Friday, March 7, 2014

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N.Y. / Region

An Evacuation of Jews, With Help From Japan

As Japan Week begins in New York City, a video about the roles of a diplomat and a tourist-bureau employee in saving Jews from the Nazis will be shown at Grand Central Terminal on Thursday.
Jews and Judaism; Visas; Holocaust and the Nazi Era; Evacuations and Evacuees; Immigration and Emigration; Travel and Vacations; Grand Central Terminal (NYC) 

Not all Japanese were monsters.
  
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U.S.

Coal Firm to Pay Record Penalty and Spend Millions on Water Cleanup in 5 States

Alpha Natural Resources and 66 of its subsidiaries agreed to reduce pollution from coal mines in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
Clean Water Act; Fines (Penalties); Coal 

"Joe Lovett, the executive director of Appalachian Mountain Advocates in West Virginia, expressed little enthusiasm for the agreement, saying such deals do not get to the fundamental problem of heavy pollution from mining techniques like mountaintop removal. “What E.P.A. should do is stop issuing permits that it knows coal companies can’t comply with,” he said."
3
U.S.

Texas G.O.P. Beats Back Challengers From Right

Senator John Cornyn, Representative Pete Sessions and several other congressional Republicans seeking re-election beat primary challengers inspired by Senator Ted Cruz and the Tea Party.
Primaries and Caucuses; Tea Party Movement; Elections, State Legislature; Elections, Governors 

"If you can't beat em, join em."
 
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World

British Official’s Arrest a Blow to Cameron Government

The arrest of an aide to Prime Minister David Cameron, who has been accused of cronyism, raises new questions about his appointees.
Child Abuse and Neglect; Pornography 

It is time Parliament replaced this farce of a government.
 
5
Health

Think Like a Doctor: Sweating It Out

Can you solve a medical mystery involving a 25-year-old man who becomes sweaty and nauseated and starts vomiting uncontrollably every few weeks?
Doctors; Emergency Medical Treatment; Heroin; Hospitals; Marijuana; Medicine and Health; Methadone; Nausea; Pancreas; Sweating; Tests (Drug Use) 

Malaria possibly.
 
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N.Y. / Region

Officials Investigating Spending by Director of Queens Library

An inquiry by the Federal Bureau of Investigation will examine spending over the past three years by Thomas W. Galante, including a renovation to his office that cost a reported $140,000.
Libraries and Librarians 

Graft is criminal.
 
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U.S.

C.I.A. Employees Face New Inquiry Amid Clashes on Detention Program

An inquiry into the conduct of Central Intelligence Agency employees began after lawmakers complained that the agency was improperly monitoring the work of staff members of a Senate committee.
Interrogations; Detainees; Espionage and Intelligence Services 

The C.I.A. has violated its charter.  Discipline will be imposed.
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N.Y. / Region

De Blasio Drops Challenge to Law on Police Profiling

Mayor Bill de Blasio said New York City was abandoning a lawsuit against the City Council to block a 2013 measure intended to curb profiling.
Suits and Litigation (Civil); Racial Profiling; Search and Seizure 

As promised.
 
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U.S.

Evidence of Concealed Jailhouse Deal Raises Questions About a Texas Execution

The battle to clear the name of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was convicted of murdering his three children by arson, has symbolic value because it may offer evidence that an innocent man was executed 10 years ago.
Capital Punishment; Arson; Murders and Attempted Murders; Informers 

This process is called railroading.
The prosecution will not plead guilty.
 
10
World

In Swedish Case, Ghosts of Apartheid

Revelations from the late author Stieg Larsson in the killing of Prime Minister Olof Palme in 1986 suggest a link to South Africa and the dark deeds of its apartheid-era security police.
Apartheid (Policy); Assassinations and Attempted Assassinations 

Speculation as yet.
 
11
Science

Out of Siberian Ice, a Virus Revived

A team of researchers has found something new, with potential implications for evolutionary theory and health, in permafrost more than 30,000 years old.
Viruses; Evolution (Biology); Ice 

Mammoth virus.
 
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N.Y. / Region

At Trade Center Transit Hub, Vision Gives Way to Reality

Clunky fixtures and some rough workmanship in the underground mezzanine detract from what is meant to be breathtaking grandeur.
World Trade Center (Manhattan, NY); Architecture; Transit Systems 

A short design process and other acts of penny pinching.
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U.S.

U.S. Moves Toward Atlantic Oil Exploration, Stirring Debate Over Sea Life

Environmental activists say seismic surveys will harm marine mammals, but other experts say those fears are inflated.
Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline; Sonar; Offshore Drilling and Exploration; Fish and Other Marine Life; Environment 

The country must learn to live without oil.
 
15
Automobiles

Geneva: Day 2

Jerry Garrett offers some highlights of the second day of press previews in Geneva.
Automobiles; Geneva International Motor Show 

Sculpture.
 
16
Opinion

Laws in California Governing Chicken Farms

Readers including Bruce Friedrich of Farm Sanctuary respond to a front-page article.
Chickens; Agriculture and Farming; Factory Farming 

Free range is an ideal.
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Business Day

Examining a Generation Tied to Smartphones

AT&T is introducing a major effort that highlights how connected young Americans are to their devices.
Cellular Telephones; Wireless Communications; Advertising and Marketing; Text Messaging 

Vice always gets attention.   T-Mobile is a better deal.
 
18
Technology

Daily Report: Handset Makers Expand Size of Smartphone Screens

Larger phones are especially popular in Asia, though they have yet to gain traction in the United States
Conventions, Fairs and Trade Shows; Mobile World Congress (Trade Show); Smartphones 

The social function of the device has changed from audio to visual.
Audio space is not private in crowded conditions.
Entertainment moved to the visual and the passive as quickly as it could.

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U.S.

Who Else Besides Hillary Clinton in 2016?

On the national level, the Democratic bench is weaker than at any time in the past several decades.
Presidential Election of 2016 

"Damning with faint praise" is a new tactic for the G.O.P.
 
20
Sports

End of the Ride for Lance Armstrong

Excerpts from Juliet Macur’s new book, “Cycle of Lies: The Fall of Lance Armstrong,” examine the people closest to him and those involved in his clandestine doping.
Doping (Sports); Cycling, Road; Tour de France (Bicycle Race); Bicycles and Bicycling; Books and Literature 

"Speed Kills"

I no longer depend on a bicycle.
Snow stops them.
There is no way to stay dry.
 
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