BIG NEWS

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Google announces a new feature that tags and helps "fact checking in large news stories."

Tagged articles will show up in the new story box on news.google.com, as well as in the Google News and Weather app for iOS and Android in the USA and the United Kingdom.

There's a two-pronged approach to detecting fact checking. First Google looks for actual markup in the site's source code. Then Google looks for pages "that follow the commonly accepted criteria for fact checks." You can learn more about the process here.

All News Is Good?

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All politicians harbor a desire to get around the so-called media filter and deliver the news directly to the people. But what would such unfiltered news look like? What happens when they make inappropriate comments that solicit negative responses?

The accusations continue and some members of the public say they have not heard a true explanation or a believable response.

Simply calling experienced journalists for long-established news organizations "corporate lobbyists" is not a response to serious allegations.

GLOBAL TROUBADOUR

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Global Troubadour Robert Zimmerman, known as Bob Dylan has been pushing the boundaries of multiple genres and finally won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature.

The 75-year-old-self proclaimed song and dance man, author and musician was honored by the Swedish Academy for “having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.”

"Once upon a time you dressed so fine
Threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?
People call to say 'beware doll, you're bound to fall'
You thought they were all kidding you
You used to laugh about

2016 Peace Prize

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There were a few notable surprises in these announcements this year. Alfred Bernhard Nobel was born on 21 October 1833 – and died 10 December 1896. He was a Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman, and philanthropist.

Nobel was best nown for inventing dynamite, Nobel also owned Bofors, which he had redirected from its previous role as primarily an iron and steel producer to a major manufacturer of cannon and other armaments. Nobel held 355 different patents, dynamite being the most famous.

VOTE

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Election Day is days away. It’s time to make sure you’ve checked off all the things you need to vote that day. Deadlines are fast approaching and some states will open early voting in September. Waiting or ignoring deadlines could put your vote in jeopardy.

Review USAGov’s list of things to do before you vote to make sure you know all you need to know before election day.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RFES

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In Ancient Rome, one of the main festival dates took place on October 12, Augustalia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustalia
Also known as Winterfylleth because during the full moon winter was supposed to begin.

This is also Dia de la Raza Argentina in Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Spanish speaking country generally sees it as a National holiday. Dia De La Raza celebrates the heritage, colonization, and cultural diversity of Latin America and brings into it all the ethnic and cultural influences making it distinctive.

USPS

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America, we have another problem. Be on the lookout for scum buckets who are mail fishing.

How did we get from Ben Franklin to this? Mail fishing perpetrators are tying strings to objects covered in glue, or a sticky mouse trap. They drop in mailboxes and steal mail. These postal thieves get checks or gift cards and many other personal items people send over the mail.

If you’re a victim of fraud, including mailed sweepstakes, lotteries, on-line auctions, work-at-home scams or chain letters, report your concern to the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.

VOTER REGISTRATION

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The countdown continues towards E-Day Election Day.

TODAY is the final registration deadline in 12 states: Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. Florida’s deadline has been extended as result of the hurricane from Tuesday to Wednesday.

Remember, the deadline is today if you are an American citizen living in the following states:
AR
GA
IN
KY
LA
MI
NM
OH
PA
SC
TN
TX
Voter registration - https://www.vote.org/
https://www.rockthevote.com/

DRBATE CLIPS

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CSPAN: DEBATE Video of the entire event, or watch the debate in 17 segments.

FULL VIDEO: Second Presidential Debate in St. Louis, MO (1:43:26)
https://www.c-span.org/video/?414227-1/presidential-nominees-debate-was…

These are our recommendations:

Are you modeling appropriate behavior for our youth? (11:00)

How has the campaign changed you? (8:24)

Were you careless with your emails? (4:23)

What will you do to bring health care costs down? (8:08)

How will you help Muslim-Americans? (4:06)

Is the Muslim ban no longer your position? (2:12)

Electoral College

Election Day is less than one month away. And while candidates fight for your vote, it’s important to know what happens after you cast it.

US voters don’t vote directly for a presidential candidate. The process, as laid out by the founding fathers, is a little longer and more complex. USAGov can help you understand where your presidential vote goes after you pull the lever on Election Day.

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