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While the nation is squabbling over presidential candidates long on vitriol but short on solutions, Jerry Brown has saved California—again.
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Piggy Banking
London—A pig-shaped piñata of British Prime Minister David Cameron hangs over a group of demonstrators outside his official residence at 10 Downing Street against Cameron’s links to offshore finances on April 9. Thousands gathered, calling for Cameron to resign after the Panama Papers revealed his father had set up an offshore investment fund. After several days of dodging questions over whether he benefited, Cameron admitted he had held a stake in the fund. He published his tax records for the past six years and said he had done nothing wrong.
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Periscope
Despite what evangelicals say, God's OK with you selling baked goods to a gay couple.
How Much For Your Child? Afghan Payments Draw Scrutiny
After a U.S. airstrike on a Kunduz hospital, payments for the wounded and dead are under attack.
Oklahomans Hit by Fracking Quakes Try New Legal Gambit
A lawsuit filed by the Sierra Club in Oklahoma City charges four major oil and gas companies are in violation of a national waste-management law.
Silicon Valley Targets Smart Guns
Yet many feel new technology is little more than gun control in disguise.
GM Is Creeping on Tesla's Turf, Successfully
Tesla is pushing new technology to change how we drive, while GM is the biggest player in the market.
Horizons
Feeling "one with nature" or feeling the self "dissolve" is triggered when psychedelics shift the patterns of connectivity in the brain.
Facebook Could Jettison Credit Cards and Make Own Loans
The lending industry should be very afraid. Your friends are a great predictor of whether you'll pay back a loan.
Enzyme Cleaners Could Make the World Less Toxic
Scientists are finding all sorts of uses for "extremophiles," like those found in the boiling sulfuric acid of Yellowstone Park's geysers.
Downtime
Northern Ireland has become a hot new tourist and filming destination, thanks to HBO's Game of Thrones.
An Ominous Warning in the Depths of a Lush L.A. Forest
When the St. Francis Dam burst 88 years ago, 12.4 billion gallons of water rose 140 feet, surging 54 miles to the Pacific Ocean.
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"The more people know about Alexey," a pro-Navalny volunteer tells Newsweek, "the harder it will be for the Russian authorities to kill him in prison."
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A Republican measure to block President Joe Biden's student-loan forgiveness plan would force borrowers to retroactively cover the voided pause period.
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