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Eagles' Volleyball Team On Track For Playoffs
The Weekly Packet

Eagles' Volleyball Team On Track For Playoffs

BLUE HILL—With five matches left in the regular season, the George Stevens Academy volleyball team is positioned to host a playoff game for the first time in the program’s four-year run.

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10/3/2019
Local Blues Man Tunes In To War-Wounded In Laos
The Weekly Packet

Local Blues Man Tunes In To War-Wounded In Laos

Derrick Semler, from Soulbender to humanitarian

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10/3/2019
Brooksville Forest Ranger Returns From Latest Firefighting Stint
The Weekly Packet

Brooksville Forest Ranger Returns From Latest Firefighting Stint

Battling forest fires in northern California wilderness

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10/3/2019
Will The Senate Have Trump's Back?
Bloomberg Businessweek

Will The Senate Have Trump's Back?

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has given himself a tiny bit of wiggle room

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October 07, 2019
Popcuria Releases Podcast Depicting Life In Fishing Community
Island Ad-Vantages

Popcuria Releases Podcast Depicting Life In Fishing Community

A fisherman offloads his catch at the Stonington Lobster co-op 1.

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10/3/2019
Paramedicine Program Merges Local Resources For Patient Benefit
Island Ad-Vantages

Paramedicine Program Merges Local Resources For Patient Benefit

BLUE HILL—Living in a rural community has its challenges, but living in a rural community and being ill can be challenging on multiple fronts.

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10/3/2019
Former Community Center President Receives Leadership Award
Island Ad-Vantages

Former Community Center President Receives Leadership Award

STONINGTON—Former Island Community Center president Lydia MacDonald has been named the 2019 recipient of the Camden National Bank Leaders and Luminaries award.

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10/3/2019
Eagles' Volleyball Team On Track For Playoffs
Island Ad-Vantages

Eagles' Volleyball Team On Track For Playoffs

George Stevens Academy fans show their school spirit by wearing white GSA shirts during a home volleyball match against bucksport on October 1.

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10/3/2019
EU: Facebook Can Be Forced To Take Down Certain Material
Techlife News

EU: Facebook Can Be Forced To Take Down Certain Material

The European Union’s highest court says that Facebook can be ordered by an individual member state to remove or block access to material which was previously declared unlawful and says that it can have a worldwide impact.

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Techlife News
Diana's Blood Is On His Hands!
National Enquirer

Diana's Blood Is On His Hands!

Hulk who hit Princess’ Limo finally found!

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October 14, 2019
Big Tech's Eco-pledges Aren't Slowing Its Pursuit Of Big Oil
AppleMagazine

Big Tech's Eco-pledges Aren't Slowing Its Pursuit Of Big Oil

Employee activism and outside pressure have pushed big tech companies like Amazon, Microsoft and Google into promising to slash their carbon emissions.

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October 4, 2019
Where Roe Doesn't Reach
Mother Jones

Where Roe Doesn't Reach

While people worry about a world in which abortion access is no longerprotected, the women of Mississippi are already living in it.

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September/October 2019
The Shaw Family Admission Plan
New York magazine

The Shaw Family Admission Plan

One Wall Street billionaire and the ultimate college hedge.

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September 30–October 13, 2019
Bloomberg, California Team On Climate Satellites
Techlife News

Bloomberg, California Team On Climate Satellites

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is teaming up with California to use satellites to track climate pollutants.

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September 28, 2019
After Amazon Packages Found In Cemetery, Police Deliver Them
Techlife News

After Amazon Packages Found In Cemetery, Police Deliver Them

Officers in a Massachusetts police department briefly turned into Amazon drivers after a stash of undelivered packages was found in a cemetery.

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September 28, 2019
North Koreaborn Youtubers Offer Peek Into Lives In Homeland
Techlife News

North Koreaborn Youtubers Offer Peek Into Lives In Homeland

Video clips uploaded on Jang’s 2-year-old channel showed him saying that ordinary North Koreans usually raise dogs, rabbits, pigs, and chickens, but to either eat or sell to markets.

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September 28, 2019
President Battulga Khaltmaa Brings Trumpian Tendencies To The Steppes
Bloomberg Businessweek

President Battulga Khaltmaa Brings Trumpian Tendencies To The Steppes

A wealthy businessman rides a wave of discontent to the country's highest office, concentrates power in his hands, and cozies up to Putin. This time, through, there are horses.

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September 30, 2019
Eastern Europe's Love Hate Relationship With Immigrants
Bloomberg Businessweek

Eastern Europe's Love Hate Relationship With Immigrants

Hungary and Poland are among those quietly importing workers to ease a labor crunch.

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September 30, 2019
If There is No Deal Brexit....
Bloomberg Businessweek

If There is No Deal Brexit....

A journey into the all-too-near future depicts the disruptions—economic, cultural, even animal— that could shake a U.K. that’s crashed out of the EU.

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September 30, 2019
The Anti-Krugman Libertarians On The High Seas
Bloomberg Businessweek

The Anti-Krugman Libertarians On The High Seas

For one week on the Celebrity Solstice, listeners of a podcast devoted to rebutting the Nobel Prize-winning economist get to be with their own kind.

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September 30, 2019
Michelle Building Divorce War Chest!
Globe

Michelle Building Divorce War Chest!

Money-grubbing ex-White House queen Michelle Obama is building up a massive war chest for her upcoming divorce battle with hubby Barack, sources tell GLOBE.

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October 7, 2019
New Independent Watchdog To Keep Extremists Off Internet
AppleMagazine

New Independent Watchdog To Keep Extremists Off Internet

The leaders of New Zealand and France are backing a watchdog organization aimed at keeping internet platforms from being used by extremists — and preparing speedy responses to future attacks.

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September 27, 2019
Bill Clinton - Months To Live!
Globe

Bill Clinton - Months To Live!

Fears frail ex-prez has only months to live as he’s eaten alive by Parkinson’s

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October 7, 2019
Facebook Suspends Thousands Of Apps But User Impact Unclear
AppleMagazine

Facebook Suspends Thousands Of Apps But User Impact Unclear

Facebook said that it has suspended “tens of thousands” of apps made by about 400 developers as part of an investigation following the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

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September 27, 2019
Carr Fire - 2,000 Degrees And Counting
Reader's Digest US

Carr Fire - 2,000 Degrees And Counting

Half inferno, half cyclone, the Carr Fire burned as hot as 2,700 degrees and packed winds that turned trucks into wayward missiles. Would anyone caught inside it survive?

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October 2019
Vegas Area, Casinos Charge Ahead With Electric Vehicle Spots
AppleMagazine

Vegas Area, Casinos Charge Ahead With Electric Vehicle Spots

As more electric vehicles hit the streets, additional places to charge them are popping up in Las Vegas.

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September 20, 2019
Pear Therapeutics CEO Explains App For Addiction Treatment
AppleMagazine

Pear Therapeutics CEO Explains App For Addiction Treatment

Smartphone apps have transformed the way we read the news, hail rides and connect with friends and family.

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September 20, 2019
University Of California To Dump Fossil Fuel Investments
Techlife News

University Of California To Dump Fossil Fuel Investments

The University of California is dumping fossil fuel investments from its nearly $84 billion pension and endowment funds because they are a financial risk, its top financial officers announced this week.

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September 21, 2019
Cheap Meds From Canada, Eh?
Reason magazine

Cheap Meds From Canada, Eh?

“For the first time in HHS history, we are open to importation,” Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Alex Azar told reporters in July.

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November 2019
Privacy Is Over. We Must Fight Harder Than Ever To Protect Our Civil Liberties.
Reason magazine

Privacy Is Over. We Must Fight Harder Than Ever To Protect Our Civil Liberties.

Once upon a time, privacy was everyone’s default setting.

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November 2019