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Andy Borowitz
| Zombie Jonas Salk Rises From Grave to Hunt Idiots 
Andy Borowitz, The New
Yorker Borowitz writes: "The reanimated
corpse of Dr. Jonas Salk, the medical researcher who developed the first polio
vaccine, rose from the grave Friday morning on what authorities believe is a
mission to hunt down idiots." READ
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ISIS Claims US
Hostage, Kayla Mueller Was Killed Friday in Jordanian Attack
Bill Chappell, National
Public Radio 'An American woman taken
hostage by the self-declared Islamic State has died after Jordanian warplanes
attacked the building where she was being held in Syria, the extremist group
says.' Bill Chappell, NPR READ
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Senators Call
for Investigation Into Verizon 'Supercookies' Anne Flaherty, The Associated
Press Flaherty writes: "Democratic
senators on Friday called on federal regulators to investigate Verizon Wireless,
the country's biggest mobile provider, for secretly inserting unique tracking
codes into the Web traffic of its some 100 million customers." READ
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United
Steelworkers Widens Oil Refinery Strike Al Jazeera and Reuters
Excerpt: "The United Steelworkers union said
on Saturday the strike by U.S. refinery workers is expanding to two more plants
early on Sunday due to unfair labor practices by oil companies." READ
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Malala
Yousafzai Criticizes 'Weak' Effort to Free Girls Kidnapped by Boko
Haram Mark
Tran, Guardian UK Tran writes: "Malala
Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot in the head by the Taliban, has
criticized Nigerian and world leaders for not doing enough to free hundreds of
schoolgirls kidnapped 300 days ago by Boko Haram." READ
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What Is Female
Genital Mutilation, and Why Is It Such a Big Problem? Julia Belluz, Vox Belluz writes: "Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a
surgery that intentionally alters the female genital organs of young girls for
non-medical reasons. Girls tend to be very young when the cutting happens, it's
not voluntary, and it's associated with many horrible health effects."
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The Koch
Primary (and What It Means for Climate) Rachel Rye Butler, Greenpeace
Butler writes: "News leaked this week that the
Koch brothers' billionaire network plans to spend nearly $900 million in fossil
fuel and other corporate money to try to get their way in the 2016 election- in
other words, the Kochs and their cronies are planning to spend astronomically to
prevent action on climate." READ
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