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$47M Settlement Reached in Deadly St. Louis Boiler Explosion

$47M Settlement Reached in Deadly St. Louis Boiler Explosion A $47 million settlement has been reached in an explosion that launched a van-sized boiler through the roof a St. Louis box company and onto a nearby laundry business, killing four people and injuring three more. Read More…

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NFL Declines to Punish Chiefs WR Hill

NFL Declines to Punish Chiefs WR Hill Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill will not be punished under the personal conduct policy as the NFL closed its formal investigation into multiple alleged physical altercations. Read More…

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Glenn Greenwald confirms status as shameless Edward Snowden superfan

http://twitter.com/#!/BrettLoGiurato/status/353630635832786945 The heroic aura surrounding the once-anonymous NSA contractor who leaked details of the U.S. government’s PRISM program though contacts at the Guardian and Washington Post faded quickly once Edward Snowden went public from his hiding place in Hong Kong. From there, Snowden embarked on his “grand tour of U.S. adversaries” while the Guardian’s Glenn…

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House Files Lawsuit Seeking Disclosure of Trump Tax Returns

House Files Lawsuit Seeking Disclosure of Trump Tax Returns Lawmakers are escalating a fight by moving the dispute into the federal courts, which will probably determine whether the president’s tax returns will be seen by Congress and the public. Read More…

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Cyber Expert Charged in Huge Bulgarian Data Hack Is Bailed

Cyber Expert Charged in Huge Bulgarian Data Hack Is Bailed A cybersecurity expert accused of involvement in hacking the personal data of millions of Bulgarian taxpayers was conditionally released on Wednesday after prosecutors downgraded charges against him. Read More…

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Print journalist Ryan Lizza: Twitter is ‘ruining political journalism’

http://twitter.com/#!/HowardKurtz/status/216943489324302336 On CNN’s “Reliable Sources,” Washington correspondent Ryan Lizza of “The New Yorker” argued that Twitter and other social media have caused a “crisis in political journalism” by making candidates and officials afraid to speak openly. “Reliable Sources” host (and Twitter laughingstock) Howard Kurtz tweeted the discussion topic. Unsurprisingly, people once again came to the…

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Day after HHS touted O-care data hub as success story, guess what’s down

http://twitter.com/#!/DTCahill/status/394325023843840000 Yesterday, the Department of Health and Human Services was touting the Obamacare data hub as one of the “success stories” of the launch so far. HHS also referred to the data hub as the “backbone” of the health insurance marketplace. http://twitter.com/#!/HHSGov/status/394156168529981441 http://twitter.com/#!/ReutersUS/status/394193258445676544 Guess how long that “good news” lasted? That was yesterday, this is…

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