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Lines go silent in Finnish town of Salo as Microsoft shuts Nokia phone unit
By Anna Ercanbrack
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Investigate Planned Parenthood: Rep. Martha Roby
Rep. Martha Roby is calling for an investigation into Planned Parenthood in the wake of a video that shows one of the organization's executive discussing the transfer of tissue from aborted fetuses.
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Exclusive: Russia plans fuel shipments to Syria from Crimea
By Gleb Gorodyankin and Vladimir Soldatkin
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Mizzou Says Years-Old Confederate Flag Twitpic Not a ‘Threat,’ Retracts Statement - FIRE
Officials at the University of Missouri said they will not take action against people photographed three years ago with a Confederate flag in a picture that recently appeared online, because they are not MU students. MU updated its statement on the issue this afternoon after FIRE reached out asking for comment. The photo, which was posted Sunday by Twitter user @fratscenery, appeared to show five young men, one of whom was holding a Confederate flag, standing near an MU fraternity house. On...
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The Speech Every 2015 College Grad Needs to Hear
There were thousands of college commencement speeches around the country this year for the Class of 2015. But there was one missing -- one very truthful, funny and witty speech that graduates should've heard, but didn't. Well, here it is, spoken by George Will, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist at the Washington Post.
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It’s not just Fox News: How liberal apologists torpedoed change, helped make the Democrats safe for Wall Street
Center-left pundits have carried water for the president for six years. Their predictable excuses all ring hollow. By Thomas Frank. (January)
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The Rise and Fall of the US Government
While other conservatives say that the American state has become too powerful, Francis Fukuyama argues that it has grown too weak. By John Dilulio Jr. (December)
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Army Whistleblower Turns Populist
Lt. Col. Danny Davis was a fierce truth-teller on Afghanistan; can he make the civilian transition?
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Katie Hopkins: ‘I definitely identify with that murderer thing, where you click off’
The reality TV star and columnist mocks autism, but says her daughter is ‘on the spectrum’. She derides the ‘National Hotel Service’, but has epilepsy so severe it puts her in hospital. Is Katie Hopkins for real, asks Jon Ronson.
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The Making of a Republican Snowdenista
Prior to the Snowden revelations, Massie says, he knew almost nothing about the NSA’s surveillance techniques. Now, he says: “If you assume the worst, it’s not a bad position to take, given what we’ve found out.” By Jenna McLaughlin.
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Story about Costco pulling dinosaur cake was hoax by Inquisitr contributor
The story that the Costco company pulled a cake design because a Christian Arizona mother complained that its design looked demonic was a hoax perpetrated by a freelance writer and his girlfriend.
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Royal corgi breeder also gave animals to top Nazis including Goering
Dookie the corgi was presented to the Queen Mother in 1933 by celebrated breeder Thelma Gray, who also supplied pedigree dogs to Luftwaffe commander Hermann Goering.
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Right for ROBOTS? Act now to regulate KILLER MACHINES
Ryan Calo, from the University of Washington’s School of Law warns that our laws will have to adapt to robotics and artificial intelligence or be faced with difficult decisions in the near future.
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Spiegel Interview with Julian Assange: ‘We Are Drowning in Material’
In an interview, Julian Assange, 44, talks about the comeback of the WikiLeaks whistleblowing platform and his desire to provide assistance to a German parliamentary committee that is investigating mass NSA spying.
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Time’s Taboos: Dirty Thoughts on Systems, Syntropy, and Psi
Classical physics, with its totally determinative, forward-in-time, billiard-ball causation, requires sweeping anomalies like psi under the rug, not to mention resigning ourselves to an absence of higher meaning and direction in the universe. Even the local islands of order allowed within the framework of dynamical systems theory... By Eric Wargo.
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That Physicist in Omaha Is Still Working on a Warp Drive in His Garage
And he’s filed for a patent. By Doug Bierend.
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William Binney: NSA Claim Not to Be Mining Content Is an “Outright Lie”
In a very powerful exclusive interview, I recently had the privilege of speaking to an American hero, William Binney, NSA whistleblower. By Robin Koerner.
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Max Beerbohm, ‘The Prince of Minor Writers’ and a Gentle Contrarian
Phillip Lopate has assembled a new collection of essays by Beerbohm, who ranged from theater criticism to satire to social commentary. By Dwight Garner.
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The Singular Mind of Terry Tao
A prodigy grows up to become one of the greatest mathematicians in the world. By Gareth Cook.
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Dorothy Arzner, Hidden Star Maker of Hollywood's Golden Age
Type the name “Dorothy Arzner” into Netflix's search bar and you’ll get zero results. It’s an odd outcome, considering Arzner, a prolific golden age film director, has 16 feature films—among the most of any woman in Hollywood, ever. She gave Katharine Hepburn one of her first starring roles. She navigated the transition from silent films to talkies... By Ella Morton.
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