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Opinion
Visas for Foreign Workers
The Partnership for a New American Economy urges Congress to fix a broken visa system.The H1-b visa fills entry level positions with migrant workers.
The result is blocked entries and exported industries.
We are not lacking people with these skills.
We are lacking cheap people with these skills.
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Food
Fried Chicken Stars in This Make-Ahead Meal
Panzanella and a peach and coconut cream cake complement a feast that lets the cook clean the kitchen and take a shower before the doorbell rings. (Article plus video.)http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017514-make-ahead-fried-chicken
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Sports
Bubba Watson Captures Travelers Title in Playoff
Watson’s win marked the sixth time since 2004 that the tournament was decided in a playoff.
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U.S.
Federal Judges’ Rulings Clear Hurdles to Same-Sex Marriages
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans on Wednesday told judges in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas to wrap up same-sex marriage cases in their states in line with last week’s United States Supreme Court ruling.Bobby Jindal will not be president.
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Opinion
Closing the Central Park Drives
The architect Witold Rybczynski writes that Central Park’s drives were never intended for cars.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Telford
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macadam
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macadam#McAdam.27s_methods
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Food
Your Next Lesson: Santorini Assyrtiko
Introduce yourself to the Greek island of Santorini’s distinctive white wines, ancient but still little known around the globe.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santorini#Minoan_Akrotiri
The price will come down.
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U.S.
Alabama: Counties Told to End Bias in Issuing Marriage Licenses
With a few counties still refusing to allow same-sex marriages as they issued licenses to heterosexual couples, a federal judge ruled Wednesday that all must abide by court decisions allowing same-sex unions.The Union won the civil war.
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U.S.
Tanning Bed Use Falls
Use of tanning beds declined to 4.2 percent of American adults in 2013, down from 5.5 percent in 2010, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Cancer is not a good thing. Sunburns are part of out of doors.
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U.S.
A Call to Revise How Chicago Funds Teacher Pensions
Amid deep cuts in school budgets and jobs, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said teacher pensions need to be funded differently.The war between the parties is in Chicago.
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Real Estate
A Conversation With Michael Rudder
Mr. Rudder, 45, is the founder of the Rudder Property Group, a boutique commercial brokerage firm that specializes in office condominiums and co-ops.That is not the situation I was seeing.
There is money at the top but none at the bottom.
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Technology
Video: App Smart | Mixology Guides
Even if you are a complete cocktail novice, you can deliver delicious drinks, as long as you have the right app. Kit Eaton looks at three.I don't do that.
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Real Estate
House Hunting in ... Italy
Umbria has long played second fiddle to Tuscany, but that has worked to buyers’ advantage in a number of ways.I would rather know the culture and speak the language.
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World
Lufthansa Offers Compensation to Families of Germanwings Crash Victims
Lufthansa proposed on Tuesday to pay $28,000 in emotional damages to the German victims’ families, an amount dismissed as inadequate by lawyers for the families.Poor planing.
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World
TransAsia Pilot Acknowledged Cutting Wrong Engine, Crash Report Says
Investigators in Taiwan found that the pilot of a plane that went down in Taipei in February, killing 43, had also failed a simulator test last year.Put two pilots in the cockpit.
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The Upshot
Intact Families, Continued: The Red-County Advantage
A slightly higher share of teenagers in counties that vote Republican live with both parents, an analysis finds.David Leonhardt is using a broad brush.
Let us ask about education level and age and incarceration.
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World
Ex-Editor Is Acquitted in British Phone Hacking Scandal
Neil Wallis, 64, the former deputy editor of The News of the World, a Rupert Murdoch paper, was acquitted of charges of conspiracy to hack telephones.Some of the witnesses have died. Some have forgotten. some of the files have been lost. some of the statutes of limitation have expired. Prosecution is increasingly expensive.
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Business Day
U.S. Leaves the Markets Out in the Fight Against Carbon Emissions
Even though a trade in permits helped reduce sulfur dioxide pollution, at a lower cost than with other methods, lawmakers have resisted using them against carbon emissions.Beyond moving to natural gas there is no cheap way to cut carbon emissions.
A carbon tax is the cheaper way.
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Business Day
S.E.C. Learns the Hard Way How Judges Are Like Umpires
The agency is learning that having an unfavorable umpire can hurt its cases as it tries to fend off challenges to its use of in-house judges.The S.E.C. is trying to do its job.
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Travel
Dale DeGroff on the Origin of Cocktails, Katrina and the Rainbow Room
DeGroff on the best cocktails when traveling, and New Orleans and New York drinking cultures.I miss some but I remember what I don't miss.
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Travel
Safety Tips for Using Hotel Gym Equipment
Experts advise on how travelers can avoid health risks when working out away from home.ok
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