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To Cut Fees, Public Funds Seek to Take Charge of Investing

August 18, 2013 sean Uncategorized

Investors responsible for more than $2 trillion recently gathered at a resort in the Canadian Rockies, far fro the news media and, more important, far

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SF Bay Area building demolition fuels quake study

August 17, 2013 sean Uncategorized

HAYWARD, Calif. (AP) – Every time the ground trembles in the San Francisco Bay Area, people ask themselves: Could this be the big one? For

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After These Docs Saw The Farm, They Didn’t Want The City

August 17, 2013 sean Uncategorized

NPR – August 16, 2013 About 20% of the U.S. population lives in rural areas, but only about 11 percent of doctors practice there. The

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Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Foundation brings eight rare films to Hulu

August 17, 2013 sean Uncategorized

Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Foundation brings eight rare films to Hulu By Nathan Olivarez-Giles 5 Hours Ago Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Foundation (WCF) has been restoring rare films

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NSA ‘secret backdoor’ paved way to U.S. phone, e-mail snooping

August 17, 2013 sean Uncategorized

NSA ‘secret backdoor’ paved way to U.S. phone, e-mail snooping August 9, 2013 | Declan McCullagh Revelations in new document leaked by Edward Snowden appear to

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Plan to Ban Oil Drilling in Amazon Is Dropped

August 17, 2013 sean Uncategorized

Six years ago, President Rafael Correa of Ecuador offered the world what he considered an enticing deal: donate $3.6 billion to a trust fund intended

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Changes in Pronoun Use in American Books and the Rise of Individualism, 1960-2008

August 17, 2013 sean Uncategorized

Abstract Change over time in culture can appear among individuals and in cultural products such as song lyrics, television, and books. This analysis examines changes

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NSA Has Broken Privacy Rules ‘Thousands Of Times Each Year’

August 16, 2013 sean Uncategorized

by Mark Memmott NPR – August 16, 2013 Security Agency has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times each year since

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Herzog Plumbs Guilt And Loss Wrought By Texting And Driving

August 16, 2013 sean Uncategorized

NPR – August 16, 2013 For decades, acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog has introduced audiences to subjects that stick in one’s mind long after the credits

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In ‘Hothouse,’ Boris Kachka Tells the Farrar, Straus Story

August 15, 2013 sean Uncategorized

Boris Kachka’s “Hothouse” is a big wet kiss to the publishing house Farrar, Straus & Giroux. It does its mightiest to find a Platonic ideal

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