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You can get even, or you can take the high road—where the outlook’s much better for your health and career.

You can get even, or you can take the high road—where the outlook’s much better for your health and career.

Depending on how you see it, there’s more than just death and taxes on the short list of things life throws at pretty much everybody. There’s also unfairness (which cynics might even see as the umbrella term for both death and taxes), as many a parent has informed a 5-year-old who’s too young to know what taxes are but has no trouble grasping what’s not fair.

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The Olympic organization, multinationals, and fans will likely be targets for cybercriminals, experts say.

The Olympic organization, multinationals, and fans will likely be targets for cybercriminals, experts say.

This month’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro aren’t just a showcase of the greatest athletes from around the globe: They’re already a target for the world’s online criminals, experts warn.

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Is there a way to tackle discoloration and wrinkles without harsh chemicals? This beauty brand thinks so.

Is there a way to tackle discoloration and wrinkles without harsh chemicals? This beauty brand thinks so.

Two years ago, April Gargiulo founded the beauty brand Vintner’s Daughter because she couldn’t find an all-natural skincare product that kept her troubled skin under control.

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Athletes who have been forced to flee their country—including a swimmer from Syria and a marathoner from Ethiopia—are being given a special place in this year’s games.

In August 2015, 18-year-old Yusra Mardini and her sister Sarah fled the war in Syria, spending a month traveling to reach safety in Germany. When their tiny, overcrowded boat from Turkey broke down before it reached the shore in Greece, the girls jumped into the water and helped guide it to safety, swimming three and a half hours to help save the others onboard. This month—exactly a year later—Mardini will swim in the Olympics, as a member of the first-ever refugee Olympic team.

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Copa90 head James Kirkham on why the MLS All-Star Game’s fresh approach is an example for the rest of the soccer world.

Last week in San Jose, the great and the good of brands who activate in U.S. soccer gathered in the name of a single game. At the 2016 Major League Soccer All-Star Game, from ESPN to Adidas, brands, broadcasters, and Major League Soccer clubs mixed together for a week to celebrate the continued rise of soccer in America.

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