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Andy Borowitz | Controversy Over Confederate Statues Inspires Betsy DeVos to Google Civil War 
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. (photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images) 
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker 
Borowitz writes: "The raging controversy over Confederate statues has impelled Betsy DeVos to Google the Civil War, the Education Secretary confirmed on Thursday." 
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Far-Right Demonstrators 'Outnumbered 10 to 1 by Anti-Fascists' at Boston Rally 
Clark Mindock and Andrew Buncombe, The Independent 
Excerpt: "Far-right demonstrators in Boston appeared to be greatly outnumbered by their opponents - perhaps as much as ten to one - as the city braced for two competing rallies." 
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Report: Mueller's Investigation Focusing on Trump Jr. 
John Bowden, The Hill 
Bowden writes: "Federal prosecutors working for the office of special counsel Robert Mueller are focusing their efforts on President Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., according to a Friday report." 
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Montana's Native American Reservations Reportedly Served as a 'Dumping Grounds' for Predatory Catholic Priests 
Seaborn Larson, Great Falls Tribune 
Larson writes: "In the Pacific Northwest, the Catholic Church and the Jesuit Order have been accused of using Indian Reservations as their 'dumping grounds' for the worst recidivist priests accused of sexually abusing children throughout the 1900s." 
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Charlottesville Shows That States Must Amend Their Open-Carry Laws 
Southern Poverty Law Center 
Excerpt: "Peaceful protesters being met with men carrying military-style weapons. Many of those unarmed were probably intimidated. I certainly think I would have been." 
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NYT Claims US Opposed Honduran Coup It Actually Supported
Janine Jackson, FAIR 
Jackson writes: "The August 14 New York Times reported that the threat by Donald Trump to use the US military against the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has brought together Latin American leaders, divided on other things, in opposition to US intervention." 
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Leading Elephant Conservationist Has Been Murdered in Tanzania 
Joseph Hincks, TIME 
Hincks writes: "Police in Tanzania have launched an investigation into the murder of a leading elephant conservationist who was shot dead in Dar es Salaam. He had received numerous death threats in connection with his anti-poaching initiatives." 
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