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Chemical Spill In West Virginia Worse Than Initially Reported
from huffingtonpost.com: The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection issued an update on Monday evening indicating that the Elk River spill in West Virginia earlier this month involved more gallons of chemicals than previously reported. Freedom Industries, which owned the tank that leaked into a river supplying water in the state, now says that approximately…
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Google Acquires British Artificial Intelligence Developer DeepMind
from dealbook.nytimes.com: As it aims to build driverless cars and the next generation of robots, Google said on Monday that it had acquired the British artificial intelligence developer DeepMind. A Google spokesman confirmed the deal but declined to provide the transaction’s cost or more information on how Google planned to use DeepMind’s projects, which include…
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Columbia Mall Reopens After Shooting That Left Three Dead
from baltimoresun.com: The Mall in Columbia reopened Monday afternoon, allowing customers to return to the shopping center for the first time since a deadly weekend shooting shook people throughout the Howard County community. Officials acknowledged that the mall will never be the same after a gunman killed two people in a skate shop Saturday morning,…
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Spy Agencies Scour Phone Apps for Personal Data
from ndtv.com: When a smartphone user opens Angry Birds, the popular game application, and starts slinging birds at chortling green pigs, spies could be lurking in the background to snatch data revealing the player’s location, age, sex and other personal information, according to secret British intelligence documents.
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States Consider Labels for GMO Genetically Modified Foods
from webmd.com: A number of states are considering laws requiring labels on food products that contain genetically modified ingredients. The states are weighing such action because there is no federal regulation. Currently, only Connecticut and Maine have such laws, but they won’t take effect until other states implement their own rules. Bills to require labels…
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Peace Doves Come Under Attack At The Vatican
from washingtonpost.com: Pope Francis waved to tens of thousands in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday and called for peace and “constructive dialogue” between the Ukrainian authorities and its people. As a peace gesture, Italian children released two white doves from the window of the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. After the Angelus prayer, Pope Francis…
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Technology Doesn’t Destroy Community – Humans Do
from theamericanconservative.com: Modern society fosters the idea of personhood as a singular thing: we believe that living in community is not necessary, though often beneficial. Social obligation and community are voluntary: they can and should be discarded whenever convenient for the individual. Some believe these trends are based in the increase of technology; but according…
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#StuporBowl: Pack a Super Bowl of Super Munchies?
from nashville.com: Now there’s more proof that legalizing marijuana can lead to only good things. Besides an uptick in visits to this burrito vending machine. The two states that have legalized pot are both going to the Super Bowl this year, with the Denver Broncos facing off against the Seattle Seahawks. So it’s been dubbed…
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The Devil Chased Out of Church
Church of England Waters Down Baptism?* from telegraph.co.uk: The devil has been dropped from a new Baptism service of the Church of England. The old Book of Common Prayer version asks the godparent: “Dost thou, in the name of this Child, renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of the…
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DiamondsAreEvil.com DiamondsAreEvil Jewelry Company Takes Stand Against Diamonds
from dailytexanonline.com: Two years ago, Texas A&M students Michael Murphy and Meredith Butler decided to start using scraps of wood from leftover architecture projects to make intricately designed pieces of jewelry. The couple vowed against the culture created by the diamond market, which shaped the idea of Diamonds Are Evil… Diamonds Are Evil pieces are…
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Too Many Sodas Contain Potential Carcinogen
from cnn.com: A chemical found in many sodas may be dangerous to your health, Consumer Reports says. And no, it’s not sugar (this time). The golden-brown color of many soft drinks comes with a dose of the chemical 4-methylimidazole, or 4-MeI. On U.S. product labels it appears simply as “caramel coloring.” Those who say the…
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Supertramp Meets 9/11 Conspiracies for ‘Breakfast in America’
‘Breakfast in America’ is a 1979 record by British rock group, Supertramp. Its cover artwork features a waitress standing in for the Statue of Liberty. Behind her stands the twin towers. It’s weird.
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Hershey’s 3-D printer: dream it, print it, eat it
from eatocracy.com: Because apparently Americans don’t have easy enough access to junk food, soon getting a candy bar could be as easy as hitting “print.” 3D Systems announced a deal with Hershey’s Thursday to collaborate on developing a 3-D printer that makes chocolate and other edible products. In a statement, 3D Systems said making printers…
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Army prepares to replace thousands of troops with military robots
from rt.com: An all-out drone war seems inevitable given the rapid rate at which battlefield technology is advancing in this day and age, but a United States Army commander expects an arsenal of robotic warriors could be but a few years away. Gen. Robert Cone, the chief of the Army’s Training and Doctrine Command, said…
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Homeland Security special agents hold up a Google Glass moviegoer
from arstechnica.com: A patron of an AMC theater in Columbus, Ohio, was detained this past Saturday for wearing Google Glass while watching a movie, according to a report from The Gadgeteer. The Glass-wearer, who wishes to remain anonymous, was pulled out of the theater mid-Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit and questioned for an hour by US…