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Sports

Wimbledon 2015: Novak Djokovic Beats Richard Gasquet to Reach Final

By DAVID WALDSTEIN | Jul 10th 2015

The top-ranked Djokovic defeated Gasquet, 7-6 (2), 6-4, 6-4, to advance to his fourth Wimbledon final. He will face Roger Federer or Andy Murray.

http://nytimes.stats.com/mlb/scoreboard.asp

Top 7th	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NY Yankees	0	2	0	0	1	3				6	8	0
Boston	0	0	3	0	0	1				4	10	0

Pitcher:

Tommy Layne 0.2 IP, 0 ER, 0 K

At Bat:

Rob Refsnyder 0-2

On Deck:

Jacoby Ellsbury 0-3

Balls:

Strikes:

Outs:

NYY HR: B. McCann (14)

Preview | Box | Gameview

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NY Yankees	0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	8	11	2
Boston	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	12	0

W: N. Eovaldi (9-2) L: W. Miley (8-8)

NYY HR: B. McCann (14) R. Refsnyder (1)

Preview | Box | Gameview | Recap

Travel

New Culinary-Cycling Options Abroad

By DIANE DANIEL | Jul 12th 2015

H+I Adventures is offering a weeklong cycling tour that allows riders to eat meals in three countries in one day.

It reads like a wonderful adventure.

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Business Day

Why Employee Ranking Can Backfire

By PHYLLIS KORKKI | Jul 11th 2015

Showing workers how they measure up to their colleagues can have drawbacks, studies find.

Yes

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Travel

Walking Tours That Help Hotel Guests Discover Nearby Nature

By CHARU SURI | Jul 11th 2015

For the fearful.
Look at a map and go.

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N.Y. / Region

Times Readers React to Citi Bike’s Gender Gap

By THE NEW YORK TIMES | Jul 10th 2015

After an article about how men outnumber women in New York’s bike-share system, many online readers said safety was a big concern.

I discovered that drivers do not want to hit bicycles.
I make it easy for them to miss me.

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Opinion

Medicare and Medicaid: Successes and Drawbacks

Jul 11th 2015

Readers offer suggestions for improving health care and expanding coverage.

I do not want to defend the insurance business.

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Opinion

The Struggle for Fairness for Transgender Workers

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Jul 9th 2015

Stronger employment protections for transgender people make good social policy and business sense.

Justice for all workers is the goal.

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World

Video: Greek Cash Crunch Goes to Market

Erik Olsen | Jul 9th 2015

Athens’s Ichthyoskales fish auction is the largest in Greece, but capital controls and bank closings have hurt its ability to function.

The European Central Bank has denied the bank of Greece credit.
There are few euros left in the nation.

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Sports

A Revived Approach: The Serve and Volley

By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY | Jul 8th 2015

Wednesday’s matches at Wimbledon were a reminder that rushing the net can still play a role at the highest level of tennis, despite rumblings of its impending extinction.

American League
East
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Road	East	Central	West	Last 10	Streak
NY Yankees	48	40	.545	-	25 - 16	23 - 24	21 - 17	9 - 4	12 - 11	7 - 3	W 1
Tampa Bay	46	45	.505	3.5	24 - 27	22 - 18	21 - 20	6 - 11	13 - 11	4 - 6	W 3
Baltimore	44	44	.500	4	27 - 18	17 - 26	24 - 20	8 - 7	7 - 10	2 - 8	L 2
Toronto	45	46	.495	4.5	26 - 18	19 - 28	21 - 20	8 - 12	8 - 9	3 - 7	L 1
Boston	42	47	.472	6.5	22 - 23	20 - 24	17 - 27	4 - 6	13 - 10	6 - 4	L 1
Central
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Road	East	Central	West	Last 10	Streak
Kansas City	52	34	.605	-	30 - 16	22 - 18	9 - 7	21 - 14	13 - 9	8 - 2	W 1
Minnesota	49	40	.551	4.5	31 - 16	18 - 24	12 - 4	23 - 22	6 - 4	7 - 3	W 3
Detroit	44	44	.500	9	22 - 23	22 - 21	4 - 6	27 - 17	6 - 11	5 - 5	L 3
Cleveland	42	46	.477	11	19 - 26	23 - 20	8 - 9	14 - 22	13 - 10	5 - 5	L 2
Chi White Sox	41	45	.477	11	23 - 17	18 - 28	7 - 9	15 - 25	11 - 4	7 - 3	L 1
West
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Road	East	Central	West	Last 10	Streak
LA Angels	48	40	.545	-	25 - 18	23 - 22	10 - 12	4 - 3	27 - 18	7 - 3	W 1
Houston	49	42	.538	0.5	28 - 16	21 - 26	11 - 13	8 - 12	22 - 16	2 - 8	L 6
Texas	42	46	.477	6	16 - 26	26 - 20	14 - 7	12 - 10	11 - 23	2 - 8	L 2
Seattle	41	48	.461	7.5	20 - 27	21 - 21	9 - 11	6 - 10	21 - 21	5 - 5	L 1
Oakland	41	50	.451	8.5	18 - 26	23 - 24	7 - 10	8 - 14	21 - 24	5 - 5	W 2

National League
East
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Road	East	Central	West	Last 10	Streak
Washington	48	39	.552	-	25 - 16	23 - 23	23 - 15	9 - 13	8 - 2	5 - 5	W 2
NY Mets	47	42	.528	2	32 - 14	15 - 28	23 - 15	8 - 15	11 - 8	7 - 3	W 4
Atlanta	42	47	.472	7	23 - 17	19 - 30	21 - 21	10 - 10	6 - 12	4 - 6	L 5
Miami	38	51	.427	11	24 - 23	14 - 28	14 - 17	7 - 12	12 - 12	5 - 5	W 2
Philadelphia	29	62	.319	21	18 - 25	11 - 37	12 - 25	6 - 18	7 - 13	2 - 8	L 5
Central
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Road	East	Central	West	Last 10	Streak
St. Louis	56	32	.636	-	31 - 11	25 - 21	12 - 5	25 - 12	11 - 6	5 - 5	L 2
Pittsburgh	52	35	.598	3.5	31 - 16	21 - 19	15 - 7	16 - 21	11 - 2	8 - 2	W 2
Chi Cubs	47	40	.540	8.5	25 - 20	22 - 20	14 - 6	19 - 19	8 - 8	5 - 5	W 1
Cincinnati	39	47	.453	16	22 - 18	17 - 29	16 - 12	15 - 19	3 - 7	4 - 6	L 2
Milwaukee	38	52	.422	19	16 - 28	22 - 24	11 - 10	15 - 19	5 - 14	6 - 4	L 1
West
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Road	East	Central	West	Last 10	Streak
LA Dodgers	51	39	.567	-	33 - 17	18 - 22	10 - 6	8 - 10	29 - 20	6 - 4	W 1
San Francisco	46	43	.517	4.5	25 - 22	21 - 21	12 - 14	6 - 4	22 - 22	4 - 6	W 3
Arizona	42	45	.483	7.5	22 - 21	20 - 24	9 - 11	4 - 8	24 - 23	5 - 5	L 3
San Diego	41	49	.456	10	18 - 22	23 - 27	5 - 6	9 - 11	21 - 21	4 - 6	W 2
Colorado	39	49	.443	11	21 - 24	18 - 25	11 - 7	10 - 5	17 - 27	5 - 5	W 4

World

Joaquín Guzmán Loera, Mexican Drug Kingpin, Escapes Prison

By ELISABETH MALKIN | Jul 12th 2015

Mexican officials said Joaquín Guzmán Loera, known as El Chapo, or “Shorty,” escaped his maximum security prison cell through a tunnel.

Corrupt or stupid or both.
He had help from outside and inside.

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Sports

At Tour de France, Mark Cavendish Sprints to Stage 7 Win

By IAN AUSTEN | Jul 10th 2015

It was Cavendish’s 26th stage win at the Tour and a rebuttal to critics who said he lost a sprint earlier in the race by starting his final push too far from the finish.

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/b/bicycles_and_bicycling/index.html

Chronology of Coverage

Jul. 10, 2015

Citi Bike employees reach agreement for union contract with Transport Workers Union Local 100, first for bike-share workers in the country. MORE
Jul. 10, 2015

Tony Martin, overall leader in Tour de France, is forced to abandon race after breaking his collarbone in crash. MORE
Jul. 9, 2015

Andre Greipel wins fifth stage of Tour de France as crashes continue to take out riders. MORE
Jul. 8, 2015

Citi Bike is looking for ways to attract more female riders, addressing gender imbalance that is issue for bicycle-sharing programs in many cities. MORE
Jul. 8, 2015

Chris Froome of Britain loses lead to Tony Martin in fourth stage of Tour de France but says he has no regrets, having avoided crash on several sections of dangerous cobblestones. MORE
Jul. 7, 2015

Joaquim Rodriguez wins third stage of Tour de France bicycle race; other cycling news noted. MORE
Jul. 6, 2015

Andre Greipel wins second stage of Tour de France bicycle race; Fabian Cancellara takes overall lead. MORE
Jul. 5, 2015

Rohan Dennis wins first stage of Tour de France bicycle race in record 14 minutes 56 seconds. MORE
Jul. 4, 2015

Route and layout of 2015 Tour de France seems to play to strengths of French cyclist Thibaut Pinot as it has far fewer time trials than is usual; despite favorable layout for Pinot, few consider him contender for overall victory, partly because field is so strong. MORE
Jul. 4, 2015
Astana team asks International Cycling Union to replace Lars Boom from Tour de France due to questionable blood testing results, but union denies request. MORE

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E.U. Official Urges Greece and Creditors to Make Concessions

By JAMES KANTER | Jul 9th 2015

The president of the European Council said there was scope for an agreement if Athens made “concrete” proposals and if creditors eased the debt burden.

Greek Plan Accepts Austerity to Get Debt Relief

yes. Rejected by Germany.

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/killing-the-european-project/

Killing the European Project

"July 12, 2015 4:38 pm

Suppose you consider Tsipras an incompetent twerp. Suppose you dearly want to see Syriza out of power. Suppose, even, that you welcome the prospect of pushing those annoying Greeks out of the euro.

Even if all of that is true, this Eurogroup list of demands is madness. The trending hashtag ThisIsACoup is exactly right. This goes beyond harsh into pure vindictiveness, complete destruction of national sovereignty, and no hope of relief. It is, presumably, meant to be an offer Greece can’t accept; but even so, it’s a grotesque betrayal of everything the European project was supposed to stand for.

Can anything pull Europe back from the brink? Word is that Mario Draghi is trying to reintroduce some sanity, that Hollande is finally showing a bit of the pushback against German morality-play economics that he so signally failed to supply in the past. But much of the damage has already been done. Who will ever trust Germany’s good intentions after this?

In a way, the economics have almost become secondary. But still, let’s be clear: what we’ve learned these past couple of weeks is that being a member of the eurozone means that the creditors can destroy your economy if you step out of line. This has no bearing at all on the underlying economics of austerity. It’s as true as ever that imposing harsh austerity without debt relief is a doomed policy no matter how willing the country is to accept suffering. And this in turn means that even a complete Greek capitulation would be a dead end.

Can Greece pull off a successful exit? Will Germany try to block a recovery? (Sorry, but that’s the kind of thing we must now ask.)

The European project — a project I have always praised and supported — has just been dealt a terrible, perhaps fatal blow. And whatever you think of Syriza, or Greece, it wasn’t the Greeks who did it."

Fashion & Style

Shopping Events and Sales Happening This Week in New York

By ALISON S. COHN | Jul 8th 2015

Midsummer sales are just getting started at Barneys New York, Bergdorf Goodman, and Saks Fifth Avenue, and others are celebrating Bastille Day.

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Real Estate

Homes for Sale in Brooklyn and Manhattan

By MICHELLE HIGGINS | Jul 10th 2015

This week’s properties include East Village and Crown Heights condos, and a co-op in Inwood.

The spaces are not a problem.
The addresses are a problem.

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World

Eurozone Leaders to Meet on Greece, After Finance Officials Hit Impasse

By ANDREW HIGGINS | Jul 12th 2015

Eurozone finance ministers said they were unable to reach a consensus on Greek debt and would leave the matter to a Sunday afternoon meeting of heads of state.

No better luck.

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U.S.

Modern Doctors’ House Calls: Skype Chat and Fast Diagnosis

By ABBY GOODNOUGH | Jul 11th 2015

The same forces that have made instant messaging and video calls part of daily life for many Americans are now shaking up basic medical care.

Pay the doctors a salary.
Piece work is unsatisfactory.

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Business Day

Greek Debt Dispute Highlights Prospect of a Euro Exit

By PETER EAVIS | Jul 8th 2015

As relations between Greece and its creditors devolved, the currency, once a force for unity, became a weapon.

Germany wants Greece out.
Greece needs to be pushed.
That will satisfy their mandate.

Business Day

Greece Debt Plan at Next Crucial Stage, as Finance Ministers Meet

By JAMES KANTER | Jul 11th 2015

A Saturday meeting of eurozone finance ministers will help determine whether Europe will continue negotiating a bailout loan the Greek government desperately needs.

No plan has advanced.

Opinion

Women on Bikes, With Helmets

Jul 10th 2015

A reader notes a safety issue that “cautious” women care about.

Business Day

Debate Over Greek Debt ‘Relief’ Begins With the Definition

By JACK EWING | Jul 10th 2015

Greece’s down-to-the-wire negotiations with its creditors could snag over the question of whether it deserves easier payback terms.

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