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Tuesday October 10th, 2017 morning edition

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Billboards to Mock Democrats That Re-confirmed FCC Boss

Authored by dslreports.com

Earlier this week, Trump's FCC boss Ajit Pai was re-confirmed for a new five year term at the FCC despite his indisputably anti-consumer, anti-competitive policies.

Mike Powell, former FCC boss turned top lobbyist for the cable industry, for example, somehow argued with a straight face that Pai is "pursuing policies that protect consumers.”.

“Those in Congress who voted to confirm Ajit Pai did so against the demands and interests of their constituents," she added. »

Tombstone Fairies ignore the law to restore historic graves in WA

Authored by abc.net.au
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Tombstone Fairies ignore the law to restore historic graves in WA.

Hundreds of neglected graves in country Western Australia have been given a much needed spruce up courtesy of a renegade group known as the Tombstone Fairies.

While many people may find being surrounded by graves unsettling, for the Tombstone Fairies it is a chance for discovery. »

Israeli, Palestinian women march together for peace

Authored by dw.com
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Several thousand, mostly Israeli women arrived in Jerusalem late on Sunday.

They were dressed in white and carried placards calling for peace.

The Women Wage Peace group was established after the latest Israeli-Palestinian war in 2014 which killed around 2,100 Palestinians, most of them civilians. »

Half the universe’s missing matter has just been finally found

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But our models of the universe also say there should be about twice as much ordinary matter out there, compared with what we have observed so far.

Two separate teams found the missing matter – made of particles called baryons rather than dark matter – linking galaxies together through filaments of hot, diffuse gas.

“The missing baryon problem is solved,” says Hideki Tanimura at the Institute of Space Astrophysics in Orsay, France, leader of one of the groups. »