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Health Care Just Became the U.S.’s Largest Employer

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“Recently, the growth in health-care employment is stemming more from administrative jobs than physician jobs. The number of non-doctor workers in the health industry has exploded in the last two decades. The majority of these jobs aren’t clinical roles, like registered nurses. They are mostly administrative and management jobs, including receptionists and office clerks. It’s not always clear that these workers improve health outcomes for patients.”

Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/01/health-care-america-jobs/550079/

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Orgies, devil men, knife-wielding maniacs: A history of cannabis in California

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“California was home to the Haight-Ashbury counterculture movement, the Grateful Dead and Cheech & Chong. It’s also the home state of Richard Nixon, who birthed the modern drug war, and Ronald Reagan, the president who made Nixon’s war metaphor all too literal. Today, we’ll look at cannabis in California up until about the late 1960s.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2018/01/09/orgies-devil-men-and-knife-wielding-maniacs-a-quick-history-of-cannabis-hysteria-in-california/

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FBI director calls unbreakable encryption ‘urgent public safety issue’

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“Tech companies and many cyber security experts have said that any measure ensuring that law enforcement authorities are able to access data from encrypted products would weaken cyber security for everyone.  U.S. officials have said that default encryption settings on cellphones and other devices hinder their ability to collect evidence needed to pursue criminals.”

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/fbi-director-calls-unbreakable-encryption-urgent-public-safety-issue/

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LAPD takes another step toward deploying drones domestically

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“Advocates say camera-mounted drones could help protect officers and others by collecting crucial information during high-risk situations or searches without jeopardizing their safety. For many privacy advocates and police critics, however, the drones stir Orwellian visions of unwarranted surveillance or fears of militarized, weapon-toting devices patrolling the skies.  LAPD brass, along with police commissioners, tried to ease those concerns last fall by promising careful restrictions on when the drones would be used, and strong oversight of the pilot program.”

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-lapd-drone-money-20180109-story.html

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Deutsche Bank, Trump’s biggest creditor, awarded conviction reprieve

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“The Labor Department has granted Deutsche Bank a waiver from punishment allowing it to continue to manage retirement accounts for another three years, according to an announcement in the Federal Registry last month. Four other banks convicted in the case were also granted waivers.  Deutsche Bank has been a big lender to Trump over the years, and the president still has loans with the bank that were originally worth $300 million.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/trump-lender-gets-waiver-from-punishment-after-conviction/2018/01/10/4b5dcd1a-f64e-11e7-9af7-a50bc3300042_story.html

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Parliament reports 24,000 attempts to access porn sites since election

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“The figure of 24,473 attempts represents about 160 requests per day on average from computers and other devices connected to the parliamentary network – which is used by MPs, peers and staff – between June and October last year.  Parliamentary authorities say the majority of attempts are not deliberate.”

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jan/08/parliament-reports-24000-attempts-to-access-pornographic-websites-since-election

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Thai PM uses cardboard cutout to avoid questions

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“Thailand’s prime minister Prayuth Chan-ocha found a novel way to dodge tricky questions from journalists by referring them to his cardboard cutout.  Mr Prayuth took power in a military coup in 2014 and was named PM later that year.”

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-42621180/thai-pm-uses-cardboard-cutout-to-avoid-questions

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California’s War on Guns Broadens to a War on Ammunition

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“California’s war on guns will soon broaden to a war on ammunition as a ban on the possession of bullets purchased out-of-state takes effect January 1, 2018.  According to the Sacramento Bee, it will also be illegal ‘to transfer or buy ammo’ from anyone other than a licensed dealer within the state, beginning January 1. California residents can order ammunition from a catalog as long as they have that ammunition shipped to a licensed dealer for pickup. The dealer will then add a ‘processing fee’ to the cost of the ammunition.”

Read more: http://www.breitbart.com/california/2017/12/13/californias-war-on-guns-broadens-to-a-war-on-ammunition-beginning-january-1-2018/

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Deporting 200,000 El Salvadorian Refugees Will Tear Families Apart

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“The Trump Administration decided Monday to deport nearly 200,000 El Salvadoran refugees who fled gang violence and natural disasters.  El Salvadorans received TPS in in 2001 after a series of earthquakes left tens of thousands homeless. The program was signed into law by President George H.W. Bush in 1990.”

Read more: http://www.newsweek.com/trump-administration-decision-end-el-salvadorian-refugee-protections-will-tear-774608

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Police Chief Arrested After Soliciting Cop Posing Online As 14-Year-Old

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“A Pennsylvania police chief—who gained widespread attention after losing his arm in a summer fireworks accident—was arrested after soliciting sex from a teenage girl during an online sting.  Forty-year-old Chief Mike Diebold is being charged with two felonies: unlawful contact with a minor and criminal attempt to involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, WPXI, an NBC-affiliate in Pittsburgh reported. Diebold reportedly sent inappropriate photos through an online messaging app while soliciting sexual contact, under the name ‘KuteCop4You’. Little did he know, he was in contact with a fellow police officer – albeit undercover.”

Read more: http://www.newsweek.com/police-chief-arrested-online-772995

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