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  Hawaii Set to Become First State to Raise Smoking Age to 21

  TIME - Alexandra Sifferlin

  Hawaii is set to become the first state to pass a law banning the sale, use and possession of cigarettes and e-cigarettes to people under the age of 21. If a bill approved by Hawaii lawmakers on Friday is signed into law by Governor David Ige, adolescents will be prohibited from smoking, buying and …

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  Daniel I. Lundeen

  

  Did a book bandit pilfer rarities from N.Y. Public Library?

  Los Angeles Times - Carolyn Kellogg

  Did the New York Public Library accidentally let a treasure trove of rare books and manuscripts go, or were they pilfered by a rare-books bandit? The case is unfolding in the courts of New York. It began when Margaret Tanchuck was going through her deceased parents’ estate and discovered what …

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  Apr 27, 2015
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  New Study Links Weather Extremes to Global Warming (Published 2015)

  The New York Times - Justin Gillis

  The moderate global warming that has already occurred as a result of human emissions has quadrupled the frequency of certain heat extremes since the Industrial Revolution, scientists reported Monday, and they warned that a failure to bring greenhouse gases under control could eventually lead to a …

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  Texas inmate asks US supreme court to block execution over lack of evidence

  The Guardian - Tom Dart

  Robert Pruett alleges he was framed by other inmates in killing of guard Daniel Nagle but prosecutors said Pruett was upset over disciplinary infraction