The Daily Populous

Wednesday April 19th, 2017 day edition

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Runners are seen wearing blankets after completing the 120th Boston Marathon on April 18, 2016 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Completing the Boston Marathon — the pinnacle of marathon running for many — is quite a feat.

But some finishers of Monday’s race have taken issue with a congratulatory email sent by Adidas , the sponsor for the 121st annual race.

"Congrats, you survived the Boston Marathon!"

an email sent by Adidas to 2017 Boston Marathon finishers on Tuesday read.

Some finishers questioned how Adidas did not realize the connotations of the message after three people were killed and more than 260 were injured in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing . »

Observer says 2.5 million Turkish referendum votes could have been manipulated

Authored by reuters.com

VIENNA/BERLIN Up to 2.5 million votes could have been manipulated in Sunday's Turkish referendum that ended in a close "yes" vote for greater presidential powers, an Austrian member of the Council of Europe observer mission said on Tuesday.

The mission of observers from the 47-member Council of Europe, the continent's leading human rights body, had already pronounced the referendum to be an uneven contest.

Alev Korun, an Austrian member of the Council's observer team, said there were questions about the actual voting as well. »

Frog Slime Could Prevent the Next Pandemic

Authored by gizmodo.com

New research from Emory University School of Medicine shows that a chemical in the mucus of South Indian frogs is capable of killing certain strains of the influenza virus.

It’ll take a while for scientists to translate this finding into a useful medicine, but the discovery could lead to an entirely new source of powerful anti-viral drugs.

That said, the discovery shows that amphibians, and possibly other animals, are a potential new source of disease-fighting compounds. »

Fresno shooter wanted to kill many white people, police say

Authored by abcnews.go.com
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Muhammad on Tuesday first walked up to a utility truck and shot a Pacific Gas & Electric Co. employee sitting in the passenger seat.

He aimed at a third, killing the 37-year-old on the sidewalk as he walked with a bag of groceries.

He first thought the shooting was gang-related, but then he noticed the bag of groceries near the body. »

Looking Back at r/Place

Authored by redditblog.com

We have also released a complete dataset of Place data and are looking forward to seeing what emerges on r/dataisbeautiful.

If you are wondering what all the images and iconography plastered across Place are, you may want to visit u/draemmli’s Place Atlas.

The community-sourced, interactive map provides information and metadata about the different images that make up the final version of Place. »