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RSN: Ted Cruz Will Die So That You May Live, Cops Rarely Punished When Judges Find Testimony False, Questionable




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Ted Cruz Will Die So That You May Live 
Donald Trump and Ted Cruz at a CNN-hosted GOP debate. (photo: Joe Raedle/Getty) 
Jeb Lund, Rolling Stone 
Lund writes: "Ted Cruz has his destiny, but it doesn't have to be anyone else's." 
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Voting Has Gotten Tougher in 17 States, and It Could Alter Elections 
Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times 
Jarvie write: "As the nation approaches its first presidential election in 50 years without a core protection of the Voting Rights Act - the requirement that states with a history of discrimination get federal approval before changing electoral practices - large swaths of the electorate face new voting hurdles." 
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Cops Rarely Punished When Judges Find Testimony False, Questionable 
Steve Mills and Todd Lighty, Chicago Tribune 
Excerpt: "A Chicago Tribune investigation documented a troubling phenomenon, with more than a dozen examples over the past few years in which police officers, according to judges, gave false or questionable testimony - but experienced few, if any, repercussions." 
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Why the Economy Should Stop Growing - and Just Grow Up 
David Korten, YES! Magazine 
Korten writes: "'How do we grow the economy?' is an obsolete question. Local initiatives across the world are looking for maturity instead as they rebuild caring, place-based communities and economies." 
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Border Postmortem: What Dead Migrants Tell Us 
Traci Watson, USA TODAY 
Watson writes: "Since 2001, staff in Pima County, Ariz., alone, have studied the remains of more than 2,300 confirmed or suspected border crossers, says Bruce Anderson of the county's Office of the Medical Examiner. A similar number of remains was recovered in Texas over the same time period, according to Border Patrol statistics." 
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Freedom of Speech in a Shocking and Steep Decline Worldwide 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "Governments, political institutions, powerful corporations and organized crime have increasingly repressed the people's right to voice their opinion and denounce acts of corruption, violence or other human rights violations." 
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Jane Goodall Among 58 Scientists Urging Government to Halt Grizzly De-Listing 
Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch 
Chow writes: "Dr. Jane Goodall is one of 58 prominent scientists and experts who have signed a letter asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to retain Endangered Species Act protections for Yellowstone-area grizzly bears." 
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