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• AP Explains: What T-Mobile takeover of Sprint means for you

  26-07-2019 23:42
  T-Mobile and Sprint say their anticipated combination will lead to better service and more competition, but critics fear higher prices and jobs lost.
  
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• Justice Department OKs T-Mobile's $26 billion deal with Sprint

  26-07-2019 23:09
  U.S. regulators approve T-Mobile's $26.5 billion takeover of rival Sprint
  
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• DOJ approves $26.5B merger between Sprint and T-Mobile

  26-07-2019 23:09 via nbcnews.com
  While the merger between the number three and four players in the wireless market effectively reduces competition, the DOJ has demanded that both companies must sell key assets.
  
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• No prison for British cyber expert in malware case

  26-07-2019 22:47 via nbcnews.com
  Marcus Hutchins, who was hailed as a hero for his role in stopping the "WannaCry" virus, was sentenced to time served by U.S. District Judge J.P. Stadtmueller.
  
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• Ancient Mars Tsunami Raises Questions About a Surprisingly Wet World

  26-07-2019 22:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  Elevation changes also indicate where Mars may have once had a vast northern ocean. (Credit: Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter Science Team/NASA)Three and a half billion years ago, an asteroid slammed into Mars. The cataclysm wasn’t terribly unusual for this period in the solar system’s history, but the fallout would leave its mark. The asteroid carved out an enormous crater. It also sent a wall of water a thousand feet high hurtling around the young Red Planet, which was much more blue a
  
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• AG Barr rails against encryption — but security experts have heard it before

  26-07-2019 22:00 via nbcnews.com
  Security experts have heard Barr's message before and expect to hear again, particularly now that some major tech companies have embraced encryption.
  
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• EPA official says Montana site suited for Superfund status

  26-07-2019 21:57
  A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official says a Montana area emitting toxic vapors is a candidate to become a federal Superfund site
  
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• Probiotics Are Everywhere. Scientists Still Can't Agree if They Actually Help

  26-07-2019 21:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Credit: T. L. Furrer/Shutterstock)What if I told you that countless tiny beings living inside your body right now were responsible for everything from the health of your gut to your mental health? It sounds crazy. But, that’s exactly what research into the microbiome is showing us.Tens of trillions of bacteria inhabit our bodies — scientists call them the human microbiome. The past decade or so has seen an explosion of studies linking gut bacteria with all sorts of diseases and cond
  
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• Trump refuses to shield Apple's Mac Pros from China tariffs

  26-07-2019 21:31
  President Donald Trump is vowing to slap tariffs on Apple's Mac Pros if the company shifts production of the computer from Texas to China
  
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• Even Inside Their Eggs, Bird Embryos Are Listening

  26-07-2019 21:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Sandpiper eggs in a nest. (Credit: Drakuliren/Shutterstock)The speckled brown eggs of seabirds may look like lifeless lumps of shell, but inside, developing chicks are already paying attention to their parents. Researchers studying yellow-legged gull chicks have discovered that the animals can respond to their parents’ alarm calls while in the egg and even pass on the information to younger nestmates by rattling their shells.
  The discovery shows that “even before hatching, embryos ca
  
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• As Earth's high north blazes with intense wildfires, Europe's heat is about to invade the Arctic

  26-07-2019 20:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  As the Suomi NPP satellite watched overhead on July 21, 2019, a swirling low-pressure system over Siberia pulled wildfire smoke into its giant vortex . (Source: NASA Earth Observatory)Heat records were obliterated across Western Europe yesterday, with Paris reaching an unfathomable all-time high of nearly 109 degrees.
  It's the second heat wave in the region in as many months — and this one has been even more brutal than June's. As I wrote earlier this week, research shows that human-cau
  
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• Twitter reports strong user growth

  26-07-2019 20:31
  Twitter reported surprisingly strong user numbers and revenue even as it cracks down on fake accounts
  
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• Judge reduces $2B award in Monsanto Roundup case to $87M

  26-07-2019 20:28
  A judge has cut a jury award in a lawsuit that found Monsanto's Roundup herbicide caused cancer in a California couple from about $2 billion to $87 million
  
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• Trump targets French wine to retaliate for France's digital tax

  26-07-2019 20:23 via nbcnews.com
  “I’ve always said American wine is better than French wine!” Trump tweeted.
  
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• These 4 Ancient Apocalypses Changed the Course of Civilization

  26-07-2019 20:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  The eruption of the Icelandic volcano Hekla may have led to the collapse of multiple thriving Bronze Age societies. (Credit: Abraham Ortelius/Wikimedia Commons)Life, as they say, goes on. Until one day
  it doesn’t. For ancient societies, without the means to predict natural
  disasters, destruction could often come suddenly and completely by surprise.
  Below are four of the most devastating natural events in recorded human
  history, and the societies that they wiped off the map.The Storegga
  
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• Equifax settlement: What you need to know to claim part of the $700 million settlement

  26-07-2019 20:09 via nbcnews.com
  The Federal Trade Commission opened up the online claims process on Wednesday, where affected consumers can file a digital form to claim some of the settlement.
  
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• The Latest: Cyber expert gets time-served in malware case

  26-07-2019 20:04
  A British cybersecurity expert credited with helping stop a worldwide computer virus in May 2017 won't serve any additional time behind bars for creating malware years before he won international acclaim
  
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• Eversource gives up on Northern Pass hydropower project

  26-07-2019 20:00
  The Northern Pass hydropower project that promised to bring hydropower from Canada to southern New England is dead after nearly a decade of protests and court fights
  
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• British cyber expert who helped stop WannaCry virus gets sentenced to no extra jail time for creating malware

  26-07-2019 19:49
  British cyber expert who helped stop WannaCry virus gets sentenced to no extra jail time for creating malware
  
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• EU investment bank aims to stop funding fossil fuel projects

  26-07-2019 19:44
  The European Investment Bank is proposing ending loans to fossil fuel projects by the end of next year, as part of the EU's efforts to curb climate change
  
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• Trump vows to retaliate against French digital tax

  26-07-2019 19:40
  President Donald Trump is promising to retaliate against France for adopting a pioneering tax on internet giants like Google, Amazon and Facebook
  
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• The Latest: T-Mobile expects to close Sprint deal in 2019

  26-07-2019 19:38
  T-Mobile CEO John Legere says he's hoping to engage with state attorneys general who have sued to block its $26.5 billion takeover of Sprint
  
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• Emmett Till memorial in photo of gun-toting Mississippi students will be made bulletproof - NBCNews.com

  26-07-2019 19:38 via nbcnews.com
  Emmett Till memorial in photo of gun-toting Mississippi students will be made bulletproof  NBCNews.comGun-toting frat brothers pose in front of Emmett Till memorial, may face federal charges  Fox NewsEmmett Till: US students suspended for 'unacceptable' photo by memorial  BBC NewsMississippi students who posed with guns in front of Emmet Till memorial suspended from frat  NBC News3 Ole Miss students posed with guns in front of Emmett Till's memorial. DOJ m
  
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• Suspected meteorite crashes into rice field in India - NBC News

  26-07-2019 19:15 via nbcnews.com
  Suspected meteorite crashes into rice field in India  NBC NewsA suspected meteorite, weighing roughly 33 pounds, crashed into a rice field in India, according to local authorities.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Vaccine exemption bill among hundreds of state laws taking effect - KOMO News

  26-07-2019 19:05 via komonews.com
  Vaccine exemption bill among hundreds of state laws taking effect  KOMO NewsOLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Under a new law that takes effect Sunday, parents in Washington state will no longer be able to cite philosophical or personal beliefs to ...
  
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• The 23 most over-the-top lines from Donald Trump's phone interview with Sean Hannity - CNN

  26-07-2019 18:48 via cnn.com
  The 23 most over-the-top lines from Donald Trump's phone interview with Sean Hannity  CNNDOJ’s Russia probe review focusing on 'smoking gun' tapes of meeting with Trump aide: sources  Fox NewsThe Mueller Fantasy Comes Crashing Down  The New York TimesIt's time for Trump's impeachment. Mueller's report gave us everything we need.  NBC News7 of our top opinion pieces this week: ICYMI  USA TODAYView full coverage on Google News
  
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• 50 Years After Apollo, India Is Carrying a NASA Laser Reflector to the Moon (And It's Only the Start) - Space.com

  26-07-2019 18:42 via space.com
  50 Years After Apollo, India Is Carrying a NASA Laser Reflector to the Moon (And It's Only the Start)  Space.comApollo 11: How 'dumb luck' saved iconic Moon photos from being destroyed  Fox NewsNASA's forgotten plan to land people on Mars in the 1980s | TheHill  The HillThe Outdated Language of Space Travel  The AtlanticAnother front in the tensions between the U.S. and China: Space  The Washington PostView full coverage on Google News
  
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• What We Know: 'Mass Arrest' Of 16 Marines Over Alleged Human Smuggling - NPR

  26-07-2019 18:40 via npr.org
  What We Know: 'Mass Arrest' Of 16 Marines Over Alleged Human Smuggling  NPRBehind the dramatic arrest of 16 Marines: "It's a shock to the system"  CBS This MorningWhat we know about the arrest of 16 Marines on human smuggling, drug charges  USA TODAYMarines arrested on human smuggling, drug charges  ABC NewsMarines arrested at Camp Pendleton: Dramatic arrest of 16 Marines for human smuggling in front of their unit a "shock to the system"  CBS New
  
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• Woodstock 50 moves to Maryland after facing trouble in New York - Fox News

  26-07-2019 18:34 via foxnews.com
  Woodstock 50 moves to Maryland after facing trouble in New York  Fox NewsJay-Z pulls out of troubled Woodstock 50 festival, source says  CNNWoodstock 50 Organizers Attempt to Move Festival to Maryland  Rolling StoneOfficials negotiating to bring Woodstock 50 to Merriweather  WBAL TV BaltimoreWoodstock 50th anniversary celebration relocates to Merriweather Post Pavilion in Maryland  The Washington PostView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Meet Homo floresiensis: The Real-life Hobbits of Indonesia

  26-07-2019 18:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  Homo floresiensis, popularly called the "hobbits," may have interacted with the ancestors of modern humans. (Credit: daderot/Wikimedia Commons)60,000 years ago, diminutive beings dwelled on the Indonesian island of Flores, alongside komodo dragons, pygmy stegodons and real-life rodents of unusual size. The now-extinct humans — known scientifically as Homo floresiensis, and popularly as the hobbits — stood less than 4 feet tall, with brains one third the size of living people. Yet, th
  
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• The T-Mobile Sprint merger could mean the end of the physical SIM card - The Verge

  26-07-2019 18:24 via theverge.com
  The T-Mobile Sprint merger could mean the end of the physical SIM card  The VergeJustice Department Approves T-Mobile-Sprint Merger  NPRDOJ announces agreement on $26 billion merger between T-Mobile and Sprint  CNBCDOJ ready to break silence on T-Mobile's Sprint deal  AxiosDOJ to hold briefing on 'significant merger enforcement action'  ReutersView full coverage on Google News
  
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• High Dialysis Bill Canceled After Journalists Investigate : Shots - Health News - NPR

  26-07-2019 18:19 via npr.org
  High Dialysis Bill Canceled After Journalists Investigate : Shots - Health News  NPRThey May Owe Nothing — Half-Million-Dollar Dialysis Bill Canceled  Kaiser Health NewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Fortnite World Cup Being Held in New York Offers 30 Million in Prizes - Newser

  26-07-2019 18:15 via newser.com
  Fortnite World Cup Being Held in New York Offers 30 Million in Prizes  NewserHow to Watch the 2019 Fortnite World Cup Finals  WIREDFortnite World Cup Creative & Pro-Am - Day 1  IGNFortnite is holding a World Cup this weekend with $30 million in prizes  CNNFortnite World Cup: Players battle for biggest total prize pool  BBC NewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• John Whitehead: The Tyranny Of The Police State Disguised As Law-And-Order

  26-07-2019 18:14 via technocracy.news
  As police departments are further militarized and as training is increasingly degraded, overreactions are common and atrocities against innocent citizens are seen more frequently across the nation. ⁃ TN Editor“But these weren’t the kind of monsters that had tentacles and rotting skin, the kind a seven-year-old might be able to wrap his mind around—they were monsters with human faces, in crisp uniforms, marching in lockstep, so banal you don’t recognize them for what
  
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• First Estimate of Second-Quarter GDP at 2.1% Topping Consensus - Mish Talk - MishTalk

  26-07-2019 18:04 via moneymaven.io
  First Estimate of Second-Quarter GDP at 2.1% Topping Consensus - Mish Talk  MishTalkGDP slows to 2.1% in second quarter but beats expectations thanks to strong consumer  CNBCTrump’s 3% Growth Feat in 2018 Undone by Annual Data Revisions  BloombergHere’s why the soft GDP report is a head fake and the economy actually had its best growth in a year  MarketWatchIs It Trump's Economy or Not?  BloombergView full coverage on Google News
  
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• 'Please, Save My Life.' A Bomb Specialist Defuses Explosives Strapped to Children - The Wall Street Journal

  26-07-2019 17:58 via wsj.com
  'Please, Save My Life.' A Bomb Specialist Defuses Explosives Strapped to Children  The Wall Street JournalKidnapped aid worker in Nigeria pleads for her life on video: ‘We have families’  The Washington PostNGO confirms six aid workers kidnapped in Nigeria  Al Jazeera EnglishVideo emerges of kidnapped aid workers in Nigeria  BBC NewsThe woman risking her life to photograph the forgotten victims of war  CNNView full coverage on Google
  
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• How 'Orange Is the New Black' Became Netflix's Most-Watched Original Series - Showbiz Cheat Sheet

  26-07-2019 17:44 via cheatsheet.com
  How 'Orange Is the New Black' Became Netflix's Most-Watched Original Series  Showbiz Cheat Sheet55m3 Netflix's Orange Is the New Black: Season 7 Review  IGNOrange is the New Black | Introducing the Poussey Washington Fund | Netflix  NetflixOrange Is the New Black final season: The bold ambition of Netflix’s show  Vox.comDanielle Brooks & Baby Bump Steal the Show at OINTB Premiere  E! NEWSView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Forget touchscreens: This case controls a smartphone with buttons and dials

  26-07-2019 17:39 via rss.cnn.com
  In a world filled with touchscreens, it might feel pleasantly retro to push a physical button or twist a dial to control your smartphone.
  
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• Coleman tears ACL; Giants hurting for receivers - ESPN

  26-07-2019 17:38 via espn.com
  Coleman tears ACL; Giants hurting for receivers  ESPNGiants WR Coleman tears ACL at practice  NFL.comCorey Coleman tore his ACL  NBCSports.comCorey Coleman tears ACL in Giants debacle  New York Post Giants lose WR Coleman to torn ACL  Yahoo SportsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Regulators approve T-Mobile's $26.5 billion takeover of Sprint with conditions, despite fear of price hikes and job cuts

  26-07-2019 17:33
  Regulators approve T-Mobile's $26.5 billion takeover of Sprint with conditions, despite fear of price hikes and job cuts
  
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• Private Surveillance Is Not Off Limits To Law Enforcement

  26-07-2019 17:24 via technocracy.news
  There are no regulations preventing neighborhood watch groups from purchasing their own license plate readers and surveilling every car that drives through. Law enforcement can tap into such systems even if prohibited from using the identical technology. ⁃ TN EditorResidents of major American cities are constantly watched by ubiquitous cameras, mushrooming license plate readers and a battery of new smart city sensors.
  But, but, but: It’s not just the government keeping tabs. An
  
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• Hong Kong Protesters Take Their Grievances to City’s Airport - The Wall Street Journal

  26-07-2019 17:03 via wsj.com
  Hong Kong Protesters Take Their Grievances to City’s Airport  The Wall Street JournalHong Kong protests held at airport after Yuen Long attack  Guardian NewsChinese official urged Hong Kong villagers to drive off protesters...  ReutersHong Kong protesters take their pro-democracy cause to airport  NBCNews.comHong Kong Protests Become a Global Problem  BloombergView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Green New Deal, Affordable Housing And Climate Change

  26-07-2019 17:00 via technocracy.news
  The ‘broad consensus among the international scientific community’ exist only in the mind of Green New Dealers. Alternative energy drives prices UP, not down and housing prices go up! This is the polar opposite of what they claim. ⁃ TN EditorThere is broad consensus among the international scientific community that the need to address climate change is dire. The United Nations has set an urgent deadline of 2030 to implement global emission policies, war
  
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• ‘It snuck up on us’: Scientists stunned by ‘city-killer’ asteroid that just missed Earth - The Washington Post

  26-07-2019 16:48 via washingtonpost.com
  ‘It snuck up on us’: Scientists stunned by ‘city-killer’ asteroid that just missed Earth  The Washington PostAlan Duffy was confused. On Thursday, the astronomer's phone was suddenly flooded with calls from reporters wanting to know about a large asteroid that had ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Alexander Volkanovski makes weight as potential replacement for UFC 240 main event (updated) - MMA Fighting

  26-07-2019 16:44 via mmafighting.com
  Alexander Volkanovski makes weight as potential replacement for UFC 240 main event (updated)  MMA FightingUFC 240 Embedded: Vlog Series - Episode 4  UFC - Ultimate Fighting ChampionshipHolloway-Edgar finally a go as both make weight  ESPNEdmonton spoiling for a fight as UFC returns to Rogers Place  Edmonton SunUFC 240: Pros predict Max Holloway vs. Frankie Edgar  MMA FightingView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Intel’s losses forced it to accept Apple’s ‘lowball’ $1B offer, say analysts - 9to5Mac

  26-07-2019 16:35 via 9to5mac.com
  Intel’s losses forced it to accept Apple’s ‘lowball’ $1B offer, say analysts  9to5MacApple lost the 5G battle, but it paid Intel $1 billion to win the war  CNBCApple Acquires Intel's Wireless Modem Business  Fortune MagazineHere's Why Apple Is Spending $1 Billion to Buy Intel's Modems  Tom's GuideApple acquires Intel's smartphone modem business for $1 billion  MintView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Buy a Note 10, Get Big Trade-In Values on Select Phones - Thurrott.com

  26-07-2019 16:31 via thurrott.com
  Buy a Note 10, Get Big Trade-In Values on Select Phones  Thurrott.comGalaxy Note 10 reservation lets you save up to $600 on the pricey new flagship  BGRYou can save up to $600 when you trade-in your old phone for a Galaxy Note 10  Android CentralSamsung will give you up to $600 on trade-in for a Pixel 3, iPhone X, Note9, or Galaxy S10 if you buy a Galaxy Note10  Android PoliceSamsung survey shows that reverse wireless charging is the new sex  Pho
  
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• The Women's World Cup team has set a new standard in sports — and sponsorships

  26-07-2019 16:24 via nbcnews.com
  “These players accomplished something spectacular on the field. Combine that with the conversation they’ve started about equal pay and empowerment, and you've got the recipe for success," one branding expert said.
  
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• Los Angeles Clippers unveil plans, renderings for new arena - UPI News

  26-07-2019 16:23 via upi.com
  Los Angeles Clippers unveil plans, renderings for new arena  UPI NewsThe Los Angeles Clippers unveiled renderings of a privately-financed basketball arena that will tentatively open in Inglewood, Calif., in 2024.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• A man swam at a water park with his church group. A rare brain-eating amoeba killed him. - The Washington Post

  26-07-2019 16:15 via washingtonpost.com
  A man swam at a water park with his church group. A rare brain-eating amoeba killed him.  The Washington PostSwimmer dies from rare brain-eating amoeba at North Carolina water park, reports say  Fox NewsGuilford County man dies after infected by brain-eating amoeba in NC lake at a water park  FOX8 WGHPMan Dies of ‘Brain-Eating’ Amoeba After Swimming in Lake  The New York TimesMan dies from rare brain-eating amoeba after swimming at water park&n
  
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