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Business Day

Cooper Union Inquiry Puts Nonprofits on Notice

By JAMES B. STEWART | Apr 9th 2015 

Yes.

2

World

NATO Caps Size of Russia’s Mission After Internal Reports of Espionage

By MICHAEL R. GORDON | Apr 9th 2015

Yes.

3

Opinion

Inside a Charter School

Apr 11th 2015

Readers debate the teaching and disciplinary methods used at the Success Academy schools.

Tests and Examinations; Education (K-12); School Discipline (Students); Teachers and School Employees; Charter Schools 

There are problems.  

Lets stop fighting about what they are and discover what they are.

4

Opinion

Why Pilots Still Matter

By PATRICK SMITH | Apr 10th 2015

No passenger planes without human pilots soon.

5

The Upshot

New York Taxi Mogul, Seeking a Bailout, Says He’s Too Big to Fail

By JOSH BARRO | Apr 10th 2015

If the city guarantees medallion loans and the prices keep falling anyway, the city and taxpayers will almost certainly lose out.

Taxicabs and Taxicab Drivers; Car Services and Livery Cabs; Credit and Debt; Foreclosures 

No.  If his company is bankrupt he can file.

6

Science

Milder Warning Opposed for Swedish Tobacco Item

By SABRINA TAVERNISE | Apr 10th 2015

Swedish Match argues its product, Snus — moist ground tobacco in a sachet to be tucked between the lip and the gum — is far less harmful than cigarettes.

Smoking and Tobacco; Labeling and Labels (Product); Medicine and Health 

The health warnings are for tobacco in any form.

7

Fashion & Style

Video: Modern Love | An Imaginative Love Story

Jimmy Simpson | Apr 10th 2015

Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best.

8

Business Day

G.M. Deems Steering Issue Unworthy of Recall

By CHRISTOPHER JENSEN | Apr 10th 2015

Take the cars in question to the dealers.

9

N.Y. / Region

In Aftermath of East Village Blast, Business Owners Pledge to Rebuild

By SARAH MASLIN NIR | Apr 9th 2015

What insurance is for.

10

N.Y. / Region

Past Drug Charges Derail a Law Student’s Education

By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS | Apr 9th 2015

Prejudice is real.  Much of it is legal.

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false

The Power and Limits of Pope Francis’s Climate Change Campaign

By ANDREW C. REVKIN | Apr 10th 2015

 

Pope Francis speaks only to believing Roman Catholics.

12

Business Day

Middle Class, but Feeling Economically Insecure

By PATRICIA COHEN | Apr 10th 2015

 

"Truth will out"

13

World

China Blocks Yangtze Dam Project, Activists Say

By EDWARD WONG | Apr 10th 2015

 

Attempted Legitimacy.

14

N.Y. / Region

Booker, Mentored by Menendez, Assumes Role as His Defender During Legal Fight

By ALEXANDER BURNS | Apr 9th 2015

Proper action.

15

U.S.

Black Immigrants Have Quadrupled Since 1980, Study Says

By JESS BIDGOOD | Apr 9th 2015

Conditions in Africa are horrific.

 

16

Business Day

Falling Import Prices in U.S. May Slow Rise in Interest Rate

By REUTERS | Apr 10th 2015

Inflation is far below target.

17

Opinion

The Cost of Trout Fishing

By DOUGLAS M. THOMPSON | Apr 10th 2015

I quit when I saw the environmental damage hatcheries cause.

Trout; Fishing, Sport; Fish and Other Marine Life; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry; Environment; Endangered and Extinct Species 

Auction the catch limits.  

Trout have a price and fishers should pay it.

A reserve price can be set to limit the take to sustainable levels.

Game wardens will be busy.

18

Science

State Again Sets Changes for Schools on Climate

By JOHN SCHWARTZ | Apr 10th 2015

West Virginia adopts new education standards that encourage students to debate climate change.

Global Warming; Science and Technology; Education 

As far as I can tell climate change by human action is very real.

I would vote to prevent any attempt to cast doubt on that reality.

The state must not support religious faith.

I would live with you.  I will be silent as required toward that end.

19

Technology

Daily Report: China Is Said to Use Powerful New Weapon to Censor Internet

By THE NEW YORK TIMES | Apr 10th 2015

The tool, with a few tweaks, could allow Beijing to spy on anyone making a request through a Chinese server.

Computer Security; Computers and the Internet; Cyberattacks and Hackers; Privacy 

Fix the security holes that the advertisers love.  

The internet should carry no executables.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executable

20

World

Afghanistan: 13 Civilians Killed in 2 Separate Blasts

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Apr 10th 2015

A suicide car bomber attacked a convoy of American troops in eastern Afghanistan, and in another eastern province, 10 people were killed when their minivan hit a roadside bomb.

Terrorism; Civilian Casualties 

The war in Afghanistan is again a civil war.