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An African country reckons with its history of selling slaves
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/an-african-country-reckons-with-its-history-of-selling-slaves/2018/01/29/5234f5aa-ff9a-11e7-86b9-8908743c79dd_story.html?utm_term=.ee384d255bbe


Labor Department hiding unfavorable report on impacts of tip-pooling rule
[When NPR areported on this, they interviewed someone who talked about it allowing cooks, etc. to share in the tips. They said NOTHING about the fact that the minimum wage for tipped employees is well below $3/hour. So this proposal would allow employers to reduce wages. Typical NPR pandering to their corporate donors. ]
http://thehill.com/regulation/labor/371798-report-labor-department-hiding-unfavorable-report-on-impacts-of-tip-pooling


Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) has read the Nunes memo, and he says that it is nothing more than a pretext for Trump to fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
http://www.politicususa.com/2018/02/01/nunes-memo-confirmed-congressman-cover-story-fire-rod-rosenstein.html


Hatch didn't say Trump was the greatest president ever, he said he 'could be'
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/371884-office-hatch-didnt-say-trump-was-the-greatest-president-ever-he-said


Justice Dept sidelines office dedicated to expanding legal aid to poor citizens
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/371895-justice-dept-sidelines-office-dedicated-to-expanding-legal-aid-to


Hawaiian island is now a solar paradise
On clear days, Kauai can generate 100 percent of its electricity from the sun.
https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2018/01/hawaiian-island-is-now-a-solar-paradise/


CIA Director Has 'Every Expectation' Russia Will Try To Influence Midterm Elections
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/30/581767028/cia-director-has-every-expectation-russia-will-try-to-influence-mid-term-electio?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20180130


The head of Russia's foreign spy service reportedly traveled to the U.S. earlier this month and met with top Trump administration intelligence officials, despite being on a U.S. sanctions blacklist.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/31/582059134/russian-spy-chief-reportedly-met-with-u-s-intelligence-officials-despite-sanctio?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social


Global temperatures could break through the internationally agreed upper 1.5C [2.7F] limit within the next five years
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/jan/31/met-office-warns-of-global-temperature-rise-exceeding-15c-limit


An Innovative New Children’s Hospital Uses a Mix of Technology, Nature and Playtime to Help Patients Heal
https://paidpost.nytimes.com/stanford/an-innovative-new-childrens-hospital-uses-a-mix-of-technology-nature-and-playtime-to-help-patients-heal.html?tbs_nyt=2017-jan-nytnative_hpmod&cpv_dsm_id=188726832


A FEMA Error Drove Fears That Food and Water Aid to Puerto Rico Was Ending. It’s Not.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/31/us/puerto-rico-fema-aid.html


The German scientist behind the controversial experiments on monkeys to test the harmful effects of diesel exhaust fumes says there is no way senior management at the carmakers including BMW, Volkswagen and Daimler did not know about the trials.
https://www.politico.eu/article/lead-scientist-in-monkey-tests-automakers-fully-aware-of-trials/


Press Freedom Group Saves Archives of Gawker and LA Weekly
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/01/business/media/gawker-archives-press-freedom.html


Climate change threatens half of US bases worldwide, Pentagon report finds
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/31/climate-change-threatens-us-military-bases-pentagon


Amazon fulfillment centers don't boost employment, analysis finds
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/feb/01/amazon-fulfillment-centers-dont-boost-employment-analysis-finds


CDC to cut global disease outbreak prevention by 80 percent
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2018/02/01/cdc-to-cut-global-disease-outbreak-prevention-by-80-percent/?utm_term=.c293ebec02f1


Bipartisan senators warn of Russian interference in Mexican election
https://www.axios.com/marco-rubio-bob-menendez-russia-interference-mexico-f1c117d4-d693-42bf-8dc7-07ba247efb78.html


Teenage property crime, assault, pregnancy, and dropout rates all plummeted to record low levels over the last decade, while educational attainment rose rapidly.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2018/01/30/the-truth-about-teen-suicide/