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Kenya: Teenager investigated for arson, murder in dorm fire

TheRepublic.com 

NAIROBI, Kenya — A Kenyan court has given police seven days to hold a teenager being investigated for arson and murder following a fire in a school dormitory that killed nine of her classmates. Magistrate Theresa Nyangene on Wednesday granted the request by the director of public prosecutions. The teen was arrested after the fire

National Read A Book Day 2017: 10 Inspiring Quotes For Book Lovers

International Business Times 

It's a day for book lovers and all of you who are into reading, don't just read it to yourself, but also to others as it's National Read a Book Day on Wednesday. Read a Book Day is celebrated on Sept. 6 every year and on this day everyone grabs their favorite book.

Here are all the areas in Hurricane Irma's path, and when the storm could arrive

AOL.com 

Filed under: Forecasts, International, Weather

Hurricane Irma is officially one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes ever recorded, and the Category 5 storm is expected to slam the eastern Caribbean islands with devastating winds, heavy rains, and catastrophic storm surges.

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  • How to track the path of Hurricane Irma — which could soon hit the US
  • Hurricane Irma is now a Category 5 storm and could make landfall in Florida
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Do Free Business-School Courses Have a Payoff?

WSJ.com 

Schools like Wharton and Harvard Business School have attracted thousands of people to free or low-cost online versions of courses taken by full-time M.B.A. students. But the career benefits for learners remain unclear.

Plans call for no marathon in Lansing amid low interest

TheRepublic.com 

LANSING, Mich. — Plans call for no marathon this year in Lansing. The Lansing State Journal reports that for the first time since 2012 there won’t be a marathon in the city. The Capital City River Run events Sept. 16-17 include a half-marathon, a half-marathon relay, a 5-kilometer (3.1-mile) event and children’s races. The newspaper

Beware the cult of 'tech fixing' – it's why America is eyeing the nuclear button

The Conversation (UK) 

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With even Vladimir Putin now warning of global catastrophe from the recent tensions in Korea, we are in arguably the worst period of nuclear brinkmanship since the end of the Cold War. It is partly thanks to a strand of thinking among the American right that a nuclear attack on Pyongyang would succeed where decades of diplomacy has failed.

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Who Is Tilman Fertitta? Business Background, Bio Of Houston Rockets New Owner

International Business Times 

Billionaire financier Les Alexander sold the Houston Rockets on Tuesday for an NBA record $2.2 billion. Anderson, a New Jersey native who began his professional career as a lawyer and later made his wealth on Wall Street, had owned the Rockets since 1993 and immediately won back-to-back titles. But now the team will be in the hands of a local businessman who is not afraid to make big deals or be in the media spotlight.

Russian ombudsman proposes major international database on human rights

RT (Daily news) 

Russian Human Rights Ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova is proposing a unified international database with human rights laws and examples of their application in various nations, as well as a single collection of laws regulating ombudsmen’s activities.
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