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America’s Dark History of Killing Its Own Troops With Cluster Munitions

The BLU-97 bomblets at As Salman were the latest offering in roughly 60 years of cluster-munition evolution, a process started by German arms designers before World War II. In 1932, Luftwaffe munitions handlers repackaged incendiary bomblets conceived in World War I in aerodynamic containers that opened in the air, near the ground. This allowed bomblets […]

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Miami Marlins join MLB’s trend toward artificial turf

Sports / En Sound Media

The Miami Marlins will join Major League Baseball’s trend toward artificial turf by installing the surface at Marlins Park for 2020 By STEVEN WINE AP Sports Writer December 4, 2019, 6:04 PM 2 min read The Miami Marlins will join Major League Baseball‘s trend toward artificial turf by installing the surface at Marlins Park for

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Hospitals Sue Trump to Keep Negotiated Prices Secret

Politics / En Sound Media

The nation’s hospital groups sued the Trump administration on Wednesday over a new federal rule that would require them to disclose the discounted prices they give insurers for all sorts of procedures. The hospitals, including the American Hospital Association, argued in a lawsuit filed in United States District Court in Washington that the new rule

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Stocks up with hopes that US-China trade deal still on track

Finance / En Sound Media

Stocks climbed Wednesday and recouped some of their losses from prior days on hopes that a U.S. trade deal with China may be nearing, despite tough recent talk from President Donald Trump By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer December 4, 2019, 5:20 PM 5 min read Stocks climbed Wednesday and recouped some of their losses

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The 10 Biggest Restaurant Trends We Saw In 2019

Lifestyle / En Sound Media

As the holidays approach and the end of the year draws closer, it makes sense to reflect on the popular trends that defined the past 12 months: how they rose to popularity, how they changed the status quo and whether we can expect the greatest hits of 2019 to carry their influence into 2020. The

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Clintons strikes deal to avoid pre-Christmas collapse

Business / En Sound Media

Image copyright Getty Images Greetings card retailer Clintons has struck a deal that will stop it going bust this Christmas, administrators KPMG have said. The firm will be salvaged through a complex transaction that allows it to be sold back to its existing owners. It means Clinton’s 334 stores can keep trading for now, saving

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House Hunting in the Canary Islands: A Villa Near the Ocean

Travel / En Sound Media

A Classic Canary Island Villa Near the Coast $1.6 MILLION (1.49 MILLION EUROS) This three-bedroom, three-bathroom house is in Tacoronte, a rural city near the northeast coast of Tenerife, the largest island in Spain’s Canary Islands archipelago. The 4,844-square-foot house was built in the 18th century for Agustin de Torres Perdomo, a descendant of Canary

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Climate simulations are mostly accurate, study finds

Technology / En Sound Media

A new study finds that past computer simulations of climate change have been pretty accurate By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer December 4, 2019, 5:08 PM 3 min read The computer models used to simulate what heat-trapping gases will do to global temperatures have been pretty spot-on in their predictions, a new study found. After

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Details confirmed for Tokyo Olympic marathon, race walks

Sports / En Sound Media

Tokyo Olympic organizers have announced the dates and details of routes for the marathon and race walk events in Sapporo December 4, 2019, 12:09 PM 2 min read The dates and details of the routes to be used for the Tokyo Olympic marathon and race walk events in Sapporo were announced Wednesday by organizers. The

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Hundreds of Thousands Are Losing Access to Food Stamps

Politics / En Sound Media

WASHINGTON — The Department of Agriculture, brushing aside tens of thousands of protest letters, gave final approval on Wednesday to a new rule that would remove nearly 755,000 people from the federal food-stamp program. The rule, which was proposed in February, makes it more difficult for states to allow able-bodied adults without children to receive

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