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January 18,2017
by Associated Press
The U.S. economy is on solid ground now but it faces long-term risks posed by slow productivity growth and the widening income gap, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen says.
Speaking recently to a gathering of teachers, Yellen said that she sees no major short-term risks facing the economy.
However, sputtering productivity growth and growing income inequality are serious long-term concerns.
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Wisconsin
January 16,2017
by Associated Press
Wisconsin utility regulators removed references to climate change from their website months before state environmental officials altered global warming language on their own site.
The Public Service Commission eliminated a web page about global warming sometime after May 1 of last year, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
The page for years had featured material devoted to climate chang.... Read More
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Social Justice
January 13,2017
by Associated Press
Stamped from the Beginning, winner of the National Book Award winner for nonfiction, is a work of history very much rooted in recent events.
Ibram X. Kendi’s 600-page narrative traces racism in the United States, from colonial times to the present.
Kendi began working on the book shortly before the killing of Trayvon Martin in 2012 and he felt a special urgency to write about what he call.... Read More
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Political
January 13,2017
by Associated Press
While Ben Carson’s celebrated career as a neurosurgeon leaves no doubt about his medical credentials, his lack of experience in government and public policy are raising questions about his qualification to serve as housing secretary.
President-elect Donald Trump wants Carson, a former rival for the Republican presidential nomination, to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development, a .... Read More
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January 11,2017
by Associated Press
A study of statewide police traffic stops in Vermont, the second-whitest state in the country, has found racial disparities in how police treat drivers.
Black drivers were four times more likely than whites to be searched after traffic stops, and Hispanic drivers were nearly three times more likely, according to the University of Vermont study, Driving While Black and Brown in Vermont. At the s.... Read More
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January 11,2017
by Associated Press
Rex Tillerson will get a $180 million retirement package from Exxon Mobil Corp. if he is confirmed as President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of state.
Tillerson will give up more than 2 million Exxon shares he would have received over the next 10 years.
In exchange, the company will make a cash payment equal to the value of those shares to a trust to be overseen by a third party.
Exxo.... Read More
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Entertainment,
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WiGWAG
January 11,2017
by Associated Press
David Lynch knows how to keep viewers guessing about what to expect from the “Twin Peaks” sequel.
In a Q&A with TV critics Monday, the genial Lynch either declined to provide details about the Showtime series or gave answers that were as mysterious as the plot of the 1990s cult series.
Cast members who took part in a separate panel discussion also were mum about the plot in advance o.... Read More
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LGBT,
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January 11,2017
by Associated Press
A 91-year-old veteran who was dismissed from the U.S. Air Force as “undesirable” in 1948 because he is gay has had that discharge status changed to “honorable.”
The move by the Air Force comes in response to a lawsuit filed in November by H. Edward Spires of Norwalk, Connecticut, who served from 1946 to 1948 as a chaplain’s assistant, earning the rank of sergeant.
Spires was forced.... Read More
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WiGWAG
January 10,2017
by Associated Press
Pro-pot activists are planning to give away 4,200 free joints during the inauguration, which is legal in the District of Columbia.
They've also pledged to light up during President-elect Donald Trump's inaugural address, which is not legal.
But Washington's mayor says police won't be looking to arrest people for smoking marijuana in public on Inauguration Day.
Speaking at a news confer.... Read More
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Environment,
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National,
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January 10,2017
by Associated Press
The view from the observation deck over a meadow of brown marsh grasses would make a nice postcard. Eagles roost on tall pines, muskrats burrow in mounds of mud and straw and black ducks splash in a pond.
But on a cold and drizzly day, Matt Whitbeck surveys the Maryland landscape with concern.
Beyond the marsh is what the Fish and Wildlife Service biologist calls “Lake Blackwater.”
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