Andy Borowitz
| Nation Debates Extremely Complex Issue of Children Firing Military
Weapons
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Across the United States on Wednesday, a heated national debate began on the extremely complex issue of children firing military weapons."
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Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Across the United States on Wednesday, a heated national debate began on the extremely complex issue of children firing military weapons."
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U.S. Police
Departments Say They Are 'Losing' Tons of Military Weapons
The Daily Caller
Excerpt: "Police departments across the Unites States have been losing large amounts of military gear including assault rifles, shotguns, handguns and even Humvees provided under a controversial Pentagon program."
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The Daily Caller
Excerpt: "Police departments across the Unites States have been losing large amounts of military gear including assault rifles, shotguns, handguns and even Humvees provided under a controversial Pentagon program."
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Blockbuster
Bank Settlements Leave Consumers Hanging
Sasha Werblin, Al Jazeera America
Werblin reports: "Such big-dollar settlements with large banks - including, in the past year, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase - sound like harsh punishments but in actuality amount only to slaps on the wrist."
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Sasha Werblin, Al Jazeera America
Werblin reports: "Such big-dollar settlements with large banks - including, in the past year, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase - sound like harsh punishments but in actuality amount only to slaps on the wrist."
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Ebola Toll
Tops 1,550, Outbreak Accelerates
Reuters
Excerpt: "The epidemic in the region, the deadliest since the disease was first discovered in 1976, has killed nearly as many people as all the previous known outbreaks combined."
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Reuters
Excerpt: "The epidemic in the region, the deadliest since the disease was first discovered in 1976, has killed nearly as many people as all the previous known outbreaks combined."
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Nate Silver |
Most Police Don't Live in the Cities They Serve
Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight
Silver writes: "In Ferguson, Missouri, where protests continue following the shooting of a teenager by a police officer this month, more than two-thirds of the civilian population is black. Only 11 percent of the police force is."
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Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight
Silver writes: "In Ferguson, Missouri, where protests continue following the shooting of a teenager by a police officer this month, more than two-thirds of the civilian population is black. Only 11 percent of the police force is."
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The Poisoning
of Africa's Vultures
Darcy L. Ogada, The New York Times
Ogada reports: "these birds are also dying from eating the poisoned carcasses of livestock that have been baited to kill predators, like lions, leopards and hyenas, in retaliation for killing livestock."
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Darcy L. Ogada, The New York Times
Ogada reports: "these birds are also dying from eating the poisoned carcasses of livestock that have been baited to kill predators, like lions, leopards and hyenas, in retaliation for killing livestock."
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Brazil
Dismantles "Biggest Destroyer" of Amazon Rainforest
BBC News
Excerpt: "The gang is accused of invading, logging and burning large areas of public land and selling these illegally for farming and grazing."
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BBC News
Excerpt: "The gang is accused of invading, logging and burning large areas of public land and selling these illegally for farming and grazing."
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