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U.S.
Has Murder Come to Town? This Heart Tells No Tales
So far, anyway. The police and coroner have no leads about a heart found in a plastic bag near a gas station last month in Norwalk, Ohio.Early days.
Is it human?
Is it fresh?
Is it professionally excised?
Cause of death?
Age at death?
Sex?
Disease?
DNA?
Chemistry/toxicology?
I will think of more questions
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Business Day
Trial Begins for Maurice Greenberg, Ex-A.I.G. Chief Accused of Fraud
Mr. Greenberg and Howard I. Smith go to court in 11-year-old case that charges they orchestrated sham transactions designed to bolster A.I.G.’s financial statements.Circumstantial cases are not easy to win.
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Well
Helping Patients Make the Right Decisions
We must do a better job of guiding patients through the subtle, sometimes counterintuitive, trade-offs inherent in the tests and treatments we propose.Often the optimum path is to do nothing as yet.
A reexamination in a few months or weeks will show a clearer result.
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Opinion
Birth Control Continues to Bedevil the Supreme Court
The court seeks a compromise on how to provide birth control coverage to women at nonprofit religious-oriented charities and religious colleges.Insurance should provide contraception on demand.
Demand is personal choice and may be regulated by religion.
Free will demands the supply of contraception exist as a part of health insurance.
For the predestined the matter is moot.
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T Magazine
Musings on the Toilet
As bathroom trends come and go, our design editor keeps returning to the Edwardian ideal.OK.
I want white or light porcelain, Unglazed where feet contact it. Glazed where it is soapy or otherwise fouled.
Bottom heat in the floor and the tub. A heated towel bar. A window that opens and is not in a line of sight. Mixing valves with minimal exposed metal, 300 series stainless steel grab rails and other exposed hardware and rubber drain plugs. Storage with doors that close.
The outlet should be always on, the light on simple switches.
Clean, warm and mostly dry.
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Real Estate
House Hunting in ... Scotland
Edinburgh’s housing market has recovered from the 2008 global real estate crisis, though prices in the rest of Scotland remain below the 2007 peak.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Rennie_Mackintosh
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Technology
Daily Report: Test-Driving (or Not Driving) the Cars of the Future
A ride in a self-driving Uber car in Pittsburgh and a spin in Chevy’s new longer-ranger electric Bolt EV show how the auto world is changing fast.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Bolt
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Business Day
Polishing Financial Results Looks Good, but Can Lead to Fraud
Cases involving American Realty Capital Partners and Fiat Chrysler show how manipulating reported results can end up misleading investors.Read the annual report and look at the price graph before you put your money down.
Cheap stocks require special care. Mergers and acquisitions are usually not good.
A buyback feels good but is not a healthy sign.
It is best to know the product.
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N.Y. / Region
SUNY to Stop Asking Applicants About Felony Convictions
The vote comes amid a growing movement to have universities cease inquiring about criminal histories when students apply, a practice many say hurts black applicants disproportionately.I will watch the statistics. It is probably meaningless.
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U.S.
Florida Gets Help to Deal With Backlog of Zika Tests
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sending seven laboratory technicians, and Gov. Rick Scott has requested more help.Early termination is better.
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Science
Why Pluto’s Moon Charon Wears a Red Cap
The dwarf planet releases gases that cause its moon Charon’s atmosphere to fill with rust-colored organic macromolecules.Red "snow"
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World
Tip Leads to Vanished Arctic Exploration Ship After 168 Years
Scientists, researchers and the Canadian Navy and Coast Guard searched for the Terror, a British ship that vanished in 1848 while trying to map the Northwest Passage.https://www.dropbox.com/s/zos23pnm304l4xg/Terror%20video%20one%20-%20h264.mp4?dl=0
I expect there will be PDF rather than DropBox.
I am glad both ships are found.
It puts an end to the "Lost Franklin Expedition".
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U.S.
Pregnant Women Anxious as Florida’s Zika Test Results Take Weeks
The state offers free tests to pregnant women, but a lack of resources has contributed to a backlog that has left hundreds waiting a long time.Early termination is better.
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N.Y. / Region
Connecticut Will Appeal Sweeping Education Ruling
The state said Thursday it would seek a review by the Connecticut Supreme Court of the order by a judge that it revamp virtually its entire education system to address inequality among districts.Connecticut will do "window dressing".
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Technology
See How Popular Your Flickr Photos Are
Users who pay for Flickr Pro accounts get more perks than free account holders, including statistics on the audience viewing their pictures.I have not been taking pictures.
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Real Estate
Recent Commercial Real Estate Transactions
Recent commercial real estate transactions in New York City.I can't play.
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Technology
Move Your Address Book From Outlook to Google
You can use the export command in Microsoft Outlook to start transferring your contacts to a different mail program.I do not use Microsoft more than I must.
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Books
A Victory for Press Freedom in 1735 Set an Important Precedent
Richard Kluger’s “Indelible Ink” tells the story of an 18th-century case that tested official tolerance of an unfettered press.I am happy to hear from the retired editor of the Times.
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Business Day
Fatal Tesla Crash in China Involved Autopilot, Government TV Says
The company says it has not confirmed whether the automated driver assist feature was engaged during the crash, which occurred in January.There is a tilted plain on the back of the orange truck. The radar did not see it.
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