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Did Trump Just Float the Idea of Assassinating Hillary Clinton? | VICE | United States
"If she gets to pick her [Supreme Court] judges, nothing you can do, folks," Trump said. "Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is. I don't know."
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Facebook’s High-Flying Drone Finally Takes Off — Backchannel
It’s been a year since Facebook finished its first full model of Aquila, a solar-powered, Internet-beaming drone.
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Texas InsiderIs Austin Electric a Case Study in Government Monopoly Mismanagement? - Texas Insider Politics
Insider’s Continuing Series: Consumers pay tens of millions for mismanagement, on which they lose hundreds of millions in higher rates. Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – According to the pleadings of at least one party involved in the case, the c
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Why the Case of the Book Crook Raiding Austin’s Little Libraries May Stay on the Shelf | KUT
He’s cleared out one joint six times in just the past few months. In one video captured by a homeowner, he wore gloves. And he often doesn’t bother to
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It's the end of the fossil fuel era as we know it
Expect a massive deployment of renewable energy worldwide through 2040, a new report finds.
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Court Backs Rules Treating Internet as Utility, Not Luxury - The New York Times
An appeals court panel affirmed the Federal Communications Commission’s rules about net neutrality, clearing the way for stricter oversight of broadband providers.
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Putin 'Probably' Ordered Litvinenko's Death, Inquiry Finds | VICE News
Nearly a decade after the former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko died a painful death, a final inquiry has found there was a "strong probability" the Russian state was behind his assassination.
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Yes, North Korea Probably Tested an H-Bomb — Just Not the Kind You’re Thinking Of | VICE News
North Korea’s claim that it successfully detonated a hydrogen bomb has been met with widespread skepticism, but there are reasons to believe Pyongyang.
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A Brief History of Americans Revolting Against Their Government | VICE | United States
Americans have looked for a reason to rebel against stuff since our nation's founding.
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New Clock May End Time As We Know It : NPR
Scientists working to create the perfect atomic clock have a fundamental problem: Right now, on the ceiling, time is passing just a bit faster than it is on the floor.
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The Republican Behind the Federal Ban on Gun Violence Research Explains His Big Regrets | VICE | United States
Former Congressman Jay Dickey says he never meant for his budget amendment to get in the way of public health and science.
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Egypt says no evidence of terrorism in Russian plane crash | Reuters
Egypt said on Monday it had found no evidence so far of terrorism or other illegal action linked to the crash of a Russian passenger plane in Sinai that killed all 224 people on board on Oct. 31.
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The Strangest, Most Spectacular Bridge Collapse (And How We Got It Wrong) | Motherboard
How a textbook example of an engineering failure—and the famous video that captured it—got twisted.
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Cybersecurity Researchers Are Hunted from All Sides | Motherboard
Hunted for doing their job, security experts face both digital and real-world threats ranging from “subtle pressure” to Molotov cocktails.
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New Poll Shows That Republican Voters Continue to Love Donald Trump | VICE | United States
A Monmouth University poll found that Donald Trump was supported by 41 percent of Republican-leaning voters, a 28-percent lead over second-place Ted Cruz.
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Update: Tombstone actor shot when live rounds fired during gunfight
An Old West re-enactor was wounded Sunday when another actor fired a bullet from a pistol that held live rounds. Ken Curtis of the Tombstone Vigilantes was shot, a woman was struck by another bullet, and fragments hit nearby buildings. Curtis was in good
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Microbial life found living on the exterior of the International Space Station, say reports | Science | News | The Indep
A new report claims that Russian scientists have discovered traces of marine life living on the exterior of the International Space Station (ISS).
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Terrorism | VICE | United States
Terrorism is a word like "pornography": blurry at the boundaries, but something everyone is sure they will recognize when they see it.
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Secret Websites, Coded Messages: The New World of Immersive Games | WIRED
The initial clue was so subtle that for nearly two days nobody noticed it.
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A Texas town stands divided, after armed men in camouflage menace worshipers at a local mosque | Public Radio Internatio
How a "fairly normal" Texas suburb became an international focus of Islamophobia.
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Call for Ray Bradbury to be honoured with internet error message | Books | The Guardian
A new status code to reflect internet censorship could be named after Ray Bradbury's most famous novel, Fahrenheit 451
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The Tipping Point: Most Americans No Longer Are Middle Class : The Two-Way : NPR
NPR delivers breaking national and world news. Also top stories from business, politics, health, science, technology, music, arts and culture. Subscribe to podcasts and RSS feeds.
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Why Are the Feds Stalking Immigrants at Courthouses in New York? | VICE | United States
City courthouses are the latest front in an ongoing battle between local officials and immigration agents eager to fill their detainee quota.
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VICE | United States | The Definitive Guide to Enlightening Information
VICE.com is an ever-expanding nebula of immersive investigative journalism, uncomfortable sociological examination, uncouth activities, making fun of people who should know better, and award-winning documentaries from a worldwide network of contributors
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Confidential Informants - CBS News
Lesley Stahl reports on law enforcement's controversial use of young confidential informants in the war on drugs, some of whose cases ended tragically
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What to do if you co-signed a friend's student loans
You may not like them, but here are your options
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Trump On His Plan To Ban Muslims: 'Not Politically Correct, But I Don't Care' : NPR
NPR delivers breaking national and world news. Also top stories from business, politics, health, science, technology, music, arts and culture. Subscribe to podcasts and RSS feeds.
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The Tragedy of Witch Hunts in Rural Cambodia | VICE | United States
The sad, but not uncommon, tale of an elderly healer who was murdered with an axe.
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Alberta School Boards Declare Rest of World Too Dangerous for Canadian Kids | VICE | United States
Two Canadian school boards have canceled all trips to foreign countries, citing ISIS attacks and mass shootings in the US.
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Visiting an Anti-Muslim Hate Group at the Peak of America's Islamophobia | VICE | United States
ACT for America aims to promote national security and defeat terrorism—two goals which are, in the group's view, intrinsically threatened by the Islamic faith.
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Some E-Cig Flavors Can Give You 'Popcorn Lung,' According to a New Study | VICE | United States
It's a lot more awful than it sounds.
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My Life as an Abortion Provider in an Age of Terror | Broadly
I used to think violence against abortion providers was an anomaly. Now I can't help but wonder: Am I next?
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The Silent Epidemic Behind Nicaragua's Rum | MUNCHIES
The citizens of Chichigalpa in Nicaragua are dying at an alarming rate. Research has linked conditions in sugarcane fields to an epidemic of kidney disease.
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Bernie Sanders, Your Cool Socialist Grandpa - The New York Times
How the Vermont senator is making his case to millennials — and everyone else, too.
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Putin calls Turkey 'accomplices of terrorists' after Russian jet shot down - live updates | World news | The Guardian
Follow live updates after a Russian jet was downed near Turkey’s border with Syria
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Your Friendly Guide to Nootropics | Motherboard
After a battle with Lyme disease, Steve Cronin turned himself into a smart drug guinea pig.
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What Is Daily Life Like in Raqqa Under the Current Bombing Campaign? | VICE | United States
We talked to Varyan Khan, the editorial director of the Terrorism Research & Analysis Consortium, about what effect the airstrikes are having and if we can ever really know what's going on over there.
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When Big Guns Go Down | Motherboard
The US military shipped thousands of defective gun parts to troops, and knew it for years.
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1975 Article On Internet Spying Not Written By Time Traveler, Probably
People often think about internet spying as relatively new. But the internet was used for spying before we even called it the internet—and when we look back at news articles from the era, we can’t say we weren’t warned.
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Plane Crash Was A 'Terrorist Act,' Russian Officials Say : The Two-Way : NPR
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Latest On Paris Attacks: French Warplanes Keep Pounding ISIS In Syria : The Two-Way : NPR
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Border Control: Tunisia Attempts to Stop Terrorism with a Wall | VICE | United States
The barrier will be equipped with an electronic sensor system, observation towers, and drones. But can Tunisia keep out an enemy that has already found its way inside?
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Look At This: Rain Forest Was Here - NPR
The rain forest is like the planet's air conditioner. Without it, things could get really hot and try. The good news is: Brazil has already done more than most countries to protect the rain forest. The bad news is: A fifth of its rain forest is already go
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A group of middle-aged whites in the U.S. is dying at a startling rate - The Washington Post
Drugs, alcohol and suicide appear to be taking a toll on men and women ages 45-54 with no college education.
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This declassified US intelligence report from 1990 is one of the most terrifying things you'll ever read - Yahoo Finance
From Yahoo Finance: The 1983 US-Soviet "war scare" is one of the most controversial episodes of the Cold War. Now we...
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The Internet's Dark Ages - The Atlantic
If a Pulitzer-finalist 34-part series of investigative journalism can vanish from the web, anything can.
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Airport Security in the Philippines Have Been Putting Bullets in Luggage to Extort Passengers | TIME
An alleged 'bullet scam' targeted passengers at Manila airport in the Philippines.
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Police called after men dressed as traffic cones block road | London - ITV News
Read the latest London stories, Police called after men dressed as traffic cones block road on ITV News, videos, stories and all the latest London news
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Russian Passenger Plane Crashes In Sinai With 224 Aboard : The Two-Way : NPR
NPR delivers breaking national and world news. Also top stories from business, politics, health, science, technology, music, arts and culture. Subscribe to podcasts and RSS feeds.
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Legendary Inventor Inks Deal to Test 'Personal' Cell Networks | WIRED
Steve Perlman's technology creates a super-fast cell signal that follows your phone from place to place. Now a major network builder is trying it out.
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Hurricane Patricia bears down on Mexico as strongest storm ever
Tens of thousands of people are being evacuated from Mexico's Pacific coast Friday as the storm bore down on the popular tourist area of Puerto Vallarta.
