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USA Today: She Wanted a Hollywood Career. Her Agent Wanted Sex.
USA Today published She Wanted a Hollywood Career. Her Agent Wanted Sex. “If a woman decides that she needs to have sex with a Hollywood producer in order to advance her career and actually does it and finds the whole thing offensive, that’s not rape,” Brafman said. “You made a conscious decision that you’re willing […]
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USA Today: Norway is Dominating These Winter Olympics With a Unique Approach to Sports
USA Today published Norway is Dominating These Winter Olympics With a Unique Approach to Sports. Unlike the U.S., where we keep score of everything all the time, Norway puts kids in sports but doesn’t let them keep score until age 13. The idea is to make sports part of their social development so that the […]
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USA Today: Australia Hasn’t Had a Fatal Mass Shooting Since 1996. Here’s What it Did
USA Today published Australia Hasn’t Had a Fatal Mass Shooting Since 1996. Here’s What it Did. The country made sweeping gun control measures after a man killed 35 people with a semi-automatic weapon in a popular tourist area of Port Arthur, in Tasmania. Weeks after the April 1996 tragedy, the country and its states began banning […]
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Are You Disrespecting Women at Work?
USA Today published an article titled Are you disrespecting women at work? How to be an ally. The article lists several “dos” and “don’ts” for men to “avoid social hiccups”. What are your thoughts on the points made?
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Texas Teen’s Dramatic Account of Gang Rape by Black Men Was a Hoax, Police Say
USA Today published Texas Teen’s Dramatic Account of Gang Rape by Black Men Was a Hoax, Police Say.
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Obama’s Last Day
On the day Obama’s presidency comes to an end, here a look back at the headlines at the beginning.
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6 Things Black Men Tell Their Sons About Traffic Stops
USA Today published 6 Things Black Men Tell Their Sons About Traffic Stops, following recent events in Louisiana and Minnesota. After a recent conversation with a friend, I sent the article to him. Here’s his response: I found the first 3 things actually what I would tell my kids and I try and do during […]
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I Got Hacked Mid-Air While Writing an Apple-FBI Story by Steven Petrow
Steven Petrow wrote I Got Hacked Mid-Air While Writing an Apple-FBI Story for USA Today. It’s a different look at the encryption debate gaining notoriety thanks to the Apple-FBI argument.
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Millionaire Who Said He ‘Tripped,’ Fell on Teen Cleared of Rape Charge
USA Today published the craziest headline I’ve ever seen, Millionaire Who Said He ‘Tripped,’ Fell on Teen Cleared of Rape Charge. It only took 30 minutes for the jury to deliberate prior to the acquittal. This falls firmly in the stuff I can’t make up category.
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Anonymous & the KKK
USA Today reported the hacker group Anonymous has said they will unleash a social media campaign against the KKK starting today. Part of the campaign is expected to be the release of personal details of up to 1000 alleged KKK members. The campaign coincides with the KKK’s Million Mask March, which is taking place in […]
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Mismatched Picture
USA Today is my favorite general news source. I set it as my homepage a couple years ago so I’ll see the front page several times throughout the day and won’t miss anything big. I’ll occasionally go to CNN, but it’s usually after seeing a headline on USA Today. The other day I went to […]
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The Most Annoying Types of Airline Passengers are …
Since I’ll be traveling home for Christmas today directing everyone toward USA Today’s The Most Annoying Types of Airline Passengers are … article seems appropriate.
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Unprofessional Emails
I recently received 2 emails I’d classify as unprofessional, but for different reasons. The first was from a choreographer soliciting business. My first problem with the email is that it was a forwarded email. I could tell because it was indented with a blue line next to it, see the picture if you don’t know […]