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Automobiles

Geneva, Day 2

Mar 5th 2014

Jerry Garrett offers some highlights of the second day of press previews in Geneva.

Automobiles; Geneva International Motor Show 

Nothing I want.

Make yourself happy.

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U.S.

Coal Firm to Pay Record Penalty and Spend Millions on Water Cleanup in 5 States

By JOHN SCHWARTZ | Mar 5th 2014

Alpha Natural Resources and 66 of its subsidiaries agreed to reduce pollution from coal mines in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

Clean Water Act; Fines (Penalties); Coal; Water Pollution 

A slap on the wrist.

 

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Automobiles

Many to Lust For, and Some You Might Afford

By JERRY GARRETT | Mar 6th 2014

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N.Y. / Region

Infections Linked to Chinese Seafood Markets in New York

By MARC SANTORA | Mar 5th 2014

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N.Y. / Region

Viral Post Draws Attention to Plight at a Brooklyn School

By SONI SANGHA | Mar 4th 2014

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Opinion

Some Progress on Eating and Health

By MARK BITTMAN | Mar 4th 2014

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U.S.

Computer Searches at Center of Dispute on C.I.A. Detentions

By MARK MAZZETTI | Mar 5th 2014

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N.Y. / Region

Assemblyman Is Convicted in Second Corruption Trial

By MOSI SECRET | Mar 6th 2014

William F. Boyland Jr., an assemblyman from Brooklyn, was found guilty of bribery and several other federal crimes.

Decisions and Verdicts; Bribery and Kickbacks; Corruption (Institutional) 

Careless.

 

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Technology

Foreign Influx Gives Annual Tech Event an International Flavor

By JENNA WORTHAM | Mar 6th 2014

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U.S.

With Vacancies High, G.O.P. Primaries in Texas Set Up a Scramble to the Right

By MANNY FERNANDEZ | Mar 1st 2014

Yes

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N.Y. / Region

At Trade Center Transit Hub, Vision Gives Way to Reality

By DAVID W. DUNLAP | Mar 5th 2014

Divided authority.

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N.Y. / Region

Arrests of Panhandlers and Peddlers on Subways Triple Under Bratton

By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN and J. DAVID GOODMAN | Mar 6th 2014

Looking good does not last.

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N.Y. / Region

Man Injured in Gay-Bias Attack in Greenwich Village

By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ | Mar 6th 2014

The police said a man yelling homophobic slurs on a subway platform asked a couple if they were gay, and then punched one of the men.

Hate Crimes; Subways; Homosexuality 

Not from here.

 

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Opinion

Laws in California Governing Chicken Farms

Mar 5th 2014

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Opinion

Time for David Samson to Go

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U.S.

Who Else Besides Hillary Clinton in 2016?

By ALBERT R. HUNT | BLOOMBERG VIEW | Mar 2nd 2014

On the national level, the Democratic bench is weaker than at any time in the past several decades.

Presidential Election of 2016 

It probably does not matter.

 

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N.Y. / Region

At Council Hearing, Calls for New York to Offer Homeless Children and Families More Aid

By ANDREA ELLIOTT | Feb 27th 2014

Advocates, service providers and council members pressed the city to firm up a proposal for a rent-subsidy program and to improve services for children.

Homeless Persons; Children and Childhood; Poverty 

The supply of desperate people is very large.

It is much larger than the supply of rooms.

 

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U.S.

Video: A Moose Mystery

Brent McDonald | Mar 5th 2014

Moose in Minnesota are dying at an alarming rate, and biologists are racing to understand what's behind the rapid decline.

Moose; Parasites; Global Warming 

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/06/us/minnesota-mystery-whats-killing-the-moose.html

Discover the cause of the high mortality.  

"First things first."

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Health

Rare Mutation Kills Off Gene Responsible for Diabetes

By GINA KOLATA | Mar 2nd 2014

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Sports

End of the Ride for Lance Armstrong

By JULIET MACUR | Mar 1st 2014

Excerpts from Juliet Macur’s new book, “Cycle of Lies: The Fall of Lance Armstrong,” examine the people closest to him and those involved in his clandestine doping.

Doping (Sports); Cycling, Road; Tour de France (Bicycle Race); Bicycles and Bicycling; Books and Literature 

Bicycle racing has been doping contests.

Those contests are discontinued.

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