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A Tribute from Iraq to Dick Cheney

“Rest in peace,” Iraqi government spokesperson Bassem al-Awadi said in a eulogy for the former U. S. vice president shared with Newsweek. “Without delving into the intentions behind actions, the change that took place in Iraq under your leadership and that of President Bush in 2003 was profound. Despite all the events that followed, the transformations Iraq witnessed after the fall of Saddam’s regime were vast and astonishing, though many have tried to distort them to serve their own interests,” Awadi said. “The numbers are remarkable, Mr. Dick Cheney, and too many to list here.” Iraqis are even more divided on.

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Trees are emitting a ‘vomit’-like stench across California

The smell wafted through the air in the October sunshine. At least one Harvard scientist has likened it to “rancid butter and vomit,” while Jennifer Iida, a spokesperson for Sacramento’s Department of General Services, called it downright “pungent and unpleasant.” It was the sweet aroma of two 75-year-old ginkgo trees in California State Capitol Park, and it’s gotten so bad, officials have taken matters into their own hands, surrounding the trees with metal barriers affixed with zip-tied and laminated signs to ward the public away. As the Sacramento Bee first reported, the issue isn’t just the odor. It’s the slip.