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RSN: One Year of a Coal CEO's Salary Could Transition US Coal Miners to Work in Solar Industry, American Muslim Family Shocked After CNN Uses Mother's Picture in ISIS Segment




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Andy Borowitz | Trump Says He Would Only Use Nuclear Weapons in a Sarcastic Way 
Donald Trump. (photo: Getty) 
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker 
Borowitz writes: "Clarifying his position on a key national-security issue, Donald Trump said on Friday that as President he would be willing to use nuclear weapons, 'but only in a sarcastic way.'" 
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Voter ID Laws Could Whitewash the Election. State by State, Judges Are Peeling Them Back 
Jaime Alfaro, YES! Magazine 
Alfaro writes: "The photo ID requirement at the polls has a discriminatory effect on Black and Latino voters." 
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Private Federal Prisons More Dangerous, Damning DoJ Investigation Reveals 
Oliver Laughland, Guardian UK 
Laughland writes: "Privately operated government prisons, which mostly detain migrants convicted of immigration offenses, are drastically more unsafe and punitive than other prisons in the federal system, a stinging investigation by the US Department of Justice's inspector general has found." 
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Merchant Marine Cadets Endure Rough Waters as Sexual Misconduct Roils Their Ranks 
Lisa Rein, The Washington Post 
Rein writes: "Few cases are reported. But government surveys and focus groups show a long-standing problem ignored for years by the federal government." 
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American Muslim Family Shocked After CNN Uses Mother's Picture in ISIS Segment 
Dell Cameron, The Daily Dot 
Cameron writes: "Members of a Michigan family were shocked on Thursday to see the face of their wife and mother in a video on CNN's website about jihadi recruitment in France." 
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In Rio's Favelas, Hoped-For Benefits From Olympics Have Yet to Materialize 
Lulu Garcia-Navarro, NPR 
Garcia-Navarro writes: "Security is dire in many favelas, despite the presence of 85,000 security forces in Rio. The extra army and police are focused on securing the Olympic venues, while gun battles rage far from the cameras." 
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One Year of a Coal CEO's Salary Could Transition US Coal Miners to Work in Solar Industry 
Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch 
Chow writes: "In a new study published in the journal Energy Economics, researchers from Michigan Technological University and Oregon State University found that a 'relatively minor investment in retraining' would allow most coal workers to switch professions to the booming and job creating solar energy sector." 
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