This hurricane is something that will take more than a while to recover from and we want to make sure that families have a way to reach out to their friends and loved ones for targeted support to help get their lives back on track.

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"We hope that this new feature will enable you to plan your digital afterlife - in a way that protects your privacy and security - and make life easier for your loved ones after you're gone, " Google said in a blogpost.

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That will make it harder for candidates to buy their way into office, and should ensure that the most capricious and incompetent ones eventually get weeded out.

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