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Sports
Chelsea and Manchester United Bounce Back
Diego Costa returned from a three-game suspension to lift Chelsea to a victory over Aston Villa.ok
Sports
Tough Times for a Kansas Hangout (When Is Basketball Season Again?)
When the Jayhawks’ football team is playing, crowds are quiet and sparse at the Wheel. During Kansas basketball games, it’s a different story.11/2/15
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Business Day
French Police Search Volkswagen Offices in Emissions Inquiry
The searches were carried out as part of an investigation into the automaker’s cheating on diesel emissions tests.Finding nothing germaine.
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Sports
Winning Isn’t Everything? It’s Not the Only Thing, Either
In a system in which victories are not the only barometer of a team’s success, exasperated fans are left to try to sort through what it all means.Pay it no attention.
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Opinion
How to Get Around a Criminal Record
Many people who committed minor offenses are blocked from employment and other basic rights for years afterward.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forgiveness
Martin Luther did not find it.
John Calvin fought against it.
The American judicial tradition is Calvinist.
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U.S.
Dennis Hastert Reaches Plea Deal in Bank Withdrawals Case
The former House speaker is charged with structuring $1.7 million in cash withdrawals to avoid detection. Reports said he needed “hush money” to cover up allegations of sexual misconduct with a student.Hard Ball politics.
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World
Australian Policies on Asylum Seekers Criticized as a Denial of Free Speech
An Australian lawyer says the Border Force Act in particular has tied the hands of social workers who may want to report abuse at immigration detention centers.It is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rum_Rebellion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aboriginal_Australians#Legal_and_administrative_definitions
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World
Rapid Economic Growth in China Is Chipping Away at Coastal Wetlands
A report adds to rising concerns that China’s decades of rapid economic growth have caused possibly irreversible damage to the environment.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing_industry_in_China
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing_industry_in_China#History
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=piracy+in+the+south+china+sea&sourceid=Mozilla-search
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Opinion
Disputes in the South China Sea
China claims much of the South China Sea as sovereign territory.China is hungry for petroleum and fish.
So are the other nations around the South China Sea.
The English Admiralty may have contributed the name.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_exploration#Maritime_exploration
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N.Y. / Region
Winemakers Cultivate the 718 Terroir
An urban winemaking movement is growing in New York City. Today, there are eight official wine producers in the city, though most make their wine in facilities upstate.Terroir is set by where and how the fruit is grown.
No fruit is grown for wine in 718 (Queens).
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