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1. Libraries are often the safest place for homeless people.
By Eleanor Goldberg in Huffington Post
2. The rising unemployment rate might be good news.
By Ben Casselman in FiveThirtyEight
3. How an internet retail startup and the White House teamed up to close the ‘diaper gap.’
By Jason Del Rey in ReCode
4. Hundreds of thousands pre-ordered the new Tesla — and that could kill the company.
By Edward Niedermeyer in the Daily Beast
5. Business schools are looking for ‘grand challenges.’ Here’s where to start.
By Judy Samuelson in LinkedIn
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