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June 7, 2017
New FOOTAGE reveals what Deputy Sheriff saw at Roswell: ‘They were hauling

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June 6, 2017

Dutch AI program turns doodles into strange ‘photos’

An artificial intelligence programme that generates photographic images from 2D drawings has proven so

June 7, 2017
Suspects arrested in two cases of deaths of 14-year-old girls

A 14-year-old boy arrested in connection with the death of 14-year-old girl Romy, is suspected to have

June 7, 2017
Children get week free after school ceiling falls in

It wasn’t the lesson that brought down the house this time. Children have been sent home from a primary

June 7, 2017

Colorado housing officials invite cops to perform warrantless searches on

The director suggests that anyone who objects may have something to hide.

June 7, 2017
Lawsuit: Mass search of Georgia high school students included genital

Somehow, the police still didn't manage to find any drugs.

June 6, 2017
A crime lab analyst killed himself after contamination wrongly made him a

Ten months after wrongful arrest, search and confiscation of his belongings, Kevin Brown hanged himself.

June 5, 2017

Linux Malware Mines for Cryptocurrency Using Raspberry Pi Devices

A Linux trojan detected under the generic name of Linux.MulDrop.14 is infecting Raspberry Pi devices with

June 7, 2017
Some Old WiMAX Routers Contain OEM Backdoors

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June 7, 2017
Technical Glitch Triggers Nightmare Scenario for Filipino Bank

Chaos reigned in the Philippines yesterday as one of the country's main banks had to shut down ATM

June 7, 2017

Electric Cars Go Exponential

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Banco Popular Collapses & Sold For €1 Euro

from Rethinking The Dollar :

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from Zero Hedge : Just minutes ahead of James Comey’s testimony that many hope will lead to Trump

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June 7, 2017
Freedom Rider: Climate Agreement Smoke and Mirrors

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June 6, 2017
The Crisis of US Imperial Governance and the Struggle for a New World

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June 6, 2017

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February 12, 2016
Ask a Stupid Question

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February 8, 2016
The Grimey “Science” of Conspiracy Theories

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February 2, 2016

1 dead 3 injured as meteorite hits southern India (27 flags)

And it has created a record. First recorded human fatality due to a meteorite. Can someone bring up the

February 7, 2016
Donald Trump: Id bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding (25

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Iowans claim instances when Sanders was shorted delegates (20 flags)

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Two Houses, One Cable TV Bill

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Ex-IPCC head Pachauri charged with sex assaults

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Kevin and Leo: two climate clowns

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February 29, 2016

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Charlie Gard: Parents' appeal for US treatment bid fails

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False “News Blackout” Claim in Fawnbrook Sexual Assault Case

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Conspiracy Theorist Goes After Theresa May’s Late Father

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short and sweet: 6 brutal truths

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Saudis Issue 24 Hour Ultimatum To Qatar

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March 28, 2017

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L.L. Bean rebuffs boycott over granddaughter’s big Trump donation

A man wipes off the headlights of the L.L. Bean Bootmobile in the parking lot at the facility where the

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Union leader who says Trump lied about Carrier deal refuses to back down

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Duck & Cover All Over Again

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February 22, 2017

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Trump Budget Eliminates Housing and Community Development Block Grants

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House-Passed Bill Would Undermine Medicaid’s Critical Role in Rural America

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Hillary Clinton’s “Sudden Move” Of $1.8 Billion To Qatar Central Bank Stuns

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Why Obama bought a $ 4.9 million Mansion in Dubai, a country where there is

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As Predicted Here 2 Years Ago, More Diesel Emissions Cheating Alleged

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Princeton Appears To Penalize Minority Candidates for Not Obsessing About

Buzzfeed obtained some internal admissions documents from Princeton , and I find them eye-opening, but

May 24, 2017

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Mark Mason: Al Khalifa Family Acting as Bahrain’s Prison Guards to Serve US

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May 28, 2017
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THE THREAT TO PUBLIC EDUCATION CONTINUES

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May 20, 2017

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Ghana: a Shining Democracy Without Accountability

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How Could Japan Offer $32billion In Aid To Africa?

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Why Are African Professors Becoming Politicians?

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“It was incessant.” Former RAF Reaper pilot speaks to Drone Wars

RAF pilot operating Reaper drone from Creech air force base in Nevada Drone Wars UK is publishing an

May 30, 2017
Intelligence Committee Report on UK Drone Killing: Little Information. Few

Dominic Grieve: “profoundly dissapointed at the failure of the government to provide the relevant documents

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PM must publish Intelligence Committee report on UK drone killings

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April 18, 2017

The proteins that domesticated our genomes

EPFL scientists have carried out a genomic and evolutionary study of a large and enigmatic family of human

March 8, 2017
Study links altered brain chemistry, behavioral impairments in fish exposed

Study Links Altered Brain Chemistry, Behavioral Impairments in Fish Exposed to Elevated CO2 Research team

September 13, 2016
First accurate simulation of a virus invading a cell

For the first time, scientists know what happens to a virus' shape when it invades a host cell, thanks

September 13, 2016

An anthropologist explains the secret behind Islamophobia

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Fear the police (important advice on the streets of his new America)

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Playing Cops: Militia Member Aids Police in Arresting Protester at Portland

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Racismo não é gafe

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Nature as a Scoundrel and a Merciless and Duplicitous Practitioner of

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We finally have proof of inappropriate financial dealings with Russia

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Sweden Bans Mandatory Vaccinations Over ‘Serious Health Concerns’

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The Campaign from Hell: Blame Barbara Walters!

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Cold Revenge

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Oscar López Rivera: ‘We Must Have the Courage to Fight to Our Last Drop of

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Venezuela to Send Troops to Train at Bolivia’s ‘Anti-Imperialist’ Military

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Art Students League

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Six Days

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Direct Use of Natural Gas: Unshackle Efficiency from Obama’s ‘Deep

“What Secretary Perry has yet to recognize is that the same hostile forces behind the ‘war

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Epstein vs. Harvard Law’s Freeman: ‘The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels

“But upon closer scrutiny, Epstein’s characterizations are often straw men; his own assertions are

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To Live and Breath in Beijing

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June 5, 2017

Conservative media deflect from James Comey's testimony by attacking

Comey testified to Senate that Trump gave him “direction” to halt Flynn investigation Wash. Post : Comey
Right-wing media hype flawed report on illegal voting pushed by serial

Report claims thousands of illegal votes have been cast in Virginia Report: Thousands of noncitizens cast
Conservative media call for internment of Muslims following London attacks

Radical terrorists killed seven in violent attack BBC: Seven pedestrians killed in central London

Crop Breeding for High Production, Water Use Efficiency & Albedo

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Biospheric Productivity (Global: The Recent Past) -- Summary

Since 1980 the Earth has weathered three of the warmest decades in the instrumental temperature record, a

September 2, 2014
Catastrophic Floods of Dartmoor, South West England

Are they few and far-between? ... or are they growing ever more frequent ... and ferocious?

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Brazilian Electoral Tribunal adds sessions to speed a decision on president

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Wind company dealt blow by Supreme Court #IN

INDIANAPOLIS – A court saga which has been ongoing for almost two years was finally settled last week

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Digging deeper: Long list of problems for Ogle County wind turbine #IL

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Water Wells First gets meeting with MOECC #ON

If the evidence shows the turbines that will make up North Kent 1 will pose a risk to the aquifer and the

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Careful, Brussels is listening

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The Path of the Beast: An interview with Flaviano Bianchini

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Obesity, Diet Pills & Death

Whether it's climate science or medical science, a fake crisis leads to bad decisions that harm real

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Suddenly Sick: The Foibles of Medical Science

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Steven Chu’s Juvenile Score Keeping

When someone's won a Nobel Prize, who cares how long they served in Cabinet?

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"The problem with programmers is that we’re used to these

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More Reasons Why Big Pharma’s Multinational Vaccine Manufacturers are not

Duty to Warn By Gary G. Kohls, MD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Public Service Commission Hearing on Keystone XL in O’Neill

After heeding our calls to provide more opportunities for the public to make our concerns heard about the

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Why I Am an Anti-Globalist

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Trump’s lawyer cites a questionable timeline in disputing Comey

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Video: Ted Cruz awkwardly cut off at faith conference

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House Republicans working on key bill struggle to escape Comey's

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Are you subject to an “absence control program” at your job?

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Greek yogurt boom relies on low-wage Mexican, Guatemalan immigrants in New

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Trump’s budget is a disaster for public health: ‘If you’re not at the table

When you ask public health advocates about President Trump’s recent budget proposal, you typically get a

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Exposed: the Nazi roots of the European Union

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Ohio shocker: 793 million opioid drug doses prescribed in one year

Ohio shocker: 793 million opioid drug doses prescribed in one year Here’s why zombies are real by Jon

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Fuelfix is moving. Here are the details.

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Market Currents: Qatar’s energy exports

As pockets of geopolitical tension leave the crude market neither shaken nor stirred, hark, today we dig

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Houston’s USD Partners expands to carry Canadian oil sands by rail

With pipeline capacity still relatively limited from the Canadian oil sands into the U.S, Houston’s

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James Comey admits: Obstruction of justice...by Hillary Clinton, NOT Donald

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The 'war on drugs' has proven more destructive to Americans in 2016

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The pesticide widely used to fight Zika-carrying mosquitoes in Florida and across the nation has been

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Capital accommodation shortage forces Lions fans to leave town in dead of

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Wellington is set to bring the party to the fans for the British and Irish Lions' visit to the capital.

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More cops on the beat throughout New Zealand

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Chad Dickerson: “There’s something about losing that makes you better.”

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After discrimination investigation, Uber quietly fires 20 employees and

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the looming cold in Oz …

I am disappointed with the looming cold now upon us, even here in the warmer Tropical town of Broome. May

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Kazakhstan at odds with homegrown terrorism

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