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Saturday, April 29, 2017

Fighting Compulsive Gambling Among Women

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/28/business/retirement/fighting-compulsive-gambling-among-women.html
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You’re Too Focused on What You’re Focused On

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/29/opinion/sunday/youre-too-focused-on-what-youre-focused-on.html
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In Greenland’s northernmost village, a melting Arctic threatens the age-old hunt

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/in-greenlands-northernmost-village-a-melting-arctic-threatens-the-age-old-hunt/2017/04/29/764ba9be-1bb3-11e7-bcc2-7d1a0973e7b2_story.html
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Is Utah still a model for solving chronic homelessness?

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865678779/Is-Utah-still-a-model-for-solving-chronic-homelessness.html
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Florence Finch, Unsung War Hero Who Took On Japanese, Dies at 101

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/28/us/florence-finch-dead-coast-guard-war-hero.html
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Friday, April 28, 2017

Drugs Now Involved in More Fatal U.S. Crashes Than Alcohol Alone

https://medlineplus.gov/news/fullstory_164985.html
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To colonize space, start closer to Earth

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/Spacebound/2017/0428/To-colonize-space-start-closer-to-Earth
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Do today's cops need a 'Textalyzer' test?

http://www.csmonitor.com/Technology/2017/0428/Do-today-s-cops-need-a-Textalyzer-test
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Would you eat your water bottle if that would save the planet?

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2017/0428/Would-you-eat-your-water-bottle-if-that-would-save-the-planet
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Insurance companies’ ‘fail-first’ policy enough to make you sick

http://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/insurance-companies-fail-first-policy-enough-to-make-you-sick/
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Thursday, April 27, 2017

Everything We Knew About Sweatshops Was Wrong

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/27/opinion/do-sweatshops-lift-workers-out-of-poverty.html
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Wednesday, April 26, 2017

At This Museum, Failures Are Welcome

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/25/arts/museum-of-failure.html
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Need a ride in farm country or in a distant exurb? How one company wants to help

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2017/0426/Need-a-ride-in-farm-country-or-in-a-distant-exurb-How-one-company-wants-to-help
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Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Checking a Website’s Security

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/25/technology/personaltech/website-security.html
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The age of flying cars is here, Silicon Valley promises

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2017/04/25/the-age-of-flying-cars-is-here-silicon-valley-promises/
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Can we eat our way out of the lionfish invasion?

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2017/0425/Can-we-eat-our-way-out-of-the-lionfish-invasion
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Monday, April 24, 2017

Colombia's Guerrillas Come Out of the Jungle

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/05/01/colombias-guerrillas-come-out-of-the-jungle
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Could this rather esurient caterpillar help stem the plastic deluge?

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2017/0424/Could-this-rather-esurient-caterpillar-help-stem-the-plastic-deluge
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Welcome to the World’s Coolest Kindergarten

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/24/sports/soccer/welcome-to-the-worlds-coolest-kindergarten.html
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Why predicting the future is more than just horseplay

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/Complexity/2017/0424/Why-predicting-the-future-is-more-than-just-horseplay
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Sunday, April 23, 2017

Vast German archive holds the secret to combatting Holocaust denial

http://www.timesofisrael.com/vast-german-archive-holds-the-secret-to-combatting-holocaust-denial/
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Uber’s C.E.O. Plays With Fire

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/23/technology/travis-kalanick-pushes-uber-and-himself-to-the-precipice.html
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I have a B.A. in Political Science and a Master's Degree in Public Administration (M.P.A.) from Brigham Young University. In addition, I have a Ph.D. in Public Administration and Public Affairs from Virginia Tech. I have another Master's degree. This one is in Library Science (M.L.S.) from Emporia State University in Kansas. In my public administration studies I emphasized administrative ethics and administrative law. In library school I emphasized reference, especially using government documents and legal materials.
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