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TODAY>>the LEADS: Our Chemical Romance; God Squads in FOREIGN ENTANGLEMENTS; Art Lovers in ODDS, ENDS
LEADS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
America’s wealth gap between middle-income and upper-income families is widest on record
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/12/17/wealth-gap-upper-middle-income/
How the High Cost of Medical Care Is Affecting Americans
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/12/18/health/cost-of-health-care-poll.html
To Fight Ebola, Cuba Is Sending Its Biggest Export - Doctors
http://www.newsweek.com/cubas-biggest-export-doctors-292067
Who’s afraid of Cuba? Almost nobody anymore.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/12/18/whos-afraid-of-cuba-almost-nobody-anymore/
Obama Realizes What 10 Presidents Didn’t: Isolating Cuba Doesn’t Work
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/12/17/obama-ends-failed-policy-towards-cuba.html
Rich Lowry | The Castros Finally Hit the Jackpot
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/12/castro-finally-hit-the-jackpot-113664.html
Mess in Venezuela Is One Reason Cuba Turned to the U.S.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-17/castro-deal-with-u-s-fuels-shift-away-from-venezuela.html
U.S.-Cuba thaw could erode Russia's influence
http://www.latimes.com/world/europe/la-fg-cuba-us-russia-20141218-story.html
Putin Paints a Besieged Russia, Says U.S. Wants to 'Rip Out Its Teeth and Claws'
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-18/putin-says-central-bank-shouldn-t-use-reserves-to-protect-ruble.html
Cuba Deal Leaves Only North Korea as Cold War Vestige
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/18/world/americas/cuba-off-the-blacklist-leaves-only-north-korea.html
U.S. Said to Find North Korea Ordered Cyberattack on Sony
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/18/world/asia/us-links-north-korea-to-sony-hacking.html
The Evidence That North Korea Hacked Sony Is Flimsy
http://www.wired.com/2014/12/north-korea-did-not-hack-sony-probs/
Reaction to the Sony Hack Is 'Beyond the Realm of Stupid'
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/reaction-to-the-sony-hack-is-beyond-the-realm-of-stupid
These Ubiquitous Chemicals May Be Making Us Stupid
http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2014/12/ubiquitous-chemical-thats-making-us-stupid
Toxic chemicals found in majority of holiday decorations
http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2014/dec/17/christmas-holiday-dangerous-toxic-chemicals-decorations
Citing Health Risks, Cuomo Bans Fracking in New York State
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/18/nyregion/cuomo-to-ban-fracking-in-new-york-state-citing-health-risks.html
Yellen: Cheap oil is good for America
http://money.cnn.com/2014/12/17/news/economy/janet-yellen-fed-oil-prices-good/index.html
Mom's Exposure To Air Pollution In Pregnancy Doubles Child's Risk Of Autism, Study Says
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/18/air-pollution-autism-_n_6345448.html
The World's Biggest Car Company Wants to Get Rid of Gasoline
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-12-17/toyota-embraces-fuel-cell-cars-for-post-gasoline-future
U.S. allies increasingly absent from Syria strikes
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/17/us-mideast-crisis-syria-strikes-exclusiv-idUSKBN0JV2JB20141217
US Drone Strike Targets Pak Taliban in Afghanistan, Kills 11
http://news.antiwar.com/2014/12/17/us-drone-strike-kills-11-including-pakistani-taliban-fighters-in-afghanistan/
Drone strikes counterproductive, says secret CIA report
http://www.smh.com.au/world/drone-strikes-counterproductive-says-secret-cia-report-20141218-129ynq.html
Did CIA torture violate Nuremberg ban on human experimentation?
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/12/16/250260/did-cia-torture-violate-nuremberg.html
This year, US imposed fewest death sentences in four decades
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2014/1218/This-year-US-imposed-fewest-death-sentences-in-four-decades
POLITICS and FLEAS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Obama's Had a Helluva Good Month Since the Midterms
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2014/12/obamas-had-helluva-good-month-midterms
Republicans Rustlin' Up Some Cash With Dick Cheney
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2014-12-17/republicans-rustlin-up-some-cash-with-dick-cheney
Jeb Bush's web of interests face scrutiny as he ‘explores’ presidential bid
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/78af1fe8-85e6-11e4-a105-00144feabdc0.html
Jeb Bush Signals Business Wind-Down with Barclays Departure
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2014-12-18/jeb-bush-leaving-barclays-report-says
Rand Paul Gets Private Audience at Goldman Sachs
http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/rand-paul-gets-private-audience-at-goldman-sachs-20141217
Lawrence Summers' $28 Million Payday, Courtesy of Elizabeth Warren
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2014-12-18/lawrence-summers-28-million-payday-courtesy-of-elizabeth-warren
Warren voices concern about trade pact with Asia
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/elizabeth-warren-other-democrats-raise-concerns-about-free-trade-pact-with-asia/2014/12/17/19de1c48-8632-11e4-b9b7-b8632ae73d25_story.html
A Tribute to Michele Bachmann
http://www.rollcall.com/news/a_tribute_to_michele_bachmann-238776-1.html
FOREIGN ENTANGLEMENTS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Inside the Firewall: Tracking the News That China Blocks
https://projects.propublica.org/firewall/
Why Is Ecuador Selling its Economic and Environmental Future to China?
http://www.thenation.com/article/193249/why-ecuador-selling-its-economic-and-environmental-future-china
Colombia Farc rebels declare indefinite unilateral truce
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-30525871
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kidnap over 100 women, children in Nigeria
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/18/us-nigeria-violence-idUSKBN0JW1FP20141218
Help Free the “Witches” of Ghana
http://thehumanist.com/news/international/help-free-the-witches-of-ghana
The Lord's Resistance Army: violence in the name of God
http://www.dw.de/the-lords-resistance-army-violence-in-the-name-of-god/a-18136620
Israel’s marriage police: An aberration from Jewish tradition
http://972mag.com/israels-marriage-police-an-aberration-from-jewish-tradition/100251/
How foreign imams radicalized Syria's war
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/12/syria-east-aleppo-rebel-control-religious-radicalism.html
Foreign Policy Experts Ignore the Role of Religion in Western Politics
http://wilsonquarterly.com/stories/foreign-policy-experts-ignore-role-religion-in-western-politics/
PANDORA'S BOXCUTTER>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Fixing the Crowded Earth
http://www.newsweek.com/2014/12/26/fixing-crowded-earth-293024.html
Superbugs to kill 'more than cancer' by 2050
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-30416844
Illegal ivory trade 'out of control' due to Chinese demand, group says
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/asia/china/AJ201412170051
Zimbabwe's Reported Plan to Export Baby Elephants Raises Outcry Against Animal Trade
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/12/141217-zimbabwe-china-elephants-zoos-tuli-botswana-south-africa/
Biologist reveals how whales may 'sing' for their supper
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141216175752.htm
Curiosity has discovered organic matter on Mars
http://www.cnet.com/news/curiosity-has-discovered-organic-matter-on-mars/
THE MEDIA SCRUM>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Friends' accounts differ significantly from victim in UVA rape story
http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/16/us/uva-rape/
The Latest Twist in the Bizarre Prosecution of Barrett Brown
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/12/17/barrett-brown-sentenced/
Stephen Colbert Prepares Final ‘Colbert Report’
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/17/business/media/stephen-colbert-prepares-final-colbert-report.html
ODDS, ENDS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
The Zen Predator of New York
http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/12/the-zen-predator-of-the-upper-east-side/383831/
Jeff Koons Sued for Ripping Off Other Artists—Again
http://www.vocativ.com/culture/art-culture/jeff-koons-copyright-infringement-naf/
Pressure Grows for Museums to Return Stolen Objects
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/pressure-grows-for-museums-to-return-stolen-objects-a-1007523.html
Why the Pantheon Hasn’t Crumbled
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientific-reason-why-pantheon-hasnt-crumbled-180953627/
The Roman Method of Water Management
http://www.archaeology.org/news/2792-141215-romans-water-grain
Some languages spread ideas better than others
http://news.sciencemag.org/social-sciences/2014/12/want-influence-world-map-reveals-best-languages-speak
SeaWorld is firing all of its precious mimes
http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/232693/seaworld-is-firing-all-of-its-precious-mimes/
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