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Court freezes Facebook's funds in Brazil

«Seattle Post-Intelligencer» (seattlepi.com) 

SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian news site says a federal court has ordered more than $6 million in Facebook funds frozen because its popular messaging service WhatsApp failed to turn over messages sought in a drug case.

Why We Need Fireworks at the Voting Booth this Year

The Huffington Post 

On July 4, 1776, America declared to the world it was a new and independent nation, no longer ruled by an English monarch but a government that existed for the benefit of its people. At the heart of this new democracy was the belief that the powers of government were given by the consent of the majority and that the actions of government should represent the will of the majority. According to Thomas Jefferson, "The fundamental principle of [a common government of associated States] is that the will... Читать дальше...

20K pounds of cheese stolen in southeastern Wisconsin

«La Crosse Tribune» (lacrossetribune.com) 

OAK CREEK, Wis. (AP) — Authorities are investigating after a semitrailer containing 20,000 pounds of cheese was stolen from a parking lot in southeastern Wisconsin.

US construction spending fell again in May

«Seattle Post-Intelligencer» (seattlepi.com) 

Spending on housing was flat as a 1.8 percent advance in apartment construction was offset by a 1.3 percent fall in single-family activity. Gross domestic product grew at a lackluster annual rate of just 1.1 percent in the January-March quarter. The drop in construction activity in May left total activity at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.14 trillion, up 2.8 percent from a year ago.

Crisis in veesector nekt bouwbedrijf uit Haaksbergen

Tubantia 

HAAKSBERGEN – Een doorstart zit er voor het failliete bouwbedrijf H. Klein Poelhuis uit Haaksbergen niet in. Dat zegt curator W. Haafkes na een eerste inventarisatie. Voor de veertien personeelsleden is inmiddels ontslag aangevraagd.



13 things that only happen in Silicon Valley

BusinessInsider.com 

HBO

Silicon Valley is probably the only place in the world where you can survive on Soylent, live out of a van, and befriend a mall-cop robot.

To celebrate the area's triumphs and weirdness, we rounded up the most Silicon Valley things that happen in Silicon Valley and the greater Bay Area.

Penny-pinching tech workers live in vans.

Zach Both

As real estate prices soar in the Bay Area, tech workers are converting vans into mobile homes. These so-called "van dwellers" lead a nomadic and legally precarious lifestyle... Читать дальше...

21 Times Jeremy Corbyn's Face Perfectly Summed Up Your Life

BuzzFeed 

Like looking into the mirror.

Arriving at your booty call like:

Channel Four / The Last Leg

When you catch the person who's been eating your biscuits.

Peter Nicholls / Reuters

Trying to stay awake through a meeting that could have been an email.

Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images

When you have to leave the house in five minutes so you put on whatever's clean and pray no one sees you.

Martellus Bennett has written a children’s book, launching app to go with it

NBCSports.com 

It probably does not surprise anyone who has followed the exploits of the Black Unicorn over the years to know that he has a fertile imagination. But now, Patriots tight end Martellus Bennett is using it for educational purposes. Via Fitz Tepper of TechCrunch.com, Bennett has created a company called The Imagination Agency, and has created a…

US stock indexes edge higher in early trading

TheRepublic.com 

U.S. stock indexes moved higher in morning trading Friday, building on a three-day market rally. Investors were weighing new economic data and company earnings news. Consumer-focused stocks were among the biggest gainers. Telecom and financial stocks were laggards. KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average gained 42 points, or 0.2 percent, to 17,972 at 11:15

Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan fezlekesi olan HDP'li vekillere seslendi

Sabah 

Cumhurbaşkanı Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Fethiye-Hasan Gümüşdağ Camii'nin açılışında yaptığı konuşmada, "Huzurlu günlerimiz yakındır. Bunların benim Kürt kardeşlerimi sevmek gibi bir dertleri de yok. Tam aksine...Devamı için tıklayınız

Warsaw NATO Summit Not to Fulfill Georgia's Expectations – US Senator

Sputnik International 

Georgia's NATO membership aspirations are unlikely to be fulfilled at the Warsaw NATO summit next week, a US senator and a deputy head of the US delegation to the OSCE PA told Sputnik Friday on the sidelines of the ongoing OSCE PA annual meeting in Tbilisi.

Songs We Love: denitia and sene., 'olive.'

NPR (npr.org) 

With an assist from producer Sly5thave, the R&B-adjacent duo transitions from a precipitous moment into a stone-cold jam session with a lustfully bubbly mood.

‘The Hunt’: Cougars Attack! Orcas Kill! Bunnies Die!

Yahoo TV 

If you’re looking for some relief from Fourth of July noisiness and cheerful celebration, you can’t do better than watch the premiere of The Hunt, BBC America’s hypnotizingly exciting new nature documentary series. Sunday’s opening episode examines predators and prey in Africa, as leopards leap and strain to catch swiftly prancing impala antelopes, orca killer whales sink their razor teeth into the juicy, innocent bodies of baby humpback whales, and a chameleon with “a tongue longer than its body” laps up insects with a moist, deadly snap! Читать дальше...

‘The Hunt’: Cougars Attack! Orcas Kill! Bunnies Die!

Yahoo TV 

If you’re looking for some relief from Fourth of July noisiness and cheerful celebration, you can’t do better than watch the premiere of The Hunt, BBC America’s hypnotizingly exciting new nature documentary series. Sunday’s opening episode examines predators and prey in Africa, as leopards leap and strain to catch swiftly prancing impala antelopes, orca killer whales sink their razor teeth into the juicy, innocent bodies of baby humpback whales, and a chameleon with “a tongue longer than its body” laps up insects with a moist, deadly snap! Читать дальше...

Mozambique's factions talk peace amid conflict

Stars and Stripes 

Conflict between Mozambique's old civil war adversaries is increasingly becoming an international concern, with thousands of people fleeing violence into neighboring Malawi and Zimbabwe and the country's rival factions agreeing to negotiate with the help of foreign mediators.

Seattle Mariners fan drops two home run balls

«New York Daily News» 

Getting the chance to catch a home run ball isn’t something that happens to many people, but one Seattle Mariners fan had two opportunities to catch a souvenir.





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