nation if most voters believe that these advocates a…
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Body Cams Are The Next Step In The Over-Policing Of Schools | ThinkProgress
Burlington Community School District in Burlington, Iowa may be the first school district in the nation to ensure that all of its 13 administrators, principals and associate principals, wear body cameras.
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Here Is Your WIRED Star Wars Challenge for Day 85 | WIRED
For the seemingly interminable wait until Star Wars: The Force Awakens hits theaters, we’re helping pass time by giving you daily challenges related to everyone’s favorite universe. When you complete a task, send us a tweet @WIRED or tag us on Faceb…
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TomTom Is Alive, and It’s Getting Into Self-Driving Cars | WIRED
You might think the smartphone killed TomTom, the Dutch provider of handy navigation units you stuck on your dashboard so Homer Simpson, John Cleese or Mr. T could tell you how to get to that cool new Thai place.
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So there’s going to be a film based on emoji. Of course there is, there’s a film based on everything these days. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. But the emoji film is going to have a tricky time getting the meanings of emoji right.
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Greece debt crisis: Creditors in Athens for bailout talks – BBC News
Negotiators from Greece’s creditors have begun arriving in Athens to start technical discussions on a third multi-billion euro bailout deal. The European Commission said talks had already started, but a Greek government spokeswoman said that high-le…
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Boy Scouts To Lift Ban On Gay Adult Leaders | Al Jazeera America
The Boy Scouts of America is expected to end its ban on gay adult leaders on Monday, dismantling a policy that has deeply divided the membership of the 105-year-old Texas-based organization. The decision would follow the landmark ruling in late June…
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Japan: Moss-viewing excursions gain popularity – BBC News
It might not seem like the most exciting excursion, but moss-viewing trips are gaining popularity in Japan, it’s reported. Groups of enthusiasts armed with magnifying glasses have been travelling to view moss-covered areas on organised tours, the Ky…
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Tour de France: Two held after barrier car crash – BBC News
Paris officials, investigating why a car was driven through the security barriers ahead of the Tour de France on Sunday morning, are holding two people who handed themselves in overnight. The car tried to crash through the barriers at Place de la Co…
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Smart mirror monitors your face for telltale signs of disease – New Scientist
Mirror mirror on the wall, am I at risk of heart disease? One day soon your mirror might actually be able to give you the answer. Wize Mirror looks like a mirror, but incorporates 3D scanners, multispectral cameras and gas sensors to assess the heal…
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Anti-NYC hacker takes New York Magazine offline
On Sunday night, New York Magazine released a groundbreaking new cover featuring 35 victims of alleged assault from Bill Cosby. But you can’t see it.
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Two Major Victories for Fair Housing
It’s a rare moment when two branches of our federal government take major steps to expand opportunity for all Americans. But, with relatively little fanfare, that’s what’s happened over the last few weeks in the critical area of housing. First, on J…
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Jeb! Bush Vows To Cripple Government
Presidential candidate Jeb Bush gave a speech last Monday at an event organized by a corporate lobbying group in which he vowed to cripple our government.
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Why Impact is the “meme font” – Boing Boing
Vox explains how the stout 1965 typeface became the text of choice for internet silliness: because is was included with Windows, and by the time anyone had a choice, “”>the meme font had itself become a meme.
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These portraits of body parts will make you think they’re real
Creative husband-and-wife Corey Oda Popp and Kit King have collaborated to make hyperrealistic portraits that will trick you into thinking you’re looking at photos instead of paintings. In these behind-the-scenes images, we get to see the process be…
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Student beatboxes to help teacher make Dr. Seuss poem more interesting
If you went to school in the U.S., it was pretty much impossible to avoid “Oh, the places you’ll go!” by Dr. Seuss. It’s a staple of graduation ceremonies from kindergarten to college—an immortal source of inspirational quotes. But have you ever hea…
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Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann wants you to know that the site is not a social network. It’s not about what you project to others; it’s about pinning personal ideas and inspiration for future use.
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Why Do Some People Believe in Conspiracy Theories? – Scientific American
Although conspiracy beliefs can occasionally be based on a rational analysis of the evidence, most of the time they are not. As a species, one of our greatest strengths is our ability to find meaningful patterns in the world around us and to make ca…
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Sunglasses-wearing pug lives his best life in his private pool
Our outdoor adventures pale in comparison to how this pug is spending his dog days of summer. He’s got it so easy. He has his own pool to cool off and sleep in, a sweet set of shades, and the fact that nobody will judge him when he farts in the wate…
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Cat is suspiciously happy about going for a walk, might be a secret dog
When you’re getting a pet, it can be hard to choose between a cat and a dog. Both make such great pets in totally different ways, so it’s always awesome when we stumble across a video of a cat who behaves like a dog or vice versa.
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Musk, Hawking, and Chomsky warn of impending robot wars fueled by AI | The Verge
Leading artificial intelligence researchers have warned that an “AI arms race” could be disastrous for humanity, and are urging the UN to consider a ban on “offensive autonomous weapons.
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BBC executives behind Doctor Who comeback set up production company | Media | The Guardian
Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner, the BBC executives responsible for the return of Doctor Who, have joined forces to set up a new production company backed by the Welsh government named after one of the show’s recurring themes, Bad Wolf.
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Sport picture of the day: Hand me my drink please | Sport | The Guardian
A Tunisian swimmer grabs a drink during the men’s open water 10km race at the Aquatics World Championships in Kazan, Russia. Photograph: Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters
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Artificial Intelligence AMAScience Ama Series: I am Stephen Hawking, theoretical physicist. Join me to talk about making the future of technology more human, reddit. AMA! (self.science) I signed an open letter earlier this year imploring researchers…
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Arctic Crater Preps New Astronaut for Space
On the day NASA’s New Horizons mission flew past Pluto, astronaut Jeremy Hansen was busy exploring a new world of his own.
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Good Monday morning from Washington, where, though Congress has work to do before its August recess, its members still found time to fight among themselves.
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Max Verstappen to sit driving test after finishing fourth in Hungary F1 GP | Sport | The Guardian
Max Verstappen , the Formula One rookie, will now set his sights on passing his driving test after finishing fourth in Sunday’s eventful Hungarian Grand Prix.
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — For President Obama, the birth of South Sudan four years ago was the capstone of his Africa policy. He sent his United Nations ambassador, Susan E.
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The Seal Hunters of Greenland: A Photo Essay | Hakai Magazine
California-based photographer Justin Lewis traveled to Greenland in 2012 on a mission to visually document the Inuit people, their hunting traditions, and how globalization and climate change have impacted their culture.
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We should harvest organs before a donor dies – Walter Glannon – Aeon
A previously healthy middle-aged man has suffered a massive stroke from a ruptured artery in his brain and fallen into a persistent, then permanent, coma. Now imagine that before the stroke our hypothetical patient had expressed a wish to donate his…
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“You can’t have Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart as your favorite composers,” said conductor and San Francisco Symphony music director Michael Tilson Thomas.
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How “real” are images of Pluto? – Boing Boing
Images of celestial bodies are not typically photographed in the same way as, say, your cat. Wired’s Jenna Garrett explains the complexity—and authenticity—of the technology that captures Pluto for our awestruck observation.
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Why winning the trade deadline is baseball’s kiss of death | Sport | The Guardian
The MLB non-waiver trade deadline is Friday at 4 pm ET and – approximately one hour after that when all the trades have been processed – the “winners” and “losers” of the deadline will be declared and debated.
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PARIS — The July 13 deal offering more financing for Greece has been billed as a last-minute step back from the brink, but the threat of a “temporary exit” from the euro proposed by a German coalition government has shaken the
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Offworld Monday Reflection: Desert wars, desert horror, and Encarta on acid – Offworld
Last Week on the Colony is a new, regular Monday item here on Offworld, a special satellite transmission designed to highlight our favorite Offworld stories, wonderful trends, and the stories from elsewhere in the galaxy that got us talking.
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Afghan Wedding Shootout Leaves 21 People Dead | VICE News
A shootout at a wedding party in northern Afghanistan has killed at least 21 people and injured eight more, an official said on Monday.
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First Click: Apple Watch is the lingerie of gadgets | The Verge
I don’t need a smartwatch but my wife does. Thing is, she doesn’t want one as much as I want her to have one. See, Nguyen’s phone is always in a bag.
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This inquiry into a presidential candidate with no chance of winning begins with an admittedly insulting premise: that its subject, who has technically laid out his reasons for seeking the White House, is running for reasons unknown.
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The scene backstage last November at the American Music Awards, that annual gathering of pop perennials and idiosyncratic arrivistes, was carnivalesque: Niall and Liam of One Direction toddled about trying to snap a picture with a selfie st
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Strange Bright Spots on Ceres Create Mini-Atmosphere on Dwarf Planet
The investigation into the dwarf planet Ceres’ mysterious bright spots has taken an intriguing new twist.
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Jeff Greenfield: Why GOP-Appointed Justices Jilt Conservatives | | Observer
Of course Sen. Ted Cruz was furious at the Supreme Court’s recent rulings on health care subsidies and gay marriage.
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Exoplanet Finds Keep Rolling in from Kepler Spacecraft Despite Glitch
This artist’s concept shows some of the most notable small planets NASA’s Kepler space telescope has discovered.Credit: NASA Ames/W.
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Andrea Pirlo arrives to familiar chaos for New York City FC | Sport | The Guardian
Another Yankee Stadium game, another eight goals – including yet another hat-trick from a visiting player who doesn’t end up on the winning side. And Andrea Pirlo made his debut. And Frank Lampard didn’t.
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Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: A complicated 2016 race
The discontent is real, whether economic, racial or cultural. It knows no particular ideological boundaries. It currently disrupts both the Republican and Democratic parties. It reflects grievances that long have been bubbling.
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Every day, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) locks up thousands of men, women and children in a sprawling network of more than 200 facilities, many of them for no other reason than they were seeking protection at the US border.
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Escaping the Maze, the “world’s most challenging puzzle” – Boing Boing
In 1985, Christopher Manson wrote and illustrated a book called Maze. It really is a beautiful and unique piece of work. Manson actually said that this book isn’t really a book at all, but rather a building in the shape of a book. Intriguing, right?
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Under a dimming sky, hundreds of residents from across Acadiana, the Francophone area of Louisiana, gathered at a park in downtown Lafayette. They were there to mourn Mayci Breaux and Jillian Johnson, two women who were killed on Thursday in a shoot…
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RAMALLAH, West Bank — A Palestinian man died after he was shot and appeared to fall from a rooftop in the West Bank while trying to evade arrest by the Israeli security forces on Monday, a police spokesman said. It was the fourth shooting by Israeli…
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Gender Equality at the Workplace Is Important for Talent and the Bottom Line – The Atlantic
Companies that overvalue alpha-male behavior need to change—both to retain female talent and for the bottom line. When it comes to gender equality in the workplace, the research on its economic benefits is clear: Equality can boost profits and enhan…
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With a growing number of CEOs publicly committing their companies to taking action on climate change, what difference can their pronouncements make? Can they persuade others to follow suit, or encourage governments to legislate?
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If you’ve ever watched a decathlon, you’ve probably seen competitors in the grueling event pour water over their heads after competing. It’s a cool photo-op, but more than that, it’s an attempt to cool down quickly and recover sooner. It works, but …
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Zimbabwe’s ‘iconic’ lion Cecil killed by hunter – BBC News
A hunter allegedly paid a $55,000 (£35,000) bribe to wildlife guides to kill an “iconic” lion in Zimbabwe, a conservationist has told the BBC Allegations that a Spaniard was behind the killing were being investigated, Johnny Rodrigues said.
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How to Photoshop 150 Images Into One Creepy Suburbia | WIRED
For all of its open space, the suburbs can be so homogenous as to feel claustrophobic. Eric Tomberlin conveys that brilliantly in Garden, a collage of 150 images that come together to create one hellish vision of suburbia.
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Apple Music’s Edge May Be Unfair, But Likely Isn’t Illegal | WIRED
Apple Music is under fire. Its antagonists include politicians: Senator Al Franken sent a letter to the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission last week calling for an investigation into Apple’s App Store.
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After Internet.org Backlash, Facebook Opens Portal To Court More Operators | TechCrunch
Facebook is marking the one-year anniversary of the launch of its Internet.org service, which enables free mobile access to a selection of web services in emerging markets, with a push to bring more mobile operators into the project.
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Food shortage leaving Iraqi farmers in desperate situation – BBC News
Farmers south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad are struggling to grow crops in a region that has been without water for over a year. Canals dried up after Islamic State militants destroyed dams that brought water to the area.
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Significant Digits For Monday, July 27, 2015 | FiveThirtyEight
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the telling numbers tucked inside the news. Chris Froome has joined the Tour de France elite, clinching his second victory on Sunday in Paris.
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The Arctic is warming at a rate almost twice the global average, making climate change’s effects there far more intense and rapid than any other ecosystem in the world.
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Vote To Repeal Obamacare Fails In The Senate
The Senate on Sunday failed to pass an amendment to repeal the Affordable Care Act in its first vote on repealing the law since Republicans took control of the Senate in January.
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Green cuts risk sending UK back to the dark ages | Environment | The Guardian
The government’s U-turn on renewable energy risks sending this country back to the dark ages of relying only on fossil fuel. Since the election we have seen a slashing of subsidies for biomass, anaerobic digestion and biogas as well as solar and win…
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John Oliver delivers a much-needed wake-up call on drug laws and mandatory minimums
Mandatory minimum sentencing laws can lock up minor drug offenders for life. As John Oliver explained on the latest Last Week Tonight, this policy has inevitably caused more harm than good.
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — For President Obama, the birth of South Sudan four years ago was the capstone of his Africa policy. He sent his United Nations ambassador, Susan E.
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‘Disgraceful’ private youth detention centre should close, says grand jury | US news | The Guardian
G4S, the controversial British outsourcing firm behind the disastrous security provision at the London Olympics, has been accused of running a “disgraceful” juvenile detention centre in in Bristow, Florida.
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The Evolving Techniques and Technologies of Breast Reconstruction – The Atlantic
From stem cells to 3D-printed nipples, breast reconstruction is a highly technical and constantly evolving field. In 1882 an American surgeon named William Steward Halsted popularized what’s now called the radical mastectomy.
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Californian city to get ‘marijuana innovation zone’ | Cities | The Guardian
This week’s best city stories from around the web talk about marijuana zones in California, a forgotten waterway under the streets of Auckland, a mushroom farm in Camden and mime artist-assisted traffic control in Bogotá.
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Taking a road trip this summer? Enjoy America’s crumbling infrastructure | Travel | The Guardian
Is there anything more American than the call of the open road? When I got my hands on a burnt-orange 2015 Corvette Stingray last month, my first thought was of a road trip from Brooklyn to Los Angeles.
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Andy Warhol’s Celebrity Polaroids Are Like Retro Instagrams | WIRED
Caption: A new book called Andy Warhol. Polaroids 1958—1987 is filled with 700 of the artist’s instant photos. Here, a young Dolly Parton. Taschen People document everything these days. No detail is too trivial to post, down to the last meal you ate.
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Miles Davis Covers Michael Jackson’s “Human Nature” (1983) | Open Culture
What happens when the Prince of Darkness covers the King of Pop? Miles Davis’ decision to record a studio version of Michael Jackson’s 1983 hit, “Human Nature,” caused Al Foster, his friend and drummer, to walk out mid-session, thus putting an end t…
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Indian Army in Gunfight With Rebels After ‘Terror’ Attack Kills Five | VICE News
Indian army and police officers exchanged gunfire with gunmen after they stormed a bus station and police barracks in northern town of Gurdaspur today, leaving at least seven people dead, including the attackers.
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New video chronicles late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata’s remarkable life story
The video-game world lost a visionary figure when Nintendo president and CEO Satoru Iwata passed away earlier on July 11. A massive outpouring of love and support followed his death, but many of his biggest fans might not know very much about his re…
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Huckabee: Obama Will March Israelis To ‘Door Of The Oven’ With Iran Deal
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) on Saturday blasted President Obama for agreeing to a nuclear deal with Iran, invoking the Holocaust to describe how he believes the agreement may impact Israel. “This president’s foreign policy is the most fec…
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Police shut down massive iPhone counterfeiting operation | Technology | The Guardian
Police in Beijing have raided a factory that produced more than 41,000 fake iPhones worth as much as 120 million yuan ($19 million).
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Sean Penn drama places casting call for day-old baby | Film | The Guardian
An advert was placed on 23 July for a day-old baby to star in director Sean Penn’s next film. The casting call was sent out looking for a “pregnant black woman who is about to give birth,” then adding that the crew would need the baby only, but “the…
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Turkey agrees plan for ‘Isis-free zone’ along Syrian border | World news | The Guardian
Turkey and the US have agreed on the outlines of a plan to drive Islamic State out of a strip of land along the Turkey-Syria border, according to reports, in a landmark deal that will draw Turkey further into Syria’s civil war and looks likely to in…
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Real Madrid tell Sergio Ramos he will not be sold under any circumstances | Football | The Guardian
Manchester United’s pursuit of Sergio Ramos has suffered a serious setback after Real Madrid’s president Florentino Pérez told the defender that he would not be sold under any circumstances during a long meeting in Guangzhou, China.
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Video games are starting to get realistic. Like, crazy realistic. Between what graphics look like on the latest hardware to the unbelievable committment to authenticity many of the latest games have, it’s starting to get hard to tell game footage ap…
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Creator and star of new webseries ‘Working Title’ explain why body positivity matters
It might surprise you to learn that, in the past year, more teddy bears have held lead roles in Hollywood films than plus-size actresses. But it’s true.
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Bobbi Kristina Brown dies aged 22 – video report | Music | The Guardian
Bobbi Kristina Brown, the only daughter of singers Whitney Houston and Bobbi Brown, has died aged 22 in a hospice in Georgia. Brown had been in a medically-induced coma since January, when she was discovered unresponsive in a bathtub in Atlanta.
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Good morning on this hazy Monday. In New York City, transportation might be second only to real estate as a marker of privilege. Where you go says just as much as how you get there. But this summer, it seems no one is immune is to the vicissitudes o…
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HONG KONG — After several weeks of relative calm, tumult returned to China’s stock markets on Monday, casting new doubt on the government’s measures to support share prices. The main Shanghai share index plunged 8.
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Jane Brody on health and aging. Barrett Treadway, now 3½, has never been the best of sleepers, but her sleep grew increasingly worse in the last year and a half. She gets up several times a night, often climbs into her parents’ bed and creates havoc…
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Why China has fallen in love with a baby radish monster – BBC News
Huba, cat-size, resembling a radish with four arms and pointy ears, is the star of China’s biggest local film to date. The green-haired creature is the main character of Monster Hunt, which has swept the box office since it opened on 16 June.
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“Between The World And Me” Book Club: The Story Not Told – The Atlantic
The story of a black, male, urban childhood illuminates just one strand of the black experience. Over the next three weeks, The Atlantic will be hosting a Book Club discussion of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me. (An excerpt is available …
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Syrian Kurds accuse Turkey of attacking their forces – BBC News
Kurdish forces in Syria have accused Turkey of repeatedly attacking their units across the border. Turkey said it was investigating the claims but insisted the Syrian Kurdish units remained “outside the scope of the current military effort”.
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Nick Denton: Gawker to search for new top staff and draw up editorial code | Media | The Guardian
Gawker Media will begin hunting for new senior editors and drawing up an editorial code this week in a bid to repair the damage caused by a deleted post on its flagship site.
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French farmers block border roads in price protest – BBC News
French farmers are stopping lorries importing farm produce from Germany and Spain, in a border protest over what they call unfair price competition. Farmers parked tractors to block several roads near the borders late on Sunday.
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North Korea ramps up anti-American rhetoric on Korean war anniversary | World news | The Guardian
North Korean officials have warned the United States that another war on the Korean Peninsula would leave no Americans alive to sign a surrender document, as the country marked the anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean War more than six…
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Turkish police clash with Kurdish protesters in Cizre – video | World news | The Guardian
Violence flares on Sunday night between Kurdish protesters and Turkish forces after the funeral of a demonstrator who died protesting against military strikes targeting Kurdish camps in northern Iraq.
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Indian security forces on high alert amid Punjab police station siege | World news | The Guardian
Security forces are on high alert in cities across India after gunmen attacked a police station killing at least five people in the north-western state of Punjab. Authorities said two police officers and three civilians had been confirmed dead in th…
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Obama in Ethiopia: News briefing – BBC News
US President Barack Obama is holding a joint news conference with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn as he continues his tour of East Africa. Security and human rights are key issues under discussion ahead of Mr Obama’s address to the Afr…
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Anti-discrimination statutes are coming into conflict with laws designed to preserve freedom of conscience, especially in the private sector.
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The Iran Nuclear Deal and the Rut of History – The Atlantic
Has the Obama administration’s pursuit of new beginnings blinded it to enduring enmities? “The president said many times he’s willing to step out of the rut of history.
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China stock market hit by biggest one-day fall since 2007 | Business | The Guardian
Chinese shares has tumbled more than 8% as an unprecedented state rescue effort to prop up valuations abruptly stopped, raising doubts about the viability of Beijing’s plan to stave off a deeper crash.
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Bobbi Kristina Brown, the only child of the pop stars Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, who set off a media frenzy after she was found unconscious in a bathtub on Jan. 31, died on Sunday. She was 22. Her death was confirmed by a statement from the Ho…
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To sort or not to sort? That is the recycling question | Grist
Q. I heard that single-stream recycling has a lower recovery rate then presorted recycling, but that participation rates go up with single-stream recycling, and that results in more recycled waste.
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What’s Wrong With Rand Paul’s Campaign? | FiveThirtyEight
Something is awry at the Rand Paul campaign. The main super PAC supporting his presidential bid raised just $3.1 million in the first half of 2015, about $100 million less than Right to Rise, a super PAC backing Jeb Bush.
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Europe’s MSG-4 weather satellite delivered into orbit The last weather satellite in Europe’s highly successful Meteosat Second Generation series lifted off on an Ariane 5 launcher at 21:42 GMT (23:42 CEST) on 15 July from Europe’s Spaceport in Kouro…
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NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory – Tropical Storm Hagupit Weakening as it Nears Manila
Tropical Storm Hagupit’s low level circulation center is being obscured by its deep central convection and intensities are hard to pinpoint as the storm interacts with land.
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There May Be More Legal Trouble On The Horizon For Dennis Hastert
We haven’t heard a peep out of former House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) since June, when he appeared in court to be arraigned on criminal charges stemming from his alleged agreement to pay millions in hush money to an individual he reportedly sexu…
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July 27, 1866: The Transatlantic Telegraphic Cable Commences Operation | The Nation
In this age of great technological and economic transformation, it is easy to forget that the world whose passing we mourn was itself created by previous such transformations, which bedeviled the people living at the time as many feel bedeviled now.
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Two weeks to go: Republicans scramble to make debate stage | TheHill
The race is on for the final spots on stage for the first Republican debate. With the highly-anticipated showdown less than two weeks away, candidates with low polling numbers are in a high-stakes scramble to qualify for an event that represents the…
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Bill Cosby: 35 of his accusers speak to New York magazine – BBC News
Thirty-five of the women who have accused Bill Cosby of rape or sexual assault have been photographed and interviewed by New York Magazine. The striking cover story features women aged from their 20s to 80, and include supermodels Beverley Johnson a…
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Good morning. Turkey and the United States agreed on a general plan to allow American warplanes, Syrian insurgents and Turkish forces to work together to force Islamic State militants out of a 60-mile-long strip of northern Syria along the Turkish b…
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Robert Rauschenberg and Paul Nash among Tate 2016 shows – BBC News
The work of 20th Century artists dominates next year’s programme at Tate with exhibitions by US artists Georgia O’Keeffe and Robert Rauschenberg. Tate Britain will host the largest presentation of British war artist Paul Nash – who played a key role…
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Activists Pepper Sprayed in Cleveland | Al Jazeera America
Activists fresh from the weekend national conference of Black Lives Matter held in Cleveland aided an allegedly intoxicated black teen who was in police custody on Sunday. Accounts differ on what happened about 4:40 p.m.
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Tom Cruise: I’ll do Top Gun 2 if there’s ‘no CGI on the jets’ | Film | The Guardian
Tom Cruise has revealed that he’s keen to star in Top Gun 2 but only if the film avoids relying on CG effects. While promoting Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, the 53-year-old star spoke about his desire to play the role of Maverick again, if all f…
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The author of the $60bn price tag for Bill Shorten’s new renewable energy goal – cited by Tony Abbott as proof the scheme is unaffordable – says an emissions trading scheme like the one the Coalition abolished would be more cost-effective than eithe…
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KABUL, Afghanistan — At least 20 people were killed at a large wedding party in northern Afghanistan when a group of gunmen opened fire on the gathering, the authorities said Monday.
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VICE News Capsule – Monday, July 27 | VICE News
The VICE News Capsule is a news roundup that looks beyond the headlines. Today: Rescuers work to free trapped miners in China, Obama’s controversial remarks in Kenya, Colombia’s surprise decision on the FARC rebels, and why so many local French peop…
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KABUL, Afghanistan — At least 20 people were killed at a large wedding party in northern Afghanistan when a group of gunmen opened fire on the gathering, the authorities said Monday.
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LONDON — The Israeli drug maker Teva Pharmaceuticals said on Monday that it had agreed to acquire the generic drug division of Allergan for $40.5 billion in cash and stock.
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Pakistan bans BlackBerry services in privacy crackdown | Technology | The Guardian
Pakistan has banned BlackBerry’s enterprise server and its internet and messaging services “for security reasons” in a crackdown on privacy.
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David Cameron: global pressure growing on Isis | World news | The Guardian
David Cameron has claimed “the pace is quickening and the pressure growing” in the global war against Isis as he praised Turkey for launching anti-Isis air strikes and opening its air bases to coalition forces.
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PRAIRIE VIEW, Tex.
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The melee began, as they often do in politics, with simple umbrage. ‘‘This performance with our friend out in Phoenix is very hurtful to me,’’ Senator John McCain told Ryan Lizza of The New Yorker.
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Vigil Kindra Chapman | Al Jazeera America
HOMEWOOD, Alabama — Around 100 people gathered Sunday evening for a vigil at a municipal park to mourn Kindra Chapman, who was found dead in police holding cell on July 14.
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Litvinenko inquiry: Key witness ‘will not testify’ – BBC News
A key witness in an inquiry in London into the death of the former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko has told the BBC he will not give evidence. Dmitry Kovtun is one of two men the British authorities believe poisoned Mr Litvinenko with radioactive…
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How do we explain to the new, knowing wash-ashores, Brits and Aussies mainly, who have insinuated themselves into the media here, and into popular American culture generally, and to the very young, that there are touchsto
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A dying star’s final moments are captured in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The death throes of this star may only last mere moments on a cosmological timescale, but this star’s demise is still quite lengthy by our standards, l…
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What kind of meathead are you? | Grist
Get a sense of your carnivorous footprint on the environment. He recently called for cutting tax credits for wind, solar, oil, and gas. Here’s what he’ll call for next.
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Russia sees Arctic as naval priority in new doctrine – BBC News
Russia will strengthen its naval forces in the Arctic and Atlantic as a response to Nato activities close to Russia’s borders, the Kremlin says. Russia’s plans are outlined in a new naval doctrine, launched on Sunday as the nation celebrated Navy Da…
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Legislative Attacks Threaten Wildlife Protection | Al Jazeera America
The Endangered Species Act is under increased attack by lawmakers, conservationists say, with a slew of legislation proposed this year — including dozens of budget riders tacked onto unrelated bills — aimed at restricting wildlife protection.
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Party in China for ‘longest surviving’ panda triplets – BBC News
Chimelong Safari Park in south China’s Guangdong province is preparing to hold a birthday party for its giant panda triplets. The pandas, named Meng Meng, Shuai Shuai and Ku Ku, were born on 29 July 2014 in the city of Guangzhou.
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China woman dies after falling into escalator – BBC News
Surveillance footage from Sunday’s incident shows a metal panel at the top of the escalator giving way, causing the woman and her toddler to stumble. The woman, identified by local media as Xiang Liujuan, 30, was able to push her child to safety as …
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Ant-Man edges out Pixels at US box office – BBC News
Ant-Man has continued his dominance at the top of the US box office, beating off a challenge by Adam Sandler’s critically mauled Pixels. Marvel’s tiny superhero took $24.8m (£16m) over the weekend, bringing his US earnings to $106.1m (£68m).
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BBC News – Barnsley boy Conley Thompson, 7, missing after park playtime
Barnsley boy Conley Thompson, 7, missing after park playtime A seven-year-old boy has gone missing after failing to return home from a park in South Yorkshire where he was playing with friends on Sunday.
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Barack Obama makes first visit to Ethiopia by serving US president | World news | The Guardian
Barack Obama is meeting with the Ethiopian prime minister during the first visit by a serving US president to the country, a US security ally and fast-growing economy but much criticised by human rights watchdogs.
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Rick Perry calls for more guns in cinemas following Lafayette shooting | Film | The Guardian
US presidential hopeful Rick Perry has said filmgoers should be able to take their guns into cinemas in order to help stop fatal shootings.
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Cherry-picking is one of the five telltale techniques of climate change denial. By focusing on short-term blips in noisy data, those who want to maintain the status quo can distract from the long-term threats posed by climate change.
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NEW DELHI — Gunmen dressed in Indian Army uniforms opened fire on a civilian bus and then took over a police station in the northern state of Punjab early on Monday, killing at least five people, the police said, in a region that ha
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Game over for Adam Sandler comedy Pixels at US box office | Film | The Guardian
Adam Sandler sci fi romp Pixels failed to rack up the weekend’s highest score on its debut at the US box office, pulling in a disappointing $24m to open in second place behind Marvel’s Ant-Man.
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BAGHDAD — Turkey and the United States have agreed in general terms on a plan that envisions American warplanes, Syrian insurgents and Turkish forces working together to sweep Islamic State militants from a 60-mile-long strip of nor
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Indian security forces exchange fire with gunmen in the town of Gurdaspur in Punjab, northern India, near the border with Pakistan, after they fired shots at a bus station and took control of a police station. At least five people have been killed i…
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Watch the trailer for new Steve Jobs documentary – Boing Boing
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Alton Towers rollercoaster crash lowers Merlin profit – BBC News
Alton Towers owner Merlin Entertainments says the rollercoaster accident at the theme park in June could affect profits by up to £47m. The accident, which resulted in four people being seriously injured, led to the temporary closure of Alton Towers.
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Samsung’s new monitor doubles as a wireless charger, because it should | The Verge
If you’re anything like me, then the first thing you do when you reach the office in the morning is dig into your pocket, take out your smartphone, and place it next to your computer where you can catch any incoming calls or messages.
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If Nintendo made a smartphone, it would probably look like this
Bangkok-based designer Pierre Cerveau brings back childhood memories after he released a glorious concept: the Smart Boy, a Nintendo Game Boy-inspired smartphone. What sets it apart from smartphones currently out on the market is that it integrates …
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Premier League 2015-16 preview No1: Arsenal | Football | The Guardian
Premier League football is hardly a fertile habitat any more for developmental managers.
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At least 20 people were killed when a gunfight broke out at a wedding party in northern Afghanistan, officials said on Monday, highlighting the fragile security situation in the war-torn country.
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LONDON — The long-running inquiry into the poisoning death in London of a former K.G.B. officer, Alexander V.
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BAGHDAD — Turkey and the United States have agreed in general terms on a plan that envisions American warplanes, Syrian insurgents and Turkish forces working together to sweep Islamic State militants from a 60-mile-long strip of nor
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Snoop Dogg: I was racially profiled by Swedish police | Music | The Guardian
Snoop Dogg has accused Swedish police of racial profiling, after he was stopped and briefly detained in the town of Uppsala on suspicion of possessing marijuana. He told Swedish fans he would “never be back to your country, it’s been real”.
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VICE News is closely tracking global environmental change. Check out the Tipping Point blog here.
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Turkey shells Kurdish-held village in Syria | World news | The Guardian
Turkish tanks shelled a Kurdish-held village in northern Syria overnight, wounding at least four fighters, according to Kurdish forces and a monitoring group.
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The Storm Prediction Center is predicting the potential for severe thunderstorms with damaging winds, large hail and a few tornadoes over portions of the upper Midwest and Great Lakes region today through tonight. There is an Enhanced Risk of severe…
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Thirteen new spider species discovered in Australia’s north | Environment | The Guardian
Thirteen new species of spider have been discovered on Queensland’s Cape York peninsula – adding to the thousands of known species that give Australian wildlife its fearsome reputation.
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China shares tumble more than 5% – BBC News
Shares across Asia were in negative territory in early trading on Monday after a poor week on Wall Street. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index was leading the region’s losses at the start of the week, down by 0.7% to 20,404.66 points.
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Palestinian man dies during attempted arrest by Israeli security forces | World news | The Guardian
A Palestinian man has died during an attempted arrest by Israeli security forces, in the third such fatal incident in less than a week.
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SONGKHLA, Thailand — Lang Long’s ordeal began in the back of a truck. After watching his younger siblings go hungry because their family’s rice patch in Cambodia could not provide for everyone, he accepted a trafficker’s offer to travel across the T…
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When the renowned Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado took over family land in the state of Minas Gerais, instead of the tropical paradise that he remembered as a child, he found the trees cut down and the wildlife gone. He was devastated.
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SONGKHLA, Thailand — Lang Long’s ordeal began in the back of a truck. After watching his younger siblings go hungry because their family’s rice patch in Cambodia could not provide for everyone, he accepted a trafficker’s offer to travel across the T…
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A Liberal backbencher is lobbying the government to stop its push to, in effect, ban the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) from investing in wind and small-scale solar energy.
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“Church In Ruins” · True Detective · TV Review · The A.V. Club
After all the allusions to The King In Yellow and the Carcosa mythos, many viewers were disappointed that the first season of True Detective didn’t pay off in a supernatural event or explanation.
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The view of the Duomo from the top of Giotto’s Bell Tower in Florence, Italy. The Duomo, or Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, "Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower," is the main church of Florence, Italy. Thanks for viewing and have a great week ahead.via Flickr http://flic.kr/p/wysJUz
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Dinosaur egg beach in Cornwall. A combination of a receeding tide and glorious sunset gave me the opportunity to capture this scene.
I tried a slightly different approach this time to emphasize the swirling water and seaweed in the foreground while at the same time keeping the sea relatively flat.
44 seconds at f11, ISO 100. 6 stop Hitech IRND filter with 0.9 Lee hard grad to hold back the sky. Zeiss Distagon 18mm.via Flickr http://flic.kr/p/wyUtn4
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Wendover Woods, Buckinghamshire.twitter | 500px | behance | about.me
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So, a friend told me that this is a beautiful photo but the chair ruins it. This is how i replied.
The chair is a symbol. It represents the people who are part of our lives at a time and then they choose to walk away leaving an empty space behind. In the end that person misses out on everything we could have offered as well as the beauty and love we could have surrounded him with, hence the beautiful scenery.Do you understand my point after reading this? I hope you do and love this photo!
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Backpacks are so heavy, as if it was full of stonesvia Flickr http://flic.kr/p/wxuPgB
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