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It's Football Season: Five Matches You Shouldn't Miss In February 2 years ago
With the European football season coming thick and fast, here are five matches to look forward...
You Fit Right Here: Obama Tells Muslims-Americans At Baltimore Mosque 2 years ago
During a visit to the Islamic Society of Baltimore, his first to a mosque in the United States...
"Siri, Do You Ever Get Things Wrong?" 2 years ago
The new TV ads for Apple’s iPhone6 are built around Siri, the voice-activated program...
The Hayride
FINALLY, Y’all Start Listenin’ To Us Nutria! 14 hours ago
Look, I ain’t gonna say that we nutria know stuff y’all people don’t know. But we nutria know stuff y’all people don’t know. Like for example we got it down pat which plants...
Happy Tax Day: Abolish The IRS 14 hours ago
When thinking about Tax Day, I have the same loathing and discontent that millions of Americans share. But feelings aside, there really is a better way. The founders of our nation and...
Are The Teacher Unions In Louisiana Laying The Groundwork For A Strike? 18 hours ago
It seems possible. We already know that teacher strikes are a thing this year, since they’ve happened in Kentucky and Oklahoma and West Virginia. Could one be coming to Louisiana?...
Lifehacker
You Have an Extra Day to File Your Taxes After IRS Website Crash 8 hours ago
Congrats procrastinators, you have an extra day to file your taxes this year thanks to a well-timed crash on the IRS’s “Direct Pay” page. Read more...
Earther Everything About This Newly-Discovered Octopus Nursery Is Wild | The A.V. 12 hours ago
Earther Everything About This Newly-Discovered Octopus Nursery Is Wild | The A.V. Club Super Troopers 2 is a waste of a high | The Takeout Google Maps may now tell you, “Turn left...
The 10 Best Deals of April 17, 2018 13 hours ago
We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.Read more...
Pesticide Action Network
Monsanto merger approved: What's next? a day ago
Despite widespread opposition, The U.S. Department of Justice has green-lighted the Bayer-Monsanto merger. Next steps? Learn more Slideshow Category: Flex Slider...
Study finds glyphosate in pregnant women a day ago
A new study on glyphosate in pregnant women from Indiana confirms that this widely used herbicide ends up in people’s bodies. Learn more Slideshow Category: Flex Slider...
Farmworkers and Immigration a day ago
The vast majority of farmworkers in the U.S. are immigrants, and at least half are undocumented. The U.S. immigration system has created an unjust situation for many. Learn more Slideshow...
USATODAY - News Top Stories
Barbara Bush: In her own words, from political prognostication to 'rhymes with rich' 9 hours ago
Here are some of former first lady Barbara Bush's most memorable quotes, including some controversial ones.
Former first lady Barbara Bush, wife and mother of presidents, dead at 92 7 hours ago
Former first lady Barbara Bush, the wife and mother of presidents, died at age 92 after discontinuing medical treatment for 'failing health.' ...
Mother of two dies in mid-air crisis after being wedged in Southwest plane window 8 hours ago
A battered Southwest Airlines jet with a blown engine and smashed window made a perilous emergency landing in Philadelphia on Tuesday. ...
World news | The Guardian
North Korea: Mike Pompeo met with Kim Jong-un over Easter, say US officials 4 hours ago
CIA director reportedly travelled to North Korea for clandestine meeting with Kim to lay groundwork for direct talks with Donald TrumpMike Pompeo, the director of the CIA, had a secret...
Chemical weapons experts press for access to Syria attack site 10 hours ago
Questions asked about how Russia was able to take sympathetic journalists to Douma while international inspectors have been waylaid on safety groundsInternational chemical weapons...
Criminal 'arms race' helping terrorists get weapons, report warns 2 hours ago
Reactivated and smuggled guns used as barriers to obtaining firearms in Europe break downAn “arms race” between criminal groups in Europe risks making it easier for terrorists...
Techdirt.
Apple's Internal Memo Warning Employees Not To Leak To The Press Leaks To The Press 7 hours ago
Whatever the actual numbers, it seems like some hefty percentage of technology news revolves around leaks of one kind or another. Whether it concerns government, corporate, or legal...
The Music Industry Now Wants To Creep Past Site-Blocking Into App-Blocking 12 hours ago
With site-blocking now fully en vogue in much of the world as the preferred draconian solution to copyright infringement, one point we've made over and over again is that even this...
Techdirt Podcast Episode 163: Teaching The Law Via Podcasts 14 hours ago
Law isn't simple, and truly learning about it takes more than a few short primers or even an in-depth guide or two — which makes it the perfect topic to explore via the medium of podcasts...
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Model prisoner somehow succeeded in escaping open prison, producing model hunt by 6,600 police [Awkward] 2 hours ago
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Mike Pompeo: CIA chief 'made secret trip to North Korea' 3 hours ago
The meeting was to lay the groundwork for direct talks with Donald Trump, unnamed officials say.
Former US First Lady Barbara Bush dies at 92 10 hours ago
Barbara Bush, the former US first lady and literacy campaigner, has died aged 92.
Starbucks to shut over 8,000 US cafes for race training 14 hours ago
The coffee store chain will close all its branches in the US for "racial bias" education.
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - research • analysis • solutions
Mobility pricing must be fair and equitable for all 5 days ago
As Metro Vancouver’s population has grown, so have its traffic congestion problems. Whether it’s a long wait to cross a bridge or get on a bus, everyone can relate to the additional...
Budget 2018: The Most Disappointing Budget Ever a month ago
Premier Pallister’s Trump-esque statement that budget 2018 was going to be the “best budget ever” has fallen a bit flat. Instead of a bold plan to deal with climate change, poverty...
2018 Federal Budget Analysis 2 months ago
Watch this space for response and analysis of the federal budget from CCPA staff and our Alternative Federal Budget partners. More information will be added as it is available...
CNN.com - Top Stories
Mike Pompeo visited the North Korean leader, who is making diplomatic efforts over his nuclear program 3 hours ago
CIA Director Mike Pompeo traveled to North Korea more than two weeks ago for a secret meeting with leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang, sources confirmed to CNN...
Chinese President will visit Pyongyang soon, official says 3 hours ago
Chinese President Xi Jinping is preparing to visit the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, an official with knowledge of the discussions told CNN.
What brought Kim Jong Un to the table 3 hours ago
North Korea's relationship with the world seems to be changing for the better. But how did we get here?
Political Mojo | Mother Jones
2014 Donald Trump Landed a Sick Burn on 2017 Donald Trump a year ago
Update, May 4, 2017: This is relevant AGAIN because today, May 4, is also a Thursday and the GOP is again supposed to vote for the American Health Care Act. FAST FACTS ABOUT TODAY, MARCH...
President Obama Just Surprised Joe Biden With the Presidential Medal of Freedom a year ago
President Obama just awarded Vice-President Biden the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Though he knew Obama was going to honor him, Biden apparently didn't know he was going to receive...
Donald Trump Will Make His Son-In-Law A Senior White House Advisor, Which May Be Illegal a year ago
In November, Kevin Drum warned that liberals needed to start paying more attention to Jared Kushner. Looks like he was right: BREAKING: Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, will be...
memeorandum
Putin Still Wants Deal With Trump, Even After Sanctions, Syria Attack (Bloomberg) 10 minutes ago
Bloomberg:Putin Still Wants Deal With Trump, Even After Sanctions, Syria Attack — Russian president orders officials to curb anti-U.S. rhetoric — Lawmakers pull...
New Zealand's prime minister is unmarried, pregnant and going on maternity leave (NBC News) 15 minutes ago
NBC News:New Zealand's prime minister is unmarried, pregnant and going on maternity leave — WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A verdant island nation at the bottom of the world —...
In Journalist's Murder, a Test for Malta, and the European Union (Nicholas Kulish/New York Times) 31 minutes ago
Nicholas Kulish / New York Times:In Journalist's Murder, a Test for Malta, and the European Union — BIDNIJA, Malta — On Oct. 16, at 1:41 a.m., a cellphone SIM card was activated...
The Register
Kubernetes? Just automate it…. 20 minutes ago
CLL18 workshops cover easy clustering, Agile trailblazing and more Whether you’re limbering up for Agile, going serverless or getting into containers, we’ve got a cracking...
Hortonworks unfurls tool to cut grunt work, let firms spend more time rolling in juicy data 30 minutes ago
And *checks watch* of course it'll be really useful for GDPR Data management biz Hortonworks has lifted the covers off a service that aims to make it easier for enterprises to identify...
Scissors cut paper. Paper wraps rock. Lab-made enzyme eats plastic an hour ago
Brit boffins save planet A new enzyme developed at the University of Portsmouth will enable the recycling of plastic used for disposable drinks containers.…...
BBC News - Technology
Facebook seeks facial recognition consent in EU and Canada 5 hours ago
Amid a privacy crisis, Facebook asks permission to expand use of facial recognition technology.
Steep rise in child abuse images online, charity reports 11 hours ago
The Internet Watch Foundation found more than 78,000 website addresses with child abuse images in 2017.
Wish.com: Penis advert appeared in video game apps 11 hours ago
US retailer Wish.com is admonished by UK ad watchdog for the third time since November.
Further
Sitting In Starbucks While Black 4 days ago
By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer In this once-reasonably-fair democracy in the year of our ostensible Lord 2018, two black guys sitting peaceably in a Philadelphia Starbucks waiting...
Who Cares About the Rule Of Law When We Need To Save Our Fragile Tin-Pot Dictator From People Saying Mean Things About Him? 6 days ago
By Abby Zimet, Staff WriterBecause there's nothing else on their minds - Syria, Gaza, racism, safety-net-shredding, say what? - the leaders of a purported major party are going all...
Tumbling Through Calamity: The Definition of the Freedom Spirit 7 days ago
By Abby Zimet, Staff WriterWith the Imbecile-In-Chief playing 4th-grade bully to Russia - missiles coming "nice and new and “smart!” WTF? - a reminder that behind all the bellicose...
ForceChange
Dog Given Botched Spaying Surgery and Abandoned Deserves Justice 7 hours ago
A dog endured horrendous suffering and had to be euthanized after she was given a botched spaying surgery. Investigators found the dog abandoned by the side of a road in extremely poor...
Demand Justice for 8-Year-Old Girl Reportedly Gang Raped, Tortured, and Killed in India 8 hours ago
Eight men are accused of raping, torturing, and killing an eight-year-old girl because she was Muslim. Demand that the men involved receive severe punishment for these alleged horrific...
Success: Award Recognition Removed for Destinations that Allegedly Abuse Animals 9 hours ago
TripAdvisor has removed its Certificate of Excellence award from three allegedly abusive wildlife attractions. Sign this petition to thank the travel site for no longer rewarding...
News24 Top Stories
News24.com | DA FedEx green lights caucus request to hold motion against De Lille 9 minutes ago
The Democratic Alliance's Federal Executive has acceded to the DA Cape Town caucus's request to hold an internal motion of no confidence in mayor Patricia de Lille...
News24.com | Parts of Mahikeng burn as North West ANC prepares to meet with NWC 18 minutes ago
Residents in Montshiwa in Mahikeng have taken to the streets, setting tyres and buses alight and blocking roads as they complained about provincial leadership and service delivery...
Fin24.com | Ramaphosa's five fin-doctors: Meet the team tasked with selling SA to investors 27 minutes ago
Fin24 looks at the five people the president has tasked with creating buzz around new investment opportunities in SA ahead of a major summit he hopes will contribute over R1trn to the...
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Unexplained Mysteries
Meteorite filled with diamonds found in Sudan 20 hours ago
A meteorite that crashed in the Nubian Desert has offered a glimpse of our solar system's earliest days. Known as the Almahata Sitta meteorite, the ob...
Mutant enzyme breaks down plastic bottles 21 hours ago
Scientists have inadvertently created a mutant enzyme capable of breaking down common waste plastics. In a breakthrough that could prove invaluable in...
Large asteroid narrowly misses the Earth a day ago
An asteroid the size of a warehouse passed our planet at the weekend just hours after it was first spotted. Known as Asteroid 2018 GE3, the space rock...
American Water Intelligence Project Tracker
Network Front | The Guardian
Rudd should consider position over Windrush row, says Abbott 2 hours ago
Home secretary is accused of trying to avoid responsibility for saga that has ‘caused so much misery, ruined so many lives’Amber Rudd should consider her position as home secretary...
Brexit: first talks on UK’s future relationship with EU begin an hour ago
Senior British and EU officials to meet across a table to discuss the future trade ties more than a year after article 50 was triggeredSenior British and EU officials will discuss the...
North Korea: Mike Pompeo met with Kim Jong-un over Easter, say US officials 4 hours ago
CIA director reportedly travelled to North Korea for clandestine meeting with Kim to lay groundwork for direct talks with Donald TrumpMike Pompeo, the director of the CIA, had a secret...
SPACE.com
NASA Scientists Traverse Antarctica to Prep for New Climate Satellite (Video) a day ago
Two NASA scientists recently returned from a two week, 470-mile (760 kilometers) expedition in one of the most barren landscapes on Earth.
SpaceX Will Build Its Next-Gen Mars Rocket in Los Angeles a day ago
SpaceX will build its "BFR" spaceship at a new facility in the Port of Los Angeles, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced yesterday (April 16).
Meet OmegA: Orbital ATK Unveils Name, Upper Stage Pick for Next-Gen Rocket a day ago
Orbital ATK's next rocket will be its biggest one yet, and the company has picked a fitting name for new booster: OmegA.
Trend.Az - All news
Ilham Aliyev: Presidential election reflected Azerbaijani people’s will 11 minutes ago
The presidential election has reflected the will of Azerbaijani people, said Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev during his inauguration ceremony on April 18...
Azerbaijan to launch 15 agro-parks in 2018 16 minutes ago
Fifteen agro-parks are planned to be launched in Azerbaijan in 2018, Executive Director of the National Entrepreneurship Support Fund (NFES) of Azerbaijan Shirzad Abdullayev...
Google Cloud Platform Blog
BigQuery arrives in the Tokyo region 13 hours ago
By Chad W. Jennings, BigQuery Product Manager We launched BigQuery, our enterprise data warehouse solution, in 2011 so that our customers could leverage the processing power of...
Dialogflow Enterprise Edition is now generally available a day ago
By Dan Aharon, Product Manager, Cloud AI Back in November, we announced the beta of Dialogflow Enterprise Edition. Today, on the heels of introducing Cloud Text-to-Speech and updating...
Improving the Google Cloud Storage backend for HashiCorp Vault a day ago
By Seth Vargo, Staff Developer Advocate HashiCorp Vault is a powerful open source tool for secrets management, popular with many Google Cloud Platform (GCP) customers today. HashiCorp...
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CBC | Top Stories News
South Korea considering peace agreement with North Korea 2 hours ago
South Korea says it is considering how to change a decades-old armistice with North Korea into a peace agreement, as U.S. officials confirmed an unprecedented top-level meeting...
Trans Mountain project no industry game-changer but may get federal funding anyway 2 hours ago
The federal government has invested in large oilpatch projects before, but Kinder Morgan's proposed pipeline in Alberta and B.C. is not like federally backed projects in the past...
1,200 patients 'high and dry' after two Chilliwack doctors lose medical licences 2 hours ago
A pair of Chilliwack doctors have been stopped from practicing medicine after six years because they failed Canadian qualifying exams, leaving their patients wondering about their...
All Things Considered : NPR
Former First Lady Barbara Bush's Book Editor Remembers Her As Smart, Funny And Direct 9 hours ago
Former first lady Barbara Bush died Tuesday at 92. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Lisa Drew, who edited four of Bush's books.
Former First Lady Barbara Bush Dies At 92 10 hours ago
Barbara Pierce Bush died Tuesday at the age of 92. Her death was confirmed by a family spokesman. She promoted reading skills across America and was also a best-selling author...
Campaigns Workers Could Increase Membership In Labor Unions 12 hours ago
Campaign workers often face long hours and low pay. Now, some Democratic campaign operatives are unionizing.
Ireland: BreakingNews.ie
Ombudsman welcomes government acceptance of Magdalene recommendations in an hour
The State Ombudsman has welcomed proposals by the government to accept his recommendations on the Redress Scheme for Magdalene survivors.
Campaign to encourage switch to electric cars launches today in 8 minutes
The country's first ever public information campaign on electric cars is being launched today.
8,000 social houses brought back into use, Eoghan Murphy claims 27 minutes ago
The Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy has claimed that 8,000 social houses have been brought back into use.
Channel NewsAsia Front Page News
Asian markets rise as Wall St, North Korea provide positive lead 18 minutes ago
Shares in top Chinese manufacturing companies plunged on Wednesday (Apr 18) after Beijing announced plans to phase out ownership limits for foreign automakers, shipbuilders and...
Top Japanese bureaucrat resigns after allegation of sexual harassment 25 minutes ago
Japan's top finance bureaucrat resigned on Wednesday, Finance Minister Taro Aso said, after a weekly magazine reported that he had sexually harassed several female reporters...
Airlines inspecting Boeing 737 engines after fatal Southwest incident 23 minutes ago
SINGAPORE: Some major customers of Boeing Co's popular 737 jets including Korean Air Lines Co Ltd said on Wednesday (Apr 18) they were inspecting engines of the type that blew apart...
WhoWhatWhy
Funny, Wise Quotations on Taxes 15 hours ago
Are you in pain from the IRS? Well, you’re in good company. Check out what these characters have to say about paying taxes (or not!): Al Capone, Albert Einstein, Dave Barry, Mark Twain...
Sanctuary Cities Under Attack 21 hours ago
Fighting for Net Neutrality ; Pompeo: We’ve Killed Russians ...and More Picks 4/17 The post Sanctuary Cities Under Attack appeared first on WhoWhatWhy...
Payvand Iran News
Iran State Railway Chief Resigns, 3 Arrested After Train Crash Kills 44 a year ago
Three railway staff have been detained after a deadly train collision took place in Iran's north-central province of Semnan on Friday. The accident happened when a passenger train...
Iran non-oil exports to Iraq stand at $6.2B, including $2.2B of agricultural products a year ago
Ebrahim Rezazadeh on Sunday highlighted the importance of Iraq's market for exporting Iranian products, adding ";since 2005, our exports to Iraq has increased 17 times, which is...
Russia May Use Iran's Hamadan Base if Admiral Kuznetsov Moves Away From Syria a year ago
Russia could use Iran's Hamadan airbase in case the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier used for anti-terror strikes in Syria moves away from the Syrian borders for a new mission...
Science@NASA Headline News
NASA Celebrates Earth Day with #NASA4Earth Tools, Events 17 hours ago
Portal origin URL: NASA Celebrates Earth Day with #NASA4Earth Tools, EventsPortal origin nid: 422728Published: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 - 13:30Featured (stick to top of...
Launch of Planet-Hunting TESS Targeted for Monday 17 hours ago
Launch teams are standing down today to conduct additional Guidance Navigation and Control analysis, and teams are now working towards a targeted launch of the Transiting Exoplanet...
What in the World is an ‘Exoplanet?’ 2 days ago
The worlds orbiting other stars are called “exoplanets,” and they come in a wide variety of sizes, from gas giants larger than Jupiter to small, rocky planets about as big around...
How to of the Day
How to Eat Whole Grains for Health 2 hours ago
Whole grains are grains that haven't had their bran or germ removed. They are rich in nutrients, fiber, complex carbohydrates, magnesium, selenium, and potassium. Making daily...
How to Use the Alexa App 10 hours ago
This wikiHow teaches you how to use the Alexa app on your iPhone or Android phone. You may have already used the Alexa App to set up your Echo or customize its settings, but the Alexa app...
How to Store Wine Glasses 18 hours ago
Because of their fine material and delicate design, wine glasses need a little more care than normal dishes when it comes to storage. Whether you decide to store your wine glasses in...
LobeLog
What to do in Syria 15 hours ago
by Mitchell Plitnick There are no good options left in Syria. The recent chemical attack in Douma and the response by the United States, United Kingdom, and France to that attack highlighted...
Turning Qatar into an Island: Saudi cuts off its nose to spite its face 16 hours ago
by James M. Dorsey There’s a cutting-off-the-nose-to-spite-the face aspect to a Saudi plan to turn Qatar into an island by digging a 60-kilometre ocean channel through the two...
Prague and a Pardon 19 hours ago
by Paul R. Pillar The principal motivation for Donald Trump’s pardon of I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby is obvious, as many commentators have quickly discerned. The explanation...
Democracy Now!
Hip-Hop Artist Kendrick Lamar Makes History by Winning Pulitzer Prize 21 hours ago
On Monday, rapper Kendrick Lamar became the first non-classical or jazz musician to ever win a Pulitzer Prize for Music. Lamar has topped the charts with music that tackles issues...
Deadliest U.S. Prison Riot in 25 Years Shines Light on Inhumane Conditions in Prisons Across Nation a day ago
At least seven prisoners died and 17 were seriously injured after bloody violence broke out Sunday night at a maximum security prison in South Carolina. It was the deadliest prison...
Trump's Legal Worries Grow as Judge Rejects Effort for President to Review Docs Seized in FBI Raid a day ago
In a potentially major setback for President Trump, a federal judge has rejected efforts from the president to be given first access to documents seized by the FBI last week during...
News : NPR
NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll: Pushing Impeachment Would Backfire On Democrats In 2018 an hour ago
With the president's low approval ratings, Democrats have an advantage heading into the midterms. But Republicans could use the threat of impeachment to motivate their voters to...
GOP Groups Pour Money Into Upcoming Arizona Special Election an hour ago
The election is for a U.S. House seat. While Republicans are taking nothing for granted in a conservative district, Democrats are hoping for another upset like the one last month in...
Anguished Families Shoulder The Biggest Burdens Of Opioid Addiction 2 hours ago
Nationally, the economic toll of the opioid crisis is in the hundreds of billions. For families of addicts, the losses can include their life savings, peace of mind and a sense of hope...
WebMD Health
Former First Lady Barbara Bush Dies 9 hours ago
Former first lady Barbara Bush, who had COPD and congestive heart failure, died at the age of 92.
Sen. John McCain Stable After Intestinal Surgery 15 hours ago
Since December, the longtime Republican senator and 2008 GOP presidential candidate has been receiving physical therapy related to brain cancer treatment...
Exercise In, Vitamin D Out for Preventing Falls 16 hours ago
In a change from its 2012 recommendations, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is recommending against vitamin D supplements for "community-dwelling" (those living...
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