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U.S.
Video: A Legacy of Devotion at Supreme Court
John Arthur died in 2013, but the legacy of his marriage to Jim Obergefell is at the center of the Supreme Court same-sex marriage case.The ruling is about "Separation of Church and State".
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N.Y. / Region
Video: A Very Special Pride Parade
This year’s Gay Pride Parade came two days after the United States Supreme Court affirmed same-sex marriage as a right.Love and contracts.
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N.Y. / Region
Restaurant Review: Quenas in Harrison Offers Tastes of Peru, With Asian Influences
A bit of cultural history as well as coastal geography are reflected in the menu offerings.Another adventure in eating.
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The Upshot
Where Same-Sex Couples Live
The biggest practical effect of the Supreme Court’s ruling will be felt in a band of cities that runs from Texas to Ohio.Concentrations are not high.
3% in Sanfrancisco.
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The Upshot
Supreme Court: Liberal Drift v. Conservative Overreach
One explanation for why conservatives are losing more cases is that they are bringing more cases and testing the limits of what they can accomplish.Of these choices overreach is the better one.
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U.S.
Jailed Crime Boss’s Tip to Students: Go to Law School
When three high school girls wrote to James (Whitey) Bulger for a history project, his response included: “If you want to make crime pay go to law school.”Yes.
Criminals pay their lawyers.
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Travel
Monday’s Travel News and Tips
What you need to know if you’re on a trip or planning one soon, including updates on Greece, new tours in Siberia and a Provence package for kids.Jamaica bay, Here and Brooklyn. Then perhaps the Adirondacks.
The escapees have been removed.
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Travel
New Travel Options to Chad
Mountain Travel Sobek is offering an 18-day trip in the Republic of Chad, becoming the first North American outfitter to lead guests through the little-visited African country.Southern Utah? Canyon Lands are nearer, safer and nearly as exotic.
http://www.nps.gov/cany/index.htm
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N.Y. / Region
Ex-Friend of State Senator Tells of a Cover-Up
State Senator John L. Sampson threatened to silence people cooperating with investigators, a key witness testified at the senator’s obstruction trial.The jury will decide
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Sports
Florida State Quarterback De’Andre Johnson Is Suspended
Coach Jimbo Fisher made the announcement on Thursday night; ESPN reported Johnson had punched a woman at a bar in Tallahassee, Fla.Football provides less immunity than it did.
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Opinion
A Profound Ruling Delivers Justice on Gay Marriage
Justice Anthony Kennedy’s opinion follows the arc of history in securing more freedom under the Constitution.It is a confirmation of the separation of church and state and of the civil nature of marriage.
Henry XIII of England is still winning.
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U.S.
Video: Jubilation Outside Supreme Court
Supporters of gay rights cheered outside the Supreme Court on Friday after the justices ruled that same-sex marriage is a constitutional right.http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/27/us/supreme-court-same-sex-marriage.html
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Business Day
Fears of Greece Leaving Euro Are Fears of the Unknown
Economists cannot think of a time when a developed country with an open economy dropped out of a shared currency and set up a new one, and many worry that path would be dangerous one.Many currencies have abandoned gold.
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Opinion
Affordable Housing, Racial Isolation
Measures intended to counter segregation have instead been used to perpetuate it.Yes.
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Technology
Agency Taps Mapping Technology to Curb Rail Crossing Accidents
The Federal Railroad Administration is hoping its new measure to integrate grade-crossing locations into mapping technology will curb the recent increase in crashes and fatalities.I suspect it is pointless.
These accidents may not involve strangers to the geography.
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Opinion
Evan Wolfson: What’s Next in the Fight for Gay Equality
Supporters of same-sex marriage must now turn their energies to securing protections from discrimination.OK get on with it.
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Opinion
Greece Over the Brink
Ever-harsher austerity has been a dead end, and those who demand more of it have been wrong every step of the way.The referendum is next.
The result will affect all of Greece.
It must produce informed consent.
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Sports
Sepp Blatter of FIFA Expects Successor in 2016
Blatter said that his decision to step down as FIFA president was “liberating” and that he expected the election to replace him to be held in early 2016."Germany midfielder Dzsenifer Marozsan has a hyperextended left ankle, and the team is not certain if she will play in Tuesday’s World Cup semifinal against the United States. Marozsan was injured in Friday’s quarterfinal against France. She entered the game as a substitute at halftime and converted the fourth penalty shot in the shootout that Germany won, 5-4, to settle a 1-1 tie.
After
the shootout, Germany Coach Silvia Neid said Marozsan’s ankle was
swollen and that she didn’t know how Marozsan walked to the spot to take
the kick."
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The Upshot
The Next Few Days Have the Potential to Transform Greece and Europe
Greece wants change, but if it exits the euro it could show Europe is less unified and more fragile than its leaders want us to think.Leaving the euro offers the hope of economic recovery.
Keeping the euro offers no hope.
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Sports
Belinda Bencic Wins First Title
Bencic, 18, won her first WTA title by beating Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-4, 4-6, 6-0, in the Eastbourne final, enhancing her burgeoning reputation ahead of Wimbledon.
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Business Day
Urgent Recall for Some Jeep Grand Cherokees and Dodge Durangos
Fiat Chrysler says about five dozen of the 2015 models require modifications and should not be driven.Fiat Chrysler is being proactive.
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N.Y. / Region
Top State Court Backs New York City’s ‘Taxi of Tomorrow’
The legal battle over whether the city was allowed to choose the Nissan NV200 as the standard model ended with the decision by the Court of Appeals."The Greater New York Taxi Association, a taxi group, had argued that the Bloomberg administration overstepped its authority by trying to force drivers to buy a certain vehicle. The group said that it was disappointed by the ruling, but it was “time to move on,” and that it would not appeal the decision."
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Opinion
Product Testing Caveat
A law professor writes that corporations should first obtain informed consent.yes.
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Opinion
Money for Cancer Trials
The American Society of Clinical Oncology writes that Congress needs to increase funding for the National Institutes of Health.Thinking of government as the problem leads to trouble.
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U.S.
Protester Removes Confederate Flag at South Carolina Capitol
The flag’s placement at the State House is protected by law, and it was quickly replaced.The Confederacy has become a "Tar Baby".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Remus
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Travel
Biking a New Route Through Ontario’s Scenic Greenbelt
A new bicycle route will take travelers through 295 miles of Ontario, whether for a quick day trip or week long adventure.It is probably a wonderful trip.
I would need to train for it.
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Business Day
Tempers Flare as Greek Talks Enter Final Stages
With time running out in negotiations to resolve Greece’s debt crisis, tensions showed in comments by European leaders.Negotiations are over.
The offered deal demands more than Syriza can grant.
The deal is offered to the Greek population with the recommendation to reject it.
The deal should be rejected.
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Opinion
New York’s War on Rats
A reader calls for “cheap common sense” to address the problem.Common sense will help.
The rats will thrive less.
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The Upshot
Obamacare Ruling May Have Just Killed State-Based Exchanges
One result of the ruling is that even states that started their own exchanges, facing technical challenges, may let the federal government take over.The state exchanges would not be a loss.
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N.Y. / Region
To Police New York in the Future, Bratton Looks to His Past
With New York set to add nearly 1,300 new officers, Police Commissioner William J. Bratton and Mayor Bill de Blasio spoke on Thursday about the reinvigorated approach to community policing that the reinforcements would aid.Foot patrol.
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Business Day
S.E.C.’s Use of Internal Tribunals May Give It a Home Court Advantage
The agency’s use of in-house trials has raised questions about fairness because defendants may not have all the same rights they have in federal courtI am not concerned.
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Opinion
Women in Science
A professor at Harvard Medical School writes of a need to “create new visions” to help women succeed.Graduate school is not easy for anyone.
"There is no royal road to mathematics."
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The Upshot
In an Uber World, Fortune Favors the Freelancer
Working for sharing-economy services can benefit ambitious, educated self-starters, but stifle those who are less adaptable or have less schooling.Professional services are not brute labor One must be both willing and able.
Showing up is the willing. The Uber type service must certify the able.
Tyler Cowen has not properly modeled professional services.
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The Upshot
A Promising Medicare Plan, if Only Health Organizations Would Stick Around
A new program seems to be working in reducing spending and improving quality, but it has a worryingly high attrition rate.The organizations must be paid enough to stay with the program.
The states are being too cheap.
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N.Y. / Region
State Relaxes an Order Preventing Teachers From Discussing Standardized Tests
Teachers who grade standardized tests, who are required to sign confidentiality agreements, can now discuss some test materials once they’ve been released by the state.Let the teachers talk and publish. They are learning to teach to the test.
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Science
Evaporation Gives Spores Energy-Generating Muscle
A team used the combination to do small tasks, and power a toy car. The research is a gateway to exploring larger-scale energy generation.Controlling evaporation means controlling temperature.
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N.Y. / Region
Pine Bush School District Agrees to Pay $4.48 Million to Settle Anti-Semitism Suit
The lawsuit had accused officials of the school district, about 90 minutes north of New York City, of failing for years to take action to protect five Jewish students from bullying.Yes
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U.S.
Supreme Court Blocks Obama’s Limits on Power Plants
The ruling stops in its tracks one of the administration’s most ambitious initiatives for controlling toxic emissions.Do the study.
The result will shock the conservatives.
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Opinion
Money for Cancer Trials
The American Society of Clinical Oncology writes that Congress needs to increase funding for the National Institutes of Health.yes.
U.S.
Supreme Court Will Reconsider Affirmative Action Case
The court has agreed to take another look at a challenge to the use of race in admissions decisions by the University of Texas at Austin.The present situation is not satisfactory.
No system that operates on college admissions will be satisfactory.
The proper fix is cultural at the primary and secondary level.
There must be a better racial mix in the entering group of qualified students.
Sports
Belinda Bencic Wins First Title
Bencic, 18, won her first WTA title by beating Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-4, 4-6, 6-0, in the Eastbourne final, enhancing her burgeoning reputation ahead of Wimbledon.
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Fashion & Style
Givenchy Is Coming to New York Fashion Week — on Sept. 11
When history and fashion shows collide, what’s a brand to do?I will look at the pictures at leisure.
Business Day
Greece’s Financial Lifeline Is Now Up to European Central Bank
The ECB has refused to respond.
U.S.
California: Criminal Inquiry Into Balcony Collapse
Prosecutors said Thursday that they had opened a criminal investigation into the balcony collapse that killed six students last week.Charges should not be filed.
U.S.
Kansas: Parts of School Funding Law Unconstitutional
A district court panel in Kansas ruled on Friday that key parts of a new state law for financing public schools violated the state constitution.Cutting education is a no.
U.S.
Supreme Court Allows Use of Execution Drug
The ruling came in the case of three death row inmates in Oklahoma who had sought to bar the use of the sedative midazolam, which they said risked causing excruciating pain.Not a surprise.
Business Day
Fears of Greece Leaving Euro Are Fears of the Unknown
Economists cannot think of a time when a developed country with an open economy dropped out of a shared currency and set up a new one, and many worry that path would be dangerous one.Think of it as leaving the gold standard.
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