Mike Barry
Mike Barry is the senior editor of audience development and outreach at TheWeek.com. He was previously a contributing editor at The Huffington Post. Prior to that, he was best known for interrupting a college chemistry class.
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42 million adults have been married more than once
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3.1 million minimum wage workers are getting a New Year's raise
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Bill Gates drinks water made from human waste to demonstrate a revolutionary sewage treatment breakthrough
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These are the jobs with the highest and lowest obesity rates
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The International Space Station crew was able to celebrate New Year's 16 different times
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Pope Francis urges end to 'modern forms of enslavement' at New Year's mass
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Charlie Hebdo stirred controversy — and violent reactions — long before shooting attack
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John McCain calls for an 'Ebola Czar' — but the Senate refuses to confirm nominee for Surgeon General
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68 percent of the nation's top retailers warn stagnant wages will hurt their bottom line
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Scientists build a battery that charges 70 percent in two minutes and lasts for 20 years
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Walmart is ending health insurance coverage for approximately 30,000 part-time employees
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Survey: 10 percent of Americans have smoked marijuana before work
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Joan Rivers, the iconoclast
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Hear the moment when the Boston Symphony Orchestra announced JFK's assassination to a shocked audience
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