USA Today: June 10th, 2015

Have you ever noticed how absurd the news has become? Well, newspapers are no exception. In one glance, you can plainly see that the moral fiber of our country has completely disintegrated, that the standard of journalism has declined, that money rules everything, and that the world is pretty much going down the shitter. The following are real excerpts from the June 10th, 2015 edition of USA Today....

HOW 15% OF SENIORS ACCOUNT FOR NEARLY HALF OF MEDICARE SPENDING
Chronic conditions put strain on medical system
When Debby White was rushed to the hospital last fall with a rare type of blood cancer, what worried her wasn’t her own medical problems: It was the health of her husband, Jack.

Virtual reality may change game
“It’s insane. This changes the game.”
Bret Bielema, Arkansas Football coach

GOOD DAY:
LAVERNE COX
        The ‘Orange is the New Black’ actress will become the first transgender person to have a wax replica at Madama Tussauds’s. Cox’s wax figure will be unveiled in San Fransisco June 26 to coincide with the city’s Pride Festival.

Some don’t like it hot
85% of tea consumed in the USA is iced tea, 16% of drinkers have 5-10 glasses a week.

Ebola virus not as deadly as feared
        The Ebola virus in West Africa that has killed 11,000 is not more deadly than prior strains as had been feared, according to a study published Tuesday.
        Three monkeys infected with the 1976 virus developed symptoms roughly two days earlier than the monkeys infected with the current pathogen. “The most notable difference was the progression,” the study said.

Suit: man died without help in subway
        The family of a Washington man who lay dying for four days in a Metro station after falling from a subway escalator is suing the transit system, charging the Metro personnel saw the accident and could have saved his life but did nothing to help.
        The man’s family is seeking $25 million from the Washington Area Transit Authority (WMATA).

OHIO, Xenia: Officers and volunteers from other agencies became pig wranglers when a semitrailer carrying 2,200 piglets overturned on U.S. 35, WHIO-TV reported. About 1,500 were rounded up after running into a nearby wooded area and were taken to Greene County Fairgrounds, but as many as 400 were killed in the crash.

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HE’S NOT WRITING ABOUT YOU.
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JOB OPENINGS JUMP TO RECORD HIGH
        Labor reported last week that employers added a net 221,000 jobs in April and 280,000 in May, as the labor market bounced back from a harsh winter.

Bird flu outbreak helps scramble egg prices

A healthy dose of reality amid organic craze
Q: Are organic food stocks rotten?

For young stars of ‘Earl,’ a sweet, not syrupy, bond
Instant chemistry onscreen plays out over popsicles
Rachel (Olivia Cooke) has leukemia and new friends in Greg (Thomas Mann) and Earl (RJ Cyler)— or is that “co-workers,” as Greg is “terrified of calling somebody his friend and they saying, ‘Hey, bro, I’m not your friend,’” explains Earl.

Jason Bateman, naturally sly as a fox
His voice and his style fit a hustler whose foil is a rabbit cop

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COVERED ON ALL SIDES
Ambidextrous pitcher Venditte gives A’s wrinkle

HEADLESS BODY IN TOPLESS BAR
        No, it’s not sports, but it is one of the most memorable headlines in journalism history, running the “New York Post” on April 13, 1983, and written by Vincent Musetto, who died Tuesday.

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