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Homeless Women Need Your Help -- But They’re Not Helpless | Jocelyn Cheng
Credit: Mickey Z. Giving homeless women your leftovers may not be as helpful as you think. Aug. 29, 2018 (Period) -- Michael Zezima, a native of Queens, New York, is one of the few people who breaks ...
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The Audacity of Super Wealth | Philip A. Farruggio
Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Aug. 31, 2018 As a transplanted New Yorker living in what I call "Death Valley USA," or Daytona Beach, Florida, I like to keep up with my ...
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U.S. consumer spending, inflation data point to strong economy | Lucia Mutikani
Aug. 30, 2018 -- WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- U.S. consumer spending increased solidly in July, suggesting strong economic growth early in the third quarter, while a measure of underlying inflation hit ...
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Stripped Naked | Philip A. Farruggio
Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Aug. 30, 2018 In the 1997 British film The Full Monty, we have six unemployed men, four of them laid off steelworkers, earning money by ...
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What’s the life of a single raccoon worth? | Mickey Z.
Photo: Paxson Woelber (CC BY-SA 3.0) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Aug. 29, 2018 I notice things. If I casually glance out my bedroom window -- in my apartment of more than a dozen years -- I will ...
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An Astrological Interlude: Brexit | John Michael Greer
Aug. 29, 2018 (EcoSophia.net) -- The noise and bustle generated by the ongoing three-ring circus of U.S. politics in the era of Trump can make it hard sometimes to notice that performances just as ...
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New study reveals why women take sexy selfies -- Isabelle Dubach
Credit: University of New South Wales Aug. 27, 2018 (Phys.org) -- A new study has revealed the science behind sexy selfies, showing that women tend to sexualize themselves in environments with ...
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Research methods that find serial criminals could help save tigers | Matthew Struebig, Freya St. John
Tiger on a trap camera. Credit: Matt Struebig Aug. 27, 2018 (Phys.org) -- A geographic profiling tool used to catch serial criminals could help reduce the casualties of human-tiger conflict, ...
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Fishing activity skyrocketed ahead of ban in South Pacific area | Grant R. McDermott
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Aug. 27, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Ahead of a full ban, fishing increased 130 percent in the Phoenix Islands Protected Area in the South Pacific, setting back projected efforts to ...
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As CO2 levels climb, millions at risk of nutritional deficiencies | Sam Myers
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Aug. 27, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Rising levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) from human activity are making staple crops such as rice and wheat less nutritious and could result in 175 ...
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Geologists uncover new clues about largest mass extinction ever | Michael Broadley
The photo depicts a sample of mantle xenolith, rock sections of the lithosphere that get captured by the passing magma and erupted to the surface during the volcanic explosion. Credit: Michael W. ...
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