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  <p><a href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/18/4536118/detroit-becomes-largest-american-city-to-file-for-bankruptcy">Detroit's recent bankruptcy</a> has exacerbated an old problem: stray dogs. <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-21/abandoned-dogs-roam-detroit-in-packs-as-humans-dwindle.html" target="new">A new Bloomberg report</a> estimates there could be as many as 50,000 stray dogs roaming the streets of Detroit, roughly one for every 14 citizens. The problem is particularly severe because of the city's large number of abandoned homes, which the head of animal control says is "as if you designed a situation that causes dog problems." Detroit currently houses only three animal shelters, which collectively take in roughly 15,000 animals a year, but as <a target="new" href="http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/city-of-strays-detroits-epidemic-of-50-000-wild-dogs-20120320">many reports</a> have shown, the meager supply is dwarfed by the sheer number of stray dogs now roaming the streets.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013308220131" target="new">Some have disputed</a> the accuracy of the 50,000 figure. <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/08/23/214819880/50-000-stray-dogs-in-detroit-that-makes-no-sense" target="new">One observer</a> notes that, if it were true, "there...</p>
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    ";s:11:"author_name";s:15:"Russell Brandom";}i:1;a:8:{s:9:"published";s:20:"2013-08-25T03:30:04Z";s:7:"updated";s:20:"2013-08-25T03:30:04Z";s:5:"title";s:83:"Even in the 1960s, the NSA was sweeping up phone call records 'like a giant vacuum'";s:12:"atom_content";s:1286:"
  




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  <p>Face it: the NSA knows plenty about you, and our growing reliance on technology is only making the agency's controversial surveillance efforts easier. But the National Security Agency has been around for a long time, predating the internet and your email inbox by decades. Even when the agency wasn't collecting cell phone records or <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/23/4651448/nsa-report-reveals-some-agents-abused-spying-power">purposefully looking at your Gmail inbox</a>, its mission was largely the same. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/08/23/how-the-nsa-spied-on-americans-before-the-internet/" target="_blank"><i>The Washington Post</i> recently took a look</a> at the agency's ways of old, and much like today, the NSA's aggressive approach to monitoring international communications often raised eyebrows.</p>
<p>During the 1960s, every call placed between the US and Cuba was monitored by NSA staffers. The agency also put a microscope on political radicals,...</p>
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    ";s:11:"author_name";s:11:"Chris Welch";}i:2;a:8:{s:9:"published";s:20:"2013-08-25T02:30:06Z";s:7:"updated";s:20:"2013-08-25T02:30:06Z";s:5:"title";s:51:"Whole Foods is selling vinyl records now, naturally";s:12:"atom_content";s:1040:"
  




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  <p>There's a stereotype about Whole Foods shoppers, and the grocery store appears happy to play to it: five of its Los Angeles locations are now stocking vinyl records on their shelves beside the organic legumes and GMO-free produce that you'd normally expect to find at the supermarket. Shoppers at those stores will see a "wide selection" of LPs, including records from Daft Punk, Bob Marley, and The Rolling Stones. The grocery store will also be selling headphones from LSTN, all of which feature earpieces lined with recycled wood.</p>
<p>Whole Foods isn't being shy about the fact that it's recognizing its shoppers' interests. "This launch isn't just about stocking our shelves with something new and different," Mike Bowen, an executive coordinator...</p>
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    ";s:11:"author_name";s:17:"Jacob Kastrenakes";}i:3;a:8:{s:9:"published";s:20:"2013-08-25T02:00:06Z";s:7:"updated";s:20:"2013-08-25T02:00:06Z";s:5:"title";s:81:"'Prsm' is the social network that knows everything about you, courtesy of the NSA";s:12:"atom_content";s:1092:"
  




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  <p>Social media fragmentation is a real problem in the modern landscape. Foursquare may let you check in at a restaurant, and your Netflix queue may go to Facebook, but who's keeping track of the calls you make from your cellphone or Skype number? What service will give a group of interested strangers access to your email? Where can you turn if you just want to let somebody literally watch your ideas form as you type? Well, you might want to consider <a target="_blank" href="http://getprsm.com/">Prsm</a>. Not that you have to, strictly speaking. You probably have an account already.</p>
<p>Mind you, Prsm isn't a <i>social </i>network, precisely. Almost everyone you know is on it, but you're only sharing with the highly trained media engagement experts at the NSA, who will use their time-tested sorting...</p>
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    ";s:11:"author_name";s:13:"Adi Robertson";}i:4;a:8:{s:9:"published";s:20:"2013-08-25T01:30:04Z";s:7:"updated";s:20:"2013-08-25T01:30:04Z";s:5:"title";s:86:"The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts has been transformed into a giant glass flower garden";s:12:"atom_content";s:1180:"
  




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  <p>Glass blower Dale Chihuly likes oversize art and vibrant colors. "I'm obsessed with color," he says. "Never saw one I didn't like." These preferences are obvious in his new exhibition at the <a href="http://www.mbam.qc.ca/en/" target="_blank">Montreal Museum of Fine Arts</a>, "Utterly Breathtaking," an immersive experience that transforms the museum into a bright, breakable jungle. Visitors will first be greeted by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cMIu748O8Y" target="_blank"><i>The Sun</i></a>, a 13-foot wide squiggly-armed glass sculpture in two aggressive shades of yellow with highlights of red. The exhibition also includes a stairway intertwined with glass flowers, a hallway of glass lilies that lead up to a bed of turquoise reeds, and a glass ceiling crowded with fantastical glass plants that has museum visitors craning their necks to the extreme. The exhibit...</p>
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    ";s:11:"author_name";s:17:"Adrianne Jeffries";}i:5;a:8:{s:9:"published";s:20:"2013-08-25T00:45:04Z";s:7:"updated";s:20:"2013-08-25T00:45:04Z";s:5:"title";s:62:"Casey Affleck to star in sci-fi teleportation film 'To Be Two'";s:12:"atom_content";s:1340:"
  




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  <p>Casey Affleck is already shooting one sci-fi project in <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/8/4079968/rumored-christopher-nolan-film-interstellar-confirmed-november-2014">Christopher Nolan's <i>Interstellar</i></a>, but he'll be reteaming with the director of <i>Ain't Them Bodies Saints</i> to add another genre project to his plate: <i>To Be Two</i>. <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/casey-affleck-david-lowery-reteam-612558" target="_blank">According to <i>The Hollywood Reporter</i></a>, the project is an adaptation of the Paul Broks short story "To Be Two or Not to Be." It's set in a universe where teleportation to Mars is possible by digitally scanning people, rebuilding them at the atomic level, and then vaporizing the original. Complications arise when a system malfunction prevents the original subject from being destroyed.</p>
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    ";s:11:"author_name";s:12:"Bryan Bishop";}i:6;a:8:{s:9:"published";s:20:"2013-08-25T00:02:01Z";s:7:"updated";s:20:"2013-08-25T00:02:01Z";s:5:"title";s:93:"Al Jazeera sues AT&T for dropping its American cable news network from U-verse 'in bad faith'";s:12:"atom_content";s:1307:"
  




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  <p>Al Jazeera has been working all year <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/17/4631246/al-jazeera-promises-in-depth-news-with-new-us-news-channel-launching">to launch an English language cable news network in the United States</a>, but not all went to plan when the channel went live this past Tuesday. AT&amp;T cut the channel from its U-verse lineup just hours before Al Jazeera America (AJA) aired, making the network inaccessible to the service provider's 5 million customers &mdash; and leaving AJA with just over 40 million homes on board. Al Jazeera's now taking AT&amp;T to court over the matter, according to documents unsealed this past week, which claim that the service provider "cast around for an excuse to unilaterally terminate the Affiliation Agreement." The company added in <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/21/business/media/al-jazeera-makes-its-american-debut.html?_r=2&amp;">a statement to <i>The New York Times</i></a> that "We had no choice but to take this action and to...</p>
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    ";s:11:"author_name";s:14:"Dante D'Orazio";}i:7;a:8:{s:9:"published";s:20:"2013-08-24T23:30:02Z";s:7:"updated";s:20:"2013-08-24T23:30:02Z";s:5:"title";s:73:"The Verge Playlist: listen to the alleged 'Grand Theft Auto V' soundtrack";s:12:"atom_content";s:1298:"
  




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  <p>Music has been a big part of the <i>Grand Theft Auto</i> series ever since Rockstar had the bright idea of filling virtual radio stations with licensed soundtracks &mdash; and it appears we've gotten an early look at the next instalment. <a target="_blank" href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013/08/24/grand-theft-auto-v-update/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PSBlog+%28PlayStation.Blog%29">Sony says</a> that the digital pre-order version of <i>GTA V</i> in Europe, which could be downloaded to PlayStation 3 systems ahead of release to avoid long wait times on launch day, contained assets relating to unannounced details of the anticipated game. The pre-order file is no longer available for download.</p>
<p>Users on <a target="_blank" href="http://www.gtaforums.com/">GTAForums.com</a>, however, are sifting through the contents of that file, which allegedly includes a 42-hour audio file of every single radio station in <i>GTA V</i>. Much of the supposed soundtrack has been collated...</p>
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    ";s:11:"author_name";s:10:"Sam Byford";}i:8;a:8:{s:9:"published";s:20:"2013-08-24T22:54:58Z";s:7:"updated";s:20:"2013-08-24T22:54:58Z";s:5:"title";s:54:"Former Batmen take to Twitter in Ben Affleck's defense";s:12:"atom_content";s:1262:"
  




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  <p>There's no way to avoid saying it: the public reaction to<a href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/22/4649490/ben-affleck-is-the-next-batman"> Ben Affleck being cast as the new Batman</a> hasn't been pretty. Fan outrage has spread across Twitter, even leading to a&nbsp;<a href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/23/4651850/fans-petition-to-ban-ben-affleck-as-batman">slew of Change.org petitions</a> asking Warner Bros. to change its mind &mdash; one of which has&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://www.change.org/petitions/warner-brothers-remove-ben-affleck-as-batman-bruce-wayne-in-the-superman-batman-movie?share_id=sULaHufwNf">already amassed more than 44,000 signatures</a>. But as&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ben-affleck-as-batman-val-613925"><i>The Hollywood Reporter</i> points out</a>, a number of actors and filmmakers are asking fans to wait and take a deep breath &mdash; and some are speaking from personal experience.</p>
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    ";s:11:"author_name";s:12:"Bryan Bishop";}i:9;a:8:{s:9:"published";s:20:"2013-08-24T22:20:15Z";s:7:"updated";s:20:"2013-08-24T22:20:15Z";s:5:"title";s:76:"Health from above: a drone to deliver defibrillators to heart attack victims";s:12:"atom_content";s:1099:"
  




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  <p>German non-profit group Definetz wants to make defibrillators readily available across its country so that any time someone has a heart attack, the life saving devices are within arms reach. And it's looking to drones to help it bring its vision to fruition. On Friday, <a target="new" href="http://www.definetz.de/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=767:defikopter-drohnen-koennen-leben-retten&amp;catid=50:nachrichten&amp;Itemid=94">the group announced the&nbsp;Defikopter</a>, a concept device it&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://heighttech.com/neuigkeiten/">designed with drone-maker Height Tech</a> to fly defibrillators to emergency responders or the public by way of a&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://www.thelocal.de/sci-tech/20130823-51567.html">GPS-enabled smartphone app</a>.</p>
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