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In miscellany this morning:<\/p>\n

US voters go the polls in midterm elections next week. <\/b>We\u2019re following the latest through the New York Times<\/a> and Axios<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Inflation is now a thing in the United States. <\/b>Not Egypt-in-2016\/17-style inflation, but enough that the WSJ is declaring That Big Mac and Coke now comes with a side order of inflation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Folding smartphones are coming. <\/b>We\u2019re gadget geeks. We\u2019re also fairly sure we\u2019ll be sitting out the first wave. (WSJ<\/a>)<\/p>\n

When your worlds collide: <\/b>A 40-year-old guy in a small Norwegian town has become an internet and iTunes sensation re-recording pop songs as metal tracks. He somehow made the Wall Street Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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