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Black cabs, Uber and the sharing economy: the case for private regulation
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Bent Journalist Gypsy Smear Busted
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Politics News Headlines - Yahoo News
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Jump in Florida, Nevada early voting could reap Latino gains for Clinton
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Defending the Coast at Voodoo
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Consciousness and Shifting
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5 Historical Vaccine Scandals Suppressed by the Establishment
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Journal Poll: Clinton still ahead in NM (Michael Coleman/Albuquerque
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The Clinton Foundation Took A Million Bucks From Qatar When Hillary Was
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Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - research • analysis • solutions
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Citizen’s guide to Trans-Pacific Partnership now available
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2016 Atlantic Student Essay Contest Winner
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Times of India
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Need to take states in confidence on cow slaughter: Rajnath Singh
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Environment
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Schools to shut as Delhi chokes on pollution
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Jon Rappoport's Blog
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Leaked memo: Clinton Foundation broke the law
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Irishman who died following Isis suicide bombing, did not kill anyone else
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U.S. NRC Blog
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REAL ID and Access to Nuclear Power Plants
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Under NRC’s Watchful Eye — New Commercial Nuclear Power Plant Comes on Line
Joey Ledford Public Affairs Officer Region II The nuclear power industry notched a significantOctober 27, 2016
Times of India
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Facebook CEO Zuckerberg pledges $3bn to fight disease
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Bacteria in chewable tobacco may up risk of cancer
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Volkswagen emissions scandal deepens as prosecutors probe chairman
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Home remedies for irritable bowel syndrome
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The Star Online News Highlights
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Jump in Florida, Nevada early voting could reap Latino gains for Clinton
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Socialist's Radev leads Bulgaria presidential election - exit polls
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Space.com
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Elon Musk Predicts Mid-December Return to Flight for SpaceX's Falcon 9
SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk said Nov. 4 he expects the Falcon 9 rocket to return to flight in the6 hr ago -
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Techdirt.
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This Week In Techdirt History: October 30th - November 5th
Five Years Ago This week in 2011 we witnessed the true birth of a monster. The PROTECT-IP actNovember 5, 2016 -
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Las Vegas PD Continues To Use Faulty $2 Drug Field Tests Because
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The Register - Business
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Fresh Euro Patent Office drama: King Battistelli fires union boss
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Naughty UK Google cloud users can now be sued by Chocolate Factory in
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Lester Haines: RIP
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Google makes it to third base with Home digital assistant
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Unexplained Mysteries
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Man keeps vigil for Siberia's Labynkyr Devil
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SpaceX solves mystery of Falcon 9 explosion
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Cis-lunar space station could replace ISS
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Is Your Birth Control as Safe as You Think?
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Which Type of Long-Term Birth Control is Best for You?
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White House.gov Press Office Feed
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WEEKLY ADDRESS: The Progress We've Made Because of the Affordable Care
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The Neverending Race Is Coming to a Close. Then what?
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Class Polarizes Americans Just as Much as Politics
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How Algorithms Could Help Keep People Out of Jail
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What It Would Take to Move 650 Million People into the US in One Week
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