The Morning News http://ift.tt/1SdpZjt Supreme Court to decide if Obama overstepped by granting amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants. Supreme Court opinions in Citizens United prefigured the Sanders-vs-Clinton dynamic. Sanders has simply reconstituted the usual liberal coalition that backs insurgents. There is no Bernie movement. #opinions Manitoba offers voters a “none of the above” option if they don’t like any of the candidates but still want to vote. Pilot program to sell ads on NBA jerseys will debut in 2017. Polls finds vast majority of Americans prefer paying lower prices for items made overseas instead of paying a premium for things made in the US. Iran unexpectedly scuttles OPEC deal to freeze oil production, ensuring continuation of low prices. Monday’s poem: Sherman Alexie wonders if comedy is even possible in Germany. If it were to join the US as a state, Sweden would be poorer than all but 12 states, with a median income of $27,167. YouTube still relies on low-ranking employees to root out disturbing videos. Stunning video shows what the Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis look like from space. #video Riddle: Spend a billion dollars to win a space race. UC Davis spent $175,000 on “strategic communications” to scrub the infamous pepper-spray incident from search results. No accident that the people of Sichuan are as fiery as the regional cuisine, say science and history. World’s first “Pastafarian” wedding takes place on a pirate ship in New Zealand. “Food plagiarism” may be real, but Cronut maker says chefs waste their time worrying about imitators. Tim O’Brien, author of The Things They Carried, performs magic shows in his living room. Competition seeks a board game to honor Robert Caro. Alumni and genealogists try to find out what happened to 272 slaves—men, women and children—who were sold to save Georgetown University. Reporting sexual violence in Kashmir is worse than futile. The problem is not that overworked professionals are all miserable. The problem is that they are not. Nomad spends more than a decade tromping up and down California with three mules and a message of environmental emergency. Hiker asks for money to trek 500 miles in Colorado with authentic 19th-century gear, clothing, and hunting practices. Abstract think piece for the afternoon: Narration of air strikes betrays perversion at the heart of drone warfare.
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