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Jon Stewart: ‘Yes, we mother f*cking can’ fix Veterans Affairs backlog

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Peter Singer: Find meaning by abandoning the ‘hedonic treadmill’ and embracing altruism

Kirsten Anderson fired by Iowa Senate Republicans after sexual harassment claims (WHO-TV/screen grab)

Iowa Senate Republican staffer fired after reporting sexual harassment

Karl Rove speaks to Fox News

Karl Rove: Prosecute ‘people who break their oath’ by leaking secrets

Science

First ‘home grown’ British astronaut heads to International Space Station

A former army helicopter pilot was on Monday named as the first “home-grown” British astronaut…

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Southern U.S. welcomes hairy ‘crazy ant’ invasion in Florida, Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana

Hairy crazy ants are on the move in Florida, Texas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. The flea-sized…

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18-year-old’s breakthrough invention can recharge phones in seconds

An 18-year-old science student has made an astonishing breakthrough that will enable mobile phones and…

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Study: Climate change slowed over last decade but may speed up again

A global warming “pause” over the past decade may invalidate the harshest climate change predictions…

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Tech News

Billionaire Carlos Slim to buy U.S. mobile phone company Start Wireless Group

Mexican phone giant America Movil, owned by billionaire Carlos Slim, announced Monday that its US…

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Finnish startup launches smartphone to rival their former company Nokia

A group of ex-Nokia employees who quit over the company’s decision to abandon the planned…

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Media

Luke Skywalker’s pants to be put up for auction on Tuesday

The pants worn by actor Mark Hamill in the first Oscar-winning “Star Wars” film are…

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India’s ‘new generation’ of filmmakers feted at Cannes

Unashamedly escapist, with wafer-thin plots and cheesy dialogue, all punctuated by exuberant song and dance…

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World

Hong Kong pledges to reduce waste by 40 percent per person

Hong Kong on Monday launched a ten-year plan to reduce waste by 40 percent per person as part of efforts…

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Chelsea Flower Show relaxes ban on garden gnomes

Garden gnomes invaded Chelsea Flower Show on Monday as the prestigous horticultural event relaxed a ban on the diminutive ornaments…

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WHO: ‘No one can predict’ course of China’s new bird flu outbreak

It is impossible to predict the evolution of China’s human H7N9 bird flu outbreak as researchers are still trying to…

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Tunisian activist who posted topless photos arrested for ‘immoral gestures’

A young Tunisian activist who sparked controversy in March by posting topless pictures of herself online has been arrested for…

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Five killed in botched bank robbery in Israel

Four people were killed and three others wounded in a botched bank heist in southern Israel which ended when a…

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U.S. News

New Yorkers protest fatal shooting of gay man

New Yorkers — including mayoral candidate Christine Quinn — planned a rally Monday to protest…

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Small Alaskan village loses court battle against big oil

Perched at the tip of an Arctic barrier reef in harsh northwestern Alaska, a tiny…

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White House knew of IRS targeting of tea party groups in April

Wall Street Journal says counsel learned of targeting of conservative groups on 22 April, 18…

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State Department alarmed at rising anti-Muslim and anti-Semitic waves worldwide

The United States on Monday denounced what it called a rising tide of both anti-Muslim…

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FBI arrests person behind online threat on LGBT activist

Authorities arrested a Puerto Rico resident after referencing the Boston Marathon bombing in an online…

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Chick-fil-A donates gift cards to Ohio ‘Biblical Marriage’ event

The fast food restaurant chain Chick-fil-A recently continued its fight against equal marriage rights for…

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Gohmert: IRS ‘would have shot the Boston Tea Party’

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) on Friday declared that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) would have…

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Congressmen to Hagel: Where Are the Missing War Records?

By Peter Sleeth, Special to ProPublica The top Republican and Democrat on the House Committee…

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