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Do Devin Nunes’ Constituents Think He’s as Ridiculous as the Rest of Us Do?

December 6, 2019

Los Angeles Times I came to Nunes Country this week to talk to folks about their representative, an ardent defender of President Trump who denigrates Democrats, the free press, the impeachment commit...

The US Economy Is Losing Billions of Dollars Because Foreign Students Aren’t Enrolling

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December 6, 2019

CNN Fewer international students are coming to the United States. That's hurting American universities and the economy. The continued decline in international student enrollment since the fall of...

A ‘Mole’ Isn’t Digging Mars: NASA Engineers Are Trying To Find Out Why

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December 6, 2019

WBUR There's a mole on Mars that's making NASA engineers tear their hair out. No, they haven't discovered a small, insectivorous mammal on the red planet. The mole vexing engineers at the Jet ...

A $25,000 Robot Barista Serves 120 Cups of Coffee an Hour — and It Is Part of a Growing ‘Robot Revolution’ That Could Kill Millions of Jobs

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December 6, 2019

Business Insider Trendy coffee roasters including Intelligentsia, Ritual, and Equator have partnered with Café X Technologies to create a $25,000 robot barista, CNBC reports. The robot, which opera...

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Fancy a Game of Hide and Squeak? Rats Love to Play, Scientists Find

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December 5, 2019

CNN Rats can be taught to play hide and seek -- and they squeal with joy when they win, scientists have found. Both wild and domesticated animals have been known to play, but neuroscientists from...

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The Strange Revival of Vinyl Records

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December 5, 2019

The Economist Subscription “The LP will be around for a good long while,” Patricia Heimers, a spokeswoman for the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), told the Associated Press in 1989....

Viral Video Shows Border Wall Being Scaled. Border Patrol Says System ‘Worked Exactly as Designed’

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December 5, 2019

The Desert Sun A video taken by a Mexican citizen shows the newly replaced border fence in Mexicali being scaled by two men with a rope ladder, one of whom makes it over to the United States. Th...

Feds Release Study Into Repairing Sunken Friant-Kern Canal

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December 5, 2019

The Sun With its capacity reduced by more than 300,000 acre-feet of water due to sunken ground, a fix for the Friant-Kern Canal may be on the horizon. Tuesday, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation rel...

Canada Just Permanently Shut Down 3 Slaughterhouses

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December 4, 2019

Live Kindly The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has closed three major slaughterhouses following an E. coli outbreak. Activists have also accused the Toronto-based meatpackers of cruelty to animals....

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‘It Just Isn’t Working’: PISA Test Scores Cast Doubt on U.S. Education Efforts

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December 4, 2019

The New York Times Subscription The performance of American teenagers in reading and math has been stagnant since 2000, according to the latest results of a rigorous international exam, despite a de...

Google Touts Quantum Computing Milestone

Who Besides the Obvious Are Running for Fresno Mayor?

Cox’s Latest Bill Would Repair Sinking Friant-Kern Canal

Central Unified Mulls Lowering Fees for New Home Construction

Trump Plan Delivers More Water for Valley Farmers

Risks, Rewards, and Robots: The Future of Work in California

Revisiting Fresno’s Sputtering Growth Plan Is a Must

Locals Gear Up to Keep Kings River Water

Woman Tries to Pry Open Mountain Lion's Jaws to Save Her Dog

Tedford Saved the Bulldogs. Now He’s Saving Himself.

Tom Waits: ‘We Are Monkeys With Money and Guns’

Mountain Lion Who Killed Dog Prowls California Neighborhood

As California Spends Billions on High-Needs Students, Calls Grow for More Oversight

Risks, Rewards, and Robots: The Future of Work in California

Walters: Another Showdown Over Crime Looms

Walters: Court Must Fix Tax Vote Ambiguity

Political Activist Sarsour Will Speak at Local CAIR Banquet

Many Specialists Will Be on Hand at Free Health Clinic in Fresno

US Growth of Islam Creates Need for Religious Scholars

Islamic Center Dinner To Feature Texas TV Reporter Who Wears a Hijab

Michael Bloomberg Launches Democratic Presidential Bid

Who Besides the Obvious Are Running for Fresno Mayor?

GOP’s Cookingham Likes His Chances in Valley’s Blue CA-16

Kamala Harris Stuns Supporters by Exiting Presidential Race

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Do Devin Nunes’ Constituents Think He’s as Ridiculous as the Rest of Us Do?

The US Economy Is Losing Billions of Dollars Because Foreign Students Aren’t Enrolling

A ‘Mole’ Isn’t Digging Mars: NASA Engineers Are Trying To Find Out Why

A $25,000 Robot Barista Serves 120 Cups of Coffee an Hour — and It Is Part of a Growing ‘Robot Revolution’ That Could Kill Millions of Jobs

Fancy a Game of Hide and Squeak? Rats Love to Play, Scientists Find

The Strange Revival of Vinyl Records

Viral Video Shows Border Wall Being Scaled. Border Patrol Says System ‘Worked Exactly as Designed’

Feds Release Study Into Repairing Sunken Friant-Kern Canal

Canada Just Permanently Shut Down 3 Slaughterhouses

‘It Just Isn’t Working’: PISA Test Scores Cast Doubt on U.S. Education Efforts

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