Sunday, December 24, 2017

@17:17, 12/24/17

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Business Day

Joan Walsh’s Contract at MSNBC Is Not Renewed

The network said the longtime contributor “will still be invited on our shows” but won’t be paid. Katie Couric is among those calling on MSNBC to keep her.

NBC wants the Faux audience.

2
U.S.

Andrew McCabe, F.B.I.’s Embattled Deputy, Is Expected to Retire

Mr. McCabe’s plans to leave early next year should take some of the pressure off the new director, who has been criticized by President Trump for not replacing top leadership fast enough.

Green rooms are almost as good as solitary confinement and do not require a criminal conviction.

3
U.S.

Boy, 6, Killed in Deputy Shooting in Texas Days Before Christmas

When sheriff’s deputies shot at a suspect on Thursday, a bullet made its way into a mobile home and killed Kameron Prescott, a first-grader.

A puppy with a hurt paw.

4
World

How Do You Keep an Elephant Warm? Knit a Giant Blanket

When an unexpected cold spell hit Myanmar, caretakers of orphaned animals pulled out giant blankets that had been knitted for them.

Public charity.

5
U.S.

Black Turnout in Alabama Complicates Debate on Voting Laws

In the wake of an election in Alabama with extraordinary turnout among black voters, questions remain about the role and impact of voting restrictions.

Citizens are enfranchised.

6
World

‘We Are Afraid of Christmas’: Tensions Dampen Holiday in India

Christmas is becoming big business in India, where it has a cosmopolitan appeal to people of many faiths. But far-right Hindu groups have put the holiday in their cross hairs.

The radical Hindu movement is new in the last few decades.

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World

North Korea Calls U.N. Sanctions an ‘Act of War’

Pyongyang vowed revenge on the United States, which sponsored the resolution, and the Security Council members that approved the measure.

North Korea should suicide quietly.
Koolade has served as a vehicle.

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Books

In an Era of Online Outrage, Do Sensitivity Readers Result in Better Books, or Censorship?

A new class of editors is quietly reshaping children’s literature, vetting books for cultural and racial stereotypes before they reach readers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expurgation

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World

The Hunt for ISIS Pivots to Remaining Pockets in Syria

The last phase of the American campaign against the caliphate is relying heavily on warplanes that are focused on an area half the size of Manhattan.

The guys went home.
Business Day

Town Fights to Turn Retail Tide at a Little Mall That Might

A faded industrial town in the North Country region of New York State is relying on local residents’ crafts and wits to make its shopping center a destination again

It is cold there.   I will try it if you will.

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