#Don’t judge Clarence Thomas for wife’s acts

#Don’t judge Clarence Thomas for wife’s acts

“Don’t judge Clarence Thomas for wife’s acts” ‘We are long past the day when a wife’s opinions are assumed to be the same as her husband’s.” So argued Stephen Gillers, a law professor at New York University, in 2013. If the professor’s name sounds familiar, it’s because he’s been cited by seemingly every major media…

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#Don’t bet on the end of Vladimir Putin

#Don’t bet on the end of Vladimir Putin

“Don’t bet on the end of Vladimir Putin” Almost five decades ago I was sent on my first assignment to Moscow as a wet-behind-the-ears foreign correspondent for Reuters, and was told in farewell drinks at the pub just how lucky I was. Surely, said my fellow hacks, I would witness the end of Leonid Brezhnev,…

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#12-foot alligator found in newly built Florida home

#12-foot alligator found in newly built Florida home

“12-foot alligator found in newly built Florida home” Just when you thought Florida’s housing market couldn’t get any scarier. A worker putting the finishing touches on a new Fort Myers-area home this month discovered a gigantic 12-foot alligator loitering in the master bedroom, according to the Miami Herald. A window blind installer spotted the reptile…

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#CUNY students and staff rally for state funding for repairs

#CUNY students and staff rally for state funding for repairs

“CUNY students and staff rally for state funding for repairs” Leaky toilets, missing ceiling tiles, busted doors. These are just some issues plaguing the City University of New York’s aging buildings that proponents of the school system hope can be repaired with additional funds they’re calling for in the state budget. CUNY students and staffers…

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#Chris Rock ‘still processing’ Will Smith Oscars slap

#Chris Rock ‘still processing’ Will Smith Oscars slap

“Chris Rock ‘still processing’ Will Smith Oscars slap” Chris Rock broke his silence about Sunday’s Oscar smackdown in front of an energized crowd of passionate supporters at a comedy show in Boston Wednesday night. “You got me all misty and s—” Rock, 57, said after basking in a rousing nearly two-minute standing ovation as he…

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