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Clinton Documents: 7 Excerpts You Should Read

Friday, October 10, 2014

The Clinton Presidential Library finished releasing documents on Friday that it had withheld from the public.

So far, we haven't found anything in them that tells us something we didn't already know. But many of them give insight into a tumultuous time at the White House.

Here are seven excerpts ...

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Authorities Find Four New Mass Graves In Mexico

Friday, October 10, 2014

Mexican authorities say that they have found four more mass graves near the site in Iguala, Guerrero, where 43 students went missing in September.

The Mexican newspaper El Universal reports that Jesús Murillo Karam, with the attorney general's office, said that they arrested four people, who led them to ...

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Microsoft CEO Backtracks On Suggestion That Women Shouldn't Ask For Raises

Thursday, October 09, 2014

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is backtracking from comments he made earlier today suggesting that women should not ask for raises.

At a conference celebrating women in technology, Maria Klawe, a member of Microsoft's board, asked Nadella what advice he would give women who are uncomfortable asking for raises.

We'll ...

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Jan Hooks, Best Known For Her Roles On SNL, Dies At Age 57

Thursday, October 09, 2014

Jan Hooks, best known for her performances on Saturday Night Live, died on Thursday.

Hooks was 57.

The Chicago Sun Times reports that Hooks joined SNL in 1986 and stayed until 1991. She played key characters like Hillary Clinton and Sinead O'Connor.

The paper reports:

"'Man, she was ...

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Report: Amazon To Open Brick-And-Mortar Store

Thursday, October 09, 2014

Amazon, the giant Internet retailer, is taking a step into the physical world with plans to open a brick-and-mortar store in New York City.

That's according to The Wall Street Journal, which is quoting "people familiar with the plans" for its report.

A spokesperson for Amazon would not confirm ...

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Ebola: Does The Risk Justify The Intensity Of Coverage?

Thursday, October 09, 2014

If you've been anywhere near a television or computer in the past 24 hours, you may have wanted to take cover.

Because the series of news developments on Ebola that cropped up in a short period of time made it seem like we were in the middle of an uncontrolled ...

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Dutch Authorities Say One Malaysia Airlines Victim Was Wearing Oxygen Mask

Thursday, October 09, 2014

Dutch authorities said one victim of downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was wearing an oxygen mask around his neck.

If you remember, that was the flight that is believed to have been shot out of the sky by a missile over eastern Ukraine.

The Wall Street Journal reports:

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In Mexico, Protesters Demand Return Of 43 Missing Students

Wednesday, October 08, 2014

Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Mexico to demand the return of 43 students who went missing after a confrontation with police. As we reported, authorities later found 28 bodies in a mass grave near the town of Iguala.

Officials said the graves were connected to the ...

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Some Good News: Near Perfect Weather For Most Of The Country

Wednesday, October 08, 2014

Here's a lovely mid-week sighting:

That map shows that this afternoon there were no significant weather warnings issued across the Lower 48.

The only issue? A small stream flooding advisory in southern Arizona.

I asked John Hart, the lead forecaster for NOAA's Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma, what someone ...

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Lawsuit Testing Personhood Of Chimps Gets Its Day At An Appeals Court

Wednesday, October 08, 2014

A novel legal case exploring the personhood of chimps got its day at an appellate level court today.

If you remember, we told you about how the Nonhuman Rights Project is asking a court to send Tommy, a chimpanzee living in a cage at a trailer dealer in Gloversville, ...

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Five U.S. Airports Will Institute New Ebola Screening Procedures

Wednesday, October 08, 2014

Five airports across the United States will start screening passengers arriving from Ebola-affected countries in West Africa, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said during his daily briefing on Wednesday.

Earnest said that as passenger enter the country, their temperature will be taken to make sure they are not exhibiting ...

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Appellate Court Strikes Down Gay-Marriage Bans In Idaho, Nevada

Tuesday, October 07, 2014

Joining three other appellate courts, the 9th Circuit Court on Tuesday struck down gay-marriage bans enacted by Idaho and Nevada.

"We hold that the Idaho and Nevada laws at issue violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment," Judge Stephen Reinhardt wrote for the court.

The ruling comes a ...

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In His Final Appearance, Landon Donovan Will Be U.S. Captain

Tuesday, October 07, 2014

Landon Donovan, arguably the greatest American soccer player, will be the captain of United States Men's National Team when he makes his final appearance in a friendly against Ecuador on Friday.

Donovan, who holds the U.S. men's record with 57 goals scored and announced his retirement in August, was ...

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Reviewing The 4 Gay Marriage Cases The High Court Tacitly Endorsed

Monday, October 06, 2014

By refusing to review decisions striking down gay marriage bans from three appellate courts across the country, the Supreme Court gave a tacit nod to the legal reasoning in the cases before the courts.

As we reported, when the court denied certiorari on Monday it meant that gay marriages ...

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USA Swimming Suspends Michael Phelps Over DUI Arrest

Monday, October 06, 2014

Eighteen-time Gold medalist Michael Phelps, who was arrested for Driving Under the Influence, has been suspended for six months and will miss the 2015 FINA World Championships, USA Swimming announced on Monday.

"Michael's conduct was serious and required significant consequences," USA Swimming Executive Director Chuck Wielgus said in a ...

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Mexican President Says He's 'Indignant' Over Case Of Missing Students

Monday, October 06, 2014

In an address to his nation on Monday, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto vowed to prosecute those responsible for the disappearance of 43 students in the state of Guerrero.

As we reported, over the weekend, authorities in Iguala found mass graves that they believe probably contain the bodies of ...

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WATCH: Protesters Disrupt St. Louis Symphony With 'Requiem For Mike Brown'

Sunday, October 05, 2014

"Justice for Mike Brown is justice for us all," the demonstrators sang, referring to the unarmed black teenager killed by a police officer.

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Occupy Central: Faces From Hong Kong's Pro-Democracy Movement

Sunday, October 05, 2014

Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters are maintaining an uneasy vigil Sunday night at three main protest sites, despite authorities' deadline to pull back so that government offices and schools can reopen on Monday.

Demonstrators have defied previous ultimatums by the authorities to clear out, as well as pleas from politicians ...

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UPDATED: Authorities In Dallas Find Man Who Had Contact With Ebola Patient

Sunday, October 05, 2014

Update at 3:26 p.m. ET. Man Is Located:

Authorities have located a homeless man who had contact with Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberian man diagnosed with Ebola in a Dallas hospital, the AP reports, quoting a Dallas city spokeswoman.

Earlier today, authorities said the man was in the ambulance that ...

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Seeing Neurological Patients As Characters, Not Case Studies

Sunday, October 05, 2014

Peter Brook is truly the grand old man of world theater. He became famous with his productions at the Royal Shakespeare Company in the early 1960s; wrote the seminal theater text The Empty Space; and started the International Centre for Theatre Research in Paris, where he developed such plays as ...

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