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Meet the two women who were finally able to marry after 72 years together

Meet the two women who were finally able to marry after 72 years together

Guardian — To find out exactly when Alice "Nonie" Dubes met her new wife, Vivian Boyack, you need to listen through a short discussion between the pair as they recall "back then". That's because the couple, 90 and 91 respectively, have been together for 72 years. "Nineteen forty-two, she says," said Dubes, during a back-and-forth with Boyack between laughs as they confirm dates, names and places from their extraordinary history together in a phone call with the Guardian. The lifelong Iowa residents met at college in Cedar Falls, a small town in the north of the state, far from the crucibles of the gay-rights battles that would be waged in cities such as New York and San Francisco.
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Foes of same-sex marriage fight on as courts and opinion turn against them

Foes of same-sex marriage fight on as courts and opinion turn against them

Guardian — When California voters - one of the largest and most liberal blocs in the US - voted in favor of the Proposition 8 same-sex marriage ban in 2008, it seemed like a death knell for supporters of the same-sex marriage movement. Six years later, the decision is set to be remembered as one of the last major successes for groups that oppose same-sex marriage.
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US music copyright: 'It’s basically just a bunch of people fighting over money'

US music copyright: 'It’s basically just a bunch of people fighting over money'

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Arctic Monkeys take America, finally: 'It seems like some sort of victory'

Arctic Monkeys take America, finally: 'It seems like some sort of victory'

Guardian — While Arctic Monkeys are a household name in the UK, they've never quite made it big in America. Since releasing the UK's fastest-selling debut album in 2006 - and representing their country on the world stage at the London Olympics opening ceremony in 2012 - mentions of their name in the US more often received a response of: " Who? " Hardly recognition, let alone fandom. But now, in the US and other countries outside Britain, Arctic Monkeys' latest album, AM, is topping radio charts for the first time and is prevalent in 2013 album of the year lists.
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Lou Reed's New York City: Chelsea girls and parking lots

Lou Reed's New York City: Chelsea girls and parking lots

Guardian — When Brooklyn-born musician Lou Reed died on Long Island on Sunday, he left behind a city whose grit and grime inspired him to create music that influenced decades of successful musicians. These days, the Lower East Side crack dealers are more subtle and most of the prostitutes have been cleared from Times Square - but the scent of cigarette smoke hasn't yet cleared and it is still impossible to go an entire day without hearing a car horn. In the 1995 film Blue In The Face, Reed talks about why he was never far from the city: I think one of the reasons I live in New York is cause I know my way around New York.
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5 Pointz: New York graffiti mecca calls on Banksy for help in fight to stay alive

5 Pointz: New York graffiti mecca calls on Banksy for help in fight to stay alive

Guardian — It's the closest thing the world has to a graffiti museum. Standing in the loading docks at the center of a sprawling complex of disused warehouses in Long Island City, visitors can see a rotating collection of works by artists from France, Spain, Brazil - and, of course, New York. The space - known as 5 Pointz, in reference to the five boroughs of New York and in homage to a gritty 19th-century lower-Manhattan neighborhood - has played host to weddings, hip-hop celebrations and memorials for the dead.
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Brazil's controversial plan to extricate the internet from US control

Brazil's controversial plan to extricate the internet from US control

Guardian — When Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff postponed her official visit to the US in protest of National Security Agency spying activities on Tuesday, it seemed like a routine bit of diplomatic posturing. But another one of her proposals could perhaps be more significant: a set of measures intended to extricate the internet in Brazil from under the influence of the US and its tech giants. Some are claiming the country is embarking on a course that will cut itself off from the internet. To international policy experts however, Rousseff's proposals offer a more open and comprehensive discussion of issues that have been quietly brewing in the internet community.
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White House petition for Texas independence qualifies for response

White House petition for Texas independence qualifies for response

Guardian — Texas Nationalists say secession is possible as 77,000 sign petition, despite governor Rick Perry backing the union
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MIA looks back to go forward : 'I'm making space for new thoughts'

MIA looks back to go forward : 'I'm making space for new thoughts'

Guardian — The London-born rapper and artist has a new book out, with a documentary and album forthcoming. She talks about cleaning out her past in order to forge a new chapter in her career.
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Six degrees of Kevin Bacon: scientists expose the seedy underbelly

Six degrees of Kevin Bacon: scientists expose the seedy underbelly

Guardian — In light of Google's new degree calculator, we consulted a computer scientist to find the incendiary truth behind the claim that every actor connects back to Bacon in six steps or fewer
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America's mental health: a crisis in care

America's mental health: a crisis in care

Guardian — America's mental health system is in crisis. Despite Obamacare designating access to treatment on the same level as regular healthcare, there is no system to deliver it, with broad variations by state and county. The Guardian talked to families left to pick up the slack from this broken system
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Cheeseburger tosser Nate Hill spreads junk food wealth in New York

Cheeseburger tosser Nate Hill spreads junk food wealth in New York

Guardian — Performance artist Nate Hill is throwing McDonald's burgers to (at?) people two nights weekly this summer. We investigated
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Vermont cafe finds a ban on laptops and tablets earns better business

Vermont cafe finds a ban on laptops and tablets earns better business

Guardian — While being glued to a mobile device has become a dangerously common part of 2014 life, a couple in Vermont has reaped financial rewards by rejecting 21st-century technology at their bakery, August First. Wife-and-husband team Jodi Whalen and Phil Merrick banned laptops and tablets from their Burlington-based bakery earlier this year, after determining that laptop patrons spent much more time, and much less money, at the eatery than the average customer. The pair decided to do away with tech as they faced more and more customers glued to their screens.
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Google Glass: Williamsburg hipsters pass their own minority report

Google Glass: Williamsburg hipsters pass their own minority report

Guardian — Google Glass has captured the hearts of the tech elite, with its promise of the gadget of the future. Evoking sci-fi epics such as Minority Report, Google's vision of a fully-wireless, fully-immersive, tech-enabled existence has proven irresistible to those who have been allowed access. By Google's own account, the glasses seem to offer super powers. Sightings of the the wealthy, well-connected ( and usually white) men who have early access to Google Glass are increasing but are this group the ideal early-adopter sample for wearable technology? Early reports are suggesting that these first users are killing Glass's image.
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