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Blue-blooded crabs at heart of pharma dispute on drug testing

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If you've received a vaccination, hip replacement or chemotherapy without suffering toxic shock, chances are you've benefited from a vast bloodletting of horseshoe crabs. from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/2Yyd4Dg

Bin Laden Family ‘Henchman’ Is Arrested in Philippines

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By DANIEL VICTOR from NYT World https://ift.tt/2YDMng8

Debate Night 2: The ‘On Politics’ Breakdown

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By LISA LERER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2yqy7sA

What’s on TV Thursday: ‘The Fate of the Furious’ and ‘No One Saw a Thing’

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By GABE COHN from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/2Zow583

Quote of the Day

"We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory." - Bernard Williams

Your Thursday Briefing

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By MELINA DELKIC from NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/2GDjCWY

Highlights From Night 2 of the July Democratic Debates

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By SARAH KERR and AINARA TIEFENTHÄLER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2yqwv1V

Your Thursday Briefing

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By MELINA DELKIC from NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/2ytMcp6

At Debate, Democrats Challenge Biden Over Obama’s Deportation Record

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By STEPHANIE SAUL from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2Zq3teG

Yes, the Man Bag Is a Hot Accessory

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By JOHN ORTVED from NYT Fashion https://ift.tt/2Yk9KMw

Why Lululemon Chief Calvin McDonald Wants to Be an Ironman

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By BEE SHAPIRO from NYT Fashion https://ift.tt/2YyLi5p

Wikipedia article of the day for August 1, 2019

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Wikipedia article of the day is Touch Me I'm Sick. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2GDUM9w

Unearthed Steinbeck Short Story Isn’t at All Like ‘Grapes of Wrath’

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By JACEY FORTIN from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2YyWqiL

11 New Books to Watch For in August

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By JOUMANA KHATIB from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2K7Ci3a

The Ideas Flow in Hervé Tullet’s Studio

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By MARIA RUSSO from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2ZnptXw

Sleater-Kinney Asked St. Vincent for a Creative Spark. The Trio Blew Up.

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By MELENA RYZIK from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/2ynV5k2

U.S. abortion rights groups sue over Missouri law

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Prominent U.S. abortion rights groups Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit late on Tuesday in an effort to stop a new Missouri law that bans almost all terminations of pregnancies after eight weeks. from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/2OrrhOn

‘We Have Fire Everywhere’: Escaping California’s Deadliest Blaze

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By JON MOOALLEM from NYT Magazine https://ift.tt/31a0bNl

Rupert Stadler, Ex-Audi Chief, Charged With Fraud in Diesel Scandal

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By MELISSA EDDY from NYT Business https://ift.tt/314Glmn

Scabby, the Giant Inflatable Union Protest Rat, Faces Extermination

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By MICHAEL GOLD from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2OqMB6y

CNN’s Democratic Debate Got a Little Catty, Trevor Noah Says

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By TRISH BENDIX from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/2K4iFZG

A Provocateur on the Front Lines of China’s War of Words With the U.S.

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By JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ from NYT World https://ift.tt/2OpZA8r

Orion, Bayer prostate cancer drug gets FDA approval

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Finland's Orion and Germany's Bayer said on Wednesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved prostate cancer drug daroluramide, which the two companies have been developing together. from Reuters: Health News https://ift.tt/2Mu4xKP

Debate Night: The ‘On Politics’ Breakdown

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By LISA LERER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2KjFCqT

In Wisconsin Swing District, a Range of Views on Immigration

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By STEPHANIE SAUL from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2K7T1U9

When Lawmakers Try to Ban Assault Weapons, Gunmakers Adapt

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By Unknown Author from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2Mri3in

Highlights From Night One of the July Democratic Debates

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By SARAH KERR and AINARA TIEFENTHÄLER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2Kgdox4

Trevor Bauer and Yasiel Puig Are Dealt in 3-Team Trade

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By TYLER KEPNER from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2KfOvli

Quote of the Day

"To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven." - J. B. Priestley

Mets Recover From Bullpen Meltdown to Beat White Sox

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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2GDlS0d

What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Sherman’s Showcase’ and ‘Jane the Virgin’

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By GABE COHN from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/2ZktzQg

After Loss to Arizona, Yankees Have Dropped Six of Nine Games

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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2YgY7pw

Brexit and Boris Johnson Send the British Pound on a Slide

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By PETER S. GOODMAN from NYT Business https://ift.tt/2yrn6am

Your Wednesday Briefing

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By MELINA DELKIC from NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/2yskE3z

Wikipedia article of the day for July 31, 2019

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Wikipedia article of the day is Henry W. Sawyer. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2uAbhL6

You Can Read This Book in Russian, Except for the Parts About Russia

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By IVAN NECHEPURENKO and ALEXANDRA ALTER from NYT Books https://ift.tt/32ZbPwb

The Bohemian Life of the French Composer Erik Satie Imagined as a Novel

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By SETH COLTER WALLS from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2K3FxIN

A Girl Goes Missing. A Loner Takes Her Place.

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By RACHEL KHONG from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2MuGBY5

A Defense of the Semicolon and Other Adventures in the English Language

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By PATRICIA T. O’CONNER from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2yrtrCA

Why a Woman’s Sex Life Declines After Menopause (Hint: Sometimes It’s Her Partner)

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By TARA PARKER-POPE from NYT Well https://ift.tt/2yp6VdO

How to Thwart Facial Recognition

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By MALIA WOLLAN from NYT Magazine https://ift.tt/2YzE29y

New & Noteworthy Books, From Italian History to Asian Politics

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By Unknown Author from NYT Books https://ift.tt/331yCaI

How a Group of Heretical Thinkers Chipped Away at the Idea of ‘Us’ and ‘Them’

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By JENNIFER SZALAI from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2ZjB9e4