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Wine Moguls Destroy Land And Pay Small Fines As Cost Of Business, Say Activists
In California, fines are being levied against winemakers who violate environmental laws, but activists say they are a drop in the bucket compared to the damage. (Image credit: George Rose/Getty Images)
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Hong Kong Protesters In Tense Standoff With Police At Polytechnic University...
As clashes intensified, protesters shot arrows and hurled gasoline bombs at the authorities — and police used tear gas and water cannons. (Image credit: Laurel Chor/Getty Images)
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Pete Townshend On Creativity, 'The Age Of Anxiety' And The Who's New Record
Townshend talks about his debut novel, how it relates to The Who's rock opera, Tommy, and what he'd say now to his younger self – the one who wrote the lyric "I hope I die before I get old." (Image...
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Fresno Police: Backyard Where 10 Shot Likely Targeted, 'We Just Don't Know Why'
The victims were all Asian males between 25 and 35. "Most of them had jerseys on," said the deputy police chief. "And it looks like something terrible happened." (Image credit: John Walker/Fresno...
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U.S. Firms Get 90-Day Extension To Work With Huawei On Rural Networks
The U.S. government is letting American businesses work with Chinese tech giant Huawei for an additional three months, in a third delay to a ban enacted in May for national security reasons. (Image...
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Kanye West Announces An Opera (Which Isn't As Crazy As It Sounds)
Before any opera purists start wringing their hands, let's remember that the 400-year-old art form has proven itself terrifically adaptable and resilient. (Image credit: Julien Hekimian/Getty Images)
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Amazon Rainforest Sees Biggest Spike In Deforestation In Over A Decade
Not since 2008 has the Amazon been destroyed at a faster rate, according to Brazilian authorities. They say an area more than 12 times the size of New York City was deforested in the span of a year....
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Big Machine: Taylor Swift Can Play Her Hits At The American Music Awards
On Monday, the pop megastar's former label announced that it had come to an agreement over Swift's scheduled television performance on the American Music Awards this Sunday. (Image credit: Mike...
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Democrats Offer Trump Chance To Testify, And He Says He Might Do It — In Writing
The president's surprise announcement comes after Democrats invited him to defend himself against accusations that he tried to bribe a foreign country in order to help himself politically. (Image...
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Days From Shutdown Deadline, Congress Races To Pass Temporary Government...
With the government set to run out of money on Thursday, lawmakers say another temporary funding measure is needed. A stopgap spending bill that has been introduced funds agencies through Dec. 20....
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U.N. Expert Faults U.S. For 'Inhuman Treatment' And High Incarceration Of...
The U.S. incarceration rate of children is "the highest that we could find, followed by others like Bolivia, or Botswana, or Sri Lanka," says the author of a new U.N. study on children's rights....
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