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death Dead woman not dead David Pescovitz

law Colorado man caught with pipe bombs at home planned armed protest of COVID-19 orders, say FBI and ATF Xeni Jardin

government shutdown Miami Airport is shutting down a 15-gate terminal that includes United over the weekend because of shutdown Carla Sinclair

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assholes California townspeople initiated a citizen's arrest of obnoxious "air horn guy" Mark Frauenfelder

polluters VW emission test cheat scandal expands to subsidiaries Audi and Porsche Rob Beschizza

fiction The Autobiography of Deanna Troi Boing Boing

politics I survived an illegal abortion Fran Moreland Johns

music Eurovision 2013: An American in London Leigh Alexander