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• 13-year-old girl disappeared, then was dropped at hospital near death. Now, man is arrested. - NBC News

  25-05-2019 23:01 via nbcnews.com
  13-year-old girl disappeared, then was dropped at hospital near death. Now, man is arrested.  NBC NewsMan arrested following investigation into mysterious death of 13-year-old girl  ABC News47-year-old man charged with giving drugs to a 13-year-old and dropping her off at a hospital, where she died  WJW FOX 8 News ClevelandMan arrested in connection with 13-year-old who died after being left at Lawrence hospital  WWLP.comArrest Made After Dead 13-Year-Old
  
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• District rescinds offer to re-hire N.H. lunch lady - UPI.com

  25-05-2019 22:54 via upi.com
  District rescinds offer to re-hire N.H. lunch lady  UPI.comA school district has rescinded an offer to re-hire a New Hampshire lunch lady fired after giving a student free food now that the student's mother disputes her.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Was Stephen Hawking's Illness Psychosomatic? (No.)

  25-05-2019 21:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  A paper in a peer-reviewed medical journal makes the suggestion that physicist Stephen Hawking's disability, which famously confined him to a wheelchair and robbed him of his speech, was psychosomatic in nature.Hmm. I think this says more about the author than it does about Hawking.The paper is called Delusional Health Beliefs and it comes by British doctor Peter May. It was published a few days ago in the Medico-Legal Journal.May begins the paper by discussing conversion di
  
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• Late-night grill fire leaves Yarmouth house likely a total loss - Press Herald

  25-05-2019 19:37 via pressherald.com
  Late-night grill fire leaves Yarmouth house likely a total loss  Press HeraldA house at 119 Burnell Drive in Yarmouth caught fire late Friday about three hours after a family used a charcoal grill on their wooden porch, according to ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Astronomers Discover 18 Earth-Sized Planets Beyond Our Solar System

  25-05-2019 19:05 via scitechdaily.com
  Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS), the Georg August University of Göttingen, and the Sonneberg Observatory have discovered 18 Earth-sized...
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• Harvard Scientist Connects the Dots in Fin-to-Limb Evolution

  25-05-2019 18:52 via scitechdaily.com
  About 400 million years ago, vertebrates first began to crawl from the primordial seas onto land. Last week, thanks to a cutting-edge mathematical-analysis technique, a...
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• Trump goes scorched earth against impeachment talk | TheHill - The Hill

  25-05-2019 18:35 via thehill.com
  Trump goes scorched earth against impeachment talk | TheHill  The HillTrump’s latest assault on democracy  The Washington PostA doctored video of Nancy Pelosi shows social media giants ill-prepared for 2020  Los Angeles TimesPelosi, Nadler tangle on impeachment, contempt vote | TheHill  The HillTrump’s allies insist he is winning in feud with Pelosi. Her backers say she showed up the president.  The Washington PostView full coverage o
  
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• An Asteroid with Its Own Moon Will Zip Past Earth Tonight - Space.com

  25-05-2019 18:34 via space.com
  An Asteroid with Its Own Moon Will Zip Past Earth Tonight  Space.comA massive asteroid with its own moon trailing behind will pass by Earth this weekend  KTVQ Billings NewsA Nearly Mile-Wide Asteroid With Its Own Moon Hurtles Past Earth This Weekend  HuffPostA big asteroid with its own moon is passing by. Here's how to spot it  CNETAn asteroid with its own moon will zip past Earth tonight, according to NASA  FOX CarolinaView full coverage on Goog
  
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• Fin24.com | SpaceX launches satellites for space-based broadband network

  25-05-2019 17:22
  
  Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp. launched 60 Starlink satellites late Thursday, a key step in Musk’s vision of creating a space-based network to provide broadband service around the world.
  
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• At $2 million, priciest ever medicine treats fatal genetic disease - NBC4i.com

  25-05-2019 14:24 via nbc4i.com
  At $2 million, priciest ever medicine treats fatal genetic disease  NBC4i.comNovartis launches most expensive drug ever for US$2.1 million  South China Morning PostNewly approved gene therapy for SMA is based on delivery vehicle discovered by Penn expert  News-Medical.netNovartis now has the most expensive drug ever after getting US approval  The Local SwitzerlandUS approves world’s costliest drug to treat rare childhood disorder  Hindustan
  
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• Fin24.com | MTN faces new Nigeria headache as local unit probed over listing

  25-05-2019 13:59
  
  MTN’s Nigeria listing is being investigated by local authorities, the latest in a series of disputes in the wireless carrier’s largest market.
  
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• Real estate title firm's lapse exposes data in 885M files

  25-05-2019 13:13 via abcnews.go.com
  First American Financial's privacy lapse exposes bank account numbers, other personal info contained in 885 million real estate title files
  
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• Fin24.com | The Tesla stock bubble has burst, sparking existential questions

  25-05-2019 11:05
  
  For Elon Musk and Tesla, the blows from Wall Street came one after another this week - a relentless barrage that left the stock so beat up that some now wonder if it can ever regain its status as the ultimate 21st century disrupter.
  
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• First American: Product defect may have caused customer data exposure

  25-05-2019 04:39 via nbcnews.com
  The real estate title insurance company was responding to a report which said its website had exposed about 885 million files dating back to 2003.
  
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• Report: FTC's political wrangling delays Facebook settlement

  25-05-2019 04:17 via abcnews.go.com
  Report: Facebook's efforts to settle privacy case with Federal Trade Commission being held up by political rift
  
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• Uber's first employee to depart board of directors

  25-05-2019 02:13 via rss.cnn.com
  Uber's first employee, and once CEO, is departing the company's board.
  
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• Researchers can now use AI and a photo to make fake videos of anyone

  25-05-2019 02:13 via rss.cnn.com
  Researchers have come up with a method for creating realistic-looking — but fake — videos of anyone by using just a single image of them with a trained artificial intelligence system. It's a potentially worrisome capability in the runup to the 2020 United States presidential election, as falsified videos of candidates are expected to spread.
  
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• Ebola outbreak in DRC: Crisis Update May 2019 - Doctors Without Borders

  25-05-2019 01:12 via doctorswithoutborders.org
  Ebola outbreak in DRC: Crisis Update May 2019  Doctors Without BordersDoctors fighting Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo  CBS Evening NewsDemocratic Republic Congo: 'No time to lose' says newly appointed UN Ebola response coordinator  Africanews EnglishCan Eritrea improve its human rights record | Inside Story  Al Jazeera English'The battle against Ebola is failing': Experts urge more action as 100 people per week are infected  Daily
  
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• Is this package-carrying robot the future of home deliveries?

  25-05-2019 00:55 via nbcnews.com
  Digit is a new package-carrying robot that, in a partnership with Ford, aims to bring packages from a self-driving car right to your doorstep.
  
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• Edited Pelosi video highlights concerns about misinformation and elections

  25-05-2019 00:43 via nbcnews.com
  As technology makes it harder to tell what’s real and what’s fake online, experts warn that public opinion could be manipulated through skillfully edited videos.
  
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• Growth consumed Silicon Valley. Now it's searching for its moral compass

  25-05-2019 00:40 via rss.cnn.com
  For years, tech companies pitched their products as tools for making the world a better place. Now, a growing number of tech veterans who were instrumental in building companies ranging from Google to Facebook and Twitter have admitted they didn't give enough thought into how their products could be used to do the opposite.
  
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• 13th dead whale of the year washes ashore near San Francisco

  25-05-2019 00:24 via abcnews.go.com
  Authorities say 13th dead whale of the year washes ashore in the San Francisco Bay Area
  
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• What's up with all this wild, weird weather — and is it linked to climate change?

  25-05-2019 00:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  Violent thunderstorms boiled up across Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri on May 22, 2019, as seen in this animation of infrared images acquired by the GOES-16 weather satellite. Tornadoes, including one that ravaged parts of Jefferson City, MO, are indicated by blue-colored T's. (Note: The animation may take awhile to load. It's worth the wait! Source: CIMSS Satellite Blog)It certainly has been a wild — and deadly — few weeks for weather.Since the first and 23rd of May, 340 tornadoes hav
  
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• Amazon brings voice announcements to all Alexa devices - VentureBeat

  25-05-2019 00:04 via venturebeat.com
  Amazon brings voice announcements to all Alexa devices  VentureBeatAmazon device will 'read human emotions'  WND.comAmazon files patent to record before you say 'Alexa'  CNETAmazon wants to make a wearable that can read your emotions  TechRadarAmazon’s Memorial Day Sale Features Major Savings on TVs, iPads, and More Electronics  Yahoo EntertainmentView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Braves hit back-to-back homers to take 3-1 lead over Cards - STLtoday.com

  25-05-2019 00:00 via stltoday.com
  Braves hit back-to-back homers to take 3-1 lead over Cards  STLtoday.comMLB Daily Line Drive: May 26 free picks, betting odds and analysis  Covers.comAfter speaking up at team meeting, Gyorko hammers home his point with game-winning blast  STLtoday.comAtlanta’s bullpen blows another late lead in 6-3 loss  Talking ChopBraves fall to Cardinals on three-run pinch-hit homer against Winkler  Atlanta Journal ConstitutionView full coverage on Goog
  
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