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Business Day
A Big Test for Big Batteries
In California, an environmental crisis forced a utility to fast-track a risky idea — using rechargeable cells to stand in for power plants.The risk is modest.
It is much less than operating the gas storage formation.
A failure will leave conditions as they are now.
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Well
Getting Older, Sleeping Less
When insomnia persists, it can wreak physical, emotional and social havoc.Insomnia is not my problem.
There are simply not enough hours in the day.
I am not willing to shed more load.
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Science
Absolutely Every Bit of Our Galaxy
With novel mathematical methods, scientists have come up with a new estimate for the mass of the Milky Way."What does it mean for the rest of us? “It just satisfies curiosity about the world we live in,” she said."
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Business Day
The Long Reach of the Aliso Canyon Gas Leak
When a geyser of gas began spewing from the ground in October 2015, it was just the beginning of an energy and environmental crisis in Southern California with far-reaching repercussions.An improvised patch failed.
Deal with it.
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U.S.
Mexico or America? A Couple, One of Them Undocumented, Weigh the Risks of Where to Live
A family in Harlem struggles with whether to stay or go after vowing to leave in a Trump administration.There is a third possibility: Israel.
Being wrong has not stopped the Republican machine.
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Business Day
Trump Attacks BMW and Mercedes, but Auto Industry Is a Complex Target
The globalized trade in vehicles, in which Detroit owns European brands and German cars come from Alabama, could make it hard to raise barriers.Being wrong has not stopped the Republican machine.
Populism is not a stable base.
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U.S.
‘All Talk, No Action,’ Trump Says in Attack on John Lewis, a Civil Rights Icon
The president-elect criticized the Georgia congressman, one of the original Freedom Riders, on the eve of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.Talk is the job description of a congressional representative.
Donald Trump's representation of an ignorant racist requires no effort.
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U.S.
Obama Legacy of Freeing Prisoners May Come Under Trump Siege
The president has focused on getting criminal offenders out of jail early and trying to give them the skills to stay out, but the new administration has a law-and-order cast.Policy is set by the executive branch.
There is no sign that the policies of the Obama administration will continue.
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U.S.
In Texas, a Test of Whether the Voting Rights Act Still Has Teeth
A federal judge put Pasadena, Tex., under federal oversight after finding that city officials had discriminated against Latino voters. But an appeal is expected.There is no sign that the policies of the Obama administration will continue.
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Health
Physician Aid in Dying Gains Acceptance in the U.S.
Nearly one in five Americans now lives in a state where terminally ill patients may legally choose to end their lives with prescriptions from a doctor.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemlock_Society
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compassion_%26_Choices
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospice
It is a question of the separation of church and state.
Separation wins in all cases.
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