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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
Kagan And Gorsuch Clash Over Judicial Deference To The Administrative State
Reason magazine

Kagan And Gorsuch Clash Over Judicial Deference To The Administrative State

A major conflict is now underway on the U.S. Supreme Court between Justices Elena Kagan and Neil Gorsuch over the issue of judicial deference to the administrative state.

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November 2019
Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Snowden Over Memoir
Techlife News

Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Snowden Over Memoir

The U.S. government filed a lawsuit against former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, alleging he violated nondisclosure agreements by publishing a memoir without giving the government an opportunity to review it first.

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September 21, 2019
Report: More People Are Supporting Nonprofit News Sites
Techlife News

Report: More People Are Supporting Nonprofit News Sites

Nonprofit news organizations, a growth area in the troubled field of journalism, are broadening their base of support to take in almost as much from individual donors as they do from foundations.

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September 21, 2019
The FBI Rebrands Its Sex Worker Harassment Campaign
Reason magazine

The FBI Rebrands Its Sex Worker Harassment Campaign

The FBI is once again aiding vice squad stings across the country and calling it an effort to stop child sex trafficking.

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November 2019
How Two Seasteaders Wound Up Marked For Death
Reason magazine

How Two Seasteaders Wound Up Marked For Death

If a tiny floating cottage brought down the wrath of the thai navy, is there any hope for stateless life at sea?

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November 2019
Amazon Opens 30,000 Jobs; Holds Nationwide Job Fair
Techlife News

Amazon Opens 30,000 Jobs; Holds Nationwide Job Fair

A Seattle-based technology company has held a nationwide job fair after opening 30,000 jobs, including 13,600 jobs in Washington.

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September 21, 2019
A Florida Retiree's Uncut Lawn May Cost Him His House
Reason magazine

A Florida Retiree's Uncut Lawn May Cost Him His House

The city of Dunedin, Florida, really wants Jim Ficken’s house.

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November 2019
Reason magazine

5G Is The Future

If local nimbys and federal bureaucrats don’t mess it up

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November 2019
Can Vegetarianism Stop Climate Change?
Reason magazine

Can Vegetarianism Stop Climate Change?

Eating meat is bad for the climate—or at least that was one of the main conclusions highlighted in a flood of news reports based on the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s August report, Climate Change and Land.

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November 2019