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Opinion
Puerto Rico’s Debt Crisis
A financial adviser to the island’s creditors writes that any restructuring must help preserve its access to the capital markets.Access to the credit market need not be maintained.
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The Upshot
Contractors and Temps Accounted for All of the Growth in Employment in the Last Decade
One result is that employers have succeeded at shifting much ofthe burden of providing social insurance onto workers.The situation does not look like recovery.
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N.Y. / Region
New York City Housing Authority Faulted for ‘Significant Flaws’ in Elevator Safety
Limited funds.
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U.S.
Donald Blankenship Prosecutors Urge Jail in Mine Safety Case
The prosecution asked a judge to sentence Mr. Blankenship, chief executive of Massey Energy when 29 workers were killed in an explosion, to a year.Blankenship deserves more.
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World
China to Survey Children Left Behind by Migrant Workers
Researchers say these children often suffer from anxiety and depression in the absence of their parents, and exhibit high rates of juvenile delinquency."Children under 16 must be under the direct care of at least one parent, or the parents may be prosecuted and their guardianship revoked."
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Real Estate
House Hunting in ... Spain
Home prices are up after years of steady declines, but the rebound is sluggish, because of an oversupply of inventory and Spain’s depressed economy.I don't want to live like that.
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U.S.
Before a Trump Rally, Protesters Lay Plans Behind the Scenes
So conflict-prone have Donald Trump’s campaign rallies become that they have prompted an elaborate game of cat-and-mouse that takes place out of view of the television cameras.Drama may help.
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Fashion & Style
Is Color Correcting Makeup Your New Best Friend?
A slew of primers in green, yellow, pink or lavender promise to “correct” your skin tone. What do they really do?Please yourself.
What pleases you pleases me.
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U.S.
California: Audit of University Finds In-State Students Are Shortchanged
California’s auditor said that the University of California had undermined residents by admitting a growing number of nonresident students, some of whom were less qualified than in-state students.http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/
http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/freshman/index.html
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Real Estate
In Brooklyn, More Space for the Money
Jenny Mak and James Nguyen found a one-bedroom in Carroll Gardens that they could convert to a two-bedroom.I don't want to live there.
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Real Estate
$830,000 Houses in North Carolina, Virginia and Illinois
An old gristmill in North Carolina, a modern in Virginia and a foursquare in IllinoisKeep looking.
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Opinion
Population Growth
A reader asks, “Can anyone truly believe that an additional three billion people will have any less of a harmful effect on all species?”E.O. Wilson knows the problem with human population.
There seems to be no acceptable solution.
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World
China Air Quality Study Has Good News and Bad News
Researchers found that Chinese government readings were accurate, compared with U.S. consular readings, but that pollution remained above international standards.OK
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Opinion
The Clemency Backlog Continues
President Obama’s commutation of 61 unjustly long sentences was another small step in the right direction, but still far from enough.The right direction with the wrong tool.
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N.Y. / Region
Upstate Prosecutor Is Revisiting 2010 Death of Clinton Prison Inmate
Andrew J. Wylie, the Clinton County district attorney, said Wednesday that his office was reviewing the case of Leonard Strickland, who died at Clinton Correctional Facility after a violent encounter with guards.OK
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Travel
Yacht Vacations: Not Just for the Rich
Several companies offer seven-day yacht charters for $10,000 or less; most of the boats have multiple bedrooms and are suited for families and groups.It is not my present desire.
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U.S.
Shaping Health Policy for Millions, and Still Treating Some on the Side
Dr. Patrick H. Conway, chief medical officer at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, keeps one foot on the front lines as he works to improve the health system.Doctors have patients.
The story is public relations.
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Business Day
Latest Plan to Rescue Puerto Rico Is Met With Disdain on Island
The plan calls for putting Puerto Rico’s finances under a presidentially appointed oversight board — a bitter pill to many on the island.Fix the bankruptcy law.
Let Puerto Rico access chapter nine.
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Opinion
A Supreme Court Hijacking
The right tries to get the Supreme Court to interpret the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to mean anything the right says it means.Strike down the Religious Freedom Restoration law.
It is unconstitutional.
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