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9 years ago+21 21 0 x 1Western Heat Wave Enters History Books; At Least Seven June Records Already Broken; All-Time Records Threatened
A torrid heat wave has shifted into high gear and has already broken at least seven June record highs in the Northwest. Additional June or even all-time high-temperature records will be in jeopardy across parts of the Great Basin and Northwest for th ...
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9 years ago+14 14 0The psychology behind Web browsing
When it comes to website optimization, even global enterprises with dedicated web teams can unintentionally trigger adverse behavior from visitors to their site if they don’t take psychology into account. All day long, humans are trapped in an endles ...
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9 years ago+15 15 0WikiLeaks reveals new trade secrets
Highly sensitive details of the negotiations over the little-known Trades in Services Agreement (TiSA) published by WikiLeaks reveals Australia is pushing for extensive international financial deregulation while other proposals could see Australians& ...
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9 years ago+12 13 1Corrupt FIFA Has Clinton Foundation Ties; World Cup Host Qatar Gave Millions
Both Bill Clinton and his family’s charity have been tied to soccer’s governing body, as well as Qatar’s disastrous World Cup bid. And just like that, another Clinton Foundation donor is in the news. The Clinton global charity has received between $5 ...
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9 years ago+22 22 0 x 13,000 children enslaved in Britain after being trafficked from Vietnam
Like many Vietnamese children, Hien was brought to Britain for a life of modern slavery. He ended up in prison on cannabis offences. We report on the gangs expanding across the UK and efforts to help their victims
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9 years ago+13 13 0 x 1Congress must end mass NSA surveillance with next Patriot Act vote
In less than 60 days, Congress - whether they like it or not - will be forced to decide if the NSA’s most notorious mass surveillance program lives or dies. And today, over 30 civil liberties organizations launched a nationwide call-in campaign urgin ...
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9 years ago+26 26 0 x 1I Followed My Stolen iPhone Across The World, Became A Celebrity In China, And Found A Friend For Life
I’ve broken this story up into three chapters. It should never have gone this far, but the internet works in mysterious ways. None of this should have ever happened. It makes absolutely no sense at all. It’s truly crazy.
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9 years ago+17 17 0Man who sued Comcast now wants over $5M, says ISP shouldn’t have smeared him
Just after his lawsuit failed to settle last week, aggrieved former Comcast customer Conal O’Rourke filed an amended civil complaint that stemmed from a year-long billing dispute with the ISP. But this time, he's now raised the demanded amount t ...
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9 years ago+17 17 0Job Simulator is the first SteamVR game to be announced
Deep space? The far future? The serene beauty of an abstract world? No, the first SteamVR game to be announced will be none of these things. It's a job simulator. It's called Job Simulator. Okay, to be fair, it is set in the future. The pre ...
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9 years ago+13 13 0Kaboom!
This short documentary profiles a couple who spend their lives pursuing their passion for blowing things up.
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9 years ago+21 21 0 x 1Wildfires in Ukraine could revive Chernobyl's radiation
When the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded in 1986, some 85 petabecquerels of radioactive cesium was released into the atmosphere and surrounding environs. Researchers believe somewhere between 2 and 8 PBq is still lingering in the soil and fore ...
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9 years ago+13 13 0The way we get off airplanes makes absolutely no sense
There are few things more infuriating about flying than waiting to get off an airplane. After flying across the country at hundreds of miles per hour, we spend dozens of minutes achingly close to our destinations, watching other people slowly get the ...
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9 years ago+1 2 1Londoners Living Near Street Trees Get Prescribed Fewer Antidepressants
The new finding fits with a host of evidence linking urban greenery to mental health.
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9 years ago+15 15 0More than a third of American workers don’t get sick leave, and they’re making the rest of us ill
Managers are more than twice as likely as service workers to get paid sick leave.
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9 years ago+15 15 0No chance for Putin to be invited to G7 summit, Merkel says
There is no chance that Russian President Vladimir Putin will be invited to the next meeting of G7 leaders, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who will host the summit, was quoted as saying on Thursday.
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9 years ago+11 11 0Near supersonic speed: Boeing 777 catches jet stream, makes London-NY in 5 hours
A British Airways flight traveling from New York to London Heathrow broke a record as it approached the speed of sound after riding a powerful jet stream, making the journey in just over 5 hours.
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9 years ago+14 14 0ReCURSION
'Recursion' is the modern-day time-travel adventure of Sherwin, a best man who travels back in time after losing a wedding ring.
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9 years ago+21 22 1Kamloops hot dog stand explodes, injuring two
Two people are in hospital in Kamloops after a hotdog stand exploded outside a Canadian Tire on Saturday morning. Kamloops acting assistant fire chief Brian Lannon said the two injured, the cart owner and a passerby, are in stable condition. He said ...
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9 years ago+17 17 0How Does A Homeless Man Spend $100?
I wasn't expecting to get this kind of footage... to be honest, I thought this video would be more an exposing homeless people video at first. But I'm so glad that I could witness and capture such a beautiful moment.
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9 years ago+27 27 0 x 1Brazil psychopath serial killer 'strangled 38 women for fun' - Telegraph
Police are investigating the claims of Sailson Jose das Gracas, 26, who says he murdered dozens of women and would "do it again".