Inside the Headlines w/The Newsvandal: 10.02.15

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THE WEEK THAT WAS
>>Politics & Fleas
Pro-Lifers Embarrassed By Planned Parenthood Hearing, Call It ‘GOP Freak Show’
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2015/09/29/3706951/planned-parenthood-hearing-freak-show/
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House Republicans repudiate McCarthy comments on Benghazi probe
http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/30/politics/kevin-mccarthy-benghazi-committee-speaker/
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Clinton’s email woes deepen as classified messages pile up
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/hillary-clinton-email-state-department-release-214246

>>Turnabout Is Fair Play
America is getting blindsided: How our imperial arrogance is continuing to wreak havoc
http://www.salon.com/2015/10/01/america_is_getting_blindsided_how_our_imperial_arrogance_is_continuing_to_wreak_havoc/
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Russia’s Lavrov on Syria targets: ‘If it looks like a terrorist, walks like a terrorist …’
http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/01/middleeast/russia-syria/
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When Putin Talks Tough, Lockheed Benefits
http://247wallst.com/aerospace-defense/2015/09/29/when-putin-talks-tough-lockheed-benefits/

ITH DEEP-DIVE: Everything Is A Racket
How the Better Business Bureau rakes in millions
http://money.cnn.com/2015/09/30/news/better-business-bureau-millions/index.html

How Much of Big Pharma’s Massive Profits Are Used to Influence Politicians?
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33010-how-much-of-big-pharma-s-massive-profits-are-used-to-influence-politicians

What Happened To The Senate’s Painkiller Investigation?
http://www.buzzfeed.com/catferguson/an-investigation-deferred

Auto Industry Hid Report that Showed U.S. Cars are more Dangerous than those Used in Europe
http://www.allgov.com/news/us-and-the-world/auto-industry-hid-report-that-showed-us-cars-are-more-dangerous-than-those-used-in-europe-150928?news=857514

Have the world’s TV makers been ‘doing a Volkswagen’?
http://fortune.com/2015/10/01/have-the-worlds-tv-makers-been-doing-a-volkswagen/

Big banks abusing 2012 settlement deal
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/foreclosures-mortgage-lenders-2012-settlement-banks-213322

Bankruptcy Lawyers Strip Cash from Coal Miners’ Health Insurance
http://www.propublica.org/article/bankruptcy-lawyers-strip-cash-from-coal-miners-health-insurance

Secret Swiss accounts have their harshest impact on the world’s poorest economies
http://qz.com/514232/secret-swiss-accounts-have-their-harshest-impact-on-the-worlds-poorest-economies/

America is the richest, and most unequal, country
http://fortune.com/2015/09/30/america-wealth-inequality/

THIS WEEK IN GOOD NEWS!
Female anti-poaching unit in South Africa gets UN award
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/d93dc91a0b9347b8b4f3d6447a67c0e1/female-anti-poaching-unit-south-africa-gets-un-award

New Zealand’s new ocean sanctuary will be one of world’s largest protected areas
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/29/new-zealands-new-ocean-sanctuary-will-be-one-of-worlds-largest-protected-areas

Sales of vinyl surpass ad-supported streaming music services
http://digiday.com/platforms/riaa-sales-vinyl-surpass-ad-supported-streaming-music-services/

ODDS & ENDS
The Failure of Refugee Camps
http://bostonreview.net/world/elizabeth-dunn-failure-refugee-camps

Inside the Secret World of Arab Playboys
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/27/inside-the-secret-world-of-arab-playboys.html

The Amazing Inner Lives of Animals
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2015/oct/08/amazing-inner-lives-animals/

Falling angels: Africa’s unloved vultures headed for extinction?
http://news.mongabay.com/2015/09/falling-angels-africas-unloved-vultures-headed-for-extinction/

That Stinky Cheese Is a Result of Evolutionary Overdrive
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/29/science/that-stinky-cheese-is-a-result-of-evolutionary-overdrive.html

Fukushima: the World’s Never Seen Anything Like This
http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/09/30/the-worlds-never-seen-anything-like-this/

It’s Been 50 Years Since the Biggest US-Backed Genocide You’ve Never Heard Of
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/09/its-been-50-years-biggest-us-backed-genocide-youve-never-heard

The Newly Discovered Tablet V of the Epic of Gilgamesh
http://etc.ancient.eu/2015/09/24/giglamesh-enkidu-humbaba-cedar-forest-newest-discovered-tablet-v-epic/

Twitter Has A 136-Page Handbook For Politicians And It’s Hilarious
http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/09/30/443128829/twitter-has-a-136-page-handbook-for-politicians-140-character-tweets

The “Terasem” group wants to help transform you into an AI
http://arstechnica.com/the-multiverse/2015/09/the-terasem-group-wants-to-help-transform-you-into-an-ai/

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