November 3, 2014
By The Morning News
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- Latest UN climate change report predicts if emissions ceased, climate change effects will "continue for centuries."
- Why scientists know humans cause climate change: The rate carbon dioxide absorbs heat doesn't match our temperature increase.
- Cory Gardner might win Colorado by embracing birth control, college loans, and environmental protection—as a Republican.
- The Bush family political machine gears up for Jeb's mediocre candidacy.
- GOP may win toss-ups in Georgia, Kentucky, and Alaska—the fact these seats are in play means Republicans are underperforming.
- Even in California...some communities would rather turn in on themselves than share their culture with a world they distrust.
- The inspiration for Sam Spade and Phillip Marlowe may have been LA's first licensed black private detective.
- British minorities' racial identity is borne of shared frustrations.
- Germany finished paying off its World War I debt in 2010, but Britain is still in the red.
- In just a dozen years, Germany has replaced around 31% of its nuclear and fossil fuel generated electricity with green power.
- "Arbeit Macht Frei" gate stolen from former Dachau concentration camp—a similar sign was stolen from Auschwitz in 2009.
- Brittany Maynard exercises her right to die in Oregon.
- A study of social statistics shows what residents of 14 countries know about the news is often wrong.
- This is what 72 hours of the #Gamergate hashtag looks like on Twitter: mostly new accounts, mostly negative.
- Jill Abramson's new startup: "one perfect whale of a story" per month, with authors advanced up to $100,000.
