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PEOPLE
Justice Dept. Reverses Course, Recommends Shorter Sentence for Roger Stone
Also suggests he be given Presidential Medal of Freedom.
 
ENTERTAINMENT
Study: Revenge More Enjoyable to Audiences Than Forgiveness
Far fewer would have gone to see The Godfather had Don Corleone responded with condolence cards.
 
BUSINESS
Federal Judge Approves
T-Mobile-Sprint Megamerger, Reducing Number of Carriers
To Three

Most laid off Sprint, T-Mobile employees will try to survive driving for Lyft and Uber before they too merge.
Forbes: New York Knicks
Most Valuable NBA Franchise
At $4.6 Billion

Apparently based on net worth of celebrity season ticketholders, not on godawful team.
SCIENCE
Astronomers Intrigued by
Regularly Repeated Signal From
500 Million Light Years Away

Many say it sounds “just like an old-fashioned busy signal.”
 
TECHNOLOGY
Samsung Introduces New "Flip Phone"
Clever folding design came from idea a Samsung executive got from his grandfather.
 
HEALTH / MEDICINE
Good News: Study Finds Eating
Walnuts Daily May Slow
Cognitive Decline in Elderly

Those who regularly ate walnuts remained sharp and alert, while control group ate no walnuts, wet themselves and mumbled incoherently.
Americans Now Averaging
Less Than 6 Hours of
Sleep Per Night

A troubled, fitful sleep fraught with nightmares of extreme weather, extinction, a brokered convention.

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