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August 2019

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August 31st
- The rise of mocktails and the decline of human civilization
- The coming death of just about every rock legend
- Wall Street: The tweets that shook the market
August 30th
- The Week contest: Taking Greenland
- Why movie studios should start thinking differently about Labor Day
- Is a Vermont nurse the new Kim Davis?
- Carnival Row's preposterous character names are everything wrong with the show
- How I came to accept that I hate playing with my kids
August 29th
- The week's good news: August 29, 2019
- The myth of the silver fox
August 28th
- The joy and promise of Burger King's Impossible Whopper
- The best life hack? Preordering books.
- Nurses put on an in-room Backstreet Boys concert for patient who missed their show
- Man paddles 2,500 miles from California to Hawaii
August 27th
- Andrew Luck's retirement doesn't tell us anything about the state of football
- North Carolina teen registers people to vote in an unexpected place: the line at Popeyes
August 26th
- Have brands killed meme culture?
- America's greatest get-togethers
- New York family reunited with cat that ran away 11 years ago
- 99-year-old Pittsburgh Pirates super fan attends her 1st game
August 25th
- James Ellroy's 6 favorite books
August 24th
- How Ready or Not escaped The Hunt's fate
- WeWork: Startup mania reaches its apex
- This wearable tail could help you stay balanced
August 23rd
- The Week contest: Hurt song
- Kirsten Dunst brings her Marie Antoinette to Orlando in On Becoming a God in Central Florida
- What the Twitter-shaped hole in my brain taught me about tech
August 22nd
- The week's good news: August 22, 2019
- The persistent relevance of Rocko's Modern Life and Invader Zim
August 21st
- Dog rescued from Phoenix shelter is about to become a Hollywood star
- Toddler overwaters flower bed, which leads to the discovery of a new species of bug
August 20th
- A eulogy for 'Old Town Road' and its 19-week Billboard reign
- Boy Scouts restore neglected historic black cemetery in Virginia
- Quick-thinking customer service representative saves Michigan man's life
August 19th
- 25 books to read in the second half of 2019
August 18th
- Christopher Bonanos' 6 favorite New York City biographies
August 17th
- The Florida Men behind the clickbait
August 16th
- The Week contest: Not shaving
- It's Oscar season: 25 movies to look forward to in fall 2019
- Strangers take West Virginia man on 8-hour road trip so he can be there for his son's birth
August 15th
- The week's good news: August 15, 2019
August 14th
- Is rich people's excessive income about to strangle the economy?
- There is no easy solution to the college football transfer mess
- Indiana boy convinces mayor to put up 'turtle crossing' signs near ponds
August 13th
- 25 must-watch TV shows coming in fall 2019
- The Terror: Infamy is the most politically relevant show on television
- Study finds 2 new drugs are highly effective in treating Ebola
August 12th
- FBI agent reunited with abducted baby — now a Marine — he helped rescue decades ago
August 11th
- Téa Obreht's 6 favorite novels shaped by place
August 10th
- The lost art of inviting friends over for dinner
August 9th
- The anti-nostalgic power of Derry Girls
- The Week contest: Cramped flight
- Scientists say damaged underwater mountain chain near Hawaii is making an amazing comeback
- Grandmother and grandson duo hit the road on quest to see every U.S. National Park
August 8th
- The week's good news: August 8, 2019
- Researchers in Wisconsin are astonished to find loons raising a duckling as their own
- Hairstylist takes her salon on the road to give free haircuts to the homeless
August 6th
- Toni Morrison's legacy of language
- Terrorism experts see 'stunning,' terrifying parallels between ISIS and U.S. white nationalists
- Instead of wedding gifts, Florida couple asks guests for school supplies
- Oregon man reunited with lost life savings, thanks to workers at a recycling facility
August 5th
- My complicated love affair with Whole Foods
August 4th
- English majors need not apply
- This tiny air conditioner fits in your clothing, cooling you down on the go
- This device will do your makeup for you
August 3rd
- Jia Tolentino's book recommendations
- 5 items for a perfect summer garden party
August 2nd
- The Week contest: Heavy knitters
- Hobbs & Shaw's late-blooming stars
- 107-year-old says the secret to her longevity is never getting married
August 1st
- The week's good news: August 1, 2019
- Woman overcomes her fear of reading aloud by providing magical storytimes for sick kids

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