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U.S.

Threatened Smelt Touches Off Battles in California’s Endless Water Wars

By KATE GALBRAITH | Feb 14th 2015

Drought and the pumping of water have depleted the delta smelt and the delicate ecosystem they inhabit, prompting limits on the amount of water sent to farmers and cities.

Rivers; Water; Drought; Fish and Other Marine Life; Salmon; Environment; Agriculture and Farming; Fishing, Commercial; Food 

People can live with less water.  The fish cannot.

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The Upshot

The Mystery of Lower Voter Registration for Older Black Voters

By NATE COHN | Feb 13th 2015

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Business Day

After the Housing Crisis, a Cash Flood and Silence

By GRETCHEN MORGENSON | Feb 14th 2015

The government is taking extraordinary measures to keep secret the deliberations surrounding a decision to expropriate all the earnings of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. What exactly is it trying to hide?

United States Politics and Government; Mortgages; Law and Legislation 

I suspect politics is at the bottom of the situation.

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World

In a Shift, Pakistan Pats Afghanistan on the Back

By SALMAN MASOOD | Feb 12th 2015

The acknowledgment signaled a possible sign of closer collaboration between the two countries, which have often been unfriendly neighbors.

Terrorism 

Religious war within Islam.

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Business Day

Brian Williams, Retreading Memories From a Perch Too Public

By DAVID CARR | Feb 8th 2015

For some time now, there have been two versions of Brian Williams. One is an Emmy-winning, sober, talented anchor on the “NBC Nightly News” and the other is a funny, urbane celebrity.

Television; News and News Media; Iraq War (2003-11); Apologies; Helicopters 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/13/business/media/david-carr-media-equation-columnist-for-the-times-is-dead-at-58.html?ref=obituaries

 

Remembering David Carr

A collection of memories and reactions to the death of Mr. Carr, who The Times’s executive editor, Dean Baquet, called “the finest media reporter of his generation.”

Brian Williams is only professionally dead.

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U.S.

F.B.I. Director Speaks Out on Race and Police Bias

By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT | Feb 12th 2015 

The F.B.I. is alive again.

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Science

A Never-Ending Genetic Quest

By CLAUDIA DREIFUS | Feb 9th 2015

Mary-Claire King discovered BRCA1, the so-called breast cancer gene, and now believes every woman should be tested.

Genetics and Heredity; Breast Cancer; Human Rights and Human Rights Violations; Women and Girls 

A scientist doing science.

I can pay no greater compliment.

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N.Y. / Region

De Blasio, Sipping Tea, Has to Take a Sick Day

By MATT FLEGENHEIMER | Feb 10th 2015

Mayor Bill de Blasio, who like many other city employees has been battling a bug, canceled public appearances.

Mayors 

The Mayor has a cold.

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Business Day

Trinity Industries’ Full-Court Press on Guardrails

Feb 12th 2015

Since 2012, when allegations surfaced that there might be a safety flaw in a highway guardrail system manufactured by Trinity, the company has significantly expanded its lobbying of state attorneys general, who have the power to investigate and possibly sue the company. Here is a look at parts of that effort.

Lobbying and Lobbyists; Accidents and Safety; Roads and Traffic 

Trinity Industries is vulnerable.

It does not matter to them if their problem is real.

They are trying to do damage control.

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Opinion

What We're Reading Now

By MARK BITTMAN | Feb 13th 2015

Food news from Aristotle to the Girl Scouts.

Food Stamps; Valentine's Day; Water Pollution 

Thank You.   

I hope you had a happy Valentine's Day.

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Sports

N.F.L. Forms Committee to Oversee Any Potential Return to Los Angeles

By KEN BELSON | Feb 10th 2015

Made up of owners, the panel was to make sure that league policies were followed, including during a team’s possible relocation.

Football; Relocation of Business 

Professional Football  attempts self regulation.

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Arts

Christie’s and Sotheby’s Auctions in London Keep the Bubble Afloat

By SCOTT REYBURN | Feb 12th 2015

Both houses enjoyed a bump in sales, with high prices for Gerhard Richter and Cy Twombly, and big-spending American buyers.

Art; Auctions 

This is the fashionable collector's market.  

I have little desire to participate in it.

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Sports

North Carolina State, in Its Second Big Upset, Topples Louisville

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Feb 14th 2015

Anthony Barber scored 21 points, Trevor Lacey added 14, and North Carolina State upset No. 9 Louisville, 74-65.

Basketball (College) 

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Sports

Blake Griffin’s Out, and Clippers Are Crushed by the Thunder

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Feb 8th 2015 

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/ncaabasketball/index.html

Click Women's  Basketball in the right hand box.

Click the extender on Women's College Basketball >>

Click Standings at the top of the box.

Select American Athletic in the Conference pull down.

Click Connecticut in the table

Click Schedule in the roster header bar.

See 2/14/15 against Tulane at 16:00 est as their next game.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Time	TV	Result
Fri. Nov. 14	at California-Davis	10:00 PM ET	ESPN3	W 102 - 43
Mon. Nov. 17	at 6 Stanford	9:00 PM ET	ESPN2	L 86 - 88
Sun. Nov. 23	vs. Creighton	1:00 PM ET	ESPN-FC/ESPN3	W 96 - 60
Fri. Nov. 28	vs. Charleston*	8:30 PM ET	ESPN-FC/ESPN3	W 85 - 24
Sat. Nov. 29	vs. Vanderbilt*	8:30 PM ET		W 91 - 52
Sun. Nov. 30	vs. Wisconsin-Green Bay*	8:30 PM ET		W 89 - 53
Sat. Dec. 6	at 2 Notre Dame	3:15 PM ET	ESPN	W 76 - 58
Fri. Dec. 19	vs. 25 DePaul	7:30 PM ET	ESPN-FC/ESPN3	W 98 - 64
Sun. Dec. 21	vs. UCLA*	5:00 PM ET	ESPN2	W 86 - 50
Sat. Dec. 27	vs. Southern Methodist	1:00 PM ET	ESPN-FC/ESPN3	W 96 - 45
Mon. Dec. 29	vs. 10 Duke	9:00 PM ET	ESPN2	W 83 - 52
Wed. Dec. 31	at East Carolina	2:30 PM ET	ESPN-FC/ESPN3	W 89 - 38
Sun. Jan. 4	vs. St. John's (NY)*	1:00 PM ET	ESPN2	W 70 - 54
Wed. Jan. 7	vs. Tulsa	7:00 PM ET	ESPN-FC/ESPN3	W 98 - 60
Sun. Jan. 11	at Southern Methodist	3:00 PM ET	ESPN-FC/ESPN3	W 87 - 28
Wed. Jan. 14	vs. Temple	7:00 PM ET	ESPN-FC/ESPN3	W 92 - 58
Sun. Jan. 18	vs. South Florida	1:00 PM ET	ESPN2	W 92 - 50
Wed. Jan. 21	at UCF	7:00 PM ET	ESPN-FC/ESPN3	W 100 - 45
Sun. Jan. 25	at Cincinnati	3:00 PM ET	ESPN2	W 96 - 31
Wed. Jan. 28	vs. East Carolina	7:00 PM ET	ESPN-FC/ESPN3	W 87 - 32
Sun. Feb. 1	at Temple	2:00 PM ET	ESPN2	W 83 - 49
Tue. Feb. 3	vs. Cincinnati	7:00 PM ET	ESPN-FC/ESPN3	W 96 - 36
Sat. Feb. 7	at Memphis	3:30 PM ET	ESPN-FC/ESPN3	W 80 - 34
Mon. Feb. 9	vs. 1 South Carolina	8:00 PM ET	ESPN2	W 87 - 62
Sat. Feb. 14	vs. Tulane	4:00 PM ET	CBSS	W 87 - 39
Tue. Feb. 17	vs. Houston	7:00 PM ET	ESPN-FC/ESPN3
Sat. Feb. 21	at Tulsa	3:00 PM ET	ESPN-FC/ESPN3
Mon. Feb. 23	at Tulane	8:00 PM ET	ESPN-FC/ESPN3
Sat. Feb. 28	vs. Memphis	2:00 PM ET	CBSS
Mon. Mar. 2	at 25 South Florida	7:00 PM ET	ESPN2

Tue. Feb. 17

vs. Houston

7:00 PM ET

ESPN-FC/ESPN3

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N.Y. / Region

Jury in Patz Murder Trial Views Taped Confession

By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr. | Feb 10th 2015

As the videotape of Pedro Hernandez’s confession played, some jurors scribbled notes and others leaned forward and stared at the television monitor, studying his face.

Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides; Confessions 

The potential Pedro Hernandez conviction will be appealed.

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N.Y. / Region

Helping Out a Pot Deliveryman

By JOE MULLIGAN | Feb 12th 2015

Metropolitan Diary: A former bike messenger recalled patching his deliveryman’s bike so he could continue on his appointed rounds with a certain illegal product.

Bicycles and Bicycling; Delivery Services; Marijuana 

I was long gone from the area.

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Magazine

The Hezbollah Connection

By RONEN BERGMAN | Feb 10th 2015

Ten years ago, a truck bomber assassinated the former and likely next prime minister of Lebanon, Rafik Hariri. Can a trial in The Hague deliver any justice for the nation — or the Middle East?

Terrorism; Targeted Killings 

Solid intelligence work. 

It is not to forensic standards.

A solution would be assassination.

Middle Eastern telephone metadata should be able to build on this file the

present locations and identities of the Hezbollah leadership.

I have no doubt it has been done.

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World

Canadian Police Say They Foiled a Plot by 3 Suspects to Kill People at a Halifax Mall

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Feb 14th 2015

One suspect is said to have fatally shot himself on Friday, and two have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder.

Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides; Shopping Centers and Malls 

I have not been there since 1971.

I have not communicated with Leslie since 2002(?).

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N.Y. / Region

A Forest’s Family Roots Stand in a Pipeline’s Path

By COREY KILGANNON | Feb 12th 2015

In 1947, Henry Kernan bought 1,000 acres of land in upstate New York, a tract his family has kept pristine ever since. Now, though, a natural gas pipeline is poised to run through it.

Pipelines; Forests and Forestry; Natural Gas 

“We’re doing the ethically right thing,” Mr. Kernan said, “to hold onto and steward the land instead of exploiting it.”

Agreed.

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U.S.

Val Fitch, Who Discovered Universe to Be Out of Balance, Is Dead at 91

By DENNIS OVERBYE | Feb 10th 2015

Dr. Fitch shared the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physics for work that helped explain why the collision of matter and antimatter has not destroyed everything in the cosmos.

Deaths (Obituaries); Physics; Nobel Prizes 

We tend to forget that the probability of a past event is unity.

The probabilities of existence must be evaluated event by event

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U.S.

Disillusioned in Iraq, but Prodded to Serve Again

By JEREMY W. PETERS | Feb 8th 2015

Seth Moulton joined the Marines a few months before Sept. 11, 2001, but later grew to oppose American involvement in Iraq. Now the Democrat represents Massachusetts in Congress.

Series; Veterans; Midterm Elections (2014) 

Seth Moulton has continued to learn.

I approve of that.

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