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U.S.
By TRIP GABRIEL | Nov 30th 2014
Deadly coal mining disasters are nothing new to West Virginia, but
a 2010 explosion is different in one important respect: A chief
executive is being charged over the 29 lives lost.
Coal; Mines and Mining; Explosions (Accidental); Accidents and Safety
King coal is deposed.
de·pose
dəˈpōz/
verb
past tense: deposed; past participle: deposed
1.
remove from office suddenly and forcefully.
"he had been deposed by a military coup"
2.
Law
testify to or give (evidence) on oath, typically in a written statement.
"every affidavit shall state which of the facts deposed to are within the deponent's knowledge"
3.
Law
question (a witness) in deposition.
2
World
By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN | Nov 30th 2014
President Ashraf Ghani fired most of the current ministers, all
holdovers from the previous administration, amid struggles to form a new
cabinet. The Kabul police chief’s job was also thought to be in
jeopardy.
Appointments and Executive Changes; Politics and Government;
Assassinations and Attempted Assassinations; Police; Terrorism;
Afghanistan War (2001- )
No update at the Times.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/search.php/?q=afghan+government&sort=date:r:20141130:20141201&date_filter=past_day
Nothing more at Huff Puff.
http://www.theguardian.com/uk#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=afghan%20government&gsc.sort=
Nothing at the guardian.
Opinion
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Nov 30th 2014
As frequencies become more valuable, the government should make sure spectrum is used efficiently.
Radio Spectrum; Wireless Communications; Net Neutrality; Telephones
and Telecommunications; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry;
Television
For home and studio use we should have fiber to the desktop.
Opinion
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Nov 29th 2014
They could play an important role in fighting climate change, but a lot more refueling stations will be needed.
Hydrogen; Electric and Hybrid Vehicles; Automobiles; Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline; Alternative and Renewable Energy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_storage#Metal_hydrides
Hydrogen works well as a motor fuel.
Opinion
By ERNESTO LONDOÑO | Nov 30th 2014
Embedding reporters with soldiers was fraught with risk, ethical dilemmas and a fair share of drama.
Iraq War (2003-11); Afghanistan War (2001- ); United States Defense
and Military Forces; News and News Media; Ethics (Personal)
Yes.
Business Day
Nov 30th 2014
The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week.
Government Bonds; Credit and Debt; Tax Credits, Deductions and Exemptions; Stocks and Bonds
Short term money is very cheap. Longer notes price in an expected rise in interest rates.
Those expectations should be disappointed.
Opinion
Nov 30th 2014
Stephen Brier, a Berkeley alumnus, writes that he is “saddened
because the great public university that gave me a world-class education
without charging tuition is increasingly out of reach.”
Tuition; Colleges and Universities
A campus has a limited capacity.
The administration must limit the population to that capacity or less.
Some limitation can be done with cost.
A crueler method is to select the entering class for a drop rate.
Opinion
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Nov 28th 2014
The package of reforms for the Port Authority — a bistate feat — awaits the signatures of Andrew Cuomo and Chris Christie.
State Legislatures
The power built by Robert Moses must be brought to heel.
This legislation is a necessary part of the solution.
Opinion
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Nov 28th 2014
Our nuclear weapons need routine fixes and alert forces, and some sensible rethinking.
United States Defense and Military Forces; Nuclear Weapons; Missiles and Missile Defense Systems
The nuclear arms must work.
If they are required there will be no time to prepare.
N.Y. / Region
By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN | Nov 29th 2014
A critique of the design of 1 World Trade Center, the newly opened skyscraper built at the base of the former twin towers.
1 World Trade Center (Manhattan, NY); Architecture; World Trade Center (Manhattan, NY)
Yes, unfortunately.
Opinion
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Dec 1st 2014
Militants in Pakistan continue to cripple the government's struggle against polio.
Poliomyelitis; Vaccination and Immunization
I speculate that the triumph of their religion
is more important than the health of other people.
Business Day
By THE NEW YORK TIMES | Nov 30th 2014
A House hearing on Wednesday will scrutinize the Takata
Corporation’s airbag defects, and the Labor Department on Friday will
release employment figures for November, which are expected to be
strong.
Automobile Safety Features and Defects; United States Economy
Takata may not be allowed to survive.
Seasonal work.
Opinion
By UKAMAKA OLISAKWE | Dec 1st 2014
Murderous rampages by Muslims and Christians have swept the north for decades.
Muslims and Islam; Christians and Christianity
The conflicts of orthodoxies do not resolve with the tools I understand.
"Winning hearts and minds" is a phrase I have heard.
"A man convinced against his will
is of the same opinion still"
is another.
"They are all insane" may be true but does not help.
Opinion
By CHARLES M. BLOW | Nov 30th 2014
How racial bias distorts the way we talk about justice.
Race and Ethnicity; Discrimination; Crime and Criminals; Blacks; Poverty; Minorities; Polls and Public Opinion
The English colonial government of North America used the tools it understood.
All parties have paid for those patterns ever since.
U.S.
By ROSS RAMSEY | Nov 29th 2014
Budget projections are coming in Texas. They will set the stage for the next round of maneuvering by state lawmakers.
States (US); Budgets and Budgeting; Education (K-12); Federal Taxes (US)
"Figures don't lie but liars figure".
Texas will appear bankrupt with this form of modeling.
The predicted growth will not appear.
World
By JODI RUDOREN | Dec 1st 2014
Mr. Brunner was Adolf Eichmann’s “right-hand man” and responsible
for the deportation of 128,500 Jews to death camps, a top Nazi hunter
said.
Holocaust and the Nazi Era; Jews and Judaism; World War II (1939-45); War Crimes, Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
Efraim Zuroff, who should know, has declaired Alois Brunner dead.
The world will not miss him.
Assassination is not easy.
Opinion
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Nov 28th 2014
The United States is not immune to the economic malaise abroad.
Education
By MOTOKO RICH | Nov 30th 2014
Single-sex classes are increasingly common in the nation’s public
schools, particularly in poor areas, prompting new scrutiny about their
effectiveness.
Education (K-12); Women and Girls; Gender
We can learn what works and do it because it works.
Theological arguments must not rule education.
U.S.
By CARL HULSE and JEREMY W. PETERS | Nov 30th 2014
Speaker John A. Boehner is working to persuade Republicans that
engaging in a politically explosive spending confrontation is the wrong
way to counter the White House.
United States Politics and Government; Federal Budget (US);
Shutdowns (Institutional); Immigration and Emigration; Elections, House
of Representatives
We should not be fooled again by the G.O.P. words.
Watch the actions.
There is no funding of the executive branch.
N.Y. / Region
By MICHAEL WILSON and J. DAVID GOODMAN | Nov 29th 2014
Laurie Sperring’s addiction rapidly turned a modest condominium in
a pastoral neighborhood into a locus for Staten Island’s ravenous
heroin demand.
Drug Abuse and Traffic; Heroin; Families and Family Life
An horror story.
My thought is to ruin the trade.
I see no way to stop the supply of drugs without removing the money from the trade.
The human cost would be horrible.
The human cost of the attempt to suppress an highly profitable business appears greater.
Consider the adventure with alcohol prohibition.
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