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Opinion
Ideas for Greece, From the London Business School
Economics professors write, “Simplistic recommendations that ignore institutional complexities will not help Greece or the eurozone.”There are no new ideas in this article.
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U.S.
Video: Boston Mayor Won’t Commit to Olympic Bid
The U.S. Olympic Committee terminated Boston’s bid for the 2024 Olympics on Monday, hours after Mayor Martin J. Walsh said he would not commit to a deal “that uses taxpayers dollars to pay” for them.Blackmail has not worked.
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U.S.
No Charges in 2010 Shooting of a Florida Mother
An investigation ordered by the governor into the shooting death of Michelle O’Connell clears Ms. O’Connell’s sheriff’s deputy boyfriend.We are told "Move along; there is nothing to see here."
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N.Y. / Region
Ruling That Denied Release of Grand Jury Evidence in Garner Case Is Upheld
A four-judge panel of the Appellate Division in Brooklyn ruled unanimously, citing the “very real or potential danger that disclosure might present” to the grand jury and witnesses.The proper functioning of the law has not satisfied the mob.
The mob has a point.
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Business Day
Judge Cuts Award to Family of Boy Killed in Jeep Crash
A judge has reduced a $150 million award to $40 million for the family of a 4-year-old boy killed in a 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee.The life of a child has a price.
It is less than $150,000,000.
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U.S.
Jail Video of Sandra Bland Aims to Dispel Rumors About Her Death
Saying officials had received death threats, including from Anonymous, the chief executive of Waller County, Tex., released footage of Ms. Bland in jail.Carbett J. Duhon III is stupid.
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Technology
Disabling Video Autoplay on Twitter
Twitter has introduced video clips that automatically play in the timeline, but you can turn the feature off.I have abandoned twitter.
Pirated software will not do for agency work.
Use the agency software. Ask the I.T. people.
None of Linux or BSD is pirated.
The tools in those operating systems can be used without qualms.
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N.Y. / Region
Legionnaires’ Disease Sickens 31, 2 Fatally, in the South Bronx
The outbreak of the disease, the largest New York City has seen in at least two years, has flared up in the neighborhoods of Highbridge, Morrisania, Mott Haven and Hunts Point since July 10.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legionnaires%27_disease
Legionella pneumophila.
Treatable when recognized.
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Business Day
Suit Over Bourbon Maker Using ‘Handmade’ in Ads Is Dismissed
A judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by two consumers against Maker’s Mark, who claimed they were misled by its claim that its spirits were handmade.Rationally so.
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World
Britain and France Scramble as Channel Crossing Attempts by Migrants Continue
For a second consecutive night, hundreds of people living in squalid camps in northern France sought to force their way through the Channel Tunnel to reach Britain.Unrestricted travel in the European Union is found to be a problem.
The place to stop refugees is their source.
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Sports
France’s Aurélie Muller Wins Women’s Open-Water 10K
Muller won by 2.4 seconds in Kazan, Russia, and finished in a time of 1 hour 58 minutes 4.3 seconds.Six and a half miles in two hours is fast swimming.
Brazil will hold the next summer Olympics.
It may bankrupt them.
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N.Y. / Region
Airport Redevelopment Could Mean New Life for a Jet Age Landmark
The Trans World Airlines Flight Center, which opened in 1962 and closed in 2001, could become part of a hotel planned for Kennedy International Airport.Dreams, pipe dreams.
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U.S.
In Wyoming, Shooting Highlights Divide Between a City and a Reservation
On a recent afternoon, a white man, who said he was sick of the homeless people who linger in parks, walked into an alcohol detox facility and shot two Native Americans, killing one.Traditional behavior is not acceptable behavior.
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Science
Jules Hirsch, Pioneer in Obesity Studies, Is Dead at 88
Dr. Hirsch found evidence that weight is at least partly determined by the body’s own processes.He did important work.
The work continues.
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N.Y. / Region
Readers React to News of La Guardia Airport’s Planned Overhaul
Many lamented the airport’s current dilapidated state, but a few praised La Guardia’s current and past charms.Venting.
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Opinion
The Case for Fetal-Cell Research
Despite my uneasiness with it, the science has saved countless lives.A long column saying "Recycle".
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N.Y. / Region
Cuomo and Christie Call on U.S. to Share Cost of Hudson Rail Tunnel Project
The governors of New York and New Jersey, addressing a push to expand rail capacity under the Hudson River, put the onus on the federal government and Amtrak.Governor Christie has regrets.
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Multimedia/Photos
Video: Activists Demonstrate at Portland Bridge
As environmental activists floated in kayaks, others hung suspended from the St. Johns Bridge in Portland, Ore., in an effort to stop a Shell Oil arctic icebreaker from leaving for Alaska.A Sysiphusian labor.
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Opinion
Universal Gun Checks
A reader accuses a Congress fearful of the gun lobby of “a betrayal of the general welfare.”Yes.
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Sports
Michel Platini Announces Candidacy for FIFA President
Mr. Platini, 60, of France, wrote to FIFA member federations that he wanted to give scandal-plagued FIFA back “the dignity and the position it deserves.”The fans come for the games.
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