These Classic Charts Are Confounding Economists

These Classic Charts Are Confounding Economists
A debate is raging on what the flattening of the yield curve and the Phillips curve mean for US growth.

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Kristi Yamaguchi, Unlaced

Kristi Yamaguchi, Unlaced
On the eve of the National Championships, Nicole Chung and champion skater Kristi Yamaguchi discuss life after the Olympics, what it means to be "the first," and the state of figure skating in 2018.

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Is Something Neurologically Wrong With Donald Trump?

Is Something Neurologically Wrong With Donald Trump?


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‘Raw water’ is the latest health craze. Here’s why drinking it may be a bad idea.

‘Raw water’ is the latest health craze. Here’s why drinking it may be a bad idea.
By shunning recommended water safety practices, experts warn, raw water purveyors may also be selling things you don't want to drink — dangerous bacteria, viruses and parasites that can make you sick.

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'Anything to report?': Korean hotline reopens with little to say between foes

'Anything to report?': Korean hotline reopens with little to say between foes
First telephone contact since February 2016 had bumpy start when the South rang but no one in the North answered.

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Kernel-memory-leaking Intel processor design flaw forces Linux, Windows redesign

Kernel-memory-leaking Intel processor design flaw forces Linux, Windows redesign


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Why Makeup Matters to Women in Prison

Why Makeup Matters to Women in Prison
"We struggle to just stay human and maintain whatever kind of dignity we can there."

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The Giant, Under Attack

The Giant, Under Attack
One of America’s biggest rehab companies built an empire. But after a patient named Gary Benefield died, its enemies — investors and business rivals alike — struck hard.

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Why War Reporters Wear Flak Jackets and Fake Wedding Rings

Why War Reporters Wear Flak Jackets and Fake Wedding Rings
Female conflict journalists dress for safety, for culture, and for comfort.

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How I Learned to Look Believable

How I Learned to Look Believable
Over the last year and a half, I have needed a lot of outfits. I have also needed to be consistent. I have needed to be ready, at every moment, to be seen as both a poverty-stricken graduate student and a reliable adult. As an accuser, I need to be a news-team-ready correspondent and someone who certainly wasn’t doing this for the limelight.

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Two dying memoirists wrote bestsellers about their final days. Then their spouses fell in love.

Two dying memoirists wrote bestsellers about their final days. Then their spouses fell in love.
The literary pairing of Paul Kalanithi's "When Breath Becomes Air" and Nina Riggs' "The Bright Hour" was inevitable. Perhaps less inevitable was that the late authors’ spouses would end up together, too.

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All About the Turtleneck, Fashion’s Control Mechanism

All About the Turtleneck, Fashion’s Control Mechanism
Protection has been the turtleneck’s purpose since its invention. Sometimes it functions literally, sometimes metaphorically, sometimes both at once.

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When a North Korean Missile Accidentally Hit a North Korean City

When a North Korean Missile Accidentally Hit a North Korean City
Earlier this year, a North Korean intermediate-range ballistic missile crashed in a populated area. What does that tell us?

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The Big Machines Bringing Industry—and War—to the Melting Arctic

The Big Machines Bringing Industry—and War—to the Melting Arctic
As the ice recedes, these trains, ships, and helicopters will make the Arctic a busy hive of economic and military activity.

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Why 2018 Will Be the Year of the YouTube Moral Panic

Why 2018 Will Be the Year of the YouTube Moral Panic


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Table Tennis - Best Points Of 2017

Table Tennis - Best Points Of 2017
Every point is thrilling, but we also didn't realize just how into it table tennis announcers get.

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America’s forgotten towns: Can they be saved or should people just leave?

America’s forgotten towns: Can they be saved or should people just leave?


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Even When He Loses, Logan Paul Wins

Even When He Loses, Logan Paul Wins


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Can an Algorithm Tell When Kids Are in Danger?

Can an Algorithm Tell When Kids Are in Danger?
Child protective agencies are haunted when they fail to save kids. Pittsburgh officials believe a new data analysis program is helping them make better judgment calls.

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Donald Trump Didn’t Want to Be President

Donald Trump Didn’t Want to Be President
In the first excerpt of Michael Wolff's book about the Trump White House, a look at the administration's shocked first days.

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