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Thursday, August 13, 2015

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Tianjin blasts: Dozens dead; areas of Chinese port city devastated
You can see the devastation everywhere: in the hollowed out shells of barely-standing buildings, in the anguished faces of relatives waiting for news of loved ones, in the parade of scorched cars.

Footage of 'biggest shark ever filmed' surfaces
A marine research group is calling it "the biggest shark ever filmed," but you can call her Deep Blue.

U.S.
No, America shouldn't go metric
There is much to be admired about presidential candidate Lincoln Chafee's willingness to take unconventional political stands. But as he announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination on Thursday there was one proposal I wish he hadn't suggested: that America should switch to the metric system.

Mississippi: Daughter of cop, son of imam accused of plan to join ISIS
She's the daughter of a police officer. He's the son of a man who's worked as a local imam.

By the numbers: The massive toll of the Animas River spill
The environmental crew had one job: pump out and treat contaminated water at the Gold King Mine in southern Colorado.

Appeals court reverses Alabama 'rape bait' case decision
Administrators at an Alabama middle school showed "deliberate indifference" to allegations that a teacher's aide persuaded a girl to act as bait to catch an accused sexual predator, a federal court of appeals decided Wednesday.

WORLD
Teaching Kenya's orphaned elephants to 'go wild'
Painfully thin and bearing the bloody marks of would-be poachers, little Simotua was barely alive when he was found wandering, lost and alone, through central Kenya's Rumuruti Forest.

Croatian ISIS captive reportedly beheaded
Croatia is now feeling the pain of apparently losing one of its own -- in one of the most brutal and public ways possible -- to ISIS.

Report: New North Korean uranium enrichment hall likely up and running
Does melting snow on the roof of buildings signify a major increase in North Korea's uranium enrichment activities?

Man sets himself on fire at protest outside Japanese embassy in Seoul
An 80-year-old man set himself on fire Wednesday during a protest outside the Japanese Embassy in Seoul.

BUSINESS
Roger Ailes to Donald Trump: 'We resolve this now...or go to war'
Fox News chairman Roger Ailes woke up Monday morning thinking that his network and Donald Trump's campaign had reached an understanding.

China rushes to calm fears over plunging yuan
China's central bank is rushing to calm fears over the yuan's plunge in recent days.

HEALTH
Parents create 'visual bucket list' for daughter who's going blind
What would you want to see if you knew that you would go blind in the next five to 10 years?

Kids have three times too much homework, study finds; what's the cost?
Nothing quite stresses out students and parents about the beginning of the school year as the return to homework, which for many households means nightly battles centered around completing after-school assignments.

TECHNOLOGY
Finally: The $3000 Putin-themed Apple Watch you've been waiting for is here
"What's that?" They'll say.

13 hot-as-hell artist Instagram accounts you wouldn't dare to unfollow
There's little doubt in the hype-obsessed art press that Los Angeles is currently the world's hottest location, with a new gallery opening each month and young artists clamoring to get a foothold -- and, at long last, shunning New York.

ENTERTAINMENT
Look out, Springfield: Sofia Vergara coming to 'The Simpsons'
Bart Simpson is about to be hot for teacher.

Uggie, scene-stealing dog from 'The Artist,' dies
Uggie, the scene-stealing Jack Russell terrier who charmed audiences in the Oscar-winning 2011 film "The Artist," has died.

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