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The crying-child Rorschach

Index-Journal 23 Jun 2018

Unfortunately, the image of this poor, innocent child will be used by both sides to advance political purposes ... As a charitable concession commensurate with the moment, let's assume that anyone can entertain the following two thoughts at once....

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Storytime: The summer of lost and found

Columbia Daily Tribune 23 Jun 2018

It was my last summer as a kid; this year, I would turn into a teenager. My days were busy with boys, the Beatles and bell-bottoms, and I spent hours on the phone with my girlfriends discussing our summer plan. We were going to church camp.My cabin at the top of the hill housed nine girls and a counselor. At the bottom of the hill were the boy’s cabins, not so very far from ours ... ....

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West Haven re-routes sewer line after leak that lasted several days

New Haven Register 23 Jun 2018

The Water Pollution Control Authority initially thought it had repaired the leak last week, but found out this week ......

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Robin Swoboda: Drowning in the online dating pool

Akron Beacon Journal 23 Jun 2018

When he said I must have used a picture from 20 years ago, and then made the motion of casting a fishing line into the water and reeling it back in, I resisted the urge to tell him what I really thought ... And she made sure I tried all the bottled salad dressings and didn’t always use French because that’s what we thought sophistication was....

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No more tickets for charging phones at outlets in Boulder

The Journal 23 Jun 2018

BOULDER – With prosecutors refusing to pursue charges, Boulder police will no longer ticket people for using city outlets to charge their phones ... who use them....

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America's great, but Europe does a lot of things greater

The Mercury 23 Jun 2018

This list is by no means complete, rather, it’s a handful of things that caught our eye as we traveled by foot, train, tram and car through parts of the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Germany in late May and early June ... The rural highways, city streets, sidewalks and other footpaths we used in Europe were pristine compared to those in and around Manhattan (and Manhattan is probably less filthy than most American cities .)....

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Losing Charles Krauthammer, a man of principle

Press Telegram 23 Jun 2018

Throughout his life, Krauthammer’s calm reason and collected thought never failed him ... Political tribalism is destroying civil discourse and tearing apart our nation. Krauthammer knew that and used his words to cross the divide by pointing to our common humanity, so often masked behind the pettiness and pride that defines politics....

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Wendy McHaney: Making, saving memories

Victoria Advocate 23 Jun 2018

My kids have been at camp for almost three weeks now, and one of my favorite things about camp is they have no contact with the outside world other than through writing letters.The lag time in communication between me and them can be a bit frustrating on both ends as we are all used to instantaneous responses through texts and phone calls....

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Weekend Hot Topic, part 1: Your favourite E3 2018 video game

Metro UK 23 Jun 2018

What I loved about Witcher 3 is that it didn’t use the usual fantasy inspiration of Tolkien and George R ... I really enjoyed E3 this year; Sony had great exclusives to show off as they usually do and I thought Microsoft had their best conference in years ... I thought this year’s E3 was good overall, considering we are at the latter part of the generation ... As for the rest, again I thought a mixture of highs and lows....

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Federal study: Chemicals toxic at levels EPA thought safe

St Louis Post-Dispatch 23 Jun 2018

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — The chemicals used by a West Virginia factory to make non-stick products are dangerous at levels the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had thought were safe, according to a federal study that had been previously blocked from… ... ....

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Viral baby moose at wildlife park in Gray

Lewiston Sun Journal 23 Jun 2018

GRAY — The Maine Wildlife Park’s newest resident is already an internet celebrity ... “We don’t know yet what’s going to become of this calf in terms of will she be released, (or) because of all the human care, will she have to stay in captivity at a place like ours?” Johnson said. The wildlife park is run by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife ... Advertisement ... Advertisement. ....

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Un-F’in’-Believable

Asbarez 23 Jun 2018

Maybe he thought he was untouchable ... Maybe he thought the stories about his less than savory doings while fighting for Artsakh in the early years would be forgotten ... Then there were the dozens of cars and other vehicles packed together warehouse-style that were “owned” by this guy, including some military-use jeep-like vehicles....

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Top 5 Dos and Don’ts Following the Leaving Certificate

Rooster GNN 23 Jun 2018

Though there is not many things one can do to stop such thoughts, there are certain things one should and shouldn’t do in order to help put their mind at ease anytime such thoughts arise ... Though nothing can be quite as disheartening as failing to live up to our own expectations, it serves no use beating ourselves up over it ... use to you in the future....

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