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Alabama Sheriff Legally Took $750,000 Meant To Feed Inmates, Bought Beach House
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/14/593204274/alabama-sheriff-legally-took-750-000-meant-to-feed-inmates-bought-beach-house?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social


Who owns water? The US landowners putting barbed wire across rivers
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/15/privatized-rivers-us-public-lands-waterways


The Trump administration officially withdrew an Obama-era rule that would set higher standards for the treatment of animals whose meat could be sold as organic.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-eliminates-animal-welfare-200022013.html?soc_src=hl-viewer&soc_trk=fb


Wells Fargo & Co Chief Executive Tim Sloan’s made $17.6 million in 2017, up 35 percent from the previous year, despite opting out of the bank’s annual incentive plan.
https://www.reuters.com/article/legal-us-wells-fargo-ceo/wells-fargo-ceos-2017-pay-jumps-35-pct-to-17-6-mln-idUSKCN1GR35P


U.S. regulators are preparing to sanction Wells Fargo for receiving commissions on auto insurance policies it helped force on more than half a million drivers, people with direct knowledge of the probes told Reuters.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-wells-fargo-accounts-auto-exclusive/exclusive-wells-fargo-faces-sanctions-for-auto-insurance-payouts-sources-idUSKCN1GR0G3


Can we fix it? The repair cafes waging war on throwaway culture
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/15/can-we-fix-it-the-repair-cafes-waging-war-on-throwaway-culture


A North Carolina congressional candidate says the website she used when she campaigned for another office is now owned by a Russian.
The News & Observer of Raleigh reports a man listing a Russian residence bought the website address that Democrat Linda Coleman used when she ran for lieutenant governor two years ago.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/north-carolina-politician-russian-bought-domain-53667633


EPA drops rule requiring mining companies to have money to clean up pollution
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-epa-mining-pollution-20171201-story.html


US coal hasn’t set aside enough money to clean up its mines
http://www.climatechangenews.com/2018/03/14/us-coal-hasnt-set-aside-enough-money-clean-mines/


Russian Hackers Attacking U.S. Power Grid and Aviation, FBI Warns
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-15/russian-hackers-attacking-u-s-power-grid-aviation-fbi-warns


A new U.S. advisory board created to help rewrite federal rules for importing the heads and hides of African elephants, lions and rhinos is stacked with trophy hunters, including some members with direct ties to President Donald Trump and his family.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-wildlife-protection-board-has-many-trophy-hunters


One year into Donald Trump's presidency, the image of U.S. leadership is weaker worldwide than it was under his two predecessors. Median approval of U.S. leadership across 134 countries and areas stands at a new low of 30%, according to a new Gallup report.
http://news.gallup.com/poll/225761/world-approval-leadership-drops-new-low.aspx?g_source=link_NEWSV9&g_medium=tile_7&g_campaign=item_201617&g_content=World%27s%2520Approval%2520of%2520U.S.%2520Leadership%2520Drops%2520to%2520New%2520Low