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Here is our weekly survey of news stories to round out the week of October 6th-October 12th, 2014.
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Here’s everything Colorado did right-and Washington did wrong-after legalizing marijuana: http://t.co/G58zLIx4xs pic.twitter.com/Cdox0FCEeA
— Slate (@Slate) October 9, 2014
Senators to Obama: Do Something About Hong Kong http://t.co/qBp3tSZYb3 via @StevenTDennis
— Roll Call (@rollcall) October 9, 2014
Obama Health secretary says there may be more #Ebola cases http://t.co/N9z12t8pYr #EbolaOutbreak pic.twitter.com/iC2NrOSEG5
— The Hill (@thehill) October 9, 2014
A rising tide of Cubans are fleeing to Florida http://t.co/BtSVQX398u (Photo: U.S. Coast Guard) pic.twitter.com/3VHJUulME9
— NYT National News (@NYTNational) October 9, 2014
FEC’s gridlock shows signs of easing http://t.co/EEBFZ6G3Z5
— POLITICO (@politico) October 9, 2014
These student protests in Hong Kong will continue to run on and on http://t.co/EFEeBqlFpY pic.twitter.com/wuYdolganx
— The Independent (@Independent) October 9, 2014
Dear Leader hasn’t been seen in public in nearly a month — http://t.co/DtwpkkUMuM
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) October 9, 2014
Opinion: The apolitical Supreme Court is dead — http://t.co/EZL7kkr3ty
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) October 9, 2014
38 out of 55 African nations have laws punishing sodomy. It’s time to say this is not OK: http://t.co/ySvs4IWWth pic.twitter.com/mgaHoHLthJ
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) October 9, 2014
Four-week average of unemployment claims lowest since 2006 http://t.co/UF68GaHJV2
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) October 9, 2014
Countries set goal to reduce visual impairments by 25% by 2019 http://t.co/zSI2tqwZmQ #WorldSightDay pic.twitter.com/wz6eD7Yr7k
— WHO (@WHO) October 9, 2014
What These 7 Charts Tell Us About the Most-Watched Senate Races –http://t.co/lD8ImKvg9q pic.twitter.com/4qxiuKmyoP
— Heritage Foundation (@Heritage) October 9, 2014
How the FAA’s drone policy will affect the rest of the world: http://t.co/7wvyGhChUl pic.twitter.com/pDE8oGWizW
— Slate (@Slate) October 9, 2014
New survey says investors are worried about global instability despite stock market’s upward march @jtrindle reports: http://t.co/2QhxyoZ5zI
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) October 9, 2014
The @Chase hackers may have targeted several other US banks and financial firms, including Citigroup and E-Trade: http://t.co/NWmUgMyoep
— CS Monitor (@csmonitor) October 9, 2014
Today’s best editorial cartoons: http://t.co/U86sKHBGT9 pic.twitter.com/wMcdSFfBHy
— The Week (@TheWeek) October 9, 2014