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Times Insider
New York, Tex.: If You Can Make It There, You’ll Make It Anywhere
“Mr. Reynolds shrugged when I asked if he and his wife had ever been to that other New York.”Opinion
Eric Holder: Sentences Full of Errors
Mandatory minimum prison terms are costly and cruel. We must grasp this moment of consensus for reform.Opinion
Mr. Trump’s Losing Economic Game Plan
Most of Donald Trump’s proposals would hurt the economy and leave the country isolated from the world.N.Y. / Region
A Long Island Bar’s Age Policy Differs for Men and Women. Is It Legal?
At a rooftop bar in Rockville Centre, N.Y., women must be at least 25 to enter and men, 30. The owners say they can make their own rules; some say the policy is discriminatory.N.Y. / Region
Transporting the Dead, Sometimes With No Permit Required
At a time of greater outsourcing of the service, rules regarding who may collect the dead vary, and in some states it requires little more than a driver’s license and a strong stomach.Fashion & Style
May I Ignore Orders My Mother Says My Dead Nana Is Sending?
Also, blacklisting a florist whose flowers wilt, pressing your children to forgo gluten and combing through a hair-twirler’s dilemmaIgnore those "orders" at will.
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Science
Growing Comb Jellies in the Lab Like Sea-Monkeys
For the first time, researchers have figured out how to cultivate comb jellies in large quantities, a development that could lead to new discoveries.Wild speculation around a real development.
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Opinion
Homes and Cars? No Thanks
A creative consultant writes that home and car ownership just isn’t that important to the millennials.It is a good thing I am not a millennial.
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Business Day
Sexual Harassment Suit Against Roger Ailes Stays in New Jersey
Lawyers for the former Fox News chairman had tried to move the case, filed by the former anchor Gretchen Carlson, to Manhattan.Maneuvering continues.
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Opinion
Rape Victims Deserve Better. Mandatory Minimums Won’t Help.
The Brock Turner sexual assault case inspired a lot of anger. But it shouldn’t lead to inflexible sentencing laws.There is no escape from the sexual predator list.
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Opinion
Alumni Giving at Amherst
The president of the college writes that “the loyalty, generosity and engagement of our alumni are indisputable.”OK
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N.Y. / Region
Legislators Take Aim at New Jersey Student Loan Program’s Tough Tactics
At a hearing in the State Senate, several lawmakers said they were troubled by the agency’s aggressive collections tactics and unwillingness to negotiate with borrowers.The banks can so they do.
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N.Y. / Region
Learning to Swim at 75
“I’m thinking, if I expire in the pool, what the hell, I’m old. How much longer have I got, anyway?”Not your story or mine.
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Times Insider
40 Channels and Always Something on: The Wonder of Olympic TV
Reporter Victor Mather marvels at Olympic Television: the high bar channel, the pommel horse channel and the other providers of pure joy.Enjoy.
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Opinion
My Beautiful, Deadly City
The arctic mining city of Norilsk is one of the most polluted in the world — but many residents are still proud to call it home.https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sudbury,+ON,+Canada/@46.5840336,-81.6395914,9z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x4d2eff36c6f132ed:0x668dd5b8879c8cf8!8m2!3d46.522099!4d-80.9530353
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U.S.
In Baltimore Report, Justice Dept. Revives Doubts About Zero-Tolerance Policing
The broken-windows style of policing that New York evangelized is increasingly seen as a source of community tensions, not a successful crime-fighting strategy.The price is intolerable.
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Sports
Many Soldiers, Few Signs, Long Lines: The Rio Games Beyond the TV Screen
What does it actually feel like to be here? The answer is that it is odd, sometimes maddening, possibly dangerous and frequently a hoot.OK
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Sports
Russia Not Allowed to Compete in Paralympics
An official called the government-coordinated cover-up of doping among Russia’s top disabled athletes “abominable.”A proper action.
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Travel
I Lost My Job and My Husband. Then I Found Newfoundland.
I’m not sure, exactly, how Newfoundland went from novel setting and daydream to a plan that propelled me to the Port Authority.“The Shipping News.” Annie Proulx
The outports are empty. There is good local beer.
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