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Real Estate
Five Manhattan Alternatives to Pricey Brooklyn Neighborhoods
Suggestions for frustrated New York City home hunters.Business Day
Water Pricing in Two Thirsty Cities: In One, Guzzlers Pay More, and Use Less
Both Fresno, Calif., and Santa Fe, N.M., face dire water shortages, but only one has embraced tiered pricing, where heavy users pay much more per gallon.
Let the city choke itself.
There are no external costs.
We must end the use of fossil carbon.
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Empower the workers. Support unions.
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Business Day
Putting Out the Welcome Mat for China
As the number of Chinese business and leisure travelers swells, chains are expanding within China and elsewhere in an effort to build brand loyalty.N.Y. / Region
A Roast, Long-Tested, and Other Reinventions
Not just for chicken lovers, Rooster Company in Newington, C.T., brings fresh ideas to many dishes.Food
In Paris, Craft Cocktails Sidle Up to the Bar
The French capital was slow to join the modern cocktail revival, but now many bars are blooming, with French products finding their way onto cocktail menus.
Health
Gates Foundation Plans Teams to Determine Causes of Child Mortality
The teams in poor countries that will be created by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation could also possibly spot emerging epidemics.World
North Korea Says It Test-Fired Missile From Submarine
North Korea’s test, if confirmed, would pose a new challenge to the United States and its regional allies, South Korea and Japan.N.Y. / Region
Happily Fitting Into the (Cheese) Mold
Valley Shepherd Creamery offers immersive, daylong cheese-making classes once a month.U.S.
Iowa: Bird Flu May Claim 4 Million More Chickens
Iowa agriculture officials say bird flu could claim an additional four million of Iowa’s egg-laying chickens on two more farms in a county already hit by the disease.N.Y. / Region
Mayor de Blasio’s Latest Budget Won’t Pay for More Police Officers
Mayor Bill de Blasio suggested that changes under his administration had already eased the burden on officers’ time, even as crime remained relatively low.U.S.
Airport Security Advances Clash With Privacy Issues
New technologies that could ease scanning or locate wayward passengers are bumping into privacy protections and efforts to cut federal spending.Business Day
While It’s Not on the Burger, McDonald’s Adds Kale
McDonald’s, which this year bragged in advertisements that it would never serve kale on a hamburger, said on Wednesday it would add kale to breakfast bowls as part of a trial at nine Southern California restaurants.N.Y. / Region
Croton Water Is Once Again Flowing to New York
The $3.2 billion Croton Water Filtration Plant will bring water to parts of Manhattan and the Bronx for the first time in seven years.N.Y. / Region
Transformer Burns at Indian Point; Cuomo Cites Potential Environmental Risks
A fire at the Indian Point nuclear plant, about 24 miles north of New York City, was extinguished Saturday night, but the materials used to fight it could prove hazardous if they seep into the Hudson River.Health
On Medicare and Assessing the Value of Lung Cancer Screening
Even after Medicare has promised to begin covering the test, it will not help everyone who’s eligible, experts warn, and will subject some to harm.Business Day
Iowa Says 4 Million More Chickens Have Bird Flu
Officials are waiting for preliminary tests on two farms in Wright County to be confirmed.Technology
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