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Cop Gets Distracted Looking At His Phone, Drives Head On Into Stationary Cyclist

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Cop Gets Distracted Looking At His Phone, Drives Head On Into Stationary Cyclist At least the cop acknowledged that he messed up, but still, c'mon dude. July 28, 2018 at 03:05AM Continue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=41&utm_source=ifttt&v=QoSOEtzWPlU

Passengers Hospitalized After Mysterious 'Dirty Socks' Odor Stinks Up Plane

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Passengers Hospitalized After Mysterious 'Dirty Socks' Odor Stinks Up Plane And a Hazmat team couldn't figure out why the smell made people sick. July 27, 2018 at 08:40PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2uSSoFO

Fixing Public Housing: A Day Inside a $32 Billion Problem

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Fixing Public Housing: A Day Inside a $32 Billion Problem We shadowed a superintendent in a Harlem complex to see what saving the nation’s largest public housing system really looks like on the ground. July 27, 2018 at 08:30PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2AhM3sO

Purple Pain

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Purple Pain In the aftermath of an assault, Matthew Miles Goodrich considers the effects of opioids on himself, the culture, and his musical hero, Prince. July 27, 2018 at 08:20PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2LsrWNE

How Bad Karma And Bad Engineering Doomed An Ancient Cambodian Capital

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How Bad Karma And Bad Engineering Doomed An Ancient Cambodian Capital Angkor was the seat of authority for the Khmer Empire for more than 600 years, from the ninth to 15th centuries, except for a 17-year interval when political power and courtly life shifted to Koh Ker. New archaeological evidence might explain why Koh Ker’s glory days were so brief: The new capital’s massive water-management system failed spectacularly soon after it was built. July 27, 2018 at 08:05PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2LS2tJD

How Climate Change Is Ruining Our Indoor Air

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How Climate Change Is Ruining Our Indoor Air It would take an unreasonable amount of plants to balance rising CO2 levels being found at home, school, and work. July 27, 2018 at 07:25PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2uSBM18

A Photographer’s Journey Through the Heart of UFO Country

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A Photographer’s Journey Through the Heart of UFO Country From Area 51 to Roswell, a believer's-eye view of the desert. July 27, 2018 at 07:20PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2v6XZre

Superintendent Resigns After Allegedly Pooping on High School Track Daily

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Superintendent Resigns After Allegedly Pooping on High School Track Daily July 27, 2018 at 07:05PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2AqFl3R

Looney Tunes Characters, Ranked

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Looney Tunes Characters, Ranked Who would do this? And why? Drew Magary would, was the thing, and was gonna, and I’d rather die than let his rankings speak for the site and wind up with history recording that the place where I work. July 27, 2018 at 05:55PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2uU4pea

"I Saw Kink In God": Dominatrixes And Their Orthodox Jewish Clients

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"I Saw Kink In God": Dominatrixes And Their Orthodox Jewish Clients "Hasids are outsiders in New York, and so are sex workers. So, I think they maybe see us in a weird way as outlaws, like them." July 27, 2018 at 05:01PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2mKpnYy

Behemoth, bully, thief: how the English language is taking over the planet

Behemoth, bully, thief: how the English language is taking over the planet July 27, 2018 at 04:40PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2mJXHmu

Behold, The Most Burning Man Thing Ever

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Behold, The Most Burning Man Thing Ever A silver blanket the size of your average Walmart? Only at Burning Man. July 27, 2018 at 04:40PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2Ahyd9I

The 50 greatest special effects movies of all time

The 50 greatest special effects movies of all time July 27, 2018 at 04:15PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2LQrrZN

McDonald's Japan Gets In Trouble For Using Fake Roast Beef

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McDonald's Japan Gets In Trouble For Using Fake Roast Beef July 27, 2018 at 04:01PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2Am9roK

What If Only Females Could See Color?

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What If Only Females Could See Color? Have you ever wondered how your life might be different if you could see beyond the visible light spectrum—into ultraviolet or infrared? July 27, 2018 at 03:45PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2LXCMrj

Uber And Lyft Are Facing A Major Crackdown In New York City

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Uber And Lyft Are Facing A Major Crackdown In New York City New York City officials are moving to restrict the number of Uber and Lyft vehicles allowed on the road as part of a move to contain the massive growth in the for-hire vehicle industry that has been blamed for worsening congestion and low wages for drivers. July 27, 2018 at 03:45PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2LNscq1

Democratic Governors Are All Kind of Meh

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Democratic Governors Are All Kind of Meh July 27, 2018 at 03:40PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2ve3Jzw

Standing by Their Convictions

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Standing by Their Convictions Keith Cooper was the first man in Indiana to be pardoned based on innocence. But there was more to the story — about how justice is carried out by police, prosecutors and judges in Elkhart County. July 27, 2018 at 03:40PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2OkU1UR

How Facial Recognition Will Change Your Face

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How Facial Recognition Will Change Your Face In a world where all your secrets are public, your face will serve a new function July 27, 2018 at 03:20PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2AfXalS

Idaho Prisoners Hack iPads And Transfer $225,000 Worth Of Credits To Themselves

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Idaho Prisoners Hack iPads And Transfer $225,000 Worth Of Credits To Themselves Prison officials say 364 Idaho inmates hacked hand-held prison tablets and collectively transferred nearly a quarter million dollars worth of tablet credits, which can be used to purchase email, music and games, to their own accounts. July 27, 2018 at 03:15PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2v5IS1o

Why Did 11 Babies Die in a Generic Viagra Trial?

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Why Did 11 Babies Die in a Generic Viagra Trial? Why was a drug best known for treating erectile dysfunction being tested in pregnant woman at all? There is one answer rooted in biology and another rooted in economics. July 27, 2018 at 03:10PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2mMpMcT

The Case for Genetically Engineering Ethical Humans

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The Case for Genetically Engineering Ethical Humans Some argue it's the only way to save the species. July 27, 2018 at 01:05PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2OmULsE

G.D.P. Grew at 4.1% Rate in Quarter

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G.D.P. Grew at 4.1% Rate in Quarter The second-quarter acceleration was widely anticipated by economists, a result of a confluence of events unlikely to recur. Most economists expect growth to slow in the second half of the year. July 27, 2018 at 01:00PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2K5nlLE

How Silicon Valley Became a Den of Spies

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How Silicon Valley Became a Den of Spies The West Coast is a growing target of foreign espionage. And it’s not ready to fight back. July 27, 2018 at 12:30PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2vag3B4