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  A 160-Year-Old Atlas Company Is Bringing New Tech to Old Cars

  Fortune - Kirsten Korosec

  Rand McNally, the company best known for its printed atlases, has developed a portable tablet designed to give owners of older vehicles the same kind …

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  A Possibly Lifesaving Guide to Heart Attacks (Published 2015)

  The New York Times - Gina Kolata

  Tremendous progress has been made in treating heart disease, but it is still the biggest killer of Americans, accounting for one in seven deaths. Here are answers to some common questions about the symptoms and treatment of heart attacks and narrowed aortic valves. How do you know if you are having …

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  THE $20 BILLION CLUB: Meet the 5 most valuable startups in the world

  Business Insider - Maya Kosoff

  There used to be a time when a $1 billion valuation was considered a massive success for tech startups. Then that threshold rose to $5 billion, and then $10 billion. Looking at recent media reports and The Wall Street Journal's "The Billion-Dollar Startup Club" list, there are now over 100 "unicorn …

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  Israeli politician’s wife apologizes for ‘inappropriate joke’ about Obama

  The Washington Post - Lindsey Bever

  “Do you know what Obama coffee is? Black and weak.” That’s the “inappropriate joke” Israeli Vice Prime Minister and Interior Minister Silvan Shalom’s wife, Judy Shalom Nir-Mozes, wrote Sunday morning on Twitter. The racially charged tweet drew criticism on social media. Nir-Mozes promptly deleted the …

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  Jun 22, 2015
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  Latest on church shooting: Solidarity after Emanuel massacre

  apnewsarchive.com - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  9:30 p.m. Thousands of people marched across Charleston’s main bridge in a show of unity after nine black church parishioners were gunned down during …