Remembering the Life of Kayla Mueller

“Syrians are dying by the thousands, and they’re fighting just to talk about the rights we have,” Mueller said.   “For as long as I live, I will not let

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When Being “Normal” is a Political Asset – or is it?

"I am normal": #LabourLeadership candidate @OwenSmith_MP says being ordinary is his strength https://t.co/rO2EhEv31g — Sky News (@SkyNews) July 18, 2016 (Interestingly, he doesn’t embrace being ‘normal’ in his Twitter feed,

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Shooters and Their Shootings Becoming More “Normal” Year After Year

Podcastian and 20-year New Yorker Staff Writer Malcolm Gladwell talked with CBSN about the recent shooting at the Pulse night club in Orlando; at one point he refers specifically to

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‘Near-Normal’ Hurricanes Coming This Summer to an Atlantic Coast Near You

NPR reports that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, is predicting the 2016 hurricane ‘season,’ which beings June 1st, to be ‘near-normal.’ “Near-normal” in this case actually means

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Water Face Splashing in Flint is Not Normal

The water crisis in Flint, Michigan is a f***ing tragedy. It’s a goddamn crying shame and the people in charge of that state are responsible for the future-ailments and deaths

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the first normal star outside our solar system

[Finding stars and exoplanets these days seems an almost trivial, monthly affair. But back in November of 2008 it was anything but, especially with planets orbiting an … ordinary …

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the Normal Reason Pols Adhere to Talking Points

David Frum on why pols in general - and Marco Rubio specifically - "adhere to talking points"

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Normal in Ferguson is “Getting Pulled Over By The Police For No Reason”

NPR’s All Things Considered this week had a story about current affairs in Ferguson, MO, the city in St. Louis County where Michael Brown was shot and killed by police

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Chaos is Normal for the GOP

Molly Ball has a great piece for The Atlantic that dissects some of the currents flooding the GOP platform just two weeks before the Iowa caucus. And per usual these

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Exercise helping concussed teens go from Abnormal to Normal

"It changed the blood flow in their brain from an abnormal pattern that we saw with concussion to a normal pattern that we saw with healthy people."

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Memory Loss is Normal Aging

NPR reports: "Forgot Something Again? It's Probably Just Normal Aging"

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