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CBS Names Legendary Producer Susan Zirinsky As Head Of News

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CBS Names Legendary Producer Susan Zirinsky As Head Of News According to the network, Zirinsky has led several special reports, including coverage of the Tiananmen Square uprising in 1989. CBS was the only major television network to have a news crew broadcasting live from the Chinese crackdown on the anti-government protests. January 8, 2019 at 02:50AM Continue: https://n.pr/2sahLkO

Former Uber Driver Pleads Guilty To 2016 Killing Rampage In Michigan

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Former Uber Driver Pleads Guilty To 2016 Killing Rampage In Michigan A former Uber driver charged with killing six people during an hours-long shooting rampage in Michigan nearly three years ago, pleaded guilty to all charges on Monday, defying his attorney. January 8, 2019 at 02:50AM Continue: https://n.pr/2LUkRm3

On Being a Woman in America While Trying to Avoid Being Assaulted

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On Being a Woman in America While Trying to Avoid Being Assaulted Lately, I’ve come to suspect that maybe a lot of people, especially men, still have no idea what it’s like to be a woman in America going about her life while trying, and at times failing, not to be assaulted. So, these past weeks, I’ve been observing myself. January 8, 2019 at 02:50AM Continue: http://bit.ly/2FeDDDj

The Geopolitics of 2069 Are More Chaotic Than You Can Imagine

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The Geopolitics of 2069 Are More Chaotic Than You Can Imagine To really understand what the world will look like in 2069, the first question we need to ask is what the United States will do in the next five to 10 years as the world continues moving away from the Pax Americana chapter of world history to whatever comes next. January 8, 2019 at 02:50AM Continue: http://bit.ly/2QuTKyu

A Stay at Kings County

A Stay at Kings County Theo told Gross she was either walking into traffic or into the hospital. She's now publishing poetry about her stay and recovery. January 8, 2019 at 12:50AM Continue: http://bit.ly/2LYzxjP

How marginal tax rates actually work, explained with a cartoon

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How marginal tax rates actually work, explained with a cartoon The recent Republican pushback against Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's 70% proposal repeats a commonly misunderstood fact about the way income taxes have worked in America for decades. January 8, 2019 at 12:50AM Continue: http://bit.ly/2VyoVN6

Getting Around the City With Kids, When Formal Transit Has Collapsed

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Getting Around the City With Kids, When Formal Transit Has Collapsed In Harare, Zimbabwe, mothers going about daily tasks have few good options for travel. January 8, 2019 at 12:50AM Continue: http://bit.ly/2SEoCOU

A Saudi teen fled her family to seek asylum abroad. Now the whole world is watching.

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A Saudi teen fled her family to seek asylum abroad. Now the whole world is watching. An 18-year-old Saudi woman has drawn international attention after barricading herself inside a Thailand airport hotel room and demanding asylum, claiming that she feared for her life if she returned to her family. January 8, 2019 at 12:50AM Continue: http://bit.ly/2FevD5f

Flashy New Socks For Every Occasion

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Flashy New Socks For Every Occasion Cool, colorful, creative — a guy's style says a lot about who he is. Whether you're into tailored trousers or don jeans every day, cool men's socks will add a touch of personality to your look. January 7, 2019 at 11:06PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2RguGRc

This Amazing Smart Speaker Will Teach You Chinese

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This Amazing Smart Speaker Will Teach You Chinese No books, no vocabulary lists, no flash cards. Just speak. January 7, 2019 at 10:45PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2TCHEp9

Bell’s hybrid-electric flying car will be available via Uber by the ‘mid-2020s’

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Bell’s hybrid-electric flying car will be available via Uber by the ‘mid-2020s’ After decades as one of the top manufacturers of commercial and military vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft (It produces both the V-22 Osprey and the forthcoming V-280 Valor), Bell now wants to make electric VTOL  aircraft. January 7, 2019 at 09:35PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2SILc9k

Would You Like A Dose Of 'TED-Style Talk' To Enhance Your Woodstock Anniversary Jam?

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Would You Like A Dose Of 'TED-Style Talk' To Enhance Your Woodstock Anniversary Jam? This being 2019, you cannot escape the long-reaching tentacles of tech types, not even on Yasgur's farm. January 7, 2019 at 08:35PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2TwPkZV

Twenty years ago, one man got a crazy idea: what if he started a loyalty program ... for space travel? But it turns out that space tourism is an industry perpetually on the brink of actually happening.

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Twenty years ago, one man got a crazy idea: what if he started a loyalty program ... for space travel? But it turns out that space tourism is an industry perpetually on the brink of actually happening. Twenty years ago, one man got a crazy idea: what if he started a loyalty program ... for space travel? But it turns out that space tourism is an industry perpetually on the brink of actually happening. January 7, 2019 at 06:55PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2Fka7MD

The First 2 Seconds of 'Super Mario Bros. 3' Fill Up 3,000 Printed Pages of CPU Operations

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The First 2 Seconds of 'Super Mario Bros. 3' Fill Up 3,000 Printed Pages of CPU Operations Two seconds and 120 frames takes up almost 3,000 pages of paper. January 7, 2019 at 06:45PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2FeVtpG

Why the Best Place to Find Dark Matter May Be in a Rock

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Why the Best Place to Find Dark Matter May Be in a Rock Dark matter may occasionally interact with minerals in the earth, leaving telltale tracks that physicists hope to decipher. January 7, 2019 at 06:00PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2C2MLro

I Love the Ugly Gamer Laptops of CES

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I Love the Ugly Gamer Laptops of CES But while the rest of the world started computing on Apple machines that looked sensible and cool, those of us who got into computers because of video games fostered an alternative gamer aesthetic that asked, in an inversion of Apple’s sensibilities: Wouldn't it be better if computers were actually ugly and hard to use? January 7, 2019 at 06:00PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2RaW6aW

Samsung's 75-Inch MicroLED 4K TV Is A Huge Step Into The Future

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Samsung's 75-Inch MicroLED 4K TV Is A Huge Step Into The Future In theory, MicroLED should deliver perfect blacks (all of the microscopic LEDs can be turned off individually), best-in-class brightness, and an incredibly wide HDR color palette — without burn-in and hopefully with a significantly longer lifespan than OLED panels January 7, 2019 at 05:55PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2Tz6wOp

Abusive Men Are Ruining Women's Credit And Getting Away With It

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Abusive Men Are Ruining Women's Credit And Getting Away With It When Cheryl, who needed student loans, opened the credit report she’d requested, her dreams of a new life collapsed. January 7, 2019 at 05:00PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2CaRG9E

The French Burglar Who Pulled Off His Generation’s Biggest Art Heist

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The French Burglar Who Pulled Off His Generation’s Biggest Art Heist The skilled climber and thief Vjeran Tomic, whom the French press referred to as Spider-Man, has described robbery as an act of imagination. January 7, 2019 at 04:10PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2RbGQL4

Apple's Errors

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Apple's Errors As rare as last week’s Apple revenue warning from CEO Tim Cook may have been — the company last issued a revenue warning in June 2002 — the company has had other bad quarters in the iPhone era. So why does this one seem so bad? January 7, 2019 at 03:00PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2TAhZxo

The Traffic-Snarling Rise Of 'Car-Rich' Households

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The Traffic-Snarling Rise Of 'Car-Rich' Households Despite ride-hailing's promise, car ownership (and traffic) is growing in America's big cities. So how is mobility really changing? January 7, 2019 at 01:55PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2TwMBzy

Is America's Future Capitalist Or Socialist?

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Is America's Future Capitalist Or Socialist? Steve Pearlstein, author of "Can American Capitalism Be Saved?" and Bhaskar Sunkara, editor of the socialist journal Jacobin, debate. January 7, 2019 at 01:50PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2TyYzc2

How Pizza Could Save The World

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How Pizza Could Save The World If you want to see how platforms can save humanity, don’t look at Facebook. Look at pizza. January 7, 2019 at 01:50PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2CV6P0r

The Key To Aging Gracefully Is To Stop Worrying About Aging Gracefully

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The Key To Aging Gracefully Is To Stop Worrying About Aging Gracefully Literally speaking, every single person, from the moment they’re conceived to the moment they die, is getting older. And yet, in spite of the universality of aging, it's always been easier to dance around the topic than to talk about it directly. January 7, 2019 at 01:45PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2C3sjql

Netflix's Upcoming Content Crisis, In One Chart

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Netflix's Upcoming Content Crisis, In One Chart The biggest shows on Netflix are shows owned by other companies. January 7, 2019 at 01:45PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2RaxSO2

The History of Blood

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The History of Blood For centuries, curiosity about the mystical and biological functions of blood has fueled both dangerous misunderstandings and revolutionary discoveries. January 7, 2019 at 01:20PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2TAoxMl

When America Stared Into the Abyss

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When America Stared Into the Abyss The untold story of how America's political leaders crossed the aisle to stave off financial collapse in 2008. January 7, 2019 at 01:15PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2sfudzA

Ocasio-Cortez And The Future Of Instagram Politics

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Ocasio-Cortez And The Future Of Instagram Politics What happens when live-streams become the new fireside chat. January 7, 2019 at 01:10PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2GW8KpC

The Taming Of Poland's Far Right

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The Taming Of Poland's Far Right Why the Law and Justice Party has pulled back from its Polexit proposal. January 7, 2019 at 01:05PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2AxHqIS

Why Guys Like Me Can't Stop Eating Their Feelings

Why Guys Like Me Can't Stop Eating Their Feelings Stress never tasted so bad. January 7, 2019 at 01:01PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2smVlgp

Simplehuman has seen the future, and it’s full of robot trash cans

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Simplehuman has seen the future, and it’s full of robot trash cans Frank Yang's quest to make the humble garbage can more beautiful and effective — and, at $80 and up, more expensive — has its naysayers. So far, he's proven them wrong. January 7, 2019 at 01:01PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2LVD2rl

The Lost Children

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The Lost Children January 7, 2019 at 12:55PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2H0ecrL

Will Adam Schiff pose a bigger threat to Trump than Robert Mueller?

Will Adam Schiff pose a bigger threat to Trump than Robert Mueller? January 7, 2019 at 12:25PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2sc5FaV

As Shutdown Drags On, Trump Officials Make New Offer, Seek Novel Ways To Cope With Its Impacts

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As Shutdown Drags On, Trump Officials Make New Offer, Seek Novel Ways To Cope With Its Impacts Trump administration officials began taking extraordinary steps to contain the fallout from the partial federal government shutdown Sunday, as the budget impasse between the president and congressional Democrats showed no signs of nearing a breakthrough. January 7, 2019 at 12:25PM Continue: https://wapo.st/2LXecY0