Webpagedigest 03/30/2016

03/30/2016

Worry over potential nuclear terrorism

'Preventing terrorists from obtaining nuclear materials is the central focus as President Barack Obama hosts leaders from roughly 50 countries for a nuclear security summit starting Thursday.'
https://www.yahoo.com/news/brussels-leaders-tackling-threat-nuclear-terrorism-194037551--politics.html

Momentum slows on nuclear security agenda

'Just as fears of nuclear terrorism are rising, U.S. President Barack Obama's drive to lock down vulnerable atomic materials worldwide seems to have lost momentum and could slow further.'
https://www.yahoo.com/news/momentum-slows-obamas-nuclear-security-agenda-145511967.html?nf=1

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http://tinyurl.com/hogr46v

The Bribe Factory

'A massive leak of confidential documents has for the first time exposed the true extent of corruption within the oil industry, implicating dozens of leading companies, bureaucrats and politicians in a sophisticated global web of bribery and graft.'
http://www.theage.com.au/interactive/2016/the-bribe-factory/day-1/the-company-that-bribed-the-world.html

US spy plane cost $86m but 'never used' - BBC News
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35931539

Deafening Atlantic oil prospecting to go ahead despite threat to marine life | Environment | The Guardian

'The Obama administration is to press ahead with proposals to allow loud underwater prospecting for oil and gas off the east coast, even though the practice has been likened to being at the “epicenter of a grenade blast” for whales and other marine creatures sensitive to noise.'
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/mar/30/atlantic-ocean-oil-gas-prospecting-marine-life-threats-obama

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http://tinyurl.com/j9kfgxu

AT&T adds unlimited home internet plan to its U-verse service | The Verge
http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/29/11326728/att-u-verse-unlimited-home-internet-service

World's largest renewable energy developer on verge of bankruptcy | Computerworld
http://www.computerworld.com/article/3049884/sustainable-it/worlds-largest-renewable-energy-developer-on-verge-of-bankruptcy.html

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http://tinyurl.com/zsp7375

President Barack Obama on Wednesday commuted the prison sentences of 61 drug offenders
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/03/30/here-are-the-61-people-whose-sentences-obama-just-commuted/

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http://tinyurl.com/jrk4jwk

Fidel Castro launched a tirade against Obama—but guess who’s more popular in Cuba - Quartz
http://qz.com/650371/fidel-castro-launched-a-tirade-against-obama-but-guess-whos-more-popular-in-cuba/?utm_source=YPL

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http://tinyurl.com/gn7can2

Competitive Eater Matt Stonie Packs Away 200 Peeps In One Sitting
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/200-peeps-challenge_us_56f431e9e4b0a372181964ee

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http://tinyurl.com/hja3v8l 

Morgan Freeman may change your idea of God

'He’s played the role of God on the big screen, been called the “voice of God,” and now Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman is taking a closer look at the divine in a new six-part television series on National Geographic, “The Story of God with Morgan Freeman.”
https://www.yahoo.com/katiecouric/could-morgan-freemans-new-series-change-how-you-142200971.html