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denver Man crushed by trash compactor while looking for cell phone Gina Loukareas

Business A deep dive into the dying of Red Lobster Rob Beschizza

tabloids Biden's woes, Prince Philip's secrets, and Tom Cruise's exploding face, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Unreal estate Ultrarich complain that their superskinny tower is a shoddily-built mess Clive Thompson

happy mutants "Martian Chronicles": Escape Pod releases a reading of my YA story about rich sociopaths colonizing Mars Cory Doctorow

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fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

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