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Can’t we all just get along? In today’s LTH, we’re talking about two powerhouses of pop music, as well as the phrase “extending an olive branch”. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/kanye-west-taylor-swift-tweet_us_57c46f0ce4b0cdfc5ac86c3e

Drug companies need to be careful: if they raise their prices too high, people will feel that this is outrageous. We’re talking all about this word ‘outrageous’ in today’s Learning Through Headlines. http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-37179158

Scientists are excited about the discovery of a planet that human beings could one day live on, and we are excited about the chance to talk about the suffix “-like”. https://www.buzzfeed.com/tomchivers/our-nearest-star-has-an-earth-like-planet-and-scientists-are?utm_term=.wa2yNPqVy#.uxwDnPvjD

And you thought smoking was bad! We’re using this story about a man’s addiction to eating knives to talk about the language of being addicted to something. https://www.buzzfeed.com/andreborges/an-indian-man-got-addicted-to-eating-knives-ate-40-of-them-a?utm_term=.lckRrpKyR#.yrPlEp48l

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sure knows how to put on a show! Find out what it means to upstage someone in today’s Learning Through Headlines! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3752312/I-wait-Tokyo-Opening-Ceremony-Japan-upstages-Brazil-closing-ceremony-prime-minister-appears-dressed-Super-Mario-brilliant-skit.html

Although today’s headline is a bit sadder than usual, it gives us a good opportunity to take about the phrase “bid someone farewell”. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37147588

Today in light of recent news from the Trump Campaign, we’re talking about the phrase “shake-up”, and what it means to “shake something up” https://morningconsult.com/2016/08/21/trumps-campaign-shakeup-likely-little-late/

A recent Twitter phenomenon has many people realizing that even some of the most successful people on the planet also began their professional lives washing dishes and mowing lawns.

Is it a fork? Is it chopsticks? Whatever it is, get used to this new word, because it might be coming to a restaurant near you! time.com/4456371/panda-express-chork/

Emoji equality: Useless trend or meaningful push to encourage diversity? New icons representing professional women to be added to emoji keyboards http://www.cbc.ca/news/trending/emoji-equality-google-1.3686884

Pokemon Go craze claims its first Greek casualty Link