Sunday, June 5, 2016

Sunday's Headlines: Trump said ‘university’ was about education. Its real goal: ‘Sell, sell, sell!’

Pushing racial boundaries, Trump draws GOP rebuke; Sanders eyes 'contested convention,' urges media to hold off on calling race; 'The greatest of all time'; When Ali was still Clay, the old white sportswriters didn't know what to think;
 
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Trump said 'university' was about education. Its real goal: 'Sell, sell, sell!'
New interviews and documents show how customers were pushed to spend on pricey seminars that promised attendees they could get rich quick but were mostly devoted to enriching the people who ran them.
Pushing racial boundaries, Trump draws GOP rebuke
Worried about the long-term effect of comments about a judge of Mexican descent, Republican leaders scrambled to protect their party against charges that their presumptive presidential nominee is engaging in a racist attack.
Sanders eyes 'contested convention,' urges media to hold off on calling race
Bernie Sanders's comments in California came as his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, is poised to effectively clinch the nomination Tuesday. But the senator insisted that the delegate count is fluid and that the "Democratic National Convention will be a contested convention."
 
'The greatest of all time'
Muhammad Ali transcended the boundaries of sport, country and even religion, and might have been the greatest ambassador the United States ever employed. His death left a massive void, one that people famous and common tried to fill with words. In many cases, words failed.
 
When Ali was still Clay, the old white sportswriters didn't know what to think
The rumor was that he was hanging around with Muslims and Malcolm X. But even worse in these writers' eyes was the way he fought. The kid ran from a punch.
 
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Meet the red-state conservatives fighting to abolish the death penalty
 
Why U.S. diplomacy can't fix the Middle East
 
Am I a ‘bad feminist'? Probably not, but you're asking the wrong question.
 
An illustrated guide to why grown-ups are playing Dungeons & Dragons again
 
Five myths about gentrification
 
Inside the bloody, painful wounds of war, with an enthusiastic guide
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More than half of male college athletes admit coercing a partner into sex, survey reveals
The online survey asked students at a large Division I public university about the use of coercive behaviors, including making threats, almost all of which met the legal definition of rape.
In France, are soldiers outside the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre really worth it?
The number of French army soldiers deployed in metropolitan France roughly equals that of overseas operations for the first time since the end of the Cold War. But critics say the measure in a country still reeling from terrorism is superficial: "It changes nothing."
Labor groups split on pay for tipped-workers as D.C. vote nears on $15 minimum wage
The council proposal would increase the guaranteed hourly pay for restaurant servers and other tipped workers to just $5.55, but some labor groups are pushing for a ballot measure that would require employers to pay everyone $15 an hour.
This mother was mistakenly given someone else's newborn. A year later, her baby came home.
The woman who lives in Dallas thought her son looked different from one day to the next, but the hospital insisted the identity was correct.
UFC 199: Bisping knocks out Rockhold for middleweight crown; Cruz defends title
Michael Bisping waited 26 UFC fights for his chance at a title. He needed only 3 minutes 36 seconds to claim it.
Donskoi's OT goal gives Sharks 3-2 win over Penguins in Game 3
The fans in San Jose waited 25 years for their first Stanley Cup Final. A few extra minutes for an overtime victory wasn't a problem.
Find inner calm by containing clutter
"The Happiness Project" author Gretchen Rubin says a home should be a restorative place.
You can’t go home again
Sometimes the most challenging travel destination is your own home town. 
The case of the offensive cleavage
A reader writes, "It seems there is a different gender standard" for women's work attire.
 
     
 
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