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Sports

N.F.L. to See Photos From Greg Hardy’s Trial

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Apr 1st 2015

Prosecutors in North Carolina agreed to let the N.F.L. see photographs from Hardy’s domestic-violence trial as the league considers whether to suspend Hardy.

Football; Domestic Violence 

It looks like whitewash for the league.

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Style

Dear Winter Coat: Goodbye and Good Riddance

By GUY TREBAY | Apr 1st 2015

One writer’s ode to his hated winter wear.

Fashion and Apparel; Seasons and Months; Spring (Season); Weather; Shopping and Retail; Coats and Jackets 

The birds agree with Trebay.  It is time for spring.

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Science

Earth, the Marvelous Blue Orb

By DENNIS OVERBYE | Apr 2nd 2015

The International Space Station, about 250 miles away, allows a view of the planet that shows geology has become destiny.

Earth; Space and Astronomy; Space Stations; Carbon Dioxide; Oceans and Seas; Planets 

Understanding the earth delights me.

I hope people puzzle me. 

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U.S.

In Colorado, Marijuana Taxes May Have to Be Passed Back

By JACK HEALY | Apr 1st 2015

A strict anti-spending provision in the state Constitution may force Colorado to refund nearly $60 million intended for school construction and other needs.

Marijuana; Sales and Excise Taxes; State Legislatures; Rebates and Refunds 

Taxes are always too high and revenues are too low.

Politics is constant debate and adjustment.

Colorado will change their tax policy or dive more deeply into depression.

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World

Norway Reverts to Cold War Mode as Russian Air Patrols Spike

By ANDREW HIGGINS | Apr 1st 2015

The Russian moves have set off debate over military spending and highlighted how quickly President Vladimir V. Putin has shredded the certainties of the post-Cold War era.

Military Bases and Installations; Military Aircraft; Defense and Military Forces 

Nationalism does not mix well.

It is extremely toxic when combined with Russian culture.

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Opinion

Our Land, Up for Grabs

By WILL ROGERS | Apr 2nd 2015

Voters support conservation; elected officials should listen.

Federal Lands; National Parks, Monuments and Seashores; Land Use Policies; United States Politics and Government; Wilderness Areas; States (US); Conservation of Resources 

Protecting and expanding the public lands is absolutely necessary.

The purpose of government is the maintenance of the common.

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Opinion

The Scrambled States of Immigration

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Apr 1st 2015

A country that has abandoned all efforts at creating a saner immigration policy has gotten the result it deserves: national incoherence.

Immigration and Emigration; Editorials; Law and Legislation; Illegal Immigration; States (US) 

"Depending on how the Fifth Circuit rules on the lawsuit challenging Mr. Obama’s executive actions, his valiant effort to repair some of the damage to the immigration system could well be undone, and everybody, families and felons, may get put back in the shadowy line of potential deportees. Meanwhile, the Army is expanding and fast-tracking a program to give citizenship to unauthorized immigrants with special language or medical skills.

Who is on the right side of this argument — the Army, Mr. Obama, Gov. Jerry Brown of California, Mr. de Blasio? Or Texas, Alabama, Arizona and the Republicans whose resistance to reform has left the nation in this mess? Those die-hard opponents fail to remember that laws and policies that deny rights and promote exclusion have been the source of shame and regret throughout American history. Integration and assimilation are the core values of a country that is in danger of forgetting itself."

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Business Day

Morgan Stanley’s James Gorman Gets 25% Raise

By NATHANIEL POPPER | Apr 1st 2015

Total compensation of $22.5 million is more than Jamie Dimon’s at JPMorgan Chase but less than Lloyd Blankfein’s at Goldman Sachs.

Executive Compensation; Bonuses; Wages and Salaries 

There is no excuse for these failures of fiduciary duty.

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World

15 Bodies Pulled From Home Hit by Landslide in Northern India

By HARI KUMAR | Mar 31st 2015

These are expected events.

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N.Y. / Region

New York City Consumer Agency Investigating Four For-Profit Colleges

By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS | Apr 2nd 2015

The department has issued subpoenas to Berkeley College, Mandl School, New York Career Institute and TCI College over concerns about dropout rates and recruitment tactics.

For-Profit Schools; Colleges and Universities; Dropouts; Student Loans; Graduation Rates 

It looks like fraud to me.

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Sports

Rising From Wreckage, Australia Sweeps to World Cup Title

By HUW RICHARDS | Mar 29th 2015

Australia completed its climb from the depths to the heights of world cricket on Sunday when it won its fifth World Cup, defeating New Zealand by seven wickets in the final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Cricket (Game) 

I do not know the game.

I will learn it if it is required.

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The Magazine Talks Sex, and Readers React

By LELA MOORE | Apr 2nd 2015

Lela Moore, who moderates comments on many Times articles, describes some of the reader reaction to a Magazine article about sex education, and how the story came to be.

Abstinence (Sexual); Education (K-12); Men and Boys; Parenting; Sex; Sex Education; Women and Girls 

The children need to know.

The parents or parent often cannot tell them.

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Opinion

Making Religion the Problem

Apr 2nd 2015

On liberalism’s culture war and the working class’s social crisis.

Christians and Christianity; Freedom of Religion; Mormons (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints); Private and Sectarian Schools; Social Conditions and Trends 

Ross Douthat is still disingenuous.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/disingenuous

Society is not disintegrating.

If a service is offered to the public as a commercial transaction it is offered to all the public.

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Business Day

The False Hope of a Limited Government, Built on Tax Breaks

By EDUARDO PORTER | Mar 31st 2015

Protected from democratic accountability, the government developed into a Rube Goldberg contraption that has a weak claim to a defensible social purpose.

Tax Credits, Deductions and Exemptions; United States Politics and Government; United States Economy; Federal Taxes (US); Income Inequality; Health Insurance and Managed Care; Mortgages; Philanthropy 

Yes.

"Who will bell the cat?"

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U.S.

Harry Reid Hopes to Ensure Democrats’ Success as Tenure Winds Down

By ADAM NAGOURNEY | Apr 2nd 2015

The Senate minority leader, who announced his retirement last week, vowed to deploy all of his resources to make sure Democrats hold on to his seat.

United States Politics and Government; Elections, Senate 

He is unapologetic.  

He is retiring from the senate in a year. 

His life is not over.

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Opinion

How the Tax Code Hurts Artists

By AMY SOHN | Apr 1st 2015

Actors, screenwriters and directors are hit especially hard.

Income Tax; Tax Credits, Deductions and Exemptions; Culture (Arts); Income; Freelancing, Self-Employment and Independent Contracting; 

Taxation

The tax code should be modified.
It is not yet time to raise taxes to reduce inflation.
Subsidies by tax cuts are not what the economy needs.

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U.S.

Online Accessibility Settlement Reached

Apr 2nd 2015

The settlement reached between EdX and the Department of Justice underscores the government’s policy of ensuring that online education is accessible to those with disabilities.

Computers and the Internet; Disabilities; Americans With Disabilities Act

I see no reason to make life difficult for EDX.
A government agency can satisfy the Americans with disabilities.

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U.S.

Obama Commutes Long Sentences of 22 Drug Offenders

By MATT APUZZO | Mar 31st 2015

The clemency was part of an effort to correct a disparity created by measures from the 1980s and ’90s and align penalties more with current law.

Amnesties, Commutations and Pardons; Mandatory Sentencing; Drug Abuse and Traffic; Sentences (Criminal); Prisons and Prisoners

It is a beginning.

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Science

New Age for the Human Ancestor Little Foot Puts Him Closer to Lucy

By DOUGLAS QUENQUA | Apr 2nd 2015

New research suggests that early hominids may have been far more diverse than previously thought.

Anthropology; Fossils; Australopithecines; Science and Technology

The thought is of minor interest.

People are another species of animal, a kind of ape.

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U.S.

Jeb Bush and Scott Walker Point G.O.P. to Contrary Paths

By JONATHAN MARTIN | Mar 29th 2015

Mr. Bush and Mr. Walker are becoming prominent exponents of dueling visions of how a Republican can retake the White House: by extending the party’s reach, or by energizing the base.

Presidential Election of 2016; Voting and Voters; Primaries and Caucuses; Conservatism (US Politics); United States Politics and Government; Minorities

I hope they are both wrong.
I shall bend my efforts to proving them wrong.

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