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Wednesday August 9th, 2017 morning edition

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Glen Campbell 'Rhinestone Cowboy' Singer Dead at 81.

Glen Campbell -- legendary country music singer best known for his 1975 hit, "Rhinestone Cowboy" -- has died after a long battle with Alzheimer's ... TMZ has learned.

Campbell died Tuesday around 10 AM in a Nashville facility for Alzheimer's patients ... according to a source close to his family.

Glen made history in 1967 by winning 4 Grammys in the country and pop categories, and took home CMA's Entertainer of the Year award in 1968.

Campbell was also an actor and TV host who starred in the variety show, "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour" on CBS from 1969-1972. »

Ramon Artagaveytia : Titanic Victim

Authored by encyclopedia-titanica.org

On 24 December 1871 Ramon survived the fire and sinking of the ship America , close to the shore of Punta Espinillo, Uruguay.

Newspapers reported that the America had been racing another ship into Montevideo harbour and high boiler pressures had led to a fire.

'At last I will be able to travel and, above all, I will be able to sleep calm. »

Warrantless US Spying Is Set to Expire Soon. Let It Die

Authored by wired.com

Unless these revisions are made, Congress should let the provision expire.

WIRED OPINION ABOUT Ken Montenegro ( @kmontenegro ) is national vice president of the National Lawyers Guild in New York.

Section 702 allows for warrantless surveillance of conversations between people in the US and in foreign countries. »

Teen birth rates spiked in Texas after Planned Parenthood was defunded

Authored by chron.com

Teenage birth rates have increased in Texas since 2011 following efforts to strip away family planning funding by the state government, according to a new study by a Texas A&M alumnus.

Roughly 2,200 teens would not have given birth absent the reduction in Texas family planning funding, Packham wrote.

"The estimates suggest that nearly 2,200 teens would have not given birth absent the reduction in Texas family planning funding.". »

Disney will pull its movies from Netflix and start its own streaming services

Authored by cnbc.com
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Disney will pull its movies from Netflix and start its own streaming services 5 Hours Ago | 01:09.

The company announced during its latest earnings report on Tuesday it intends to remove its movies from Netflix.

Instead, Disney plans to launch a branded direct-to-consumer streaming service in 2019 starting in the U.S. and expanding globally. »