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by Barry Yeoman and Jocelyn C Zuckerman The Guardian On a cloudy winter day, a state government inspector named Ryan Coffield walked into a Family Dollar store in Windsor, North Carolina, carrying a scanner gun and a laptop. Inside the store, which sits along a three-lane road in a county of peanut growers …
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by Kevin Burton When you bite the hand that feeds you, chances are you won’t get fed anymore. Or you could say it this way: “no more fun and games.” That’s the story of the Houston-based, late 60s sunshine pop band The Fun And Games, according to published accounts. Not very …
by Charlotte Cowles thecut.com It’s 5 a.m. and your toddler is crying. His forehead is hot. You remember, cursing yourself, that you are out of Tylenol. You squint at your phone and order more, selecting the quickest delivery option. Actually, that’s not soon enough. You pay the $2 fee so that it will …
by Dictionary Scoop They say that bad artists imitate, but it takes a great artist to make something new out of the work of others. In the world of music, the thin line between inspiration and plagiarism is often full of controversy, even when the similarities were not intended. Whether it’s a …
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by Kevin Burton The first date sets a tone, a pattern for, in the moment, who knows what. On that first stroll down Love Boulevard, there is hope and exploration. “Dating is about finding out who you are and who others are,” said clinical psychologist and author Henry Cloud. “If you show …
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by Kevin Burton An Ohio court sentenced a black woman to prison last week just a day after giving a white woman probation for essentially the same white-collar crime. This was reported by Michael Harriot of Yahoo News, following up on a story in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Neither judge in the …
by Kevin Burton Housing industry officials in Indianapolis face charges under the Fair Housing Act after a woman went to great lengths to prove discrimination. This story was reported by Alexandria Burris in the Indianapolis Star. I found it reprinted on the USA Today website. It’s about systematic discrimination against non-whites in …
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