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Headline News August 13, 2013: Edward Snowden Interviewed by the NYT, North Korea Becomes Monarchy, UK Lib Dems Propose Ban on Petrol Vehicles by 2040
Edward Snowden Interviewed by the New York Times North Korea Alters Constitution to Legitimize Kim Jong-un United States Secretary of State John Kerry Warns Israel About Aggressive Actions United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon Advocates for International Laws Governing Drone Use United Kingdom’s Liberal Democrats to Propose Ban on All Petrol and Diesel Cars […]
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News Headlines August 12, 2013: Uruguay Votes on Weed, David Cameron Advocates for Fracking, Mexico Opens Up Its Oil Market
Uruguay’s Lower House Votes to Legalize Marijuana David Cameron Advocates for ‘Fracking’ in Great Britain Gunmen Kill 44 at Nigeria Mosque US Deal to Sell Brazil F-18 Jets Scuttled After Spying Allegations Montreal, Maine, and Atlantic Railway Files for Bankruptcy Following Disaster Bahrain Begins Program to Silence Citizen Journalists Benghazi Sees Rash of Political Killings […]
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World News
World News: Argentina and Spain to Jointly Tackle Falkland-Gibraltar Disputes with UK, Syrian Rebels and the West, Yale Study Blames UN for Cholera Outbreak in Haiti
Argentina and Spain to Jointly Tackle Falkland-Gibraltar Disputes with UK Israel to Release 26 Palestinian Prisoners Former Comfort Women Demand Justice from Japan Muslims Who Started Unrest Over Danish Muhammad Cartoons Apologizes Saudi Arabia Renews Efforts to Remove Syria’s Embattled Leader Bashar al-Assad Zimbabwe Denies Uranium Deal with Iran What the West Has Given to […]
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Music
Pop Music
Hockey Smith – Now I Want To
The b-side to Hockey Smith’s “Let’s Bang,” “Now I Want To” evokes a more haunting sound than the primary track and, indeed, is more inclined to the alternative genre of music than being traditional pop.
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Pop Music
Hockey Smith – Let’s Bang
The track starts slow but gradually unfolds into a wall of sonic angst laced with piano melodies, guitar riffs, and angelic vocals.
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Breaking News: Duchess of Cambridge Gives Birth to Baby Boy
Catherine Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, and husband Prince William on Monday welcomed their first child. The baby boy was born at 4:24 p.m., weighing 8 pounds 6 ounces. A name has not yet been announced for the child, who is now third in line to the throne. [BBC]
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Breaking News: Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton is in Labor, En Route to St. Mary’s Hospital to Give Birth According to the BBC
The Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton is in labor according to Kensington Palace. The world’s media eagerly awaits the birth of the first child of Prince William and Kate Middleton, a child that upon birth will be third in line to the throne of the United Kingdom. [BBC]
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News Headlines July 13, 2013: UN Calls for Protections for Whistleblowers, Protestants Riot in Northern Ireland, George Zimmerman Found Not Guilty in Death of Trayvon Martin
United Nations Human Rights Chief Calls for Protections for Whistleblowers like Edward Snowden Snowden Documents Could Be Nightmare for US Government If Released Turkey Redefines Duties of Its Armed Forces United Kingdom Soldier and Veteran Deaths Outstrip Deaths in War in Afghanistan Iranian President-elect Hassan Rouhani Sides with Iran’s Youth Protestants in Northern Ireland Riot […]
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Jaguar PROJECT 7
A whole new take on the gorgeous F-Type concept from Jaguar Design. [Wired]
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Acclaimed Science Fiction Author Iain Banks Dies of Cancer
Award-winning and adored science fiction master Iain Banks has died of gall bladder cancer at the age of 59 according to a statement issued by his family in the United Kingdom. His publisher, Little Brown Book Group, praised his talent and ability to combine the fantastical with the mainstream and called him an irreplaceable member […]
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