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“The median household income in 2015 was $56,515, which the average healthcare CEO made in less than a day.”

Business owner and former gang member Daniel Barnes describes turning his life around after a lack of positive male role models led him to violence and crime
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The billionaires who backed Trump are making out a lot better than Putin.

(COMMONDREAMS) — I’ve always been a little skeptical that there’d be a smoking gun about the Trump campaign’s alleged collusion with Russia. The latest news about Donald Trump Jr., however, is tantalizingly close.

(ANTIMEDIA)  — Science fiction fans, take note. A private company, Moon Express, has just revealed its grand vision to launch the early stages of a mining operation on the lunar surface. From Ars Technica on Wednesday:

(ANTIMEDIA) Bastrop County, TX — A crude oil pipeline spill in Bastrop County, Texas, Thursday morning released an estimated 1,200 barrels of oil — over 50,000 gallons — prompting evacuations of residents closest to the rupture.

(ANTIMEDIA) Washington, D.C. — As further evidence that interest in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin is currently booming, consider these opening lines from a CNBC article on Wednesday:
“An unidentified man held up a sign saying ‘buy bitcoin’ during Fed Chair Janet Yellen’s testimony Wednesday before the House Financial Services Committee.

Jessi Baker, founder of blockchain technology platform Provenance, envisions a future where all physical products have digital histories, allowing people to trace and verify products’ origins, attributes and ownership. Is it time for a new dawn of transparency in retail?
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(MEE) — Jared Kushner, the son-in-law to US President Donald Trump and a senior White House adviser, sought a $500m investment from Qatar for a New York skyscraper shortly before the diplomatic crisis between Qatar and a host of other countries, according to an Intercept article on Monday.

There aren't many times when a real-life legal case unfolds like a TV courtroom drama. However, one case involving the Texas Alcohol Beverage Commission and a local liquor retailer ended almost as well as an episode of Perry Mason.