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Science
The Upper Crust in a Tectonic Plate Collision
Oceanic and continental plates have different levels of buoyancy that help determine which one winds up on top in a meeting of the two.Yes.
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Sports
FIFA Defends Second-Highest Official Against Corruption Allegations
Soccer’s world governing body said in a statement that payments at the center of a Department of Justice investigation had been properly approved.Updated:
Blatter Is Under Investigation, Officials Say
Sepp Blatter resigned his position as president
of world soccer’s governing body on Tuesday as law enforcement officials
confirmed that he was a focus of a corruption investigation.
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Opinion
N.Y.U.’s Opponents Threaten Open Spaces
If the plan’s opponents succeed, municipalities will be less likely to allow their open spaces to be used for recreation and other outdoor purposes.NYU is not in good odor.
I would not object to their plans being frustrated.
I also understand the objection to a parkland designation for these strips.
The parkland designation must be less than the absolute described here.
If it were so absolute the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Tavern on the Green along with the water filtration plant in the Bronx would be forbidden.
A parkland designation and a temporary easement during construction would
be enough.
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Opinion
Public-Sector Job Decline
The Amalgamated Transit Union International points to the outsourcing of transit to private contractors.Continued disaster for the low wage workers is the intent of the rent-seekers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent-seeking
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Sports
Steven Bowditch Leads Byron Nelson by Two Strokes
Jordan Spieth was six shots back heading into the final round.http://nytimes.stats.com/mlb/scoreboard.asp
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| W: C. Buchholz (3-6) L: M. Pelfrey (4-2) S: K. Uehara (11) |
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Opinion
The Court and Online Threats
The Supreme Court was right to reverse the conviction of a man who posted graphically violent messages on Facebook about his former wife and others."“Wrongdoing must be conscious to be criminal,” Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. wrote for a seven-member majority. In the age of the Internet, when anyone can post anything for the world to see, it was an important affirmation of the need to protect speech, and to require the government to meet a stricter legal standard when trying to punish people for their words alone."
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Sports
Dane Leads Irish Open After Third Round
Soren Kjeldsen shot a four-under-par 67 in the third round.| American League | |||||||||||
| East | |||||||||||
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Home | Road | East | Central | West | Last 10 | Streak |
| NY Yankees | 27 | 25 | .519 | - | 12 - 10 | 15 - 15 | 16 - 13 | 7 - 3 | 2 - 6 | 5 - 5 | W 1 |
| Tampa Bay | 26 | 26 | .500 | 1 | 14 - 16 | 12 - 10 | 18 - 14 | 1 - 2 | 4 - 8 | 3 - 7 | L 1 |
| Baltimore | 23 | 28 | .451 | 3.5 | 15 - 12 | 8 - 16 | 15 - 17 | 2 - 1 | 5 - 6 | 4 - 6 | L 4 |
| Toronto | 24 | 30 | .444 | 4 | 14 - 12 | 10 - 18 | 14 - 14 | 5 - 5 | 3 - 8 | 5 - 5 | W 1 |
| Boston | 23 | 29 | .442 | 4 | 11 - 12 | 12 - 17 | 10 - 15 | 1 - 3 | 8 - 9 | 4 - 6 | W 1 |
| Central | |||||||||||
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Home | Road | East | Central | West | Last 10 | Streak |
| Kansas City | 29 | 19 | .604 | - | 17 - 7 | 12 - 12 | 2 - 4 | 15 - 10 | 7 - 3 | 5 - 5 | L 1 |
| Minnesota | 30 | 20 | .600 | - | 19 - 7 | 11 - 13 | 7 - 3 | 16 - 15 | 5 - 2 | 7 - 3 | L 1 |
| Detroit | 28 | 25 | .528 | 3.5 | 14 - 13 | 14 - 12 | 1 - 3 | 18 - 10 | 4 - 8 | 2 - 8 | L 5 |
| Cleveland | 24 | 26 | .480 | 6 | 10 - 14 | 14 - 12 | 2 - 2 | 10 - 17 | 8 - 5 | 7 - 3 | W 2 |
| Chi White Sox | 23 | 27 | .460 | 7 | 12 - 10 | 11 - 17 | 2 - 4 | 12 - 19 | 5 - 2 | 4 - 6 | L 1 |
| West | |||||||||||
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Home | Road | East | Central | West | Last 10 | Streak |
| Houston | 33 | 20 | .623 | - | 18 - 12 | 15 - 8 | 7 - 2 | 4 - 6 | 18 - 11 | 6 - 4 | W 2 |
| LA Angels | 28 | 24 | .538 | 4.5 | 16 - 11 | 12 - 13 | 6 - 5 | 4 - 3 | 15 - 11 | 6 - 4 | W 5 |
| Texas | 27 | 25 | .519 | 5.5 | 10 - 14 | 17 - 11 | 10 - 4 | 6 - 5 | 10 - 15 | 8 - 2 | W 4 |
| Seattle | 24 | 27 | .471 | 8 | 12 - 14 | 12 - 13 | 8 - 6 | 2 - 5 | 13 - 12 | 5 - 5 | L 3 |
| Oakland | 21 | 33 | .389 | 12.5 | 9 - 17 | 12 - 16 | 6 - 5 | 4 - 10 | 11 - 18 | 7 - 3 | W 2 |
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Sports
Tie at Rainy Byron Nelson
Jimmy Walker, Steven Bowditch and Jon Curran shared the second-round lead at nine under par at the rain-delayed AT&T Byron Nelson.
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| W: K. Graveman (3-2) L: A. Simon (5-3) S: T. Clippard (8) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oak HR: B. Zobrist (2) |
There is probably an engagement party in the works.
There is also the bar exam.
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Opinion
Families and the Workplace
Family Values@Work writes that “there’s no reason family-friendly policies should backfire for women.”Call it care-giving leave.
Management will hate it.
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Sports
A U.S. Tax Investigation Snowballed to Stun the Soccer World
The complex case, which involved cooperation between the I.R.S. and the F.B.I., is likely to lead to more charges related to corruption allegations at soccer’s highest levels.FIFA Chief Goes From Defiant to Defeated in 4 Days
After 17 years as FIFA’s president, Sepp Blatter decided, just days after his re-election, that he did not want to run world soccer anymore after all.11
Travel
Testing Android Smart Watches for Travel
If you want a smartwatch to make travel easier, Apple Watch is hard to beat. But what about all those Android competitors?Do the android watch next year.
Use your iPhone.
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Business Day
E.P.A. Proposal Will Put Bigger Trucks on a Fuel Diet
The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose rules requiring heavy trucks to increase their fuel economy by up to 40 percent by 2027.The best scheme for long distance fuel economy is electric rail.
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Opinion
Reining In Federal Prosecutors
Abusive cops aren’t the only problem with the justice system. Overzealous attorneys and expansive drug laws are causing lasting damage too.Yes, sentencing for drug offenses is draconian.
The power must return to the judge.
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Opinion
A Judge’s Own Counsel
A retired federal judge explains why he doesn’t ask colleagues for advice.Some things should be decided case by case.
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U.S.
Federal Investigators Fault Medicare’s Reliance on Doctors for Pay Standards
An overreliance on the American Medical Association may result in inaccuracies in the distribution of more than $70 billion a year to doctors treating Medicare patients, investigators said.The rule is always "What the traffic will bear."
The rate should be set to keep the number of doctors per customer near constant to maintain a level of care.
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Opinion
Vladimir Putin Hides the Truth
The president of Russia continues to insist that his soldiers and weapons are not involved in the conflict with Ukraine.The constant drumbeat of casualties is a powerful weapon.
There should be a website in Cyrillic.
With pictures and details.
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N.Y. / Region
Fatal Construction Accidents Are Rising in New York
Eight people have died in construction-related accidents this year, as many as in all of 2014. Most in the industry agree that a simple equation is at work: The more construction, the more danger.There is more construction.
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World
Ship With 457 People Reported Sunk in China’s Yangtze
China’s official news agency said the sinking occurred Monday night in a storm and that as of Tuesday morning, only eight people had been rescued.http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/03/world/asia/china-yangtze-river-ship-sinks.html
"As of midday Wednesday, with heavy rain falling, only 14 people were known to have survived the accident; 430 others who had been aboard the Oriental Star were unaccounted for.
Twelve people had been confirmed dead, according to the official Xinhua news agency, and many hundreds were probably still inside the vessel. Mr. Chen, the military commander, said that more people might still be alive in the ship and that additional rescuers were on their way to the scene, in Jianli County of Hubei Province."
443 dead.
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U.S.
Supreme Court Overturns Conviction in Online Threats Case
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