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Ronan Farrow | Donald Trump, a Playboy Model, and a System for Concealing Infidelity 
Ex-Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal. (photo: Getty)
Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker
Farrow writes: "One woman's account of clandestine meetings, financial transactions, and legal pacts designed to hide an extramarital affair."
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FBI Failed to Act on Tip Last Month That Cruz Might Carry Out School Shooting
Mark Berman and Matt Zapotosky, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "The FBI said Friday that more than a month before the shooting rampage at a South Florida high school, the bureau received a warning that the 19-year-old charged in the massacre might carry out an attack at a school - but then investigators failed to act on it."
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Most Americans Can Buy an AR-15 Rifle Before They Can Buy Beer
Lois Beckett, Guardian UK
Beckett writes: "Americans have to be 21 before they can legally buy alcohol. But in most states, they can buy an AR-15 military-style rifle starting at age 18."
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Criminal justice reform activist and journalist Shaun King. (photo: Getty)
Criminal justice reform activist and journalist Shaun King. (photo: Getty)

Civil Rights Activist Shaun King Launches PAC to Elect Progressive Prosecutors
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Writer and United States civil rights activist, Shaun King, has announced plans to establish a political action committee geared toward electing 'reform-minded prosecutors' in U.S. cities and counties. Titled the Real Justice PAC, the committee intends to raise over US$1 million for the cause."
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Mick Mulvaney attends a meeting with President Donald Trump in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., November 28, 2017. (photo: Susan Walsh/AP)
Mick Mulvaney attends a meeting with President Donald Trump in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., November 28, 2017. (photo: Susan Walsh/AP)

The CFPB's Declaration of Dependence 
Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica 
Eisinger writes: "Born as a fiercely independent agency meant to protect citizens, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has quickly been subsumed into the Trump administration. Banks, student-loan agencies and payday lenders are the winners." 
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Two Reuters reporters covering military operations against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority were returned to jail Tuesday. (photo: Getty)
Two Reuters reporters covering military operations against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority were returned to jail Tuesday. (photo: Getty)


Two Reuters Journalists Face 14 Years in Burmese Prison After Exposing Massacre of Rohingya Muslims 
Democracy Now! 
Excerpt: "In Burma, two journalists from the Reuters news agency have entered their third month in jail. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were arrested on December 12 and charged with violating Burma's Official Secrets Act. They have been denied bail and face up to 14 years in jail." 
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Great white shark. (photo: Greg Skomal/MA Marine Fisheries)
Great white shark. (photo: Greg Skomal/MA Marine Fisheries)

Why the Great White Shark Is Not a 'Man-Eating Monster'
Soutik Biswas, BBC
Biswas writes: "In real life, the great white shark - the fish can weigh up to two tonnes, grow to lengths of 20ft, reach speeds of 40mph in water and live reasonably long - prefers seals, sea lions, tuna, salmon and small toothed whales as prey."
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