INFORMATION OVERLOAD: January 2018

Wednesday, 31 January 2018

Designs by Arthur Mamou-Mani and his students in Black Rock City and beyond

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Each year, Burning Man, a 10-day festival dedicated to community in Nevada's Black Rock Desert, erects a huge central temple that is burned at the end of the event.

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Police say he's a serial killer who buried his victims' remains in potted plants

Bruce McArthur, 66, is a Toronto landscaper who's been charged in five murders so far.

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Toronto police have arrested a landscaper who they say killed multiple people, and buried some of his victims' remains in large planters.

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After the Trump administration decided not to impose new sanctions on Russia, CIA Director Mike Pompeo warns about Russian meddling in future US elections. CNN's Barbara Starr reports.

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Danish police say DNA from a headless torso matches that of missing journalist Kim Wall, who was last seen aboard a private submarine owned by inventor Peter Madsen, according to Swedish newspaper and CNN affiliate Expressen TV.

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"We lose over four Kentuckians every single day," says Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear, who has filed a lawsuit against a national opioid distributor.

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Read CNN's 2011 Africa and Middle East Unrest Fast Facts and learn more about the Arab Spring anti-government protests that began in Tunesia in 2010.

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The US Treasury Department has released a list of prominent Russians with close ties to the Kremlin, but has stressed it is "not a sanctions list."

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The bobsled team trio from Nigeria are fast, female and fearless

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Serge Mouangue was inspired to create designs based on West Africa and Japanese cultures, and he eventually launched Wafrica.

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Nathan Ruser, a 20-year-old Australian college student, reveals how he discovered that the Strava fitness tracking maps were unintentionally revealing military bases around the world.

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Hospitals feeling the full force of this year's flu season

CDC reports that for every 100,000 people with the flu, 41.9 of them needed hospitalization.

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Atlanta hospital opens mobile unit to handle flu patients

Specialized trailer located outside emergency room at Grady Memorial Hospital has space for 14 beds.

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Early pregnancy weight gain linked to baby's size at birth

Women who gain more weight in early pregnancy are more likely to deliver unusually large babies, who may be prone to a host of health problems later in life, new research shows.

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Woman claiming to have stage 4 breast cancer lied, raised over $30G fraudulently, police say

A Michigan woman claimed she was battling stage four breast cancer and got all her friends together to help raise money for treatments.

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Tragic faces of the deadly US flu outbreak

As the nation continues to fight the flu, some families are sharing their stories in hopes of preventing others from facing similar tragedies.

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Atlanta hospital opens mobile ER to handle flu cases

As the flu epidemic overwhelms Georgia, one Atlanta hospital has set up a mobile unit to handle flu patients.

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Flu kills 7-year-old boy one day after diagnosis

A 7-year old Virginia boy has died from the flu just one day after being diagnosed.

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Man dies after being sucked into MRI machine, police say

A 32-year-old man died in a freak accident in India after reportedly being sucked into an MRI machine Saturday night, authorities said.

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Teen with terminal cancer weds high school sweetheart

19-year-old battling cancer given weeks to live marries his best friend making their dreams come true in Florida.

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Florida teen fulfills dying wish, marries high school sweetheart

A Florida teenager with terminal cancer fulfilled his dying wish on Sunday and married his high school sweetheart after the local community rallied together to put together the special day.

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An open hand and a clenched fist

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What Trump said about ISIS, Iran and North Korea

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North Korea: Trump hails amputee defector

Ji Seong-ho, a North Korean man who made it out of the rogue nation and now resides in South Korea, attended President Donald Trump's first State of the Union address Tuesday night.

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The speech in 2 minutes

President Trump's first State of the Union address mixed tough talk with calls for unity. These are the highlights.

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N Korea to parade dozens of long-range missiles next week

North Korea is planning to show off dozens of long-range missiles at a February 8 parade, the day before the Winter Olympics is set to begin in South Korea, two diplomatic sources with deep knowledge of North Korea's intentions told CNN Wednesday.

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Why the U.K. needs to boost trade with China

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Head of Quiksilver goes missing off France

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Colbert and 'The Daily Show' go live to react to Trump's State of the Union

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Trump's lawyers say threshold for questioning not met

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What it's like to be young and in love in Southeast Asia

A new photography exhibition is casting light on youth culture across Southeast Asia. More than 150 images, tackling subjects such as online dating and mental health, capture the experiences of young people in a region undergoing unprecedented levels of change.

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Dying teen marries high school sweetheart

19-year-old Dustin Synder only has a few weeks to live, and his dying wish was to marry his girlfriend.

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America does export energy. It imports a lot more.

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How much do corporate tax cuts help workers

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Trump warns Americans of nuclear threat from 'depraved' North Korea

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Branding North Korea’s leadership “depraved,” President Donald Trump told Americans on Tuesday that Pyongyang’s pursuit of nuclear missiles could “very soon threaten our homeland” and vowed a continued campaign to prevent that.

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U.S. lawmakers blast Trump decision to hold off on Russia sanctions

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Members of the U.S. Congress, who passed new sanctions on Russia nearly unanimously last summer, criticized President Donald Trump on Tuesday for not imposing them, accusing him of being soft on his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.

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May says will give parliament 'appropriate analysis' before Brexit deal vote

WUHAN, China (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday that lawmakers would be given official analysis on any Brexit deal before they are asked to approve it, dismissing a leaked document showing the economy would be worse off under all exit scenarios.

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Mexico may allow U.S. air marshals to use stun guns on flights

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico is in talks with the United States on whether to allow U.S. federal air marshals to travel with Taser stun guns on cross-border flights with U.S. airlines, National Security Commissioner Renato Sales said in a TV interview on Tuesday.

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South Korea sends athletes for joint training at North Korean ski resort

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea will begin a joint training program at the Masikryong ski resort in North Korea on Wednesday as had been initially planned, the South's Ministry of Unification said, with a 45-person delegation engaging in a two-day trip.

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China says plenty of space separates Taiwan flights amid route row

BEIJING (Reuters) - China rebuffed Taiwan's objections in a deepening row over the opening of new flight paths in the Taiwan Strait, saying on Wednesday that the space separating routes over the waterway was more than is mandated by international standards.

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Taliban active in 70 percent of Afghanistan, BBC study finds

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Taliban are openly active in 70 percent of Afghanistan's districts, fully controlling 4 percent of the country and demonstrating an open physical presence in another 66 percent, according to a BBC study published on Tuesday.

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