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Star Wars

The best LEGO sets for hardcore fans in 2019: ‘Star Wars’, ‘Harry Potter’, STEM, and much more

LEGO is just the best, isn't it? We'd struggle to think of any other toy that has been going for decades and still enjoys a similar degree of popularity. It doesn't matter how old you are, or what you're into, because we bet you've played with some LEGO at so…

bubmagMay 16, 2019

Times Square

TodayTix Receives $73 Million Investment Led By Great Hill Partners

People line up to buy discount Broadway show tickets from TKTS in New York, BLOOMBERG NEWS A ticketing firm that got its start offering a modern alternative to the antiquated way Broadway theater-goers bought their discounted tickets (standing in line outs…

bubmagMay 16, 2019

Plastic Pollution

Plastic pollution: Flip-flop tide engulfs ‘paradise’ island – BBC News

Image copyrightSilke Stuckenbrock Close to a million plastic shoes, mainly flip flops are among the torrent of debris washed up on an "unspoilt paradise" in the Indian Ocean. Scientists estimated that the beaches of Australia's Cocos (Keeling) Islands are …

bubmagMay 16, 2019

Plastic Pollution

How Our Toothbrushes Are Littering Paradise

Dr. Lavers chose these islands for the study because their relatively isolated location means that there are relatively few sources of local pollution and not much human activity such as beach cleanups. This enabled the team to see how much plastic from the w…

bubmagMay 16, 2019

Google

How to use Google Maps to save your parking location

We’ve all been there: you park your car on some random street or in a nondescript garage and go about your business. Then, an hour or two later, you find yourself wandering around without the foggiest recollection of where you left your vehicle. Don’t let you…

bubmagMay 16, 2019

Tayyip Erdogan

Morning Briefing: Enes Kanter gets an assist from a U.S. senator

Portland Trail Blazers center Enes Kanter is from Turkey and has been outspoken in his criticism of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. So critical that Turkish officials have sought a red notice a sort of international arrest warrant for Kanter through Interpol.…

bubmagMay 16, 2019

Plastic Pollution

The World Just Took a Major Step To Curb Plastic Pollution, But the U.S. Refused to Join Effort

This is viewer supported news. Please do your part today. Donate Nearly every country in the world except the United States took a historic step to curb plastic waste last week, when more than 180 nations agreed to add plastic to the Basel Convention, a tre…

bubmagMay 16, 2019

Putin

Why the World Wants Democracy but Not Necessarily the American Version

Nearly three decades after the Cold War’s end, it’s no longer clear that American-style liberal democracy has carried the day. Xi Jinping has consolidated power in China on a scale not seen since Mao. Vladimir Putin has served longer than any other Russian le…

bubmagMay 16, 2019

Monsanto

As EPA Insists Weed Killer Roundup is Safe, a Jury Orders Monsanto to Pay $2B to Couple With Cancer

This is viewer supported news. Please do your part today. Donate U.S. agribusiness giant Monsanto has been ordered to pay its highest damages yet in a massive lawsuit over the popular weedkiller Roundup. A jury ordered Monsanto to pay more than $2 billion i…

bubmagMay 16, 2019

North Korea Nuclear Talks

Trump to meet with South Korean leader Moon Jae-in amid stalled North Korea nuclear talks – CNBC

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bubmagMay 16, 2019

The best LEGO sets for hardcore fans in 2019: ‘Star Wars’, ‘Harry Potter’, STEM, and much more

TodayTix Receives $73 Million Investment Led By Great Hill Partners

Plastic pollution: Flip-flop tide engulfs ‘paradise’ island – BBC News

How Our Toothbrushes Are Littering Paradise

How to use Google Maps to save your parking location

Morning Briefing: Enes Kanter gets an assist from a U.S. senator

The World Just Took a Major Step To Curb Plastic Pollution, But the U.S. Refused to Join Effort

Why the World Wants Democracy but Not Necessarily the American Version

As EPA Insists Weed Killer Roundup is Safe, a Jury Orders Monsanto to Pay $2B to Couple With Cancer

Trump to meet with South Korean leader Moon Jae-in amid stalled North Korea nuclear talks – CNBC

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