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Inspired by the beautiful typography-centric logos of Japanese cameras in the 70’s and 80’s, design firm Antrepo re-imagined the logos of tech companies by stripping them down to their essence. What resulted were line-based logos that’re clean, light and forever classic. More »

Why are so many teens and young adults turning to stimulant drinks and drugs? Given that I run a busy pediatric practice and take care of patients up to age 21 (or so), I went straight to the source. I heard the same things repeatedly.
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that he hopes immigration reform can be passed into law by June, but in the meantime he has no plans to halt or slow deportations, despite pleas from advocates.

Obama gave interviews to two Spanish-language outlets, Univision and Telemundo, on Wednesday, the day after he delivered a major speech on immigration reform. He argued that much of the legislative work on the issue is already done, given years of work by a number of members of Congress and his own administration. Now, the struggle is about convincing lawmakers to sign on, he told Telemundo’s José Díaz-Balart.

“Really the issue here is not so much technical as it is political,” Obama said on Telemundo. “It’s a matter of Republicans and Democrats coming together and finding a meeting of the minds and then making the case. And, you know, I’m hopeful that this can get done and I don’t think that it should take many, many months.”

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A massive storm tore through the Southeast and parts of the Midwest Tuesday night and Wednesday, flipping cars on the interstate, demolishing homes and businesses, killing at least two people and leaving tens of thousands without power.

The National Weather Service reported that eight tornadoes touched down in Tennessee, with winds reaching 115 mph. The Red Cross was helping families in at least seven counties in the state, WSMV reports.

A 47-year-old man identified as Vernon Hartsell was killed in Nashville, Tenn., when a tree fell on a shed where he was sheltering from the storm, and separately, a man died in Adairsville, Ga., after a tree fell on his house, WSB-TV reports.

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— Boeing is sticking with plans to speed up production of its 787 and sees no reason to drop the troubled lithium-ion batteries at the center of the plane’s problems, CEO Jim McNerney said Wednesday.

A fire and emergency landing earlier this month, both involving the batteries, prompted regulators to ground Boeing’s newest and highest-profile plane.

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