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N.Y. / Region
Shove Over. I Want Back on the Grid.
A visit to a rustic country cabin makes one long for the city’s chaos (the phone service).Spend more time off the grid.
Low beams are plenty.
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The Upshot
Restrictions on Type of Food Stamp Purchases Can Improve Diets
A study shows the potential benefits, but if the past is any guide, what’s effective willnonetheless be politically unpalatable.
The program looks promising.
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Business Day
In Backing Autonomous Cars, U.S. Tells Automakers to Figure It Out
Federal guidelines stress safety but give automakers, one of the country’s most regulated industries, plenty of room to innovate.The policy reads as effective.
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U.S.
In San Francisco, a Sinking Skyscraper and a Deepening Dispute
A public scandal has raised doubts about whether skyscraper development has been properly monitored by building officials and city authorities."Today, the only beneficiaries of the Millennium Tower appear to be the armies of lawyers mobilizing for what is expected to be years of litigation."
The city should have insisted on the homework.
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Opinion
Before I Say ‘I Do,’ Let’s Just Go Over Every Possible Scenario One More Time
Why not really be yourself on your wedding day?We need to talk.
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/eft/eft03.htm
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U.S.
Shooting Victim Keith L. Scott Lived Sometimes Troubled but Quiet Life
Those who knew Mr. Scott, a father of seven, present a different picture from the one presented by the police.The police are not allowed to be nervous.
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Technology
The 15-Point Federal Checklist for Self-Driving Cars
Federal regulators urge automakers to prove that their semiautonomous and driverless vehicles meet specific safety expectations.Proof is very difficult.
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N.Y. / Region
A New York School Where Students Learn to Read by Sculpting Words
At the Windward School in Manhattan, children with learning disabilities learn to connect words to their meanings through multiple senses, including shaping letters out of clay.The Windward School would have helped if it had existed.
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N.Y. / Region
One Upside of Living in a Walk-Up
A delayed delivery underscores what can go wrong with elevators.Physical effort is good for the mind.
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Times Insider
How I Got the Shot: A Discreetly Passed Note About the Location of a Terror Suspect
While other photographers were positioned to capture a swearing-in, Sam Hodgson had his eye out for something else.I really don't care.
That it happened is enough.
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Opinion
Release the Charlotte Police Video
In the face concern and anger over killings by the police, transparency would be the wisest course, but some cities and states are resisting this.yes
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N.Y. / Region
Ex-Cuomo Aides Facing Federal Corruption Charges
The charges are the culmination of a long-running inquiry into the Cuomo administration’s attempts to lure jobs and businesses to upstate New York’s limping economy."Mr. Bharara’s office and F.B.I. agents in Buffalo had been examining whether state officials awarded lucrative projects to a few favored developers who had donated to the political campaigns of Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat."
Political infighting.
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Business Day
E.U., Accused of Bias Against U.S. Companies, Opens Tax Inquiry Into French Utility
European officials announced the investigation as the region’s antitrust chief visited the United States for meetings with American officials.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_School
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Hayek
Wrong.
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N.Y. / Region
Georgia Won’t Force Fugitive, 71, Back From Connecticut to Finish His Term
Officials in the state where Robert Stackowitz fled from prison nearly 50 years ago have agreed to grant him a medical reprieve, sparing him from going back to serve the rest of his sentence.It is an end to the matter.
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N.Y. / Region
New Tool Shows New York Neighborhoods at Risk of Rent Hikes
Housing groups unveiled an interactive map that looks at real estate trends to identify areas where tenants may need more city protections.A living city needs low wage work.
High rent and low wages are not compatible.
I expect a new crop of servant's quarters.
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The Learning Network
Do You Like Your Friends?
How many of your friends would you call true friends? Do you think the feelings are mutual?It is a tough question.
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N.Y. / Region
Port Authority Chief Testifies Christie Ally Pressured Him to Reclose Lanes to Bridge
Patrick J. Foye, the executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, said that Gov. Chris Christie’s top appointee at the agency came to his office more than once to ask that the lanes be closed.Gov. Chris Christie ordered the lane closures.
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Opinion
Don’t Sell Plum Island
Save the Sound writes: “We the people already own this treasure. Let’s not let the federal government sell it out from under us.”Most of the federal government is not a good landlord.
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N.Y. / Region
Wage Campaign at Port Authority Hits an Impasse
The agency’s commissioners mostly split along state lines when they voted on two proposals for raising the pay scale, frustrating employees’ yearslong push for what they consider a living wage.The minimal cost is a corporate goal.
A better goal is maximal profit.
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N.Y. / Region
Shove Over. I Want Back on the Grid.
A visit to a rustic country cabin makes one long for the city’s chaos (the phone service).Rustication has costs.
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The Upshot
Restrictions on Type of Food Stamp Purchases Can Improve Diets
A study shows the potential benefits, but if the past is any guide, what’s effective will nonetheless be politically unpalatable.Yes
3
Business Day
In Backing Autonomous Cars, U.S. Tells Automakers to Figure It Out
Federal guidelines stress safety but give automakers, one of the country’s most regulated industries, plenty of room to innovate.The answer is no.
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U.S.
In San Francisco, a Sinking Skyscraper and a Deepening Dispute
A public scandal has raised doubts about whether skyscraper development has been properly monitored by building officials and city authorities.A building code failure.
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Opinion
Before I Say ‘I Do,’ Let’s Just Go Over Every Possible Scenario One More Time
Why not really be yourself on your wedding day?Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
Fear is easy.
Be heroic.
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U.S.
Shooting Victim Keith L. Scott Lived Sometimes Troubled but Quiet Life
Those who knew Mr. Scott, a father of seven, present a different picture from the one presented by the police.Mr. Scott did not do the shooting.
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Technology
The 15-Point Federal Checklist for Self-Driving Cars
Federal regulators urge automakers to prove that their semiautonomous and driverless vehicles meet specific safety expectations.Impossible.
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N.Y. / Region
A New York School Where Students Learn to Read by Sculpting Words
At the Windward School in Manhattan, children with learning disabilities learn to connect words to their meanings through multiple senses, including shaping letters out of clay.Do what works.
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N.Y. / Region
One Upside of Living in a Walk-Up
A delayed delivery underscores what can go wrong with elevators.Exercise.
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Technology
U.S. Signals Backing for Self-Driving Cars
New federal guidelines make it clear that, while the government will provide oversight, it wants to encourage the development of autonomous vehicles.Selfless cars.
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Times Insider
How I Got the Shot: A Discreetly Passed Note About the Location of a Terror Suspect
While other photographers were positioned to capture a swearing-in, Sam Hodgson had his eye out for something else.Nothing of value.
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Opinion
Release the Charlotte Police Video
In the face concern and anger over killings by the police, transparency would be the wisest course, but some cities and states are resisting this.Yes
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N.Y. / Region
Ex-Cuomo Aides Facing Federal Corruption Charges
The charges are the culmination of a long-running inquiry into the Cuomo administration’s attempts to lure jobs and businesses to upstate New York’s limping economy.politics
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Business Day
E.U., Accused of Bias Against U.S. Companies, Opens Tax Inquiry Into French Utility
European officials announced the investigation as the region’s antitrust chief visited the United States for meetings with American officials.More politics.
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N.Y. / Region
Georgia Won’t Force Fugitive, 71, Back From Connecticut to Finish His Term
Officials in the state where Robert Stackowitz fled from prison nearly 50 years ago have agreed to grant him a medical reprieve, sparing him from going back to serve the rest of his sentence.An end.
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N.Y. / Region
New Tool Shows New York Neighborhoods at Risk of Rent Hikes
Housing groups unveiled an interactive map that looks at real estate trends to identify areas where tenants may need more city protections.Always.
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The Learning Network
Do You Like Your Friends?
How many of your friends would you call true friends? Do you think the feelings are mutual?An uncomfortable question.
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N.Y. / Region
Port Authority Chief Testifies Christie Ally Pressured Him to Reclose Lanes to Bridge
Patrick J. Foye, the executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, said that Gov. Chris Christie’s top appointee at the agency came to his office more than once to ask that the lanes be closed.The governor's wish.
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Opinion
Don’t Sell Plum Island
Save the Sound writes: “We the people already own this treasure. Let’s not let the federal government sell it out from under us.”Leave it as an experiment station.
Give it to Cornell?
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N.Y. / Region
Wage Campaign at Port Authority Hits an Impasse
The agency’s commissioners mostly split along state lines when they voted on two proposals for raising the pay scale, frustrating employees’ yearslong push for what they consider a living wage.The Port of New York Authority is relieved.
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