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medicine Ebola keeps on keeping on Seamus Bellamy

bullying Sesame Street launches its first crowdfunded campaign, to prevent autistic kids from being bullied Mark Frauenfelder

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picks Mylan CEO raises price of EpiPens over 400% in 9 years, is rewarded with 671% raise Xeni Jardin

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creepy The Elf on the Shelf is a surveillance-normalizing little creep Rob Beschizza

bong bong Michigan prosecutors drop case against medical marijuana patient and agree to return her stuff Mark Frauenfelder

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