By Lauren Weber
Friday May 20th, 2016
TOP STORIES
EGYPTIAN MILITARY FOUND DEBRIS, PERSONAL EFFECTS FROM EGYPTAIR PLANE Meet the passengers and crew missing in the crash over the Mediterranean Sea, and here's a timeline of what we know so far. [Reuters]
A SECOND CHIBOK SCHOOLGIRL HAS BEEN FOUND Over 200 of the schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 have yet to be rescued. [NYT]
CREDIT CARD DEBT COULD TOP $1 TRILLION THIS YEAR "That sum would come close to the all-time peak of $1.02 trillion set in July 2008, just before the financial crisis intensified, and could signal an easing of frugal habits ingrained by the recession." [WSJ | Paywall]
ST. LOUIS COUNTY DROPS CHARGES AGAINST HUFFPOST, WAPO REPORTERS Inside their battle to get the charges dropped after they were arrested while reporting in Ferguson in 2014. [Ryan Reilly, HuffPost]
THE CITIES MADE UP OF $1 MILLION HOMES Take San Francisco -- 57 percent of the housing market is valued at over a million dollars. [Kate Abby-Lambertz]
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WHAT’S BREWING
HOW THE CW ROCKETED TO THE TOP "And while it’d be misleading to call the network some sort of juggernaut, it’s absolutely one of the bigger TV success stories of the decade. The lineup the CW unveiled today looks to continue that momentum." [Vulture]
KESHA WILL NOW PERFORM AT THE BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS Dr. Luke "let her" after the outcry. [HuffPost]
NFL REFUNDS TAXPAYERS Almost $1 million for "patriotism" events the military had paid for. [Justin Block, HuffPost]
'THE DEATH AND THE BIRTH OF THE AMERICAN DAM' "Dams are going up all over Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. At the same time, they’re coming down all over the US. Thinking about hydropower in 2016 can feel like falling through the looking glass, where the opposite of environmentalism is…still environmentalism." [Wired]
'CONSERVATIVES ANONYMOUS' The society for Republicans in a very liberal Hollywood. [California Sunday Magazine]
THE BEST OF MORLEY SAFER Honoring the top work of the legendary journalist, who died at 84 after retiring from "60 Minutes" last week. [HuffPost]
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WHAT'S WORKING
THREE YEARS AFTER LOSING HIS LEG This war vet summited Mt. Everest. [HuffPost]
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BEFORE YOU GO
~ "Never has a country that should have been so rich been so poor:"
~ Pope Francis calls those that exploit the poor "bloodsuckers."
~ The late, great David Carr's Twitter was hacked yesterday, highlighting the vulnerability of zombie Twitter accounts.
~ J-Law basically just told Hollywood that Fox better pay up to have her back in the next X-Men installment.
~ This badass woman designs NASA's space suits.
~ How Seth Rogen perfected the art of making bad sex funny.
~ Everybody loves a good nature cam -- until actual nature things like death happen.
~ The "So That Happened" crew declare party unity the responsibility of whoever wins the Democratic nomination.
~ We're big fans of the plus-size model casting in Joe Jonas's latest music video.
~ These famous leaders' faces were made all out of stock images, and we're totally blown away.
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