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In Nigeria, at least 70 percent of the people live below the poverty line, and 80 percent of the country’s oil wealth goes to 1 percent of the population.
from Church Helps Fill a Void in Africa
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A former used-car dealership owner, who runs a series of online lenders through a shell corporation in Grenada, outlined the benefits of operating remotely in a 2005 deposition.
from Major Banks Aid in Payday Loans Banned by States
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The marketing division’s efforts boiled down to one question, Putman said: “How can we drive more ounces into more bodies more often?” (In response to Putman’s remarks, Coke said its goals have changed and that it now focuses on providing consumers with more low- or no-calorie products.)
from The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food
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Mr. Lim had two pints, the second of which he drained in an impressively extended gulp.
from A Long Rivalry Resumes, Over Sips and Crackers (h/t @aho)
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But bras, which are among the most personal items someone can buy, represent the Everest of online retail challenges.
from There Is an Algorithm for Everything, Even Bras
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The verbiage was implying that dads need the help of a special product to overcome our incompetence,” says Mr. Routly, whose sons are 4 and 2.
from Don’t Call Him Mom, or an Imbecile
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She also has $312,000 in student loans, courtesy of Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, on the Caribbean island of St. Kitts.
from High Debt and Falling Demand Trap New Vets
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This very costly form of desolation means that some of the city’s most expensive residential buildings stand mostly dark, lonesome and empty on the inside.
from Paying Top Dollar for Condos, and Leaving Them Empty
Ted Nugent said he would not bring a gun to the State of the Union address. from  Ted Nugent Will Attend State of the Union Address

Ted Nugent said he would not bring a gun to the State of the Union address.

from  Ted Nugent Will Attend State of the Union Address

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That includes garden tool maker Ames True Temper Inc. of Camp Hill, Penn., that spoke out in favor of the wheelbarrow and created a series of online videos that support the tool and online shoe retailer Zappos which pushed to save the shoe, Berkowitz said.
from Monopoly Fans Vote to Add Cat, Toss Iron Tokens
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Once $1 billion was a milestone, now it is also a millstone.
from A Billion-Dollar Club, and Not So Exclusive
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They say the turtle, which is too young to easily tell its gender, needed the operation to close a three-inch gash to the head that had exposed the protective membrane sheathing its tiny brain.
from Experimental Turtle Surgery Performed in NC
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With the midday sun overhead, the poolside setting evoked a twisted version of Miami, where the revelers are paler, covered in more ink and have no abs.
from Wythe Avenue in Brooklyn Is Heating Up
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It’s sort of like a bra with one cup.
from Call It Victor’s Secret
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Couples also are talking through rules as early as the first date (a kind of social media prenup) about what is O.K. to share.
from ‘What Were You Thinking?’ For Couples, New Source of Online Friction