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Automobiles

Monday Motorsports: Big Wins for Harvick, Enders-Stevens, MacCachren

By JERRY GARRETT | Nov 17th 2014

Another pause in the inspection tour.

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World

Ebola Spread Has Slowed in Liberia, C.D.C. Says

By HELENE COOPER | Nov 20th 2014

http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/outbreaks/2014-west-africa/case-counts.html

"Case counts updated in conjunction with the World Health Organization updates and are based on information reported by the Ministries of Health."

I don't believe them.

http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/outbreaks/2014-west-africa/cumulative-cases-graphs.html

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Magazine

Sorry, No One’s Sitting There

By CHUCK KLOSTERMAN | Nov 21st 2014

Territorial quandaries.

Ethicist, The (Times Column); Movies; Commuting; Landlords; Ethics (Personal)

Two hours next to a person feeling abused would make standing a better choice.

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N.Y. / Region

Philadelphia Casino Project Adds to Frenzy in Northeast Gambling Market

By CHARLES V. BAGLI | Nov 18th 2014 

The casino operations assume infinite demand.
I choose the stock markets.

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U.S.

More Judges Question Use of Fake Drugs in Sting Cases

By ERIK ECKHOLM | Nov 20th 2014 

We try to prosecute acts.

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World

Berlin After the Wall: A Microcosm of the World’s Chaotic Change

By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN | Nov 17th 2014

Berlin is an inhabited ruin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prussia

Prussia (blue), at its peak, the leading state of the German Empire

 

The name Prussia derives from the Old Prussians. In the 13th century, the Teutonic Knights—an organized Catholic medieval military order of German crusaders conquered the lands inhabited by them. In 1308, the Teutonic Knights conquered the formerly Polish region of Pomerelia with Gdańsk (Danzig). Their monastic state was mostly Germanised through immigration from central and western Germany and in the south, it was Polonised by settlers from Masovia. The Second Peace of Thorn (1466) split Prussia into the western Royal Prussia, a province of Poland, and the eastern part, from 1525 called the Duchy of Prussia, a fief of the Crown of Poland up to 1657. The union of Brandenburg and the Duchy of Prussia in 1618 led to the proclamation of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1701.

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U.S.

West Virginia: Former Coal Executive Pleads Not Guilty in Mine Accident

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Nov 20th 2014

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U.S.

5 Guantánamo Inmates Are Sent to Eastern Europe

By CHARLIE SAVAGE | Nov 20th 2014

World

Militants in Benghazi Attack Tied to a Qaeda Affiliate

By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and SOMINI SENGUPTA | Nov 20th 2014

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World

U.S. Lays Out Limits It Seeks in Iran Nuclear Talks

By MICHAEL R. GORDON | Nov 20th 2014

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Opinion

Peru Prepares to Host Climate Talks as its Indigenous Forest Defenders Die

By ANDREW C. REVKIN | Nov 19th 2014

Roads are a disaster.

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N.Y. / Region

In New Jersey, a Court Fight Over Sports Betting

By KATE ZERNIKE | Nov 20th 2014

Sports leagues have opposed efforts by the State Legislature and racetracks to allow sports gambling, but their arguments at a hearing were not against legalization itself, but how it would be carried out.

Gambling; Athletics and Sports; Suits and Litigation (Civil); Fantasy Sports

Organized sports betting is a bad idea.
The temptation to fix the contest is ever present.

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World

Sudan: Peace Talks Adjourn

By ISMA’IL KUSHKUSH | Nov 17th 2014

Talks between the Sudanese government and a rebel group adjourned in Ethiopia on Monday, to be reconvened at a date yet to be determined.

Khartoum is greedy.

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Business Day

Justice Dept. Sets Record in Penalties for Fraud

By REUTERS | Nov 19th 2014

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Sports

Doubling Up for Formula One’s Desert Showdown

By BRAD SPURGEON | Nov 20th 2014

With double points up for grabs, the Mercedes teammates Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg are bringing their battle for the Formula One title to the season finale in Abu Dhabi this weekend.

Automobile Racing

I am not going to try to figure out the scoring.
The contest is of little interest to me. 

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U.S.

Texas Drilling Brings Health Complaints, but Little Enforcement

By NEENA SATIJA | Nov 20th 2014

Even environmental inspectors have experienced symptoms like dizziness and throat irritation, but state penalties have not reflected a growing problem.

Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline; Drilling and Boring; Shale; Fines (Penalties)

The oil patch is where the money has been.
Everyone learns the fable of the goose that laid the golden egg.

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World

Iran Said to Free Imprisoned Pioneer Blogger

By ROBERT MACKEY | Nov 20th 2014 

He was seen as a western spy.
He is now out.

U.S.

Democratic Squabbling on C.I.A. Torture Report

By MARK MAZZETTI and CARL HULSE | Nov 20th 2014

The C.I.A. got caught twice.  

They would not have it known.

Opinion

A Cuban Brain Drain, Courtesy of the U.S.

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Nov 16th 2014 

Petty and ugly.

Business Day

Mario Draghi Says E.C.B. Will ‘Do What We Must’ to Stoke Inflation

By DAVID JOLLY | Nov 21st 2014

In a speech, the European Central Bank’s president indicated that further stimulus measures were likely to be taken in a bid to avert deflation.

Economic Conditions and Trends; Quantitative Easing; Inflation (Economics); Deflation (Economics)

The proposed measure of buying bonds puts money in the banks.
The near zero rate on lending is supposed to get people to borrow.
There is no demand for borrowing because people have no belief that they will be able to pay off the loan.
Mario Draghi does not have the means to induce inflation. 


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