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Friday, March 30, 2018 - The Day's Most Fascinating News from Dave Pell Friday, March 30, 2018 1 WHAT'S UP MY PEEPS? If we've learned anything over the past few years, it's that everything is political. Every TV show. Every family discussion. Science, truth, facts...everything. So I suppose it shouldn't surprise you that just beneath the festive cellophane that lines your Easter basket lurks one of two billion annually-produced yellow, spongy, marshmallow, baby chickens that are loaded with sugar, corn syrup, gelatin, and yes, sadly, political and economic intrigue. At the center of the story is a lawsuit and a battle over pensions that could have a wider impact on the entire American retirement system. "The fight has featured a strike, Twinkies related bankruptcy, irreparably broken friendships, obscene T-shirts and a locked-u...

1/400th A email Friday, March 30, 2018 By Walt Hickey You're reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 1.5 centimeters That's the length of a metal grill brush's fiber. In Canada doctors are speaking out against the use of that standard kitchen implement, arguing that dislodged brush fibers get caught in the body and removing them is like removing an acupuncture needle from a grapefruit without harming the grapefruit. [ CBC ] 2 teams Microsoft will reorganize into two major teams, one tackling experiences and devices and the other cloud and A.I. I remain curious which team is currently working on "Internet Explorer," which was recently renamed "Microsoft Edge" to change up what users had to click on to download Chrome on a new PC. [ CNBC ] 4 superheroes The Fantastic Four, which have have been on the Marvel equivalent of a sabbatical, will return this summer. I think we...

Presented by Bank of America:   View in browser   Presented By Bank of America   Axios AM By Mike Allen · Mar 30, 2018 Good Friday morning. It's Good Friday. To my Buckeye readers ... Jim VandeHei and I will be at The Ohio State University on Monday for the fifth stop of our Smarter Faster Revolution campus tour. We'll discuss the future of work with entrepreneur  Mark Cuban and Gov. John Kasich. RSVP here .       1 big thing: Trump's volatility problem Data: Money.net ; Chart: Andrew Witherspoon / Axios Until now, markets looked at President Trump, and at the tech sector, and saw good times. Now, markets are looking at Trump and tech and seeing risk. With stock markets closed today for Good Friday, the first quarter of 2018 is in the books, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 in the re...