>No ads, no tracking, no cookies, not even Javascript. Just plain HTML+CSS and JPEG images.

Are we viewing the same page? Not only do I see JavaScript in the EU page, but I also see this in the code:

"trackingServer":"gannett.hb.omtrdc.net"},"market":"gpapermobileapp","trackingServer":"repdata.usatoday.com","trackingServerSecure":"srepdata.usatoday.com"},"ads"