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World
Searchers Refine Possible Path of Lost Malaysian Flight 370
Investigators released an analysis using a set of probability tools that they say takes them closer to locating the jet in the southern Indian Ocean.Nothing new.
The search continues.
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U.S.
Officer in Chicago Shooting Is Released From Jail
Jason Van Dyke, charged with murder in the shooting death of Laquan McDonald, a black teenager, was freed after posting bond and his lawyer pledged that he was not a flight risk.The world does change.
Jason Van Dyke was not learning the changes.
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Opinion
Domestic Abuse Policy
A lawyer writes that supporting employees suffering from violence at home is the right thing for companies to do.This may be the best that can be done.
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U.S.
Students’ Protests May Play Role in Supreme Court Case on Race in Admissions
The protests, some at the alma maters of the court’s members, might sway the justices in a University of Texas case where a white woman was denied entrance.The fight is over racial segregation.
The University of Texas, Austin has found a usable corrective formula.
It should be allowed to continue to use it as long as it is useful.
The problem is cultural remediation.
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Food
The Choreographer Mark Morris’s Nesting Dishes
He keeps his set of round, high-rimmed stainless-steel thali (plates) and accompanying katori (bowls), in descending sizes.Practical.
India is not my culture.
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U.S.
Cleveland Officer Says He Shot Tamir Rice After Fake Gun Was Pulled
Officer Timothy Loehmann, the patrolman who fatally shot the 12-year-old, said he saw the boy “reaching into his waistband” before firing his weapon.The officers action was wrong.
I am glad I do not have to serve in his trial.
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Opinion
Patient Confidentiality and a Doctor’s Judgment Call
A doctor and a lawyer discuss physicians’ obligation.Each action is a personal decision.
We must act to our best judgment.
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U.S.
House Restores Local Education Control in Revising No Child Left Behind
The bipartisan 2001 law ushered in high-stakes testing to measure student progress in reading and math between the third and the eighth grades."The bill passed Wednesday retains the annual testing requirements in math and reading. Schools must also continue to report the results by students’ race, income and disability status."
There was money involved.
The management will be softer.
9
Sports
New Orleans Saints at Houston Texans Preview
The much-improved Houston defense should be able to keep things close enough that Brian Hoyer and the Texans’ offense can secure a victory.http://www.theguardian.com/uk/sport
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World
High Court Denounces Northern Ireland’s Abortion Law
The procedure is permitted in some circumstances, but the Belfast High Court said the measure was “incompatible with human rights.”The law on abortion in Ireland will change.
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U.S.
Health Spending in U.S. Topped $3 Trillion Last Year
It grew faster than the economy in 2014, the government said, as major provisions of the Affordable Care Act took effect.Republican obduracy is failing.
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U.S.
Robert Dear, Suspect in Colorado Attack, Appears in Court
Mr. Dear wore a white padded vest with his hands and legs shackled in his first court appearance to answer an initial charge of first-degree murder.Robert Dear is a murderer.
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Sports
Hot-Scoring Matt Duchene Leads Avalanche Past the Devils
Duchene had a franchise-record 11 goals in November and opened the scoring for Colorado on Tuesday.http://nytimes.stats.com/nhl/scoreboard.asp?day=20151204
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Sports
Junior College’s Second Chances Become Dead Ends
Struggling players enrolled at Westchester Community College to bolster their academic credentials and transfer to Division I programs, but grade fraud cost some their scholarships.http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/w-baskbl/conn-w-baskbl-body.html
Beat DePaul
Plays again on the fifth.
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N.Y. / Region
Mayor de Blasio Promotes Smoother Ride on F.D.R. Drive
Mayor Bill de Blasio pushed to have the bumpy route along the East River resurfaced; those repairs, from 125th Street to the Brooklyn Bridge, are expected to be completed this week.The road needs the work.
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Sports
Familiar Atmosphere Finally Finds the Islanders’ New Home
The Rangers faced off against the Islanders at their new home in Brooklyn on Wednesday to the capacity crowd of 15,795.http://nytimes.stats.com/nhl/scoreboard.asp?day=20151204
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Sports
U.S.C. Coach Loses Interim Tag
Southern California hired Clay Helton as its permanent coach in light of his guiding the team to a division title after taking over for Steve Sarkisian.The season is over.
It is playoff time.
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N.Y. / Region
Cuomo to Highlight New York’s Progress in AIDS Fight
In a speech Tuesday, Mr. Cuomo is expected to announce that more New Yorkers are taking Truvada, a drug that protects against H.I.V. infection, and separately, the number of infections transmitted from mother to child has dropped to zero in the state.http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/11/30/us/ap-us-ending-aids.html
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N.Y. / Region
A Dog’s West Side Prey
A family pet in Central Park dashed off and returned with a locally appropriate baked product.The problem is Entenmann's is not a great pound cake.
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Sports
Monday’s Matchup: Ravens (3-7) at Browns (2-8)
The game could be close: All of Baltimore’s games this season have been decided by 8 points or fewer.Sunday the sixth.
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