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Nov 4, 2015
Daily Caller - The eleventh-hour budget deal negotiated by Congress and the White House late last month may have ended the specter of a new government shutdown to the benefit and relief of the political establishment, but it didn’t resolve America’s debt crisis. It only delays the day of reckoning and, in the long run, will make matters worse, as the current $18.1 trillion debt ceiling is increased still again.
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Nov 4, 2015
Rocket News - Larger, more threatening wildfires are occurring at greater rates as Texas faces lingering drought, consistent development — driven by millions of new residents and the spread of outlying suburbs — and changes in how the state’s land is used.
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Nov 4, 2015
Vice - In Australia a gram of coke generally costs around $300 AU [$214 USD]. One of the reasons it's so expensive here is because Australia is an island a long way from anywhere. All contraband has to be flown or shipped in, generally from South America, which, again, isn't close. But any quick business analysis of the situation would suggest it doesn't have to be like this. Cocaine is sourced from the coca plant, so why don't traffickers just grow it here?
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Nov 2, 2015
Gizmodo - Vampire bats are the only vertebrates that feed on the blood of other mammals. But the capacity to do so may be buried in all of us, according to a new study which pinpoints the underlying genetic origins of traits that make a good vampire.
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