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As Costs Skyrocket, More U.S. Cities Stop Recycling

Philadelphia is now burning about half of its 1.5 million residents’ recycling material in an incinerator that converts waste to energy. In Memphis, the international airport still has recycling bins around the terminals, but every collected can, bottle and newspaper is sent to a landfill. And last month, officials in the central Florida city of Deltona faced the reality that, despite their best efforts to recycle, their curbside program was not working and suspended it.
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Google jumps into gaming with Google Stadia streaming service, coming “in 2019”

At the Game Developers Conference, Google announced its biggest play yet in the gaming space: a streaming game service named Google Stadia, designed to run on everything from PCs and Android phones to Google's own Chromecast devices.
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US airstrikes increase in a secret, secret war in Somalia, and no one’s paying attention  

With so many little wars to keep track of, you probably haven’t noticed that the US has quietly been increasing its airstrikes against targets in Somalia. It seems few people in Washington have either.
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US bars entry to International Criminal Court investigators

The United States will revoke or deny visas to International Criminal Court personnel seeking to investigate alleged war crimes and other abuses committed by U.S. forces
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Historic blizzard blasts 100-mph winds across central US, turns deadly

A monster winter storm that slammed the Rockies and central Plains contributed to the deaths of a Colorado State Patrol corporal and a Texas lineman on Wednesday, officials report. The 'bomb cyclone' packed blizzard conditions, hurricane-force wind gusts, and hazardous travel.
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Italy bans unvaccinated children from school

Italian children have been told not to turn up to school unless they can prove they have been properly vaccinated.
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The Fed Has Given MMT Proponents Ample Ammunition

The idea that the government can print money to spark the economy is not that much different than quantitative easing – with one big exception.
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Nerves fray, tempers flare as Venezuela blackout hits fourth day

Furious Venezuelans lined up to buy water and fuel on Sunday as the country endured a fourth day of a nationwide blackout that has left already-scarce food rotting in shops, homes suffering for lack of water and cell phones without reception.
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Paul Manafort Worked for Ukraine, Not Russia

According to the indictment Robert Mueller filed against him, Manafort was an unregistered “agent of the Government of Ukraine.” He also functioned as an agent of Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraine’s president from 2010 to 2014, and of two political parties, the Party of Regions and its successor, the Opposition Bloc.
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The Decline of Men Without Degrees in the Labor Market

Economists are trying to understand the steady decline of non-college-educated men in the labor market.
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Pentagon Spent $4.6 Million on Lobster Tail and Crab in One Month

Among the more noteworthy expenditures in 2018, according to the watchdog group Open the Books, was $4.6 million for lobster tail and crab.
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Merkel Rejected U.S. Pressure to Provoke Russia’s Navy, Sources Say

The U.S. leaned on German Chancellor Angela Merkel last month to conduct a naval maneuver in Russia’s backyard aimed at provoking President Vladimir Putin, according to three people familiar with the talks.
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Mexican central bank in talks with Amazon about new mobile payments

Mexico’s central bank is in talks with Amazon.com Inc to launch a new government-backed mobile payment system that would allow consumers to pay for online purchases using QR codes, the bank’s head of payments said.
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Satellite images show buildings still standing at Indian bombing site

High-resolution satellite images reviewed by Reuters show that a religious school run by Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) in northeastern Pakistan appears to be still standing days after India claimed its warplanes had hit the Islamist group’s training camp on the site and killed a large number of militants.
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Marine Le Pen to be prosecuted for anti-ISIS tweets

Prosecutors have called for French right-wing leader Marine Le Pen to be tried for tweeting pictures of atrocities committed by the Islamic State group, judicial sources said.
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Correction: Last month, we called Zuckerberg a moron. We apologize. In fact, he and Facebook are a fscking disgrace

When it said 5 per cent of banned slurp app users were kids, it actually meant much, much more than that
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Protect freedom on radio devices: raise your voice today!

We are facing a EU regulation which may make it impossible to install a custom piece of software on most radio decives like WiFi routers, smartphones and embedded devices. You can now give feedback on the most problematic part by Monday, 4 March. Please participate – it’s not hard!
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Andrew Cuomo Speaks With Jeff Bezos, Furiously Trying to Win Back Amazon

The governor of New York has called Mr. Bezos and other Amazon executives to persuade them to resurrect their plan to build a campus in Long Island City.
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Gold deal between United States and Daesh: Mission accomplished

A few days after reports from local sources in the Syrian al-Jazeera area about the gold deal between the United States and Daesh (ISIS) terrorist organization were published, new information emerged to confirm these reports. Information suggest that the US occupation forces in
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India, Pakistan in Worst Escalation in Decades Over Downed Jets

India said an air force pilot was missing after Pakistan said it had shot down two Indian fighter jets, as relations between the arch rivals worsened amid the possibility of a full blown war.
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Russia Has the Fastest Hackers

This chart shows the average breakout speed of hackers from selected countries in 2018.
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India bombs targets inside Pakistan

Indian fighter jets on Tuesday crossed into Pakistani territory, conducting what the foreign ministry in New Delhi termed a "non-military pre-emptive action" against armed group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), dramatically escalating tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours weeks after a suicide attack in the disputed Kashmir region.
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New AI fake text generator may be too dangerous to release, say creators

The Elon Musk-backed nonprofit company OpenAI declines to release research publicly for fear of misuse
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The French Government Is Deliberately Increasing the Price of Food

It is readily apparent that the people making this decision are not those for whom food represents a significant proportion of the family budget.
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Higher Prices Are Back at Whole Foods

The inflation-based increases at Whole Foods range from 10 cents to several dollars, a price list reviewed by the Journal shows. Soaps, detergent, oils and nut butters have some of the highest increases. The average hike was 66 cents, according to the list.
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German Economy Stagnates, Just Barely Skirting a Recession

Germany’s economy stagnated at the end of 2018, just barely avoiding a recession, and continued trade tensions mean any pickup in Europe’s powerhouse economy could be muted.
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Santander Declines To Redeem $1.7 Billion CoCo Bond Issue

Banco Santander SA has earned its "special place in markets hell" - as Bloomberg columnist Marcus Ashworth termed it.
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Finland’s Basic Income Trial Boosts Happiness, but Not Employment

The unconditional cash did not spur unemployed recipients to work more to supplement their earnings as hoped, researchers said in initial findings.
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A Tiny Screw Shows Why iPhones Won’t Be ‘Assembled in U.S.A.’

Apple decided several years ago to produce a high-end Mac in Texas. The problems that surfaced illustrate the challenges of domestic manufacturing.
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Satellite imagery raises suspicion of Saudi Arabia's ability to produce missiles

Satellite images suggest that Saudi Arabia has constructed its first known ballistic missile factory, according to weapons experts and image analysts, a development that raises questions about the kingdom's increasing military and nuclear ambitions under its 33-year-old crown prince.
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Google Employees Melt Down Over The Word ‘Family’

A Google vice president acknowledged that the word “family” had sparked “concerns” about inclusivity.
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Why Some Democrats Are Turning on Obama’s Legacy

Obama was a visionary who gave us the Affordable Care Act, DACA, and the Paris deal, but many of the country’s most ominous trends also proceeded apace under his watch. Now, in advance of 2020, a new generation of Democratic candidates is reconsidering his history—perhaps in regard to how it aids their prospects.
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India’s railroads had 63,000 job openings. 19 million people applied

It attracted 19 million applicants for 63,000 vacancies.
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Florida vet kickstarts crowdfunding campaign for border wall and has raised big bucks so far in just 3 days

'It's up to Americans to help out and pitch in to get this project rolling'
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Air strikes kill 62 Shabaab militants in Somalia

The US military said Monday it has killed 62 militants from the jihadist Shabaab movement in six air strikes in Somalia. Four strikes on Saturday killed 34 militants and another two on Sunday killed 28, the US Africa Command said in a statement. The air attacks, in a coastal region south of Somalia
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Fed Piles Up $66 Billion in Paper Losses as It Faces Trump Wrath

The Fed had losses of $66.5 billion on its securities holdings on Sept. 30, if it marked them to market, according to its latest quarterly financial report. That dwarfed its $39.1 billion in capital, effectively leaving it with a negative net worth on that basis, a sure sign of financial frailty if it were an ordinary company.
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Deutsche and Commerzbank A Mistaken Merger Of Two Fading Financials

It is not only the political landscape of Germany that is seeing an upheaval. It now appears that the German government is ready to sanction a merger between two of its once great banking forces, Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank.
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500 million Marriott customers have had their data hacked after staying at hotels including W, Sheraton, and Westin

Marriott has announced a massive breach of data belonging to 500 million guests who stayed at hotel brands including W, Sheraton, and Westin. Marriott announced on Friday that it had "taken measures to investigate and address a data security incident" that stemmed from its Starwood guest authorization database.
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Police mistook her cotton candy for meth and sent her to jail. Now she’s suing

When Monroe County sheriff’s deputies asked Dasha Fincher and David Morris Jr. to step out of their vehicle during a Dec. 31, 2016, traffic stop in Georgia, police said Fincher was “very nervous” and “started to shake.”
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Newspaper’s reporting leads to collapse of rape trial

Judge says ‘Irish Independent’ juxtaposed comment on rape trials with facts from trial
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World’s first gene-edited babies created in China, claims scientist

A scientist in China claims to have created the world’s first genetically edited babies, in a potentially ground-breaking and controversial medical first.
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Infographic: Here's What the Big Tech Companies Know About You

Today’s infographic comes to us from Security Baron, and it compares and contrasts the data that big tech companies admit to collecting in their privacy policies.
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U.S. Finally Legalizes Modern, European-Style Train Cars

Rail fans, rejoice. Federal rules no longer bar U.S. passenger rail systems from using modern, lightweight train cars.
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NASA to launch safety review of SpaceX and Boeing after video of Elon Musk smoking pot rankled agency leaders

"We need to show the American public that when we put an astronaut on a rocket, they’ll be safe.”
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Dos deportistas tirándose pedos y echándole la culpa al otro [ENG]

Nadie quiere admitir ser el causante del olor a podrido en un concurso de dardos profesionál.
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Why the Hammer and Sickle Should Be Treated Like the Swastika

To continue advocating communism despite its dismal track record is neither well-intentioned nor misguided; it is a deliberate attempt to push a provably dangerous ideology.
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British intelligence hacked Belgacom then sabotaged investigation

The Belgian federal prosecutor’s office has confirmed that it considers British intelligence as the main actor in the hacking of telecommunications company Belgacom
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Never mind Italy, France faces its own fiscal showdown

Only 18 months into his first term, French President Emmanuel Macron may want to lecture Italy on the merits of fiscal fastidiousness all he likes. But France's budgetary garden doesn't look that much rosier.
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Ford Ratchets Up Rebuke of Trump Tariffs as Steel Costs Rise

Ford Motor Co. said Donald Trump’s tariffs have made steel more expensive in the U.S. than any other market, escalating the company’s criticism of the president’s trade war.
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EU Copyright Directive means that only large corporations will be able to upload videos

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki’s annual letter to creators takes a strong position on Article 13 of the EU Copyright Directive, which forces companies offering public communications platforms to …

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