Friday, June 20, 2014

@23:59, 6/19/14

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1
Automobiles

Porsche Tops J.D. Power Initial Quality Study for Second Consecutive Year

In a survey of more than 86,000 new vehicle owners, J.D. Power found the number of problems this year to be higher.
Automobiles
2
Sports

N.C.A.A. President Will Get His Say at Antitrust Trial

3
Business Day

2 Million Tune In to See Hillary Rodham Clinton on Fox News

4
World

At Beijing School, Some Parents Take a Sex Education Class

5
N.Y. / Region

Fire Dept., Not Utility, Is Responding to All Gas-Odor Calls

A faster response.

6
Business Day

Detroit Rolls Out New Model: A Hybrid Pension Plan


no

7
N.Y. / Region

A Gilded Monument Is Mysteriously Shedding Its Brand-New Gold

8
U.S.

Decades Later, 17 Service Members Who Perished in Crash Will Be Laid to Rest

9
U.S.

Hearing Indicates Easy Path for Obama’s Housing Nominee

10
Opinion

Mr. Obama’s Ocean Monument


good

11
Fashion & Style

Can’t Fake the Funk


I know.  no.
12
World

Ebola Deaths Rise as Outbreak Spreads


Exponential.

13
Arts

Syrian Artists Set Up Base in Beirut


Art
14
Health

After Baby, an Unraveling


We do what we can when we can.
15
The Upshot

Definition of ‘Rich’ Changes With Income

What annual income would it take for you to consider yourself rich? Is it possible you are rich already?
Income; Taxation 

When income exceeds desired expenditures.
 
16
N.Y. / Region

Talks on Medical Marijuana Bill as Time Starts to Run Out in Albany


Running out the clock.

17
World

Public Schools in Indonesia Feel Islamic Pressure

Islamic influences in public schools have become a worry for some parents and teachers in Indonesia.
Education; Freedom of Religion; Religion-State Relations 

Peer pressure is powerful.
Separation of faith and government might be a moden equivalent.
 
18
Opinion

The Culture at G.M.: A Call for Congressional Action

Jim Hall, a former chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, calls on Congress to investigate G.M.
Ethics and Official Misconduct 

Ok.
19
Business Day

J.K. Rowling’s ‘The Silkworm’ a Boon for Other Booksellers as Hachette and Amazon Brawl

With the book expected to be a big hit, retailers are looking to exploit the dispute to win back customers who may be frustrated by Amazon’s lack of inventory.
Books and Literature; Book Trade and Publishing; E-Commerce 

Yes
 
20
Magazine

The Slumdog Millionaire Architect

Hafeez Contractor’s wildly prolific (and flamboyant) architecture has come to define Mumbai. But have his projects helped improve life in the city’s slums?
Architecture; Income Inequality; Affordable Housing; Area Planning and Renewal

Class structure construction.

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