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  The Hayride

• CORRUPTION: Louisiana Highway Safety Commission 3 days ago

  A scathing audit released on Thursday, May 31 reveals widespread waste, fraud and abuse by state government officials at the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission. The investigation...
  

• Well, At Least It Doesn’t Appear We’ll Have A New Free-Stuff Giveaway In Louisiana’s Tax Code This Year… 3 days ago

  …as SB 10, the J.P. Morrell-sponsored Earned Income Tax Credit increase bill which for some inexplicable reason managed to get 30 votes on the Senate floor, died yesterday in the...
  

• GURVICH: Louisiana’s Budget Battle Lines 3 days ago

  As the budget battle rages in the legislature and each side seeks to gain the moral high ground in the eyes of the public, we thought it would be a good time to revisit recent history and...
  

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  Lifehacker

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  Sunday's Best Deals: Philips Airfryer, Noise-Cancelling Headphones, Gillette Razors, and More 17 hours ago

  A Philips Airfryer, Sony noise-cancelling headphones, a huge Kindle history book sale, and more lead Sunday’s best deals.Read more...
  
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  It's Cheaper to Uber Than Own a Car in These Cities 10 hours ago

  This week Mary Meeker from the investment firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers released her 2018 annual internet trends report. There were a lot of tidbits in there covering everything...
  
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  Find the Cleanest Beach Near You Using Swim Guide 11 hours ago

  Going to the beach during the summer is fun. Going to the beach and realizing that you’ve chosen the beach covered in trash with a sketchy water situation is not.Read more...
  

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Pesticide Action Network

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  A bumpy ride for Minnesota bees 3 days ago

  As the Minnesota legislature adjourned last week, I was left with mixed feelings of disappointment and hope for Minnesota pesticide legislation. Going into this legislative session...
  
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  Farm Bill opposition couldn't be ignored 13 days ago

  This blog is the third in our Farm Bill series focusing in on key issues of concern to those in our network. HR 2, the House version of the 2018 Farm Bill, went to the House floor for a vote...
  
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  McDonald's, you’ve got a pesticide problem 20 days ago

  McDonald’s has a long history of employing business practices that are devastating to the lives of workers and their communities. Key among these: the fast food chain continues...
  

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  USATODAY - News Top Stories

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  Melania Trump to re-emerge Monday at reception for Gold Star families 4 hours ago

  First lady Melania Trump will attend a reception for Gold Star families Monday, her first public appearance since being hospitalized for treatment of a "benign kidney condition."...
  
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  Steph Curry sets Finals three-point record as Warriors take 2-0 lead an hour ago

  Steph Curry caught fire from beyond the arc, and Klay Thompson showed no lingering issues in the Warriors' Game 2 win.       
  

• Johnny Depp looks shockingly thin in new photos, and fans are worried he's sick 8 hours ago

  Johnny Depp is playing international gigs with his band Hollywood Vampires. But fans are freaking out about photos where he appears pale and gaunt.        ...
  

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  World news | The Guardian

• George Soros says EU should compensate Italy over migration 15 hours ago

  Strong showing of far-right parties partly due to Europe’s ‘flawed’ migration policiesThe billionaire philanthropist and financier George Soros has called for the EU to...
  

• Dozens drown after migrant boat sinks off Tunisia coast 10 hours ago

  Rescuers save at least 60 lives after vessel with about 180 people onboard sankAt least 47 people died and 68 others were rescued after their migrant boat sank off Tunisia’s southern...
  

• Slovenian nationalist party wins parliamentary election 12 hours ago

  Slovenia Democratic party on course to win 25% of the vote with nearly all of the votes counted An anti-immigration opposition party has won Slovenia’s parliamentary election...
  

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  Techdirt.

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  Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt 12 hours ago

  This week, our top comment comes in response to Charter's claims that a lawsuit over its terrible broadband is just the result of an evil tech conspiracy. One anonymous commenter suggested...
  
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  This Week In Techdirt History: May 27th - June 2nd 2 days ago

  Five Years Ago This week in 2013, we took a look at a big intellectual property report that focused on fearmongering about Chinese IP theft (while asking the public to foot the bill)...
  
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  Egyptian Gov't Arrests Journalist Who Exposed Brutality; Will Use Social Media Suspensions As Evidence Against Him 2 days ago

  As in any country, the limits of free speech are determined by the ruling party. While we have a Constitution that (mostly) holds our representatives at bay, many countries only pay...
  

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  Fark.com RSS

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  Mexicans are reviving small-town America [Ironic] an hour ago

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  It's the same old story in Chicago: Man urinates on train platform, woman asks man to stop, man punches woman for having the audacity to confront him [Murica] 2 hours ago

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  Guatemalan volcano is en Fuego [Scary] 3 hours ago

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  BBC News - Home

• Guatemala volcano: Dozens die as Fuego volcano erupts 4 hours ago

  Twenty-five people are killed and Guatemala City airport closes after Fuego spews lava and ash.
  

• Volcano survivor says her family was buried 3 hours ago

  Twenty-five have been killed and hundreds injured after Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupted, officials say.
  

• Trump 'could pardon himself over Russia but won't', says Giuliani 15 hours ago

  His lawyer says he "probably" has the power to pardon himself in the Russia collusion investigation.
  

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  Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - research • analysis • solutions

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  Why would a boom town need charity? Inequities in Saskatchewan’s oil boom and bust 11 days ago

  When we think of a “boomtown,” we often imagine a formerly sleepy rural town suddenly awash in wealth and economic expansion. It might surprise some to learn that for many municipalities...

  CNN.com - Top Stories

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  The Trump ally and former New Jersey governor calls the arguments by the President's lawyers 'wrong' 2 hours ago

  Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie knocked the claim from Donald Trump's legal team that, by nature of his office, the President cannot obstruct justice and could simply shut down...
  
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  Giuliani: Trump could have shot Comey and not be prosecuted 2 hours ago

  Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani claimed Sunday that the President hypothetically could have shot the former FBI director to end the Russia investigation and not face prosecution...
  
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  Bharara: A Trump pardon almost 'self-executing impeachment' 3 hours ago

  President Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani said on ABC's This Week that President Trump "probably" has the power to pardon himself, but has no intention of doing so...
  

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  memeorandum

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  Democrats Hope an Asian Influx Will Help Turn Orange County Blue (Vivian Yee/New York Times) an hour ago

  Vivian Yee / New York Times:Democrats Hope an Asian Influx Will Help Turn Orange County Blue  —  IRVINE, Calif. — When the Taiwanese bakery opened for business a decade ago...
  
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  Column | Will San Diego be the 'blue wave' canary in a coal mine? (Michael Smolens/sandiegouniontribune.com) 2 hours ago

  Michael Smolens / sandiegouniontribune.com:Column |  Will San Diego be the ‘blue wave’ canary in a coal mine?  —  Doug Applegate talks with teenagers outside a Carlsbad...
  
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  The forgotten dead of Puerto Rico (James Downie/Washington Post) 4 hours ago

  James Downie / Washington Post:The forgotten dead of Puerto Rico  —  On Friday night, the Puerto Rico Department of Health for the first time in six months released official mortality...
  

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  The Register

• Did you test that? No, I thought you tested it. Now customers have it and it doesn't work 16 minutes ago

  Crossed wires, a Commodore 64 clone and bankruptcy beckoning Who, me? Welcome again to “Who, me?”, The Register’s Monday mess – because it tells readers tales of breaking...
  

• G Suite admins need to RTFM - thousands expose internal emails an hour ago

  The manual is confusing, to be fair, but a third of users read it wrong and are dangling data If you're sysadmin of an organisation using Google Groups and G Suite, you need to revisit...
  

• You have suffered without red-headed emoji for too long. That changes Tuesday 2 hours ago

  What a time to be alive Brace yourself, world: the Unicode Consortium unleashes version 11.0 of its Emoji and general standard on Tuesday June 5th, and will right the terrible wrong...
  

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  BBC News - Technology

• Tomorrow's Cities: How Barcelona shushed noise-makers with sensors a day ago

  How citizens are taking control of their own cities with low-cost sensors.
  

• Are you scared yet? Meet Norman, the psychopathic AI 2 days ago

  Norman is an artificial intelligence which sees death and destruction in everything.
  

• ZX Vega+ console faces Indiegogo's debt collectors 3 days ago

  The controversial project must meet new conditions to avoid debt collectors being sent in.
  

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  Further

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  Heckuva Murderous Job, Donnie 2 days ago

  Futher Column - By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer
  
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  What's A Black Life Worth In Trump's America? Four Bucks, Evidently. Oops, Scratch That. Four Cents. 3 days ago

  Futher Column - By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer
  
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  The Young People Will Win, Even If They Have to Deliver Their Commencement Speech Outside After Being Barred For Being "Political" 6 days ago

  Futher Column - By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer
  

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ForceChange

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  Do Not Bail Out Dirty Energy 16 hours ago

  The Trump Administration is proposing unprecedented intervention into the energy industry to prevent the shutdown of coal-fired power plants. Sign the petition for the Department...
  
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  Save the Endangered Pacific Marten from Extinction 16 hours ago

  Considered extinct for 50 years, the Pacific marten reappeared in 1996, yet continues to face threats of extinction. At the core of the problem is the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's...
  
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  End Illegal Importation of Hazardous Waste 17 hours ago

  Thailand is experiencing an influx of hazardous electronic waste, the processing of which is largely unregulated. Sign the petition to demand Thai officials to regulate the importation...
  

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  News24 Top Stories

• News24.com | More important than ever to keep dreaming of a better South Africa 19 minutes ago

  You can choose to be an armchair critic who sees everything wrong with all the efforts of others. I choose to get my hands dirty, writes Sello Hatang.
  

• News24.com | Man in the middle: Chris Nissen on how he has become the go-to person for Western Cape protesters an hour ago

  Western Cape SAHRC commissioner Chris Nissen says letting people talk is the likeliest route to finding a solution.
  

• Sport24.co.za | Markram ready to bat at No 4, but not to replace AB 10 minutes ago

  Aiden Markram says it is not wise to try and find a replacement for the retired AB de Villiers at next year's World Cup.
  

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  Science: Current Issue

• When facts are not enough 4 days ago

  
  

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• Scientists aim to smoke out wildfire impacts 4 days ago

  
  

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  Unexplained Mysteries

• What would an alien language sound like ? 16 hours ago

  If we ever do make contact with intelligent aliens, would we have any chance of understanding them ? While astronomers have been scouring the skies fo...
  

• US Army develops 'Third Arm' exoskeleton 20 hours ago

  The unique device acts as a third limb, enabling soldiers to aim and fire heavier weapons during combat. Developed by engineers at the U.S. Army Resea...
  

• Man finds mystery sea creature on his driveway a day ago

  81-year-old David Harding was 'mortified' to discover what looked like a dead shark in a large test tube. Harding, who had been on a trip to Blackpool...
  

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  American Water Intelligence Project Tracker

• Ad Dur 2 IWPP 3 days ago

  
  

• Batac Water District JV concession 4 days ago

  
  

• Vicksburg wastewater O&M, MS 4 days ago

  
  

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  Network Front | The Guardian

• Police facing surge in extremists released from jail, analysis finds 12 hours ago

  Warnings over threat posed by large number of convicted terrorists due for release Police and security services face a surge in the number of convicted terrorists released from prison...
  

• Monday briefing: Police warn of surge in terrorists released from jail 2 hours ago

  North Korea sacks top military brass … generational pay gap jumps 50% … former sex worker becomes a dameGood morning – Alison Rourke with the main stories on this Monday morning...
  

• Growing gulf between pay of younger and older people, says TUC 8 hours ago

  Report laments lost generation of younger workers stuck in low-paid, insecure jobsThe gulf between the earnings of younger and older people has increased by 50% in the last 20 years...
  

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  SPACE.com

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  Pre-Flown SpaceX Rocket Launches Commercial Communications Satellite in 9 hours

  A Falcon 9 rocket with a used first stage successfully launched the SES-12 commercial communications satellite from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station early this morning...
  
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  This Week's Top Space Stories! 17 hours ago

  A Hawaiian observatory filmed stars streaking over Kilauea's volcanic glow, space enthusiasts mourned the loss of two astronauts and researchers discovered exotic dunes on Pluto...
  
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  Soyuz Capsule Returns Station Crew to Earth After 168 Days in Space 18 hours ago

  A Russian Soyuz spacecraft with three crew members landed after five months docked to the International Space Station. Cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, Norishige "Neemo" Kanai with...
  

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  Trend.Az - All news

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  Azerbaijan expands access to preferential agricultural loans 2 minutes ago

  Another Azerbaijani bank has entered the list of the authorized credit institutions of the Chief of State Service on Management ofAgricultural Projects and Credits under the Ministry...
  
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  President Aliyev receives head of Iranian Presidential Office (PHOTO) 6 minutes ago

  President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received Head of the Presidential Office of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mahmoud Vaezi.
  

• ADB may consider financing Turkmen gas field development (Exclusive) 8 minutes ago

  Galkynysh is the second largest gas field in the world and is already one of the raw sources of Turkmen gas supplies to China.
  

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  Google Cloud Platform Blog

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  Kubernetes best practices: upgrading your clusters with zero downtime 3 days ago

  By Sandeep Dinesh, Developer AdvocateEditor’s note: Today is the final installment in a seven-part video and blog series from Google Developer Advocate Sandeep Dinesh on how...
  
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  Troubleshooting tips: How to talk so your cloud provider will listen (and understand) 4 days ago

  By Luke Stone and Jian MaEditor’s note: We’re excited to bring you this blog post from the team of Google experts who wrote the book (really!) on Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)...
  
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  Troubleshooting tips: Help your cloud provider help you 4 days ago

  By Luke Stone and Jian MaEditor’s note: We’re excited to bring you this blog post from the team of Google experts who wrote the book (really!) on Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)...
  

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  Science This Week in Science TOC RSS Feed

• Controls on seed dormancy 4 days ago

  
  

• The global impacts of food production 4 days ago

  
  

• Predation favors the unadventurous 4 days ago

  
  

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  CBC | Top Stories News

• Court clerk with PTSD fighting province, insurer to go back to work 7 hours ago

  A court clerk who developed PTSD from ‘relentless’ exposure to gruesome trial evidence has been fighting the Ontario government and Manulife insurance for over a year, to get...
  
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  Trudeau slams 'insulting' tariffs against Canada in U.S. TV interview 14 hours ago

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland spoke Sunday on U.S. networks about the message Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs send one of America's...
  
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  Send us your naked photos to help block revenge porn, Facebook invites users a day ago

  Facebook is rolling out measure to crack down on the non-consensual sharing of explicit images. The initiative comes as trust in the social network is particularly low...
  

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  All Things Considered : NPR

• After Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rican Women Embrace Their Natural, Curly Hair 10 hours ago

  When Hurricane Maria cut off access to electricity and water on the Caribbean island and U.S. territory, some women started to change how they styled their hair...
  

• How Pop Duo Buscabulla Lifts Up Puerto Rican Artists 10 hours ago

  The Prima Fund provides grants for Puerto Rican musicians. NPR's Michel Martin talks to co-founder Raquel Barrios of the group Buscabulla and grant-recipient Jose Ivan...
  

• Puerto Rico Exodus Bound To Shake Up Mainland Policy 10 hours ago

  NPR's Michel Martin talks to Alfonso Aguilar. He's a Republican and one of Puerto Rico's five shadow delegates to Congress.
  

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  Ireland: BreakingNews.ie

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  Funeral of teenager Cameron Reilly to take place today in an hour

  The funeral will take place today of Cameron Reilly.
  
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  Gardaí appeal for witnesses as female cyclists remains in critical condition 8 minutes ago

  Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to a serious crash in Dublin last Friday.
  
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  Post mortem of young Irishman who died in Majorca to take place today 15 minutes ago

  A post mortem will take place this afternoon on the body of a young Irishman, believed to have died in a fall while holidaying on Majorca.
  

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  Channel NewsAsia Front Page News

• Soccer - No group stage surprises this time, says Korea's Kim 24 minutes ago

  South Korea had a "rude awakening" at the last World Cup when they were surprised by the strength of their group opponents, but there will be no complacency this time around with Germany...
  

• Malaysia to set up task force to probe Scorpene scandal, other issues of concern 33 minutes ago

  KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will form a special investigative task force to look into major issues raised by the people - including a French Scorpene submarine deal done during former...
  

• Taiwanese man jailed for role in police impersonation scam that cheated victims of S$1 million 36 minutes ago

  SINGAPORE: In two weeks, a Taiwanese national who was part of a transnational scam syndicate collected nearly S$1 million cheated from Singaporeans, and handed over the money...
  

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  WhoWhatWhy

• June 1, 2018 6 hours ago

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• Latest News May 30th-June 2nd: 13 hours ago

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• Evangelicals: Putting the ‘Ass’ in ‘Compassion’ 21 hours ago

  Many evangelical leaders have gone all in for President Donald Trump. Down the road, that could backfire and hopefully cost them — and other religious organizations that get too...
  

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  Science@NASA Headline News

• NASA’s Hi-C Launches to Study Sun’s Corona 3 days ago

  Portal origin URL: NASA’s Hi-C Launches to Study Sun’s CoronaPortal origin nid: 425490Published: Friday, June 1, 2018 - 15:02Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal...
  

• SOFIA to Study Southern Skies in New Zealand 3 days ago

  Portal origin URL: SOFIA to Study Southern Skies in New ZealandPortal origin nid: 425444Published: Friday, June 1, 2018 - 03:42Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal...
  

• Two Sides of the Same Star 5 days ago

  Video Length: 3:43A neutron star comes from a large star that has run out of fuel, and exploded as a supernova. First it becomes a radio pulsar and later becomes a magnetar. Or maybe...
  

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  How to of the Day

• How to Comb an Afro 7 hours ago

  Caring for your afro is easy, as long as you use the right products and treat it with care! Before you style your afro, you want to detangle it properly. It is best to detangle hair when...
  

• How to Start an Organic Garden 15 hours ago

  Organic gardeners grow healthy, high-quality foods and flowers without using any synthetic chemicals. Organic methods are healthier, better for the environment and wildlife...
  

• How to Remove the Redness of a Pimple a day ago

  Everyone gets pimples and zits that can cause irritation and redness. The redness of a pimple is an inflammatory response, not a scar. Inflammation actually helps our tissues regenerate...
  

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  LobeLog

• Trump Drones On 19 hours ago

  by Rebecca Gordon They are like the camel’s nose, lifting a corner of the tent. Don’t be fooled, though. It won’t take long until the whole animal is sitting inside, sipping your...
  

• Russia and the West: On the Brink 2 days ago

  by Tony Brenton April saw the lowest point in Russia’s relations with the West since the early 1980s – as embodied in three events. On 6 April the US imposed new, tougher, economic...
  

• Saudi-Iranian Rivalry in the European Parliament 2 days ago

  by Eldar Mamedov Saudi-Iranian rivalry is not limited to the Middle East but also plays out in the ministries and parliaments outside the region. Such was the case this week in Strasbourg...
  

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  Democracy Now!

• Cities & States Sue Big Pharma, Targeting the Firms Who Profited from Peddling Addictive Opioids 3 days ago

  New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced earlier this year that the city would sue manufacturers and distributors of prescription opioids to account for their part in the city's ongoing...
  

• "Pain Killer" Author Barry Meier on How West Virginia Became Ground Zero of Opioid Epidemic 3 days ago

  West Virginia had the highest rate of opioid-related deaths in the U.S. in 2016, making the state ground zero for a national opioid epidemic that has killed more than 200,000 people...
  

• Origins of the Opioid Epidemic: Purdue Pharma Knew of OxyContin Abuse in 1996 But Covered It Up 3 days ago

  An explosive New York Times report has revealed that manufacturers of the drug OxyContin knew it was highly addictive as early as 1996, the first year after the drug hit the market...
  

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  News : NPR

• At Least 25 People Killed In Guatemala Volcano Eruption an hour ago

  The volcano, located about 20 miles southwest of the capital, blanketed the village of El Rodeo in ash and a deadly pyroclastic flow.
  

• Jimmy Fallon To Parkland Graduates: 'That Was You Choosing Hope Over Fear' 3 hours ago

  As a surprise speaker at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School graduation, The Tonight Show host offered the Class of 2018 a hopeful message, months after a shooter killed 17 classmates...
  

• London Marks 1 Year Since Bridge Attack That Killed 8 10 hours ago

  People observed a minute of silence for the eight who were killed a year ago during the deadly vehicle and knife attack. Britain's threat level is expected to remain severe for two years...
  

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WebMD Health

• Cancer Care Twice as Costly in U.S. Versus Canada 2 days ago

  What's more, the extra money Americans paid didn't buy them any more time on Earth. Average survival was roughly similar on either side of the border.
  

• Romaine E. Coli Outbreak Over, Blamed for 5 Deaths 3 days ago

  This is the biggest Shiga-toxin producing E. coli outbreak since a 2006 outbreak linked to spinach grown in the Salinas Valley in California.
  

• Not All Hospitals Require Flu Shots for Staffers 3 days ago

  In two surveys done four years apart, the number of Veterans Affairs hospitals mandating flu shots rose only slightly, from 1 percent in 2013 to 4 percent in 2017, researchers said...
  

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