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Business Day
By ANATOLE KALETSKY | REUTERS | Nov 24th 2014
Britain's status as an island of political stability is coming to an end. Investors and businesses are in for a rough ride.
It is more likely that the European Catastrophe will be triggered by Germany and France.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/24/opinion/paul-krugman-the-inflation-and-rising-interest-rates-that-never-showed-up.html
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Science
By RONI CARYN RABIN | Nov 20th 2014
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a
long-acting opioid painkiller that contains pure hydrocodone, which some
addiction experts fear will be abused.
Pain-Relieving Drugs; Drug Abuse and Traffic; Drugs (Pharmaceuticals); Pain; Zohydro (Drug)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrocodone
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrocodone#History
The D.E.A. should speak to the F.D.A.
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Business Day
By MARK SCOTT | Nov 24th 2014
In a brief statement, BT said it was in discussions with
shareholders of two of Britain’s mobile operators, including O2, about a
possible takeover.
Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Telephones and Telecommunications.
Competition continues in European telecommunications
National intelligence services are an unknown factor.
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World
By ELISABETH MALKIN | Nov 19th 2014
President Enrique Peña Nieto’s announcement appeared to be an
attempt to quiet a scandal involving his wife’s purchase of an opulent
new home.
Conflicts of Interest
Plausible fiction takes time to compose.
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Opinion
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Nov 23rd 2014
By any reasonable standard, Scott Panetti is mentally incompetent.
Capital Punishment; Mental Health and Disorders; Human Rights and Human Rights Violations
Texas will kill Scott Panetti.
I do not deal with morality.
Scott Panetti should be separated from society.
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World
By ANDREW E. KRAMER | Nov 22nd 2014
Volunteers are offering not only support but at least a glimmer of
hope that poorly funded Ukrainian government troops can hold their own.
Defense and Military Forces; Volunteers and Community Service; Firearms
Russia has played the other side.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_and_expulsion_of_Germans_%281944%E2%80%9350%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_cleansing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogrom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine#World_War_II
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World
By C.J. CHIVERS | Nov 22nd 2014
A report by a watchdog group reveals the United States recovered
thousands of chemical weapons in Iraq from 2004 to 2009 and destroyed
almost all of them in secret and via open-air detonation.
Biological and Chemical Warfare; Iraq War (2003-11); Arms Control and Limitation and Disarmament
The shrub's invasion of Iraq is indefensible.
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U.S.
By MATTHEW L. WALD | Nov 17th 2014
Allison M. Macfarlane offered a look at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the industry before she steps down at year’s end.
Nuclear Wastes; Nuclear Energy; Appointments and Executive Changes; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has been tied in a knot since Jimmy Carter tried to shut the industry down.
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World
By ROD NORDLAND and TAIMOOR SHAH | Nov 23rd 2014
The government of President Ashraf Ghani has cleared the way for
special forces raids, blocked by former President Hamid Karzai, to
resume in 2015.
Defense and Military Forces; Afghanistan War (2001- )
The regime is dependent on external support.
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Science
By DENNIS OVERBYE | Nov 17th 2014
If the movie “Interstellar” requires a 324-page book to explicate it, can it be considered a totally successful work of art?
Movies; Space and Astronomy; Physics; Stars and Galaxies
Enjoy the story.
Leave the physics for the fen.
String theory has real problems.
Rationality and fantasy are mutually exclusive.
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N.Y. / Region
By JENNIFER MILLER | Nov 21st 2014
Naftuli Moster is calling attention to shortcomings in secular education at Hasidic Jews’ schools in New York.
Education (K-12); Private and Sectarian Schools; Hasidism; Suits and Litigation (Civil); Yiddish Language
The state cannot require a curriculum of a private religious school.
Naftuli Moster left the Hasidic community. He has taken the action he can take.
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World
By ALAN COWELL | Nov 20th 2014
Mr. Assange is nuts.
. / Region
By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS | Nov 23rd 2014
Since a nurse flew into Newark’s airport on Oct. 24 and was kept
at a hospital for three days, no one else has been caught up in the
quarantine dragnet at the New York and New Jersey airports.
Ebola Virus; Quarantines; Airports
The governors exceeded their powers.
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U.S.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Nov 18th 2014
Mayor Vincent Gray of Washington declined on Tuesday to respond to
news reports that he had rejected a deal offered by federal prosecutors
for him to plead guilty to a single felony count related to activities
during his 2010 campaign.
Campaign Finance; Ethics and Official Misconduct; Elections, Mayors
The prosecutors will have to convict him if they can.
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Business Day
By NIKI KITSANTONIS | Nov 21st 2014
The troika of international lenders is wary of the projections amid political uncertainty in the country.
Budgets and Budgeting; European Sovereign Debt Crisis (2010- )
The Greek government would like to live another year.
They should not be allowed that abuse.
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N.Y. / Region
By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS | Nov 23rd 2014
A sagging ceiling prompted the evacuation of 177 frail elderly
residents, who spent hours in a former shopping mall before being moved
to temporary locations.
Nursing Homes; Elderly; Elder Care; Snow and Snowstorms; Seizures (Medical); Deaths (Fatalities)
I would like to avoid nursing homes.
My experience with them has not been good.
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U.S.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Nov 16th 2014
Marijuana-infused foods and drinks have been a booming sector in
Colorado’s new recreational marijuana market, but lawmakers feared the
products are too easy to confuse with regular foods.
Marijuana; Consumer Protection; Children and Childhood; Labeling and Labels
The Colorado Health Department is "Crying Wolfe".
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N.Y. / Region
By JOSEPH BERGER | Nov 17th 2014
A judge ruled that an agency developing the tourism and gambling
industries was legally able to exercise eminent domain on a building.
Eminent Domain; Real Estate and Housing (Residential); Real Estate (Commercial); Casinos; Gambling
Atlantic City is being abusive.
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Automobiles
Nov 21st 2014
A look at some notable models from this year’s show.
Los Angeles Auto Show
The GM Colorado pick up is better but has a short bed.
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Opinion
Nov 20th 2014
Stanley Farb, a reader, writes that voter suppression “is a stain on our democracy.”
Voting Rights Act (1965); Voting and Voters
The political parties don't care. Their goal is winning.
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