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Quote Of The Day, May 9, 2018 6 hours ago
“John McCain’s entire political career has been about sticking a shiv in the backs of people on his own side to get good press for himself, so his jab for Palin (who was, whatever...Trump Intervenes: AG Morrissey Wins West Virginia US Senate Primary 6 hours ago
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrissey seized the Republican nomination for US Senate on Tuesday following a late intervention by President Donald Trump. It was not who...BREAKING: Brother Of Vice President Pence Wins US House Primary 11 hours ago
The race for Indiana’s 6th Congressional District was called this evening in favor of Greg Pence, the older brother of Vice President Mike Pence. The oldest of six siblings, the...
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Earther Winter Athletes Aren’t Going to Let Snow Vanish Without a Fight | The A.V. Club Westworld’s new park The Raj was designed to throw people for a loop | The Takeout Gwen’s...The 10 Best Deals of May 8, 2018 16 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
EU bans neonics; U.S. bees not so lucky 6 days ago
After years of strong scientific evidence and even stronger advocacy, this week European officials decided to make a temporary ban on three bee-harming pesticides permanent. This...Chlorpyrifos ban imminent in Hawaiʻi 7 days ago
This week, the Hawaiʻi legislature made a momentous decision to pass a bill that would ban the neurotoxic pesticide chlorpyrifos. The bill, SB 3095, includes several other protections...Farm Bill: Pollinators & people at risk 13 days ago
The Farm Bill debates are moving full steam ahead. Many pieces of the complex federal legislation introduced in the House will clearly be harmful to farmers, rural communities, workers...
USATODAY - News Top Stories
Iran lawmakers shout 'death to America,' burn U.S. flag after Trump nixes nuclear deal an hour ago
Iranian lawmakers shouted "death to America" and set fire to a paper U.S. flag, a day after President Trump pulled out of the nuclear deal. ...Rachel Crooks, who accused Trump of sexual misconduct, seals Ohio legislature nomination 20 minutes ago
"It’s liars like you in politics that have prompted me to run for office myself." Rachel Crooks tweeted to President Trump in February. ...Indiana Senate race: Mike Braun wins GOP primary in huge upset over 2 sitting congressmen 7 hours ago
In a huge upset against two well-established names in Indiana Republican politics, wealthy businessman Mike Braun won Indiana’s high-stakes GOP Senate primary. ...
World news | The Guardian
Iran deal: Trump breaks with European allies over 'horrible, one-sided' nuclear agreement 6 hours ago
President says he will impose ‘highest level of economic sanctions’ on Iran as Tehran vows: ‘We won’t allow Trump to win’Donald Trump has announced he will impose “the...Argentina seeks IMF loan to rescue peso from downward slide 15 hours ago
President Macri says it would help country ‘avoid a crisis like the ones we have faced before’Argentina has appealed to the International Monetary Fund for an emergency credit...Google touts 'digital wellbeing' tools to help users disengage from phones 15 hours ago
As firms face scrutiny over habit-forming technologies, Google unveils system to show users how much time they spend on their devicesGoogle has unveiled a range of tools focused...
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Give Me Liberty, Or Give Me Data Protection? A Troubling Implication Of The American Voter UK Data Protection Case 2 hours ago
The Guardian had an article this past weekend about what looks like a potentially successful attempt by an American to use UK data protection law to force Cambridge Analytica to divulge...New Report Shines Much-Needed Light On Shadow Libraries Around The World 9 hours ago
Techdirt readers with long memories may recall a post back in 2011 about a 440-page report entitled "Media Piracy in Emerging Economies." As Mike wrote then, this detailed study effectively...Nike, Great Protectors Of IP, Found To Be Infringing On Copyright And Refusing To Pay After Software Audit 14 hours ago
A brief review of Nike's history on matters of intellectual property will result in the impression that the company is a stalwart of IP protection. The company has been fond in the past...
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Iran nuclear deal not dead despite Trump move, France says an hour ago
European leaders try to salvage the Iranian nuclear deal after the US announced its withdrawal.Iran nuclear deal: What's next after US pulls out 8 hours ago
With the US out, and Europe scrambling to keep Iran in, what's next for the nuclear pact?Syria blames Israel for air strike near Damascus 4 hours ago
Syria's state news agency says air defences shot down two Israeli missiles south of Damascus.
PECAN Group
Asparagus spreads cancer? 3 months ago
Breast cancer patients could be encouraged to cut asparagus and other foods from their diets in the future to reduce the risk of the disease spreading, scientists say. Researchers...False tsunami warning sent to the East Coast 3 months ago
False tsunami warning sent to the East Coast, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean by Kalhan Rosenblatt Some residents along the East Coast received a false tsunami warning on Tuesday morning...It comes amid the advancement in AI weapons deployed by nations at war. Campaigners are calling on robots with killer tech to be banned GETTY TERROR: The UN will be shown a video of robots killing without instructions 6 months ago
Gruesome footage put together by AI experts shows small drones descending on a classroom and killing pupils by blowing up their heads. The film – to be show to United Nations (UN)...
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What are Canada’s energy options in a carbon-constrained world? 8 days ago
Canada faces some very difficult choices in maintaining energy security while meeting emissions reduction targets. A new study by veteran earth scientist David Hughes—published...The 2018 Living Wage for Metro Vancouver 14 days ago
The cost of raising a family in British Columbia increased slightly from 2017 to 2018. A $20.91 hourly wage is needed to cover the costs of raising a family in Metro Vancouver, up from...Mobility pricing must be fair and equitable for all a month 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...
CNN.com - Top Stories
The President has a ravenous desire to eradicate Obama's legacy and a propensity for global TV drama 6 hours ago
Donald Trump's exit from the Iran nuclear deal was one of the most significant moments of his presidency -- and cemented a sharp turn in decades of US foreign policy orthodoxy...Obama slams announcement as misguided 6 hours ago
Former President Barack Obama on Tuesday criticized President Donald Trump's decision to exit the Iran deal, a pillar of Obama's legacy on foreign policy...Breaking down Trump's decision to leave the Iran deal 6 hours ago
President Donald Trump announced that the US would withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal. CNN analysts breakdown why that matters.
memeorandum
Trump scuttles Iran nuclear deal but offers no plan for what comes next (Karen Deyoung/Washington Post) 4 minutes ago
Karen Deyoung / Washington Post:Trump scuttles Iran nuclear deal but offers no plan for what comes next … As with most of his major foreign policy pronouncements, President Trump...The Porn Star's Lawyer Maps the Trump Money Trail (Timothy L. O'Brien/Bloomberg) 4 minutes ago
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:The Porn Star's Lawyer Maps the Trump Money Trail — Michael Cohen's clients included a firm linked to a Russian oligarch and a South Korean aerospace...Democrats Scored a Big, Unexpected Win in the May 8 Primaries (G. Elliott Morris/The Crosstab) 9 minutes ago
G. Elliott Morris / The Crosstab:Democrats Scored a Big, Unexpected Win in the May 8 Primaries — For the first time in 2018, an incumbent U.S. House Representative has been ousted...
The Register
Project Lightning, you say? Virgin Media's fibre rollout is pretty glacial an hour ago
Meanwhile, corporate daddy Liberty Global flogs European assets to Vodafone for €18.4bn Virgin Media reported another quarter of low growth for its troubled £3bn fibre programme...T-Mobile owner sends in legal heavies to lean on small Brit biz over use of 'trademarked' magenta an hour ago
It's enough to make you pinky swear T-Mobile owner Deutsche Telekom is making legal threats against a small British business – on the grounds that the German company has an exclusive...Commodore 64 owners rejoice: The 1541 is BACK an hour ago
Pull that Raspberry Pi out of the drawer and fire up the soldering iron A near perfect emulation of the 1541 floppy drive has been released, and you need only a Raspberry Pi and a soldering...
BBC News - Technology
BMW advert 'promoted dangerous driving' an hour ago
The UK's advertising watchdog rules a recent BMW campaign encouraged irresponsible driving.Google Assistant to make phone calls for owners 17 hours ago
The search giant unveils an experimental tool that can make appointments by calling businesses.Ireland abortion poll: Facebook to block foreign ads a day ago
The social media site cracks down on foreign ads relating to Ireland's referendum on abortion laws.
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Dog Shot in Head and Left to Die Deserves Justice 4 hours ago
A dog suffered and nearly died after she was shot twice the head and abandoned in the woods. The person responsible is still at large. Demand justice for this poor dog...Find Home for Feral Peacocks Who Had Their Habitat Destroyed 10 hours ago
A flock of peacocks was robbed of their home in a Canadian community when a man chopped down their tree. The community as a whole is divided over whether to let the birds stay among them...Stop the Cruel Mistreatment of Donkeys Used to Carry Tourists 10 hours ago
Donkeys are forced to carry tourists and their luggage over 520 cobbled steps in blistering heat on the island of Santorini. On top of this, these animals are made to endure grueling...
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News24.com | DEVELOPING: 'Steak and pap' for hungry Mahumapelo supporters outside PEC meeting venue 12 minutes ago
The venue where a vital ANC PEC meeting is being held, dealing with issues around North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo's resignation, has been swamped by vocal supporters of the under-fire...News24.com | Andile Lungisa gets 2 years in jail for assault an hour ago
ANC Eastern Cape heavyweight Andile Lungisa has been sentenced to an effective two years in prison for his assault on a fellow Nelson Mandela Bay councillor...News24.com | Dear Mmusi 'mini-Mandela' Maimane, what have you done for SA? an hour ago
The greatest tragedy of our contemporary politics has been Mmusi Maimane's inability to carve yourself an identity that you can own and be known for championing, writes Lukhona Mnguni...
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Scientists train spider to jump on demand 6 hours ago
Jumping spiders are capable of launching themselves six times their body length from a standing start. For the experiment, researchers at the Universi...MoD 'deleted UFO files' after completing report 21 hours ago
Declassified documents from the British Ministry of Defense have revealed details of a 1997 UFO study. At the time, interest in the UFO phenomenon had...Cause of hiccups continues to remain elusive a day ago
Scientists still struggle to understand how hiccups start and why certain cures work better than others. Just about everyone will have experienced a p...
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Iran nuclear deal: UK won't walk away, Boris Johnson tells MPs - Politics live 9 minutes ago
Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn at PMQsPMQs - Snap verdict 1.29pm BSTJohnson says, after closely...Jobcentres sanctioning refugees for learning English, watchdog finds an hour ago
Report on vulnerable person resettlement scheme criticises Home Office’s lack of oversightFamilies who fled war in Syria are being wrongly sanctioned by jobcentres for attending...Jeremy Corbyn: both of May's customs union plans are implausible 42 minutes ago
Labour leader goes on attack over Brexit, highlighting Boris Johnson’s dismissal of PM’s preferred optionJeremy Corbyn has torn into Theresa May’s stalling on the EU customs...
SPACE.com
Newfound Object May Be a Giant, Newborn Exoplanet (Photos) an hour ago
A mysterious "companion" that may be a newborn alien planet has been spotted zooming through space along with two young stars, a new study reports.Online Trolls Can't Derail Black Teens in NASA STEM Contest an hour ago
NASA shut down the public voting phase of a student science competition after internet trolls tried to influence the vote, according to The Washington Post...On This Day In Space! May 9, 2003: Japan Launches Hayabusa Mission to Asteroid an hour ago
On May 9, 2003, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launched the first-ever asteroid sample return mission, Hayabusa. See how it happened in our On This Day In Space video series...
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Iran’s state broadcaster to hold tender for voice mixer 22 minutes ago
Ilham Aliyev grants personal pensions to several Azerbaijani cultural figures 22 minutes ago
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order on granting personal presidential pensions to several Azerbaijani cultural figures.President Aliyev: Azerbaijan has already become one of int’l transport centers (UPDATE) 26 minutes ago
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has received President of the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) Santiago Garcia Mila in Baku.
Google Cloud Platform Blog
SRE vs. DevOps: competing standards or close friends? a day ago
By Seth Vargo, Staff Developer Advocate and Liz Fong-Jones, Site Reliability Engineer Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and DevOps are two trending disciplines with quite a bit...Building a serverless mobile development pipeline on GCP: new solution documentation a day ago
By John La Barge, Google Cloud Solution Architect When it comes to mobile applications, automating app distribution helps ensure hardening and consistent delivery and speeds testing...Defining SLOs for services with dependencies - CRE life lessons 2 days ago
By Robert van Gent, Customer Reliability Engineer and Cody Smith, Site Reliability Engineer In a previous episode of CRE Life Lessons, we discussed how service level objectives...
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WestJet apologizes for asking customers to record its flight attendants 5 hours ago
WestJet tried to get an edge on the competition by asking frequent flyers to record their flight experiences aboard rivals' planes and their own.'An ego move': If Trump's exit from the Iran deal protects Americans, he's not saying how 5 hours ago
Perhaps one of the most telling moments came when U.S. President Trump fell silent on as a reporter shouted a question to him. "How," the journalist asked, "does this make America safer?"...WestJet apologizes for asking customers to record its flight attendants 5 hours ago
WestJet tried to get an edge on the competition by asking frequent flyers to record their flight experiences aboard rivals' planes and their own.
All Things Considered : NPR
Trump Attorney Cohen May Have Received Russian Payments, New Document Alleges 11 hours ago
A lawyer suing President Trump and his attorney, Michael Cohen, released a document alleging hundreds of thousands of dollars of previously unknown payments...These Smart Sewers Are Part Of A Growing Trend Connecting Infrastructure To The Internet 15 hours ago
Under the streets of South Bend, Ind., a high tech experiment is underway. This sewer system is smart. The infrastructure can sense flow and divert water to prevent flooding. It's...More Than 2 Dozen Homes Destroyed In Hawaii After Volcano Eruption 15 hours ago
A volcanic eruption on Hawaii's Big Island has destroyed 26 homes so far and nearly 2,000 people have been evacuated. There are 10 active fissures still spewing lava and toxic gas...
Ireland: BreakingNews.ie
Lotto jackpot to reach €8 million tonight in 34 minutes
Lotto fever is gripping Ireland as the jackpot for tonight’s draw soars to a mega €8 million.Passengers threatened during graffiti attack by gang of youths with knives and clubs in 32 minutes
Up to 20 youths wearing balaclavas stormed a train last night and brawled with knives and blocks of wood, as they spray painted a train, threatening passengers and causing around €4,000...Appeal for man, 38, missing from Dublin since December in 23 minutes
Gardaí have appealed for information on a man missing since last year.
Channel NewsAsia Front Page News
Lego builds miniature Windsor castle to celebrate royal wedding 29 minutes ago
Attraction park Legoland has unveiled a miniature model of this month's royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at Windsor castle, built by a team of 11 model-makers who used...Ireland backroom staff extend contracts past 2019 World Cup 39 minutes ago
Ireland coach Joe Schmidt's backroom staff have extended their contracts to see them through next year's Rugby World Cup, the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) said on Wednesday...Pakistan police say Italian woman 'strangled to death' 39 minutes ago
Pakistani police Wednesday said an Italian woman who died under suspicious circumstances last month was strangled to death, in a case that made headlines in Italy over claims she...
WhoWhatWhy
JFK Files Reveal US Biological Warfare Plans Against Cuba 2 hours ago
It is well known that the US tried to kill Fidel Castro, but recently released JFK assassination-related files show that the Pentagon actually planned to use biological weapons against...May 8, 2018 7 hours ago
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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 and University of Twente Join Forces to Connect Space to Village 2 days ago
Continuous streams of Earth observations and information made possible by NASA form the foundation for critical environmental planning and decisions by people all over the world...NASA, ULA Launch Mission to Study How Mars Was Made 2 days ago
NASA’s Mars Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission is on a 300-million-mile trip to Mars to study for the first time...NASA’s First Mission to Study the Interior of Mars Awaits May 5 Launch 5 days ago
The early-morning liftoff on Saturday of the Mars InSight lander will mark the first time in history an interplanetary launch will originate from the West Coast. InSight will launch...
How to of the Day
How to Make a Chocolate and Cookie Layer Cake 5 hours ago
If you're a fan of both chocolate cake and cookie cake, why not have both at once? With a soft, chewy cookie cake as the base of the cake and two layers of chocolate cake, topped off by a combination...How to Stretch Your Quads (Quadriceps) 13 hours ago
The quadriceps are a group of four muscles that run down your thighs. Virtually every athletic activity or exercise engages your quads, so it's important for them to be flexible and...How to Store Knives in Your Kitchen 21 hours ago
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LobeLog
Trump Trashes Diplomacy, Opens Path to War with Iran 16 minutes ago
by William D. Hartung President Trump’s decision to violate and withdraw from the Iran anti-nuclear deal is one of the most dangerous foreign policy blunders in recent memory...Hold the Deal-Killers Accountable 16 hours ago
by Paul R. Pillar At least President Trump’s statement today about Iran made clear exactly what step he was taking: an outright material breach of U.S. obligations under the Joint...Regime Changer Trump Puts World at Risk with Iran Deal Decision 17 hours ago
by Mitchell Plitnick In 2002 and 2003, as the United States geared up for the invasion of Iraq, many protests broke out across the country, as did a passionate public debate about why...
Democracy Now!
Journalists Rise Up Against Wall Street Hedge Fund Decimating Newsrooms Across the Country a day ago
Journalists are orchestrating a rising rebellion against censorship and layoffs implemented by the nation's second-largest newspaper chain, Digital First Media, and the New..."Make Trouble": Cecile Richards on Her Life Story, Reproductive Rights & Women-Led Activism a day ago
From the massive Women's March against President Trump's inauguration, to the wave of teachers' strikes sweeping across red states nationwide, to the #MeToo movement, women have...Cecile Richards on Attacks on Women's Health, from Iowa Abortion Ban to Rising Violence at Clinics a day ago
On Friday, Iowa's governor signed one of the nation's most restrictive abortion bills. The new law requires any woman seeking an abortion to undergo an abdominal ultrasound. The...
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Top Stories: Primary Election Results; DOJ Official To Be Subpoenaed 2 hours ago
Also: A former CIA officer is accused of spying for China; new fissures open near Hawaii's volcano; and Seattle Mariners pitcher James Paxton throws a no-hitter, helping defeat the...Suicide Bombers In Kabul Attack Multiple Police Stations 3 hours ago
The apparently coordinated attacks hit police stations in embassy row in the Shar-e-Naw district of the city. Suicide bombs also went off in heavily Shia Dasht-e-Barchi district...Pentagon Niger Ambush Report Will Not Assign Blame For Soldiers' Deaths 4 hours ago
NPR has obtained details of the report, to be released Thursday, on the deaths of four American soldiers in Niger last October. The report identifies no single failure leading to their...
WebMD Health
A Yellow Light, but Little Guidance, on PSA Tests 15 hours ago
New report says prostate cancer screening may make sense for some men between the ages of 55 and 69, including those at higher than average risk because of a family history of prostate...A Bone Drug That Treats Baldness? 16 hours ago
Only two drugs -- minoxidil (Rogaine) and finasteride (Propecia, Proscar) -- exist to treat so-called male-pattern balding. Both have side effects and often produce disappointing...Walmart Announces New Measures to Cut Opioid Abuse 18 hours ago
On Monday, the company said that within the next 60 days, Walmart and Sam's Club will restrict initial acute opioid prescriptions to no more than a seven-day supply...
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