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Avicii performs a DJ set

LEVELS UP

Avicii’s fortunes mirrored the money-spinning rise of electronic dance music

CIA Director Mike Pompeo testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on Pompeos nomination to be secretary of state on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 12, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis - HP1EE4C165C9S

CORRECT THE RECORD

A lie about Mike Pompeo’s Gulf War service started with an anonymous Wikipedia edit

AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson shares a laugh with Time Warner Inc CEO Jeff Bewkes as they discuss their proposed merger at the WSJD Live conference in Laguna Beach, California, U.S., October 25, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake

TANGLED WIRES

The AT&T merger isn’t the biggest threat to cable prices—that would be net neutrality

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THE PHOTOGRAPH

There’s one thing Kim Jong-un wants from Donald Trump

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