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Sports
Testimony Sought From Texas Football Coaches
Oklahoma State filed a breach-of-contract suit against the Longhorns’ offensive line coach, who left the Cowboys’ program to take a job with Texas.The time line of Joe Wickline's employment with the Longhorns is critical.
If his duties with his new team changed after he was employed he is not in breach of contract.
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Business Day
Study Strongly Links Baltimore Mortgage Denials to Race
A report from the National Community Reinvestment Coalition says the racial makeup of a neighborhood is the best predictor of whether a mortgage is made in Baltimore.Jason Richardson and Bruce Mitchell have managed to find the degree of racism in inner city Baltimore. We will have better numbers in a few years if the threat of better numbers does not correct the situation.
What Baltimore needs is income to employ its population.
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N.Y. / Region
New York State Accuses Utica School District of Bias Against Refugees
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman said in a lawsuit that the city diverted immigrants over 16 and unsteady in English into alternative programs in which they could not earn diplomas.The mills of the Mohawk Valley have closed.
The mill workers have moved on leaving an abandoned housing stock.
There are houses but little work for anyone.
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World
Obama Aims to Shore Up Asian Allies Against Chinese Might
During a visit to Southeast Asia, the president will try to deepen diplomatic ties and push for more trade to help bolster countries in the region.The trans Pacific partnership is not a good deal.
Curbing Chinese ambitions is necessary.
A first move would be an American signature on the International Law of the Sea.
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U.S.
Minnesota: U.S. Will Investigate Police Shooting of Unarmed Man
Justice Department officials said they would start an inquiry into whether the shooting of an unarmed black man by the police violated civil rights laws.The Minneapolis police will not willingly plead guilty.
The case against them must be proven.
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Sports
Roger Federer Ends Novak Djokovic’s Streak
Federer stopped the top-seeded Djokovic’s ATP World Tour Finals winning streak at 15, winning in London to reach the semifinals.I am not willing to nuke Syria.
Effective sanctions would quickly starve ISIS.
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Sports
U.S.T.A. Responds to Eugenie Bouchard’s Suit Over a Head Injury
Bouchard sought damages after sustaining a head injury in a fall at the United States Open. In a 16-page rebuttal, the U.S.T.A. said her claims of lost earnings related to the fall were “speculative and uncertain.”I am willing to wait for trial.
Eugenie Bouchard may well be injured.
The causal link is not established.
Liability for her purported injuries is another matter.
She was not following the rules.
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World
Guinea, Last Nation With Ebola, May Soon Be Declared Free of Virus
A 3-week-old girl now recovering could be the final patient in an epidemic that killed more than 11,300 people, overwhelmingly in West Africa.Good news.
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U.S.
Maryland Campus Closed as Police Continue Search
The police issued a warrant for a Washington College student on gun charges stemming from an earlier incident on campus, as the search for him continued in Maryland and Pennsylvania.silly
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Opinion
Why I Provide Abortions
I went back home to Alabama because women in the South are being denied the abortions that are their legal right.The doctor is right
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U.S.
Senate Blocks Obama’s Climate Change Rules
The resolution would stop an effort to cut carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants and might make it harder for Mr. Obama to negotiate a climate change accord in Paris in two weeks.expected
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Sports
Late Goal Sends Rangers to Ninth Straight Victory
On Sunday Rangers had their ninth straight win, a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs.13
World
Video: Fear Rising Among Refugees in Paris
Refugees in central Paris have heightened fears about their security and their future in France following Friday's attacks.proper.
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N.Y. / Region
Education Dept. Drops Proposal to Rezone Upper West Side Schools
The move would have shifted some families from the zone of a highly sought after elementary school to that of a school that was labeled persistently dangerous.The education department is chicken.
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Real Estate
$1.2 Million Homes in Kentucky, Maryland and Connecticut
This week’s properties include an old brick house in Kentucky, a contemporary in Connecticut and a new farmhouse in Maryland.Bigger than I want to clean.
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Sports
College Football Playoff Committee Keeps Top Teams in Place
Clemson remained No. 1, followed by Alabama, Ohio State and Notre Dame, and the committee’s chairman said the muddled picture surrounding the Big 12 was beginning to become clearer.17
N.Y. / Region
Ankle Monitors Weigh on Immigrant Mothers Released From Detention
Some women, required to wear tracking bracelets as part of a release program from family detention, say the devices are a painful reminder of the circumstances they fled.18
World
Nordic Countries, Overwhelmed by Migrants, Retreat From Generous Traditions
The abrupt change in the Nordic nations is one of the most striking consequences of the surge of asylum seekers in Europe this year.The flow will not stop.
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Opinion
How to Help Save the Mentally Ill From Themselves
Having lost his own son, the author argues that a bill in Congress could help prevent other families from enduring the same misfortune.Possibly.
It will not happen with this congress.
As with religion, there is no definition of sane.
That makes the notion of cure an uncertain concept.
Presently society tries to reduce the pain of the community by disabling the mentally ill.
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Sports
Ireland Secures Berth in European Championship
Ireland won the playoff over Bosnia-Herzegovina, 3-1, on aggregate.http://www.theguardian.com/football
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Food
New Recipes for Thanksgiving
Holiday dishes from Julia Child and Melissa Clark, plus pizza for dinner.I am going out for the holiday.
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Travel
Cruise News: Culinary Sailings, French Polynesia by Ship
What you need to know if you’re on a trip or planning one soon, including new flights between Los Angeles and New Zealand and a new airport hotel in Denver.Things start with a phonecall.
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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U.S.
Maryland: Four-Year Sentence for Man Who Set Fire in Riot
A Baltimore man who pleaded guilty to setting fire to a CVS store during a riot was sentenced in federal court to four years in prison.Arson is a crime.
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U.S.
Maryland Campus Closed as Police Continue Search
The police issued a warrant for a Washington College student on gun charges stemming from an earlier incident on campus, as the search for him continued in Maryland and Pennsylvania.There is no reason to close the campus.
The drunk they want is not there.
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Opinion
Filipinos Fleeing Poverty
A Filipino-American organization urges an economic overhaul of the Philippines to deter its citizens from seeking work abroad.People vote with their feet if they are disenfranchised.
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Sports
Raw Talent and College Sports Mix at Culinary Institute of America
The institute has gotten serious about a longtime staple of campus life, intercollegiate sports, but its players face demands unfamiliar to most of the nation’s student-athletes.Student athletes.
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N.Y. / Region
Plan to Close Nuclear Plant in Upstate New York Rattles Its Neighbors
After Entergy announced the shutdown of the James A. FitzPatrick plant, residents of Oswego County became anxious about the loss of jobs and the drain on the local economy.Electric politics.
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World
Culture Shock in the Promised Land of Germany
The nation’s challenge of integrating over a million migrants goes beyond teaching them German and finding jobs. It’s also about easing culture shock.A good approach if Germany can keep it.
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U.S.
Colorado Town, Home to 11 Prisons, Doesn’t Want Guantánamo Detainees
Residents and officials in Florence don’t want the notoriety or the visitors who would come with taking transferred Guantánamo inmates.Florence does not get a special voice in these decisions.
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Opinion
Why I Provide Abortions
I went back home to Alabama because women in the South are being denied the abortions that are their legal right.The doctor is right.
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U.S.
Baltimore Police Assailed for Response After Freddie Gray’s Death
The independent report found that the police were unprepared and untrained for the unrest that convulsed the city.It is good that the Baltimore police were not an army of occupation.
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U.S.
Racism on Campus: Stories From New York Times Readers
Times readers describe encounters with bigotry and discrimination on college campuses across the United States.Racism is native to humanity.
Reducing it will take generations.
There is faster progress now than any time since Abolition.
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Travel
To Save on New York Hotels, Look Outside Manhattan
Comparing hotel rates in central and Downtown Manhattan with those in Queens, Brooklyn, Upper Manhattan and New Jersey.Location is the reason for hotels.
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World
Philippines Detaining Homeless Before APEC Summit, Rights Group Says
Human Rights Watch says the Philippines is rounding up homeless people to get them off the streets during this week’s Asia-Pacific economic forum.Understandable.
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U.S.
Texas: Tornado Rips Through Halliburton Plant
The tornado, one of four that touched down in the area, caused a chemical leak but no immediate reports of injuries.Storm.
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Sports
Giants Sign Brandon Crawford for Six Years
Fresh off his Gold Glove last week, San Francisco shortstop Brandon Crawford signed a six-year, $75 million contract that will take him through the 2021 season.It is off season.
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Opinion
China’s One-Child Policy
A reader from China writes, “As an only child, I may be biased, but it doesn’t seem to be that bad.”20
N.Y. / Region
Yale Will Strengthen Teaching on Race and Ethnicity, Its President Says
The university president, Peter Salovey, was responding to recent student demonstrations against discrimination and a racially charged campus environment.OK
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