| In a trustless world, where to find qualities of trust Posted: 09 Mar 2017 02:08 PM PST ![In a trustless world, where to find qualities of trust]( "In a trustless world, where to find qualities of trust") As it has done for two decades, Fortune magazine has released its annual "100 Best Companies to Work For." The rankings, based on a survey of some 232,000 employees in the United States, came with few surprises. The top four are Google, Wegmans (food chain), Boston Consulting Group, and Baird (wealth management). Trust in businesses has fallen less but hit a low of 52 percent.
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| Danish teen and dad find WWII plane wreckage on their farm Posted: 09 Mar 2017 01:35 PM PST ![Danish teen and dad find WWII plane wreckage on their farm]( "Danish teen and dad find WWII plane wreckage on their farm") Klaus Kristiansen's grandfather "was [always] telling a lot of stories," the Danish farmer remembers. In one, a German fighter plane crashed on the family's Northern Jutland farm in 1944, as the elder Kristiansen was baking Christmas cookies. With Denmark then in its fourth year of Nazi occupation, the elder Kristiansen stayed away from the wreck.
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| Harvard is dropping the LSAT requirement. Will other schools follow? Posted: 09 Mar 2017 01:34 PM PST ![Harvard is dropping the LSAT requirement. Will other schools follow?]( "Harvard is dropping the LSAT requirement. Will other schools follow?") Students hoping to join Harvard Law School's incoming class of 2018 can throw their LSAT scores out the window in favor of submitting GRE results, as the school turns its back on a nearly 70-year-old tradition in hopes of expanding its applicant pool. At Harvard, educators hope that doing away with the LSAT requirement will open access to those who cannot afford to prepare for or take more than one exam, as well as prospective students abroad who have less access to the Law School Admissions Test.
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| Israel wants Arab neighbors to turn down volume on call to prayer Posted: 09 Mar 2017 12:43 PM PST ![Israel wants Arab neighbors to turn down volume on call to prayer]( "Israel wants Arab neighbors to turn down volume on call to prayer") A draft bill that would force mosques to lower the volume of their call to prayer passed in Israel's parliament on Wednesday, rousing indignation from Arab lawmakers who see it as an affront to Muslim Israelis. Recommended: How much do you know about the Palestinians?
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| Jobs for panhandlers? Portland may pay them to clean city parks Posted: 09 Mar 2017 12:43 PM PST ![Jobs for panhandlers? Portland may pay them to clean city parks]( "Jobs for panhandlers? Portland may pay them to clean city parks") Homelessness has become a dramatically more serious problem in Portland, Me., over the past few years. Since 2011, the city's homeless population has increased by 72 percent, reaching nearly 500 people in January 2016, according to the Maine State Housing Authority. That's over 40 percent of Maine's entire homeless population at the time of the survey. Panhandlers are also subject to extreme negative stigmas and even abuse on the streets, and their presence can discourage tourism in some areas. Portland currently has an ordinance against aggressive panhandling, and tried to ban the practice entirely in 2013, but a court ruled the ban unconstitutional.
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| How Michelle Obama surprised students at a DC high school Posted: 09 Mar 2017 12:22 PM PST ![How Michelle Obama surprised students at a DC high school]( "How Michelle Obama surprised students at a DC high school") Former first lady Michelle Obama surprised students at Ballou STAY High School in Washington, D.C., last week, leaving what seemed to be a deep impression on a group of students going to the alternative high school. Principal Cara Fuller personally selected the 14 students who met Ms. Obama. Recommended: Michelle Obama: How well do you know the first lady?
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| Chinese media falls for phony phone foil story about Trump Posted: 09 Mar 2017 11:41 AM PST ![Chinese media falls for phony phone foil story about Trump]( "Chinese media falls for phony phone foil story about Trump") Published Saturday in The New Yorker, comedian Andy Borowitz's humorous satirization of a paranoid president wrapping phones in tinfoil got picked up Tuesday by multiple Chinese news outlets. Riffing on the president's Twitter allegations that former President Barack Obama wiretapped Trump Tower phones before the election, The New Yorker article depicted a paranoid commander-in-chief insisting aids Obama-proof all White House phones with a layer of tinfoil.
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| Why Melania Trump's popularity is on the rise Posted: 09 Mar 2017 11:34 AM PST ![Why Melania Trump's popularity is on the rise]( "Why Melania Trump's popularity is on the rise") A CNN/ORC poll released Wednesday gives her a "favorable" rating of 52 percent, up from 36 percent before the inauguration. "The jump in Melania Trump's approval ratings has been credited to more Americans forming an opinion about the first lady," wrote the International Business Times, with 23 percent of respondents claiming to have "no opinion" about Mrs. Trump before the inauguration, compared with 12 percent afterwards.
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| Iceland aims to become the first country in the world to mandate equal pay Posted: 09 Mar 2017 10:08 AM PST ![Iceland aims to become the first country in the world to mandate equal pay]( "Iceland aims to become the first country in the world to mandate equal pay") As women around the world marked International Women's Day on Wednesday with marches, speeches, and protests, Iceland is determined to channel that spirit into concrete gains. The island nation plans to roll out an ambitious proposal to close the wage gap. Iceland's government announced on Wednesday it will introduce legislation in the country's Parliament this month that will require any employer with 25 workers or more to obtain certification that it pays men and women equally for work of equal value.
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| After marathon debate, draft of Obamacare repeal approved by House committee Posted: 09 Mar 2017 09:34 AM PST ![After marathon debate, draft of Obamacare repeal approved by House committee]( "After marathon debate, draft of Obamacare repeal approved by House committee") The repeal of Obamacare just cleared its first hurdle. The Ways and Means approval inched the bill closer toward consideration on the House floor, by which time Republicans also expect they will have a Congressional Budget Office estimate of its cost. Recommended: So you think you know Congress?
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| Boston’s St. Patrick Day’s parade planners face backlash over gay vets ban Posted: 09 Mar 2017 09:29 AM PST ![Boston's St. Patrick Day's parade planners face backlash over gay vets ban]( "Boston's St. Patrick Day's parade planners face backlash over gay vets ban") The South Boston Allied War Veterans Council voted 9 to 4 on Tuesday to ban the OutVets group from marching, prompting immediate criticism from Boston's mayor, and other high-ranking politicians. The council has scheduled an emergency meeting to reconsider the decision on Friday, just two days before the famous celebration of Irish-Catholic heritage. According to OutVets founder Bryan Bishop, officials say the group broke parade rules prohibiting symbols of gay sexuality when they carried a rainbow banner.
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| Asia trip's test for Tillerson: Not just what he says, but who listens Posted: 09 Mar 2017 09:16 AM PST ![Asia trip's test for Tillerson: Not just what he says, but who listens]( "Asia trip's test for Tillerson: Not just what he says, but who listens") When Rex Tillerson emerged as President Trump's pick for secretary of State, many in Washington wondered how the former ExxonMobil CEO with no formal diplomatic experience would do when thrown into one of the world's hot diplomatic caldrons. Say, for example, Northeast Asia and the North Korea minefield. Secretary Tillerson will visit Tokyo, Seoul, and Beijing next week, at a moment that many Northeast Asia analysts consider to be of supreme diplomatic complexity and increasingly volatile and dangerous.
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| For the French, a presidential election that couldn't get much stranger Posted: 09 Mar 2017 08:55 AM PST ![For the French, a presidential election that couldn't get much stranger]( "For the French, a presidential election that couldn't get much stranger") Public exasperation with the French presidential election is on full display here this year. "J'en ai marre," or "I'm fed up," is an oft-repeated response at the Forum des Halles shopping mall and transport hub in Paris on a recent day. The French were anxiously waiting to see whether the right-wing candidate François Fillon would step down amid a corruption scandal that caused mass intraparty defections from his "sinking ship" candidacy.
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| Border crossings dropped in February. Is Trump’s tough talk having an effect? Posted: 09 Mar 2017 08:06 AM PST ![Border crossings dropped in February. Is Trump's tough talk having an effect?]( "Border crossings dropped in February. Is Trump's tough talk having an effect?") Illegal border crossings declined 40 percent from January to February, said Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly on Wednesday, crediting executive actions by President Trump for the reduction. The number of apprehensions and the prevention of inadmissible persons at the southern US border fell from 31,578 in January to 18,762 in February, said Mr. Kelly, citing US Customs and Border Protection data.
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| America's political system: Who should check, who should balance? Posted: 09 Mar 2017 07:48 AM PST ![America's political system: Who should check, who should balance?]( "America's political system: Who should check, who should balance?") North Carolina's governor has called it an "ominous" and "partisan" power grab. Before the Democratic governor took office earlier this year, the Republican-led legislature stripped him of an array of powers. There, the executive branch – headed by successive president who have liberally used executive action to get things done and presided over an expanding range of federal agencies – has steadily eroded the power of Congress.
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| China offers a plan to deal with North Korea: Will it work? Posted: 08 Mar 2017 06:01 PM PST ![China offers a plan to deal with North Korea: Will it work?]( "China offers a plan to deal with North Korea: Will it work?") After nearly a decade away from the negotiating table, China has a proposal to lure North and South Korea and the United States back. Most analysts consider China's proposal, on its face, to be a nonstarter. Recommended: Kim 101: How well do you know North Korea's leaders?
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| Why some worry Jeff Sessions' crime-fighting approach is out of date Posted: 08 Mar 2017 04:04 PM PST ![Why some worry Jeff Sessions' crime-fighting approach is out of date]( "Why some worry Jeff Sessions' crime-fighting approach is out of date") As a prosecutor in Alabama in the 1980s, Jeff Sessions witnessed firsthand the consequences of the rampant violent crime that once plagued the country. Recommended: In Pictures Voices from across political party lines: What can be done to heal America? Recent data on violent crime presents some cause for concern.
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