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Opinion
‘Wage Justice Is on the Menu’
In just a few years, the issue of labor in the food industry has gone from being largely ignored to drawing the attention of the entire country.Yes.
The minimum wage must be a living wage.
Labor cannot hold a "Fire Sale".
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Opinion
Logging and Fires
Forest experts advise a change in the federal government’s strategy.Yes.
Politicians cannot fail to attempt to protect residents from
those residents poor choices.
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U.S.
Utah: Ex-Attorney General Pleads Not Guilty to Bribery Charges
A former Utah attorney general pleaded not guilty Monday to 13 charges of bribery and other crimes after prosecutors said he took beach vacations and used a luxury houseboat from executives in trouble with regulators.The prosecution's case looks solid.
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Opinion
Stop Hiding Police Misconduct in New York
An appeals court may get to put its weight behind a ruling that the public can be told about an officer’s past."The state statute says that an officer’s personnel record cannot be publicly released or cited in court without judicial approval. It was enacted in 1976 to prevent criminal defense lawyers from using the state’s Freedom of Information Law to request personnel records for information to use against the police in trials. But the definition of “personnel record” has grown so broad that some courts and municipalities have interpreted it to shield almost any information."
Judicial approval does not appear to be a high hurdle.
The demand is of the same order of magnitude as a search warrant.
The intent is to prevent "fishing expeditions".
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U.S.
Experts Say Sandra Bland’s Toxicology Report Raises Questions
The finding did not reliably measure how much was in her bloodstream at death, and there was no indication she used the drug in jail.Sandra Bland's behavior is not in question.
Her use of pot is not material to the treatment she received from the police.
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Science
Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo Crash Traced to Co-Pilot Error
Federal investigators said the manufacturer failed to consider that a pilot might prematurely unlock a mechanism for the space plane’s descent.An accident due to poor design.
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U.S.
Missouri: Suit Against White Officers Can Proceed
A federal lawsuit against three white police officers in Ferguson, Mo., who were accused of using excessive force in the arrest of a handcuffed black man in 2009 can go forward, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.Henry Davis has grounds for his suit.
The gratuitous charges for blood on the officers uniforms will go away if they are liable for the beating.
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Technology
Meet Windows 10, a Throwback With Upgrades in Software and Security
The Start button is back, in a more modern fashion, and the tablet mode, while perhaps intimidating for longtime Windows users, has familiar touches.I will continue to try to ignore Microsoft corporation.
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Education
Affirmative Consent: Are Students Really Asking?
How are “yes means yes” laws playing out on campus? At the University at Albany, it would help if students knew there was a law.Campus sex is a formal dance.
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Opinion
China-Philippines Dispute Over South China Sea
A Chinese Embassy spokesman puts the blame on the Philippines for the two countries’ inability to resolve their territorial dispute.China does not have a claim in the South China sea.
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Sports
Bernard Tomic Takes Bogotá Title
Tomic defeated Adrian Mannarino of France.http://nytimes.stats.com/mlb/scoreboard.asp
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N.Y. / Region
Joyce Mitchell, New York Prison Worker, Pleads Guilty to Aiding Murderers’ Escape
Ms. Mitchell was charged with providing the tools, including hacksaw blades and chisels, that two inmates used to break out of Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, N.Y., in June.An end.
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World
Doubt Grips Litvinenko Inquiry Over Whether Russian Will Testify
If the suspect, Dmitri V. Kovtun, does not, the reversal would inject a sense of disarray into the proceedings.This should not be unexpected.
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Business Day
Raising Floor for Minimum Wage Pushes Economy Into the Unknown
Researchers have little experience with raises of such magnitude. The effects, especially in areas with low median incomes, could be profound.Recovery!
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World
Video: Drugged, Kidnapped and Enslaved
In 2011, Asorasak Thamma was kidnapped in Thailand and enslaved on a fishing boat. Interviewed last year, he had not been home since.If his life trajectory is confirmed as fact there are many guilty people.
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N.Y. / Region
Woman Found Dead in Holding Cell in Westchester County
Raynette Turner, 42, waited two days in a cell in Mount Vernon, N.Y., for arraignment on a shoplifting arrest.Westchester is not behaving well.
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World
John Sewel Resigns From British House of Lords Amid Sex and Drug Scandal
After a newspaper claimed he had used cocaine with prostitutes, Lord Sewel gave up his seat, apologizing for the “pain and embarrassment” he had caused."Par for the course."
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Opinion
Simple Tips for Americans: Eat Less. Exercise More.
A public health professor and the Center for Science in the Public Interest discuss a trend.Yes.
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U.S.
Remains of Early Colonial Jamestown Leaders Are Identified
The discovery is the first to identify such high-status early European colonists at Jamestown, and it is likely to renew interest in the study of the colony, researchers said."If you don't work, you don't eat."
Jamestown has only modest interest for me.
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