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Photographer Wins Monkey Selfie Copyright Case, Court Slams PETA

Photographer Wins Monkey Selfie Copyright Case, Court Slams PETA

Photographer Wins Monkey Selfie Copyright Case, Court Slams PETA

Photographer David Slater has won his legal battle over that monkey selfie. A US appeals court ruled Monday that US copyright law doesn’t allow animals to file copyright infringement lawsuits. The decision, made by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, upheld a lower-court ruling that previously

Source: petapixel.com/2018/04/24/photographer-wins-monkey-selfie-copyright-case-court-slams-peta/

The White House asked to borrow a van Gogh. The Guggenheim offered a gold toilet instead.

The White House asked to borrow a van Gogh. The Guggenheim offered a gold toilet instead.

The White House asked to borrow a van Gogh. The Guggenheim offered a gold toilet instead.

“Landscape With Snow” was sought for the Trumps’ living quarters. A curator’s alternative was a piece called “America.”

Source: www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/the-white-house-wanted-a-van-gogh-the-guggenheim-offered-a-used-solid-gold-toilet/2018/01/25/38d574fc-0154-11e8-bb03-722769454f82_story.html?utm_term=.85728d45d3c1

Canada’s top CEOs will earn your annual salary before lunch today, says report

Canada’s top CEOs will earn your annual salary before lunch today, says report

Canada’s top CEOs will earn your annual salary before lunch today, says report

According to a new report, the average compensation for Canada’s 100 highest-paid CEOs hit a record $10.4 million in 2016 — that’s more than 200 times an average worker’s salary.

Source: www.cbc.ca/news/business/ceo-income-pay-canadian-worker-1.4462496

Opinion | Top-100 CEO compensation hits $2,489 an hour

Opinion | Top-100 CEO compensation hits $2,489 an hour

Opinion | Top-100 CEO compensation hits $2,489 an hour

It’™s three minutes to 11 in the a.m., the first working day of the new year. You are about to purchase your second cup of coffee.

Source: www.thespec.com/opinion-story/8031946-top-100-ceo-compensation-hits-2-489-an-hour/

North Carolina is no longer classified as a democracy

North Carolina is no longer classified as a democracy

North Carolina is no longer classified as a democracy

In the just released EIP report, North Carolina’s overall electoral integrity score of 58/100 for the 2016 election places us alongside authoritarian states and pseudo-democracies like Cuba, Indonesia and Sierra Leone. If it were a nation state, North Carolina would rank right in the middle of the global league table – a deeply flawed, partly-free, democracy that is only slightly ahead of the failed democracies that constitute much of the developing world.

Source: www.newsobserver.com/opinion/op-ed/article122593759.html

Which States Rely the Most on Federal Aid? – Tax Foundation

Which States Rely the Most on Federal Aid? – Tax Foundation

Which States Rely the Most on Federal Aid? – Tax Foundation

State governments receive a significant amount of aid from the federal government. Here’s a look at federal aid to states as a percentage of state revenue.

Source: taxfoundation.org/states-rely-most-federal-aid/

US ambassador to Netherlands describes own words as ‘fake news’

US ambassador to Netherlands describes own words as ‘fake news’

US ambassador to Netherlands describes own words as ‘fake news’

New ambassador Pete Hoekstra then denied saying he’d used the phrase in interview with Dutch TV

Source: www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/22/us-ambassador-to-netherlands-describes-own-words-as-fake-news

Elderly Couple Stopped In Nebraska With 60 Pounds Of Weed ‘For Christmas Presents’

Elderly Couple Stopped In Nebraska With 60 Pounds Of Weed ‘For Christmas Presents’

Elderly Couple Stopped In Nebraska With 60 Pounds Of Weed ‘For Christmas Presents’

During the traffic stop, deputies noticed a strong smell of raw marijuana. The York County Sheriff’s Department estimated the street value of the pot at more than $300,000.

Source: www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/12/22/572844666/elderly-couple-stopped-in-nebraska-with-60-pounds-of-weed-for-christmas-presents