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Science

Weapons Directed by Robots, Not Humans, Raise Ethical Questions

By JOHN MARKOFF | Nov 11th 2014

Missiles that rely on software to decide what to target and whom to kill could become increasingly difficult to control, critics warn.

United States Defense and Military Forces; Missiles and Missile Defense Systems; Artificial Intelligence; Drones (Pilotless Planes) 

I don't know how to make things into "things man was not meant to know".

Killer robots are probably not a good thing.

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N.Y. / Region

Erased iPhone Gets a Mother in Trouble

By MICHAEL WILSON | Nov 7th 2014

Eileen Lagala’s son said the last he saw of his phone, the police were putting it in a plastic bag. “I asked him for the password,” she said. “That was a mistake.”

Drug Abuse and Traffic; Cloud Computing; Firearms; Computers and the Internet; Computer Security 

Someone with skills and access to the password wiped the phone.

I assume they called Apple or their phone company to end the account.

Corporate procedure would wipe the contents with the service.

The police were negligent in not using a Faraday cage to hold the phone.

This is probably a prosecutorial error.  

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Health

Medicare Proposes Paying for Lung Cancer Screenings for Older Longtime Smokers

By SABRINA TAVERNISE | Nov 10th 2014 

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N.Y. / Region

New York Plants Curbside Gardens to Soak Up Storm-Water Runoff

By MATT FLEGENHEIMER | Nov 7th 2014

Not enough capacity.

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U.S.

Republicans Hold the Top 2 Prizes in Governor Races

By TRIP GABRIEL | Nov 4th 2014 

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U.S.

Kuwaiti Released From Guantánamo Under New Review System

By CHARLIE SAVAGE | Nov 5th 2014 

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Science

A Tricky Transition From Fossil Fuel

By JUSTIN GILLIS | Nov 10th 2014 

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Business Day

Berkshire Hathaway’s 3rd-Quarter Profit Falls 9%

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Nov 7th 2014 

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U.S.

Fostering Pheasants to Keep a Tradition Alive

By JENNIFER DOBNER | Nov 5th 2014

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Opinion

Who Really Tore Down This Wall?

Nov 10th 2014

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Sports

Nascar Fines Crew Members for Postrace Fight in Texas

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Nov 5th 2014

Let the lawyers fight.

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Fashion & Style

This Week in Shopping

By ERICA M. BLUMENTHAL | Nov 5th 2014

Jumpsuits you can wear to work; vintage corsetry finds its modern match; oh-so-comfortable, easy-to-pack shoes and aphoristic clutches.

Fashion and Apparel; Shoes and Boots; Shopping and Retail; Handbags and Purses; Lingerie and Underwear 

I have no opinion on women's clothing.  I will tell you if I think it a disaster.

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Magazine

How One Lawyer’s Crusade Could Change Football Forever

By MICHAEL SOKOLOVE | Nov 6th 2014

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N.Y. / Region

With Phone Calls and Persistence, Tracking Travelers at Risk for Ebola

By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS | Nov 11th 2014

Health department officials are staying in contact with the almost 300 people who have arrived in New York City from African countries hit hardest by the virus.

Ebola Virus; Quarantines

I can't ask for less.

No update on the numbers.

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Technology

Apple Releases Web Tool for iPhone Switchers

By BRIAN X. CHEN | Nov 10th 2014

A new web tool allows former iPhone users to deregister their phone numbers from Apple’s proprietary messaging service, iMessage.

iPhone; Smartphones; Text Messaging 

The tool does what the article says it does.  it detaches a phone number from an apple device.

There are doubtless  other software tools for other purposes.  The Apple help line or an Apple expert are ones best resource.  

I own no Apple hardware.

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World

Obama to Send 1,500 More Troops to Assist Iraq

By HELENE COOPER and MICHAEL D. SHEAR | Nov 7th 2014

The deployment will double the number of Americans meant to train and advise Iraqi and Kurdish forces as they plan a major offensive against Islamic State fighters who have poured into Iraq from Syria.

United States Defense and Military Forces 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War#Exit_of_the_French.2C_1950.E2.80.9354

"The Vietnam War (Vietnamese: Chiến tranh Việt Nam), also known as the Second Indochina War,^[32] and also known in Vietnam as Resistance War Against America (Vietnamese: Kháng chiến chống Mỹ) or simply the American War, was a Cold War-era proxy war^{[citation needed]} that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955^{[A 1]} to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscription_in_the_United_States#Vietnam_War

Nightmares.

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World

Ebola’s Mystery: One Boy Lives, Another Dies

By SHERI FINK | Nov 9th 2014

An opportunity to do the science. 

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Sports

Ireland Savors Rugby Win Over Powerful Springboks

By HUW RICHARDS | Nov 9th 2014

In a busy weekend with Southern Hemisphere teams touring Europe, England and Wales lost to New Zealand and Australia, but Ireland beat South Africa.

Rugby

No women's basketball as yet.

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Sports

Problems With Antidoping System Cast a Shadow on Kenyan Runners

By JULIET MACUR | Nov 6th 2014 

The contest is among runners.  Doping destroys the contest.

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Giving

Church Group Has a Hammer

By HELENE STAPINSKI | Nov 6th 2014

The Mennonite Disaster Service, a religious organization, has recently been at work helping Far Rockaway and Staten Island residents recover from the 2012 hurricane.

Volunteers and Community Service; Hurricane Sandy (2012)

The Mennonites do good work.

Lets figure out what needs to be done.
I have ideas and skills. 



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