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Business Day

HBO Plans New Streaming Service, With Eye on Cord Cutters

By EMILY STEEL | Oct 15th 2014

The premium network is launching a stand-alone service in an attempt to lure a new generation of viewers who might have canceled their cable service.

Video Recordings, Downloads and Streaming; Television; Movies 

Streaming is fine with me.  We can subscribe to as much television as you will pay for. 

I watch the P.B.S. feed over the air at this point.

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Business Day

F.D.A. Approves First 2 Drugs for Treatment of a Fatal Lung Disease

By ANDREW POLLACK | Oct 15th 2014

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U.S.

Divisive Pastor Quits Post at Seattle Church

By MICHAEL PAULSON | Oct 15th 2014

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Business Day

E.P.A. Accepts New Version of Weed Killer for Farming Use

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Oct 15th 2014

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Opinion

Ending This Fee for All

By DEVIN FERGUS | Oct 15th 2014

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Fashion & Style

This Emperor Needs New Clothes

By VANESSA FRIEDMAN | Oct 15th 2014

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Business Day

Obama Reiterates His Opposition to Internet ‘Fast Lanes’

By EDWARD WYATT | Oct 10th 2014

The president gave a strong signal to his Democratic appointees to the Federal Communications Commission that he wants them to heed those opposing Internet fast lanes.

Net Neutrality; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry; Computers and the Internet

We may get a clean common carrier ruling.

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The Upshot

The Batmobile: The Concept Car That Became a Star

By MICHAEL BESCHLOSS | Oct 11th 2014

The Lincoln Futura, a concept car of the mid-1950s, would find new life a decade later, when it was transformed for a television show.

Nineteen Hundred Fifties; Nineteen Hundred Sixties; Automobiles; Television 

The Futura was a land yacht.   I wondered how the Batmobile did shields 

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Business Day

Doubts Linger as HP Poises for a Split

By JAMES B. STEWART | Oct 10th 2014

Hewlett-Packard is joining what is becoming a corporate stampede toward spinoffs, but the true test is in how the spun-off companies perform.

Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures

"Ms. Whitman needs an exit strategy."

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Business Day

David Jones, Florist to Hollywood, Dies at 78

By PAUL VITELLO | Oct 10th 2014

Mr. Jones was probably best known as the floral designer for Elizabeth Taylor’s 1991 wedding and for Michael Jackson’s funeral in 2009.

Deaths (Obituaries); Flowers and Plants; Florists; Celebrities

Not a friend or a field of interest to me.

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Opinion

Something Happening Here

By LINDA GREENHOUSE | Oct 15th 2014

Yes

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Health

T-Cell Therapy Puts Leukemia Patients in Extended Remission

By DENISE GRADY | Oct 15th 2014

good work.

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World

Heart-Rending Test in Ebola Zone: A Baby

By SHERI FINK | Oct 9th 2014

In a country devastated by a terrible disease, what to do when the task is caring for an hours-old baby whose mother might have died of Ebola?

Ebola Virus; Babies and Infants; Series

Hold the child with a barrier and feed with a bottle for 21 days or all its life.

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Business Day

Russian Hackers Used Bug in Microsoft Windows for Spying, Report Says

By MARK SCOTT | Oct 14th 2014

The targets were often linked to the standoff in Ukraine, said iSight Partners, the computer security firm that released the report.

Cyberattacks and Hackers; Windows (Operating System); Cyberwarfare; Computer Security

Another reason to avoid Microsoft.

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World

At War Against ISIS, Iraqi Premier Is Facing Battles Closer to Home

By KIRK SEMPLE | Oct 15th 2014

As Iraq fights the Islamic State, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is also battling critics in his own party and the Shiite bloc it leads.

Shiite Muslims; Appointments and Executive Changes

He understood the problem at his election.

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World

Japan Rebuffed Over U.N. Report on Wartime Brothels

By MARTIN FACKLER | Oct 16th 2014

Author rejects request to retract part of a 1996 United Nations report on women forced into prostitution during World War II, Tokyo says.

Prostitution; World War II (1939-45)

Facts rarely fit fantasies.

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World

Central African Republic: U.N. Peacekeeper Killed

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Oct 9th 2014

The United Nations said that a peacekeeper was killed Thursday in the Central African Republic.

Deaths (Fatalities)

The job is dangerous.

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Science

Cosmos as Masterpiece

By MICHAEL BENSON | Oct 13th 2014

Over thousands of years, humans have tried to represent the universe in graphic form, whether in manuscripts, paintings, prints, books or supercomputer simulations.

Books and Literature; Space and Astronomy; Art; Stars and Galaxies; Milky Way Galaxy

I have found no need for a creator.

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Job Market

Drowning in Dishes, but Finding a Home

By DANIAL ADKISON | Oct 11th 2014

A job at Pizza Hut offered a sense of family, all because of a caring boss and his simple message: Work hard and do things right, and you will succeed.

Careers and Professions; Labor and Jobs; Dishwashers and Dishwashing; Workplace Environment; Executives and Management (Theory)

Yes

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U.S.

Driving Halfway Across the Country to Have a Baby

By ANNA BAHNEY | Oct 14th 2014

It’s a lot of work to pack up your 4- and 2-year old sons and drive home to the Midwest to have a baby, but there are benefits. I’ll be surrounded by friends and family, and have room to breathe.

Babies and Infants; Families and Family Life; Parenting; Pregnancy and Childbirth; Road Trips

Less  and more.

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