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U.S.
E.P.A. Treating Toxic Water From Abandoned Colorado Mine After Accident
Emergency declarations in Colorado, New Mexico and the Navajo Nation as the Animas and San Juan Rivers remain restricted.The response of panicked politicians is typical.
"The spill caused levels of arsenic, lead and other metals to spike in the Animas River. Mr. Ostrander said Tuesday that in Durango, a city about 50 miles south of the mine, the river’s toxicity had returned to “pretty much a pre-incident level.”"
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U.S.
50 Years After Watts Riots, a Recovery Is in Progress
A symbol of racial tensions after riots broke out on Aug. 11, 1965, Watts, a neighborhood in Los Angeles, has made strides in relations between the police and the community. But it is no utopia.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyfJKg7Dddo
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Your Money
Buying Car Insurance for Teenagers Can Be a Balancing Act
While keeping a teenage driver on a family policy can increase premiums significantly, there are ways to reduce the cost.It makes no sense to own a vehicle while living in the city of New York
without a specialized purpose for the vehicle.
https://www.google.com/search?q=zipcar&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Rent-A-Wreck/@40.9508002,-73.8582574,17z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x89c2ed479c691fbf:0x9e68357a377bf3f7
http://www.mta.info/mnr
Yonkers Distances are short.
http://as0.mta.info/mnr/stations/station_detail.cfm
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World
Migrant’s Attempt to Cross English Channel on Foot Raises Asylum Questions
The case of a Sudanese man who walked nearly the entire length of the Channel Tunnel has laid bare a moral and legal conundrum.European Union membership means accepting migrants who manage to come.
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Sports
Michael Phelps Betters a Champion
Phelps’s winning time, 50.45 seconds, was faster than Chad Le Clos’s time about eight hours earlier in Kazan, Russia, where Le Clos won the world championship in 50.56.As the lottery insists: "You have to be in it to win it."
Phelps has the record. Chad Le Clos has the championship.
They are not the same thing.
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The Upshot
How to Cut the Prison Population (See for Yourself)
Researchers unveil an interactive tool showing that any significant change would have to involve reform by the states and reduced sentences for violent offenders.Prisons are in the education business.
The guards and bars are there for crowd control.
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Sports
Rory McIlroy Says He’s ‘100 Percent’ for P.G.A. Championship
McIlroy, who ruptured ankle ligaments while playing soccer on July 4, said he would tee off in a much-anticipated Thursday grouping with Jordan Spieth and Zach Johnson.http://nytimes.stats.com/mlb/scoreboard.asp
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| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Home | Road | East | Central | West | Last 10 | Streak |
| NY Yankees | 61 | 50 | .550 | - | 32 - 21 | 29 - 29 | 26 - 21 | 13 - 7 | 16 - 14 | 4 - 6 | L 4 |
| Toronto | 62 | 52 | .544 | 0.5 | 37 - 21 | 25 - 31 | 26 - 21 | 15 - 13 | 12 - 12 | 9 - 1 | W 9 |
| Baltimore | 57 | 55 | .509 | 4.5 | 32 - 20 | 25 - 35 | 26 - 24 | 12 - 10 | 11 - 14 | 5 - 5 | L 1 |
| Tampa Bay | 57 | 56 | .504 | 5 | 30 - 31 | 27 - 25 | 24 - 26 | 10 - 13 | 13 - 11 | 6 - 4 | W 3 |
| Boston | 50 | 63 | .442 | 12 | 27 - 28 | 23 - 35 | 20 - 30 | 9 - 11 | 13 - 17 | 5 - 5 | L 1 |
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U.S.
Transgender California Inmate Wins Parole
Gov. Jerry Brown is allowing parole for an inmate who is trying to force California to become the first state to pay for sex reassignment surgery.Governor Brown does not want to pay for sex reassignment surgery out of the prison budget.
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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Food
Homemade Ice Cream — Without All the Heat
Philadelphia-style ice cream eliminates the need for a stove top when making the delectable treat. (Article plus video.)"Similarly, when adding sugar (or maple syrup, agave or honey) to your homemade ice cream, take advantage of your ability to control the sweetness. Add sugar tentatively, tasting as you go. The mixture should taste a little too sweet before it goes into the churn: the cold air mixed in by the machine will blunt the sweetness."
I have made it.
I will make it for you as a treat though not as a habit.
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World
As Mexico Arrests Kingpins, Cartels Splinter and Violence Spikes
For years, the government has tried to decapitate drug cartels by capturing or killing their leaders. But the organizations are often replaced by smaller, even more vicious groups.Civil society is breaking down again.
Civil society is breaking down more.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigilante
It is a draconian way of population control.
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U.S.
Police Group’s ‘Darren Wilson Day’ Is Condemned
On the anniversary of Michael Brown’s death, a police officers’ association in Columbia, Mo., called Mr. Wilson “innocent, but persecuted.”It is politically unacceptable.
I do not believe it is a fact.
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U.S.
#BlackTwitter Leaders Arrested in Ferguson Protests
Two high-profile activists were among 56 people arrested during a civil disobedience protest.If the facts are as presented here we can expect fiery crosses in public spaces.
"Freedom of speech does not extend to shouting fire in a crowded theater."
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Sports
Rethinking an Olympic Format in Light of Katie Ledecky’s 1,500 Feat
If swimming’s Olympic program were to expand, the women’s 1,500 is not likely to be included.Go Team.
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World
As South Korean Villages Empty, More Primary Schools Face Closure
When Nogok Primary closes this spring, it will become one of thousands of schools in the country that have shuttered as industrialization and eduction draw people to cities.Small farming does not pay.
Gardeners almost always eat.
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Opinion
Ban Selfie Sticks at the 9/11 Memorial
A reader writes that the memorial’s rules of conduct prohibit “behaving in a way that is inappropriate.”Tourists are abhorred by those who are not profiting from them.
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Opinion
When Innocence Is No Defense
Court rules mean unjustly convicted prisoners can’t get a retrial despite compelling new evidence.Guilt or innocence is established at trial.
Beyond that the courts are not required to care.
Law is not about justice.
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U.S.
Photos and Video Show Protests in Ferguson Turning Violent
Tweets and video from Ferguson, Mo., depict a peaceful protest that devolved into violence and confusion after the sun went down.Drama sells.
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World
Réunion, Once a Surfer’s Paradise, Finds Only Sharks in Its Waters
At least 18 people have been attacked since 2011, and seven have been killed. The government responded with a controversial ban on nearly all surfing and swimming.There are volunteers to feed the sharks.
Other beaches have surf.
m/search/sitesearch/?action=click&contentCollection=Africa®ion=TopBar&WT.nav=searchWidget&module=SearchSubmit&pgtype=article#/surfing/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfing#Famous_locations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfing#Marine_life
France is sovereign.
http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch/?action=click&contentCollection=Africa®ion=TopBar&WT.nav=searchWidget&module=SearchSubmit&pgtype=article#/R%C3%A9union
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Sports
She May Be Small, but Kaci Lickteig (the Pixie Ninja) is a Giant in Ultrarunning
Lickteig has defied her geography (the flat plains of the Midwest) and her background (she barely ran as a teenager) to emerge as one of the country’s top female ultramarathoners.
"“She’s
always stronger than she thinks she is,” Ordorica said. “She always
goes into these races a bit tentative, and then she gets stronger and
stronger — and happier and happier.”
Lickteig, who has been training for the Ultra Race of Champions,
a 100-kilometer event scheduled for Sept. 26 in Auburn, has had to
decline invitations to international races because she does not have a
passport.
“I should probably get one,” she said.
After running so many miles, she finally seems to realize that she is going places."Run if it pleases you.
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