Friday, September 26, 2014

@10:30, 9/25/14

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1
Automobiles

Wheelies: The Topless TT Edition

Audi unveils its 2016 TT and TTS roadsters; General Motors names a chief for its new cybersecurity unit.
Automobiles; Automobile Safety Features and Defects; Advertising and Marketing 

The Audi TT is fat.

Another day on the road.

2
Opinion

Don’t Execute Those We Tortured

The United States must be held accountable, too, for breaking the law.
Capital Punishment; Torture; Detainees; Human Rights and Human Rights Violations; Sentences (Criminal); Military Tribunals; September 11 (2001) 

There is no redress for hypocrisy.

3
U.S.

E.P.A. Unveils Second Phase of Plan to Reverse Great Lakes Damage

The latest phase of the Environmental Protection Agency’s initiative includes plans to clean up contaminated rivers and harbors and attack poisonous algae blooms.
Water Pollution; Invasive Species 

We have begun.
Our efforts must not cease.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aral_Sea

4
Sports

Tony Stewart Won’t Be Charged in Death of Kevin Ward Jr.

A grand jury in Ontario County, N.Y., did not indict Stewart, a Nascar champion, in the racetrack death after hearing from more than two dozen witnesses.
Automobile Racing

A rational decision.

5
U.S.

Judge Denies BP’s Request to Recoup Overpayments to Oil Spill Victims

At a hearing in Federal District Court in New Orleans, Judge Carl J. Barbier rejected BP’s request that it be allowed to claw back the extra money paid out under an old accounting method.
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010); Reparations; Suits and Litigation (Civil)

Proper

6
U.S.

Marathon Bombings Trial Will Remain in Boston

A federal judge ruled that the trial for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, accused in the bombings, would not be moved but would be delayed two months and is to start in January.
Boston Marathon Bombings (2013); Jury System

Tsarnaev should get every advantage.
He has been convicted without trial.

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Business Day

Comcast Lashes Out at Rivals Opposed to Merger Plan


Business Day

Report Rebukes Treasury for Bailout Pay Packages at G.M. and Ally Financial

Top executives at General Motors and Ally Financial, both of which received bailouts from the U.S. Treasury Department in 2009, were paid excessively, according to a special inspector general report.
Executive Compensation; Inspectors General; Subprime Mortgage Crisis; Wages and Salaries

Getting action from congress is nearly impossible this year.

9
Opinion

Sale of Library’s Land


Promises are always uncertain.

I would like the opportunity to perform.

10
U.S.

Missouri: Five Arrested in Ferguson After Memorial at Shooting Site Burns

Authorities said that it was not clear if a fire at a makeshift memorial for Michael Brown had led to renewed unrest in the St. Louis suburb.
Monuments and Memorials (Structures); Fires and Firefighters

A bad sign.

11
U.S.

Jeb Bush Returns to Fray and Finds Going Rough


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Deservedly.
U.S.

Holder Backs Suit in New York Faulting Legal Service for Poor


13
Business Day

Harvard Names Investment Chief as Yale Reports 20% Return


Learn from them.

14
Health

H

to Counter Gender Bias in Studies


Good

15
Opinion

Long Lines at Minority Polling Places

It may not be a coincidence that some of the longest lines on Election Day occur in black and Hispanic neighborhoods.
Voter Registration and Requirements; Voting Rights Act (1965); Discrimination; Minorities; United States Politics and Government

It is intentional and should stop.

16
Arts

Javier Marías: Spain’s Elegant Master Novelist

Long considered something of a niche author among English-speaking readers, the popularity of the Spanish novelist Javier Marías is on the rise.
Books and Literature; Writing and Writers; Book Trade and Publishing; Translation and Interpreters 

He should not torture his language.
Let the words do their work.

17
Opinion

The Price of Abandoning Yemen

Pro-Iran rebels have taken charge. The victim is democracy.
Politics and Government; Middle East and North Africa Unrest (2010- )

The dead cannot die.
Neither can the never conceived.
This is democracy of a sort.

18
The Upshot

Marriage Rates Keep Falling, as Money Concerns Rise

Many young Americans see financial stability as a prerequisite for a wedding.
Marriages; Social Conditions and Trends; Polls and Public Opinion; Dating and Relationships; Youth

An old pattern reasserts itself. 

19
World

Ukraine Picks Motley Group to Exchange for Prisoners

Many of those released by Ukraine in prisoner swaps said they had never fought for pro-Russian separatists, and had no idea how they ended up being detained.
Defense and Military Forces

According to the captives they are all the wrong person.

20
World

The Hague: Court Plans Investigation Into Central African Republic Crimes

The International Criminal Court is opening a new investigation into atrocities including murder, rape and persecution during sectarian fighting since 2012 in the Central African Republic.

"Justice delayed is justice denied".

The Hague court should move more quickly.



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