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Opinion
By JEREMY JACKSON and AYANA ELIZABETH JOHNSON | Sep 18th 2014
We need to stop overfishing and impose strict regulations on coastal development and pollution.
Fish and Other Marine Life; Fishing, Commercial; Coral; Reefs; Water Pollution
What is good for coral is good for the world.
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U.S.
By ASHLEY PARKER and AMY CHOZICK | Sep 17th 2014
The special House committee on Benghazi got off to a quiet start
in a hearing on Wednesday, but outside groups on the left and the right
continued their maneuvering.
Benghazi Attack (2012); Diplomatic Service, Embassies and
Consulates; United States Politics and Government; United States
International Relations; Presidential Election of 2016
Benghazi is a distraction.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_herring
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Business Day
By JACK EWING | Sep 18th 2014
Under a plan to stimulate the real economy, banks signed up to
borrow nearly 83 billion euros, which most analysts considered to be
less than a mark of success.
Banking and Financial Institutions; Credit and Debt; Euro (Currency)
As predicted. The program is ineffective.
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U.S.
By JULIÁN AGUILAR | Sep 18th 2014
A Somali woman was granted asylum in Texas, bucking a national trend in which a majority of applicants do not receive asylum.
Immigration and Emigration; Asylum, Right of; Terrorism
Texas is ruled by "men".
Law and logic do not bend to faith.
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World
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Sep 17th 2014
Bangladesh’s Supreme Court commuted the death sentence of an
Islamist political leader on Wednesday who was convicted last year of
war crimes during the nation’s 1971 war for independence.
War Crimes, Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity; Capital Punishment; Sentences (Criminal); Muslims and Islam
Islam continues to fragment.
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World
By SALLY McGRANE | Sep 18th 2014
A small but growing movement is working to make it easier to
recycle household waste, and advocates say Moscow’s brimming landfills
could use the relief.
Recycling of Waste Materials; Environment; Waste Materials and Disposal
This is still a fashion statement.
The deflationary spiral has only just started.
It is not yet vicious.
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Opinion
By Andrew C. Revkin | Sep 18th 2014
If the great 1821 hurricane struck the East Coast today, it would leave a $100-billion trail of losses.
Floods; Hurricane Sandy (2012); Hurricanes and Tropical Storms; Insurance; Weather
http://media.swissre.com/documents/the_big_one_us_hurricane_web2.pdf
Read the PDF.
http://media.swissre.com/documents/the_big_one_us_hurricane_web2.pdf
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Fashion & Style
By MATTHEW SCHNEIER | Sep 17th 2014
The cost of staging a fashion show may require corporate sponsors.
New York Fashion Week; London Fashion Week; Advertising and
Marketing; Fashion and Apparel; Wearable Computing; September Fashion
Week (2014)
Always.
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Business Day
By STEPHANIE STROM | Sep 17th 2014
Companies once had little interest in lower-end consumers, but some now recognize the potential of that vast market.
Income; Consumer Behavior; Inventions and Patents
Management is relearning what Henry Ford knew.
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U.S.
By ALAN BLINDER and CAMPBELL ROBERTSON | Sep 18th 2014
In a sign that the outrage about domestic violence in the National
Football League has expanded, a federal judge in Alabama faced abrupt
and potent pressure to resign after he was charged with striking his
wife last month at a luxury hotel in Atlanta.
Courts and the Judiciary; Domestic Violence
I do not know enough.
I expect Judge Fuller will leave the bench.
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Business Day
By JAD MOUAWAD | Sep 17th 2014
Blue Origin, owned by Jeff Bezos, agreed to work with United
Launch Alliance, which has sent nearly all United States spy and
military satellites into space in the last decade.
Rocket Science and Propulsion; Private Spaceflight; Space and Astronomy
There is no real competition.
All the work will be done.
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Opinion
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Sep 18th 2014
The international community must take collective action before more migrants perish.
Illegal Immigration; Murders and Attempted Murders; Refugees and
Displaced Persons; Maritime Accidents and Safety; War Crimes, Genocide
and Crimes Against Humanity
If international agencies could solve these problems they would.
Solutions may not exist.
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Technology
By Mike Isaac | Sep 18th 2014
The updated tablets aim at a variety of audiences: from adults who want to work on their tablets to children.
Amazon Kindle; Amazon.com Inc; E-Books and Readers; Tablet Computers
From this I can't tell.
A screen usable out of doors is a necessity for real mobile use as is a cell phone network connection.
Audio and telephone along with several full usb points
add. A clean open operating system makes a useful fully portable computer.
These features or their lack are not mentioned in this review.
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Opinion
By BARRON H. LERNER | Sep 18th 2014
Doctors need to be able to say “no” when more treatment won’t help.
Death and Dying; Social Conditions and Trends; Elderly; Ethics and Official Misconduct; Medicine and Health
I have no argument with this column.
When it was time to exercise the health care proxy and call in hospice it was easy to do.
At the end we can only provide comfort.
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Automobiles
By DEIDRE LEIPZIGER | Sep 18th 2014
Group Lotus says it may have to cut up to 325 jobs; Fiat
Chrysler’s new global headquarters will be in London’s upscale West End.
The compilation is news I want to have.
Lotus has been one of the few innovative builders.
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World
By JODI RUDOREN | Sep 17th 2014
The authorities and activists alike cite the strongest and most
sustained uprising by the city’s Palestinian residents in a decade.
Palestinians
A police matter.
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Opinion
By Jake Flanagin | Sep 18th 2014
Some critics have called for a boycott of the league in light of
the Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson abuse scandals. But who is ultimately
responsible for change — the league, its sponsors or viewers like you?
Boycotts; Child Abuse and Neglect; Concussions; Domestic Violence; Football
I admire the effort and will participate.
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N.Y. / Region
By TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG | Sep 16th 2014
The trustees of the Brooklyn Public Library approved a plan that
calls for a developer to build a 20-story building that would include
housing, retail, a school gym and the Brooklyn Heights branch.
Real Estate and Housing (Residential); Land Use Policies; Libraries
and Librarians; Affordable Housing; Real Estate (Commercial)
A destructive plan.
There must be a better solution to the library's problems
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Opinion
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Sep 17th 2014
Wages should be proportioned by market rents.
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U.S.
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG | Sep 18th 2014
With an emerging population of immigrants who do not or cannot
vote, Democrats are trying to increase black turnout and bring back
moderate whites.
Series; Blacks; Race and Ethnicity; Midterm Elections (20Series; 14)
We can hope the changes are real.
I will go to you when asked.
I do not want to settle in the Georgia I think of.
There are mountains.
I have no substitute for experience.
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