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Tim Sampson


Tim Sampson is a reporter who focused on the technology, business, and politics beats. He's also an established comedy writer, with work on Comedy Central and in The Onion and ClickHole.

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Army resist calls to change names of bases honoring Confederate leaders

An Army spokesman says names 'represent individuals, not causes or ideologies.'

On Jul 1, 2015 by Tim Sampson

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Attacks on fiber-optic Internet cables in California may have been coordinated

Investigators lines have been cut 11 times since last July

On Jul 1, 2015 by Tim Sampson

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Texas Republican trolls the Supreme Court with ‘SCOTUScare Act of 2015’

Freshman congressman is now seeking cosponsors.

On Jun 26, 2015 by Tim Sampson

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Obama promises that the U.S. won’t spy on France’s president anymore

How many close allies can the NSA anger in one decade?

On Jun 25, 2015 by Tim Sampson

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Univision dumps Miss USA pageant over Donald Trump’s racist remarks

Sorry, Donald.

On Jun 25, 2015 by Tim Sampson

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Canadian court upholds ruling censoring Google search results

British Columbia courts ruling latest in string of global rulings challenging Google's autonomy

On Jun 12, 2015 by Tim Sampson

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Gawker becomes first major online media company to join a labor union

Company's 118 employees will join Writers Guild of America East.

On Jun 4, 2015 by Tim Sampson

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Indiana’s religious-freedom law just hilariously backfired

Church would allow members to use marijuana as part of 'religious practices.'

On Jun 2, 2015 by Tim Sampson

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Former New York governor announces presidential bid by going full 9/11

Former three-term governor trumpets 9/11 leadership experience while announcing campaign.

On May 28, 2015 by Tim Sampson

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Oregon man proposes anti-farting ordinance in response to new marijuana law

Letter to the editor skewers logic behind public nuisance amendment.

On May 26, 2015 by Tim Sampson

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State Department releases Hillary Clinton’s Benghazi emails

Hundreds of emails release Friday represent about 1 percent of all Clinton emails turned over to State Department.

On May 22, 2015 by Tim Sampson

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Irish voters from around the world go #HomeToVote yes on same-sex marriage

Ireland poised to be first nation in the world to pass gay marriage through popular vote

On May 22, 2015 by Tim Sampson

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Math says aliens will be the size of grizzly bears

Study suggests bear-sized aliens most like to make contact with humans.

On May 21, 2015 by Tim Sampson

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Starbucks mobile payment app a new frontier for cybercriminals

Deep Web hackers have a new target.

On May 14, 2015 by Tim Sampson

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Conservative Missouri politician caught sexting with a college intern

The internship has since been shut down.

On May 14, 2015 by Tim Sampson