11/14/2017: How to Sell $15,000 of Tenderloin, Fast - Former President Barack Obama summoned for jury duty in Chicago

Today's Article: How to Sell $15,000 of Tenderloin, Fast
From: Wall Street Journal
Readability Score: 9.0

Startups see profits in food that otherwise goes to waste; a marketplace for producers with a surplus and restaurants looking to shave costs

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Readability Score: 8.4

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8/22/2017: Humans and dogs to have conversations within a decade as technology developed - Los Angeles requires contractors to disclose ties to U.S.-Mexico border wall

Today's Article: Humans and dogs to have conversations within a decade as technology developed
From: Express
Readability Score: 10.4

“The amount of money now spent on pets – they are becoming fur babies to so many people – means there is huge consumer demand for this. Somebody is going to put this together.” 

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Today's Alternate Article: Los Angeles requires contractors to disclose ties to U.S.-Mexico border wall
Readability Score: 9.7

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5/12/2017: Scientists Create Artificial Womb That Could Help Prematurely Born Babies - Starving Baby Otter Rescued from Arizona Canal

Today's Article: Scientists Create Artificial Womb That Could Help Prematurely Born Babies
From: NPR
Readability Score: 11.2

A study...involving eight animals found the device appears effective at enabling very premature fetuses to develop normally for about a month.

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Readability Score: 10.7

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3/28/2017: Maybe You, Too, Could Become A Super Memorizer - Old-Style Mobile Phones Are New Again

Today's Article: Maybe You, Too, Could Become A Super Memorizer
From: NPR
Readability Score: 11.5

There is such a thing as a memory athlete. These are people who can memorize a truly insane amount of information really quickly, like the order of playing cards in a deck in under 20 seconds, or 200 new names and faces in a matter of minutes

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Today's Alternate Article: Old-Style Mobile Phones Are New Again
Readability Score: 8.9

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3/17/2017: Supreme Court: Racism Can Upend Jury Verdicts - Most Valuable Lesson at One High School Taught at Lunch

Today's Article: Supreme Court: Racism Can Upend Jury Verdicts
From: USA Today
Readability Score: 14.9

A majority of justices said a Colorado man accused of sexual battery may deserve a new trial because a juror made discriminatory comments...

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Readability Score: 7.2

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3/16/2017: Do Apes Deserve ‘Personhood’ Rights? Lawyer Heads to N.Y. Supreme Court to Make Case - Hero Teen Steers School Bus From Danger, Saves Children on Board

Today's Article: Do Apes Deserve ‘Personhood’ Rights? Lawyer Heads to N.Y. Supreme Court to Make Case
From: NBC News
Readability Score: 12.4

When Steve Wise first started out as an animal rights lawyer, people used to bark at him when he entered a courtroom.

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Readability Score: 8.6

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2/22/2017: Human Gene Editing Receives Science Panel's Support - China’s Railroad Investments Changing Africa

Today's Article: Human Gene Editing Receives Science Panel's Support
From: New York Times
Readability Score: 14.2

The new report heralds a day scientists have long warned is coming.

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Today's Alternate Article: China’s Railroad Investments Changing Africa
Readability Score: 7.7

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1/25/2017: Give Robots 'Personhood' Status, EU Committee Argues - Bagwell, Raines, Ivan Rodriguez Elected to Hall of Fame

Today's Article: Give Robots 'Personhood' Status, EU Committee Argues
From: Guardian
Readability Score: 14.1

The proposed legal status for robots would be analogous to corporate personhood

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Readability Score: 9.2

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1/6/2017: Kidnapping for Ransom Works Like a Market - A Voice of Christmas Past Returns, Asking for a Hippopotamus

Today's Article: Kidnapping for Ransom Works Like a Market
From: Washington Post
Readability Score: 14.6

Here is why kidnapping involves some tricky business relations, how private sector institutions work to resolve them and why governments have a harder time preventing kidnapping from escalating.

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Today's Alternate Article: A Voice of Christmas Past Returns, Asking for a Hippopotamus
Readability Score: 8.1

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5/19/2016: Senate Approves $1.1 Billion Compromise Bill to Combat Zika - Why Restaurants Are Ditching The Switch To No Tipping

Today's Article: Senate Approves $1.1 Billion Compromise Bill to Combat Zika
From: CNN
Readability Score: 11.8

At the same time, the White House issued a veto threat against a House Republicans' bill introduced this week that would provide $622 million...

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Today's Alternate Article: Why Restaurants Are Ditching The Switch To No Tipping
Readability Score: 8.7

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24-Hour Earth Day Giveaway - Here's the Code!

24-Hour Earth Day Giveaway!

izzit! has a Bundle of Energy for you to celebrate Earth Day this year! Starting at 12:00 a.m. on April 22nd, Power to the Planet, Energy Solutions: Who Chooses? and People, Power & Prosperity will be sent to each person who logs in and puts in the code given on the website before midnight the same day. To be eligible for the Earth Day Bundle of Energy you must have an active izzit.org account, or you can create a FREE account first. Shipping is free; offer is only good in the contiguous United States. Be sure to share this 24-hour special. If you need to create your FREE account click here. You can also find the 24-hour code on our Facebook Page, Twitter Page, and Google + Page.

Earth Day Giveaway Coming This Friday!

24-Hour Earth Day Giveaway!

izzit! has a Bundle of Energy for you to celebrate Earth Day this year! Starting at 12:00 a.m. on April 22nd, Power to the Planet, Energy Solutions: Who Chooses? and People, Power & Prosperity will be sent to each person who logs in and puts in the code given on the website before midnight the same day. To be eligible for the Earth Day Bundle of Energy you must have an active izzit.org account, or you can create a FREE account first. Shipping is free; offer is only good in the contiguous United States. To be eligible you must have an active izzit.org account, or create a FREE account for this giveaway! Make sure you follow our social media channels and visit www.izzit.org to locate the 24-hour code! This code will be available from 12:00 am until 12:00 pm EST on April 22nd!  Google + Facebook Twitter Pinterest

2/29/2016: Did Global Warming Slow Down in the 2000s, or Not? - Model Calls Plus-Size SI Swimsuit Cover 'Unhealthy'

Today's Article: Did Global Warming Slow Down in the 2000s, or Not? (11.1)
From: Scientific American

Scientists clarify the recent confusion...

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Today's Alternate Article: Model Calls Plus-Size SI Swimsuit Cover 'Unhealthy' (8.0)

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