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Sports
Olympic Sailing in Rio Still Planned for Polluted Guanabara Bay
The international sailing federation is expected to announce that it is tentatively going ahead with plans to hold 2016 Summer Olympics races in the highly tainted waters.Olympic sailing will occur in Brazil.
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Education
The Test-Optional Surge
More than 850 institutions, including research universities and top-tier private colleges, no longer require ACT or SAT scores. Who benefits?The admissions committees can select more gracefully.
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Education
E.D. II: The Not-So-Early Decision
So you just realized the E.D. I deadline was today? Relax. You’ve got a second shot.This begins to feel like more graduate school.
Doctorates are almost always school supported.
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Sports
Jason Pierre-Paul to Return to the Giants
The Giants and Pierre-Paul, who had his right index finger amputated after a fireworks accident, came to terms on a new contract that will put the one-time rising star back on the practice field.http://www.theguardian.com/sport/rugby-world-cup-2015
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Sports
Major League Soccer Playoff Matchups
Major League Soccer’s playoffs begin with four first-round games, two each on Wednesday and Thursday.http://www.theguardian.com/football
http://www.theguardian.com/football/results
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Opinion
Why the Annual Mammogram Matters
The American Cancer Society’s new guidelines are wrong. Frequent testing is still the best.Employment is important.
Minimizing risk is also important.
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World
Zimbabwe: Poachers’ Cyanide Kills 22 Elephants in Park
The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority said poachers had gotten away with three ivory tusks.China should act against the ivory trade.
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Food
O Ya Riffs on Sushi and Sashimi in Kips Bay
Tim Cushman ignores most of the rules of Japanese cuisine in his long tasting menus.Dim sum goes sushi.
O Ya should polish its line cooks.
If an operation is going to package an experience
it should design the package.
I can wait for the competition.
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U.S.
Justice Department to Investigate Officer’s Flipping of High School Student
An officer working at Spring Valley High School in Columbia, S.C., is on leave after pulling a black student backward in her desk and dragging her.She played the princes to Deputy Fields.
He responded as a Jacobin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobin
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U.S.
Ben Fields, South Carolina Deputy, Fired Over Student Arrest
The deputy, Ben Fields, was caught on video flipping an African-American student backward as she sat at her desk as he tried to remove her from class.Ben Fields is a scapegoat for the established power structure.
He has been fired in an effort to stop the implosion of authority.
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Education
Spoiler Alert! The New SAT
Practice up with sample questions for the revised exam, coming soon to a test prep center near you.https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sample-questions
The SAT is not selecting the desired students.
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Real Estate
$800,000 Homes in Dallas, South Dakota and Mississippi
Retreats in South Dakota and Mississippi and a stone house in DallasKeystone South Dakota is the most attractive of these properties.
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N.Y. / Region
Teenager Killed in Brooklyn Shooting Dreamed of Becoming a Lawyer, His Family Says
As the family of Armani Hankins, 16, struggled to understand the shooting, detectives were still piecing together how an outing in a fast-gentrifying corner of the borough turned deadly.How the victim was shot in the head matters.
The sidewalk is not said to be splashed with lead.
My guess is accidental death.
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U.S.
Thousands Who Didn’t File Tax Returns May Lose Health Care Subsidies
People with very low incomes are not usually required to file a tax return, but must do so to keep premium tax credits provided under the Affordable Care Act.The window between the top of the subsidies and the bottom of the income tax is narrow.
I am not subsidized.
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Sports
Bouncing Back From Loss, Rangers Cruise Past Flames
Dan Girardi broke a tie late in the second period in a game in which he moved into 10th place on the list of players who have played the most games for the Rangers.http://nytimes.stats.com/nhl/scoreboard.asp
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World
Mexico Moves to Scale Back a Successful Tax on Soda
Two years ago, the Mexican government imposed a tax of about 10 percent on sugary drinks. Now, legislators are trying to roll it back, angering public health experts.The government of Mexico can be bought.
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