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Science
New Form of Fire, Inspired by Bourbon, Might Help With Oil Spills
Scientists turned a fire whirl, sometimes called a firenado, into a new form — a blue whirl — that burns clean and soot-free.Let it cook.
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N.Y. / Region
New York Court Expands Definition of Parenthood
The state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a non-adoptive, non-biological caretaker of a child could be allowed to ask for custody and visitation rights.Rationality prevails.
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Opinion
Why Housing Segregation Persists
“It is wrong to suggest that housing markets are now operating in a colorblind fashion,” a professor writes.The thought is a tautology.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tautology_(rhetoric)
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Food
What to Cook This Week
Get your fridge in order before Labor Day.Mild depression is disabling.
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Food
It’s Not You, It’s Me
A clean break, a few recipes and a serenade from Babs.There is no such thing as a clean break.
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Science
A 3.2 Million-Year-Old Mystery: Did Lucy Fall From a Tree?
A team of scientists recently concluded that Lucy, a hominid whose skeleton was discovered in 1974, died from a long fall — but their study has divided experts."Just how many angels can dance on the head of a pin?"
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Business Day
Fox Wants Ex-Host’s Harassment Suit Sent to Arbitration
The former host, Andrea Tantaros, “is not a victim; she is an opportunist,” the network said in a motion filed in New York State Supreme Court.The settlement of the dispute in public is the purpose of the dispute.
The harassment suit must not go to arbitration, a closed procedure.
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Opinion
Criminal Justice Reform
A co-founder of the Innocence Project offers another way in which New York is trailing other states.The purpose of prosecution is the production of a public drama of justice done.
Better assurance of the prosecution of the guilty will reduce the drama.
That result will be less satisfying to the public.
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Fashion & Style
Johanna Snyder, John Mahoney
The bride, who graduated from Northwestern, and the groom, a Georgetown graduate, were married in Darien, Conn.Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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Health
Zika Can Be Transmitted by Female Mosquito to Her Eggs, Study Says
Researchers say such transmission is probably not key to the current spread of the virus, but is rather a mechanism for it to survive.This is another detail. We know a bit more about the trouble we are in.
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U.S.
Their Soil Toxic, 1,100 Indiana Residents Scramble to Find New Homes
In a situation echoing the crisis in Flint, Mich., a housing complex’s poor, mostly black residents are being resettled because of high lead and arsenic levels.Cheap space is cheap for a reason.
"The extent of the contamination came as a shock to residents of the complex, even though it is just north of a huge former U.S.S. Lead smelting plant and on top of a smaller former smelting operation, in an area that was designated a Superfund site in 2009."
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U.S.
When Technology Sets Off a Populist Revolt
If you think globalization, immigration and trade have contributed to political anger, wait until robots take away millions and millions of jobs.Under scarcity supply and demand decouple.
The strike price rises or falls.
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Business Day
Great Fliers Make the ‘Best of Their Situation,’ American Airlines Suggests
Who’s responsible for your happiness onboard? In a new ad campaign, the airline tactfully says it’s you.The expected level of service cannot be delivered at the accepted price.
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U.S.
Victim in New Hampshire Prep School ‘Senior Salute’ Case Speaks Out
Chessy Prout was 15 when she accused Owen Labrie of rape at St. Paul’s School in Concord, N.H., but he was convicted of lesser charges. She revealed her identity on the “Today” show Tuesday.Misogyny came with civilization.
Possibly only the gay had the leisure to compose culture.
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Travel
How to Stay Safe at the Airport
Attacks on international airports and mass shootings have left passengers on edge, prompting panics at J.F.K. and L.A.X airports. Here is how to handle potentially dangerous incidents.Reasonable advice. Crowds would be the target.
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Food
The Veggie Burger’s Ascent
The newest meatless burgers aren’t obligatory additions to menus. They’re the stars.When one will carry veggie burgers to a cookout they will be competitive.
Veggie food can stay Buddhist. I will enjoy it as such.
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Fashion & Style
Jessica Clarke, Lawrence Gibson
The couple met at Penn, from which they graduated.Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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Opinion
After Italy’s ‘Dantesque’ Earthquake
The chairman of the Italic Institute of America responds to an Op-Ed article about the devastation in central Italy.If central Italy is built differently it will tend toward a Disney production.
The survivors will build s they choose.
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T Magazine
New Cocktails, Old Vibe: Yale’s Storied College Bar Reopens
With an assist from the former architecture director for Tiffany & Co., one alum preserved Anchor Bar’s charm — and shares a drink recipe with T.Butter Beer?
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N.Y. / Region
Fired Professor Shot 2 Men Outside Chappaqua Deli, Police Say
Hengjun Chao, 49, was charged with attempted second-degree murder after he allegedly wounded two men, including the dean of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, where Mr. Chao once worked.Data fraud makes all other work by an individual more questionable.
The career destruction was deserved. The psychosis was earned.
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