Friday, May 16, 2014

RSN: Grey Wolf Appears in Iowa for First Time in 89 Years - And Is Shot Dead, Conservatives Praise Antarctic Ice Sheet Melt as Beautiful Expression of Free Market, et al



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Andy Borowitz | Conservatives Praise Antarctic Ice Sheet Melt as Beautiful Expression of Free Market
Arctic sea ice melting in Lancaster Sound, Nunavut, Canada. (photo: Louise Murray/Science Photo Library)
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "A delegation of conservative members of Congress paid a visit to the West Antarctic Ice Sheet melt today to witness firsthand what one of them called 'the most beautiful expression of the free market I've ever seen.'"
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Ken Auletta | Why Jill Abramson Was Fired
Ken Auletta, The New Yorker
Auletta writes: "Abramson discovered that her pay and her pension benefits as both executive editor and, before that, as managing editor were considerably less than the pay and pension benefits of Bill Keller, the male editor whom she replaced in both jobs."
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Tom Hayden | Bernie Sanders Could Be the 2016 Democratic Candidate We've All Been Waiting For
Tom Hayden, The Nation
Hayden writes: "Nothing is decided until it is officially decided, of course, and pressures from the Democratic establishment are building quickly against the independent Vermont senator."
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Guardian Challenges Lethal Injection Secrecy in Landmark Missouri Lawsuit
Ed Pilkington, Jon Swaine, Guardian UK
Pilkington and Swaine report: "The lawsuit argues that under the first amendment of the US constitution the public has a right of access to know 'the type, quality and source of drugs used by a state to execute an individual in the name of the people'."
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The Biggest Fast Food Strike in World History Has Started
Alice Speri, VICE Magazine
Speri reports: "Workers and labor organizers across the globe have united in a campaign that aims to advance workers' specific demands in each country, while also showing solidarity with the US-based push for a $15 hourly wage and workers' right to unionize."
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Thousands Flee California 'Fire in the Sky'
Agence France-Press
Excerpt: "Thousands of people fled raging wildfires in southern California which destroyed homes and triggered evacuations at a nuclear power plant, a military base and a Legoland amusement park."
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Grey Wolf Appears in Iowa for First Time in 89 Years - And Is Shot Dead
Jeremy Hance, Guardian UK
Hance reports: "Although wolves remain a protected species in Iowa, the hunter was not cited, because he believed the animal to be a coyote and has cooperated with authorities."
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