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North Korea Frees Jailed US College Student

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell North Korea has released an imprisoned American university student, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson revealed Tuesday. Otto Frederick Warmbier, a University of Virginia undergraduate, was arrested last January while visiting North Korea as a tourist. He was detained for stealing a propaganda poster from a hotel and…

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Trump’s New FCC Chief Wants to Unlock Every Smartphone’s Built-In FM Radio for Us to Utilize for Free

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck Well, we never said every appointed cabinet member had to be as seemingly tyrannical as Trump himself. According to a new report, the president’s FCC chief wants to end the regulations that force most U.S. phone’s built-in FM receiver to be turned off: Your smartphone has an…

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Most Americans Don’t Support Making College Free

By Blake Neff Free public college is a key part of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign, but his daring populist proposal is provoking a shrug from the American public. According to a Gallup poll released Monday, 47 percent of U.S. adults support making public colleges tuition-free, while 45 percent are opposed and the remaining nine percent are…

Student Who Went to School for Free, Creates App to Help You Do the Same

A student who managed to fund his entire college education with scholarships wants to help students get money for college. College is expensive and getting more so every year. Less than 20,000 students get offered a full ride to college each year. Loans are available, but increasingly risky. The student debt crisis is only getting worse,…

Giving Drunks a Ride Home On New Year’s Could Be a $500 Fine in the “Live Free Or Die” State
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Giving Drunks a Ride Home On New Year’s Could Be a $500 Fine in the “Live Free Or Die” State

If you’re giving a drunk person a ride home in Portsmouth, New Hampshire this New Year’s Eve you could face a stiff fine. To be sure, you better not accept any gas money or a tip for your time. It’s part of the city’s crackdown aimed at the ride share service Uber. For one local man, the…