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Date Sent: 2015-04-15
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Wednesday, April 15, 2015 |
SpaceX's reusable Falcon 9 crashes on barge landing attempt
Jurassic Park in real life: The race to modify the DNA of endangered animals ... -- 'Uber For Weed' Startup Eaze Raises $10 Million In Funding Led By DCM Ventures -- The marijuana industry's newest customers are sick and elderly dogs -- This robot can cook 2000 dishes, is the future of laziness and on sale soon -- This Digital Camera Doesn't Need a Battery Because It Powers Itself -- National Guard Riot Drill Features 'Angry Right Wingers' as Role Players -- The Six Too Big To Fail Banks In The U.S. Have 278 TRILLION Dollars... -- SpaceX Landed a Rocket on a Drone Boat, But the Rocket Broke -- 04-15-15 -- Ernest Hancock Updates & Headline News on Freedom's Phoenix - LISTEN LIVE on LRN.FM -- Watch: This Is What Happens Inside Your Body When You Eat Fast Food -- Here's the Canadian Military's Futuristic Prototype Smart Rifle -- Crowdsourced smartphones may warn of earthquakes -- 'Human Sat Nav' guides users with electrodes -- WATCH: NASA astronauts took a GoPro on a spacewalk, and the footage is incredible -- A World Without War -- Hollywood's Post-Biological Future, Where Actors Can Perform After Death -- I Would Replace My Right Arm With a Robotic One -- Humans Have Been Hacking Their Bodies for Thousands of Years -- Has the First Person to Achieve Immortality Already Been Born? -- The 7 Kingdoms in 'Game of Thrones' are actually these 5 real-world places -- Is College for Everyone? 11 Alternatives to the Traditional 4-Year College -- How to Field Dress and Butcher a Rabbit -- Using 3D Printers To Generate Villages Of Houses -- Where Does Manhood Come From? -- Obama Administration Plotting Adult Vaccination Mandates -- This might be the best graduation speech of all time -- Robots Are Coming for Your Kitchen -- China's strategy for establishing naval superiority in Asia is not going to make... -- The next recession could lead to a vicious spiral of debt-deflation --
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
'Uber For Weed' Startup Eaze Raises $10 Million In Funding Led By DCM Ventures
04-15-2015
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techcrunch.com
There's an Uber for everything nowadays, so why not an Uber for weed?
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
The marijuana industry's newest customers are sick and elderly dogs
04-15-2015
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qz.com
A day before a scheduled vet appointment to euthanize her dog, Wendy Mansfield decided to try one last resort to alleviate the chronic pain of her 15-year-old labrador mix: cookies from a marijuana dispensary made specifically for ailing dogs.
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
This robot can cook 2000 dishes, is the future of laziness and on sale soon
04-15-2015
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independent.co.uk
In its ongoing mission to just veg on the sofa and watch Netflix 24 hours a day, mankind has invented a robot that can cook a wide range of meals for you which you choose via a smartphone app.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
This Digital Camera Doesn't Need a Battery Because It Powers Itself
04-15-2015
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http://motherboard.vice.com
Here is a fully electric digital camera that powers itself using ambient light. If you put it in a well-lit room, it would work indefinitely.
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News Link • Military
National Guard Riot Drill Features 'Angry Right Wingers' as Role Players
04-15-2015
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph Watson
Troops train to combat unruly citizens
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Six Too Big To Fail Banks In The U.S. Have 278 TRILLION Dollars...
04-15-2015
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Michael Snyder
The very same people that caused the last economic crisis have created a 278 TRILLION dollar derivatives time bomb that could go off at any moment.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
SpaceX Landed a Rocket on a Drone Boat, But the Rocket Broke
04-15-2015
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http://motherboard.vice.com
SpaceX's International Space Station resupply launch was a success, but it won't be able to recover the rocket.
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Watch: This Is What Happens Inside Your Body When You Eat Fast Food
04-14-2015
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Lewrockwell.com
What happens inside your body when you eat processed junk food? We all have a vague idea, and we certainly see what it does to the exterior portion of our bodies -- but most of us have never seen the actual digestion process take place.
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News Link • Military
Here's the Canadian Military's Futuristic Prototype Smart Rifle
04-15-2015
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http://motherboard.vice.com
The Canadian Army is testing out smart rifle t?echnology to create weapons that are lighter, have greater firepower, and can use data to help soldiers be more precise.
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News Link • Technology: Software
Crowdsourced smartphones may warn of earthquakes
04-14-2015
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gizmag.com
While countries such as Japan have sophisticated earthquake warning systems, the fact is that many less-developed countries do not.
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News Link • Entertainment: Movies
Hollywood's Post-Biological Future, Where Actors Can Perform After Death
04-15-2015
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http://motherboard.vice.com, BY GIAN VOLPICELLI
Paul Walker's performance in Furious 7--the seventh instalment of the brawn-and-pistons franchise Fast & Furious--is a convincing example of cinematic resuscitation.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Humans Have Been Hacking Their Bodies for Thousands of Years
04-15-2015
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http://motherboard.vice.com, BECKY FERREIRA
Body hacking seems like a modern technological concept, buoyed on by advances in robotic prosthetics, brain-computer interfaces, and cyborgian literary themes.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Has the First Person to Achieve Immortality Already Been Born?
04-15-2015
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http://motherboard.vice.com, BY THEO JOLLIFFE
Winds whistled through Peking's Forbidden City as Jiajing, the 11th emperor of the Ming Dynasty, raised a porcelain flask decorated with symbols of eternal youth. It was to be his final attempt at achieving immortality.
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News Link • Entertainment: Television (TV)
The 7 Kingdoms in 'Game of Thrones' are actually these 5 real-world places
04-15-2015
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http://www.globalpost.com, Jessica Phelan
Not much in "Game of Thrones" could be described as "true to life." King Joffrey, for instance? IRL, actually a pretty sweet guy. And the Khaleesi definitely ain't a natural blonde. (Oh yeah, and to the best of our knowledge she hasn't fire-h
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News Link • How To
Is College for Everyone? 11 Alternatives to the Traditional 4-Year College
04-15-2015
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http://www.artofmanliness.com, Jeremy Anderberg
So far in this series on whether or not college is truly for everyone, we've covered both the history of higher ed, and the pros and cons of attending a 4-year university. Today, we're going to look at alternatives to the traditional 4-year degre
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News Link • How To
How to Field Dress and Butcher a Rabbit
04-15-2015
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http://www.artofmanliness.com
**Disclaimer: This post contains a graphic step-by-step depiction of the skinning, slicing, and disemboweling of a real rabbit.
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News Link • 3D Printing
Using 3D Printers To Generate Villages Of Houses
04-15-2015
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http://amazingbeautifulworld.com
Rome wasn't built in a day, but a village of 10 houses created out of 3D printed concrete parts has been constructed in just one day in Shanghai, China. And the even better news? Each one only cost around $5000. Oh, and they're partly made out of
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama Administration Plotting Adult Vaccination Mandates
04-15-2015
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http://www.thedailysheeple.com
In collaboration with Big Business and special interests, the Obama administration's Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is plotting a new program to track Americans' vaccination records...
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News Link • General Opinion
This might be the best graduation speech of all time
04-15-2015
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http://www.businessinsider.com, ABBY JACKSON
America's colleges have already selected impressive graduation speakers this year, but it's going to be hard for even Tim Cook and Samantha Power to outshine history's greatest commencement speech.
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News Link • Food
Robots Are Coming for Your Kitchen
04-15-2015
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http://mentalfloss.com
A London-based company called Moley Robotics has created a prototype for a robotic chef that can cook your meals with human-like precision.
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News Link • China
China's strategy for establishing naval superiority in Asia is not going to make...
04-15-2015
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http://www.businessinsider.com, ARMIN ROSEN
China's strategy for establishing naval superiority in Asia is not going to make its neighbors happy
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The next recession could lead to a vicious spiral of debt-deflation
04-15-2015
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http://www.businessinsider.com, NEW DEAL DEMOCRAT
Beginning 3 years ago, I identified poor wage growth as the shortfall in the economy that worries me the most. And it still worries me, even though there has been some modest improvement.
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
The world's biggest mining companies are getting hammered
04-15-2015
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http://www.businessinsider.com, afp
Some of the world's biggest iron ore miners were on Tuesday placed on "credit watch negative" by Standard and Poor's (S&P), as the price of the commodity continues to plunge amid a supply glut and soft Chinese demand.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Almost every detail about Google's wireless service might have just leaked
04-15-2015
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http://www.businessinsider.com, LISA EADICICCO
Google said last month that it plans to build a small wireless service that would allow it to function sort of like Verizon, AT&T, or any other carrier.
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News Link • Food
We bought a half-kilo of pure caffeine on the internet...
04-15-2015
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http://www.businessinsider.com
We bought a half-kilo of pure caffeine on the internet -- the equivalent of 5,000 cups of coffee
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News Link • China
Dramatic satellite photos show the new islands China is building
04-15-2015
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http://www.businessinsider.com, ERIN BRODWIN
Here's a new way to exert influence on a disputed territory: Build your own islands on it.
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News Link • Iran
Here's the advanced air defense system that Russia is now offering to Iran
04-15-2015
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http://www.businessinsider.com, JEREMY BENDER
Russia has publicly announced that it is willing to sell Iran one of the world's most advanced air defense systems after a 5-year hiatus.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
11 Pivotal Moments in White House Technology
04-15-2015
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http://mentalfloss.com
President Obama has been seen rocking his MacBook, iPads, and recently, a Fitbit--but in the annals of the presidents that's not peculiar. Presidents have long been fans of technology, even if they weren't always early adopters.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Former prosecutor offers a terrifying explanation for why he helped convict...
04-15-2015
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http://www.businessinsider.com, CHRISTINA STERBE
Former prosecutor offers a terrifying explanation for why he helped convict an innocent man
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News Link • Technology: Software
These guys are behind one of the greatest software breakthroughs of all time
04-15-2015
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http://www.businessinsider.com, BI Excel
Believe it or not, there was a time when our computers were incapable of functioning like a calculator, a time before Microsoft Excel.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Latest $269 Million DOE Loan Causes Major Controversy
04-15-2015
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http://www.zerohedge.com, Submitted by Darrell
No doubt smarting from criticism about its lack of success in picking winners in alternative energy vehicles, the Department of Energy has given initial approval for a $269 million loan to a proven winner â€" Alcoa's high-strength aluminum to make
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News Link • Economy - International
The Exodus Begins: Oil ETFs See Biggest Outflows In 15 Months
04-15-2015
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Just as we warned previously (here, here, and here), the knife-catching, contango-crushed, BTFDers that piled over $6bn into Oil ETFs have severely underperformed this year.
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News Link • Corruption
CEO Planted Cocaine On Brother Then Paid Police $100K To Arrest Him
04-15-2015
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http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Mark Knight, former CEO of Knight Oil Tools -- where "people make the difference" -- has gotten himself into some trouble.
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News Link • Energy
The Power of Steam â€" Part 1
04-15-2015
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http://survivalblog.com, by A.Y.
You have bullets, beans, band-aids, bibles, bullion, and everything else you can imagine for when the cataclysmic end of society as we know it arrives.
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News Link • Government
"BUNDY RANCH" TYPE STANDOFF BREWING IN SOUTHERN OREGON...
04-15-2015
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BJ SOPER
or the past several years, the miners from the Galice Mining District, about 3o minutes west of Grants Pass, Oregon, have been arguing over who has the rights to the minerals in the ground around Galice Creek.
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
This 1960s High School Gym Class Would Ruin You
04-15-2015
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http://mentalfloss.com
"The program, in sum, not only builds physical fitness, but good Americans." That's how Look magazine summarized the physical education program of La Sierra High School in January 1962 [PDF].
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News Link • World News
EU formally accuses Google of monopolistic search practices
04-15-2015
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http://www.theverge.com
The European Union has formally accused Google of illegal, monopolistic practices, stating that the American company abused its position as market leader by prioritizing its own services in search results and diverting traffic away from its competito
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Exclusive: Wary of natural disaster, NY Fed bulks up in Chicago
04-15-2015
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Reuters
The New York branch of the U.S. Federal Reserve, wary that a natural disaster or other eventuality could shut down its market operations as it approaches an interest rate hike, has added staff and bulked up its satellite office in Chicago.
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News Link • Congress-Congressmen
Congress reportedly asked Hillary Clinton about private email in 2012
04-15-2015
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http://www.theverge.com
Congressional investigators asked Hillary Clinton whether she used a private email account -- a decision that has come under fire in the past month -- back in 2012, The New York Times reports.
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News Link • Internet
The Republican Party Introduced Yet Another Measure to Kill Net Neutrality
04-15-2015
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http://motherboard.vice.com
If anyone thinks that Republicans will roll over and con?cede defeat in the battle over net neutrality, they're dead wrong.
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News Link • Obama Administration
Senate Compromises on Iran Deal, Obama Will Sign Bill
04-15-2015
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antiwar.com
Bill Will Give Congress Ability to Veto Diplomatic Deal With Iran
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Astronomers Searched 100,000 Galaxies for Alien 'Supercivilizations'
04-15-2015
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http://motherboard.vice.com
After searching 100,000 galaxies for the waste heat signatures emitted by highly advanced extraterrestrial life, a team of astronomers has found no obvious signs. But according to Jason Wright, the astronomer at Penn State who initiated the search, t
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News Link • Just For Fun!
Lost in Translation: What Your Body Language Means Around the World
04-15-2015
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http://www.thealternativedaily.com
It is common practice to communicate through body language. Gestures and hand motions are the unofficial "second language" of every culture. As children, we learn to interpret this silent communication and begin to use it ourselves throughout our
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
How to Naturally Stop Mosquitoes Before They Stop You
04-15-2015
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http://www.thealternativedaily.com
Warm weather seems to be synonymous with the mental imagery of mosquito bites, and that unmistakable buzzing sound as they swarm in on you. Never fear, there are some natural steps you can take to protect yourself!
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News Link • Animals and Pets
Roundup and Other Herbicides Trigger Demise of the Monarch Butterfly
04-15-2015
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http://www.thealternativedaily.com
An environmental group is suing the EPA for failing to protect the monarch butterfly. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) claims in the suit that the EPA did not listen to warnings about the dangers of glyphosate, an ingredient used in herbi
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Does Your Yogurt Contain Rat Poop?
04-15-2015
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http://www.thealternativedaily.com
Dairy is a dietitian's favourite 'health food.' Weren't we all told to drink our glass of milk with dinner as kids? And, don't you reach for a cup of Greek yogurt when you want a healthy snack?
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
The New Militarism: Who Profits?
04-14-2015
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antiwar.com
Militarism and military spending are everywhere on the rise, as the new Cold War propaganda seems to be paying off.
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
Airbnb Offering Rentals In Cuba
04-14-2015
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http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com
Airbnb is taking advantage of the renewed relationship between the U.S. and Cuba by offering vacation rentals there.
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