INFOGRAPHIC: 2015 federal budget at a glance
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A fight on his hands.Policy Exchange/Flickr, CC BYThe eradication of the Liberal Democrats as a major political force is already having some rather stark consequences – and one of them may be the end of the 1998 Human Rights Act.
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First love.PA/PA ArchiveOur recent scientific analysis of the “fossil record” of the Billboard charts prompted widespread attention, particularly the findings about the three musical “revolutions” that shaped the musical landscape of the second half of the 20th century.
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Alberto Estevez/EPAIn a recent article in The Times Magazine, the notorious drug dealer Howard Marks talked about his terminal bowel cancer.
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