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Created by Chinese programmers, 996.ICU has become a popular repository of workers' rights campaign materials on the website GitHub. The name is a play on a refrain that long work hours of 9 to 9, six days a week, could send tech workers to the intensive care unit.

GitHub Has Become A Haven For China's Censored Internet Users

Without access to Facebook or Twitter, Chinese tech workers have gathered on GitHub, the world's largest open-source programming platform, to complain about 12-hour days and demand better conditions.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement are using Ian MacDonald's data to estimate the amount of oil being spilled at the Taylor Energy site.

This Oil Spill Has Been Leaking Into The Gulf For 14 Years

In the Gulf of Mexico, an oil spill triggered by a powerful hurricane has been leaking for more than 14 years with no solution in sight. The federal government is stepping in to try and contain it.

McKenna Hensley got into 10 colleges — each with its own distinctive financial aid offer. "It was very confusing," she says. "It makes a difference when you're paying yourself. You have to be extra careful."

Confused By Your College Financial Aid Letter? You're Not Alone

Financial aid offer letters look vastly different from one school to the next, and it isn't always clear how much students will have to pay. "It's really the Wild West," one expert says.

Tom DiGiovanni's job as chief financial officer for Canndescent involves managing bags of cash by the millions which must be counted, then hauled in armored vehicles.

Bags Of Cash, Armed Guards And Wary Banks: The Edgy Life Of A Cannabis Company CFO

Being chief financial officer in a pot business requires lots of workarounds, including hiring heavily armed guards. Few financial firms are willing to service a market that remains federally illegal.

Steve Earle Pays Tribute To Guy Clark, His Songwriting Hero

The guy who always calls it like he sees it remembers a late friend, mentor and outlaw music icon with a new album, GUY.

President Trump tweeted a video promoting his campaign that used music from the Batman movie <em>The Dark Knight Rises </em>without permission. Trump and first lady Melania Trump are seen here at a premiere of the film in 2012.

Trump Posted A Video With Music From A Batman Movie. Warner Bros. Had It Taken Down

As a dramatic score plays, words appear on the screen: "First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they call you racist." The video used music from The Dark Knight Rises without permission.

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