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12/29/17
TechNews for the week: December 29; December 27;

War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Security Council Tightens Economic Vise on North Korea, Blocking Fuel, Ships and Workers; North Korea declares latest U.N. sanctions 'an act of war';
US rhetoric on North Korea runs into logistical reality; South Korea Warns North Korea Won't Stop Its Arms Tests Anytime Soon;
Documents shed light on North Korea's startling gains in sea-based missile technology;
An Israeli Settler, a Dead Palestinian and the Crux of the Conflict; Amid backlash, White House pledges to stand firm on Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital;
Iran and Saudis' Latest Power Struggle: Expanding Rights for Women;
Russian submarines are prowling around vital undersea cables. It's making NATO nervous; Royal Navy escorts Russian warship near British waters;
Russia issues stern warning U.S. is fueling new bloodshed in Ukraine;
US negotiated $285M cut in United Nations budget; Modest cuts reflect a new U.S. approach to the U.N.'s budget;
For One Far-Right Politician, Forgetting Germany's Past Just Got Harder;
A U.S.-backed plan aimed to fix Mexico's justice system resulted in chaos;
Trump Exposed Ignorance During Trade Talk With Merkel, Leaving White House Aides Humiliated;
Appeals court: Trump exceeded authority with travel ban; U.S. judge says American accused of fighting for ISIS must get lawyer;
Officials claim Donald Trump suggested Haitian immigrants to the US 'all have AIDS';
F.B.I. Director Wants to Move Forward, but the President Is Making His Job Harder;
Russian disinformation threat went uncontested by U.S. as it metastasized; Obama-era plans to 'zap' Russian trolls collapsed under Trump;
Much Of Puerto Rico Still Lacking Power; Lawmakers Argue Over Responsibility For Dropped Disaster Funding For Puerto Rico;
Ryan wants to cut welfare programs; Most Americans disagree; Democrats build case against tax bill but don't call for repeal;
Trump Plans Infrastructure Push In January;
E.P.A. Officials, Disheartened by Agency's Direction, Are Leaving in Droves;
With one tweet, Trump inserts himself into Florida's GOP gubernatorial primary; Trump tweets 'thank you' to head of group accused of illegal political activity, racial bias;
Trump's legal team plans to cast Flynn as a liar if he accuses president or top aides of wrongdoing in Russia investigation;
Federal prosecutors in N.Y. requested Kushner Cos. records on $285 million Deutsche Bank loan;
Roy Moore asks Alabama court to block Doug Jones, call a new Senate election; Judge rejects Moore complaint certifies Alabama's first Democratic senator since 1997;
Black Turnout in Alabama Complicates Debate on Voting Laws ;
Hundreds of thousands of poor Americans will soon be able to move to better areas, thanks to this judge;
Orrin Hatch Says He's 'Grateful' for Biting Editorial That Suggested He Resign;
Ryan's 'pro-white' primary foe denounced by Breitbart after his anti-Semitic tweets;
Steven Mnuchin received a package from 'the American people.' It was filled with manure;

Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Russia never stopped its cyberattacks on the United States; ISIS fighter with American accent urges supporters to take advantage of U.S. gun laws;
Edward Snowden unveils phone app, Haven, to spy on spies;
Post-Quantum Algorithms;
Math and science
Calcium and vitamin D supplements may not protect against bone fractures in older adults;
Minnesota program aims to help end-of-life dementia patients;
Exploring 3,000 Years Of Jerusalem History;
Web and computing issues
How blockchain technology could prevent fake news from spreading;
SC News and Politics
In wake of Statehouse corruption probe, lawmaker looks to expand definition of 'lobbyist';
How Florida created - and killed - a nuclear building spree like South Carolina;

Business and Economics
Incomes Grew After Past Tax Cuts, but Guess Whose; The world's 500 wealthiest people got a whopping $1 trillion richer in 2017;
Could the 'curve' be warning of a US recession; A preview of the U.S. without pensions;
What Happens When the Richest U.S. Cities Turn to the World;
America's trade wars are heating up, as more U.S. companies sue for relief; China Offers Tax Incentives to Persuade U.S. Companies to Stay;
Trump Promised to Kill Carried Interest. Lobbyists Kept it Alive; Trump Promised to Protect Steel. Layoffs Are Coming Instead;
Those $1,000 Bonuses AT&T Promised Its Employees Could Save It $28 Million;
Power Prices Go Negative in Germany, a Positive for Energy Users; Energy Costs Increase With Cold Temperatures;
Trump administration renews mining leases near Minnesota wilderness, reversing Obama; Interior Department Incorrectly Announced Coal Mine Expansion;
Automakers May React Poorly To Roll Back Of Fuel Economy Standards;
New Mexico State Land Office Issues Lease For Wind Farm;
Trump Administration Eases Nursing Home Fines in Victory for Industry;
Bitcoin boom a boon for alt-right groups seeking to duck Web, government scrutiny;
Finance
Why You Should Front-Load Your 529 Plan;
Understanding Property Deeds;
Other news
Forced out over sex, drugs and other infractions, fired officers find work in other departments;
What It's Like To Live With Early Stage Alzheimer's;
Effective Ways to Work Smarter, Not Harder; 8 tricks for remembering everything you read;

Education:
Why do so many Republicans hate college?
Texas lagging badly in educating workforce;

12/22/17
TechNews for the week: December 22; December 20; December 18;

War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Tillerson, in Apparent U-Turn, Says North Korea Must 'Earn' Its Way to Talks; South Korea asks U.S. to delay joint military drills until after the Olympics;
U.N. imposes new sanctions on North Korea over missile tests;
Israeli troops kill four Palestinians, wound 160 in protests over Jerusalem; Pence delays trip to Middle East amid uproar over Trump's Jerusalem decision;
U.S. vetoes UN call for withdrawal of Trump Jerusalem decision;
U.N. passes measure condemning Trump administration's recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital; U.S. threatens countries with loss of aid over U.N. vote on Jerusalem;
Behind the feud between Saudi Arabia and Iran; Rebels in Yemen Fire Second Ballistic Missile at Saudi Capital;
Austria's New Government: A Mix of Far-Right, Pro-Europe and Youth;
Chile's Election Consolidates Latin America's Rightward Shift;
Trump's ambassador to the Netherlands just got caught lying about the Dutch;
Trump sets out national security strategy that casts his election as a pivot point from failed policies; Trump's tough talk can't hide the incoherence of his foreign policy;
The essential tradeoff in the Republican tax bill, in one chart; The full GOP tax bill; 'Corker Kickback' inserted to guarantee tax vote;
House to re-vote on tax bill after several provisions are found to violate Senate rules;
Congress sends massive GOP tax plan to President Trump to sign into law, marking his first major legislative victory; Trump signs sweeping $1.5 trillion tax bill into law;
Trump admits the GOP's tax cuts were deceptively sold; Experts say Trump stands to save millions under new tax bill;
Kids' health insurance hangs in the balance, and parents wonder what's wrong with Congress;
House GOP proposes $81 billion disaster funding package as shutdown deadline looms;
Senate passes stopgap spending bill, allowing Congress to avert partial government shutdown and push contentious issues to January;
Trump labor adviser's plan for cutting federal compensation, potentially even paid holidays;
Kremlin says Putin phoned Trump to thank him for CIA intel that foiled a planned terrorist attack in Russia; The White House's odd statement about giving U.S. intelligence to Putin;
Russia's elite faces nervous wait for US to reveal sanctions list;
Trump transition team claims Mueller unlawfully obtained emails; FBI's top lawyer said to be reassigned;
Senate Intelligence Committee investigating Jill Stein campaign for possible 'collusion with the Russians';
In defamation case, Trump offers new twist in Bill Clinton's Paula Jones defense;
Republicans keep on telling voter-fraud fairy tales; It looks like Alabama violated federal law with its 'inactive voter' scheme;
The one-vote Democratic victory that ended a Republican majority in the Virginia House of Delegates is now a tie; Virginia court tosses one-vote victory;
Trump is not on the 2018 ballot, but White House plans full-on campaign for GOP candidates;
Interior Dept. limits scientists from the biggest meeting in their field;
E.P.A. Employees Spoke Out. Then Came Scrutiny of Their Email; Executive at Consultancy Hired by E.P.A. Scrutinized Agency Employees Critical of Trump;
Trump administration gives CDC a list of forbidden words, including 'fetus,' 'transgender' and 'evidence-based';
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump contraception rule;
To curb illegal border crossings, Trump administration weighing new measures, including separating children and parents;
Fallout from allegations of tea party targeting hamper IRS oversight of nonprofits;
Trump's judicial pick withdraws nomination after being stumped by senator on basic legal questions;
White House takes down 'We the People' petitions site before responding to a single one;
Sarah Huckabee Sanders: Americans don't approve of Trump because of media coverage;

Math, science and technology:
Security issues
US blames North Korea for WannaCry ransomware attack; GCHQ Found -- and Disclosed -- a Windows 10 Vulnerability;
Kaspersky Sues U.S. for Banning Its Software on Government Networks; Security firm Keeper sues news reporter over vulnerability story;
Lessons Learned from the Estonian National ID Security Flaw; Romanian Hackers Infiltrated Most D.C. Police Surveillance Cameras;
Security Vulnerability in Apple's HomeKit; Amazon's Door Lock Is Amazon's Bid to Control Your Home;
Math and science
Venus Is More Like Earth Than We Thought Despite Nightmare Atmosphere;
Japanese Researchers Develop Glass That Mends With Hand Pressure; Electric Eel-Inspired Devices Could Power Pacemakers, Prosthetic Organs;
Study On Water Repellency Could Prevent Ice From Accumulating On Windshields, Roads, And Sidewalks;
Finnish Researchers Claim To Have Autonomous Vehicle That Can Handle Snow;
DARPA Funding Unhackable Computer Hardware; Europe unveils roadmap for the next decade of quantum computing;
Exercise May Aid Parkinson's Disease, but Make It Intense; Women's sexual problems are finally getting their due;
Web and computing issues
For Russian 'Trolls,' Instagram's Pictures Can Spread Wider Than Words;
Senator Wants Congress to Overturn FCC on Net Neutrality; Here's what net neutrality lawsuits are likely to say;
French Data Protection Agency Gives WhatsApp One-Month Deadline;
Graph databases help agencies spot relationships across silos;
SC News and Politics
#FakeNews is a Fake Phenomenon; GOP talking points: Democrats "Resist" Future Economic Growth!
'Developers against conservationists': Turf war takes shape over 2,230 acres in West Ashley;
Sen. Paul Campbell's request for blood test could doom the DUI case against him;

Finance and Economics
China Shrugs Off Debt Worries as Xi Takes Firmer Economic Grip; Unveils an Ambitious Plan to Curb Climate Change Emissions;
Iraq Plans To Build Oil Product Pipeline Network; Shell Oil to Be Tried Over $1.3 Billion Nigerian Oil Deal;
Fueled by drug crisis, U.S. life expectancy declines for a second straight year;
Double losses for the Affordable Care Act further complicate its future; Even when insurance doesn't cover dental care, you may be able to curb costs;
American land barons: 100 wealthy families now own nearly as much land as that of New England;
What the tax cuts will look like for America's most popular jobs; Tax plan: a nasty surprise for upper-middle-class parents with kids in college;
Tax Overhaul Bill Lifts Ban On ANWR Drilling; Bill Preserves Renewable Energy Credits; Overhaul Could Prompt Apple to Bring Cash Back to U.S.;
Financial Regulators Consider Cryptocurrency Rules Amid Spike; U.S. Banking Regulator Plays Down Concerns Over Bitcoin Risks;
Suit seeks freeze on upcoming SCANA dividend payout; SC utility regulators to decide whether cases against SCANA proceed;
Would a rate cut bankrupt SCE&G? Analysts say it's not that simple; Georgia, Facing 'Difficult Dilemma,' Keeps Nuclear Project Alive;
As Trump Tightens Legal Immigration, Canada Woos Tech Firms;
Nebraska Commission Rejects TransCanada Request To Change Route For Keystone XL; Northeastern States Consider New Vehicle Fuels Program Targeting Carbon Emissions;
Developers Proposing Large Offshore Wind Farms;
Trump Halts Funding For Offshore Drilling Safety Study;
Apple Slowing Down Old iPhones;

Education:
Final Tax Bill Would Spare Some Higher-Ed Worries, but Could Lead to State Budget Cuts ; How the Republican Tax Plan Uses School Savings to Hurt States;
What Colleges Need to Know About the Tax Overhaul; A Small College With a Big Endowment Gets Snared in Tax Bill;
New Tax Law Takes Aim at Higher Education's Millionaires Club; New tax law will cost college athletic departments lots of money;
Public Universities Are Getting Better at Bagging Big Gifts; Colleges That Accept Charles Koch Foundation Money;
Net Neutrality Vote Heavy Hit to Schools and Districts;
How Spaces Designed for Learning Can Change Teaching; Redefining College Manhood;
A Brief History of Students Secretly Recording Their Professors;

12/15/17
TechNews for the week: December 15; December 13; December 11;

War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
How nuclear war with North Korea would unfold; US-North Korea tensions fuel fears on Chinese border;
US says it may restart intermediate nuclear missile development;
After Fall of ISIS, Iraq's Second-Largest City Picks Up the Pieces; Arms supplied by U.S., Saudi ended up with Islamic State;
Israeli jets hit Gaza following rocket fire in a sharp escalation of violence over Trump's Jerusalem decision; Gaza death toll in U.S. embassy violence rises to 4;
Undercover Israeli agents in action; Israeli defense chief calls for Arab boycott after protests;
Palestinian president says Palestinian president says no role for US in peace process;
Doubting the intelligence, Trump pursues Putin and leaves a Russian threat unchecked; Putin: Trump opponents harm US with 'invented' Russia scandal;
Star U.S. Diplomat Quits With Fiery Letter To Rex Tillerson;
White House Corrects Tillerson on Whether U.S. Will Talk to North Korea; Trump allies say Tillerson has 'not learned his lesson' and cannot continue in job for long;
Bank lobbyists in fresh push on U.S. tax bill 'repo' provision;
Republicans reconsider proposal to shrink corporate tax cut; GOP drive to repeal estate tax risks making its tax plan more unpopular;
House Speaker Paul Ryan wants to cut Medicare, punishing a key part of the GOP's base - older Americans;
Trump vowed a big tax cut focused on the middle class. But the GOP hatched a plan that helps the rich and corporations most of all;
Senate to draw red line on estate levy as part of tax negotiations; Congressional Republicans in advanced talks to cut tax rate for top earners;
GOP reaches compromise tax plan to drop corporate tax rate to 21 percent, cut rates for top earners;
Sen. Rubio, signaling he'll support GOP tax plan after changes to child tax credit, appears to give party enough votes to pass bill;
Trump to pitch tax plan; Treasury offers rosy estimate; Treasury's Tax Plan Analysis doesn't add up;
Inside a $100,000-per-person Trump fundraiser: Chicken, asparagus and 20 minutes of talk;
Transgender people can enlist in military starting Jan. 1, judge rules, denying Trump administration request to delay order;
U.S. judge orders special counsel to turn over evidence on Michael Flynn; Trump's suggestive comment about a Michael Flynn pardon, and the pattern behind it;
Kushner's legal team looks to hire crisis public relations firm amid Russia probe;
Inside Trump's legal team: Trying to protect the president from Mueller's 'killers'; 'Journalism for rent': Inside the secretive firm behind the Trump dossier;
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross was Trump's 'go-to guy.' But that relationship is being tested;
Former DEA officials say New drug law makes it 'harder for us to do our jobs'; Fueling dissent: how the oil industry set out to undercut clean air;
More than 20 states in 2017 considered laws to promote shared custody of children after divorce;
Trump judicial nominee fumbles basic questions about the law;
Doug Jones declared victor in Alabama race for Senate; Roy Moore may seek recount;
USA Today Calls Trump Unfit To Clean Obama's Toilets In Scathing Editorial; Photos show Donald Trump with some of the female accusers he claimed he 'never met';
Walter Reed admits McCain for side effects of treatment for brain cancer;
An Alabama Sheriff, a Mystery Check and a Blogger Who Cried Foul;

Math, science and technology:
Security issues
December Crypto-Gram Newsletter, protecting data and data leaks; E-Mail Tracking; Tracking People Without GPS;
Trump administration calls for government IT to adopt cloud services; A Clever Tool To Detect Hacks Companies Haven't Told Users About;
Russian Security Firm Says Hackers Stole $10 Million via ATMs; Hackers Stop Plant Operations at Critical Infrastructure Facility; Remote Hack of a Boeing 757;
Security Firm: Top 3 Mobile Malwares Target Android;
Math and science
Nasa finds first star with as many planets as our Solar System; Scientists are slowly unlocking the secrets of the Earth's mysterious hum;
New NOAA Texas Rainfall Maps Redefine "100-year Flood"; This Alaskan city is warming so fast, algorithms removed the data because it seemed unreal;
New underwater discoveries in Greece reveal ancient Roman engineering;
With 2020 Census Looming, Worries About Fairness and Accuracy;
Graphene running shoes will hit the market next year;
Web and computing issues
FCC repeals net neutrality rules, allowing Internet providers to speed up, slow down or block service for apps and websites;
Poll: Most Americans - including 3 out of 4 Republicans - oppose plan to repeal net neutrality rules; California, Washington, NY take steps after net neutrality vote;
Net Neutrality isn't the only thing the current FCC is screwing up; High-Tech Pioneers Cite 'Misunderstandings' in FCC Vote;
FCC Refuses to Disclose Info on Net Neutrality Comments;
10 Surprising Ways Machine Learning is Being Used Today; Researchers Work To Root Out Gender, Racial Biases In Artificial Intelligence;
The new cold war: how our focus on Russia obscures social media's real threat;
Former Facebook VP says social media is destroying society with 'dopamine-driven feedback loops';
The 'Alt-Right' Created a Parallel Internet. It's an Unholy Mess;
New tool offers unprecedented access to U.S. election data;
Brave browser offers to boost your online search privacy;
Oracle and Google: Back in Court Over Java APIs;
Hiking trails app;
SC News and Politics
Power Failure: How utilities across the U.S. changed the rules to make big bets with your money;
Watchdog wants to save utility customers $445 million a year. SCANA says it would go bankrupt;
State Should Provide Flexibility With Local Tourism Taxes;
How South Carolina history was hijacked to sell the Lost Cause;

Finance and Economics
Federal Reserve hikes interest rates, easing off stimulus efforts amid improving economy; Full Employment In The US? Not For Many Women;
The bill: Tax Cuts and Job Act; Tax Plan's Biggest Cuts Could Be in Living Standards; Under New Tax Plan, the Cost of Aging Could Rise;
8.8 million Americans face a major tax hike if the GOP eliminates the medical deduction;
Facebook Changes to 'Local Selling Structure' for Taxes; How Arctic Drilling, Stymied for Decades, Made Surprise Return in Tax Bill;
E.U. and Japan Reach Deal to Keep 'Flag of Free Trade Waving High';
Japan Plans Carrot-and-Stick Tax Changes to Drive Wage Gains; Japan to raise income tax for high earners;
Welcome to China's Florida: Sun, Sand and Retired Snowbirds;
Once the W.T.O.'s Biggest Supporter, U.S. Is Its Biggest Skeptic;
The Economist Surveys Global Race For AI Dominance; Banks Need Big-Tech Talent To Compete With Big Tech Firms;
State AGs Sue EPA Over Smog Pollution Standard Delays; Trump claims that West Virginia is 'sending clean coal' to 'China';
Wind Power May Become Less Viable In Northern Hemisphere As Climate Changes; Georgia's nuclear project could be canceled like South Carolina's;
Automakers Look to Avoid Patent Fights as They Add Technology; Will electric vehicles doom your neighborhood auto mechanic;
Disney buys Fox as Hollywood girds for digital showdown; Qualcomm Merger Calculus Complicated by Activist Investor;
Vanguard Plans To Launch Blockchain Network;
Sexual Harassment Cases Show the Ineffectiveness of Going to H.R.;
How To Read Financial News;
Other news
How do you use an anonymous source? The mysteries of journalism everyone should know;
'Fake News,' Trump's Obsession, Is Now a Cudgel for Strongmen; Fingerprints of Russian Disinformation: From AIDS to Fake News;
This Historian Says a Trump Coup Is 'Pretty Much Inevitable';
The American Who Paid for Israel's Nuclear Bomb;
The Physics of Productivity: Newton's Laws of Getting Stuff Done;

Education:
Executive Compensation at Private and Public Colleges; Private Colleges Had 58 Millionaire Presidents in 2015;
In Altered Higher Education Act, House Republicans Would Bar Penalties to Single-Gender Clubs; House Republicans Press for Higher-Ed Overhaul in 2018;
US News & World Report Contributor: 529 Expansions Will Not Promote School Choice; Study Suggests Trump's Budget Will Cut Children's Programs;
Practical Fixes Could Improve Undergraduate Higher Ed;
U.S. halts loan relief to defrauded students; The Federal-Aid Process Traps Poor Students;
ACT and College Board to Offer Free Test-Score Reports for Needy Students;
Common Core Qualities Live on in State Replacements; Most US States Fail To Adequately Teach School Students About Money;
An MIT Dean Planned a University With No Classrooms. Here's Where It Stands; Learning Advantages Of Technology;
Net Neutrality and University; Deferred-Maintenance Costs Won't Go Away; France to Ban Younger Students from Using Cell Phones at School;
Ph.D.s Are Still Writing Poorly;

12/8/17
TechNews for the week: December 8; December 6; December 4;

War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Syria army intercepts Israel missiles near Damascus; U.S. Says 2,000 Troops Are in Syria, a Fourfold Increase;
Talk of a Peace Plan That Snubs Palestinians Roils Middle East; Lebanon's Hariri rescinds resignation;
Trump recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capital; Turkey warns Trump against crossing 'red line' on Jerusalem; Germany Urges Against U.S. Recognition of Jerusalem;
'It's catastrophic': U.S. allies reject Trump's Jerusalem pronouncement; Palestinians clash with Israeli troops in protests over Trump's Jerusalem speech;
Three things to know about Trump's Jerusalem gambit; Israeli Army Says Two Rockets Launched at Israel From Gaza Landed Short;
U.S. and South Korea begin air combat drills that include simulated strikes on North Korea; Future wars may depend as much on algorithms as on ammunition;
North Korea missile: Inconsistencies spotted in Hwasong-15 images; Nikki Haley says North Korea threat makes U.S. Olympic participation an 'open question';
Senate GOP tax bill passes in major victory for Trump, Republicans; Winners and losers in the Senate GOP tax bill;
Debt Concerns, Once a Core Republican Tenet, Take a Back Seat to Tax Cuts; Senate strikes tax exemption for college linked to Betsy DeVos;
Trump waffles on corporate tax cut, hours after Senate bill meets his demands; Democrats fume over 'absurd' bill full of last-minute handwritten edits;
G.O.P. Is Confident Tax Cuts Will Be Signed This Month; GOP Senator Implies Those Who Aren't Millionaires Waste Money On 'Booze, Women';
Republicans Eye Next Step: Cut Spending; Ryan says Republicans to target welfare, Medicare, Medicaid spending in 2018;
'This is class warfare': Tax vote sparks political brawl over populism that will carry into 2018 elections;
Governors Unite to Blast Tax Bill, but Next Steps Are Unclear; House GOP exploring tax plan changes to help California, other high-tax states;
Trump's richest friends are asking for changes to the GOP tax plan, and he's listening; GOP lawmakers consider shrinking size of corporate tax cut;
The real problem with the GOP tax plan; The CHIP Program Is Beloved. Why Is Its Funding in Danger; House conservatives challenge Ryan over spending legislation;
Republicans Sought to Undercut an Unfavorable Analysis of the Tax Plan;
Congress passes two-week spending bill to stave off government shutdown, braces for more heated fight;
Top FBI official assigned to Mueller's Russia probe was removed after sending anti-Trump texts;
Emails Dispute White House Claims That Flynn Acted Independently on Russia; Trump alters story on why he fired Flynn;
Trump's tweet about Michael Flynn's guilty plea just admit something it shouldn't have; Trump faults FBI, denies he called for end of Flynn investigation;
Trump lawyer says president knew Flynn had given FBI the same account he gave to vice president; Lawyer's Claim He Wrote Flynn Tweet Stuns Legal Experts;
Brazen assertion that a president cannot obstruct justice is dismissed by legal scholars; As Russia inquiry intensifies, Republicans take aim at Mueller and the FBI;
Operative Offered Trump Campaign 'Kremlin Connection' Using N.R.A. Ties; Russian social media executive sought to help Trump campaign in 2016;
Mueller Subpoenas Trump Deutsche Bank Records; Deutsche Bank sends Trump financial details to Mueller investigation;
Prosecutors say longtime Manafort colleague has 'ties' to Russian intelligence;
Wikileaks faces U.S. probes into its 2016 election role and CIA leaks;
Congressional witness said Michael Flynn told former business associate that Russia sanctions would be 'ripped up' ; New Michael Flynn allegations emerge;
Former Trump aides reveal a campaign filled with screaming fits, constant rivalries and Big Macs;
Report Trump Is Giving Staffers Secret Assignments And Telling Aides To Hide Them From John Kelly;
U.S. House Republicans Prepare Contempt Action Against FBI, DOJ;
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to overrule decision on DACA documents;
Supreme Court allows Trump's revised travel ban to be enforced fully while legal challenges to it proceed in lower courts;
Supreme Court appears closely divided in case of Colorado baker who refused to create a wedding cake for a same-sex couple;
Court Overturns Trump's Delay of International Entrepreneur Rule;
Trump to shrink Utah monuments, riling tribes and environmentalists;
Disabled Americans don't have voting rights under a law signed by a Trump election fraud commissioner;
Trump Pick to Head Consumer Safety Board Is Seen as Too Close to Industries; Deputy national security adviser to depart Trump White House;
White House Solved Mystery of Donald Trump's Slurred Speech-And It Has Nothing to Do With His Teeth;
Report: Charlottesville police had 'flawed' plan for white supremacist rally; Cut off from mainstream sources, neo-Nazi entrepreneurs are building crowdfunding sites;
'He said it': Billy Bush says there were 8 witnesses to Trump's 'Access Hollywood' comments;
Woman shares evidence of relationship with Roy Moore when she was 17 and he was 34;
Rep. John Conyers Jr. is retiring today and endorses his son to replace him; Arizona Rep. Trent Franks resigns amid Ethics investigation;
Al Franken announces he will resign from the Senate; Why Al Franken is done-for and Roy Moore isn't;

Math, science and technology:
Security issues
If North Korea fires a nuclear missile at the U.S., how could it be stopped;
Trump White House Weighing Plans for Private Spies to Counter "Deep State" Enemies; White House lets NSA's warrantless surveillance continue until April;
Germany Preparing Backdoor Law; Security Vulnerabilities in Bank's Certificate Pinning; UK Cyber Security Center Warns Against Russian Anti-Virus Software;
Tech Experts Tell Court Gov't Voting Database Could Attract Hackers; Matt Blaze on Securing Voting Machines;
US senator says Computer security needs more federal regulation; SEC's Cyber Unit Files First Charges Over 'Initial Coin Offering';
Math and science
Research Shows Impact Of Climate Change In American West; Undersea Drone Fleet Embarking On Antarctic Mission To Forecast Sea Level Rises;
Israeli startup introduces blockchain tech with QEDit, a zero-knowledge proof diligence tool;
US Navy's Railgun Will "Likely Never See Combat"; Report: US Has Lost Dominance On High-Intensity Lasers;
An archaeological dig unearths one of the earliest slave remains in Delaware;
Web and computing issues
Twitter Changes Explanation for Allowing Trump's Anti-Muslim Tweets; From #FakeNews to #MeToo: Twitter was hard to handle in 2017;
Google Hiring Thousands of Moderators to Police YouTube Content;
The FCC's net neutrality plan may have even bigger ramifications in light of this obscure court case; New York Attorney General Asks FCC to Delay Net Neutrality Vote;
YouTube is cutting access to Amazon Fire TV on Jan. 1; Yahoo, Mozilla Sue Each Other Over Search Contract;
10 Essential Features to Look for in Today's Smartphones;
Chinese President Promises 'More Open' Internet;
SC News and Politics
Walter Scott sentenced to 20 years;
Vocal Minorities Often Shape Public Policy;
Time Will Tell If Mcmaster's Running Mate Gamble Pays Off;

Finance and Economics
The U.S. economy added 228,000 jobs in November, unemployment at 4.1 percent; Global Regulators Agree on Rules to Prevent Financial Crises;
US yield curve flattens at fastest pace since financial crisis; Alan Greenspan: We're about to go from stagnation to 'stagflation'; Big U.S. Banks as Risky Today as 2007;
The richest 1 percent now owns more of the country's wealth than at any time in the past 50 years;
How the tax overhaul could affect your bottom line; Text of the Senate tax bill;
How a Company Actually Plans to Spend Its Tax Cut Money; Tax Reform's 7 Biggest Stock Winners;
The G.O.P. Tax Bill Could Curtail Renewable Energy; Solar Company Shares Drop On Details Of Senate Tax Plan;
What happened when North Carolina cut taxes like the GOP plans to for the country;
China's Next Potential Boom Spot: The Places People Overlook; China's A.I. Advances Help Its Tech Industry, and State Security;
Solar Panel Industry Braces For Potential US-China Trade War;
Why America could miss out big time on India's fintech revolution;
Britain and the European Union reach divorce deal to move on to new phase in Brexit talks; Ireland to collect Apple's disputed 13bn Euro tax bill;
Developers Said Their Homes Were Out of a Flood Zone. Then Harvey Came; Questions Remain About Performance Of Florida Grid Following Hurricane Irma;
CVS to buy Aetna for $69 billion in deal that could shake up health-care industry; How Will Consumers Fare if CVS and Aetna Merge;
EPA Announces Decision To Maintain Biofuel Quota; Trump open to biofuel policy reform, senators say after meeting;
EPA To Reverse Obama-Era Rule On Mining Cleanup Funding;
US District Judge Orders ETP To Create Dakota Access Pipeline Spill Response Plan;
Senate Driverless Car Legislation Hits Roadblocks; Trucking Jobs Threatened By Autonomous Vehicles;
Viagra goes generic: Pfizer to launch own little white pill;
Coinbase: The Heart of the Bitcoin Frenzy;
Scana rises on takeover rumors, with NextEra a potential suitor;
The F-35s costs, more than $1 trillion over 60 years, continue to draw scrutiny;
Other news
IOC suspends Russia as penalty for doping but invites individual athletes to 2018 Winter Games in PyeongChang;
I study liars. I've never seen one like President Trump;

Education:
Moody's Downgrades Higher Ed's Outlook From 'Stable' to 'Negative'; Rising Waters, Threatened Campuses;
Passage of Senate Tax-Reform Bill Passage of Senate Tax-Reform Bill Leaves Colleges Scrambling;
Graduate Students Across Nation Protest Removal Of Tuition Waiver Exemption; House Republicans May Be Backing Away From Taxing Grad-Student Tuition Waivers;
When States Tie Money to Colleges' Performance, Low-Income Students May Suffer; Much Of Financial Aid Going To More Affluent Students;
House Republicans Release HEA Authorization Bill; Bill Would Eliminate Gainful Employment Rule, Public Service Loan Forgiveness;
Documentary Illustrates Abuses In For-Profit College Sector;
As colleges and banks team up, consumer advocates raise questions; Student Loan Whistleblower Profiled;
Chapel Hill's New Civil War; How Colleges Can Head Off Homegrown Extremism;
'Fired Twice and Rehired Twice': Union Calls Out U. of Montana's Flip-Flop; A Fair Wage for Adjuncts;
Examining Chinese Students' Efforts To Navigate US University System;
University of Wisconsin Wants to Close Lots of Small Libraries and Create 'Hubs';
Here's how bad the deception was at Ole Miss;

12/1/17
TechNews for the week: December 1; November 29; November 27;

War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
South Korea's joint chiefs of staff says North Korea has launched a ballistic missile after a two-month pause; Latest missile launch appears to put entire U.S. within its range;
Trump tells Turkish president U.S. will stop arming Kurds in Syria; A gold dealer's trial in New York is roiling U.S.-Turkey relations;
Pakistan launches crackdown on religious protesters, setting off violent clashes;
Hezbollah, on the rise in Lebanon, fends off Saudi Arabia; Pence says Trump 'actively considering' moving U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem;
Italy, Bracing for Electoral Season of Fake News, Demands Facebook's Help;
British prime minister's office says Trump was 'wrong' to share anti-Muslim videos from U.K. group that 'peddles lies,' ;
Britain furious, Trump defiant as fallout swells from anti-Muslim videos; Trump blasted Theresa May on Twitter. Unfortunately, he got the wrong woman;
Trump's retweets elevate a tiny fringe group of anti-Muslim activists in Britain; WH Press Secretary Sarah Sanders Says Trump Doesn't Verify What He Tweets;
Brexit Cost Rises as Britain Retreats on Divorce Demands;
White House readies plan to replace Tillerson with Pompeo at State, install Cotton at CIA; the Trump administration's inevitable drift toward yes-men;
Diplomats Sound the Alarm as They Are Pushed Out in Droves;
Sessions reshapes Justice Dept. while eyes are on Russia;
Flynn to plead guilty to lying to FBI; Flynn said to have acted in consultation with Kushner and other Trump transition officials on contacts with Russian ambassador;
Paul Manafort reaches bail deal with Mueller investigation prosecutors for judge's approval;
Trump Pressed Top Republicans to End Senate Russia Inquiry;
Consumer bureau now has two acting directors and nobody knows which one should lead it; Judge rules in favor of Trump over fate of consumer watchdog;
Trump's pick to lead consumer watchdog agency tells staff to ignore official who says she's 'rightful acting director';
Justices Seem Ready to Limit Whistle-Blower Protections; Supreme Court Weighs Streamlined Patent Challenges;
Insurers have to pay for addiction treatment. Trump just has to enforce the law;
Pelosi, Schumer pull out of White House meeting after Trump tweets 'I don't see a deal' with Democrats on spending, other issues;
Despite a skeptical public, GOP pushes ahead on tax plan; GOP leaders are in advanced talks to adjust tax plan in effort to win over holdouts;
CBO finds Senate GOP tax bill hurts the poor more than originally thought; Congress' analysts conclude Senate GOP tax bill would add $1 trillion to the deficit;
Senate Republicans consider future tax increase in their tax bill after report shows current measure raises deficit by $1 trillion;
The GOP tax bill is straight out of 1929; Why Senate Republicans are rushing to pass an unpopular tax bill, in one sentence;
Republicans Rewrite Portions Of Tax Bill Hours Before Vote; U.S. Senate Tax Bill Stalls on Deficit-Focused 'Trigger';
McCain to back GOP tax plan, a major boost to the bill's Senate chances; Cornyn says Senate has the votes to pass GOP tax bill;
After years of deficit preaching, Republicans face a hard lesson in a report on their tax plan;
Trump Wanted a Bigger Tax Cut for the Rich, Ivanka Went Elsewhere;
After tax reform, Republicans eye cuts to welfare, entitlement programs; Where's the pressure to pass this bill actually coming from;
Trump considering banning White House staffers' personal phones;
'He creates his own reality': From 'Access Hollywood' to Russia, Trump paints the rosiest possible picture;
Bill Expanding Concealed-Carry Gun Rights Advances in House;
Republican senator suggests Trump is strong-arming judicial nominees through Congress;
Congress confronts jam-packed December with shutdown deadline looming;
A woman approached The Post with dramatic - and false - tale about Roy Moore. She appears to be part of undercover sting operation;
Effort to infiltrate The Washington Post dated back months;
Culling Voter Rolls: Battling Over Who Even Gets to Go to the Polls;
Six Democrats From Outside Washington Have a Message for Their Party;
KKK chapter aims recruiting campaign at small Virginia towns; Far-right extremist in Ohio: A Voice of Hate in America's Heartland;

Math, science and technology:
Security issues
New NSA leak exposes Red Disk, the Army's failed intelligence system; Leaked files show NSA's Ragtime program targets Americans;
FBI silent as US officials targeted by Russian hackers; Drone Maker D.J.I. May Be Sending Sensitive Infrastructure Data to China;
German Official Says Constitution Limits Response Against Hackers; Two EU Agencies Warn Illegal Drug Sales Growing on Dark Web;
Homeland Security Employees Allegedly Stole Computer System; NSA employee pleads guilty after stolen classified data landed in Russian hands;
N.Y. Attorney General Criticizes FCC Over Fake Net Neutrality Comments;
Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Privacy of Cell-Tower Records;
Apple Scrambles to Fix Major Security Flaw; Man-in-the-Middle Attack against Electronic Car-Door Openers;
Needless Panic Over a Wi-FI Network Name;
Math and science
How the Pentagon is preparing for the coming drone wars; Coast Guard Exploring Drone Technology;
Report Warns Of Chinese Advances In AI; Report: US Must Recognize Military Potentials Of AI;
MIT Researchers Create Origami-Based Artificial Muscles; Engineers Develop Larger Artificial Heart Muscle In Effort To Repair Hearts;
Climate Change Efforts Must Go Beyond Reducing Greenhouse Gases;
Researchers Reduce Distance Light Must Travel In Optical Computing;
Prehistoric women had extremely strong arms from a life of manual labor;
Article about executives threatening to drop the spreadsheet software stirred up a tempest;
Web and computing issues
YouTube Removes Videos, Disables Comments Linked to Pedophiles; Facebook Says It Can Remove 99% of Terrorist Content Before Reports;
FCC Plan to Drop Net Neutrality Rules Draws Large Protests; FCC chairman calls Twitter the real threat to an open internet;
Microsoft says ASLR behavior in Windows 10 is a feature, not a bug;
Scientists To Present Revolutionary Real-Time Lighting For VR;
Ways to Stop Facebook From Eating Your Battery;
SC News and Politics
Lindsey Graham today: Stop labeling Trump a kook. Graham in 2016: "I think he's a kook" ;
State Supreme Court decision highlights the educational challenges ahead;

Finance and Economics
Why Congress is giving cash-flush corporations more cash; How Tax Bills Would Reward Companies That Moved Money Offshore;
US seeks to deny China market economy status in WTO;
Robots could replace nearly a third of the U.S. workforce by 2030;
Army Engineers Reports Warns Of Climate Change's Impact On Ohio River Region; EPA Holds Hearing On Clean Power Plan In West Virginia;
Tech Firms Push For Cheaper, Cleaner Power; One of the country's biggest oil fields just turned to an unexpected power source: Solar;
Navajo Generating Station To Stay Open Through 2019;
UAVs Cause More Damage To Planes Than Birds Do;
Autonomous Vehicles Could Greatly Improve Mobility For The Elderly, Blind, And Disabled; Autonomous Vehicle Design Could Bring Ethical Quandary;
GM Announces Autonomous Vehicle Plans; General Motors' Self-Driving Bolt Makes Media Debut; Taco truck caused a problem;
EV Batteries Must Fall By Over Half To Compete With Traditional Cars;
Meredith Corp. to buy Time Inc. for upward of $2.8 billion;
SC taking steps toward selling Santee Cooper;
Alibaba is buying Israeli startup Visualead's tech to establish a Tel Aviv R&D center;
DowDuPont completes sale of Brazil corn seed business to Chinese firm;
Other news
Liars, hucksters and fake news are nothing new: a history lesson in hoaxes;
A Trump supporter explains rising conservative anger at American universities;
A Running Russian Doping Scandal Hits Richmond, Va.;

Education:
Report: Higher Education Quality Must Improve Along With Enrollment Growth; Growth in International Student Enrollment Slows;
Easing the Pain of Program Closings; A College Weighs Its Priorities Before Making Cuts; When 'Collegiality' and Evaluating Faculty Collide;
Villanova Research Provost Says House Tax Plan Will Keep Most Students Out Of Grad School; Graduate Students Mobilize 'to Stop Something That Can Ruin Us';
House Republicans Eye Sweeping Changes in Higher Education Act; Congress Should Close Loophole Aiding For-Profit Colleges In Targeting Veterans;
DeVos' Focus On Workforce Training Could Have Backlash Against Four-Year Colleges;
States Struggling To Meet Accreditors' Requirements For Dual-Credit Instructors;
Low-Income Schools Struggle To Implement California's New Science Standards;
Is It Finally Time to Simplify the Fafsa? Signs Point to Yes;
Quarrel at U. Nebraska Ignites a Battle With State Legislators;
Tufts Postpones Appearance by Anthony Scaramucci After Lawsuit Threat; Scaramucci Resigns From Tufts Advisory Board;
Acceding to Fan Outrage, U. of Tennessee Draws More Critics;