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  Plan to plant genetically engineered trees throughout US to save dying forests

  Plans are under way to plant swathes of genetically engineered trees across the ailing forests of North America in a bid to save them from the ravages of disease and pests. Species such as the ash tree and whitebark pine have faced catastrophic declines of up to half their populations after creatures introduced from overseas tore through their defences. With some trees driven to the brink of extinction, some scientists have called for drastic action to help forests fight back against the pests

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  Business Insider UK

  Johnny Manziel better, but Alouettes stumble at end

  Johnny Manziel eliminated the interceptions but couldn't generate enough offense for the Montreal Alouettes in a 24-17 loss to the Ottawa Redblacks on Saturday night. After throwing four first-half interceptions last week in his Montreal debut, Manziel was 16 of 26 for 168 yards without an interception. Ottawa broke a tie with 15 seconds left on William Powell's 10-yard touchdown run.

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  James Wong Howe: The pioneering Hollywood cinematographer’s five most exquisitely lit films

  Howe was a Chinese-American, born in Guangdong before emigrating to the US in 1904, who was given his start by Cecil B. DeMille and overcame racial prejudice to become a master of his craft, winning two Oscars and working on some of Tinseltown’s most important films from the silent era all the way up until 1975. Known for his delicate use of light, Howe worked on 130 films over his long career, taking in everything from lavish costume melodramas to the murky shadows of film noir. This delightf

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  William Powell dead: Author of 'Anarchist Cookbook' dies aged 66

  The author of “The Anarchist Cookbook,” a manual for causing violence which has sold millions of copies, has died at the age of 66. William Powell began his researching his book in the wake of his anger as a teenager about the Vietnam War. Mr Powell died on 11 July 2016 however media was not aware of his passing until the recent documentary, called “American Anarchist,” was released by director Charlie Siskel.

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  The Guardian

  Anarchist Cookbook author William Powell dies aged 66

  The author of one of the most notorious books of the last century died of a heart attack – six months ago. William Powell’s The Anarchist Cookbook was used by Oklahoma bomber Timothy McVeigh in 1995 and the Columbine high school killers in 1999. The writer suffered a fatal heart attack while on holiday with his family in Nova Scotia on 11 July, at the age of 66.

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  IHOP’s 'modern-day Robin Hood' has given away thousands of dollars of free soda

  This IHOP employee says he takes from the rich to feed to the poor — but his boss disagrees. Prosecutors are accusing William Powell of giving away $3,000-plus in soft drinks as a waiter at a Brooklyn, New York IHOP, reports New York Daily News. "I am not stealing," Powell reportedly told cops.

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  Actress Luise Rainer, 1930s back-to-back Oscar winner, dies

  By Will Dunham (Reuters) - Luise Rainer, the German-born actress who made cinema history by winning back-to-back Oscars as best actress for the 1936 musical "The Great Ziegfeld" and the 1937 drama "The Good Earth" during a brief, stormy Hollywood career, died on Tuesday at age 104. Rainer, a former star of the Vienna stage who had been the oldest living actor to have won an Academy Award, died of pneumonia in London, her daughter said. "She was an extraordinary woman who will undoubtedly leave a

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  First Back-To-Back Oscar Winner Luise Rainer Dies At 104

  The German-born star of ‘The Great Ziegfeld’ and ‘The Good Earth’, Luise Rainer, died on Tuesday at her home in London.

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