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U.S.
Jayme Closs, Kidnapped by a Stranger, Endured Horror, Police Say
Investigators say the suspect, Jake Patterson, mapped out a plot to abduct the middle-school student after a chance sighting at a school bus stop.A child abusing child.
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Obituaries
Carol Channing Dies at 97; a Larger-Than-Life Broadway Star
Her performances as the gold-digging Lorelei Lee in “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” and the matchmaker Dolly Gallagher Levi in “Hello, Dolly!” made her a Broadway legend.Even the great grow old.
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Technology
More Start-Ups Have an Unfamiliar Message for Venture Capitalists: Get Lost
Frustrated with the perverse incentives of fast growth, founders are criticizing the investment model that built the tech industry as we know it.Do what works.
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World
Paris Explosion at Bakery Kills at Least 3 and Injures Dozens
The Paris police said the blast that injured at least 47 people, 10 critically, was probably caused by a gas leak.Gas burns.
Some flames are faster than others.
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World
Brexit Vote: Parliament Debates E.U. Withdrawal Plan
After two and a half years of negotiation, argument and posturing, Parliament will finally vote on a bill that dictates the terms of Britain’s departure from the E.U.https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/15/world/europe/brexit-vote-theresa-may.html
Britain does not control its exit from the European Union.
No deal is the next step.
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Opinion
The Cruelty of Call-Out Culture
How not to do social change.It is good of David Brooks to notice.
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World
Saudi Teenager Who Fled Family Embraces All Things Canadian. (O.K., Maybe Not Winter.)
Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun engineered an escape to freedom. Now she has a simpler goal: “I want to do crazy things I’ve never done before.”Children need to learn.
Some experiences are not survivable.
Schools provide experiences along with information.
Their goal is to ruin as few students as possible.
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Opinion
Netflix Chose a New Market Over Free Speech. That Sets a Disturbing Precedent.
Netflix does not face the pressures and dangers that Arab networks and artists do. It makes its bowing to Saudi censorship demand even more disappointing.I will need to add another streaming service.
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Real Estate
How to Sell, Donate or Recycle Your Stuff
If you are starting the new year by saying goodbye to some of your less-than-favorite possessions you might be wondering: Now what? Here’s how to get rid of it for good.Yes, but not just yet.
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World
May and Brexit Face Uncertain Future After Crushing Defeat in Parliament
The 230-vote margin was the largest in Parliament in recent British history and sends the country into uncharted waters.The vote of "No Confidence" is coming.
The hard Brexit is the ultimate result.
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Business
Goodbye, New York. Adam Moss Is Leaving the Magazine He Has Edited for 15 Years.
At 61, an editor known for his obsessive style steps away from a publication that told New Yorkers where to eat and what to think. “I don’t wake up obsessed every morning, and I used to,” he said.It will find another editor or fold and be forgotten.
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Arts
Who Paid for the Prime-Time Wall Debate? The American Viewer
After all that media drama, President Trump’s first Oval Office prime-time address served no purpose but to get him on his true home: TV.Yes.
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Science
Are Floppy-Eared Dogs Actually Friendlier? Science Says Maybe
The T.S.A. said it favors floppy-eared dogs over pointy-eared dogs in airport jobs because floppy-eared dogs appear friendlier and less aggressive. There is a scientific explanation behind the perception.Other peoples dogs are fine with me.
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World
Heavy Snowfall in Alps Leaves 6 Dead and Strands Tourists
The risk of avalanches has forced the Austrian authorities to close a number of roads and rail lines, stranding hundreds of visitors as well as local residents.Weather is not climate.
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Arts
Matthew Goode Knows How to Charm. Just Ask Lady Mary and Princess Margaret.
Goode talks about playing a vampire in “A Discovery of Witches.” He also discusses the “Downton Abbey” movie and bidding farewell to “The Crown.”A new crop of men.
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Arts
Baby Shark (Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo) Billboard Chart (Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo)
The infectious children’s song debuted at No. 32 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week, which means Pinkfong has now had as many Top 40 hits as Jimi Hendrix.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go0lh4HDtc8
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U.S.
In Texas Visit, Trump Presses His Argument That There’s a Border ‘Crisis’
But in McAllen, where crime is near a 30-year low, there seemed to be a different reality.Fiction does not win.
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Business
Female Ranchers Are Reclaiming the American West
As men leave animal agriculture for less gritty work, more ranches are being led by women — with new ideas about technology, ecology and the land.Tell me.
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World
She Wanted to See Her Boyfriend. She May Have Been Beheaded For It.
Days after a 16-year-old’s mutilated body was found in a small Indian town, the police arrested her father, who they believe arranged her killing.Traditional honor.
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U.S.
Democrats Start Investigative Gears, but Slowly
After two years of pining, Democrats finally have the gavels and subpoenas they need to investigate President Trump and his administration. Blockbuster findings? Don’t expect them anytime soon.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar-Baby
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