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Emma Watson has the wrong idea about feminism
New York Post - 29 Sep 2014 09:34
Sorry to disappoint you, Emma Watson. But I am not a feminist. Oh, I believe gals should be paid the same as guys for doing the same work. I also...
War on ISIS: Should US take page from Patton's playbook?
Fox News - 29 Sep 2014 17:00FBI invents fake defendant to catch 'corrupt' judge
New York Post - 29 Sep 2014 00:12
PHILADELPHIA -- To catch a Philadelphia municipal judge they suspected of corruption, FBI agents invented a defendant -- complete with a staged arrest and court appearances. Court documents from Judge...
Recovery of Bodies Under Way at Japanese Volcano
Time - 29 Sep 2014 05:46
At least 31 people are believed to have died
Obama says US underestimated ISIL
Al Jazeera English - 29 Sep 2014 05:20
US president says Washington, in contrast, overestimated the Iraqi army's ability to counter armed groups.
California bill requiring college students to give consent before sex becomes law
Fox News - 29 Sep 2014 03:55
State lawmakers last month approved SB967 by Sen. Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles, as states and universities across the U.S. are under pressure to change how they handle rape allegations.
Monster Truck Crashes Into Crowd, Killing Two in the Netherlands
Boston - 29 Sep 2014 01:49
Two people were killed and 18 injured, six seriously, when a giant pick-up truck span out of control during a stunt show in the Dutch town of Haaksbergen on Sunday, local authorities said. Earlier, local media had quoted...
How The Chinese Government Is Censoring Hong Kong Protest News
IBTimes - 29 Sep 2014 18:30
Protesters continued to gather in Hong Kong on Monday, fanning out across several neighborhoods and interrupting normal business activity throughout the territory. But within mainland China, the Communist Party has attem...
US Airstrikes Hit Grain Silos In Syria, Killed Civilians, Human Rights Group Says
IBTimes - 29 Sep 2014 18:30
U.S.-led airstrikes against Islamic State group positions in northern and eastern Syria struck grain storage facilities and other targets, resulting in the deaths of civilians, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights sai...
Afghanistan swears in first new president since 2001 US invasion
New York Post - 29 Sep 2014 17:06
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai was sworn in Monday as Afghanistan’s new president, replacing Hamid Karzai in the country’s first transfer of power since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion toppled...
Militants Kill 20 In Two Separate Yemen Attacks
IBTimes - 29 Sep 2014 07:30
(Reuters) - A suicide bomber linked to al Qaeda drove a car laden with explosives into a hospital used as a base by Yemen's Shi'ite Muslim Houthi movement on Sunday, killing at least 15 people, and five more died in an a...
Earthquake In Peru Kills 8 People, Injures At Least 5
IBTimes - 29 Sep 2014 07:30
A 5.1 magnitude earthquake hit southeastern Peru late Saturday, killing at least eight people and injuring five, when their homes collapsed, authorities said Sunday. The quake caused 45 adobe-and-stone houses to collapse...
'Contradictory' Syria Policy Helps Assad
Time - 29 Sep 2014 05:37
Obama said his first priority is degrading the extremists who are threatening Iraq and the West. To defeat them, he acknowledged, would require a competent local ground force
Female jockey punches opponent in the face
Chicago Tribune - 29 Sep 2014 22:29Why Do Some People Need More Sleep Than Others?
Slate - 29 Sep 2014 23:25
Research recently published in Sleep focused on 100 pairs of healthy same-sex twins with divergent sleep habits, tracing their differences to a gene called BHLHE41.
How Do You Get a Paper Plane to Fly for 81 Miles?
Slate - 29 Sep 2014 21:22
A plane created by a team of U.S. Air Force auxiliary volunteers just flew for 81 miles, but it had some help.
Saeed Jones: "No One Is Safe" In These Poems
Time - 29 Sep 2014 17:44
A conversation with Jones about his debut collection, Prelude to Bruise, and whether poetry can ever go viral
New invisibility cloak device can hide almost anything
Fox News - 29 Sep 2014 14:21
A team at the University of Rochester have but together an invisibility system that they say is the first of its kind -- simple to build, inexpensive and capable of working at almost any size.
Afghanistan swears in new leader amid dispute, violence
Chicago Tribune - 29 Sep 2014 14:00Sports of The Times: Ex-Brown Walter Beach Recalls Black Athletes' Support of Ali
The New York Times - 29 Sep 2014 05:53
Beach and his friend and teammate Jim Brown were part of a star-studded group that attended a 1967 gathering that backed Muhammad Ali's refusal to be inducted into the United States Army.
Virus spread by mosquitos hits more than 1 million people in Latin America
The Week - 29 Sep 2014 04:58
In just one year, a mosquito-borne illness has spread across the Caribbean and Central and South America, infecting more than 1 million people. The illness, chikungunya is usually not fatal, but its symptoms include horr...
Obama: U.S. intelligence underestimated militants in Syria - CBS
Reuters - 29 Sep 2014 03:46
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