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N.Y. / Region
By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS | Nov 23rd 2014
The Governors exceeded their power.
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Automobiles
Nov 21st 2014
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Opinion
By JOE NOCERA | Nov 21st 2014
The car-service app has engineering talent and business savvy. All it lacks is some grown-ups to manage it.
Car Services and Livery Cabs
A good service with bad management.
It appears to underpay the drivers.
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U.S.
By ADAM LIPTAK | Nov 24th 2014
Same-sex marriage will be banned in 15 states at most if the
Supreme Court takes up the question this term or next. That could be an
important number.
Same-Sex Marriage, Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships
Adam Liptak is searching for hope for a ban on gay marriage.
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Opinion
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Nov 20th 2014
Allowing an extra month for the owners of defective cars to submit claims for death and serious injuries is the right call.
Automobile Safety Features and Defects; Liability for Products; Editorials; Reparations; Traffic Accidents and Safety
G.M. has not escaped liability.
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Opinion
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Nov 23rd 2014
Scientists hope the Rosetta mission will help them decipher clues to the formation of the solar system.
Space and Astronomy; Comets; Editorials; Solar System; Research
We keep learning.
Most of science looks plodding.
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Technology
By BRIAN X. CHEN and NICOLE PERLROTH | Nov 21st 2014
A deal in the antitrust case would give consumers $400 million in
cash and e-book credits, and lawyers $50 million. But an appeal is still
pending.
E-Books and Readers; Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues; Suits and Litigation (Civil); Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates)
At this time there are no heroes in publishing.
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Opinion
By DAVID BROOKS | Nov 20th 2014
Christopher Nolan’s “Interstellar” illustrates how modern science has changed the way we look at love, philosophy and religion.
Movies; Love (Emotion); Science and Technology; Space and Astronomy
The tale is conscious fantasy.
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Opinion
Nov 24th 2014
A reader discusses the importance of the Syrian town of Kobani as a model of direct democracy.
Kurds; Democracy (Theory and Philosophy); Politics and Government
Direct democracy has been found unstable repeatedly.
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Sports
By MARC TRACY | Nov 21st 2014
On his radio call-in show, Jimbo Fisher, the Florida State
football coach, hears plenty of praise, but no questions about the
team’s off-field scandals.
Football (College); Radio; College Athletics
The Roman Circus had fans.
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Business Day
By STEVEN GREENHOUSE | Nov 22nd 2014
Forces both inside and outside the traditional labor movement
united to campaign for a higher minimum wage for hotel workers in Los
Angeles.
Minimum Wage; Labor and Jobs; Hotels and Travel Lodgings; Organized Labor
Another sumptuary law.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumptuary_law
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World
By ANDREW JACOBS | Nov 23rd 2014
At least three students are expected to stand trial on Tuesday on
charges of having worked for the imprisoned activist Ilham Tohti.
Human Rights and Human Rights Violations; Censorship; Uighurs (Chinese Ethnic Group)
The central government of China is worried.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warring_States_period
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U.S.
By MOTOKO RICH | Nov 24th 2014
The Department of Education announced Monday that Oklahoma — which
lost its No Child Left Behind waiver after repealing Common Core —
would have its waiver reinstated.
Education (K-12); No Child Left Behind Act
"No Child Left Behind" is recognized as unworkable.
33 state waivers
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World
By RICK GLADSTONE and SOMINI SENGUPTA | Nov 21st 2014
The leaders of the United Nations and the World Health
Organization said nearly 500 people in Mali and Guinea had been exposed
to a sickened imam who had been misdiagnosed.
Ebola Virus
The reported numbers are not meaningful.
http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/outbreaks/2014-west-africa/case-counts.html
As of 11/24 the CDC reports:
Guinea | 2047 | 1745 | 1214 |
Liberia | 7082 | 2669 | 2963 |
Sierra Leone | 6190 | 5152 | 1267 |
Total | 15319 | 9566 | 5444 |
.6 X 15319 = 9191.4 estimated dead. .61 X 15319 = 9344.6
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N.Y. / Region
By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr. | Nov 24th 2014
The decision clears the way for a jury to decide if Pedro Hernandez is guilty of one of New York City’s most infamous crimes.
Confessions; Interrogations; Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides; Missing Persons
We may have a compliant judge on this case.
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U.S.
By SASHA POLONSKY | Nov 24th 2014
Apple and Facebook have started a useful conversation with the
novel perk of enabling employees to freeze their eggs. But I have a
message for women considering this option: it may not work.
In Vitro Fertilization; Infertility; Parenting; Pregnancy and Childbirth; Women and Girls; Work-Life Balance
Yes.
I am not seeking children.
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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World
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Nov 22nd 2014
The Somalian insurgent group attacked a bus in northeastern Kenya
and killed passengers who were not Muslims, saying they were responding
to raids by Kenyan forces on four mosques.
Terrorism; Buses; Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides
Religious wars continue.
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World
By ANDREW E. KRAMER | Nov 22nd 2014
Not for the first time.
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Automobiles
By JERRY GARRETT | Nov 24th 2014
OK
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Science
By RONI CARYN RABIN | Nov 20th 2014
Just call it opium.
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N.Y. / Region
By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS | Nov 23rd 2014
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Automobiles
Nov 21st 2014
GMC has a better truck.
3
Opinion
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Nov 23rd 2014
Rosetta is doing fine.
4
U.S.
By ADAM LIPTAK | Nov 24th 2014
Gay marriage is as good as any.
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Business Day
By STEVEN GREENHOUSE | Nov 22nd 2014
This is a sumptuary law.
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U.S.
By MOTOKO RICH | Nov 24th 2014
No Child Left Behind is bad law.
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N.Y. / Region
By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr. | Nov 24th 2014
Inexcusable.
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Opinion
By DAVID BROOKS | Nov 20th 2014
Fantasy.
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N.Y. / Region
By MICHAEL WINERIP and MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ | Nov 20th 2014
De Blasio may be able to impose the change.
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World
By RICK GLADSTONE and SOMINI SENGUPTA | Nov 21st 2014
The numbers are bad.
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Opinion
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Nov 20th 2014
good.
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Sports
By MARC TRACY | Nov 21st 2014
Meaningless.
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World
By ANDREW E. KRAMER | Nov 22nd 2014
Joe Stalin imposed order last time.
14
Real Estate
By JULIE SATOW | Nov 25th 2014
For the first time since the recession, many of Manhattan’s real
estate firms are spending lavishly on decorations, some investing $1
million on displays.
Real Estate (Commercial); Landlords; Christmas; Christmas Trees;
World Trade Center (Manhattan, NY); 1 World Trade Center (Manhattan, NY)
New York invented Santaclause.
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Opinion
By FRANCIS X. CLINES | Nov 24th 2014
The once-thriving casinos continue a long, painful slide from the
glory days of the 1970s. The Trump Taj Mahal may be the next to close.
Casinos; Gambling; Labor and Jobs; Unemployment
"Winter is coming" The Stark motto
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World
By ANDREW HIGGINS | Nov 25th 2014
Pope Francis told the European Parliament that the Continent had
become too “fearful and self-absorbed” and needed to give “acceptance
and assistance” to people fleeing war and poverty.
The Pope is never secular.
Francis understands the secular.
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U.S.
By AMAN BATHEJA | Nov 20th 2014
A proposed bullet train would cover the four-hour drive between
Dallas and Houston in 90 minutes. But the noise and the route
possibilities concern rural residents along the way.
Railroads; Travel and Vacations
A cut and cover tunnel might be the best approach. Impact would be minimized.
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Opinion
Nov 23rd 2014
Marcy Mistrett of the Campaign for Youth Justice writes that “the
juvenile court must follow its original mandate and allow all young
people to have a second chance.”
Juvenile Delinquency; Crime and Criminals; Youth
A modification that would allow sentences to run beyond age eighteen might be appropriate. A requirement for education would be proper.
Restricting the contact cohort by age would help.
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World
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Nov 22nd 2014
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Technology
By BRIAN X. CHEN and NICOLE PERLROTH | Nov 21st 2014
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