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U.S.
Gatlinburg Wildfires Force Evacuations in Tennessee
Dramatic videos shot by residents showed flames lining the edge of highways used for evacuations.Tennessee can ask for federal help.
What that would mean is a question.
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Business Day
If Trump Tweets It, Is It News? A Quandary for the News Media
News organizations grapple with covering a commander in chief who uses his Twitter account as a bully pulpit and propaganda weapon.Report the tweets as the statements of the president elect.
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World
A.N.C. Rejects Calls for Jacob Zuma to Quit South African Presidency
Leaders of the African National Congress, after a debate among party members, reaffirmed their support for the unpopular leader.There is infighting in the A.N.C.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infighting
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intragroup_conflict
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U.S.
Fate in U.S.-Cuba Thaw Is Less Certain Under Donald Trump
The president-elect has been critical of the détente, and sent mixed signals during the campaign about his intentions toward the island nation.Cuba will not be allowed an economy.
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World
Obama to Send Aide to Fidel Castro’s Funeral
Benjamin J. Rhodes, a deputy national security adviser, will join the top American diplomat in Cuba at the funeral, an official said, citing the countries’ “complicated” relationship.
"President-elect
Donald J. Trump warned Monday that the push to build ties with Cuba
after decades of animosity could be quickly wiped away, despite growing
business and commercial ties between the countries.
“If
Cuba is unwilling to make a better deal for the Cuban people, the
Cuban/American people and the U.S. as a whole, I will terminate deal,” he said on Twitter."An ultimatum leading to open hostilities.
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U.S.
The Lasting Legacy of a Fighter for the Amazon
Chico Mendes’s murder in 1988 became a turning point in Brazil’s environmental consciousness, and after it, a global movement to save the Amazon gained impetus.Clyde Habeman is mistaken.
We are in a bubble and the "developers" are running things.
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U.S.
Trump Has Serious Decisions to Make (but First, a Twitter Rant)
Mr. Trump was widely criticized for baseless claims of voter fraud, and one of his advisers publicly denounced Mitt Romney, a contender to lead the State Department.Trump is teasing the Democrats.
His decisions are made.
The axe will fall.
"The masochist says "Hurt me, hurt me."
The sadist says "maybe I will and maybe I wont.""
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Business Day
News Outlets Rethink Usage of the Term ‘Alt-Right’
Often used to describe a far-right, white nationalist movement and criticized by some as euphemizing extreme views, the label has emerged as a linguistic flash point.The Alt Right a re a fringe of the Republican coalition.
Continue to use the label.
It does not stink as much as the people behind it.
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Travel
Navigating the New Airbnb
The site is evolving into a full-fledged travel company with activities, audio walking tours, guides and, soon, restaurant bookings, even car rentals.Sales is the reason marketers exist.
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U.S.
Where the Police Protect Venus Flytraps
North Carolina is more aggressively protecting the plants, which grow in the wild only in a 75-mile radiusnear Wilmington, as fears of extinction increase.
I "got over" carnivorous plants.
They are more fun to imagine than to experience.
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