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Food
Great Midweek Recipes
Two no-recipe recipes and an introduction to Cooking’s new How to Cook Ham guide.It is not a competition.
I am happy if I can keep myself in bread.
The flu is hanging on longer than it should.
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Sports
Judge Is Eager to Move the FIFA Case to Trial
“Begin to think seriously, given the passage of time, as to when we may proceed to trial,” Judge Raymond J. Dearie of Federal District Court in Brooklyn told lawyers.There will be a trial.
The evidence will be assembled for all to see.
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Business Day
Encouraging Fracking, Britain Offers More Than 150 Sites for Exploration
In an effort to stoke interest from energy companies, the government is offering licenses in areas thought to contain shale gas or oil.If it is not financially viable it will not be done.
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N.Y. / Region
New York City’s Flu Shot Mandate for Young Children Is Struck Down
A state judge said the rule requiring vaccination against the disease for anyone to attend a city-licensed preschool or day care center was invalid without action by the Legislature.The legislature should act.
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N.Y. / Region
Mayor de Blasio Unveils Plan to Track Homeless Population
As New York’s leader confronts declining approval ratings, more police and city workers will be given the task of responding to a growing problem.I can see no fix for homelessness.
Individual homeless people can be housed.
More will come.
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N.Y. / Region
Brooklyn Prosecutors Revisit 3 Convictions in Fatal 1980 Fire
The district attorney’s office, citing advanced fire science, plans to ask a judge to throw out the convictions of three men, who were found guilty of six felony murders and second-degree arson.The convictions have been voided.
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U.S.
Dennis Hastert, Former Speaker, Remains in Hospital After Stroke
J. Dennis Hastert, who pleaded guilty in October to banking law violations, was admitted last month and has also had two back operations.The political career of J. Dennis Hastert is over.
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Sports
Russell Wilson Has Seattle Seahawks Back in the Playoff Picture
The Seahawks lost to the Cardinals on Nov. 15, and fell to 4-5. But the team now looks better than ever, thanks to the outstanding play of Wilson.Sunday 12/20/15
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Sports
The Best of Week 13 in the N.F.L.
The top performers and key injuries in the league this week.The Patriots lost.
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Opinion
Myths and Reality About Gun Violence
A hospital executive and New Yorkers Against Gun Violence write to address the stigma of mental illness and the necessity of safe-storage laws.I am trying to believe that the question of gun violence is a distraction.
We must run civilization without fossil carbon.
We must shrink the world population to sustainable numbers.
We must maintain consent and culture while that happens.
Raiding and dueling will not aid the effort.
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Sports
Rookies Fill Void on Defense and Give Rangers a Boost Against the Streaking Oilers
The rookies Dylan McIlrath and Brady Skjei helped the Rangers end the Oilers’ six-game winning streak.http://nytimes.stats.com/nhl/scoreboard.asp?day=20151218
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Travel
U.S. Airlines Preparing to Offer Flights to Cuba
With the United States and Cuba agreeing to restore commercial flights between the countries, U.S. carriers have begun planning service.Marxism has lost all legitimacy.
Government must become philosophically civil.
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Sports
Oddsmakers View Panthers as Vulnerable to Giants
Bookmakers remained skeptical about the Panthers’ 13-0 record, making them only 4-point favorites in the opening betting line for their game against the 6-7 Giants.I cannot advise anyone on any aspect of football games.
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World
Japan’s Top Court Upholds Law Requiring Spouses to Share Surname
One justice said the law did not impose an undue burden on women partly because they could continue using their maiden names in their professional lives.Japan is a sovereign nation.
We are not Japanese.
Use a name that pleases you.
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N.Y. / Region
New York Officials Defend Affordable Housing Plan to Divided Audience
Opposition to the de Blasio administration’s strategy was evident at a Manhattan public hearing, and dozens of community boards have rebuffed the development proposals amid fears of gentrification.The environment changes.
People try to resist the changes.
Humanity has only dynamic stability.
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U.S.
Texas: ‘Affluenza’ Teenager May Have Fled
The authorities are investigating whether a teenager who killed four people in a 2013 drunken-driving wreck, and claimed as part of his defense that he suffered from “affluenza,” has fled with his mother to avoid a potential violation of his probation.Forced abstinence is a cruel punishment.
Humanity has not learned how to deal with addiction.
I am part of humanity.
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N.Y. / Region
Police Officer Accused of Sexually Abusing a Family Friend’s Daughter
Jacob Sabbagh was arrested in Brooklyn on charges he had encounters with the girl in a three-year period beginning in 2005 when she was 10.The matters do not require my attention.
Investigations will go forward.
People are responsible for their own actions.
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Sports
Leicester Remains in First Place in Premier League
Goals by Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez propelled Leicester to a 2-1 home win over stumbling Chelsea.http://www.theguardian.com/football/results
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Science
An Effort to Bring a Galápagos Turtle Species Back From the Dead
Relatives of Lonesome George, the last of his species, who died in 2012, have been discovered. Scientists hope a breeding program will bring a revival.I like the project.
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