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Your Money
Navigating Medicare Policy on Physical Therapy and Other Services
An updated policy applies to therapy provided in nursing homes, in outpatient clinics and at home.
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World
Director of ‘Happy in Tehran’ Video Is Reportedly Freed
The director of a YouTube remix that offended Iran’s judiciary was released on bail Thursday, a rights group said.V.A. Chief Steps Down in Wake of Scandal Over Hospital Delays
By MICHAEL D. SHEAR
Eric Shinseki resigned as secretary of the Veterans Affairs Department
on Friday after meeting with President Obama about mounting evidence of
widespread misconduct and mismanagement at the agency’s vast network of
medical facilities.
Doug Mills/The New York Times
Mr. Shinseki in Washington on Friday.
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Arts
Urban Renewal, No Bulldozer
Businesses are planting themselves in existing buildings in San Francisco, while residents are getting little relief from the high housing costs, and new construction faces obstructions.
"That’s
especially true when it comes to runaway housing costs, which many
residents blame on tech. If you belong to a family of four earning
$100,000 a year, various officials told me, the city is basically
unaffordable now.
But
this is the Nimby capital of America. There’s a long history of
environmental, preservation and social justice movements fighting
private developments that displaced countless thousands of poor, black,
Asian and Latino households. A great deal of the city’s rental stock is
rent controlled, while state laws like the Ellis Act empower landlords
to evict tenants. What this means is an even more entrenched culture of
obstruction and conflict."
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The Upshot
Thomas Piketty Responds to Criticism of His Data
The economist doesn’t give an inch on the methodology for his book on inequality.
"OK, Thomas Piketty has replied at length
(pdf) to the attempted takedown of his work by Chris Giles, and done it
very effectively. Essentially, Giles tried to compare apples and
oranges, and the result was a lemon.
The central point here is one that’s familiar
to anyone who works at length on inequality issues. We have two kinds
of data on distribution of both income and wealth: surveys, in which
people are asked what they make or own, and tax data. Survey data are
better at describing lower-income families, who often aren’t covered by
taxes; but they notoriously understate top incomes and wealth, roughly
speaking because it’s hard to interview billionaires. Also, survey data
start fairly recently — after World War II, and often much later than
that.
So Piketty works mainly with tax data,
although he also makes some use of survey data; when he combines them,
he makes adjustments for the known downward bias of top wealth estimates
from surveys. Giles, however, basically noted that some relatively
recent survey estimates of large fortunes are smaller than some
tax-based estimates for earlier periods, and used this to claim that
there isn’t any clear trend toward wealth concentration. Bzzzt! Error!
This should really settle the issue, but of
course it won’t. Inequality deniers will pick up on the FT’s bad
critique, and it will become part of what they “know” to be true."
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Magazine
Life in the Valley of Death
In Srebrenica, the remains of those killed in the genocide keep turning up, unsettling the reconciliation between Muslims and Serbs.
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Fashion & Style
Let’s Not Pretend to Be Who We Aren’t
Anxiety and an odd imitation derail a couple’s experiment with role-playing and fantasy.
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U.S.
Friend of Tsarnaev Brothers Accused of Obstructing Marathon Inquiry
Investigators say that Khairullozhon Matanov, a Kyrgyzstani citizen, lied to them about how well he knew Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
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Science
Spacecraft to Ferry U.S. Astronauts Is Unveiled
SpaceX, which has flown cargo capsules to the International Space Station, introduced the Dragon V2, designed to carry astronauts to low-Earth orbit.
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N.Y. / Region
Imperiled Sturgeon Watched in Tappan Zee Bridge Construction Zone
Officials are trying to determine whether construction noises at the site of the Tappan Zee Bridge’s replacement are harming the Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon, two imperiled species.
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U.S.
More Emergency Centers Are Gearing Up to Receive 911 Texts
Texas is at the forefront of a national initiative to modernize the call system to accommodate situations in which a voice call may be risky or impossible and to be more accessible to the deaf community.
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U.S.
Submitted: Teenagers Do Not Need Smartphones, So They Should Pay for Them. Discuss.
Teenagers may need to make calls and send and receive texts, but do they need access to Instagram and a store full of apps? Probably not. So if that’s a want, not a need, shouldn’t they pay for it?
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In Our Pages: May 31
Highlights from the International Herald Tribune archives: The ocean liner Aquitania embarks on her maiden voyage in 1914; Germany admits having participated in the Spanish civil war in 1939.
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World
North Korea Will Investigate Fate of Abducted Japanese
Japan, in return, said it would start lifting sanctions it had imposed on the North, which in 2002 admitted the abductions.
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Sports
New York Drops Bid for the 2024 Olympics
New York is dropping an effort to host the 2024 Olympics after Mayor Bill de Blasio weighed the pros and cons.
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The Upshot
Betting on a Brand When Politics Is the Family Business
The Democrats’ hopes of holding the Senate rest significantly on the political equivalent of what businesses call brand loyalty.
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Science
How to Win the Lottery (Happily)
The key to winning the lottery and remaining happily may simply be to first win the jackpot. The “curse” part is being debunked.
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U.S.
Detroit Urged to Tear Down 40,000 Buildings
A task force recommended that the bankrupt city spend nearly $2 billion to stem the spread of blight.
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World
Iran: Supreme Leader Pushes Fertility Campaign
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for a population increase, an edict likely to restrict access to contraception.
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Technology
World
North Korea Will Investigate Fate of Abducted Japanese
Japan, in return, said it would start lifting sanctions it had imposed on the North, which in 2002 admitted the abductions.
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Sports
New York Drops Bid for the 2024 Olympics
New York is dropping an effort to host the 2024 Olympics after Mayor Bill de Blasio weighed the pros and cons.
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The Upshot
Betting on a Brand When Politics Is the Family Business
The Democrats’ hopes of holding the Senate rest significantly on the political equivalent of what businesses call brand loyalty.
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Science
How to Win the Lottery (Happily)
The key to winning the lottery and remaining happily may simply be to first win the jackpot. The “curse” part is being debunked.
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U.S.
Detroit Urged to Tear Down 40,000 Buildings
A task force recommended that the bankrupt city spend nearly $2 billion to stem the spread of blight.
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World
Iran: Supreme Leader Pushes Fertility Campaign
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for a population increase, an edict likely to restrict access to contraception.
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Technology
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