6/10/2020: Police Acts of Empathy Defuse Some Protest Tension - Movie Business Competition

Today's Article: Police Acts of Empathy Defuse Some Protest Tension
From: The Wall Street Journal
Readability Score: 12.5

As many cities descended into chaos, a few police departments managed to ease tensions and avoid violence by showing empathy in various ways. Today's article provides a platform for discussing the power of compassion and appropriate ways to handle conflict. We can develop some empathy of our own by considering the positions and fears of both law enforcement and the protestors.

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Readability Score: 8.1

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2/15/2018: NBC Apologizes to South Koreans for Analyst's Remark - West Branch (OH) finds way to satisfy praying fans after complaint

Today's Article: NBC Apologizes to South Koreans for Analyst's Remark
From: klove.com
Readability Score: 12.7

An insensitive remark leads to an Olympic commentator being released by NBC. Is this a good decision? What consequences should we face for a poor choice of words?

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Today's Alternate Article: West Branch (OH) finds way to satisfy praying fans after complaint
Readability Score: 9.3

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1/19/2017: Why Getting Farmers to Switch from Tobacco Crops is a Struggle - Helping Your Child Comfort a Grieving Pal

Today's Article: Why Getting Farmers to Switch from Tobacco Crops is a Struggle
From: CNBC
Readability Score: 15.0

Ninety percent of tobacco is grown within low and middle income countries ... where four in five smokers live

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Today's Alternate Article: Helping Your Child Comfort a Grieving Pal
Readability Score: 7.8

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1/18/2017: To Save Books, Librarians Create Fake 'Reader' to Check out Titles - Woman With Down Syndrome Starts Successful Cookie Business After Job Rejections

Today's Article: To Save Books, Librarians Create Fake 'Reader' to Check out Titles
From: Orlando Sentinel
Readability Score: 12.8

Chuck Finley appears to be a voracious reader, having checked out 2,361 books...in a nine-month period this year.

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Today's Alternate Article: Woman With Down Syndrome Starts Successful Cookie Business After Job Rejections
Readability Score: 9.2

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1/12/2017: Police Union Reps Want ‘Repugnant’ Capitol Painting Depicting Officers As Pigs Removed - The Changing Face of Congress

Today's Article: Police Union Reps Want ‘Repugnant’ Capitol Painting Depicting Officers As Pigs Removed
From: CBS News Local
Readability Score: 13.1

The painting ... won a student art competition and was selected on behalf of Representative Lacy Clay of Missouri.

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Today's Alternate Article: The Changing Face of Congress
Readability Score: 6.9

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1/4/2017: Talking Toys Could Be Spying on Your Children - 80-Year-Old Twins Complete Appalachian Trail

Today's Article: Talking Toys Could Be Spying on Your Children
From: AOL
Readability Score: 15.4

The talking doll "My Friend Cayla" is doing way more than just entertaining children — it's also recording their conversations.

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Readability Score: 7.8

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1/2/2017: French Court Bans Video Showing Down's Syndrome Children - Midair Cell Phone Calls---Rude, Dangerous, or Modern Reality?

Today's Article: French Court Bans Video Showing Down's Syndrome Children
From: Daily Mail
Readability Score: 10.7

The Council of State ruled that the short pro-life film could 'disturb the conscience of women who, in accordance with the law, have made personal life choices'.

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Today's Alternate Article: Midair Cell Phone Calls---Rude, Dangerous, or Modern Reality?
Readability Score: 8.8

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12/13/2016: The Electoral College Is Hated by Many. So Why Does It Endure? - In Defense of the Electoral College

Today's Article: The Electoral College Is Hated by Many. So Why Does It Endure?
From: New York Times
Readability Score: 12.0

Mrs. Clinton has followed Mr. Gore as the second Democratic presidential candidate in modern history to be defeated by a Republican who earned fewer votes...

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Today's Alternate Article: In Defense of the Electoral College
Readability Score: 13.3

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12/12/2016: Fidel Castro Is Dead, but Cubans Want Some of His Policies to Continue - Colombia and FARC Sign New Peace Deal

Today's Article: Fidel Castro Is Dead, but Cubans Want Some of His Policies to Continue
From: Washington Post
Readability Score: 12.1

El Romerillo is the kind of neighborhood one might think twice about entering in any other country than Cuba.

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Today's Alternate Article: Colombia and FARC Sign New Peace Deal
Readability Score: 7.5

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12/8/2016: Trump's Defense Pick Challenges Rules Regarding Civilian Control Of The Military - German POW Leaves Large Sum of Money to Village in Scotland

Today's Article: Trump's Defense Pick Challenges Rules Regarding Civilian Control Of The Military
From: NPR
Readability Score: 12.5

The National Security Act of 1947...had a key stipulation, requiring that the secretary of defense be a civilian well removed from military service

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Today's Alternate Article: German POW Leaves Large Sum of Money to Village in Scotland
Readability Score: 11.0

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12/6/2016: House Overwhelmingly Passes Legislation to Streamline Drug Approval - Muslim Girl Wasn't Allowed to Box in a Hijab

Today's Article: House Overwhelmingly Passes Legislation to Streamline Drug Approval
From: Washington Post
Readability Score: 13.9

Patient groups and drug and medical device companies have been pushing for the legislation for more than a year.

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Today's Alternate Article: Muslim Girl Wasn't Allowed to Box in a Hijab
Readability Score: 8.7

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12/5/2016: Einstein's Speed of Light Theory Tested: Did He Get It Wrong? - Which Side of Ourselves Will Prevail?

Today's Article: Einstein's Speed of Light Theory Tested: Did He Get It Wrong?
From: Christian Science Monitor
Readability Score: 12.6

A study by physicists from the Imperial College London and Canada’s Perimeter Institute argue that the speed of light isn't constant, and could have been much faster in the immediate aftermath of the Big Bang.

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Today's Alternate Article: Which Side of Ourselves Will Prevail?
Readability Score: 8.9

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12/2/2016: Do Your Family Members Have a Right to Your Genetic Code? - Parents of Separated Twins Focus on Gratitude this Thanksgiving

Today's Article: Do Your Family Members Have a Right to Your Genetic Code?
From: MIT Technology Review
Readability Score: 14.8

When a woman gets her genome sequenced, questions about privacy arise for her identical twin sister.

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Today's Alternate Article: Parents of Separated Twins Focus on Gratitude this Thanksgiving
Readability Score: 8.3

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12/1/2016: China to World: We Don’t Need Your Factories Anymore - Grandma Who Promised to Feed Stranger Via Wrong Text Keeps Promise

Today's Article: China to World: We Don’t Need Your Factories Anymore
From: Wall Street Journal
Readability Score: 11.1

Chinese manufacturers once bought high-tech materials from overseas firms. Rising expertise means they now shop locally, altering global trade

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Today's Alternate Article: Grandma Who Promised to Feed Stranger Via Wrong Text Keeps Promise
Readability Score: 7.5

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11/30/2016: Why Kids Need Recess - Americans Are Still Too Fat

Today's Article: Why Kids Need Recess
From: Atlantic
Readability Score: 12.2
...and why it's endangered.

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Today's Alternate Article: Americans Are Still Too Fat
Readability Score: 7.1

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11/12/2015: In 1983 'War Scare,' Soviets Feared U.S. Nuclear Surprise Attack - Teens Spend a 'Mind-Boggling' 9 Hours a Day Using Media

Today's Article: In 1983 'War Scare,' Soviets Feared U.S. Nuclear Surprise Attack (12.5)
From: Washington Post

A nuclear weapons command exercise by NATO in November 1983 prompted fear in the leadership of the Soviet Union that the maneuvers were a cover for a nuclear surprise attack by the United States...

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Today's Alternate Article: Teens Spend a 'Mind-Boggling' 9 Hours a Day Using Media (8.9)

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11/4/2015: Here's Why China Is Abolishing Its One-Child Policy - Study Finds Very High Level of Salmon Fraud in Restaurants

Today's Article: Here's Why China Is Abolishing Its One-Child Policy (10.9)
From: Los Angeles Times

China will abandon its one-child policy after 35 years and allow all couples to have two children...

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Today's Alternate Article: Study Finds Very High Level of Salmon Fraud in Restaurants (8.5)

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