Sunday, August 10, 2014

Subject: What we're looking at today

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The Midichlorians Made Me Do It: Can Microbes Explain ...
A wild new paper draws on 'Star Wars' to speculate about whether microbes might cause religious behavior—the latest in a long history of scientific attempts to path...
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WORLD:

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Who Are the Yazidis, the Ancient, Persecuted Religious M...
With the advance of Sunni militants into the frontier of Iraqi Kurdish territory, the small Yazidi religious minority has fled its homeland of Sinjar. While many ar...
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In Iraq, An Entire Religion Faces Extinction For Somethi...
While the situation is dire for many of Iraq's religious groups, one group is at the center of ISIS's wrath for an unusual reason: ISIS thinks they worship the devi...
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Iraq 'needs unity' in militant fight
Iraq needs a "broad unity government" if it is to halt the advance of Islamist militants, warns the French foreign minister, who is in Baghdad.
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Islamic State killed 500 Yazidis, buried some victims al...
Islamic State militants have killed at least 500 members of Iraq's Yazidi ethnic minority during their offensive in the north, Iraq's human rights minister told Reu...
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SPORTS:

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Witness: Tony Stewart hits driver at NY dirt track
CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. (AP) — Witnesses say NASCAR star Tony Stewart struck another driver at a New York dirt track Saturday, a year after he was involved in anoth...
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McIlroy in the lead at PGA Championship _ barely
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Rory McIlroy played the kind of golf Saturday that typically would put him in control at a major championship. Staked to a one-shot lead in ...
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Michael Phelps loses 100 fly at US Nationals
IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Two events, two losses for Michael Phelps.
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POLITICS:

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John Dean on Nixon, Impeachment, and Obama
After three years as counsel in the Nixon White House during the Watergate years, John
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BUSINESS: