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Magazine
By MOISES VELASQUEZ-MANOFF | Aug 14th 2014
As climate change alters habitats, once-disparate animals are
shacking up, creating hybrids that challenge our notion of what it means
to be a species.
Reproduction (Biological); Biodiversity; Genetics and Heredity;
Coyotes; Wolves; Evolution (Biology); Science and Technology; DNA
(Deoxyribonucleic Acid)
Nature does everything it can all the time.
Miscegenation is a silly concept.
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Business Day
By MATTHEW L. WALD | Aug 13th 2014
A smoldering bag was removed from a plane in Boston, and the fire marshal focused on an e-cigarette as a possible cause.
Smoking and Tobacco; Airlines and Airplanes; E-Cigarettes; Hazardous and Toxic Substances; Batteries; Lithium (Metal)
Dense packages of energy are not much different from bombs.
A lithium ion battery is such a package.
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U.S.
By ALAN BLINDER | Aug 13th 2014
A federal judge who was arrested after he was accused on Saturday
of assaulting his wife will be not assigned any new cases for now.
Domestic Violence; Courts and the Judiciary; Appointments and Executive Changes; Appeals Courts (US); Assaults
This will not have been his first offense.
Corruption is pervasive.
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Automobiles
By LEO LEVINE | Aug 14th 2014
A Ferrari GTO raced in the 1960s set a new record for a car sold at auction, though it fell short of some expectations.
Auctions; Antique and Classic Cars; Automobiles; Pebble Beach Concours D'Elegance (Car Show)
Some people have more money than creativity.
I do not want to buy such a car.
I want to build them.
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U.S.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Aug 14th 2014
State Senator Chris McDaniel asked a Mississippi court on Thursday
to declare him the winner of the June 24 Republican runoff against the
incumbent, United States Senator Thad Cochran, or order a new election.
Midterm Elections (2014); Elections, State Legislature
The rules were followed.
The result must be accepted.
The Republicans should loose in November.
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Fashion & Style
By JACOB BERNSTEIN | Aug 13th 2014
Body image issues are a renewable resource for pop stars and their teenage fans.
Music; Video Recordings, Downloads and Streaming; Women and Girls; Social Media; Weight; Youth
Everyone should hear this message.
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Fashion & Style
By LINDA BUTTON | Aug 14th 2014
He told me I was the one. What was it in me that couldn’t fully accept that?
Modern Love (Times Column); Love (Emotion); Dating and Relationships
check.
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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World
By GARDINER HARRIS | Aug 14th 2014
Plagued by endemic poverty, many young people in Nepal leave to
work abroad. But the backbreaking labor they find there often results in
death.
Immigration and Emigration; Labor and Jobs; Economic Conditions and Trends; Deaths (Fatalities)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherpa_people
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurka
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Mercenaries
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Guard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMSD
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oerlikon_20_mm_cannon
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Opinion
By TOM VANDERBILT | Aug 14th 2014
Cameras and social pressure slow drivers better than tickets.
Traffic Accidents and Safety; Roads and Traffic; Speed Limits and
Speeding; Cameras; Drunken and Reckless Driving; Psychology and
Psychologists
I agree that the automobile has no proper place on Manhattan.
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U.S.
By DAVID S. JOACHIM | Aug 14th 2014
Hundreds of high-ranking military officers and other dignitaries attended the service for Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene.
Afghanistan War (2001- ); Terrorism; United States Defense and Military Forces
"The Very Model of a Modern Major Gereral"
The man is dead.
Logistics is essential.
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Business Day
By ANDREW POLLACK | Aug 13th 2014
Options include experimental treatments that have never before
been tested on people and some of the world’s most widely used drugs.
Ebola Virus; Drugs (Pharmaceuticals); Vaccination and Immunization; Clinical Trials
The epidemic is not slowing down.
The opportunity to trade hope for cash will persist for some time. My guess is several years.
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Opinion
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Aug 11th 2014
More than a dozen states have expanded democracy, but voter ID
laws and other restrictions continue to pop up all over the country.
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Business Day
By KEITH BRADSHER | Aug 12th 2014
Audi was recently a target in an antitrust investigation by Beijing, which is examining prices for replacement parts.
Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues
Whine.
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Sports
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Aug 14th 2014
Tony Stewart, who struck and killed the driver Kevin Ward Jr.
during a sprint car event last weekend, will miss his second straight
Sprint Cup race Sunday at Michigan International Speedway.
Automobile Racing; Nascar Sprint Cup Series
A good reason to call an early halt.
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The Upshot
By NEIL IRWIN | Aug 12th 2014
Looking past the rarefied world of sun-dried tomatoes, goat cheese
and kale, it's also worth asking what kind of dishes have real mass
appeal.
Pizza; Hamburgers; Social Conditions and Trends
The way to reheat pizza is a large frying pan on the top of the stove.
The crust gets crispy, the cheese gets hot.
Use no additional oil.
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World
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Aug 14th 2014
At least three people were killed Thursday as Egyptian security
forces quashed small, scattered demonstrations by supporters of former
President Mohamed Morsi.
Demonstrations, Protests and Riots; Middle East and North Africa Unrest (2010- )
The Muslim Brotherhood is suppressed.
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Fashion & Style
By RACHEL FELDER | Aug 13th 2014
Nest, a nonprofit organization, gives artisans from around the world a crash course in the American fashion industry.
Fashion and Apparel; Philanthropy; Nonprofit Organizations; Design
Skilled cheap labor.
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Automobiles
By BENJAMIN PRESTON | Aug 13th 2014
Naveen Ravelli, a 33-year-old electrical engineer from Bangalore,
India, hopes to drive his custom-built electric auto rickshaw from India
to England.
Automobiles; Road Trips; Motorcycles, Motor Bikes and Motorscooters; Third World and Developing Countries
Do the homework. 6,000/50 = 120 days at 50 miles a night. Clouds, rain and misadventures 200 nights.
Bet on a year. Short days will not help.
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U.S.
By JODI KANTOR | Aug 13th 2014
Increasing numbers of low-income mothers and fathers are at the
center of a new collision that pits workplace scheduling technology
against the routines of parenting.
Poverty; Work-Life Balance; Parenting; Working Hours; Child Care; Families and Family Life; Labor and Jobs
Costs will not go down easily. Wages must come up.
The working poor cannot afford to live.
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U.S.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Aug 12th 2014
A former contractor for the Military Sealift Command of the Navy
pleaded guilty in federal court in Norfolk on Tuesday to accepting
bribes.
Bribery and Kickbacks; Defense Contracts
No one is immune to temptation.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
@14:24,
Automobiles
By BENJAMIN PRESTON | Aug 14th 2014
Pope Francis greets people in South Korea from the back seat of a
Kia Soul; Ford announces a seamless sliding rear window for the new
F-150.
Arts
By SCOTT REYBURN | Aug 15th 2014
Stellar objects from ancient civilizations are attracting big
buyers, but the elephant-in-the-room problem is the need to provide
proof of provenance.
Art; Antiques; Egyptian Civilization; Roman Civilization; Auctions; Arts and Antiquities Looting; Collectors and Collections
“There have been thousands of objects legally traded over hundreds of
years,” Mr. Clist said. “A lot of these items don’t come with bits of
paper or photos. It’s up to us to reunite them with their provenances.
If we can do that, buyers will have more security than they’ve ever had
before.”
Fashion & Style
By LINDA BUTTON | Aug 14th 2014
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
U.S.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Aug 14th 2014
N.Y. / Region
By JIM DWYER | Aug 14th 2014
Port Authority officials are ducking a request for the phone logs
of David Samson, the agency’s former chairman and a close ally of Gov.
Chris Christie of New Jersey.
Archives and Records; Roads and Traffic
Guilty.
World
By GARDINER HARRIS | Aug 14th 2014
U.S.
By DAVID S. JOACHIM | Aug 14th 2014
Business Day
By REED ABELSON and ERIC LICHTBLAU | Aug 15th 2014
Only a fraction of an estimated $60 billion in fraud and
overcharging was recovered last year, and the system to combat fraud may
be largely to blame.
Medicare; Health Insurance and Managed Care; Frauds and Swindling
Good luck to them.
Opinion
By TOM VANDERBILT | Aug 14th 2014
Business Day
By ANDREW POLLACK | Aug 13th 2014
The epidemic is not slowing.
Opinion
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Aug 11th 2014
Business Day
By KEITH BRADSHER | Aug 12th 2014
The Upshot
By NEIL IRWIN | Aug 12th 2014
N.Y. / Region
By KIRK SEMPLE | Aug 15th 2014
Kichwa, a variant of the South American language Quechua, is the
tongue in which a weekly program is broadcast by speakers who are
striving to sustain it.
Language and Languages; Radio; Quechua Language
Fine by me. Business is done in English.
World
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Aug 14th 2014
Fashion & Style
By RACHEL FELDER | Aug 13th 2014
U.S.
By ALAN BLINDER | Aug 14th 2014
A firefly ritual of summer becomes part of a multiyear quest by
researchers to measure whether urbanization threatens the insects.
Insects; Urban Areas; Colleges and Universities; Environment; Pesticides; Research
It is the season.
Automobiles
By BENJAMIN PRESTON | Aug 13th 2014
U.S.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Aug 12th 2014
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