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Sports
Eugenie Bouchard’s Slump Extended
Bouchard lost to Yaroslava Shvedova in the first round at the Topshelf Open in ’s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.http://nytimes.stats.com/mlb/scoreboard.asp
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||
| Boston | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Baltimore | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | x | 5 | 10 |
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N.Y. / Region
Lincoln Tunnel Bus Collision Injures at Least 31, Snarling Traffic
The crash took place around 9:30 a.m. in the tunnel’s center tube when a New Jersey Transit bus hit the back of a private bus.New Jersey Transit must be starved for funds.
This was a fast crash. It indicates brake or attention failure.
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Opinion
Race and the Housing Crisis
The Brennan Center for Justice responds to an Op-Ed article.I presume the Brennan Center did their homework.
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Sports
Video: FIFA’s Valcke on $10 Million Transfer
Jérôme Valcke, the secretary general of FIFA, on Wednesday dismissed allegations of wrongdoing over $10 million in bank transactions at a news conference in Samara, Russia.The prosecutors will not indict if the evidence is weak.
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Opinion
Where to Try Detainees: Courts or Military Commissions?
A lawyer who represents detainees says he is not convinced that trials in federal courts would be fairer than military commissions.The civil courts are skilled and neutral.
Most of those imprisoned at Guantanamo should not have been taken.
Many of those actions were war crimes.
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Real Estate
$2,400,000 Homes in Seattle, New Orleans and Colorado
This week’s homes include a midcentury modern in Colorado, a Victorian in New Orleans and a contemporary in Seattle.These houses require a domestic staff.
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Fashion & Style
Some of the Sharpest Knives in the Drawer
An editor of a men’s goods site suggests three good pocketknives.I carry a pocket knife.
They do not go on airliners.
I have not found a carbon steel Opinal for years.
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Sports
Yale’s Crew Tops Harvard
Yale’s heavyweight crew team defeated Harvard in their 150th regatta, the nation’s oldest collegiate sporting event.The race is exciting. I like to go nearly alone.
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World
With U.S. as a Model, China Envisions Network of National Parks
Chinese officials and an American research center have announced a plan to undertake trial national park projects in nine provinces over the next three years.I agree.
Do not neglect the state parks while studying parks.
There is much to learn about development in parks.
What it can do and what it should not attempt
and how projects fail.
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World
South Korea MERS Cases Rise as Hong Kong Increases Alert Level
The total number of infections in South Korea is now at least 87, and Hong Kong advised people to avoid unnecessary travel there.South Korea is having a panic.
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Business Day
E.P.A. Says It Will Set Rules for Airplane Emissions
The initiative is part of a broad drive by the Obama administration to combat global warming.The new rules will be good things.
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World
Amid MERS Outbreak, Readers Reflect on South Korean Hospitals
Responding on Facebook, readers who either live or have spent time in South Korea shared their experiences of the hospitals there.It looks promising.
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Opinion
China’s Troubling Robot Revolution
Will automation gut the country’s labor force, just as it needs consumer spending to bolster economic growth?Automatons are inflexible.
They are not taking over.
Humans must deal with a growing population and the inevitable crashes that population implies.
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Sports
Jérôme Valcke, a Top FIFA Official, Says He Authorized $10 Million Transfer
Mr. Valcke denied wrongdoing over the payment, which has widely been seen as a bribe to gain support for South Africa’s bid to host the 2010 World Cup.The bribery revelations continue.
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Food
Restaurant Review: Mission Chinese Food on the Lower East Side
Danny Bowien & Company’s new menu features dishes that spew less fire and are more varied.We could try it.
I don't feel much need to do so.
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Opinion
Student Loans: Is Default Defensible?
Readers are overwhelmingly critical of a writer’s defense of his decision not to repay his loans.Why should student default be defensible?
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Real Estate
House Hunting in Canada
Home prices dropped by as much as 20 percent after the global market downturn in 2008, by one estimate, although they have rebounded moderately since then.Probably no.
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Technology
Shop Locally, Download Globally
Some independent booksellers gain a portion of e-book sales through partnerships with bigger e-bookstores like Kobo and Amazon Source.Yes
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