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Reddit controversy continues

Despite Ellen Pao’s resignation on Friday from the CEO position at Reddit, the company continues to struggle with controversy, with their chief engineer Bethanye Blount resigning after joining 2 months ago. Blount has expressed her view that Ellen Pao was placed on a so-called “glass cliff”, meaning that she was selected as interim CEO to be …

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Woman in Kingsport Arrested for Counterfeit; Blames Online Article

On Sunday, police received notification from a grocery store that a gas station clerk had been paid in a $5 bill that he suspected to be counterfeit. 45-year-old Pamela Downs of Kingsport, Tennessee, was identified and arrested. Downs claimed that she had received the $5 elsewhere and hadn’t noticed its illegitimacy, but when police searched …

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1.7 Million Pounds of Barber Chicken Products May Be Contaminated With Salmonella

Barber Foods, a Portland, Maine establishment, is recalling more than 1.7 million pounds of frozen, raw, stuffed chicken that may be contaminated with salmonella, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The massive recall comes months after the USDA received reports of people in Minnesota and Wisconsin who became sick between mid-April and late June …

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‘Wage Gap Discount’ for Women

M’lady’s Records in Portland, Oregon, is protesting the gender wage gap by offering female customers a 23% discount on mail orders. In a Facebook post, the company stated, “ALL MAILORDER placed by women living in America will be 77% of the listed price, to reflect the current gap in wage equality in this messed-up work …

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UN Goal for HIV Treatment in 2015 Already Met

The United Nation AIDS agency met its 2015 goal of providing HIV treatment for 15 million people in March, nine months ahead of the goal. According to the UN AIDS press release from today: “New HIV infections have fallen by 35% and AIDS-related deaths by 41%. The global response to HIV has averted 30 million new HIV …

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