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New York Times (Aug 2018)
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Duncan Hunter’s Political Promise Foiled by Hard Partying and a Corruption Scandal
1036 points • aug 27, 2018
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Congress, Do Your Job
1034 points • aug 23, 2018
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Trump Appears to Admit White House Aides Signed Nondisclosure Agreements
1030 points • aug 14, 2018
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Paris Bees at Work From Notre-Dame to the Luxembourg Gardens
1028 points • aug 25, 2018
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The Raging Dumpster Fire of the President vs. Omarosa
1024 points • aug 14, 2018
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Life Is Short. That’s the Point.
998 points • aug 19, 2018
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For Catholics, Gradual Reform Is No Longer an Option
992 points • aug 17, 2018
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U.S. to Restore Sanctions on Iran, Deepening Divide With Europe
992 points • aug 07, 2018
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The Devil in Steve Bannon
990 points • aug 26, 2018
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California Fire Now the Largest in State History: ‘People Are on Edge’
988 points • aug 08, 2018
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Keanu Reeves Is Doing a New Thing: Publishing Books
984 points • aug 19, 2018
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America Has Stopped Being a Civilized Nation
982 points • aug 13, 2018
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As Trump Dismantles Clean Air Rules, an Industry Lawyer Delivers for Ex-Clients
982 points • aug 20, 2018
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For Female Candidates, Harassment and Threats Come Every Day
976 points • aug 24, 2018
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What Will Cause the Next Recession? A Look at the 3 Most Likely Possibilities
942 points • aug 03, 2018
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U.S. Man Gets 17 Years in Prison for Traveling to Dominican Republic to Prey on Girls
920 points • aug 22, 2018
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Stop Saying ‘Mormon,’ Church Leader Says. But Is the Real Name Too Long?
916 points • aug 19, 2018
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The Stock Market Is Shrinking. That’s a Problem for Everyone.
912 points • aug 05, 2018
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Why You Cried at the End of ‘Coco’
908 points • aug 25, 2018
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Trump Mocks LeBron James’s Intelligence and Calls Don Lemon ‘Dumbest Man’ on TV
908 points • aug 05, 2018
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Powerful Indonesia Earthquake Kills at Least 82
906 points • aug 06, 2018
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Portland Protest Points to a Deeper Divide Over the City’s Identity
898 points • aug 05, 2018
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Puerto Rican Government Acknowledges Hurricane Death Toll of 1,427
896 points • aug 09, 2018
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Allen Weisselberg, Top Trump Organization Official, Was Granted Immunity for Testimony
892 points • aug 25, 2018
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Why You Should Take Time to Mourn During Career Transitions
882 points • aug 24, 2018
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Trump’s Crony Capitalists Plot a New Heist
880 points • aug 01, 2018
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Ohio State Trustee Resigns, Saying Urban Meyer Punishment Was Too Soft
880 points • aug 31, 2018
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The Great God of Depression
876 points • aug 03, 2018
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Beyond the N.R.A.: Maria Butina’s Peculiar Bid for Russian Influence
868 points • aug 05, 2018
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Immigrant Is Charged in Mollie Tibbetts Murder in Iowa, and Trump Seizes on Case
864 points • aug 23, 2018
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Trump’s Sabotage of Obamacare Is Illegal
860 points • aug 14, 2018
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Latte Art Begone! Here Come the Bold Freaks of Instagram
856 points • aug 11, 2018
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How Much Hotter Is Your Hometown Than When You Were Born?
850 points • aug 31, 2018
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What I Learned in Secretarial School
846 points • aug 12, 2018
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Can an Office Temperature Be ‘Sexist’? Women, and Science, Say So
840 points • aug 29, 2018
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Search Your Souls (What’s Left of Them), Republicans
832 points • aug 23, 2018
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How Much Alcohol Is Safe to Drink? None, Say These Researchers
828 points • aug 29, 2018
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The Pragmatic Left Is Winning
828 points • aug 10, 2018
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Inside Twitter’s Struggle Over What Gets Banned
824 points • aug 13, 2018
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Opera of Demons
824 points • aug 27, 2018
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Who Said It: Trump or Gotti?
816 points • aug 25, 2018
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‘A Wound to the Heart of Genoa’: Italy Buries Victims of Bridge Collapse
814 points • aug 19, 2018
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The Outrage Over Sarah Jeong
812 points • aug 10, 2018
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Trump’s Lawyers Urged Him to Postpone Even Considering Pardons in Russia Inquiry
808 points • aug 24, 2018
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The End of Impunity
804 points • aug 28, 2018
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‘It Can Happen Even to Guys’: Ohio State Wrestlers Detail Abuse, Saying #UsToo
788 points • aug 03, 2018
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More Strikeouts Than Hits? Welcome to Baseball’s Latest Crisis
784 points • aug 17, 2018
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The Marines Didn’t Think Women Belonged in the Infantry. She’s Proving Them Wrong.
784 points • aug 10, 2018
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Partying Like It’s 1998
776 points • aug 11, 2018
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Paul Taylor Dies at 88; Brought Poetry and Lyricism to Modern Dance
774 points • aug 31, 2018
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Study Causes Splash, but Here’s Why You Should Stay Calm on Alcohol’s Risks
774 points • aug 29, 2018
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Anti-Vaccine Activists Have Taken Vaccine Science Hostage
764 points • aug 05, 2018
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How Robot Hands Are Evolving to Do What Ours Can
764 points • aug 01, 2018
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Trump’s Supreme Betrayal
756 points • aug 01, 2018
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Vermont Primary Election Results
756 points • aug 15, 2018
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When Aretha Franklin Brought Down the House at the Kennedy Center
752 points • aug 17, 2018
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It’s Not Technology That’s Disrupting Our Jobs
748 points • aug 20, 2018
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Is Coconut Oil Good or Bad for You?
744 points • aug 22, 2018
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The Trouble With Trucking
738 points • aug 12, 2018
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The Revenge of the Lesser Trumps
732 points • aug 15, 2018
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5 Takeaways From Tuesday’s Election Results
732 points • aug 09, 2018
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The Religion of Whiteness Becomes a Suicide Cult
730 points • aug 31, 2018
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Inside the World of Racist Science Fiction
724 points • aug 01, 2018
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A Broken Relationship and Accusations of Emotional Abuse: The Case of Keith Ellison
724 points • aug 31, 2018
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Voting Rights Advocates Used to Have an Ally in the Government. That’s Changing.
720 points • aug 13, 2018
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A Pregnant Dolphin. A Fatal Gunshot. A Disturbing Trend.
720 points • aug 02, 2018
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Never Cook at Home
718 points • aug 26, 2018
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5 Cheap(ish) Things Every Home Should Have
716 points • aug 01, 2018
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Who Gets a New 20% Tax Break? The Treasury Dept. Speaks, and Trump May Save
712 points • aug 09, 2018
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Apple’s $1 Trillion Milestone Reflects Rise of Powerful Megacompanies
710 points • aug 03, 2018
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Duterte Is Accused of Murder in New Filing at Hague Court
704 points • aug 28, 2018
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Illinois Lawmaker Resigns After Ex-Girlfriend Says He Used Her Nude Photos to ‘Catfish’ Men
692 points • aug 02, 2018
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Go Ahead, Speak for Yourself
688 points • aug 11, 2018
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Are We Loving Shelter Dogs to Death?
686 points • aug 19, 2018
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From Child’s Abuse to the Dark Web: Germans Recoil at a Mother’s Role
676 points • aug 08, 2018
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The Democratic Party Picked an Odd Time to Have an Identity Crisis
666 points • aug 02, 2018
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The 52 Places Traveler: Feeling Like an Insider, Finally, in Spain
666 points • aug 07, 2018
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Manafort Lawyers Rest Without Calling Witnesses in Fraud Trial
656 points • aug 15, 2018
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DeVos Ends Obama-Era Safeguards Aimed at Abuses by For-Profit Colleges
650 points • aug 11, 2018
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Embracing Conspiracy Theory, Trump Escalates Attack on Bruce Ohr
648 points • aug 18, 2018
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Workers Hardest Hit by Recession Are Joining in Recovery
642 points • aug 04, 2018
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Amy Meselson, Lawyer Who Defended Young Immigrants, Dies at 46
640 points • aug 08, 2018
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San Francisco Officials to Tech Workers: Buy Your Lunch
636 points • aug 01, 2018
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How Tech Billionaires Hack Their Taxes With a Philanthropic Loophole
632 points • aug 05, 2018
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Murder, Politics and Architecture: The Making of Madison Square Park
622 points • aug 04, 2018
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The Trump Voters We Don’t Talk About
620 points • aug 10, 2018
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Notes on a Butter Republic
620 points • aug 06, 2018
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Aretha Franklin’s 20 Essential Songs
618 points • aug 17, 2018
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Italy Bridge Was Known to Be in Trouble Long Before Collapse
616 points • aug 16, 2018
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Singing With My Grandbaby
612 points • aug 16, 2018
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Once Polluted and Reviled, the Chicago River Bounces Back
612 points • aug 02, 2018
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In Chicago, One Weekend, 66 Shooting Victims, and Zero Arrests
612 points • aug 07, 2018
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Prep Is Everything at Rowing Blazers. But Is Prep Alone Enough?
606 points • aug 09, 2018
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When We Eat, or Don’t Eat, May Be Critical for Health
602 points • aug 01, 2018
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Trump’s Nemesis in the Age of Pinocchio
600 points • aug 12, 2018
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The DeVos School for the Promotion of Student Debt
600 points • aug 27, 2018
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The Bane That Is Betsy DeVos
598 points • aug 18, 2018
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Trump Says Newspapers Are ‘in Collusion’ on Championing a Free Press
596 points • aug 17, 2018
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Missouri Voters Reject Anti-Union Law in a Victory for Labor
592 points • aug 08, 2018
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Science Alone Won’t Save the Earth. People Have to Do That.
582 points • aug 13, 2018