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Jun. 29th, 2014 12:15 pmIraq's army sent tanks and armored vehicles to try to dislodge insurgents from the northern city of Tikrit on Sunday, the second day of a pushback against a Sunni militant takeover of large stretches of Iraq.
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The Obama administration asked Congress on Thursday to authorize $500 million in direct U.S. military training and equipment for Syrian opposition fighters, a move that could significantly escalate U.S. involvement in Syria’s civil war.
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Worse than Wal-Mart: Amazon’s sick brutality and secret history of ruthlessly intimidating workers
Gunmen torch churches, kill scores in Nigeria
Mexico tried giving poor people cash instead of food. It worked.
Of course, this is only one study, but it adds to a growing pool of evidence that cash transfers actually aren't "wasted" on frivolous things and do improve poor peoples' lives in observable ways.
Only reduction in CO2 emissions can help address climate change
If you are a millennial, get yourself ready for some very hot days ahead in your old age
The Obama administration asked Congress on Thursday to authorize $500 million in direct U.S. military training and equipment for Syrian opposition fighters, a move that could significantly escalate U.S. involvement in Syria’s civil war.
Potentially Habitable Super-Earth Discovered 16 Light-Years Away
NASA Says U.S. Air Pollution Has Plummeted
Eight rebel fighters have been crucified in Syria by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) because they were considered too moderate, a monitoring group said on Sunday
Why Google Cardboard is actually a huge boost for virtual reality
Who Stole the Water?
How greed, drought, and rampant overdevelopment are sucking Texas dry.
The problem with false feminism
(or why “Frozen” left me cold)
North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into seas east off its coast on Sunday, South Korea's military said, defying a U.N. ban on the isolated country testing such weapons.
The Supreme Court’s baffling tech illiteracy is becoming a big problem
Yes, it’s getting hotter in the U.S. — but the humidity will kill you
Indonesia overtakes Brazil in forest losses despite moratorium
Science says we should eat more insects
11 Cats Who'd Really Prefer Their Humans NOT Do Yoga Right Now
Why 28 years have passed since the EPA’s last chemical risk review
Tens of thousands of chemicals have not been reviewed by the EPA, and people are starting to ask questions
Walmart’s Food Stamp Scam Explained in One Easy Chart
The Rise of the DIY Abortion in Texas
Whole Foods has attempted to crush anything resembling a union drive among its employees.
Barely getting by in Laurel County, Kentucky
Hard-pressed Appalachian district has one of highest concentrations of food stamp recipients