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Gathering up the dead...

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Gathering up the dead... (Top headline, 2nd story, link ) Related stories: Rescuers seek anyone left in Texas floodwaters... Zika, West Nile, Infection, Toxins... Largest refinery may be shut for WEEKS... Tempers flare as gas station shortages grow... OUT OF FUEL BY LABOR DAY? Man plays piano in flooded home... Hero saves 50 people... Hurricane Shifts Political Winds in Washington... Houston offers grim vision of Los Angeles after catastrophic quake... KHOU LIVE... News http://ift.tt/2eHAduM September 01, 2017 at 07:10AM

Hurricane Shifts Political Winds in Washington...

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Hurricane Shifts Political Winds in Washington... (Top headline, 9th story, link ) Related stories: Rescuers seek anyone left in Texas floodwaters... Gathering up the dead... Zika, West Nile, Infection, Toxins... Largest refinery may be shut for WEEKS... Tempers flare as gas station shortages grow... OUT OF FUEL BY LABOR DAY? Man plays piano in flooded home... Hero saves 50 people... Houston offers grim vision of Los Angeles after catastrophic quake... KHOU LIVE... News http://ift.tt/2wreMWn September 01, 2017 at 07:10AM

Houston offers grim vision of Los Angeles after catastrophic quake...

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Houston offers grim vision of Los Angeles after catastrophic quake... (Top headline, 10th story, link ) Related stories: Rescuers seek anyone left in Texas floodwaters... Gathering up the dead... Zika, West Nile, Infection, Toxins... Largest refinery may be shut for WEEKS... Tempers flare as gas station shortages grow... OUT OF FUEL BY LABOR DAY? Man plays piano in flooded home... Hero saves 50 people... Hurricane Shifts Political Winds in Washington... KHOU LIVE... News http://ift.tt/2wUSAa7 September 01, 2017 at 07:10AM

THE DAY AFTER

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THE DAY AFTER (Main headline, 1st story, link ) News http://ift.tt/2eHTRGW September 01, 2017 at 07:10AM

TRUMP TO LET DREAMERS DREAM?

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TRUMP TO LET DREAMERS DREAM? (First column, 1st story, link ) Related stories: Congress may act... Border wall prototype contractors selected... News http://ift.tt/2vJ0Fur September 01, 2017 at 07:10AM

Mapping to a ‘t'(map)

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(This article was first published on HighlandR , and kindly contributed to R-bloggers) tmap <- Easy & Interactive - More maps of the Highlands? Yep, same as last time, but no need to install dev versions of anything, we can get awesome maps courtesy of the tmap package. Get the shapefile from the last post library ( tmap ) library ( tmaptools ) library ( viridis ) scot <- read_shape ( "SG_SIMD_2016.shp" , as.sf = TRUE ) highland <- ( scot [ scot $ LAName == "Highland" , ]) #replicate plot from previous blog post: quint <- tm_shape ( highland ) + tm_fill ( col = "Quintile" , palette = viridis ( n = 5 , direction = -1 , option = "C" ), fill.title = "Quintile" , title = "SIMD 2016 - Highland Council Area by Quintile" ) quint # plot ttm () #switch between static and interactive - this will use interactive quint # or use l

Congress may act...

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Congress may act... (First column, 2nd story, link ) Related stories: TRUMP TO LET DREAMERS DREAM? Border wall prototype contractors selected... News http://ift.tt/2enaU0p September 01, 2017 at 07:10AM

Border wall prototype contractors selected...

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Border wall prototype contractors selected... (First column, 3rd story, link ) Related stories: TRUMP TO LET DREAMERS DREAM? Congress may act... News http://ift.tt/2wr6SMQ September 01, 2017 at 07:10AM

Bots flood government agency seeking comment from human beings...

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Bots flood government agency seeking comment from human beings... (First column, 4th story, link ) News http://ift.tt/2gmVrhC September 01, 2017 at 07:10AM