Chipotle Mexican Grill has enjoyed a meteoric rise, but will Americans keep paying extra for ‘food with integrity’?
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Pakistani army says airstrikes, troops kill 39 militants
Michael Sam: ‘A lot’ of gay men in NFL
Professional football player Michael Sam says other gay NFL players contacted him after he revealed he was gay.
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Transit cops deliver baby on Philadelphia train
(Reuters) – A baby boy was born on a crowded Philadelphia subway train late on Christmas Day, delivered by two transit policemen who harkened to the call of duty armed with surgical gloves and lots…
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The Margin: The best-read MarketWatch articles of 2014
Binded by science? Bucks use facial coding
By ESPN.com news services The Milwaukee Bucks are facing facts — or rather, gleaning facts from faces — to figure out which NBA and college players have the right stuff to make their team better. …read more
‘Interview’ keeps Austin weird
Historian Douglas Brinkley says a showing of Sony’s film in Austin helped keep the city weird — and spotlighted the heroes who stood up for free expression
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Anti-police Oakland protesters break windows, trash Christmas tree
(Reuters) – Demonstrators in Oakland, California, broke store windows and vandalized a public Christmas tree during a march protesting police shootings, media reports said. Vandals who were among about 50 largely peaceful marchers broke store windows in downtown Oakland late on Thursday, looted a liquor store and pulled ornaments and lights off the Christmas tree, the SFGate news website reported. An Oakland police spokesman said there were no arrests but had no other details about the protest. … …read more
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Trip Tips: Downton Abbey destinations for fans of British period drama
(Reuters) – Fans of the popular British period drama “Downton Abbey” can visit a number of sites depicted in the television series about life among the upper crust early last century.
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Russia offers support to North Korea amid Sony hack
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has offered sympathy to North Korea amid the Sony hacking scandal, saying the movie that sparked the dispute was so scandalous that Pyongyang’s anger was “quite understandable.”
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