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Your Money
Managing the Costs of Long-Term Care Insurance
As insurers seek to curb losses, many states have been approving large increases in premiums for older policies, but there are ways to cope.I have not bought long term care insurance. It seemed a bad bet.
I have no wish to live a mindless existence.
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Opinion
Refugee Crisis in Europe
Readers call on the United States and Hungary to welcome those fleeing the Middle East and Africa.We should welcome those who want to come.
Those who dream of returning are less welcome.
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World
Video: Migrants in Hungary Walk Toward Germany
Footage showed migrants — frustrated with the Hungarian authorities, who have blocked their way by rail — starting the walk from Budapest toward Germany. Others remained in a standoff with the police.Germany does not welcome Syrians.
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U.S.
Video: Baltimore Protests for Freddie Gray Case
Demonstrators gathered outside the Baltimore City Courthouse, where six police officers were facing charges in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray.The police of Baltimore deserve justice.
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Travel
Venice Hotel Is a Hideaway for All to See
By the beach in Venice, Calif., the Rose Hotel appeals to those seeking a getaway near the ocean.An hotel is wonderful for a modest stay.
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The Upshot
How Economists Can Be Just as Irrational as the Rest of Us
A research group discovered that more people read working papers that were listed first in its weekly email. But it found a solution.Yes.
Position bias is real.
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World
Video: Migrants Try to Board Trains in Budapest
Hundreds of people at Keleti station scrambled to get on trains after the police retreated from the building’s gates on Thursday morning.http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/04/world/europe/hungary-train-station-migrant-crisis.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9O8XjZTrp4
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Real Estate
Fannie Mae Revamps Mortgage Program
Fannie Mae is overhauling its mortgage program for low- to moderate-income households to better accommodate today’s financial and familial realities.The 99% is not doing well.
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2015/09/links-9415.html
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Sports
Venus Williams Beats Back a Challenge From a Plucky American Compatriot
Williams moved into the third round, although double faults in the second set wound up dragging out her match against Irina Falconi.
http://nytimes.stats.com/mlb/scoreboard.asp?meta=true
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U.S.
Virginia: Murder Indictment for Officer in Shooting Outside Walmart
A Portsmouth, Va., police officer who shot and killed a man in a Walmart parking lot was indicted by a grand jury on charges of first-degree murder.I have no facts.
Grand Juries do as they are told.
Prosecutors hat to lose.
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Science
The Fight to Save a Prairie Chicken
Conservationists find that, in the case of the Attwater’s prairie chicken, recovery of a species can be tricky when its numbers are so low.The endangered species act is necessary.
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U.S.
Video: Dylann Roof Accused of ‘Ultimate Crime’
The South Carolina state solicitor, Scarlett A. Wilson, will seek the death penalty for Mr. Roof, who is charged with the killing of nine people at a Charleston church in June.http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/04/us/prosecutors-to-seek-death-penalty-for-dylann-roof-in-charleston-shootings.html
My computer sound system is not working just now.
He will suffer.
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U.S.
3 Corrections Deputies in California Charged With Murder in Death of Mentally Ill Inmate
The quick arrests are a departure from the typically drawn-out process that enmesh law enforcement officials when members of their own are suspected of committing crimes.California is doing better.
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N.Y. / Region
After Being Fired Upon, Officers Shoot Man in Brooklyn
Police officers in Bushwick came across a man who had been shot in the arm early Friday, and were then confronted by a man the victim identified as the attacker, the authorities said.Some people should be held without bail.
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Health
Endre A. Balazs, Doctor Who Found Acid to Treat Arthritic Knees, Dies at 95
Dr. Balazs transformed a syrupy natural lubricant from rooster combs into a palliative for arthritic knees and a skin protectant that made eye surgery routine.The work continues.
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U.S.
Video: Protesters Outside Kentucky Courthouse
Supporters of gay marriage and religious liberty both demonstrated outside a courthouse in Ashland, Ky., on Thursday, where the Rowan County clerk of courts, Kim Davis, was scheduled to appear.http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/03/opinion/the-kentucky-clerk-who-denied-marriage-licenses-to-gay-couples.html
We will see how Kentucky deals with her case.
She is guilty of contempt of court.
She is not performing the office she was elected to.
Removal usually follows that action.
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World
Migrant Smuggling in Europe Is Now Worth ‘Billions’
As thousands pour out of Afghanistan and the Middle East, the business of smuggling them into the European Union has grown larger than the illicit trade in drugs and weapons.Collect the taxes.
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Business Day
Cameron Vows Fines for Employers in Britain Ignoring ‘Living Wage’
As minimum wage is set to rise to £7.20 an hour in April, from £6.50, the British prime minister said that companies must conform or face fines.Starvation wages to continue.
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World
Video: Refugees Plead With Police in Hungary
A family of distraught Syrian refugees, including a small child, begged police for help on train tracks outside Bicske after Hungarian authorities blocked their journey to western Europe.http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/04/world/europe/hungary-train-station-migrant-crisis.html
http://www.juancole.com/
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U.S.
A Surreptitious Courtroom Video Prompts Changes in a Georgia Town
A video showing a small-town judge threatening to jail traffic violators who could not immediately pay their fines led to intervention by the Southern Center for Human Rights.Indigence is still criminal.
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