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Automobiles
Auto China Opens to the Public in Beijing
Volkswagen showed off its redesigned Touareg S.U.V., and Japanese automakers made a push into the Chinese market.
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N.Y. / Region
Effort to Remove Landlord Who Made Units Unlivable
Officials said families were forced to move into a homeless shelter after a Brooklyn landlord wrecked apartments to drive out tenants.
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World
Ebola Outbreak in West Africa Kills Over 140, U.N. Agency Says
The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that at least 230 suspected or confirmed cases of Ebola had been recorded in Guinea and Liberia."Outbreak Update
April 23, 2014
The Ministry of Health (MoH) of Guinea’s reported 208 suspect and confirmed cases of Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), including 136 deaths, on April 20, 2014 according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Of these suspect cases, 112 have been laboratory confirmed positive cases of Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF). One additional health care worker has been reported among the suspect and confirmed cases bringing the total to 25, including 16 deaths. Other districts reporting suspect and confirmed cases remain Guekedou, Macenta, Kissidougou, Dabola, and Djingaraye.WHO reports that the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) of Liberia announced the cumulative total of suspect and confirmed cases of EHF is 34, including 11 deaths, on April 21, 2014. Six (6) samples have tested positive for Ebola virus. Samples from Mali and Sierra Leone have, thus far, been negative for Ebola virus though investigations and monitoring of reports of suspect cases is ongoing."
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Sports
A Double Standard in Doping Punishments
Lance Armstrong can never again compete in an Olympic sport, while three of the people who helped facilitate doping in the peloton will be free to return in eight years or less.
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World
U.S. Couple Denied Permission to Leave Qatar While Appeal is Pending
The couple, Matthew and Grace Huang of Los Angeles, were convicted last month of child endangerment in the death of their adopted daughter from Africa.
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World
Egypt: U.S. to Deliver Helicopters
The United States will deliver to Egypt 10 Apache helicopters that were held up last year after President Mohamed Morsi was deposed.
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World
Iraqi Militants Stage Political Rally, Then Bombs Go Off
Bombs killed over 30 at a political rally in Baghdad by a Shiite militant group, Asaib Ahl al-Haq, and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, a Sunni group, claimed responsibility.
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Automobiles
The Horseless eCarriage Is an Option for a Horse-Free Central Park
On display at the New York auto show, the 7,500-pound Horseless eCarriage was conceived as a potential replacement for horse-drawn carriages.
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U.S.
National Advocacy Group Takes Local Political Turn
Americans for Prosperity, a force in this year’s midterm congressional elections, has surprised people in Columbus, Ohio, with a campaign against a tax increase to benefit the local zoo.
But centrists have a very hard time
acknowledging this asymmetry; they love to assert that both sides are
equally wrong — and often seem to feel the need to invent extreme
positions when they don’t actually exist.
Which brings me to this critical piece
by Chris House. A while back House declared that both Ed Prescott and
yours truly say crazy things; when asked for an example of me saying
something remotely equivalent to something like Prescott’s declaration
that there is no evidence that Fed policy matters, he never did answer.
Now House takes me and Noah Smith to task for preaching to the left-wing echo chamber in what we wrote about the Tom Sargent speech that’s making the rounds. And once again I have to wonder whether he actually read what I wrote, or simply assumed that it must be over the top.
First, House apparently missed the fact that I was explicitly not
attacking Sargent; instead, I was questioning the efforts of people at
AEI to promote a speech given in 2007, before the financial crisis, as
the essence of wisdom in a world suffering a prolonged slump.
Second, House criticizes me for questioning
the tradeoff between inequality and growth — but without quoting what I
actually said. Here it is:
So, about the not so time-dependent points: Sargent declared as a principle, “There are tradeoffs between equality and efficiency.” Well, every economist would agree that Cuban-type equality is bad for efficiency. But would reducing our current level of inequality reduce efficiency? That’s far from clear: there are a number of reasons to believe that high levels of inequality have adverse effects on economic growth – and evidence to that effect is coming not from fringe leftists but from places like the IMF.
That seems pretty qualified to me — not a
general assertion that there is never a tradeoff, but a suggestion that
at current levels of inequality the tradeoff isn’t clear, backed by a
link to serious research. What should I have said? Must one refuse to
mention IMF research because it might reverberate in the echo chamber?
If you ask me, the real echo chamber here is
the centrist echo chamber — and yes, it exists. In this chamber everyone
knows that people like me are just as bad as the crazies on the right,
and they know it because everyone says it. But where is the evidence?"
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Business Day
Europe’s Antitrust Chief Censures Google’s Motorola Mobility, but Stops Short of a Fine
The case involved a patent dispute with Apple in Germany, in which the European Commission said Motorola used a court order to stifle competition.
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World
Plan to Sell Condoms in Schools Encounters Resistance
Middle schools in Xi’an in Shaanxi Province should sell condoms, education officials have said. Family planning officials say they know the move is controversial, but hope it will help stop the spread of H.I.V.
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Automobiles
Not Flared Nostrils, but Nostrils With Flair
Automotive grilles tend to get a lot of attention from designers, but they have lately been shifting their focus to the air intakes in the sides of the front bumpers.
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Opinion
A Deeper Look at a Study Finding High Leak Rates From Gas Drilling
A closer look at a hot study on high gas leak rates in Pennsylvania’s fracking zone raises coal questions.
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Technology
Despite Big Ambitions, New York’s Tech Scene Is Still Starting Up
While the city’s new tech firms continue to attract plenty of venture capital, Silicon Alley has a long way to go before it rivals the Valley.
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Health
Data Murky on Fertility Rates
In the multibillion-dollar fertility industry, there is little enforcement of regulations that require clinics to report their success rates.
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An unhappy resolution. He will be ceremonially killed.
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N.Y. / Region
Schumer Weighs In, Seeking Federal Changes for Structure of Port Authority
Senator Charles E. Schumer wants to make permanent changes in Washington, reducing the influence that the governors of two states wield over an empire that spans the Hudson River.
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Business Day
Vermont Will Require Labeling of Genetically Altered Foods
Vermont’s approval was hailed by food-safety advocates. Meanwhile, the biotech industry has drafted federal legislation to pre-empt any such state initiatives.
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Business Day
Senate Panel Approves Fed Nominees
The two nominees for the Federal Reserve’s board must be confirmed by the full Senate, which has a backlog of candidates awaiting confirmation.
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N.Y. / Region
Effort to Remove Landlord Who Made Units Unlivable
Officials said families were forced to move into a homeless shelter after a Brooklyn landlord wrecked apartments to drive out tenants.
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World
Ebola Outbreak in West Africa Kills Over 140, U.N. Agency Says
The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that at least 230 suspected or confirmed cases of Ebola had been recorded in Guinea and Liberia.
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World
U.S. Couple Denied Permission to Leave Qatar While Appeal is Pending
The couple, Matthew and Grace Huang of Los Angeles, were convicted last month of child endangerment in the death of their adopted daughter from Africa.
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World
Egypt: U.S. to Deliver Helicopters
The United States will deliver to Egypt 10 Apache helicopters that were held up last year after President Mohamed Morsi was deposed.
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Automobiles
Auto China Opens to the Public in Beijing
Volkswagen showed off its redesigned Touareg S.U.V., and Japanese automakers made a push into the Chinese market.
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World
Iraqi Militants Stage Political Rally, Then Bombs Go Off
Bombs killed over 30 at a political rally in Baghdad by a Shiite militant group, Asaib Ahl al-Haq, and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, a Sunni group, claimed responsibility.
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Automobiles
The Horseless eCarriage Is an Option for a Horse-Free Central Park
The 7,500-pound Horseless eCarriage, which was displayed at the New York auto show, was conceived as a potential replacement for horse-drawn carriages.
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U.S.
‘Dreamers’ Eligible for In-State Tuition, Virginia’s Attorney General Says
The decision means that Virginia will join at least 17 other states that offer in-state tuition to the children of illegal immigrants.
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U.S.
National Advocacy Group Takes Local Political Turn
Americans for Prosperity, a force in this year’s midterm congressional elections, has surprised people in Columbus, Ohio, with a campaign against a tax increase to benefit the local zoo.
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Business Day
Europe’s Antitrust Chief Censures Google’s Motorola Mobility
The case involved a patent dispute with Apple in Germany, in which the European Commission said Motorola used a court order to stifle competition.
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Opinion
A Deeper Look at a Study Finding High Leak Rates From Gas Drilling
A closer look at a hot study on high gas leak rates in Pennsylvania’s fracking zone raises coal questions.
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Sports
Goalie Ballot Is Announced
Semyon Varlamov of Colorado, Ben Bishop of Tampa Bay and Tuukka Rask of Boston are finalists for the Vezina Trophy, given to the N.H.L.’s top goalie.
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World
Qaddafi Son Appears on Screen at His Trial
Seif al-Islam el-Qaddafi is accused of aiding his father Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi in the brutal suppression of Libya’s uprising three years ago.
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Business Day
At Meeting, Fed Likely to Again Cut Bond Buying
The Fed’s policy wing is expected to cut another $10 billion from its monthly bond purchases, to $45 billion, ending the purchases this fall.
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Automobiles
Not Flared Nostrils, but Nostrils With Flair
Automotive grilles tend to get a lot of attention from designers, but they have lately been shifting their focus to the air intakes in the sides of the front bumpers.
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N.Y. / Region
For de Blasio, Carriage Horse Ban Is No Walk in the Park
The New York City mayor has seemingly avoided Central Park and is struggling to turn public attention toward other issues on his agenda: housing and wages.
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Sports
A Double Standard in Doping Punishments
Lance Armstrong can never again compete in an Olympic sport, while three of the people who helped facilitate doping in the peloton will be free to return in eight years or less.
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