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By BENJAMIN PRESTON | Aug 21st 2014
Matthew McConaughey signs a deal to appear in a series of ads for Lincoln; Ford announces plans for a Prius-fighting hybrid.
Automobiles; Antique and Classic Cars; Pebble Beach Concours D'Elegance (Car Show)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/20/us-autos-ford-hybrid-exclusive-idUSKBN0GK28K20140820
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World
By NORIMITSU ONISHI | Aug 20th 2014
Soldiers and the police blocked roads to a neighborhood of tens of
thousands of people in Monrovia, Liberia’s capital, and residents
hurled rocks and stormed barricades trying to break out.
Ebola Virus; Demonstrations, Protests and Riots; Epidemics
I would chance a bullet as opposed to disease or starvation.
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Opinion
By JAKE FLANAGIN | Aug 21st 2014
Americans looking to live in big cities have any number of
“livability indexes” to choose from — but what are the options for
small-town fare?
Affordable Housing; Area Planning and Renewal; Families and Family
Life; Population; States (US); Suburbs; Travel and Vacations; Urban
Areas
You tell me.
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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Education
By MOTOKO RICH | Aug 21st 2014
Arne Duncan said that testing issues are “sucking the oxygen” out
of classrooms, and that teachers should have another year to adjust to
new standards and practices.
Education (K-12); Tests and Examinations; Performance Evaluations (Labor)
If the curriculum is changed in all twelve grade years at once the next year will look like a disaster. Only the youngest grade will be prepared as there is no expected background. Each year will look better as less prepared students leave the system.
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Automobiles
By PHIL PATTON | Aug 20th 2014
Aston Martin designed the car for Gran Turismo 6, the Sony
PlayStation game, then brought a real-life version to Pebble Beach last
week.
Automobiles; Computer and Video Games; Design; PlayStation (Video Game System); Pebble Beach Concours D'Elegance (Car Show)
Not for highway use.
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U.S.
By ALAN BLINDER and DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. | Aug 21st 2014
The hospital said it was “confident that the discharge of these
patients poses no public health threat” and said the decision to release
the two was linked to the results of urine and blood tests.
Ebola Virus
Yes.
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Health
By PAULA SPAN | Aug 21st 2014
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U.S.
By EMMARIE HUETTEMAN | Aug 21st 2014
The Texas governor said that while there was no clear evidence of
terrorists sneaking across the border, security there must be increased
using drones and additional personnel.
Terrorism; Illegal Immigration; Crime and Criminals; Ethics and Official Misconduct
The Kinks - Destroyer
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSbSueq_KSY
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U.S.
By DAVE PHILIPPS | Aug 20th 2014
scandal.
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Magazine
By SAM SIFTON | Aug 20th 2014
A great restaurant meal doesn’t always come from the chef.
Cooking and Cookbooks; Recipes; Restaurants; Chickens; Spices
I will attempt it a year or so after establishment.
I am exploring the palate at this point.
I do not yet stock the basics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garam_masala
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Opinion
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Aug 19th 2014
When contractors get a federal job, they are working for the
people. Therefore, they should be expected to abide by federal labor
laws.
Editorials; Government Contracts and Procurement; Executive Orders and Memorandums; Accidents and Safety; Labor and Jobs
Things have not changed.
My great uncle made a career out of enforcing federal paving contracts on the Lincoln Highway and U.S.1.
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U.S.
By JONATHAN WEISMAN and JENNIFER STEINHAUER | Aug 21st 2014
On his second day on the witness stand, Bob McDonnell pressed his
contention that the former first couple could not have conspired
illegally.
Corruption (Institutional); Gifts to Public Officials
Politically dead.
Consider the cabal that used him for a front.
His other relationships should be examined.
Reagan was a divorced political pioneer.
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World
By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO | Aug 19th 2014
"Immortality of a sort"
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World
By GENE PALUMBO and DAMIEN CAVE | Aug 19th 2014
The archbishop, a champion of the poor and critic of government repression in El Salvador, was gunned down in 1980.
Beatifications and Canonizations; Murders and Attempted Murders; Religion and Belief
The right labels all the detest "communist" or "socialist".
The error is obvious to students of the left.
The Bishop was Christian in fact as well as in thought.
Beatification awaits for his memory.
Human rights apply to the poor and the rich.
"Both the poor and the rich are allowed to sleep under bridges" George Orwell
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U.S.
By JONATHAN WEISMAN | Aug 20th 2014
Bob McDonnell, the Virginia ex-governor, began the political sales
job of his life Wednesday, testifying to stave off conviction on
corruption charges.
Gifts to Public Officials; Bribery and Kickbacks
There is no defense there.
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U.S.
By EMMARIE HUETTEMAN | Aug 20th 2014
Lt. Gen. Dana K. Chipman retired in 2013 after four years as the Army’s judge advocate general under President Obama.
Benghazi Attack (2012); Diplomatic Service, Embassies and Consulates
There seems to be no way to restrain these rabid congressmen.
"At long last have you no shame Senator?"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_McCarthy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HUAC
I was a child.
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U.S.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Aug 19th 2014
Investigators
acting on a tip arrested two students who were said
to be planning to target three staff members and kill as many people as
possible at a suburban Los Angeles school.
Education (K-12); School Shootings; School Discipline (Students);
Teenagers and Adolescence; Police; Murders and Attempted Murders
I live among American crazies.
I am curious about technology.
I avoid making lists.
"School officials notified detectives, who began watching the 16- and
17-year-old boys and monitoring their online activity, said Chief Arthur
Miller of the South Pasadena police. The boys did not have weapons, but
their online messaging included the names of staff members to target
and threats to randomly kill students, he said. They were also
researching weapons, explosives and tactical techniques, the police
said. They were being held on charges of making threats and conspiracy."
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U.S.
By ALAN RAPPEPORT | Aug 20th 2014
N.Y. / Region
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By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM | Aug 19th 2014
Encountering the realities of pension costs, budget deficits and a
scarcity of federal support, Mayor Bill de Blasio has struggled to
please his supporters.
Mayors; Budgets and Budgeting
Democrats practice practical politics.
Accomplishments are more important than purity.
Some things get done. Nice noises are often made.
Fewer people get hurt.
The comfortable are stimulated.
It is politics, the art of the possible.
Reform is luxury.
Excess is destructive.
Business Day
By KEITH BRADSHER | Aug 21st 2014
The nation, facing severe pollution from coal and a rising
dependence on energy imports, has had limited success in extracting
natural gas from coal and shale.
Shale; Natural Gas; Coal
China is feeling a strain.
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