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U.S.
Los Angeles Agrees to Overhaul Its Jail System
The settlement with the Justice Department comes after disclosures that guards routinely abused prisoners, including breaking bones and sexually humiliating them.No city wants to have the worst jail system.
Mental health must be part of policing.
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N.Y. / Region
New York City Task Force Targets Cheating by Teachers and Principals
After several reports of cheating by teachers and administrators in city schools came to light this summer, the education department announced it would create a task force to confront the issue.Statistical distributions within classes will quickly reveal cheating.
A manipulated data set will not be normal.
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World
Departing German Prosecutor Defends Treason Inquiry Against Bloggers
The prosecutor was forced to retire after it was revealed that he had been investigating two journalists who wrote about plans to increase digital surveillance.Journalists acting within the law cannot be guilty of treason.
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Real Estate
An Economic Recovery, Brimming With Industrial Complexes, in Southern California
The Inland Empire region, which includes San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, is experiencing a boom in development of warehouses and logistics centers.Mailorder retail only looks industrial. There is no manufacturing in it.
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U.S.
Ex-Justice Dept. Officials Argue Against Federal Prosecutors in Supreme Court Brief
The brief, by about 20 former officials, urged the court to hear an appeal in a 2010 case in which they said prosecutors had failed to turn over crucial evidence.There is probably a motive here beyond professionalism.
Professionalism is enough.
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U.S.
Sandra Bland’s Family Is Said to Be Planning to File Lawsuit
The family of Ms. Bland, who was found hanged in a Texas jail cell three days after she was taken into custody after a traffic stop, plans to file the lawsuit in federal court in Houston on Tuesday.Good.
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Magazine
A Mess of Clams
Steamed clams and melted butter define summer perfection.Yes.
http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017592-steamed-clams
http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017593-jalapeno-brown-butter
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U.S.
Oklahoma Acts to Limit Earthquake Risk at Oil and Gas Wells
A roughly 40-mile-long stretch that includes some 23 wells has experienced a dramatic increase in earthquakes in the last two years."Oklahoma regulators have told energy companies to sharply reduce underground wastewater disposal across an earthquake-prone stretch of the state, a move that ratchets up a so-far unsuccessful effort to reduce quakes related to oil and gas production."
So far these are small quakes.
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Real Estate
$2,000,000 Homes in Savannah, Minneapolis and Connecticut
Water views in Georgia, Connecticut and MinneapolisUltimately the house site is your choice and your money.
I would be happy with a well for water.
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N.Y. / Region
New York Officials Move to Regulate Towers Tied to Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak
The number of cases in the Bronx rose to 86 on Tuesday, though Mayor Bill de Blasio said the pace of the outbreak had slowed.Yes.
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N.Y. / Region
Construction Managers to Face Manslaughter Charges in Death of Queens Worker
Prosecutors said Wednesday that the two managers had ignored warnings from private inspectors that treacherous conditions existed at the construction site in Lower Manhattan.The contractors are under pressure to cut costs.
Corners will be cut and workers will die.
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N.Y. / Region
Jury Awards Another $48 Million to Families of 2008 Crane Collapse Victims
A jury in Manhattan awarded punitive damages on top of the $48.3 million given last week for economic losses and pain and suffering.There were deep pockets to empty.
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World
Video: Cranes Collapse on Houses in Netherlands
The person responsible did not properly calculate the loads.
That usually results in the loss of a license.
The courts will have to rule on financial liability.
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U.S.
Training Officers to Shoot First, and He Will Answer Questions Later
William J. Lewinski is giving bad advice.
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World
Wing Part May Shed Light on the Last Moments of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Scientists will try to prove that the part, known as a flaperon, came from the missing jet, and they hope to unlock clues about the flight’s disappearance.The existence of the assembly on that beach tells almost all that can be known.
Whether it was deployed or not when the plane hit the water would tell us more.
If the pilots were dead it would not be deployed.
Depressurization is deadly.
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U.S.
Jury Rejects Mental Illness Argument for James Holmes in Aurora Theater Rampage
The jury decided that evidence about Mr. Holmes’s severe mental illness and testimony from his parents did not outweigh the horror he unleashed.Revenge wins again.
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Technology
‘Right to Be Forgotten’ Online Is Poised to Spread
Some countries’ demands for the erasure of search engine results on privacy grounds could soon affect even information available in the United States.The right to be forgotten threatens search engine profits and national sovereignty.
If Europe wants "the right to be forgotten" they must make a treaty with the states that shelter server farms or fire wall their borders.
It is another side of censorship.
Recent hacking incidents have involved failures of fire walls.
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Business Day
Liquefied Natural Gas Makes Qatar an Energy Giant
A rich natural gas field and a fleet of ships has turned Qatar, once a poor nation of fishers and pearl divers, into a major player in the global energy trade.This should not be presented as new.
https://www.google.com/search?q=LNG+explosion&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=liquefied+natural+gas+explosion
Lousiana and Texas would like to export liquefied natural gas.
Their efforts have been frustrated by regulation.
The article is probably part of their campaign.
The Obama energy initiative makes use of natural gas to displace coal in power generation.
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Books
Joe Domanick’s ‘Blue’ Examines the L.A.P.D.
How Los Angeles overcame terrible crime and a corrupt and brutal police department.N.Y. / Region
Another Exoneration in Brooklyn Brings Total Since Last Year to 14
On Tuesday, Joel Fowler, who was found guilty of murder in 2009, became the latest person to have a conviction overturned since Kenneth P. Thompson became the borough’s district attorney in 2014.20
Opinion
Psychologists, the Pentagon and Unethical Interrogations
A tk at Johns Hopkins writes that the Pentagon “must end the practice” of psychologists’ participation in detainee interrogations.The F.B.I. knows the psychology of interrogation.
The C.I.A. black operations area does not.
That ignorance is intolerable.
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