Why Big Coal Companies Want a Climate Deal

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1. Even coal-mining companies want a climate deal.

By Alex Nussbaum in Bloomberg Business

2. Did Russia save Lebanon from ISIS?

By Nicholas Blanford in Al Jazeera America

3. Is the secret to high school success hidden in ninth grade?

By Amy Scott at Marketplace

4. We should judge candidates on how they plan to accomplish, well, anything.

By Brendan Nyhan in the Upshot

5. This software makes cyber-bullies think twice.

By Emily Matchar in Smithsonian Magazine

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