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‘SHAKEN AND AFRAID’

Undergrad Sues Over Prof’s Alleged Antisemitic ‘Campaign’

Yael Canaan says her architecture instructor at one point suggested she ponder “what Jews do to make themselves such a hated group.”

Justin Rohrlich

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1ST AMENDMENT

Carnegie Mellon Gives Prof a Pass for Mean Queen Tweets

Twitter deleted the tweets for violating the platform’s rules but the university said “free expression is core to the mission of higher education.”

Brooke Leigh Howard

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TWO-TIMED

Environmental Foundation Funding Nativist Groups: Report

The group spent tens of millions of dollars funding anti-immigrant and nativist groups.

Audrey McNamara

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Killfies?

A Plague of Suicidally Stupid Selfies

A 13-year old Italian boy was hit by a train while playing “selfie chicken” with his friends. He’s not the first to die for a photo.

Barbie Latza Nadeau

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WORD POWER

Trump's Very Very Very Bad Verbal Tic

‘Very’ is one of Donald Trump’s favorite words. What does he hope to achieve using a word that may be insistent, but is often empty of meaning?

Joshua David Stein

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Breaking Bread

Eating With The Enemy

A takeout restaurant in Pittsburgh is offering exotic cuisine with a twist, facilitating cultural conversation and political dialogue on countries in conflict with the United States.

Justin Jones

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Funny Money

The Missing Bitcoin Millions

Bitcoin reached an all-time high of more than $400 on Wednesday, just weeks after a multimillion-dollar exchange in China disappeared.

Kris Holt

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I Quit

Not So Fast!

Like previous tragedies, the movie-theater shooting in Colorado has led to all sorts of fevered calls to action. Jesse Singal on why psychologists think we should resist that impulse.

Jesse Singal

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Major Asset

Joe Manganiello Bares All

The ‘True Blood’ star talks to Marlow Stern about playing Big Dick Richie in ‘Magic Mike’—and his long, dark road to Hollywood.

Marlow Stern

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Send in the Robots to Japan's Nuclear Meltdown

Japan is famous for creating robots, so why aren't they being used to help end the crisis at Fukushima Daiichi? A robotics expert tells Dan Lyons they'll be used soon—but don't expect a SWAT team of smart, autonomous Terminators.

Dan Lyons

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Doers Change the World: Education

HP bets on education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

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