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Sports
Russia Says 14 of Its Athletes Suspected of Doping at 2008 Beijing Olympics
The athletes — 11 from track and field, two weight lifters and one rower — include 10 Olympic medalists.If the government can get 14 through the drug testing more would be trivial.
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Magazine
How Do I Explain to My Evangelical Relatives Why I Avoid Family Functions?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how to handle encounters with family members who have rejected you on religious grounds and whether you should step in when a mother leaves her child alone in a park.Gay is a genetic condition.
There is no choice involved.
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N.Y. / Region
No ‘Silver Bullet’ as Subways in the Northeast Show Their Age
The subways in Boston, New York and Washington need billions of dollars to replace old infrastructure and to meet rising demand. In the meantime, riders are bracing for the worst.Considering the level of neglect the North East system is doing well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRT_Ninth_Avenue_Line
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Food
Grill Like the Chefs: Throw Everything Onto the Fire
The experts know that a fire means more than burgers. Try grilling avocados, carrots, even fish heads.A fire needs space and fuel.
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Science
Florida Needs a Lionfish King or Queen. It Could Be You.
The competition is designed to rid Atlantic waters of the beguiling beauties, which have been gobbling up native species for at least two decades.An open season is a good idea.
The Lion fish needs a predator.
People can do it.
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N.Y. / Region
Gentrification’s Latest Victims: New York’s Feral Cats
As the city’s vacant lots, old factories and former warehouses are being redeveloped, colonies of cats are forced to find new habitats.We will miss the feral cats when they are gone.
The rats are doing well.
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Opinion
New York Stories From Potter’s Field
Some of the unmourned thousands buried on Hart Island are given back their identities and respect.I have no desire to end on Hart Island.
Burn the body.
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U.S.
House Set to Subject 64,000 Household Chemicals to Regulation
The bipartisan authors of the bill say their breakthrough represents a compromise between better environmental standards and the demands of industry.There should also be an emergency path to temporary bans.
They can become permanent or be canceled after extensive testing.
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Opinion
Sore, Happy Feet on the Pacific Crest Trail
A backpacking trip provides both an escape from life’s distractions and an annual bonding experience for father and daughter.Talking to myself is unsatisfying.
I do get out most every year.
I would do more.
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Technology
Women From Venus, Men Still From Mars on Facebook, Study Finds
A study of 10 million Facebook posts found that American men more likely to swear, express anger and argue; women used kinder yet more assertive language.Children learn everything they are exposed to.
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U.S.
Celebrity Chefs Hope to Press Congress on Food Waste
Well-known cooks will attend a hearing on the roughly 70 billion pounds of food thrown out in the U.S. each year, and they will also have a meal of “recovered” food.Price supports are important to retail.
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Opinion
Congress Moves, Finally, on Toxic Chemicals
Lawmakers are at last getting serious about hazardous chemicals in household products and industrial goods.A stumble is better than stasis.
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Business Day
A Complicated Legal Battle Over Sumner Redstone’s Mental Acuity
The determination of the media mogul’s competence exists at a ragged intersection of psychiatry, geriatric medicine and the law."The ousted trustees, Philippe P. Dauman, the chairman and chief executive of Viacom, and George Abrams, a Viacom director" are hirelings with small holdings in Redstone's company. They are fighting their firing because it removes them from control of forty billion dollars.
They are out.
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Magazine
On Reading ‘Portrait of the Artist’ as a Young Man
For years, I thought literature belonged only to others. James Joyce taught me I was wrong.16
N.Y. / Region
F Train Express Plan Brings Anger and Joy, Depending on the Neighborhood
Brooklyn residents are taking sides on a proposal to restore express service to the F line, cutting commutes for those farthest away from Manhattan.Rents in Brooklyn will go up.
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Health
Could Alzheimer’s Stem From Infections? It Makes Sense, Experts Say
Provocative new research leads to the hypothesis that infections may produce a fierce reaction that leaves debris in the brain, causing Alzheimer’s.The discoverers are properly cautious.
I would rather prevent Alzheimer's. There appears to be no cure for damage.
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U.S.
Thousands Held in Federal Prisons for Too Long, Report Finds
The Justice Department’s inspector general found that 4,300 inmates served more time than they were supposed to from 2009 to 2014.Fix the problems.
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U.S.
Leaked Questions Rekindle Fierce Debate Over Common Core Tests
A company is scrambling to purge the Internet of questions used in the exams, but some critics say public debate is the best way to make better tests.There are no secrets known to many.
The testing company must write a new test every year.
Getting good data is not a trivial problem.
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Opinion
Eight Justices Are Enough
The current Supreme Court setup may actually be preferable.http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/26/opinion/the-supreme-courts-wishful-thinking-about-compromise.html
The religious nonprofits can disobey the law and pay the consequences.
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