US midterms: What to know about independent voters and candidates
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Why Plato and Aristotle Made Music Part of Education
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Villena Treasure Stolen After Decoy Alarm Pulls Police Away
Thieves emptied most of the Treasure of Villena in four minutes, carrying off Bronze Age gold that has anchored the identity of a small Spanish town since 1963.
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Why RAM and SSD Prices Keep Climbing as Memory Makers Chase AI
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From 18th-century false ballots to the second JFK and double Dan Sullivans, a brief history of spoiler candidates and the unsuccessful legal challenges to them
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Why a Signed Salvador Dali Print Still Needs Evidence
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Why Texas Public Libraries Pay Back Almost Five Dollars for Every One
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Hackers Cracked Open a Flock Camera and Found It Watching People Too
A hacked Flock camera shows that the license plate readers on American roads also detect people, and its own logs counted 1.6 million images in just 21 days.
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