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N.Y. / Region
By MIREYA NAVARRO | Dec 16th 2014
A good idea.
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Sports
By KEN BELSON | Dec 15th 2014
The complaint, filed on Monday, argues that the league-appointed
arbitrator who upheld Peterson’s season-long suspension last week was
biased and disregarded collectively bargained rules.
Football; Child Abuse and Neglect
The suit is for breach of contract.
The players union should win.
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Business Day
By DAVID JOLLY and MARK SCOTT | Dec 15th 2014
As Paris taxis staged a go-slow protest on Monday, an Interior
Ministry spokesman said the ride-booking service would be prohibited as
of Jan. 1.
Car Services and Livery Cabs; Taxicabs and Taxicab Drivers; Fines (Penalties)
Paris regulated taxis in an attempt to limit traffic in the city center.
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Business Day
By JACK EWING | Dec 18th 2014
Its decision to keep the gatherings anonymous — unlike the Federal
Reserve or the Bank of England — is likely to lead to criticism that it
is less than transparent.
Banking and Financial Institutions
Baby steps.
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World
By KAREEM FAHIM | Dec 16th 2014
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombings in
the central city of Rada, but suspicion fell on Al Qaeda in the Arabian
Peninsula.
Bombs and Explosives; Terrorism
The Shia Sunni sectarian war continues.
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Opinion
By ROBERT F. KENNEDY Jr. | Dec 17th 2014
The outsize influence and campaign donations of King Coal subvert democracy in Appalachia.
Coal; Campaign Finance; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry; Mountaintop Removal Mining; Accidents and Safety
Yes.
EPA regulation of coal plant emissions is the best tool we have without
action from congress and possibly a constitutional amendment.
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World
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK | Dec 15th 2014
Egypt can refuse admission to anyone for any or no reason.
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World
By SOMINI SENGUPTA | Dec 16th 2014
The trip, which is to begin later this week, seems designed to
send a message of solidarity with the three affected countries: Guinea,
Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Ebola Virus
It is politically impossible to admit that the world is still unable to significantly
moderate the Ebola Viral Disease outbreak.
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Opinion
Dec 15th 2014
Readers respond to remarks by former Vice President Dick Cheney and Senator John McCain.
Torture; Interrogations; Detainees; United States Politics and Government; Human Rights and Human Rights Violations
The G.O.P. has things to hide.
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Business Day
By IAN MOUNT | Dec 17th 2014
Small businesses experiencing “social media overload” must decide which platforms they’ll embrace and which ones they’ll avoid.
Social Media; Small Business; Advertising and Marketing; Customer Relations
I am not interested in doing retail business at this time.
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World
By ISABEL KERSHNER | Dec 16th 2014
Ten members of Lehava, a far-right Jewish group, were arrested on
suspicion of incitement and calls for acts of violence motivated by
racism, a day after three were arrested in an arson case.
Palestinians; Arson; Mosques; Arabs
There will be no peace in the Levant.
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Business Day
By AARON M. KESSLER | Dec 17th 2014
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Opinion
Dec 16th 2014
The director of Los Angeles Waterkeeper describes its campaign to encourage motorists not to wash their cars for 60 days.
Water; Drought; Conservation of Resources
Agriculture could try to use less water.
The smart operators have cut back.
Rationing will be a hard sell.
You will have to see where things stand when the rain stops.
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Science
By KENNETH CHANG | Dec 16th 2014
The presence of the gas could be the result of a geological process or the product of microbes.
Mars (Planet); Curiosity (Mars Rover); Methane
We know there are organics in the Oort cloud.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oort_cloud
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Technology
By EDWARD WYATT | Dec 17th 2014
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed a suit in federal
court on Wednesday, saying millions of dollars in unauthorized charges
were put on consumers’ bills.
Wireless Communications
I have no intention of using such a service.
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false
By ANDREW C. REVKIN | Dec 17th 2014
A look at the mix of economic, political and environmental factors that prompted Gov. Cuomo to bar fracking.
Hydraulic Fracturing; Natural Gas; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry; Shale; Trucks and Trucking; Water Pollution
OK
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World
By CEYLAN YEGINSU | Dec 16th 2014
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose Islamist party has injected
religion into many aspects of Turkish life, has celebrated an increase
in enrollment at religious schools to almost a million from 63,000
during his 12 years in power.
Education (K-12); Private and Sectarian Schools; Muslims and Islam
Free secular education will make a cause to depose President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Technology
By NICK WINGFIELD and ERIC LIPTON | Dec 16th 2014
Critics of Google are turning to state attorneys general to push
the company to censor illegal content and sites from search results.
Attorneys General; States (US); Search Engines; Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues; Movies; Music
Users of the service should take responsibility for their searches. Google uses the world wide web as a database. They cannot and do not take responsibility for the content of the World Wide Web.
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U.S.
By ADAM LIPTAK | Dec 15th 2014
The Supreme Court, 8 to 1, ruled that a police officer can stop a
car based on a mistaken understanding of the law without violating the
Fourth Amendment.
Fourth Amendment (US Constitution); Search and Seizure; Decisions and Verdicts; Police
The Court has ruled properly.
I would not have the conviction quashed on the dubious stop.
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Fashion & Style
Channon Hodge | Dec 17th 2014
In 1998, Deborah Berebichez fell for Neer Asherie, in part, over a
shared love of physics. That love also quickly broke them apart until a
chance online encounter 15 years later.
Weddings and Engagements; Online Dating; Dating and Relationships; Physics
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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