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Could voter ID laws still scramble the election?
CBSNews - 9 Aug 2016 15:59
Judges in Texas, North Carolina and Wisconsin have recently ruled against their laws, but more than a dozen states still have new restrictions for 2016
21-year-old MMA fighter dies in car accident
USA Today - 9 Aug 2016 15:20
Massachusetts fighter Devin Carrier, 21, died over the weekend in a single-car crash, less than one week before he was scheduled to compete at Friday's CES MMA 37.
Ukraine's strategy in the men's gymnastics team final leaves everyone baffled
Washington Post - 9 Aug 2016 08:28
The Ukrainians took zeroes in three of six events in the team competition.
Family of Texas teen arrested for bringing homemade clock to school sues district, principal
The Week - 9 Aug 2016 04:47
On Monday, the family of Ahmed Mohamed, the 14-year-old from Texas who was arrested last year after he brought a homemade digital clock to school, filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Irving, the Irving Independen...
How to watch the most incredible meteor shower of the year happening this week
Business Insider - 9 Aug 2016 17:47
The Perseid meteor shower is set to illuminate the night sky with hundreds of falling stars early Friday morning. Experts are saying this year's show will be especially stunning with up to 200 meteors per hour. Watch ho...
Couple Dies 20 Minutes Apart After 63 Years of Marriage
Time - 9 Aug 2016 04:45
"You couldn't ask for anything more beautiful"
The $47 Billion Network That's Already Obsolete
The Atlantic - 9 Aug 2016 04:00
FirstNet was envisioned as a way for police and firefighters to communicate with one another in the wake of 9/11. But four years later, it's still not up and running.
U.S. men's gymnasts lose grip in team final, miss medal podium again
Washington Post - 9 Aug 2016 08:28
After second-place showing in prelims, disappointment from London repeats in Rio.
Erdogan travels to Russia to reset relations
Al Jazeera English - 9 Aug 2016 07:50
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to meet with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in St Petersburg.
Chinese Tourist Loses Wallet, Lands in German Refugee Center
Time - 9 Aug 2016 04:32
"He kept asking to get his passport back, which is the opposite of what most refugees do"
In showdown with Russian, Lilly King takes gold and wins it 'clean'
News Observer - 9 Aug 2016 07:05
A downside to the otherwise welcome demise of the Soviet Union was the way it diluted the grudging sports rivalry between our gleaming Team USA and the so-called "Evil Empire" …
'Finish the Job': More Than 1 in 3 Western Anti-ISIS Volunteer Fighters Are American, Many Vets
ABC News - 9 Aug 2016 06:14
Ex-soldier: "Foreign fighters, who are not crazy... can have a positive impact."
US Calls For Release Of 4 Chinese Human Rights Activists
IBTimes - 9 Aug 2016 05:51
The United States called on China on Monday to release four human rights lawyers and activists who were convicted of subversion last week. Attorneys Zhou Shifeng and Gou Hongguo and activists Hu Shigen and Zhai Yanmin we...
Hackers infect Oracle's credit card reading machines - CNET
CNET - 9 Aug 2016 02:27
The company says any customer information exposed was unreadable.
A Widow Takes the Helm at Blackberry Farm
The New York Times - 9 Aug 2016 19:09
Sam Beall's death cast his widow, Mary Celeste Beall, in an unimagined role, as the head of the Blackberry Farm resort and a leader in the elevation of hyper-local Southern cuisine.
Benghazi victims' parents sue Clinton for wrongful death
New York Post - 9 Aug 2016 07:32
The parents of two Americans killed in the Benghazi terror attack on Sept. 11, 2012 are suing Hillary Clinton -- accusing the Democratic presidential candidate and former secretary of state of the wrongful death of their...
Nearly 10 Square Miles Burn in Latest California Wildfire
ABC News - 9 Aug 2016 06:05
Smoke plumes roiling from flaming ridges of the San Bernardino Mountains blew all the way across the Mojave Desert to Las Vegas as California's latest big wildfire forced the evacuation of hundreds of homes and threatene...
New York Public Library puts 300,000 titles online with new e-book app
Mashable - 9 Aug 2016 03:48Trump's economic plan: A reality check
USA Today - 9 Aug 2016 02:00
The Republican wants to cut taxes and regulations and get tough on trade
10 Examples of AI in Marketing
inc - 9 Aug 2016 19:11
The future is now: here's how science fiction technology assists marketers in the real world today.
Matthew McConaughey watcing swimming at the Olympics is all of us
USA Today - 9 Aug 2016 18:54Even Facebook says ad blocking is a problem, so it's going to show ads to people who use ad blockers
Re/code - 9 Aug 2016 16:03
Desktop ads are still a huge revenue source for the social network. Publishers like the New York Times, Forbes and Wired think that ad blockers are a problem. Facebook agrees. The social network says it will start using ...