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U.S.

Duke Energy Is Charged in Huge Coal Ash Leak

Federal prosecutors accused the nation’s largest electric utility of violating the federal Clean Water Act in a spill last year in North Carolina.
Water Pollution; Hazardous and Toxic Substances; Rivers; Suits and Litigation (Civil) 

Litigation continues. 
N.Y. / Region

Transit Group’s Next Challenge: Selling a New Version of Congestion Pricing

A plan presented by Move NY includes the introduction of a toll for drivers within Manhattan — an idea rejected in Albany nearly seven years ago.
Roads and Traffic; Tolls; Bridges and Tunnels; Congestion Pricing
Technology

Rivals Google and Apple Fight for the Dashboard

In the coming months, dealerships around the country will begin selling vehicles capable of running Android- and Apple-compatible dashboard systems.
Automobiles; Android (Operating System); iOS (Operating System); Voice Recognition Systems; Wireless Communications; Software

"Sour grapes".
The "connected" car is a bad idea.
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A Look Behind the Headlines on China’s Coal Trends

A reality check on coal trends in China and their implications for the climate.
Carbon Capture and Sequestration; Carbon Dioxide; Coal; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry

The news is bad.
Magazine

How to Build a Solid Drinking Library

Browsing the pages of cocktail literature for tonightʼs recipe.
Recipes; Cocktails; Books and Literature; Book Trade and Publishing; Libraries and Librarians

"Can you have just one?"
Business Day

HSBC Earnings, Retailers’ Results, and Janet Yellen’s Testimony

Other business stories to look for in the coming week include Comcast’s fourth-quarter earnings and an F.C.C. vote on net neutrality.
Banking and Financial Institutions; Company Reports; Net Neutrality

Janet Yellen will not raise rates soon.
International banks have continued to behave badly.
Opinion

When One Penalty Is Enough

The fines for not signing up for health insurance in 2014 under the Affordable Care Act are coming due at tax time. The fines for 2015 will be worse.
Editorials; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010); Health Insurance and Managed Care; States (US); Fines (Penalties)

The G.O.P. is exposed.
Business Day

U.S. Agency Sets Fines for Maker of Airbags

The safety agency said the Japanese manufacturer had failed to respond “fully or truthfully” to demands for documents related to the defect.
Automobile Safety Features and Defects; Fines (Penalties)
Sports

Cavaliers Rout Knicks as Smith and Shumpert Return to Garden

LeBron James opened the scoring with a soaring dunk that augured how easily he and his teammates, including the former Knicks J. R. Smith and Iman Shumpert, would create and finish.
Basketball

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/ncaabasketball/index.html
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Final 1 2 T
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45 49 94
25 22 47
Boxscore | Recap 
Leaders Connecticut Tulane
Points K. Mosqueda-Lewis 21 C. Latham 12
Rebounds B. Stewart 10 K. Morgan 11
Assists S. Chong 8 J. Kaplan 3
 
Opinion

Fear and Withdrawal

I cut my dose of lorazepam. The next night I came down with a cold. That was just the start.
Anxiety and Stress; Depression (Mental); Drugs (Pharmaceuticals); Mental Health and Disorders; Yoga

I will try to quiet your fears.
U.S.

U.S. Struggles to Build a Strong Infrastructure

There is a broad consensus that America's roads, bridges and ports need upgrading. But agreeing on how to pay for it is another story.
Infrastructure (Public Works); Federal Budget (US)

The G.O.P. has been having a tantrum since 1913.
U.S.

Sanctions Put Academic Freedoms to a Test on a Campus Far From Tehran

A decision by the University of Massachusetts to follow through on a law that bars Iranian students from some science and engineering programs sparked fury, consternation and accusations of discrimination.
Tests and Examinations; Colleges and Universities; Foreign Students (in US); Embargoes and Sanctions; Engineering and Engineers

The students are correct.
U.S.

New Virus Suspected in Death of Kansas Man

A new virus appears to have caused the death last spring of a man in Kansas, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday in its journal Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Viruses

OK
Opinion

How to Talk to Israel’s Voters

The U.S. should make clear its preference for a new government committed to talks with the Palestinians.
Palestinians; Israeli Settlements; Politics and Government

No!
World

Video: Three Friends, One Jihadi

As his dreams crashed into Egypt’s social and political turmoil, Islam Yaken left his friends, family and a life of guilty pleasures for religious extremism, jihad and the Islamic State.
Muslims and Islam; Terrorism

ISIS is a millennial cult. 
U.S.

Guantánamo Conviction of Australian Is Overturned

The decision in the case of David Hicks, an Australian who trained with Al Qaeda, was another setback for the tribunal system set up after the Sept. 11 attacks.
Terrorism; Detainees; United States Defense and Military Forces

The tribunal system is improper.
Automobiles

Luxury Cars Imprint Their Brands on Goods From Cologne to Clothing

Upscale automakers have been affixing their aspirational logos to non-automotive products as a way of protecting brands and cultivating loyalty.
Luxury Goods and Services; Automobiles; Advertising and Marketing; Trademarks and Trade Names; Shopping and Retail

Fashion design.
N.Y. / Region

The State of Your New York Block

The State of the City speech, delivered each winter by the mayor, is a time-honored policy platform. But it doesn’t tell you what’s really going on out there. For that, you need to ask residents.

Mayor DeBlasio is perceptive.

Your Money

Reading Restaurant Wine Lists, for Blockbusters and Values

Here are some ways good sommeliers find the right wine for a customer out of hundreds or thousands of bottles.
Wines; Restaurants; Personal Finances; High Net Worth Individuals

Sommeliers do a nearly impossible job.
World

Liberia Lifts Its Curfew, but Border Stays Sealed

Sierra Leonean authorities said Sunday that they had received no instructions to open their side of the border with Liberia, sealed in late July to try to limit the spread of the Ebola virus.

http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/outbreaks/2014-west-africa/case-counts.html

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U.S.

Duke Energy Is Charged in Huge Coal Ash Leak

N.Y. / Region

Transit Group’s Next Challenge: Selling a New Version of Congestion Pricing

Technology

Rivals Google and Apple Fight for the Dashboard

false

A Look Behind the Headlines on China’s Coal Trends

Magazine

How to Build a Solid Drinking Library

Business Day

Bill O’Reilly, Fox News Host, Fights Back at Claims of Exaggerated Stories

After Mother Jones published an article that said Mr. O’Reilly had misrepresented stories about his war reporting, he called the claims against him “a political hit job.”
News and News Media; Television

Faux news.
Business Day

HSBC Earnings, Retailers’ Results, and Janet Yellen’s Testimony

Opinion

When One Penalty Is Enough

Business Day

U.S. Agency Sets Fines for Maker of Airbags

Opinion

Fear and Withdrawal


Yoga.
U.S.

U.S. Struggles to Build a Strong Infrastructure

U.S.

New Virus Suspected in Death of Kansas Man

Opinion

How to Talk to Israel’s Voters


Propaganda.
World

Video: Three Friends, One Jihadi

As his dreams crashed into Egypt’s social and political turmoil, Islam Yaken left his friends, family and a life of guilty pleasures for religious extremism, jihad and the Islamic State.
Muslims and Islam; Terrorism

Cult.
U.S.

Guantánamo Conviction of Australian Is Overturned

Automobiles

Luxury Cars Imprint Their Brands on Goods From Cologne to Clothing


Fashion design.
Sports

Smith and Shumpert Revel in Return to Garden as Cavs

Your Money

Reading Restaurant Wine Lists, for Blockbusters and Values

World

Liberia Lifts Its Curfew, but Border Stays Sealed

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