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Shot Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai to write her life story
Malala Yousafzai, the teenage girl shot by the Taliban for promoting girls’ education, is to tell her life story in a book due out later this year, the publishers said Thursday, in a deal reportedly...
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Scientists use biological tissue to recreate main computer component inside E...
Stanford researchers demonstrate ‘transcriptors’ inside E coli bacteria, in advance in synthetic biology Scientists have used biological tissue to recreate one of the main components of a modern...
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Ed Rendell’s plea for fracking fails to disclose his close industry ties
Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell took to the New York Daily News op-ed page Wednesday with a message to local officials: stop worrying and learn to love fracking. As New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo...
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Assault rifle with thermal scope stolen from car of top Utah gun lobbyist
Police in Cottonwood Heights are searching for an assault rifle that was stolen Wednesday from the vehicle of a top Utah gun lobbyist, who called for more guns in schools after the shooting deaths of...
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CBS sports analyst tells all-black panel he’s giving ‘the white man’s...
A CBS analyst Doug Gottlieb is apologizing after telling an all-black panel that he was giving “the white man’s perspective” during coverage of the NCAA basketball tournament on Thursday. Gottlieb made...
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Why Does Oscar Pistorius Have So Many Female Defenders?
Because the world is stranger and more fucked up than you could ever guess, it turns out that Oscar Pistorius—who shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp (and no, I’m not saying “allegedly”, anti-feminist...
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Ex-Sen. Larry Craig loses last court battle over bathroom sex sting
A federal judge has declined to dismiss a Federal Elections Commission lawsuit against former Idaho Sen. Larry Craig (R) for misuse of campaign funds. According to the Associated Press, Craig’s...
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New York Catholic high school president welcomes gay couple to prom
The administrator of a Catholic high school in New York wrote to his students’ parents this week to explain why a gay couple at the all-boys school is being allowed to attend the junior prom together....
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Fox News host: Obama took a ‘cheap shot’ by reminding Congress of Newtown...
The hosts of Fox & Friends on Friday lashed out at President Barack Obama, who they said took a “cheap shot” by reminding Americans that Congress had taken no action on gun control in the months...
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Ex-cop guns down wife after she filed horrifying domestic violence report
A former Pennsylvania state trooper gunned down his estranged wife in the middle of a Philipsburg supermarket on Thursday and then turned his weapon on himself, authorities told The Associated Press....
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Michigan judge: ‘Gap tooth skank hoes’ was a compliment
A Michigan judge says that he was just trying to flatter his mistress when he referred to his courtroom as “tatted up, overweight, half-ass English speaking, gap tooth skank hoes.” In a response to a...
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Religious group ‘apologizes’ for linking marriage equality supporters to Nazis
A religious group in Minnesota issued a public half-apology on Friday for an online posting that accused supporters of marriage equality of practicing the “Nazi philosophy of propaganda,” Minnesota...
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Ecuador asks UK to back non-extradition deal for Assange
Diplomat brings up subject of WikiLeaks founder taking refuge in embassy at meeting with shadow foreign secretary Ecuadorean diplomats have raised the case of Julian Assange with the Labour party as...
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Memphis cops wary of ‘powder kegs’ during Ku Klux Klan rally
A large portion of downtown Memphis, Tennessee, will be locked down Saturday to avoid hostilities during a rally organized by the Ku Klux Klan. WMC-TV reported on Friday that pedestrian, commercial and...
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Maine’s ‘Zumba madam’ avoids trial with guilty plea
The details behind “Zumba Madam” Alexis Wright’s prostitution service will not be heard in court after the dance instructor pleaded guilty on Friday to 20 out of 106 counts against her. WCSH-TV...
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‘Aleppo button’ disease afflicts war-torn city
The latest affliction to hit weary residents of Aleppo is written on their faces. Some call it the “Aleppo button”, a welt caused by leishmaniasis, an illness that is sweeping the Syrian city....
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Australian billionaire plans robotic ‘Jurassic Park’
An eccentric Australian mining magnate who is building a replica of the ill-fated Titanic has unveiled his latest scheme — a park of giant robotic dinosaurs. Clive Palmer, who last month in New York...
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NATO airstrike kills two Afghan children
A NATO helicopter strike killed two children in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said, in the latest civilian casualties to beset the coalition’s war against Taliban militants. The operation...
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U.S. Navy ship removed from Philippine reef
Salvage teams on Saturday removed the last piece of a US Navy ship that was stuck on a UNESCO World Heritage-listed coral reef in the Philippines for more than 10 weeks, the coast guard said. The stern...
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Russia calls for ‘maximum restraint’ regarding North Korea
Russia on Saturday called for “maximum responsibility and restraint,” after North Korea declared it was in a “state of war” with South Korea and warned Seoul and Washington against any provocation. “We...
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