Tuesday, June 9, 2015

@9:33, 6/9/15

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Sports

Lucie Safarova Part of Doubles Title

Lucie Safarova made sure she left the French Open with at least one winner’s trophy after she and Bethanie Mattek-Sands won the women’s doubles title Sunday.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Corsica,+France/@42.1805878,9.0499834,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x12d72403b09b0971:0xa88522ec71a1cb8d

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Sports

Bradley Wiggins Sets Hour Record

Bradley Wiggins, the former Tour de France winner, has broken cycling’s prestigious hour record, covering 54.526 kilometers (33.88 miles) in an hour in London’s Olympic Park.

He was busy pedaling.

3
Travel

Walkabout: O’Hare Delays; Disney at the Airport

A weekly capsule of travel news curated by our writers and editors.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2015/06/05/map-the-remarkable-distances-you-can-travel-on-a-european-train-in-less-than-a-day/

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Sports

Lee Janzen Qualifies for United States Open

Janzen, 50, won the event in 1993 and 1998. He earned the first of four spots available at the New York sectional qualifier.

"watching paint dry"

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Travel

Monday’s Travel News and Tips

What you need to know if you’re on a trip or planning one soon, including a vintage train trip from Chicago to Denver and ride-sharing at San Diego International Airport.

http://www.travelpullman.com/

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Health

Study Backs IUDs for New Mothers, With No Waiting

A new study suggests that receiving an IUD right after a cesarean delivery can help reduce unintended pregnancies and risks like prematurity.

The advice keeps changing.

People are learning the chemistry of reproduction.

Hospitals charge "what the traffic will bear".

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N.Y. / Region

Hospitals Back Providers Applying for New York State Marijuana Licenses

New York’s new medical marijuana program has drawn the interest of several hospitals, which have formed alliances with growers to try to make the drug accessible to their patients.

"All deliberate speed".
There will be no Amsterdam Coffee Houses soon.

8
Opinion

Campus Activism: Views of a Teacher and a Student

A geology professor discusses protests over a study trip to the Mideast, and a student explains why some members of her generation are outspoken.

Automated thought is prejudice.
David Brooks hides it well.

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N.Y. / Region

Mayor de Blasio Tells New Jersey to Reject Deal With Exxon

The de Blasio administration has asked that New Jersey’s proposed $225 million pollution settlement with Exxon be rejected, saying it “appears wholly inadequate.”

Chris Christie is not listening.

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Science

Tuberculosis Case Prompts Search for Patient’s Fellow Airline Passengers

​ The risk to the public is low, the C.D.C. said Monday, although the patient, who traveled from India in April, has been hospitalized in Maryland with a drug-resistant form of the disease.

The disease killed many of my antecedents.
It makes me nervous. MDR TB is worse.

Read it if you need to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuberculosis

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N.Y. / Region

New Prosecutor Is Selected for Patz Retrial

Joel J. Seidemann, a senior Manhattan prosecutor who handled the fraud trial of Brooke Astor’s son, will pick up the case against Pedro Hernandez in the murder of 6-year-old Etan Patz.

The state will try again.

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Business Day

Maker of Glade to Disclose Chemical Details

Companies are becoming more responsive to customers who demand to know more about everyday products like air fresheners and cleaning products.

The chemical name is the structure.
It says nothing about the toxicology or the break down products toxicology. 

13
U.S.

Louisiana: Man Held for Decades in Solitary Is Ordered Freed

Albert Woodfox, 68, the last of the “Angola Three” inmates, whose decades in solitary confinement drew international condemnation, on Monday was ordered released by a judge.

Louisiana has behaved Sadistically.

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Business Day

Video: Greek Premier Addresses Parliament

The Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, addressed parliament on Friday after the country postponed a repayment of its bailout.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/10/business/dealbook/in-a-risky-bet-wilbur-ross-roots-for-a-debt-deal-in-greece.html

Greek taxes will be paid in a new currency.
The Greek banks will stay solvent in the new currency.
It will be a survivable mess.

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U.S.

Dennis Hastert to Appear in Chicago Court for Arraignment

Mr. Hastert, a former speaker of the House, is expected to make his first public appearance since his federal indictment last month.

Hastert will spend time in jail.

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U.S.

Inquiry Into Amtrak Derailment Is Slowed by a Maze of Cellphone Data

The way data is stored has made tracking the phone use of the engineer in last month’s derailment in Philadelphia more complicated than investigators expected.

Hire an accountant.

  1. Train Safety Changes Ordered After Amtrak and Metro-North Accidents

    focused mainly on controlling excessive train speeds, which are believed to be the primary cause of the Amtrak derailment last month outside Philadelphia and a Metro-North crash in the Bronx in
  2. House GOP Measure Would Cut Amtrak by $242M

    cabs to record train engineers to help investigators get to the bottom of crashes such as last month's deadly derailment in Philadelphia. Amtrak announced last month it is going to go ahead and

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N.Y. / Region

Drawn to Estela but Not by a ‘50 Best’ List

Estela, in NoLIta, made the new rankings of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants, at No. 90, but Pinterest and MindShare employees ate there because they’d “heard it was good for groups.”

ok

18
World

Republic of Congo: High School Students Protest After Exams Are Canceled Over Leak of Questions

Thousands of high school students pelted the police with stones and damaged property in violent protests Friday.

The students should be angry.

19
Opinion

Hackers Can be Fought Without Violating Americans’ Rights

It is encouraging that more members of Congress have begun championing privacy in national security debates.

It would be much more difficult to hack systems if operating system sales were a one time event.
Microsoft initially made its money selling applications.

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Opinion

G.O.P. Assault on Environmental Laws

Despite the American landscape’s need for environmental protections, Republicans in Congress are determined to block clean air, water and ecosystems.

Personal income is the highest good the Republican establishment can imagine.


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