9/21/2020: Smuggled gasoline rescues Venezuelans - Deep-seafloor microbes 100 million years old

Today's Article: Smuggled gasoline rescues Venezuelans
From: MSN.com
Readability Score: 10.8

How does the most oil-rich country run out of oil? By manipulating the price system!

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Readability Score: 8.6 

3/6/2019: With women in combat roles, a federal court rules male-only draft unconstitutional - Gasoline, Spotify, and the Subscription Economy

Today's Article: With women in combat roles, a federal court rules male-only draft unconstitutional
From: USA Today
Readability Score: 13.0

The draft for compulsory military service ended decades ago, but Selective Service still exists. Now a federal judge has said that since the Pentagon has lifted any restrictions on women in combat, a Selective Service that only targets men is unconstitutional. What do you think? Should Selective Service exist? If so, should it include women?

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Readability Score: 8.8

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10/2/2017: U.S. Won't Waive Shipping Restrictions for Puerto Rico Relief - Power Outage Outrage

Today's Article: U.S. Won't Waive Shipping Restrictions for Puerto Rico Relief
From: Hill
Readability Score: 10.9

The agency has in the past waived the rule to allow cheaper and more readily-available foreign vessels to supply goods to devastated areas.

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Readability Score: 7.2

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