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Business Day
By MATTHEW L. WALD | Dec 25th 2014
The agency is trying to complete a regulation governing emissions
from power sources, and a formula for how to treat nuclear plants is
proving contentious.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Carbon Dioxide; Nuclear Energy; Factories
and Manufacturing; Electric Light and Power; Alternative and Renewable
Energy; Environment
Nuclear energy has almost no supporters.
We need it. We don't have to like it.
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Technology
By BRIAN X. CHEN | Dec 26th 2014
Even executives at the wireless phone companies say their industry has created a confounding abundance of competing plans.
Wireless Communications; Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates); Cellular
Telephones; Advertising and Marketing; Customer Relations; Consumer
Protection
Phone plans will shake out soon.
The first to transparently offer a generous plan will own the market.
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Sports
By EMMA STONEY | Dec 25th 2014
The All Blacks will once again finish the year as the top-ranked
team in the world, and the other top teams all have improvements to make
if they want to challenge them next year for the world title.
Rugby
NCAA Women's Scoreboard
Final |
1 |
2 |
T |
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16 |
29 |
45 |
2
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49 |
47 |
96 |
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Boxscore | Recap |
Leaders |
SMU |
Connecticut |
Points |
3 tied with 7 |
M. Jefferson 24 |
Rebounds |
G. Wilkins 5 |
B. Stewart 12 |
Assists |
M. Reese 3 |
K. Nurse 7 |
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© 2014 by STATS LLC.
American Athletic Conference |
| Conference | Overall | vs |
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W-L |
Pct |
Hm |
Rd |
W-L |
Pct |
Hm |
Rd |
Nt |
Top 25 |
2 Connecticut |
0-0 |
- |
0-0 |
0-0 |
8-1 |
.889 |
2-0 |
2-1 |
4-0 |
2-1 |
East Carolina |
0-0 |
- |
0-0 |
0-0 |
9-2 |
.818 |
4-0 |
3-1 |
2-1 |
0-1 |
Tulane |
0-0 |
- |
0-0 |
0-0 |
9-2 |
.818 |
5-1 |
3-0 |
1-1 |
0-0 |
South Florida |
0-0 |
- |
0-0 |
0-0 |
9-3 |
.750 |
4-1 |
2-1 |
3-1 |
0-2 |
Memphis |
0-0 |
- |
0-0 |
0-0 |
6-5 |
.545 |
5-2 |
1-3 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
Tulsa |
0-0 |
- |
0-0 |
0-0 |
5-6 |
.455 |
2-4 |
2-2 |
1-0 |
0-0 |
Houston |
0-0 |
- |
0-0 |
0-0 |
5-6 |
.455 |
1-2 |
2-2 |
2-2 |
0-1 |
UCF |
0-0 |
- |
0-0 |
0-0 |
4-7 |
.364 |
4-2 |
0-5 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
SMU |
0-0 |
- |
0-0 |
0-0 |
4-7 |
.364 |
4-3 |
0-2 |
0-2 |
0-1 |
Temple |
0-0 |
- |
0-0 |
0-0 |
4-8 |
.333 |
1-4 |
1-3 |
2-1 |
0-1 |
Cincinnati |
0-0 |
- |
0-0 |
0-0 |
3-8 |
.273 |
3-1 |
0-5 |
0-2 |
0-0 |
Conference W-L - conference win-loss record
Conference Pct - conference winning percentage
Conference Hm - conference home record
Conference Rd - conference away record
Conference Nt - conference neutral site record
Overall W-L - overall win-loss record
Overall Pct - overall winning percentage
Overall Hm - overall home record
Overall Rd - overall road record
Overall Nt - overall neutral site record
vs Top 25 - record vs. Top 25
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World
By SOMINI SENGUPTA and JEFFREY GETTLEMAN | Dec 25th 2014
United Nations officials say their forces are routinely attacked
by Sudanese forces and their proxies and that it is virtually impossible
for their peacekeepers to remain without Sudan’s blessing.
War Crimes, Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity; Refugees and Displaced Persons
The limits of power are evident to all but those in greatest need of protection.
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U.S.
By MANNY FERNANDEZ and JEREMY ALFORD | Dec 26th 2014
A study projected that job losses tied to the decline in energy costs would be largest in Wyoming, Oklahoma and North Dakota.
Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline; Layoffs and Job Reductions; Budgets and Budgeting; States (US)
Texas and other oil economies will be surprised at the impact of the reduced income.
Oil has been providing "foreign exchange".
Money will not be spent in the local economy.
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Automobiles
By AARON M. KESSLER | Dec 25th 2014
Consumers are flocking to smaller S.U.V.s, fueling a boom in
vehicles that handle like a car, get the mileage of a midsize sedan, and
yet offer features many drivers want.
Sports Utility Vehicles and Light Trucks; Fuel Efficiency
Yes.
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N.Y. / Region
By BENJAMIN WEISER | Dec 24th 2014
The federal prosecutor’s office, lawyers representing inmates and
New York City officials will discuss four key issues, including use of
force by guards.
Prisons and Prisoners; Suits and Litigation (Civil)
The federal government wants change and will have it.
The possible monetary gain is not the government goal.
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false
By ANDREW C. REVKIN | Dec 27th 2014
Ten years after 230,000 died in the world’s first hemisphere-scale geo-catastrophe, a tsunami expert looks ahead.
Boxing Day; Disasters and Emergencies; Earthquakes; Evacuations and
Evacuees; Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (Japan); Geology;
Humanitarian Aid; Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011); Oceans and Seas;
Tidal Waves and Tsunamis
Refuge structures are a good idea.
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World
By ELISABETH MALKIN | Dec 23rd 2014
In a small victory for transparency advocates, Mexico released a
document from the attorney general’s office that describes police
complicity in the killings of migrants by drug gangs.
Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides; Drug Cartels; Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings; Illegal Immigration
Mexico is not improved.
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/mexico/index.html
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U.S.
By FELICITY BARRINGER | Dec 27th 2014
The business of growing almonds has thrived in California despite
drought because of a federally controlled project that allowed for
Sacramento River water flows, but the law requires that that source
nurture salmon as well during scarcity.
Agriculture and Farming; Water; Nuts; Drought; Law and Legislation; Salmon
Save the fish.
The trees can survive on less water.
Drip irrigation can help.
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Fashion & Style
By HANNAH SELIGSON | Dec 26th 2014
One particular change in relationship status remains a difficult subject to raise online.
Social Media; Computers and the Internet; Dating and Relationships;
Divorce, Separations and Annulments; Marriages; Weddings and Engagements
When you speak we will speak.
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N.Y. / Region
By STEVEN GREENHOUSE | Dec 25th 2014
The fight between James L. Dolan and a union representing 270
technicians has made for one of the more acrimonious disputes in recent
New York City history.
Organized Labor; Labor and Jobs
I favor the C.W.A.
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Business Day
By MICHAEL CIEPLY and BROOKS BARNES | Dec 24th 2014
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Opinion
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Dec 24th 2014
The new companies cannot claim that they are safer than taxis when
they have failed to meet basic safety standards for their drivers.
Editorials; Traffic Accidents and Safety; Sex Crimes; Taxicabs and
Taxicab Drivers; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry; Car Services
and Livery Cabs
Any rule would raise objections.
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World
By MARLISE SIMONS | Dec 27th 2014
The Marshall Islands, the Pacific atolls where Americans once
conducted nuclear tests, want to spur global disarmament in a case
before the world’s top court.
Arms Control and Limitation and Disarmament; Nuclear Weapons; Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
Yes, Quixotic.
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U.S.
By MARK MAZZETTI | Dec 26th 2014
Four decades ago, a Senate committee’s revelations about abuses
committed by the intelligence community led to major alterations at the
C.I.A. But times have changed.
Espionage and Intelligence Services; Classified Information and State Secrets; Torture
The C.I.A. is going to become invisible or it will be destroyed.
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World
By RICK GLADSTONE | Dec 23rd 2014
Amir Hekmati, of Flint, Mich., has been incarcerated for more than
three years and is the longest-serving among the three Americans of
Iranian descent known to be jailed by Iran.
Hunger Strikes; Prisons and Prisoners
Let the diplomats work.
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World
By STEVEN LEE MYERS and JO BECKER | Dec 26th 2014
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, who wields virtually
unchallenged power to reward a new class of oligarchs, also uses the
same instrument to punish those who oppose him.
Political Prisoners
In all but name, Putin is Czar.
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U.S.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Dec 24th 2014
After closing the Jungle, the nation’s largest homeless camp,
officials in San Jose, Calif., are aggressively cleaning out other
encampments before they grow.
Homeless Persons; Public and Subsidized Housing; Squatters
Cities tend to clear surplus people.
It has not been considered a good thing.
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Science
By DOUGLAS QUENQUA | Dec 22nd 2014
Big carnivores are making a comeback in Europe without the aid of
wildlife preserves, suggesting the animals are better at adapting to
life with humans than once suspected.
Bears; Wolves; Animals
I like the idea.
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