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U.S.
Video: Overview of Flint’s Water Crisis
Months after the city of Flint, Mich., switched from a Detroit water supply to one from the Flint River, contaminants have sickened people. Residents have filed lawsuits, and the governor has apologized.http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/18/us/obama-flint-michigan-water-fema-emergency-disaster.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapter_9,_Title_11,_United_States_Code
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
Flint was not placed in bankruptcy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint,_Michigan#Second_financial_emergency:_2011.E2.80.93
The state of Michigan is responsible.
The lead damage is permanent.
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Opinion
An Important Win in the Supreme Court for Class Actions
The justices properly ruled that companies can’t avoid class actions by buying off individual plaintiffs.Good.
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N.Y. / Region
Animal Deaths Down and Adoptions Up Amid Reforms at New York Shelters
Euthanasia rates dropped sharply in 2015, according to new statistics from Animal Care Centers of NYC, as the agency put in place new programs and planned to build more shelters.I will not lead on animals.
I will help with your dog.
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Health
Insurer Rewards Push Women Toward Mammograms
Health plans offer women a variety of incentives to be screened for breast cancer even when scientific guidelines recommend against it.Early detection is cheapest for the insurance companies.
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Sports
Paced by a Freshman Guard, Oklahoma State Rips Kansas
Jawun Evans scored 22 points for the Cowboys, who defeated the No. 3 Jayhawks in Stillwater, Okla., for the third time in a row.http://nytimes.stats.com/wcbk/schedules.asp?team=0129
#1 Connecticut Huskies (17-0)
| 1/16 | vs. Temple | 6:00 PM ET | W 104 - 49 | |
| 1/20 | vs. UCF | 7:00 PM ET | W 106 - 51 | |
| 1/23 | at Southern Methodist | 3:00 PM ET | ||
| 1/27 | at Tulsa | 8:00 PM ET | ||
| 1/30 | vs. Memphis | 12:00 PM ET |
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N.Y. / Region
New York Council to Consider Bills Altering How Police Handle Minor Offenses
The measures would affect low-level offenses such as public urination and public consumption of alcohol, in some cases removing them from the criminal justice system.w.ianwelsh.net/oligarchs-criminals-reward-and-punishment-after-the-unmoved-mover/
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Real Estate
In Jersey City, a Room of Her Own
Nastasya Tsultsumova sought a place to share near her job in Jersey City.It is a tough way to live.
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T Magazine
Five Tips for Curing Winter Skin, From a Cult Facialist
From what you sip to how often you exfoliate, Kristina Holey believes both internal and external wellness work together for a great complexion.She is working too hard.
Clean is good.
Clean and happy is better.
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Food
How to Cook Salmon
Our new soup-to-nuts salmon guide and Turkish sweets from Melissa Clark.http://cooking.nytimes.com/guides/19-how-to-cook-salmon
I am happy to play with food.
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N.Y. / Region
Officials Object to Plan to Turn Burial Site Over to Parks Dept.
Hart Island, New York City’s potter’s field, is run by the Correction Department, and visits are restricted, involve paperwork and are limited to blood relatives.Let it be the potter's field.
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Real Estate
$2,300,000 Homes in Boston, New Jersey, and Kentucky
This week’s properties include a shingle-style house in New Jersey, a Federal-style house in Kentucky and a condo on Boston Harbor.Three times no.
I do not want a domestic staff.
I do not want to work big.
I do not want to live in a city.
The kitchen should not have a wooden floor.
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N.Y. / Region
Marie Garibaldi, First Woman on New Jersey Supreme Court, Dies at 81
Justice Garibaldi voted to uphold the death penalty and wrote decisions that defined sexual harassment in the workplace and declared Princeton’s all-male eating clubs discriminatory.A life well spent.
I would argue with her politics of crime.
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Opinion
Guaranteeing an Income for Everyone
Readers address the idea of a universal basic income as a way to reimburse caregivers for their unpaid work.U.S. governments are in the charity business.
The guarantee should not be means tested.
That floor cannot compensate caregivers for their contribution to society.
Wage earners can be empowered to get a just share of their wealth production.
I do not know how to do the accounting on caregiving.
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U.S.
Obama Says if He Were a Flint Parent, He’d Be ‘Beside Myself’
The president commented for the first time on lead contamination in the water of the Michigan city, hours after its mayor pointed to the roles of class and race in the crisis.http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/21/us/flint-michigan-lead-water-crisis.html
The actions of the Governor of Michigan in the city of Flint
are criminal.
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N.Y. / Region
Filing Alleges Bias at Success Academy Network Against Students With Disabilities
Parents of 13 current and former students of Success Academy filed a complaint against the charter school network with the federal Department of Education.Investigate.
Follow with corrective action if the allegation is supported.
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Opinion
Privacy and Drone Spying
The Electronic Privacy Information Center writes that these unmanned vehicles have surveillance capabilities that will only increase.Voyerism is generally unlawful.
The debate toward regulation will continue.
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N.Y. / Region
Ex-New York Officer Pleads Guilty in Conspiracy Case
Joseph P. Dwyer, who participated in a scheme to pay a police sergeant to gain access to a restricted database, could be sentenced to prison this spring.Look for a broader pattern.
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Opinion
Remedies for Pain
A social worker writes that “there are many safe, active treatments that work better for pain than placebos.”The problem is in accounting.
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World
Tunisia: Protests Prompt a Curfew
Tunisia on Tuesday declared a curfew in Kasserine after clashes between the police and more than 1,000 young protesters demonstrating for jobs.Charity can be a problem.
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Travel
Spread of Zika Virus Prompts Travel Advisories
Women who are pregnant or are trying to become so should talk to their doctors about the risks of traveling to areas where Zika infections have been found.Noted.
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World
U.N. Official Cleared in Leak Inquiry
Anders Kompass leaked information to the French government in 2014 about accusations that French soldiers in the Central African Republic had sexually abused children.Duty.
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Opinion
Nigerians at the Mall
A professor of international relations writes about the “precarious state” of Nigeria’s middle class.Unearned wealth can be destructive.
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Sports
Paced by a Freshman Guard, Oklahoma State Rips Kansas
Jawun Evans scored 22 points for the Cowboys, who defeated the No. 3 Jayhawks in Stillwater, Okla., for the third time in a row.4
Arts
Efforts to Drop Charges Against Cosby Are Meritless, Prosecutor Says
A district attorney in Pennsylvania hit back at attempts by Bill Cosby’s legal team to drop criminal charges against the entertainer.A judge will decide.
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U.S.
Maryland: Judge Will Not Force Officer to Testify
A judge has rejected prosecutors’ request to force a Baltimore police officer to testify against three of his colleagues facing charges in connection with Freddie Gray’s death.The prosecution must think.
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T Magazine
Two Fresh Recipes From Obicà’s New Angeleno Outpost
The Flatiron restaurant’s sister location in Santa Monica, which opened last week, shares how to make its branzino and tuna tartare.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_seabass
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U.S.
Texas: ‘Affluenza’ Teen Moves to Return to U.S.
Lawyers for a Texas teenager who used a so-called “affluenza” defense in a fatal drunken-driving case have told the Mexican authorities that they want to drop their fight against his deportation to the U.S.Facing facts.
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N.Y. / Region
Woman Is Stabbed to Death in Her Scarsdale Home
A 58-year-old woman was killed in the Westchester County suburb, and a man who lived with her, possibly her husband, was detained by the police, officials said."Dog bites man" so far.
Divorce is a more common end.
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World
U.N.-Appointed Panel Calls for a Tax to Pay for Crises
A small tax on high-volume goods and services is among those proposed by a panel appointed by the United Nations to figure out how to pay for humanitarian crises.The U.N. is intentionally not a world government.
It has no power to tax.
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Sports
Bucks Subdue the Heat
Khris Middleton scored 22 points, Greg Monroe added 15, and visiting Milwaukee clamped down defensively on short-handed Miami.16
U.S.
Crumbling, Destitute Schools Threaten Detroit’s Recovery
Detroit’s public schools are failing academically and nearly insolvent, leaving residents to wonder how the city can recoup its lost population.Detroit has not recovered.
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U.S.
Trial Explores Whether Towns Discriminate Against Nonmembers of Polygamous Sect
A federal complaint accuses the towns of Colorado City, Ariz., and Hildale, Utah, of discriminating against people who are not members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.Church and state are and must be separate.
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Real Estate
Developers Give New Meaning to College Towns
Near campuses around the country, developers are building housing for the staff, tapping into the desire among some younger workers to live in walkable, urban communities.The college town is not new.
The campus is a more recent development.
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U.S.
Hawaii: Rafts Found From Crashed Helicopters
Rescuers searching the area where two Marine helicopters crashed off Hawaii last week have found some life rafts that were carried aboard the aircraft, but no sign of the 12 crew members who were on board.The effort should soon shift to "recovery".
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U.S.
Obama Says if He Were a Flint Parent, He’d Be ‘Beside Myself’
The actions of the governor of Michigan are criminal.
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