Webpagedigest 10/13&14/2016

10/13&14/2016

CIA Prepping for Possible Cyber Strike Against Russia - NBC News
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/cia-prepping-possible-cyber-strike-against-russia-n666636

Audit: USDA paid millions in federal aid to dead farmers
https://www.yahoo.com/news/audit-usda-paid-millions-in-federal-aid-to-dead-farmers-172308601.html

CEO sold millions in Wells Fargo stock before fraud revelations - CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/wells-fargo-ceo-john-stumpf-sold-millions-in-company-stock-before-bank-fraud-revelations/

or

http://tinyurl.com/jx53hxf

More Than 1 Million to Lose Obamacare Plans as Insurers Quit - Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-14/more-than-1-million-in-obamacare-to-lose-plans-as-insurers-quit

or

http://tinyurl.com/hmvrdjq

The New $5 Note | Modern Money

'The reverse of the new $5 will highlight the historic events that occurred at the Lincoln Memorial and will include images of Marian Anderson, Eleanor Roosevelt and Martin Luther King Jr. The front of the new $5 will retain President Lincoln’s portrait.'
https://modernmoney.treasury.gov/new-bills/5-bill

Barrow voters support name change to 'Utqiagvik' - Alaska Dispatch News
http://www.adn.com/alaska-news/rural-alaska/2016/10/13/barrow-voters-support-name-change-to-utqiagvik/

or

http://tinyurl.com/j4lgkte

Bob Dylan wins Nobel Prize in literature - The Verge
http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/13/13267978/bob-dylan-wins-nobel-prize-in-literature

Gentle Pit Bull Living on the Streets Gets a Second Chance at Life
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gentle-pit-bull-living-streets-171500347.html

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Stunning images from the 2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year contest
https://www.yahoo.com/news/stunning-images-2016-national-geographic-155614269.html

Spewing vomit majestically - Imgur

(humor/gif)
http://m.imgur.com/wi1gKk1?r

Webpagedigest 10/12/2016

10/12/2016

Putin orders Russian officials' relatives studying abroad to return home, reports claim | Fox News

'Russia is ordering all of its officials to fly home any relatives living abroad amid rising tensions over the prospect of a new world war, it’s been claimed.'
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/10/12/putin-orders-russian-officials-relatives-studying-abroad-to-return-home-reports-claim.html

US and South Korea 'join forces for drills' aimed at taking out North Korea's Kim Jong-un | The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/north-korea-us-south-drills-taking-out-kim-jong-un-a7357476.html

More than 1,300 old people go missing in China every day: report - CNN.com

'More than 1,300 elderly people go missing in China every day...'
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/12/asia/china-elderly-missing/index.html

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Liquid assets: how the business of bottled water went mad | Sophie Elmhirst | Business | The Guardian

(long read)

'How did a substance that falls from the air, springs from the earth and comes out of your tap become a hyperactive multibillion-dollar business?'

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/oct/06/liquid-assets-how--business-bottled-water-went-mad

Mossberg: Why does Siri seem so dumb? - The Verge

(Opinion)
http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/12/13251068/walt-mossberg-apple-siri-is-dumb

We cannot change society without changing our own behavior. If we want change, we have to change. - Imgur

(toon)
http://m.imgur.com/idWlAdF

Webpagedigest 10/11/2016

10/11/2016

South Korea's Park urges preparations for mass North defections
https://www.yahoo.com/news/south-koreas-park-urges-preparations-mass-north-defections-075001785.html

or

http://tinyurl.com/hoz5qgh

5 Corporations Now Dominate Our Privatized Intelligence Industry | The Nation

'This unaccountable oligarchy of spies controls the information that guides our military and civilian leaders.'

https://www.thenation.com/article/five-corporations-now-dominate-our-privatized-intelligence-industry/

They've exposed your information to hackers, the government and now Yahoo is making it harder to leave 

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TEC_YAHOO_BREACH?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULt

or

http://tinyurl.com/gshezr3

Tyson Foods Invests in Veggie Burgers That 'Bleed'

http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/11/13239640/largest-us-meat-processor-beyond-meat-vegetarian-alternative

or

http://tinyurl.com/hnkz6ep

The Galaxy Note 7 is dead - The Verge

'Samsung ends production after issuing worldwide recall'
http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/11/13202608/samsung-galaxy-note-7-discontinued

Nobody wants to host the Olympic Games
http://money.cnn.com/2016/10/11/news/olympic-games-cost-rome-2024/index.html

UK government finally concedes cannabis has a medicinal effect | The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/cannabis-legality-uk-government-finally-admits-marijuana-has-a-medicinal-effect-a7355941.html

or

http://tinyurl.com/gso2h5v

Legal pot could upend years of drug smuggling in Arizona
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/b200e0c9a8ef42ce8cb8d2fe6423eb42/legal-pot-could-upend-years-drug-smuggling-arizona

or

http://tinyurl.com/j3agzst

Webpagedigest 10/09&10/2016

Webpagedigest 10/08/2016

10/08/2016

Next Big Future: Russia suspending and withdrawing from US nuclear agreements including reduction of weapons grade plutonium
http://www.nextbigfuture.com/2016/10/russia-suspending-and-withdrawing-from.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+blogspot/advancednano+(nextbigfuture)&m=1

or

http://tinyurl.com/zaf4ufv

What Clinton and Trump might discuss at the second Presidential debate | WIRED
https://www.wired.com/2016/10/expect-second-presidential-debate/

Clinton-Trump debate shaping up as nasty

'Donald Trump, under fire for lewd comments he made in 2005 about groping women, offered a perfunctory apology and then promised to drag the second presidential debate scheduled for Sunday night into the gutter.'
https://www.yahoo.com/news/after-trumps-terrible-friday-get-ready-for-a-nasty-second-debate-072900038.html

or

http://tinyurl.com/zlu5vms

Hurricane Matthew economic damage nears $6 billion
http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2016/10/08/hurricane-matthew-economic-damage-cost-6-billion/91783304/

or

http://tinyurl.com/ho2abo3

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The awesome fury of a tornado
http://m.imgur.com/jaIa2X1?r

Webpagedigest 10/07/2016

10/07/2016

Russia considers military bases in Vietnam and Cuba: agencies | Reuters
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN1270PN

Hurricane Matthew: More Than a Million Without Power in Florida - NBC News
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/hurricane-matthew/hurricane-matthew-weakened-category-3-threatens-southeast-n661621

or

http://tinyurl.com/jmlkf3n

Barely half of illegal border crossers from Mexico caught - LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-border-cross-20161006-snap-story.html

Rolling Stones to release first new album in over a decade - CNN.com
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/06/entertainment/rolling-stones-new-album/index.html

Kite surfer nails jump during hurricane 

(gif)

http://jalopnik.com/dumb-hurricane-matthew-kitesurfer-gets-exactly-what-he-1787511299?utm_source=recirculation&utm_medium=recirculation&utm_campaign=fridayAM

or

http://tinyurl.com/hjgrq7b

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I almost choked myself to death - Imgur

(humor/gif)
http://m.imgur.com/8J4HPvi?r

Webpagedigest 10/06/2016

10/06/2016

BBC - Future - 'We’re growing brains outside of the body'
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20161004-were-developing-brains-outside-of-the-body

Shanghai Tower in China has world's fastest elevator - CNN.com
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/05/asia/worlds-fastest-tower/index.html

Walmart's newest salvo against Amazon
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/wal-marts-next-move-against-050559595.html

Paedophile caught with 137,000 indecent pictures of children spared jail so he can start family
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/paedophile-caught-137-000-indecent-083106459.html

Football coach fired after making kid run laps for bullying teammate | WNCN
http://wncn.com/2016/10/06/football-coach-fired-after-making-kid-run-laps-for-allegedly-bullying-teammate/

9-week-old baby's hair delights strangers
https://www.yahoo.com/beauty/this-9-week-old-baby-has-more-hair-than-most-193750299.html

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The Dizzying Grandeur of 21st-Century Agriculture
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/10/09/magazine/big-food-photo-essay.html

Why It’s So Hard to Get Solar in Florida (That’d Be the Sunshine State) | WIRED
https://www.wired.com/2016/10/florida-sunshine-state-hard-get-solar-energy/

Webpagedigest 10/05/2016

10/05/2016

Russia launches huge nuclear war training exercise that 'involves 40 million people' | The Independent

'Schizophrenics from America are sharpening nuclear weapons for Moscow,' says Russian government-run TV network
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-nuclear-weapon-training-attack-radiation-moscow-vladimir-putin-a7345461.html

or

http://tinyurl.com/zp3hclr

As Matthew churns toward U.S., more than 1 million ordered evacuated in S.C.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/world/the_americas/hurricane-matthew-slams-haiti-en-route-north-toward-cuba-us-east-coast/2016/10/04/2b38ab40-8a3e-11e6-8cdc-4fbb1973b506_story.html

or

http://tinyurl.com/hwhf433

Hurricane Matthew: Evacuations underway as storm nears - CNN.com

'As hundreds of thousands of people potentially in the path of Hurricane Matthew fled inland Wednesday, not everyone was evacuating.'
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/05/us/hurricane-matthew-florida-carolinas/index.html

North Korea official who supplies medicine to Kim Jong-un defects – reports | World news | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/05/north-korea-official-who-supplies-medicine-to-kim-jong-un-defects-reports

or

http://tinyurl.com/hymsmu3

ATM fees climb to a record high of $4.57

'The average fee of using an out-of-network ATM is now $4.57, according to Bankrate. This is the tenth straight year of increases.'
http://money.cnn.com/2016/10/04/pf/atm-record-fees/

Raid! National Guard, State Police descend on 81-year-old’s property to seize single pot plant
http://www.gazettenet.com/MarijuanaRaid-HG-100116-5074664

Webpagedigest 10/04/2016

10/04/2016

Putin's Ultimatum to the Next U.S. President - Bloomberg View
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-10-04/putin-s-ultimatum-to-the-next-u-s-president?cmpid=yhoo.headline&yptr=yahoo

or

http://tinyurl.com/hp4w9gk

Exclusive - Yahoo secretly scanned customer emails for U.S. intelligence: sources
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/yahoo-secretly-scanned-customer-emails-us-intelligence-sources-170638369--finance.html

or

http://tinyurl.com/h3k9eq2

Credit card giants sued over chip readers

'A judge is allowing small businesses to sue the major credit card companies for forcing them to adopt chip readers at the checkout counter -- a case that could become a multi-billion-dollar class action.'
http://money.cnn.com/2016/10/04/news/chip-card-lawsuit/

Webpagedigest 10/02&03/2016

10/02&03/2016

White House disappointed by U.S. high court immigration action | Reuters

'The White House expressed disappointment on Monday in the U.S. Supreme Court's decision not to hear a bid by President Barack Obama's administration to revive his plan to spare from deportation millions of immigrants in the country illegally.'
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN123212?il=0

The United Nations Is Launching A Space Mission : The Two-Way : NPR

'The U.N. is planning to launch its first space mission into orbit, packed with scientific experiments from countries that can't afford their own space programs.'
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/30/495954858/the-united-nations-is-launching-a-space-mission

or

http://tinyurl.com/zt7cad2

Trump responds to NYT report on taxes
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-nytimes-taxes-18-publish-legal-161316688.html

Ford under investigation for safety problems
https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-opens-safety-probes-642-000-suvs-cars-151202211--finance.html

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FDA Is Redefining The Term 'Healthy' On Food Labels : The Salt : NPR
http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/10/03/496064796/fda-is-redefining-the-term-healthy-on-food-labels

or

http://tinyurl.com/zfmpyax

Webpagedigest 10/01/2016

10/01/2016

China paper says U.S., South Korea will 'pay the price' for planned missile system | Reuters
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN1212XH

South's Park Geun-hye appeals to North Koreans - News from Al Jazeera

'South Korean President Park Geun-hye has called on North Koreans to abandon their country and defect, just a day after a soldier walked across the heavily fortified border into the South.'
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/10/south-park-geun-hye-appeals-north-koreans-161001145728177.html

or

http://tinyurl.com/hzrcuwj

CDC lab shipped virus without following key safety steps
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/09/30/cdc-lab-shipped-virus-without-following-key-safety-steps/91343102/

or

http://tinyurl.com/hvmv6qm

Massive Earthquake Along the San Andreas Fault Is Disturbingly Imminent

'Calculations show that from now until October 4, the chance of a magnitude 7 or greater earthquake happening along the Southern San Andreas Fault is as high as 1 in 100, and as low as 1 in 3,000.'
http://gizmodo.com/massive-earthquake-on-the-san-andreas-fault-is-disturbi-1787279784

Bees placed on endangered species list -- a first in the US - CNN.com
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/01/us/hawaii-bee-species-endangered/?iid=ob_lockedrail_topeditorial

USDA ARS Online Magazine Vol. 49, No. 10

'After a harsh winter, it looks to be a honey of a year for a sturdy breed of Russian bee that's helping U.S. apiarists fortify their hives against parasitic tracheal andVarroa mites.'
https://agresearchmag.ars.usda.gov/2001/oct/bee

Want to make a million? Become a DEA informant. - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/09/30/want-to-make-a-million-become-a-dea-informant/

or

http://tinyurl.com/gtgrty5

Yahoo Security Alert: Resetting Password Isn't Enough

'If you're a Yahoo user, you already know that 500 million Yahoo accounts were compromised by malicious hackers, and that you should reset your Yahoo password. What Yahoo didn't tell you was that you may also need to unlink, and then relink, all the mobile devices that access your Yahoo account.'
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/yahoo-security-alert-resetting-password-183402309.html

Jimmy Carter Celebrates His 92nd Birthday | Huffington Post
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_57ee8cc4e4b024a52d2e9bcb

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Secret of connection between dogs and humans could be genetic | Science | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/sep/29/secret-of-connection-between-dogs-and-humans-could-be-genetic

or

http://tinyurl.com/zzecexf

Webpagedigest 09/30/2016

09/30/2016

No plans to change US nuke strike rules: Pentagon chief

'US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Tuesday the Pentagon has no plans to pursue a "no-first-use" nuclear weapons policy.!
https://www.yahoo.com/news/no-plans-change-us-nuke-strike-rules-pentagon-215547629.html

Only On 2: O.C. Woman Says Airline Made Her Move Because 2 Pakistani Monks Can’t Sit Next To Female « CBS Los Angeles

"I thought I lived in a culture where women were equal to men,” she says.
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2016/09/29/only-on-2-o-c-woman-says-airline-gave-her-pre-booked-seat-away-because-2-men-didnt-want-to-sit-next-to-female/

or

http://tinyurl.com/jg6fp55

'Partnership on AI' formed by Google, Facebook, Amazon, IBM and Microsoft | Technology | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/sep/28/google-facebook-amazon-ibm-microsoft-partnership-on-ai-tech-firms?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=fb_a-technology_b-gdntech#link_time=1475097285

or

http://tinyurl.com/hswcz3d

'World's Unluckiest Elephant' Headed to Sanctuary in Animal's First Lucky Break in 50 Years - Inside Edition

http://www.insideedition.com/headlines/18932-worlds-unluckiest-elephant-headed-to-sanctuary-in-animals-first-lucky-break-in-50-years

or

http://tinyurl.com/gw895ot

Lady Gaga will headline the Super Bowl halftime show next year - The Verge
http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/30/13120784/lady-gaga-super-bowl-halftime-show-2017

9-Year-Old Boy Graduates High School and Starts College, Wants to Become Astrophysicist: 'I Want to Prove That God Does Exist' : People.com Mobile
http://www.people.com/article/william-maillis-9-year-old-graduates-high-school-starts-college

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The Terrorist Inside My Husband's Brain

'As you may know, my husband Robin Williams had the little-known but deadly Lewy body disease (LBD).'
http://m.neurology.org/content/87/13/1308.full

God's Not Dead - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5AVWCHb180