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Hotels Offer Perks for Four-Legged Guests
Adventure parks, free toys, robes, mats and more are tempting owners to travel with their canine companions.Bring your dog.
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Opinion
A Progressive Way to Replace Corporate Taxes
Instead of paying a slice of their profits, companies could turn over nonvoting stock to the government.A silly proposal.
Few corporations pay significant dividends.
Dividends are corporate profits.
Preferred Stock's advantage is return of capital in the event of bankruptcy.
Get rid of the corporate income tax and raise the personal income tax.
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Science
Contracts Announced for Runs to Space Station
NASA announced on Thursday the companies it had selected for a second round of contracts to take cargo to the International Space Station.The Republicans are winning the money fight.
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N.Y. / Region
Standing in the Way of a Youth Court in Brooklyn
For six years, officials have tried to open a community court in the Brownsville area to curb incarceration, based on a model in Red Hook. But a City Council member has effectively vetoed it.http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/23/how-a-councilwoman-changed-her-mind/
http://council.nyc.gov/d41/html/members/home.shtml
Talk to Darlene Mealy.
Find out what Darlene Mealy wants and promise it to her.
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Science
Searching for Cancer Maps in Free-Floating DNA
A new study suggests that one day a simple blood test may tell doctors whether you have the disease and, if so, where it is.A step toward another diagnostic tool.
It is not a "Breakthrough".
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Opinion
The City Takes a Hit in Mr. Cuomo’s Budget
Mayor Bill de Blasio must defend the city’s interests in any struggle over funds from the state budget.I doubt it.
Jumping to conclusions is dangerous.
Party fighting continues.
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N.Y. / Region
City’s Delayed Traffic Study to Guide Regulation of Uber Vehicles
The study, which was originally due at the end of November, aimed to assess the ride-hailing service’s effects on traffic congestion in Manhattan.Wait for the report.
The battle for the taxi market is unresolved.
The Yellow cabs have been winning.
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World
South Africa: Pistorius Files Appeal
Oscar Pistorius has appealed his conviction for murder in the killing of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp."Truth and Reconciliation" was supposed to end these feelings.
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World
Bus Crash in Japan Kills at Least 14
A tour bus on its way to a ski resort in central Japan slid down a mountainside, killing at least 14 and injuring 27 others, officials said.Wait for the accident report.
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World
Italy: Arrest in Killing of American
A manwas arrested in the death of an American woman whose body was found in her apartment in Florence last weekend.Racism?
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World
As Germany Welcomes Migrants, Sexual Attacks in Cologne Point to a New Reality
Before the violent assaults on women in Cologne on New Year’s Eve, the police thought their biggest worry would be pickpocketing and fireworks among the crowds.A "false flag" operation?
I must do some work.
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N.Y. / Region
Death of Tax-Break Program Could Hamper Mayor de Blasio’s Housing Push
Mr. de Blasio said on Monday that his administration was creating housing affordable to poor and working-class New Yorkers faster than any of his predecessors. That drive may soon hit a speed bump.No for profit builder puts up slums.
All new housing is luxury housing.
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Opinion
A Constitutional Standoff in Venezuela
The country’s opposition-led Parliament will need robust international support to make headway on needed reforms.Venezuela will be an autocracy for the next two years.
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World
Canada: Pilot Dies in Antarctica
The pilot, David Wood, was working on a fuel-loading operation on the remote ice shelf on Monday when he got out of the helicopter and fell more than 60 feet.Shorter shifts.
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N.Y. / Region
4 Suspects Are Expected to Be Released in Brooklyn Rape Case
Ken Thompson, the Brooklyn district attorney, said his office needed more time as conflicting statements and videos clouded accounts of the attack last week.Bail bonds have worked well.
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Sports
No Drug Charges for Odom
The former N.B.A. star Lamar Odom, who was found unconscious at a Nevada brothel in October with cocaine in his system, will not be charged with any drug counts.http://nytimes.stats.com/nba/scoreboard.asp?meta=true
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U.S.
The Biggest Powerball Jackpot Ever: The Odds and Where the Money Goes
Where does all that lottery money go? Answers to key questions on a record Powerball drawing.A tax on hope.
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N.Y. / Region
Cuomo Set to Give Speech He Calls Boring After Week of Big Proposals
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s weeklong rollout of an ambitious agenda robs his annual State of the State address of drama but allows him to focus on big themes.He gave the speech.
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Opinion
Michigan’s Failure to Protect Flint
The state, which had played down findings of high levels of lead in the city’s water, must step in to find solutions.Guilty!
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