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Opinion
A Better Way to Get to $15
California and New York are headed to a higher minimum wage, but they are taking different paths to get there.Yes.
Keeping a multi tiered economy is counterproductive.
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T Magazine
The Fashion News to Know This Week
Saint Laurent’s new hire, a Naomi Campbell tome and Gucci’s mixed-gender future.I am not tracking closely enough for this to be useful.
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N.Y. / Region
Drinking Water in Newark Schools Known to Have Lead Problem at Least 6 Years Ago
About one in eight water samples taken from the city’s public schools at the time contained lead concentrations above the federal threshold.Ignoring real problems does not make them go away.
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N.Y. / Region
Tests Show Lead Persists in Some New York City Schools
Officials said 140 buildings so far had shown elevated levels, but officials say the vast majority of those sites already have safeguards in place.Spending money on new pipes works.
It costs more later.
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Opinion
Child Sex Abuse in the Catholic Church
A former priest calls on the Catholic bishops to support reform laws.Ninety five theses . . .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther
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U.S.
Virginia Inmate Freed After DNA Tests Refute Bite-Mark Evidence
Experts said Keith Allen Harward’s release after 33 years in prison for a murder and rape he did not commit showed that bite-mark analysis was unreliable.False conviction is a grievous error.
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Opinion
Judgment Day for Reckless Executives
Tougher penalties would deter bosses from ignoring safety laws."What happened at Upper Big Branch was no extraordinary one-off, unlikely to recur. Virtually every report written by blue-ribbon private commissions and independent government investigators regarding similar fatal episodes in manufacturing plants, refineries and oil rigs documents the same dread among workers and managers over the risks of reckless cost-cutting, neglect of maintenance, scofflaw attitudes among senior executives and myopic focus on the financial bottom line."
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N.Y. / Region
Jury Clears New York Police Sergeant in Fatal Shooting
Get a different weapon. A club.
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U.S.
Video: Trump’s Changing Stances on Health Care
Donald J. Trump has offered conflicting positions on universal health care coverage, Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate.Usually this is called waffling.
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Opinion
The Undoing of a Coal Baron
Donald Blankenship’s conviction and prison sentence over violation of mine safety laws brings a powerful message to a troubled industry.Let the miners form a class action.
Bankruptcy has real appeal.
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Food
For Juicy Beef for Your Seder Table, Look Beyond Brisket
This Passover, try pairing beef fillet with beets, horseradish and aioli.Ok.
Lamb?
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Fashion & Style
Brides Say Yes to the Pants
Designers are becoming more aware that not every woman wants the big white dress on her wedding day.Your party, your choice.
If you like it I will like it.
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Travel
A Napa Valley Resort Gets a Makeover but Keeps It Mellow
Indian Springs, a popular spa resort in Calistoga, expands in capacity but preserves its historic character.Your choice.
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World
In a Remote Ugandan Lab, Encounters With Zika and Mosquitoes Decades Ago
A forested site where science and exploration overlapped in the discovery of numerous viruses is today a little patch of forest, but research into the Zika virus continues.Keep looking.
Health
Alone on the Range, Seniors Often Lack Access to Health Care
Country life poses tough challenges for residents determined to “age in place.”Off the grid does not necessarily mean isolated.
U.S.
Indiana State Trooper Is Fired for Proselytizing During Traffic Stops
The trooper, a 14-year veteran, had asked drivers about church and whether they had been “saved.”Write the ticket.
Opinion
Zika Is Coming
If I were a pregnant woman living on the Gulf Coast, I would be nervous right now.Yes.
Opinion
Prison Isolation = Torture
A former inmate says impending reforms will not necessarily end long periods of solitary confinement.yes.
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