PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
A big part of the world may stop ‘falling back’ to winter time 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/europe-may-stop-falling-back-to-winter-time-2018-08-31

Oregon officer rescues baby deer stuck in fence 
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/the_associated_press-body_camera_video_shows_oregon_officer_rescuing_fa-ap/category/news

What the best-selling album of all time says about baby boomers’ spending power
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/what-the-best-selling-album-of-all-time-says-about-baby-boomers-spending-power-2018-08-30

The Week in Good News: Paris Beekeepers, Peter Dutton, Night Owls
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/30/briefing/the-week-in-good-news-paris-beekeepers-peter-dutton-night-owls.html?emc=edit_nn_20180831&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180831&te=1

News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines (10 out of 11)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/31/briefing/31weeklynewsquiz.html?emc=edit_nn_20180831&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180831&te=1

HEALTH
This Boutique Type of Dog Food Has Been Linked to Heart Disease
https://newsbroadcastnetwork.com/this-boutique-type-of-dog-food-has-been-linked-to-heart-disease/

FINANCIAL
Trump to issue executive order on potential retirement-savings changes 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-to-issue-executive-order-on-potential-retirement-savings-changes-2018-08-30

ORNITHOLOGY
Better Know a Bird: The American Coot and Its Wonderfully Weird Feet 
https://www.audubon.org/news/better-know-bird-american-coot-and-its-wonderfully-weird-feet?ms=digital-eng-email-ea-x-20180829_cootfeet_engagement_medium&utm_source=ea&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20180829_cootfeet_engagement&utm_content=medium

TECHNOLOGY
Here’s the Conversation We Really Need to Have About Bias at Google
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/30/technology/bias-google-trump.html?emc=edit_nn_20180831&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180831&te=1

LAW AND ORDER
Editorial: Send campus sexual assault cases to court, where they belong
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/send-campus-sexual-assault-to-court

Kangaroo courts for campus sexual assault can't end soon enough
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/red-alert-politics/kangaroo-courts-for-campus-sexual-assault-cant-end-soon-enough

IMMIGRATION
Overwhelmed: Venezuela's migrant crisis is reshaping Latin America
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/world/wp/2018/08/30/feature/millions-of-venezuelans-are-fleeing-to-latin-american-cities-the-region-may-never-be-the-same/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f8fe4c32c437

UNIONS
Democrats and Their Big Labor Allies Stick It to Home-Care Workers in Pa.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/pennsylvania-home-care-workers-decision-executive-overreach/

TRUMPGATE
DOJ's Bruce Ohr kept Mueller deputy 'in the loop' about anti-Trump dossier, sources say
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/30/dojs-bruce-ohr-kept-mueller-deputy-in-loop-about-anti-trump-dossier-sources-say.html

POLITICS
Pro-O'Rourke Protester Admits at Cruz Event He Wants to Take Their Guns Away
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2018/08/31/proorourke-protester-tells-cruz-supporters-he-wants-to-take-their-guns-away-n2514631?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4

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"Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that obtaineth understanding.
For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain
thereof than fine gold."
           - Proverbs 3.13-14