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Monday 31 October 2016

The Story of the Self Destruction of Deutsche Bank


The Story of the Self Destruction of Deutsche Bank
For most of its 146 years, Deutsche Bank was the embodiment of German values: reliable and safe. Now, the once-proud institution is facing the abyss.

November 1, 2016 at 01:47AM
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Was a server registered to the Trump Organization communicating with Russia’s Alfa Bank?


Was a server registered to the Trump Organization communicating with Russia’s Alfa Bank?
This spring, a group of computer scientists set out to determine whether hackers were interfering with the Trump campaign. They found something they weren’t expecting.

November 1, 2016 at 06:17AM
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Was a server registered to the Trump Organization communicating with Russia’s Alfa Bank?


Was a server registered to the Trump Organization communicating with Russia’s Alfa Bank?
This spring, a group of computer scientists set out to determine whether hackers were interfering with the Trump campaign. They found something they weren’t expecting.

November 1, 2016 at 06:17AM
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Donald Trump Used Legally Dubious Method to Avoid Paying Taxes


Donald Trump Used Legally Dubious Method to Avoid Paying Taxes
Donald J. Trump proudly acknowledges he did not pay a dime in federal income taxes for years on end. But newly obtained documents show that in the early 1990s Trump avoided reporting hundreds of millions of dollars in taxable income by using a legally dubious maneuver.

November 1, 2016 at 05:59AM
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Dakota Access pipeline protest: UN group investigates human rights abuses


Dakota Access pipeline protest: UN group investigates human rights abuses
Native American protesters have reported excessive force, unlawful arrests and mistreatment in jail where activists describe being held in cages.

November 1, 2016 at 05:36AM
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What Happens When You're Terrified of Space?


What Happens When You're Terrified of Space?
Space may be the final frontier, but it's also probably the phobia of the future.

November 1, 2016 at 04:13AM
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Should We Be Scared of Butter?


Should We Be Scared of Butter?
Is butter, along with other sources of saturated fats, back on the table, as many have recently claimed?

November 1, 2016 at 04:13AM
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What’s Behind the Burn of Warheads Extreme Sour Hard Candy


What’s Behind the Burn of Warheads Extreme Sour Hard Candy
To prolong the pucker, malic acid (the stuff that gives apples their natural tartness) is coated with hydrogenated palm oil, which likely acts as an invisible time-­release mechanism.

November 1, 2016 at 02:48AM
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An American University history professor who has accurately predicted three decades of US presidential races says Donald Trump will win the US election - Quartz


An American University history professor who has accurately predicted three decades of US presidential races says Donald Trump will win the US election - Quartz
Allan J. Lichtman’s well-known prediction system is based on 13 true/false “key” statements, which has been accurate in all eight US presidential races since 1984. And it thinks Trump is set to take the White House.

October 31, 2016 at 06:29PM
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Political Polls Don't Need To Be Overwhelming — Here's How To Spot A Good Poll From A Bad Poll


Political Polls Don't Need To Be Overwhelming — Here's How To Spot A Good Poll From A Bad Poll
Our 24-hour news cycle loves polls. But are all polls created equal?

November 1, 2016 at 12:21AM
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What Silicon Valley Can Learn From Buddha’s Diet


What Silicon Valley Can Learn From Buddha’s Diet
How and why intermittent fasting took over Silicon Valley.

October 31, 2016 at 10:41PM
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What Conservatives Get Right About Guns


What Conservatives Get Right About Guns
Some basic facts that gun rights advocates already know — and that liberals who want to reduce gun violence need to understand.

October 31, 2016 at 07:27PM
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What Conservatives Get Right About Guns


What Conservatives Get Right About Guns
Some basic facts that gun rights advocates already know — and that liberals who want to reduce gun violence need to understand.

October 31, 2016 at 07:27PM
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Mathematician Explains Why The Concept Of Fate Is Hogwash


Mathematician Explains Why The Concept Of Fate Is Hogwash
Sometimes crazy things happen, but that doesn't mean they are magical, supernatural or even special.

October 31, 2016 at 09:25PM
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No One Saw Tesla’s Solar Roof Coming


No One Saw Tesla’s Solar Roof Coming
Elon Musk just showed us the grand unification of Tesla: fast cars, big batteries, and a stunning solar rooftop.

October 31, 2016 at 05:33PM
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The Very Political James Comey


The Very Political James Comey
The FBI director says he doesn’t "give a hoot” about politics. But when it comes to Clinton and her emails, he’s made a series of political decisions that have jeopardized the integrity of the FBI — and the US election process.

October 31, 2016 at 04:34PM
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How the Hidden Sounds of Horror Movie Soundtracks Freak You Out


How the Hidden Sounds of Horror Movie Soundtracks Freak You Out
From altered voices to "infrasound," these audio tricks spook and unsettle.

October 31, 2016 at 07:27PM
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Storm Sentinels - The Verge


Storm Sentinels - The Verge
We're bad at tracking deadly storms, but New York has a new way to see them coming.

October 31, 2016 at 07:27PM
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Watch Leonardo DiCaprio's Stunning Climate Change Documentary In Full


Watch Leonardo DiCaprio's Stunning Climate Change Documentary In Full
National Geographic has made the feature-length film free for one week only. We promise it's worth carving out the hour and a half of your day.

October 31, 2016 at 07:26PM
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Oakland's 'mega-evictor', the landlord who filed over 3,000 eviction notices


Oakland's 'mega-evictor', the landlord who filed over 3,000 eviction notices
A pro-tenant group says a landlord who has a seat on Oakland’s housing cabinet is also the top evictor in the city, where the housing crunch has reached crisis levels.

October 31, 2016 at 05:33PM
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Oklahoma fugitive Michael Vance killed in shootout with police


Oklahoma fugitive Michael Vance killed in shootout with police
Earlier on Sunday, Vance, 38, managed to elude authorities after he left his campsite just north of Hammon, about 150 miles west of where his rampage began in Wellston, and fled in his car.

October 31, 2016 at 04:46PM
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Oral sex, pollinating tequila, sharing meals, drinking blood, males lactating.


Oral sex, pollinating tequila, sharing meals, drinking blood, males lactating.
For much of recorded human history, bats have gotten a bad rap as witches, vampires, and agents of the devil. And it’s really quite a shame, for these creatures ought to be among the darlings of the internet.

October 31, 2016 at 04:34PM
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An AI Audio Tool For People Who Can’t Focus


An AI Audio Tool For People Who Can’t Focus
On deadline and can’t focus? Having trouble falling asleep? Try Brain.fm. Choose if you’re working, going to sleep or trying to relax, and then get an original composition designed to help you do exactly what it is you're trying to do.

October 31, 2016 at 04:34PM
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Sunday 30 October 2016

Welcome to the pyramid at the end of the world


Welcome to the pyramid at the end of the world
In rural North Dakota, a small county and an insular religious sect are caught in a stand-off over a decaying piece of America’s atomic history. The long shadow cast by nuclear weapons and the Cold War is not as far in the past as we might like to think.

October 31, 2016 at 06:54AM
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James Comey, Hillary Clinton, and the Email Investigation: A Guide for the Perplexed


James Comey, Hillary Clinton, and the Email Investigation: A Guide for the Perplexed
Answers to eighteen possible questions one might have when trying to figure out what the heck is going on with Hillary Clinton's emails, the FBI and the 2016 election.

October 30, 2016 at 11:23PM
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A Rasputinesque mystery woman and a cultish religion could take down South Korea's president Park Geun-hye


A Rasputinesque mystery woman and a cultish religion could take down South Korea's president Park Geun-hye
At the heart of the weird scandal surrounding South Korean president Park Geun-hye and confidante Choi Soon-sil, Koreans see their president as being under the spell of a “palm-reader” and even a quack.

October 30, 2016 at 11:23PM
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Inside the secret meeting that changed the fate of Vine forever


Inside the secret meeting that changed the fate of Vine forever
If Vine agreed the the deal proposed by nearly 20 of the platform's top creators, they could theoretically generate billions of views and boost engagement on a starving app. If they said no, all the top stars would walk.

October 30, 2016 at 09:48PM
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How The Show Changed The World


How The Show Changed The World
"Pop-Up Video" was a little show filled with snark and blink-and-you’ll-miss-them fact bubbles that inexplicably blossomed into an institution that was revered for its wit, humor, and rebelliousness. Twenty years later, its profound impact is still being felt online.

October 30, 2016 at 06:30PM
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How the Hells Angels Conquered Canada


How the Hells Angels Conquered Canada
The Hells Angels' path to eventually dominating the Canadian crime scene was a bloody one, but also one that was carefully thought out and executed.

October 30, 2016 at 06:30PM
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Why Can't We Vote Online Yet?


Why Can't We Vote Online Yet?
As we move forward, online voting seems shimmeringly imminent, particularly because virtually everything we do, we already do online. But voting is far different than banking, shopping and communicating.

October 30, 2016 at 06:30PM
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The Bizarre Role Reversal of Apple and Microsoft


The Bizarre Role Reversal of Apple and Microsoft
In the wake of Microsoft and Apple's product announcements, a meme emerged: Microsoft is now more innovative than Apple! But it's more complicated than that.

October 30, 2016 at 06:30PM
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The Official Halloween Candy Power Rankings


The Official Halloween Candy Power Rankings
As with all Lucky Peach food power rankings, this one is 100 percent correct.

October 30, 2016 at 06:30PM
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This is what it will be like to protest in 2020, when the state is watching your every move


This is what it will be like to protest in 2020, when the state is watching your every move
Surveillance has always been legal in the US, but before the proliferation of technology, it required manpower. Someone had to be actively surveilling you, driving a car behind yours, clicking a camera, jotting down notes on your every move. Now, tracking people is cheaper and easier than ever.

October 30, 2016 at 06:30PM
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The Death Of The World’s Greatest Death Sport


The Death Of The World’s Greatest Death Sport
Understanding why Rome's gladiatorial games came to an end begins with understanding what gave birth to them.

October 29, 2016 at 05:34PM
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Scientifically, What Is the Worst Way to Die?


Scientifically, What Is the Worst Way to Die?
Death is inevitable. And even though it's been happening, either on purpose or by accident, since before humans were even human, there's been no real scientific consensus as to what kinds of deaths we should try the hardest to avoid.

October 29, 2016 at 05:34PM
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How NASA Fights To Keep Our Dying Spacecraft Alive


How NASA Fights To Keep Our Dying Spacecraft Alive
NASA's deep space probes have essentially entered satellite hospice care.

October 29, 2016 at 05:34PM
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TK VOCATIV TAKEOVER


TK VOCATIV TAKEOVER
Devices die, species are heading for extinction, our bodies are dying (and we’re trying really hard to find ways to slow that). We fear death; we fight against it; we worship it. Some of us even want to have sex with its victims. And Halloween gives us a time to embrace death culture.

October 29, 2016 at 05:34PM
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Dr. Death


Dr. Death
Plano surgeon Christopher Duntsch left a trail of bodies. The shocking story of a madman with a scalpel.

October 29, 2016 at 05:34PM
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FBI Obtains Warrant Needed to Start Reviewing Emails Found on Laptop Used by Clinton Aide


FBI Obtains Warrant Needed to Start Reviewing Emails Found on Laptop Used by Clinton Aide
Federal investigators looking into the Hillary Clinton email matter have obtained the warrant needed to start reviewing the emails found on a laptop used by Clinton aide Huma Abedin and her husband, Anthony Weiner.

October 31, 2016 at 03:42AM
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Brexit hits Apple Mac customers hard as prices rise by up to £500


Brexit hits Apple Mac customers hard as prices rise by up to £500
New laptops significantly more expensive and already-existing machines have prices raised by hundreds of pounds as Apple adjusts for new US dollar-pound sterling rate.

October 31, 2016 at 03:22AM
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Saturday 29 October 2016

Diwali: Ten things you should know about the festival

Diwali: Ten things you should know about the festival
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Diwali is celebrated in honour of Lakshmi - the Hindu goddess of wealth and prosperity

October 30, 2016 at 06:00AM
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan Warns Shiite Militias in Iraq Not To Attack Turkmen

Recep Tayyip Erdogan Warns Shiite Militias in Iraq Not To Attack Turkmen
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday warned Shiite militias in Iraq against attacking Turkmen residents of Tal Afar, a town near the ISIS Mosul bastion.

October 30, 2016 at 05:40AM
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FBI Probe Statement 'Deeply Troubling': Hillary Clinton

FBI Probe Statement 'Deeply Troubling': Hillary Clinton
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US presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton declared Saturday that the FBI's decision to announce a renewed probe into her use of email just ahead of voting was "unprecedented" and "deeply troubling."

October 30, 2016 at 05:28AM
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Mariano Rajoy, The Under-Estimated Survivor Who Wore His Rivals Down

Mariano Rajoy, The Under-Estimated Survivor Who Wore His Rivals Down
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Spain's conservative Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy won back power Saturday, at the age of 61, after a war of attrition against younger rivals who under-estimated his resistance after 35 years in...

October 30, 2016 at 05:19AM
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2 Suicide Bombers Kill At Least 8 In Northeast Nigeria's Maiduguri

2 Suicide Bombers Kill At Least 8 In Northeast Nigeria's Maiduguri
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Two suicide bombers killed at least eight people on Saturday in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the heart of a seven-year-old insurgency by Islamist Boko Haram terrorists, the military...

October 30, 2016 at 04:56AM
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Hillary Clinton Enjoys Solid Lead In Early Voting: Report

Hillary Clinton Enjoys Solid Lead In Early Voting: Report
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With 11 days to go before the U.S. presidential election, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton leads Republican Donald Trump by 15 percentage points among early voters surveyed in the past two weeks,...

October 30, 2016 at 04:30AM
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Clinton Campaign Urges FBI To Detail New Developments In Email Case

Clinton Campaign Urges FBI To Detail New Developments In Email Case
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Top aides to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Saturday insisted there is "no evidence of wrongdoing" following the FBI's notification to the U.S. Congress on Friday that it is...

October 30, 2016 at 04:20AM
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Donald Trump Pounces On Hillary Clinton Email Woes As Her Team Jabs FBI

Donald Trump Pounces On Hillary Clinton Email Woes As Her Team Jabs FBI
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Hillary Clinton's campaign lashed out at the FBI on Saturday, saying there was no indication that a cache of recently discovered emails under review by the agency was connected to the Democratic...

October 30, 2016 at 04:08AM
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German Police Say 4 Injured In Stabbing In Frankfurt

German Police Say 4 Injured In Stabbing In Frankfurt
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German police say four people have been injured in a stabbing attack at a commuter rail and subway station in downtown Frankfurt.

October 30, 2016 at 03:57AM
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Spain's Conservative Mariano Rajoy Voted Back In Power, Ending Crisis

Spain's Conservative Mariano Rajoy Voted Back In Power, Ending Crisis
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Spain's parliament voted conservative Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy back into power Saturday, ending a rollercoaster, 10-month political crisis despite bitter opposition and divisions.

October 30, 2016 at 03:20AM
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Haryana govt bets on tourism, but its motels bleed state coffers

Haryana govt bets on tourism, but its motels bleed state coffers
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October 30, 2016 at 04:48AM
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Maharashtra to build green corridors, make cities more livable

Maharashtra to build green corridors, make cities more livable
By Sandeep Ashar









October 30, 2016 at 04:47AM
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Sheena Bora murder case: Was given impression Peter had no role in murder, says Fadnavis

Sheena Bora murder case: Was given impression Peter had no role in murder, says Fadnavis
By Shubhangi Khapre, Rashmi Rajput









October 30, 2016 at 04:39AM
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