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Healthy babies born in Britain after scientists used DNA from three people to avoid genetic disease [ [link removed] ]
Kids are going to get gifts from three different parents for their entire life. Not to mention a few extra cousins. Not bad.
Area 51 at risk as huge fire creeps closer to base with black smoke filling air sparking wild UFO conspiracy theories [ [link removed] ]
Great. It had been such a quiet week for conspiracy theorists
More Stories Below, but first some new content in the News Sidequest Podcast Universe…
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SCI-FI SHORT STORIES - NARRATED BY DARREN MARLAR & PRODUCED BY KEITH CONRAD
On a seemingly utopian "Dream Planet" where every need is met, a benevolent leader's carefully constructed paradise unravels when his pampered inhabitants, starved for purpose, rebel against a life without work or struggle.
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Andy Shaw on Trump, Media, and the Future of Politics [ [link removed] ]
WHAT DOES IT MEAN? WITH JOHN DEMPSEY
This week on What Does It Mean?, John Dempsey reconnects with a longtime friend and Chicago media legend: political reporter, columnist, and former head of the Better Government Association, Andy Shaw.
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Pete Rose, Perfectionism, and the Price of Redemption [ [link removed] ]
THE CHICAGO SMOKEHOUSE WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL AND RICK TELANDER
Long before Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter was indicted or your cousin could bet on Little League from his phone, Pete Rose was baseball’s original gambling pariah. Now, posthumously reinstated and potentially Cooperstown-bound, Rose’s legacy—and the sport’s relationship with vice—is back in the spotlight.
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Also Worth A Look…
Man wearing metal chain sucked into MRI machine, police say [ [link removed] ] - Fun Fact: The “M” in MRI stands for “Magnetic”
Elon Musk Launches AI Girlfriend Available to 12-Year-Olds [ [link removed] ] - This isn’t very well thought out on Musk’s part. If the Incels have girlfriends… even virtual ones, who will be left to join his new political party?
Reported person stuck in California canal turns out to be blow-up doll [ [link removed] ] - What do you think the odds are someone claims it?
Disneyland Adds a Verse to 'It's a Small World' [ [link removed] ] - I guess that would suggest it’s not so small… after all
Man Buys House, Inspector Remembers 'Secret' From Childhood in the Basement [ [link removed] ] - That story is either going to be super heart-warming or the start of a horror movie
Young Dino Skeleton Goes for $30.5M at Auction [ [link removed] ] - Just in case you’re looking to get a jump on Christmas shopping
Another Hole Has Formed at Yellowstone National Park, Geologists Say [ [link removed] ] - Yellowstone Supervolcano Watch enters it’s 640,000th year. The mood in tense
CEO May Have HR Problem Thanks to Coldplay Kiss Cam [ [link removed] ] - Oops. At least he didn’t do one of those stupid video board proposals
Woman attacked driver that hit, killed chicken that was crossing the road, per police [ [link removed] ] - There’s a lot going on there
Dogs Have Distinct Preferences About What's On TV, Study Shows [ [link removed] ] - Your dog is as excited for the new season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds as you are
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