E-books at libraries are a huge hit, leading to long waits, reader hacks and worried publishers
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I was a drug rep. I know how pharma companies pushed opioids.
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Only two road traffic deaths per 100,000 inhabitants were reported in Norway in 2019, making it the best-performing country for road safety
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In a major ethical leap for the tech world, Chinese start-ups have built algorithms that the government uses to track [Uighurs] members of a largely Muslim minority group
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Adam Sandler’s everlasting shtick
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Downtown Oakland is booming
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Mikhail Gorbachev's Pizza Hut ad is his most bizarre legacy, and tells the story of his attempt to find—and to fund—a place in a country that wanted nothing more to do with him
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Why is childcare so expensive?
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I showed vintage Mister Rogers to my 21st-century kids
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A falling rocket booster just completely flattened a building in China
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UPS employees allegedly ran massive drug shipment operation, evading authorities for a decade
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Pour one out for the Steam Controller, now on closeout sale for just $5 plus shipping
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Like This Or Die - The fate of the book review in the age of the algorithm
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It’s time to plan for a future beyond passwords
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Tesla made a pickup truck for the end of the world
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What once seemed impossible is now undeniable: The Redskins have lost Washington
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Peckish pedestrians in Copenhagen will soon be able to pluck healthy snacks directly from greenery around the city
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China tried to plant its candidate in Australian Federal Parliament, authorities believe
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Nine secrets I never knew about airports until I worked at LAX
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Iraq's defence minister Najah al-Shammari accused of benefit fraud in Sweden
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Ta-Nehisi Coates: "Cancel culture" has always existed - for the powerful, at least - now social media has democratized it
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The shoals of Ukraine - Where American illusions and great-power politics collide
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Google is going to deploy Loon balloons in rural Peru
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Inside Apple’s iPhone software shakeup after buggy iOS 13 debut
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From January, jet fuel suppliers in Norway must blend 0.5% of biofuel in all their aviation fuel – a policy Oslo hopes will lead to lower CO2 emissions
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Sweden will become the first market where all Coca-Cola products are sold in fully recycled plastic bottles
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How bison create the spring : Indigenous groups are leading efforts to reintroduce free-roaming buffalo throughout their lands
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The homeownership obsession - How buying homes became a part of the American dream—and also a nightmare
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The Molten Saints Inside Me Do Not Quiet
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From an Oslo forest comes the Christmas gift Norway gives Britain every year – a towering tree for London's Trafalgar Square
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Two of America’s biggest coal plants closed this month
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The ordinary investors aren’t real
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How activists are getting around Iran’s internet blackout
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Sweden's central bank sells off bonds from Canadian province of Alberta and parts of Australia over climate concerns
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Stammer time - Stutterers reach beyond the medical model of disability
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Google is an emerging health-care juggernaut, and privacy laws weren’t written to keep up
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The strange life and mysterious death of Jerrold Haas, co-founder of the educational-blockchain startup Tessr
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They turn ’49 Mercurys and Shelby Cobras into EVs, one Tesla carcass at a time
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Money stuff: You can’t just call loans options
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SoftBank poured $100 billion into start-ups that use armies of contractors, upending the lives of drivers, hotel operators and real estate agents around the world
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How scientists got climate change so wrong
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The Trump administration is preparing to significantly limit the scientific and medical research that the government can use to determine public health regulations
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Harrods was accused of ruining the spirit of Christmas after limiting Santa visits to customers who spend over $2,500
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It’s time to manage expectations for the rest of ‘Destiny 2’ year three
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Smart TVs collect data for political-advertising use
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How the US betrayed the Marshall Islands, kindling the next nuclear disaster
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The math for Elizabeth Warren’s US health-care plan adds up if you accept its ludicrous premise
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'OK boomer': New Zealand MP shuts down climate change heckler with viral quip
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The best game controller buttons of all time
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Far from the spotlight, a Boeing partner feels the heat
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