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HEALTH
Which Exercise Burns the Most Calories? Here's What Science Says
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/time-which_exercise_burns_the_most_calories_heres_what-rtime/category/lifestyle

TRAVEL
The Faroe Islands
https://visitfaroeislands.com/

5 Reasons for Flyers to Love the Middle Seat
https://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/credit-cards/reasons-to-love-the-middle-seat/

JOBS
Americans Want to Believe Jobs Are the Solution to Poverty. They’re Not.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/11/magazine/americans-jobs-poverty-homeless.html?emc=edit_nn_20180912&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180912&te=1

BUSINESS
America’s New Sales-Tax Mess 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/09/sales-tax-mess-nationwide-south-dakota-v-wayfair-case/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-09-12&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

Don't Be Fooled, There Was Nothing 'Financial' About The 2008 Crisis
https://finance.townhall.com/columnists/johntamny/2018/09/11/dont-be-fooled-there-was-nothing-financial-about-the-2008-crisis-n2517864?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4

WEATHER
Waffle House's Storm Center Is Open for Hurricane Florence. Here's Why That's Vitally Important 
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/fortune-waffle_houses_storm_center_is_open_for_hurricane_f-rtime/category/lifestyle

‘Worst-case scenario’ hurricane simulation alarmingly similar to Florence forecast
https://nypost.com/2018/09/12/worst-case-scenario-hurricane-simulation-alarmingly-similar-to-florence-forecast/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Hurricane Florence: Four Things You Should Know That Your Meteorologist Is Truly Too Busy to Tell You 
https://www.ecowatch.com/hurricane-florence-ucs-2603967888.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=af39524076-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-af39524076-85328381

Hurricane Florence 'nightmare' scenario shows it stalling, swinging southwest to Georgia
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/hurricane-florence-nightmare-scenario-shows-it-stalling-swinging-southwest-to-georgia

Storm's uncertain track sows fear; 10 million in crosshairs 
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/the_associated_press-monster_hurricane_florence_nears_carolina_coast-ap/category/news

ORNITHOLOGY
12 Fascinating Bird Behaviors From the 2018 Audubon Photography Awards 
https://www.audubon.org/news/12-fascinating-bird-behaviors-2018-audubon-photography-awards?ms=digital-eng-email-ea-x-20180912_bird-behavior_medium&utm_source=ea&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20180912_bird-behavior&utm_content=medium

TECHNOLOGY
How to Recycle Old Electronics
https://www.consumerreports.org/recycling/how-to-recycle-electronics/?EXTKEY=EE891DAAC&utm_source=acxiom&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20180911_cromc_engagewkly

PUERTO RICO
Massive stockpile of bottled water found in Puerto Rico a year after Maria
https://nypost.com/2018/09/12/massive-stockpile-of-bottled-water-found-in-puerto-rico-a-year-after-maria/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

SCOTUS
It's Our Constitution -- Not Kavanaugh
https://townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/2018/09/12/its-our-constitution--not-kavanaugh-n2517482?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4

Left risks backlash in Kavanaugh fight
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/406409-left-risks-backlash-in-kavanaugh-fight

The last-ditch effort to stop Kavanaugh
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/11/brett-kavanaugh-confirmation-opposition-abortion-815748?utm_source=Examiner%20Today_09/12/2018&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_Examiner%20Today

POLITICS
Top Republicans lower expectations in West Virginia as Joe Manchin proves formidable
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/top-republicans-lower-expectations-in-west-virginia-as-joe-manchin-proves-formidable
     
Koch group must release donor list to California law enforcement, federal appeals court rules
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/koch-group-must-release-donor-list-to-california-law-enforcement-federal-appeals-court-rules

LEAKED VIDEO: Google Leadership’s Dismayed Reaction to Trump Election
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/09/12/leaked-video-google-leaderships-dismayed-reaction-to-trump-election/

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“Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.”
           - C. S. Lewis