Tuesday, July 2, 2013

In the news, Tuesday, July 2, 2013


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Wendy Davis Struggles When Asked a Single Tough Question
The Real Story Behind Those Austin Craigslist Ads
Several people on Twitter have noted Craigslist ads which seem designed to hire people in connection with the protests taking place in Austin, TX this week. It turns out these ads are part of an ongoing Planned Parenthood campaign, not a response to last week's filibuster.

CNN BROADCASTS ZIMMERMAN SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER

HAMILTON VS. JACKSON: A HAMILTONIAN LOOKS AT THE STRENGTHS--AND THE WEAKNESSES--OF JACKSONIANISM

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from Daily Mail

Anarchy in Egypt: Dutch reporter is 'raped in Tahrir Square' as MILLIONS take to the streets demanding president's resignation
The demonstrations were largest since the 2011 Arab Spring uprising
Chanted: 'The people demand the fall of the regime'
At least 43 women, including foreign journalist, suffered sexual assaults
U.S. and UK have urged citizens to cancel travel plans to or within Egypt
Egyptian media: Woman was raped five days ago and is now recovering

Are these the world's most miserable zoo animals? Photographer captures glum beasts in gloomy series of images to highlight irony of wild creatures caged for their own protection
Daniel Zakharov claims intention was not to cast shadow over the care these animals receive in man-made habitats
He says he wants to address moral conflict of caging animals when many might be extinct were it not for the zoos
Zakharov says: Many of the zoos you see in the series do very much for the protection of species

The terrible fate of Raja the baby elephant, chained and held hostage by an angry mob: An image that will haunt you and a story that will enrage you
In this shocking expose the Duchess of Cornwall's brother reveals how baby elephant Raja was shockingly mistreated as he was kept captive in Sumatra. Following the deforestation of the land to produce palm oil, elephants have been forced to live with humans, destroying farms, flattening houses and sometimes killing people. Villagers took Raja, and demanded compensation after his family ruined crops in the area.

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from Facecrooks

Fox News Radio Personality Todd Starnes Accuses Facebook of Censorship

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from The Farmacy

Straw Bale Gardening: Start to Finish

WSJ: Health Insurance Rates Could 'Double Or Even Triple' For Healthy Consumers In Obamacare's Exchanges


Egypt's president Morsi rejects military's ultimatum on political crisis

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from The Jerusalem Post

Abbas praises Kerry, says window for peace deal closing
PA leader says Kerry offered useful, constructive proposals.

Iran importing missile-grade French, German ore
Export data shows Tehran exploiting loophole in sanctions to obtain metals that could be used to make missile components.

Obama urges Morsi to hear protesters demands
US president urges political process as Egypt teeters on edge, but careful to maintain neutrality.

Analysis: Army coup in Egypt - history repeating
Like a sporting match where one team takes last second lead and holds the ball, wasting the remaining time so they will win, now that army has set a deadline for intervention, it is likely they will take power.

'Palestinian killed in clashes with IDF near Hebron'
IDF fired at suspect who climbed on military jeep during riots; Palestinians say IDF jeep ran 19-year-old over.

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from KHQ Local News

Widow Reveals Texts From Doomed Firefighter

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from KREM 2 News

Grenada to punish offensive online comments

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from Money Talks News

A reader has been advised to file bankruptcy, but doesn't feel right about avoiding her debts. Should she feel guilty about filing bankruptcy? Would you?

Tweets and Facebook Posts That Ruin Insurance Claims
You would think that if car owners were committing auto insurance fraud they wouldn't boast to the world about it on the Internet. Think again.

Spend about a dime on your next sports drink instead of a couple of dollars with these homemade beverage recipes.

Credit, schmedit, you might think. But there are some really important money-saving reasons why you should be paying attention to your credit reports and scores.

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from NPR

Lerner's price for testimony
Embattled IRS official Lois Lerner will not testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee unless she’s given immunity from prosecution, her lawyer told POLITICO Tuesday.


New Kind Of Ikea Hack: Flat-Packs Head To Refugee Camps

Mark Kelly: Consequences for gun inaction

To Avoid Root Canals, Teeth That Replace Themselves
25% of adults over 65 have lost all of their teeth. Stem-cell research may soon make it possible to regenerate them.

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from The Spokesman-Review

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