Andy Borowitz
| Obama Signs Executive Order Closing Congress
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "In a historic Oval Office ceremony on Thursday morning, President Barack Obama signed an executive order closing Congress, effective immediately."
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Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "In a historic Oval Office ceremony on Thursday morning, President Barack Obama signed an executive order closing Congress, effective immediately."
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Israeli
Center-Left Alliance Looks to Unseat Netanyahu
Aron Heller, The Associated Press
Heller writes: "After joining forces with former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni to create a joint grouping they call 'The Zionist Camp,' Labor Party leader Isaac Herzog is looking, to increasingly many Israelis, like a viable alternative to Netanyahu. He promises to reverse the country's slide toward international isolation and corrosive social inequality."
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Aron Heller, The Associated Press
Heller writes: "After joining forces with former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni to create a joint grouping they call 'The Zionist Camp,' Labor Party leader Isaac Herzog is looking, to increasingly many Israelis, like a viable alternative to Netanyahu. He promises to reverse the country's slide toward international isolation and corrosive social inequality."
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Snowden Says
Canada Spy Agency Runs a Global Snooping Program
TeleSUR
Excerpt: "Canada is the latest country to be exposed as engaging in global mass surveillance, reportedly intercepting and analyzing data on up to 15 million file downloads daily, according to leaked documents."
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TeleSUR
Excerpt: "Canada is the latest country to be exposed as engaging in global mass surveillance, reportedly intercepting and analyzing data on up to 15 million file downloads daily, according to leaked documents."
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When Cops
Break Bad: Inside a Police Force Gone Wild
Nick Pinto, Rolling Stone
Pinto writes: "Boyd's death conformed to many of the patterns governing deadly police violence in Albuquerque. Living with mental illness, Boyd fit the profile of the marginal Albuquerqueans most likely to find themselves shot to death by the city's police."
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Nick Pinto, Rolling Stone
Pinto writes: "Boyd's death conformed to many of the patterns governing deadly police violence in Albuquerque. Living with mental illness, Boyd fit the profile of the marginal Albuquerqueans most likely to find themselves shot to death by the city's police."
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Boko Haram
Declares Caliphate in Northeastern Nigeria That's the Size of
Belgium
Michael Olukayode and Mustapha Muhammad, Bloomberg
Excerpt: "Islamist fighters have declared a caliphate in northeastern Nigeria that's the size of Belgium. Whether the region becomes autonomous or not, the damage has been done."
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Michael Olukayode and Mustapha Muhammad, Bloomberg
Excerpt: "Islamist fighters have declared a caliphate in northeastern Nigeria that's the size of Belgium. Whether the region becomes autonomous or not, the damage has been done."
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Comcast-Time
Warner Merger No Longer Viewed as Inevitable
Meg James, Los Angeles Times
James writes: "Comcast Corp.'s bold move to buy rival Time Warner Cable in a $45-billion deal once seemed inevitable. Wall Street figured combining the nation's two largest cable operators wouldn't have much problem clearing regulatory hurdles."
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Meg James, Los Angeles Times
James writes: "Comcast Corp.'s bold move to buy rival Time Warner Cable in a $45-billion deal once seemed inevitable. Wall Street figured combining the nation's two largest cable operators wouldn't have much problem clearing regulatory hurdles."
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China's
Louisiana Purchase: Toxic Concerns in 'Cancer Alley'
Massoud Hayoun, Al Jazeera America
Hayoun writes: "No one asked Lawrence "Palo" Ambrose if he wanted a Chinese company with a controversial environmental record to build a methanol plant in his neighborhood. But if they had, the 74-year-old Vietnam War vet would have said no."
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Massoud Hayoun, Al Jazeera America
Hayoun writes: "No one asked Lawrence "Palo" Ambrose if he wanted a Chinese company with a controversial environmental record to build a methanol plant in his neighborhood. But if they had, the 74-year-old Vietnam War vet would have said no."
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