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Midweek News: Same Ol’

On any given week, the news brings us dirty old men, a financial crisis, terrorism, a natural disaster, and a no shit study. Let’s see what iterations on the same old stuff we get today.

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Midweek News: Good News, Bad News

Post author By [E] Sally Lawton
Post date Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013
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I’m going to try a new format this week: bad news, good news. Hopefully we’ll all feel a bit more cheerful at the end of it.

Tags affordable care act, CNN, etsy, government shutdown, healthcare, Immigration, LATIMES, NSA, nytimes, Obamacare, the guardian, tigers, venezuela

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Midweek News: We’ve Been Here Before

Post author By [E] Sally Lawton
Post date Wednesday, September 18th, 2013
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Do you ever feel like the news just keeps repeating itself? I mean, if it bleeds, it leads, but I’m beginning to notice a pattern of something a little deeper here. Let’s see if you see the same thing.

Tags Al Jazeera, BBC, Brazil, CNN, costa concordia, federal reserve, janet yellen, LATIMES, lawrence summers, Navy Yard shootings, new york times, north korea, NSA, parbuckle, poverty, recession, tragedy, UN

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Midweek News

It’s news! All the news that’s fit to make you weep!

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The Midweek News: At Least It’s Shark Week

Post author By [E] Sally Lawton
Post date Wednesday, August 7th, 2013
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The world is a terrible place. That’s why Shark Week exists. To remind us that there are awesome things out in the world. But let’s look at the not-so-awesome stuff first.

Tags amazon, amber alert, BBC, drought, economy, ft. hood, hasan, Jeff Bezos, LATIMES, New Mexico, new york times, news, NPR, shark week, trade deficit, washington post, yemen

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Midweek News: Baby Fever

First things first: In case you missed it, a royal baby was born yesterday!

Tags BBC, best gif ever, china, Cleveland, GlaxoSmithKline, Guardian, Immigration, Iraq, LATIMES, military, NPR, nytimes, Syria, ticks

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Spying on the Midweek News

Post author By [E] Sally Lawton
Post date Wednesday, July 17th, 2013
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It’s only Wednesday and a lot has happened in the world. Well, a lot is always happening in the world. Just think about it, while you’re arguing with your coworkers about where to go for lunch, someone else is making a major arrest or unccovering a sinister plot.

Tags BBC, CNN, cuba, Dinosaurs, filibuster, LATIMES, Mexico, news, north korea, nytimes, Panama, senate, Snowden, t rex, Zetas, Zimmerman trial

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This News is Trollin’

Do you ever feel like the world is just trolling you?

Tags Afghanistan, Al Jazeera, Exodus International, gay marriage, Immigration, james gandolfini, LATIMES, new york times, SCOTUS, trollolol

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News Appetizers Need a Kitten

Post author By [E] Sally Lawton
Post date Friday, April 19th, 2013
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This week has been the worst. THE WORST. And it hasn’t gotten better.

Tags Al Jazeera, BBC, boston bombing, cat video, greece, gun control, horrible news, LATIMES, music, NPR, nytimes, Texas Blast, unprofound

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News Appetizers: Tons of Pun

Post author By [E] Sally Lawton
Post date Friday, February 1st, 2013
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Welcome to the news! There’s a few choice puns in there, so read carefully!

Tags BBC, beer, budweiser, CNN, corona, Detroit, gop, hagel, LATIMES

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News Appetizers Love Carbs

Post author By [E] Sally Lawton
Post date Friday, January 25th, 2013
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I always find that bad news can often be redeemed with a tiny bit of good news, such as women being allowed in combat positions or learning that carbs are a key player in evolution. So read on, knowing there will be some bad. But there will also be some good. And carbs.