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from Bloomberg Politics
Media/News Company

Trump Tells EPA to Boost Biofuels After Iowa Uproar
President Donald Trump intervened personally with the Environmental Protection Agency amid pressure from Republicans in the politically important state of Iowa who worried the agency was poised to weaken biofuel quotas, three people familiar with the discussions said.

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from The Catholic Herald (UK)

The Church of England may be in decline, but it’s got at least one thing right
The Anglicans have detailed statistics on what they're up against. Maybe Catholics should do the same.

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from The Inlander

Upper Columbia United Tribes set to debut film on emotional 2016 gathering
In 2016, the five tribes of the Upper Columbia United Tribes, or UCUT, had their first tribal canoe journey and gathering at Kettle Falls since the Grand Coulee Dam flooded their tribes' traditional waterways and they last joined for what is now known as the Ceremony of Tears in 1943. A new film, United By Water, is a documentary of the 2016 journey, exploring each step from building the traditional canoes to traveling through the water to the gathering of the Spokane Tribe, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Kalispel Tribe, Coeur d'Alene Tribe and Kootenai Tribe of Idaho. The film, a production of War Pony Pictures, was directed by Derrick LaMere and is narrated by author Sherman Alexie, and it will debut with a special screening at the Garland Theater on Thursday, Oct. 26, at 6:45 pm. It is open to all ages, and the screening is free.

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from Orthodox Christianity

MAN WHO KILLED COPTIC PRIEST IS KNOWN ISLAMIC FANATIC, BISHOP SAYS
The man who stabbed Coptic priest Fr. Samaan Shehata to death in the Cairo streets last week is Mohamed Sonbaty, a man well-known to police as a violent Muslim fanatic, according to Abba Estiganous, the bishop of Beba. The deadly assault, by a man who has attacked his own relatives in the past, appears to have been religiously motivated, reports Herald Malaysia Online. Sonbaty has also set his own house on fire and is known to his neighbors as a violent radical.

TODAY READERS FORCED TO CHECK FACTS INSTEAD OF JOURNALISTS—V. LEGOIDA
Presenting at the First International Youth Communication Forum “MediaPost,” held at the Russian State Social University October 10-11, chairman of the Synodal Department for Church and Society and the Media Vladimir Legoida spoke to students about modern trends influencing the development of the journalistic profession. In particular, he lamented the sacrifice of truth in favor of increased traffic.

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from PJ Media
News & Media Website

Uranium One Means Mueller Must Recuse Himself from Russia Probe
At the end of their lengthy editorial regarding the new Uranium One revelations --  "Team Obama's stunning coverup of Russian crimes" -- the New York Post editorial board writes: "Until September 2013, the FBI director was Robert Mueller — who’s now the special counsel probing Russian meddling in the 2016 election. It’s hard to see how he can be trusted in that job unless he explains what he knew about this Obama-era cover-up."

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from SPIEGEL International (Der Spiegel)
News & Media Website in Hamburg, Germany

Merkel Moves Left to Disarm the Right
Angela Merkel's response to the rise of the far-right AfD is to shift her party further to the left and position herself as the social conscience of the new coalition. But within her party, many have doubts about the strategy.

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from The Spokesman-Review

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from Townhall.com
RIGHT BIAS,  HIGH,  American conservative website and print magazine

NY Post: Obama Knew Russia Was Bribing Their Way Through Uranium Deal; He Simply Ignored It

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from The Washington Post

Female Israeli soldier uses ninja moves on threatening crowd of ultra-Orthodox protesters
Ultra-Orthodox Jews protesting the military draft is nothing new in Israel, but a young woman using karate chops and kung-fu kicks to push back a crowd of angry young men might just be a first.

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