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   Amid Rising Seas, `Dry' Jersey Shore Resort Is Wetter Than It Likes   
   NBC 10 Philadelphia, 17 Feb 2021 22:09Z   
   The impacts of rising sea levels can be clearly seen in Ocean City, New   
   Jersey, a family resort town spending tens of mns of dollars to deal   
   with flooding.   
      
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   Facebook restricts Australians' access to news   
   ABC News, 17 Feb 2021 19:47Z   
   Australians are being blocked from accessing news in their Facebook feeds,   
   in a dramatic escalation of the social media giant's stand-off with the   
   federal govt.   
      
   Victoria's third lockdown is over but what is the political cost for Daniel   
   Andrews?   
   ABC News, 17 Feb 2021 19:46Z   
   Victoria's snap coronavirus lockdown could present a new challenge for   
   Daniel Andrews if he has to take tough action in the future, with the   
   Premier's social and political capital taking a hit over the past week,   
   writes Richard Willingham.   
      
     Victorian lockdown 'not about a virus', Liberal MP tells online protest group   
     ABC News, 17 Feb 2021 21:44Z   
     Three Victorian Liberal MPs address a group of vaccine conspiracy theorists   
     and anti-lockdown protesters at an online rally, hours before the state's   
     stage 4 restrictions lift.   
      
   Facebook can't be trusted for reliable news, says govt, as Mark   
   Zuckerberg speaks to the Treasurer   
   ABC News, 17 Feb 2021 21:43Z   
   Facebook's credibility as a source for news should be questioned, according   
   to Communications Minister Paul Fletcher, who warns content on the site will   
   now come from groups without fact-checking capabilities or editorial policies.   
      
   'The world's leading bank robbers': US indicts North Korean hackers   
   ABC News, 17 Feb 2021 22:42Z   
   Three North Korean computer programmers are charged by the US over a massive   
   hacking spree aimed at stealing more than $US1.3 bn in money and   
   cryptocurrency, affecting companies from banks to Hollywood movie studios.   
      
   The CDC Just Predicted a "Rapid Rise" in COVID Cases   
   Best Life, 17 Feb 2021 19:30Z   
   A new report from the CDC has predicted that highly contagious variants of   
   the virus could lead to a "rapid rise" in COVID cases.   
      
     New Covid-19 Nigerian variant detected in the UK with 38 confirmed cases   
     The Sun, 16 Feb 2021   
      
   Million-year-old mammoth DNA rewrites animal's evolutionary tree   
   Ars Technica, 17 Feb 2021 18:30Z   
   Ancient DNA has revolutionized how we understand human evolution, revealing   
   how populations moved and interacted and introducing us to relatives like the   
   ...   
      
     This mn-year-old DNA from mammoth teeth is the oldest ever sequenced   
     ABC Science, 17 Feb 2021 15:58Z   
     It's not quite Jurassic Park, but scientists have successfully extracted and   
     reconstructed mn-year-old DNA from mammoth teeth -- and solved a couple   
     of mysteries about the creatures' evolutionary history along the way.   
      
   NASA Will Listen for Thumps on Mars From Perseverance Rover's Arrival   
   The New York Times, 17 Feb 2021 22:54Z   
   When the Perseverance rover sets down on Mars on Thu, another NASA   
   spacecraft already there will be listening for the thump-thump that will   
   result when ...   
      
   Google will pay News Corp for the right to showcase its news articles   
   CNBC, 17 Feb 2021 17:26Z   
   Google struck a three-year deal with the Murdoch family owned media   
   conglomerate News Corp., which includes ad revenue sharing and the   
   development of a ...   
   [Google seems to be "experimenting" with search function in Australia.   
   When I stopped getting things in the search list I was expecting I   
   changed to Bing and they turned up again].   
      
   Son of prominent conservative Brent Bozell charged in Capitol riot   
   The Hill, 17 Feb 2021 15:25Z   
   Authorities have charged Leo Brent Bozell IV, son of prominent conservative   
   commentator Leo Brent Bozell III, for crimes related to the mob attack on   
   the Capitol.   
      
   Siberia's Newest Exploding Crater Has Been Mapped in 3D   
   Gizmodo, 17 Feb 2021 18:23Z   
   For the first time ever, geologists have used a drone to map the interior of   
   a giant blowout crater, the likes of which have appeared with increasing   
   regularity in ...   
      
   Holiday COVID-19 surge to blame for rising cases of inflammatory syndrome in   
   children in some US cities   
   ABC News, 17 Feb 2021 10:53Z   
   In recent weeks, hospitals in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Colorado,   
   Nebraska and New Jersey have reported an increase in cases of MIS-C cases, a   
   rare ...   
      
   US retail sales surge 5.3% in Jan, boosted by $600 stimulus checks   
   Fox Business, 17 Feb 2021 14:28Z   
   US retail sales soared in Jan as consumers, buoyed by the cash   
   payments that many Americans received as part of the latest $900   
   bn coronavirus ...   
      
   Oil gains more than 1% as TX weather prompts US production drop   
   CNBC, 17 Feb 2021 21:28Z   
   Oil prices rose on Wed, underpinned by a major supply disruption   
   in the southern United States this week where a winter storm hit TX.   
      
   Big Freeze in TX Is Becoming a Global Oil Market Crisis   
   Bloomberg, 17 Feb 2021 19:27Z   
   What began as a power issue for a handful of US states is rippling   
   into a shock for the world's oil market.   
      
     How Do You Restart an Oil Well That's Frozen Solid?   
     Bloomberg, 17 Feb 2021 22:23Z   
     Restarting oil and gas wells closed by the extreme cold sweeping   
     much of the US isn't going to be quick or easy, even once the ice   
     thaws and power is ...   
      
   Retail sales burst higher in Jan as consumers use stimulus checks   
   to spend heavily   
   CNBC, 17 Feb 2021 15:18Z   
   Consumers flocked to spend their stimulus checks in Jan, sending   
   retail sales for the month up 5.3% in a blockbuster start to 2021.   
      
   'One of the biggest blunders in banking history': Citigroup loses bid   
   to recover $644m paid out by mistake   
   ABC News, 17 Feb 2021 06:28Z   
   Citigroup says it will appeal a US judge's ruling that it is on the   
   hook for almost $1.1 bn in mistaken payments it sent out to 10   
   financial companies, instead of $10 mn worth of interest payments.   
      
   BHP Group Ltd   
   ASX:BHP - 17 Feb, 4:10 pm AEDT   
   48.60 +1.60 (3.40%)			*** up 3.4% ***   
      
   Chevron Corporation   
   NYSE:CVX - 17 Feb, 4:04 pm GMT-5   
   96.13 +2.79 (3.00%)			*** up 3% ***   
      
   MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORPORATION   
   TYO:7211 - 17 Feb, 2:27 pm GMT+9   
   315.00 +9.00 (2.94%)			*** up 2.9% ***   
      
   ...   
      
   Air France KLM SA   
   EPA:AF - 17 Feb, 5:36 pm GMT+1   
   4.80 -0.12 (2.48%)			*** down 2.5% ***   
   [Will AF fall below 1 Euro?]   
      
   Kia Motors Corporation   
   KRX:KIA - 17 Feb, 2:26 pm GMT+9   
   83,400.00 -2,300.00 (2.68%)		*** down 2.7% ***   
      
   Smith & Wesson Brands Inc   
   NASDAQ:SWBI - 17 Feb, 4:00 pm GMT-5   
   18.49 -0.54 (2.88%)			*** down 2.9% ***   
      
   Nio Inc - ADR   
   NYSE:NIO - 17 Feb, 4:00 pm GMT-5   
   57.14 -1.87 (3.16%)			*** down 3.2% ***   
      
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