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U.S.

Virginia: No Charges for Deputies in Stun-Gun Death

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Sep 8th 2015

The commonwealth’s attorney in Fairfax County, Ray Morrogh, says he will not bring criminal charges against jail deputies who used a stun gun on a restrained inmate who later died.

These Jail Deputies should not be employed where the interact with people.

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Business Day

Macy’s Says It Plans to Close Up to 40 Stores Early Next Year

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Sep 8th 2015

Macy’s says it will close 35 to 40 stores in early 2016, or as much as 5 percent of its namesake stores.

Macy’s upper management has ceased to think.

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Sports

Venus vs. Serena Williams: A Long, Uncomfortable Rivalry

By VICTOR MATHER | Sep 8th 2015

In the Williamses’ latest match, on Tuesday night in the U.S. Open quarterfinals, Serena will continue her pursuit of the sport’s first Grand Slam since 1988.

Siblings.
They have played their match this cycle.
Serena won.

http://nytimes.stats.com/mlb/scoreboard.asp
Boston is not playing.

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N.Y. / Region

New York City Health Board Approves Sodium Warnings on Menus

By BENJAMIN MUELLER and MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM | Sep 9th 2015

The measure, which could take effect as soon as December, would require many chain restaurants to post a warning label next to items that contain more than 2,300 milligrams of sodium.

Not a bad idea.

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Opinion

A Smarter Way to Raise Paychecks

By OREN CASS | Sep 10th 2015

Subsidies work better than tax credits or a minimum wage.

Oren Cass is wrong.
A minimum wage is a statement of the cost of the attention of a person at a location and a time.
Tax breaks or other subsidies are counterproductive.

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Sports

Rain Aids Simona Halep; Flavia Pennetta Wins Under Scorching Sun

By NAILA-JEAN MEYERS | Sep 9th 2015

Halep’s match against Victoria Azarenka was delayed during the third set, allowing her to refocus and advance to the U.S. Open semifinals for the first time. Pennetta beat Petra Kvitova.

American League
East
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Road	East	Central	West	Last 10	Streak
Toronto	79	60	.568	-	47 - 25	32 - 35	30 - 26	20 - 14	19 - 13	6 - 4	L 1
NY Yankees	77	61	.558	1.5	40 - 29	37 - 32	33 - 26	18 - 11	17 - 16	6 - 4	L 2
Tampa Bay	68	71	.489	11	33 - 35	35 - 36	27 - 29	13 - 19	17 - 17	5 - 5	W 1
Baltimore	67	72	.482	12	38 - 27	29 - 45	30 - 29	13 - 17	15 - 18	4 - 6	W 2
Boston	66	73	.475	13	39 - 35	27 - 38	23 - 33	15 - 15	15 - 18	6 - 4	W 1
Central
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Road	East	Central	West	Last 10	Streak
Kansas City	83	56	.597	-	48 - 27	35 - 29	17 - 14	35 - 25	18 - 11	3 - 7	L 1
Minnesota	72	67	.518	11	42 - 26	30 - 41	19 - 14	30 - 27	15 - 14	6 - 4	W 1
Cleveland	68	70	.493	14.5	29 - 34	39 - 36	15 - 15	22 - 33	19 - 14	6 - 4	W 1
Chi White Sox	66	72	.478	16.5	34 - 34	32 - 38	13 - 16	25 - 35	19 - 10	6 - 4	L 1
Detroit	64	75	.460	19	33 - 38	31 - 37	12 - 20	32 - 24	11 - 20	4 - 6	L 1
West
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Road	East	Central	West	Last 10	Streak
Houston	76	64	.543	-	48 - 24	28 - 40	18 - 16	14 - 18	30 - 27	4 - 6	W 1
Texas	73	65	.529	2	32 - 32	41 - 33	23 - 11	16 - 13	23 - 32	6 - 4	L 1
LA Angels	70	69	.504	5.5	42 - 30	28 - 39	16 - 16	14 - 16	32 - 25	5 - 5	W 1
Seattle	67	73	.479	9	30 - 38	37 - 35	15 - 17	13 - 18	32 - 28	6 - 4	W 1
Oakland	60	80	.429	16	33 - 42	27 - 38	10 - 23	12 - 17	28 - 33	4 - 6	L 1

National League
East
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Road	East	Central	West	Last 10	Streak
NY Mets	78	61	.561	-	45 - 24	33 - 37	40 - 20	9 - 20	21 - 12	7 - 3	W 3
Washington	71	68	.511	7	41 - 29	30 - 39	33 - 24	13 - 19	17 - 16	5 - 5	L 3
Miami	59	81	.421	19.5	34 - 38	25 - 43	23 - 34	13 - 19	16 - 18	7 - 3	W 2
Atlanta	56	84	.400	22.5	33 - 32	23 - 52	27 - 33	12 - 18	12 - 21	2 - 8	W 1
Philadelphia	54	86	.386	24.5	31 - 37	23 - 49	23 - 35	9 - 21	14 - 18	2 - 8	L 1
Central
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Road	East	Central	West	Last 10	Streak
St. Louis	88	51	.633	-	50 - 24	38 - 27	20 - 9	34 - 22	23 - 11	5 - 5	W 1
Pittsburgh	83	55	.601	4.5	46 - 21	37 - 34	24 - 9	25 - 34	21 - 5	4 - 6	W 2
Chi Cubs	80	58	.580	7.5	43 - 28	37 - 30	20 - 10	32 - 25	19 - 13	7 - 3	L 1
Milwaukee	61	78	.439	27	33 - 39	28 - 39	17 - 16	26 - 30	10 - 20	7 - 3	L 2
Cincinnati	57	81	.413	30.5	31 - 39	26 - 42	16 - 12	27 - 33	7 - 23	4 - 6	L 2
West
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Road	East	Central	West	Last 10	Streak
LA Dodgers	80	59	.576	-	47 - 21	33 - 38	19 - 13	16 - 15	35 - 21	8 - 2	L 1
San Francisco	72	68	.514	8.5	38 - 27	34 - 41	18 - 15	13 - 17	30 - 30	3 - 7	L 1
Arizona	67	73	.479	13.5	33 - 36	34 - 37	15 - 18	14 - 19	28 - 29	4 - 6	W 1
San Diego	67	73	.479	13.5	35 - 36	32 - 37	17 - 16	14 - 16	29 - 28	4 - 6	W 2
Colorado	57	82	.410	23	31 - 40	26 - 42	16 - 18	15 - 13	23 - 37	4 - 6	L 2

X - Clinched Division,  Y - Clinched Playoff Spot

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Sports

Beyond 2 Black Champions, a Void for the U.S.T.A.

By WILLIAM C. RHODEN | Sep 6th 2015

Though Serena and Venus Williams have forcefully carried the flag for American tennis, the United States Tennis Association has made little progress in identifying and developing African-American stars.

Championship tennis is a significant personal investment.

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Sports

Dutch Rider Regains Vuelta Lead

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Sep 10th 2015

Tom Dumoulin of the Netherlands won the individual time trial in the Vuelta a España to reclaim the race leader’s red jersey on the 17th stage.

I have commitments at Pratt the first half of next week.

I have been thinking on the Guernica and drone warfare.

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Food

A Blurry Line Between Bar and Restaurant

By PETE WELLS | Sep 8th 2015

Some of New York’s newest bars are turning out great food, making it tricky to differentiate between bar and restaurant.

Bar is a political designation.

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World

Migrant Stream Is Bringing Out the Best, and Worst, in Europe

By MELISSA EDDY | Sep 9th 2015

Thousands of volunteers have come forward with support and material aid, but even in the most welcoming of countries, tensions have flared.

The difference between a refugee and a migrant is the opinion of the traveler.
European law has trouble with that thought.

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T Magazine

The Illustrated Interview: Dave Eggers

By GABÉ DOPPELT | Sep 9th 2015

The American author, who has been drawing since age 5, sketches his responses to a brief questionnaire.

Trump must not be president.

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N.Y. / Region

A Door-to-Door Push to Get Parents Involved at Struggling Schools

By KATE TAYLOR | Sep 8th 2015

New York City thinks that the key to transforming low-performing schools is to get parents to show up more, by turning the buildings into one-stop community centers.

Struggling parents have little time for the schools.

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U.S.

Fires in West Have Residents Gasping on the Soot Left Behind

By IAN LOVETT and JENNIFER MEDINA | Sep 9th 2015

California’s largest fire has exposed an effect of record drought in the Central Valley: dangerous drops in air quality that exacerbate ongoing public health problems in this region.

The forest will recover.  The human population should not.

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U.S.

Kentucky: Release of County Clerk Is Sought

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Sep 7th 2015 

Kim Davis is out of jail.

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Sports

Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka Prey on Fatigue at U.S. Open

By DAVID WALDSTEIN | Sep 9th 2015

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Food

Raw Fish Finds a Spot on Chinese Menus

By FLORENCE FABRICANT | Sep 8th 2015

High-end Chinese menus in New York are starting to serve raw fish, which they customize with seasonings.

China has looked away from the sea for six hundred years.

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The Upshot

Jeb Bush’s Tax Plan Is a Large Tax Cut for the Wealthiest

By JOSH BARRO | Sep 9th 2015

A proposal would cut taxes for everyone, but the effects would be felt most strongly at the top of the economic ladder.

Yes.

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Travel

With Wine Tasting, How Loud Is Too Loud?

By ASHLEY SOUTHALL | Sep 8th 2015

Growing interest in wine tasting and the incidents that have resulted, including a recent one on the Napa Valley Wine Train, have led to questions on how to police tours.

A festival is a solution.

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Real Estate

House Hunting in ... Costa Rica

By KEVIN BRASS | Sep 9th 2015

The market in the Guanacaste region of Costa Rica stalled in 2008, when the economy crashed in the United States, but prices have since stabilized.

no

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U.S.

California Democrats Drop Plan for 50 Percent Oil Cut

By ADAM NAGOURNEY | Sep 9th 2015

Opponents, in dealing a major setback to environmentalists, had warned that the percent mandate would result in higher fuel and electricity costs.

There is more political work to do.
Fossil carbon should stay in the ground.

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