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The Mez Ledger · Weekly Close October 29 – November 5, 2019 189 stories · Vol. 19 · Catalogue 45 · Issue 309 Get it by email ↓
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Women shocked by "hidden" cost of mammograms

Health insurance covers mammograms every one to two years, but many women often need secondary tests that aren't covered

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Business 8 stories

  1. Flood of Oil Is Coming, Complicating Efforts to Fight Global Warming

  2. Nautilus to be acquired by an investor group of fans

  3. The Feds are building an America-wide face surveillance system and ACLU is suing

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  1. Keystone pipeline shut after spilling 1.4M litres of oil in North Dakota

  2. Lone Bitcoin Whale Likely Fueled 2017 Price Surge, Study Says

  3. The IRS has granted nonprofit status to a daily newspaper

  4. Slave markets found on Instagram and other apps

Sports 9 stories

  1. IRS Tried to Hide Emails That Show Tax Industry Influence over Free File Program

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  1. How Untitled Goose Game became a real video game

  2. Close Encounter with a Gigantic Jet

  3. Show HN: Tailwind Builder – online editor for the Tailwind CSS framework

Technology 157 stories

  1. Microsoft 4-day week boosts productivity and sales

  2. WhatsApp hacked to spy on top government officials at U.S. allies

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  1. Twitter to ban political advertising

  2. We Stood Up to a Patent Troll and Won

  3. I Accidentally Uncovered a Nationwide Scam on Airbnb

  4. Thank You, Guido

  5. Google Buys Fitbit for $2.1B

Entertainment 7 stories

  1. Spleeter: Extract voice, piano, drums, etc. from any music track

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  1. Apple TV, Apple TV, Apple TV, and Apple TV+

  2. U.S. opens a national security review of TikTok’s acquisition of Musical.ly

  3. Show HN: Turn any website into an API (for those who miss Kimono)

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