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Well

Exercise Makes the Aging Heart More Youthful

By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS | Jul 25th 2018

For lifelong heart health, start exercising early in life and keep exercising often. But even if you have neglected to exercise and are now middle-aged, it is not too late.

No surprise in this.

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Style

Do You Really Think the Ivanka Trump Brand Is Dead? Dream On

By VANESSA FRIEDMAN | Jul 25th 2018

It’s just the fashion line, silly. But there’s a lesson here for would-be celebrity style-setters nonetheless.

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

Ivanka Trump is selling her association with products.

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U.S.

Spotting CNN on a TV Aboard Air Force One, Trump Rages Against Reality

By KATIE ROGERS and MAGGIE HABERMAN | Jul 25th 2018

On the Trumps’ recent trip overseas, Melania Trump’s television was tuned to CNN. The president, who is increasingly building walls against the outside world, was not pleased.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixer_%28website%29
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BEAM.TV

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_News
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Entertainment_Group

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemic_closure
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemic_closure#Epistemic_closure_in_U.S._political_discussion

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Opinion

Why Your Phone Service Is So Expensive

By DAVID LEONHARDT | Jul 25th 2018

Also: Georgia Republicans pick a hard-right nominee for governor.

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

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

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New York

Seagram’s Liquor Heiress Charged in Nxivm Sex-Trafficking Case

By SEAN PICCOLI | Jul 25th 2018

Clare Bronfman was freed on $100 million bond after her arrest on racketeering charges in connection with the Albany-area group that ex-members call a cult.

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

"Trump University" 

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Science

1 Hen, 76 Ducklings: What’s the Deal With This Picture?

By SARAH MERVOSH | Jul 24th 2018

“It’s an extraordinary sighting.” An amateur wildlife photographer captured dozens of ducklings following a single hen on a lake in Minnesota.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_Lorenz
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethology
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethology#Imprinting

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New York

Keeping Its Promise to Families, New York Identifies Another 9/11 Victim

By TYLER PAGER | Jul 25th 2018

With advances in technology, Scott Michael Johnson, 26, became the 1,642nd person to be identified by the medical examiner’s office.

A bit of closure.

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Books

When First Love Is as Lethal as Religious Extremism

By THU-HUONG HA | Jul 24th 2018

In R.O. Kwon’s debut novel, “The Incendiaries,” the central characters fall hard, both for each other and into the trap of a fundamentalist cult.

Not now.

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Food

The Specialties of Emilia-Romagna Find a Spot in Hudson Square

By FLORENCE FABRICANT | Jul 24th 2018

An Italian restaurant focused on a king mushroom, a trendy spot from an Australian chef and other restaurant news.

Dinner is a thought.

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Well

Cauliflower, Kale and Carrots May Lower Breast Cancer Risk

By NICHOLAS BAKALAR | Jul 24th 2018

Eating lots of fruits and vegetables was tied to a lower risk of breast cancer, especially the most aggressive kinds.

Fibre, it helps.

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