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Real Estate
East Village Condos in a Synagogue
Three condominium apartments have been carved out of a historic synagogue in the East Village."Business is business."
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N.Y. / Region
New York State Prisons Take Steps to Track Complaints About Guards
The state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision said the system, which will electronically document staff member misconduct complaints, should be completed next year.Electronics will not help.
Action on complaints will.
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N.Y. / Region
Suspect Escapes From Police Custody in Lower Manhattan
The man, who was still handcuffed, fled from the back of a police vehicle and ran into a subway station, prompting the authorities to temporarily halt train service as they searched for him.I cannot blame them for trying.
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N.Y. / Region
Silencing the Inner Torment, a Brooklyn Man Finds a Way Forward
Tyson Fabers heard voices that compelled him toward violence and self-medication. Now he is working to regain the commercial driver’s license he lost while hospitalized.Some recover.
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N.Y. / Region
At Celsius, Skaters Are the Show
Two sisters and their cousin shared a lunch at the seasonal restaurant in Bryant Park, whose Midtown Manhattan location lends itself to holiday shopping.Detroit with my sister and her daughter.
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Opinion
A Solution to Obesity
A reader writes that changing cultural norms is required.We can start by taxing fructose.
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Opinion
Brazil’s Toxic Sludge
Will anyone pay for the burst dam that is devastating the country’s southeast?Arsenic and mercury are enough.
Ultimately the local population will pay.
Brazil has another desert.
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Food
What to Cook This Week
Meal ideas for the days leading up to Christmas.There is usually a borscht.
Christmas eve is creamed salt cod, mashed potatoes frozen peas and oyster stew.
Christmas diner is roast beef, broccoli, green beans and baked potatoes.
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The Upshot
Playoff Picture: How the Patriots Can Clinch the A.F.C.’s No. 1 Seed
They have an 84 percent chance of reaching that top spot, according to our simulator, thanks in part to the Broncos’ tough remaining schedule.Winning will help.
http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2015-nfl-predictions/
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Sports
Felix Aims to Run 200 and 400 at Rio Games
The American sprinter Allyson Felix is training to run the 200 and 400 meters at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro next summer.We will have to wait for developments.
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Sports
FIFA Ethics Court in Session
A FIFA ethics court in Zurich spent nine hours listening to corruption accusations against Michel Platini.http://www.theguardian.com/football
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World
E.U. Focuses on Porous Borders as Migrant Crisis Worsens
The group’s last scheduled meeting for the year focused on finding ways for Greece and Italy to control their coastlines and on reinforcing the bloc’s external borders.Controlling the E.U.'s external borders should destroy the union.
Greece, Spain and Italy may have to pay trainfare.
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Science
Thigh Bone Suggests Ancient and Modern Humans Overlapped
Discovered in China, the bone is about 14,000 years old, yet resembles one from Homo erectus or Homo habilis, which lived 1.5 million years ago.Find more evidence.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peking_Man
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U.S.
Baltimore Is Quiet, but Residents Are Pensive
With the unexpected turn in the case of Officer William G. Porter, the city remains very much engaged in the saga of Freddie Gray.Baltimore is waiting.
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N.Y. / Region
New York Revamps Safe Sex
The city will begin distributing kits that will include condoms, lubricant and a section for pills, part of a broader preventive campaign that includes billboards urging people to “Play Sure.”I was lucky and careful. I hope you were the same.
It makes little difference.
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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Real Estate
Homes for Sale in New York and Connecticut
This week’s properties include a three-bedroom in Ridgefield, Conn., and a four-bedroom in Sea Cliff, N.Y.I would live in Sea Cliff if you insist.
Ridgefield does not appeal.
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Sports
N.F.L. Week 15 Previews and Picks
One of the best Cardinals teams in franchise history will travel to play the Eagles. Also, Broncos at Steelers and Panthers at Giants.http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2015-nfl-predictions/
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N.Y. / Region
Couple Who Abducted 2 Amish Sisters Receive Lifetime Sentences
Stephen Howells and Nicole Vaisey received maximum sentences for abducting and abusing the girls in northern New York last year and for sexually exploiting six children total.I have no objection to the sentences.
The prison population will shorten their lives.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/short_eyes
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World
Trade War Escalates Between Russia and Ukraine
Ukraine’s cabinet voted to stop trade with Crimea beginning in mid-January, and Russia signed a decree excluding Ukraine from a trade bloc of former Soviet states on Jan. 1.Posturing is not a war.
The west will break the Russian economy again.
Too many will die in the process.
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Opinion
Could Shipwrecks Lead the World to War?
Canada, Russia and China are playing a dangerous game on the bottom of the oceans."The underwater discoveries in Phanagoria, the South China Sea and the Northwest Passage are important scientific discoveries. The problem is not with the archaeologists conducting quality research, but with the politicians spinning evidence to suit their desires. The reality is that these are overt land grabs using manufactured historical claims. Citizens around the world would be wise to tell politicians to stop abusing the past for present-day ambitions."
Historical presence is not a viable claim.
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