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‘November Rain’ Is The Oldest Song With A Billion YouTube Views – What’s That Mean?
By: Stephen Thompson I NPR
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Guns N’ Roses’ 1992 video recently joined 112 others in the billion-views club, but there’s more to the milestone than that.
![An artwork called Sheer Volume, by Michael Scheiner, is displayed at the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, N.Y.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/corning-art-9695e86219b7b8eb6254211481ae542751105e65-e1531939817991-900x422.jpg)
Glass Has Ancient Origins But A High-Tech Future
By: Dustin Dwyer | NPR
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Where would the smartphone be without glass? Now glass may change the way with interact with data again — in everything from head-up displays on car windshields to augmented-reality glasses.
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Trump Again Contradicts Intelligence Officials, Says Russia Not Targeting U.S.
By: Brian Naylor | NPR
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Less than 24 hours after stating his “full faith and support for America’s great intelligence agencies,” President Trump disagreed with them again, saying that Russia is not aiming at U.S. elections.
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County Party Chair Resigns After Trump-Putin Press Conference
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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A county Republican Party leader is getting a lot of state and national attention for his decision to resign after watching President Trump’s press conference with Russian president Vladimir Putin… Read More
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Put Your Face In It: How Gaming Helped Me Understand My Dog
By: Linda Holmes | NPR
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If you want to know how a dog sees the world, ask yourself how you explore virtual spaces with your controller. No, really!
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Maria Butina Was In Contact With Russian Intelligence, Feds Say In New Documents
By: Carrie Johnson | NPR
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A Russian woman charged this week with serving as an unregistered agent also “offered sex” in exchange for a job in an organizations she targeted, prosecutors allege.
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WOUB News • WORLD: French Butchers Ask For Protection After Threats From Militant Vegans
By: Eleanor Beardsley | NPR
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Butchers are an integral part of French life, and are known for carefully sourcing their meat. But now some are being targeted by extreme vegans who use vandalism to draw attention to their cause.
![A 2013 file photo of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, DC. New rules issued by the agency say that politically active nonprofits no longer have to disclose their donors to the IRS.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ap_16272654288277-135f83fccf5b92bee54f2a06266025b7740c8e33-e1531937536701-900x422.jpg)
Dark Money Groups Get A Little Darker, Thanks To IRS
By: Peter Overby | NPR
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Advocates say it’s a First Amendment issue. Critics say it’s opening the door to secret money from foreign sources.
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WVU Opens Facility To Extract Rare Earth Elements
By: Associated Press
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia University has marked the start of a new phase of research aimed at recovering rare earth elements from coal and its byproducts. A ceremony… Read More
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Pension Problems: Lawmakers Warn Of Economic Fallout From Failing Pensions
By: Becca Schimmel | Ohio Valley ReSource
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United Mine Workers President Cecil Roberts fired up a crowd of thousands of union workers in Columbus, Ohio, with a simple chant: “Fix it!” The rally last week came on… Read More
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Senate President Criticizes Union’s Endorsement Edict
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia Senate President Mitch Carmichael is criticizing a teachers union that won a pay raise earlier this year over what he called its “Obama style… Read More
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ZCT Opens ‘Seussical’ July 21
The Cat in the Hat and all of his friends are coming to the Zanesville Community Theatre this weekend and next in the family musical Seussical. There will be 8… Read More
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Due to Popular Demand, DACO’s “Creating the Illusion” Exhibition Extended
Due to popular demand, the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio (DACO) has extended their “Creating the Illusion Exhibition” to August 19. The exhibition features costumes from some of the most… Read More
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Gladden House Sessions 2018: Nick Waterhouse
By: Xan Spalding
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Born and raised in California, Nick Waterhouse brought his vintage rhythm and blues sound to the Gladden House stage on the second day of the 2018 Nelsonville Music Festival. With… Read More
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NASA is Reaching Out to Promote and Increase Contracts with Small Businesses
Last year, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) spent nearly $5.5 billion dollars on contracts related to small businesses. Some $2.7 billion or 16.5 percent of total procurements involved… Read More