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tabloids Kim Jong-un is dead, Prince Andrew is broke, and Kobe Bryant killed himself, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
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Business Prasad's Law: there's always enough health spending to concentrate wealth, never enough to diffuse it Cory Doctorow
corruption 1 in 14 Trump appointees is a former lobbyist, four times the rate under Obama Cory Doctorow
crime Dog pees on $3 million in cocaine found at beach. 'They tried to mark it as theirs' Xeni Jardin
politics Survey: 50% of Americans believe 'made-up news' is a very big problem for the country today. 46% say the same about climate change. Xeni Jardin