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U.S.

Better Staffing Seen as Crucial to Ebola Treatment in Africa

By DENISE GRADY | Oct 31st 2014

Doctors say that better systems for treating fluid loss, routine in the United States, could also help patients in West Africa.

Ebola Virus; Preventive Medicine; Nursing and Nurses; Humanitarian Aid; Doctors 

Tell it to the House Republicans.

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Opinion

The Guantánamo Tapes

By JOE NOCERA | Oct 31st 2014

Still asking: Does force-feeding detainees amount to torture?

Detainees; Torture; Hunger Strikes 

Let us end this horrible remnant of failed policy

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N.Y. / Region

Lawsuit Says Rental Complex in Queens Excludes Ex-Offenders

By MIREYA NAVARRO | Oct 30th 2014

Case by case.  

It is difficult and expensive.

Opinion

How to Mend the Conservation Divide

By EMMA MARRIS and GREG APLET | Oct 31st 2014

As the planet changes, saving nature is not so simple anymore.

Conservation of Resources; Endangered and Extinct Species; Environment; Area Planning and Renewal; Wilderness Areas; Parks and Other Recreation Areas

Yes, active measures when passive measures have failed.

Fashion & Style

Los Angeles, in the Rider’s Seat

By MELENA RYZIK | Oct 31st 2014 

Drunk with a car at the bar is not permissible.

World

In Air and Cyberspace, on Land and Sea, Russia Shows Muscle

By ANDREW ROTH | Oct 31st 2014 

They need to show muscle.
They should not see profits.

Opinion

Deceptions of the F.B.I.

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Oct 31st 2014

GUILTY.   

Repeats must be prevented.

Fashion & Style

The Political Power Watch Stops Ticking

By ALEX WILLIAMS | Oct 31st 2014

For the contemporary technocrat, the timepiece art-object has been replaced by an Everyman tool that sends a more politically palatable message: youth, fitness, fiscal prudence.

Watches and Clocks; Midterm Elections (2014); Elections, Governors; Presidents and Presidency (US); Debates (Political)

Remember the Eisenhower jacket.
Watches are jewelry and as such, badges of rank.
They have replaced the family coat of arms.

The Upshot

Early Voting Numbers Look Good for Democrats

By NATE COHN | Oct 31st 2014

More than 20 percent of the early votes tabulated in four crucial states have come from people who did not vote in the last midterm.

United States Politics and Government; Youth; Minorities; Elections, House of Representatives; Elections, Senate; Midterm Elections (2014); Voter Registration and Requirements

Faint hope.  Long odds.

N.Y. / Region

2 of 10 Counts Against Sampson, a Brooklyn State Senator, Are Dismissed

By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD | Oct 31st 2014 

Puerto Rico . . .

World

Protest Is Muted as Egypt Levels Border Area in Sinai

By KAREEM FAHIM | Oct 30th 2014

World

A Writer Whose Pen Never Rests, Even Facing Death

By STEVEN ERLANGER | Oct 31st 2014

Clive James, 75, who has leukemia, continues to publish poetry and work on other projects in a career that has defied definition.

Writing and Writers; Poetry and Poets

ok

World

In Nigeria, Fragile Hopes of Boko Haram Freeing Schoolgirls Are Dashed

By ADAM NOSSITER | Oct 31st 2014

After the Nigeria Army reported reaching a cease-fire with the militant Islamist group Boko Haram two weeks ago, its leader Friday denied any truce had been reached.

Kidnapping and Hostages; Terrorism; Defense and Military Forces; Women and Girls

Just no story.

World

Iran Hints at Possible Release of Washington Post Correspondent Soon

By NICK CUMMING-BRUCE and RICK GLADSTONE | Oct 31st 2014

Iran’s emissary to a United Nations human rights meeting said he hoped the case against Jason Rezaian would soon be dropped.

News and News Media; Human Rights and Human Rights Violations

Leverage.

Opinion

The Prospect of a Republican Senate

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Oct 30th 2014

It’s hard to imagine a Congress less productive than this one, but obstructionism could actually get worse under G.O.P. control.

Editorials; United States Politics and Government; Midterm Elections (2014); Elections, Senate; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010)

The congress that wouldn't.

Automobiles

Weekend Auto Calendar: Motorsports, Texas-Size

By BENJAMIN PRESTON | Oct 31st 2014

Formula One and Nascar race in Texas this weekend.

Automobiles; Automobile Racing; Nascar Sprint Cup Series; United States Grand Prix (Auto Race)

Some are faster than others.
 

Automobiles

Wheelies: The ‘Technology and Stuff’ Edition

By BENJAMIN PRESTON | Oct 31st 2014

Chevrolet incorporates a World Series gaffe into its new ad campaign; Ram’s chief says technology is to blame for reliability problems.

Automobiles; Trucks and Trucking; Automobile Safety Features and Defects; Advertising and Marketing

" The Governors Highway Safety Association released a report this week that said fatalities among bicyclists are on the rise; the number of bicyclists killed in motor vehicle crashes rose 16 percent, to 722, from 2010 to 2012. According to Census Bureau data from 2013, the number of bicycle commuters in the United States has increased 62 percent since 2000. (Governors Highway Safety Association)"

Incomparable numbers.
Not a terrible death rate.

World

U.N. Says Iran Is Silent on Efforts for a Bomb

By DAVID E. SANGER | Oct 31st 2014

Remarks by the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency come as Secretary of State John Kerry prepares for further negotiations.

Nuclear Weapons; United States International Relations; Nuclear Energy

Iran wants the threat.

Business Day

Small Businesses Assess Their Apple Pay Options

By EILENE ZIMMERMAN | Oct 31st 2014

So far, a payment-processing executive said, businesses fall into one of three buckets: “those who actively want to use it, those who are exploring it and those that want to wait and see.”

Credit Cards; Mobile Commerce; Shopping and Retail; Small Business

Apple Pay is a terrible idea.

N.Y. / Region

3 People in the Bronx, Drugs and Recollections of a Day’s Bloody Turn

By MICHAEL WILSON | Oct 31st 2014

Three strangers, more or less, recall a drug-filled episode that left at least one person stabbed and changed the lives of all.

Cocaine and Crack Cocaine; Drug Abuse and Traffic; Crime and Criminals

Case by case.

Difficult and expensive.

The alternative is a human dumping ground.



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