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U.S.
California Today: Want to Be Happy? Move to Santa Cruz
Wednesday: Ranking wellness in California, Los Angeles re-elects its mayor, and the Wisdom Tree pilgrimage.California is good if one enjoys fiction.
Fiction is good entertainment.
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N.Y. / Region
For Years, City Spent $300 an Hour Looking for $5,000
The tab for a special prosecutor in a criminal inquiry that eventually yielded no trial is just a fraction of the public and private money involved.Snark hunt.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snark_(Lewis_Carroll)
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U.S.
E.P.A. Chief Says He Doubts Carbon Dioxide’s Role in Global Warming
He has an assigned project.
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U.S.
California Today: What Should Be Done About the Salton Sea?
Thursday: A photo essay on the Salton Sea, a warning on marijuana enforcement, and readers weigh in on a move to let bicyclists roll past stop signs.A practical approach is to irrigate the dry lake bottom and establish grass cover.
The fresh water will leach the salts into the lake. The salt water can be pumped out of the lake to reduce the toxicity. Eventually the realestate can reenter the market.
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Business Day
Fox Is Said to Settle With Former Contributor Over Sexual Assault Claims
The company, still dealing with the fallout from harassment scandal involving Roger Ailes, has reached a settlement for more than $2.5 million with Tamara Holder, who said an executive assaulted her.Remember Fox News in the future. There should not be another.
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U.S.
In Fight Against Bail, a Sheriff Joins the Critics
In a Houston lawsuit, officials are defending a system that jails the poor, but the D.A. and sheriff say they can’t support it.Bail policy is changing.
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U.S.
State Secrets Privilege Invoked to Block Testimony in C.I.A. Torture Case
The Justice Department invoked executive powers in a lawsuit filed by former detainees against two psychologists who helped run the agency’s interrogation program.The C.I.A. knew what they were doing.
They owe for their behavior.
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U.S.
Sessions Says Guantánamo Is a ‘Very Fine Place’ for New Suspects
Attorney General Jeff Sessions said he would advise President Trump to send new detainees to the wartime prison rather than bring them to civilian courts for prosecution.Sessions has not been listening.
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U.S.
Obamacare Took Months to Craft; Repeal May Be Much Swifter
In comparison with the pace of work on the Affordable Care Act in 2009, the timetable for the Republicans’ health care bill is lightning fast.This attempt looks to be a failure.
https://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/03/10/smart-republicans/
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