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• Tory war on 'cancel culture': Speakers no-platformed by universities can seek compensation
  
  Regulator the Office for Students will get the power to fine institutions and student unions for breaching new duties designed to foster 'a culture of open and robust intellectual debate'.
  Daily Mail.  Tuesday, 11 May 2021.
• Florida Sheriff Harasses Public With Program Where All Are Innocent Until Predicted Guilty
  
  "Predictive policing" sounds futuristic, but what Robert Jones family suffered under at the hands of a Florida sheriff's office was just blunt harassment. ...
  Forbes.  Tuesday, 11 May 2021.
• Box office smash "Black Panther" is pop culture landmark
  
  "Black Panther" blew past box office estimates in its opening weekend. So far, it's raked in an estimated $192 million in the U.S and Canada. ...
  CBS News.  Tuesday, 11 May 2021.
• Judge rejects appeals by Extinction Rebellion activists to have criminal damage convictions
  
  Shulamit Morris Evans, 24, and Angela Ditchfield. 42, glued themselves to the security gates of the Global Coal Management's office building in London back in 2018
  Daily Mail.  Tuesday, 11 May 2021.
• Opioid maker Purdue Pharma backs off aggressive marketing
  
  Purdue Pharma, the company behind the painkiller OxyContin, announced it is backing off aggressive marketing techniques that target doctors' offices. ...
  CBS News.  Tuesday, 11 May 2021.
• Remote Internships For College Students Are Hot With Some Companies Paying Over $8,000 A Month
  
  One of the best ways for young people to gain exposure to the work world is through internships. Internships offer young adults their first glimpse of what it's like to be in an office setting.
  Forbes.  Monday, 10 May 2021.
• COVID vaccine Illinois: Vaccinations to become available at downtown Chicago office buildings
  
  As more people start returning to work downtown, businesses are partnering with state and local health officials to make it easier for people to get vaccinated.
  ABC News.  Monday, 10 May 2021.
• Controversial proposal to require addresses on MLS listings clears hurdle
  
  Proposal now moves to the National Association of Realtors' board of directors, but bitterness over the Clear Cooperation Policy's office exclusives exemption lingers.
  Inman.  Monday, 10 May 2021.
• Domtar (UFS) Q1 Earnings Miss, Sales Beat Estimates, Shares Down
  
  Domtar (UFS) projects paper demand to rebound in the current year as people start returning to schools and offices. The pulp market will gradually improve on better demand.
  Zacks.  Monday, 10 May 2021.
• Thompson Center architect Helmut Jahn killed in Campton Hills bike accident
  
  One of his more controversial buildings was the James R. Thompson Building, a glass-sheathed, Illinois government office building in Chicago's Loop that opened in 1985.
  ABC News.  Monday, 10 May 2021.
• Office or home? The pleasure and pain of lockdown working
  
  After a year of working from home, are you looking forward to getting back in the office or dreading it?
  BBC News.  Monday, 10 May 2021.
• Prisoner, 2nd man plead guilty in false withholding scheme
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) - The U.S. Attorney's Office for Nevada says two men have pleaded guilty in a tax withholding scheme devised while one of the men was imprisoned. ...
  Washington Times.  Saturday, 8 May 2021.
• Trump to relaunch Make America Great Again rallies: senior adviser
  
  Donald Trump isn't running for office in 2022, but his Make America Great Again rallies are making a comeback, according to a top aide. Senior adviser Jason Miller said Friday that Mr. ...
  Washington Times.  Saturday, 8 May 2021.
• Post Office scandal: Former staff contacted over prosecutions
  
  It is contacting former workers potentially caught up in the UK's most widespread miscarriage of justice.
  BBC News.  Saturday, 8 May 2021.
• Post Office contacts hundreds more postmasters who may have been wrongfully prosecuted
  
  Efforts are being made by the Post Office to trace hundreds of people who may have been wrongfully convicted as a result of a computer scandal that caused Britain's biggest miscarriage of justice.
  Sky News.  Saturday, 8 May 2021.

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