World News Bits

Time. There's not enough of it. Let's look at some world news.

"Fireworks" possibly led to shooting of Justine Damond.  The Sidney Morning Herald:

...revelations about the possible setting off of fireworks near where she was killed could provide an explanation as to why Officer Noor fired.

A source with knowledge of Minneapolis law enforcement, who asked not to be identified, said it "would be good common sense to investigate" [.] [t]he sound of fireworks may have startled Officer Noor[.]

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Tech Crunch: Uber facing lawsuit; lack of wheel-chair accessible vehicles.
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 (Photo: Varde Kommune)

The Copenhagen Post: The reopening in Denmark of a museum built into Nazi bunker. (I wonder what they sell at the gift shop?)
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C|Net reviews the first Mercedes-Benz pickup.
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$ 2 Billion hedge fund goes bust. RTT News.
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EurasiaNet: Armenians mark one year since armed takeover of police station.
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Beta News: A hacker nets $ 7 Million in three minutes.

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The Evening Telegraph: Some British residents pissed about tree cutting to make room for housing development.
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Gender neutral toilets coming to public schools in Scotland. The Scotsman.
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Bodies of Swiss couple found 75 years later.  Xinhuanet:

Swiss couple disappeared near a ski resort in the Alps their frozen and mummified bodies have been found[.]  The frozen corpses of Marceline and Francine Dumoulin were found lying near each other[.]

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27 Contact lenses mistaken for cataract.  Red Orbit:

Doctors [preparing a 67-year-old woman for routine cataract surgery ] [when they discovered the actual cause of her vision problems – a congealed mass of disposable contact lenses that she had reportedly been wearing for decades.

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Jeff Sessions is wrong and so is this law. Courthouse News Service:

The process, known as asset forfeiture, is controversial because people can lose their property, such as cars and cash, without ever being convicted or even charged with a crime.

There shouldn't even be a question here; that no property or cash can be taken until a guilty verdict is reached or a law is broken.
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Spelling correction 7/21/2017