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GENERAL INTEREST
'Guilty of being poor': does California couple's poverty amount to child abuse?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/08/joshua-tree-mona-kirk-daniel-panico-child-abuse-poverty?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=266694&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

Hollywood's Missing Manhood
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0318/hollis030818.php3

MENTAL HEALTH
iPhone is too addictive, Stanford students say
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2018/03/06/iphone-is-too-addictive-says-stanford-students.html

No hugging: are we living through a crisis of touch?
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/mar/07/crisis-touch-hugging-mental-health-strokes-cuddles?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=266694&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

PARENTING
You can teach kids a lot by giving them an allowance—if you do it right
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/you-can-teach-kids-a-lot-by-giving-them-an-allowanceif-you-do-it-right-2018-03-08

BUSINESS
Trump’s Tariffs Express His Delight in Executive Swagger
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/president-trump-steel-tariffs-executive-style-swagger/

Trump spares NAFTA partners from tariffs on steel, aluminum
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/8/trump-announces-tariffs-steel-aluminum/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=2018&utm_term=newsletter&utm_content=newsalert

7 lessons I learned working in the corporate world before retiring at age 35
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/7-things-i-learned-working-in-corporate-america-2018-03-08

ENERGY
Hybrid solar cell captures energy from the sun and raindrops
https://newatlas.com/hybrid-solar-cell-raindrops/53713/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm_campaign=9943146722-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_65b67362bd-9943146722-91357693

TECHNOLOGY
For Two Months, I Got My News From Print Newspapers. Here’s What I Learned.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/07/technology/two-months-news-newspapers.html?emc=edit_nn_20180308&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180308&te=1

New Technology For Faster Battery Charging?
https://newpowerprogress.com/new-technology-faster-battery-charging/

21 Important Habits of Savvy iPhone Owners
https://www.idropnews.com/gallery/17-important-habits-of-savvy-iphone-owners/65185/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=03072018&utm_term=Newsletter

CYBER SECURITY
Malware Tricks 400K Windows PCs Into Mining Cryptocurrency
https://www.pcmag.com/news/359740/malware-tricks-400k-windows-pcs-into-mining-cryptocurrency

DEFENSE
'The Hello Girls' Chronicles The Women Who Fought For America — And For Recognition
https://www.npr.org/2017/04/06/522596006/the-hello-girls-chronicles-the-women-who-fought-for-america-and-for-recognition

How To Recruit Young Cyber Warriors When There Aren’t Enough
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/03/how-to-recruit-young-cyber-warriors-when-there-arent-enough/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=61206209&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_tRxX6hkpqPmfY141Io54-G-oT1Vukv8FESLQNThxAHTnCiHQHePnUFvVZSOSi42voIknGIUSK_Nn8bm-CJ-sQ-yCMaw&_hsmi=61206209

DOJ
Jeff Sessions Dropped a Bomb – Hardly Anyone Noticed
http://dbdailyupdate.com/index.php/2018/03/08/jeff-sessions-dropped-a-bomb-hardly-anyone-noticed/

LAW ENFORCEMENT
1 dead, 2 in custody after pursuit related to Metairie clothing store robbery
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2018/03/clothing_store_robbers_arreste.html

NORK
How to make a deal with North Korea: Lessons from a veteran negotiator
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/how-to-make-a-deal-with-north-korea-lessons-from-a-veteran-negotiator/article/2650961

President Trump’s Stunningly Effective North Korea Policy Leaves Professional Diplomatic Corps Gobsmacked…
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/

POLITICS
'Collusion' with Chicago officials and 13 other problems locals have with Obama Presidential Center
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/collusion-with-chicago-officials-and-13-other-problems-locals-have-with-obama-presidential-center/article/2651022

Poll of 10 Trump states has some bad news for Senate Democrats
http://theweek.com/speedreads/759736/poll-10-trump-states-some-bad-news-senate-democrats

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