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N.Y. / Region
Battered by East Coast Snowstorm, Cities Face Digging Out
The massive storm left 18 people dead and caused heavy flooding along the coast. The 26.8 inches of snow that fell in Central Park was the second-highest total ever recorded.The storm is over.
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N.Y. / Region
Sheldon Silver’s Lawyers Seek Acquittal or Retrial in Corruption Case
It is their right.
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N.Y. / Region
Community Gardens Imperiled by New York’s Affordable Housing Plans
Many of the gardens occupy plots of land owned by the City of New York, leaving residents who have tended them for years with few options to oppose the changes.True.
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Opinion
Convicted of Corruption, but Still Getting a Pension
Shouldn’t Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos have to give up their perks after being convicted of corruption?Find another way than a state constitutional convention.
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U.S.
Mississippi Republicans Face Hard Tax Cut Choices
The vote to unseat Blaine Eaton II, a Democrat, and replace him with his Republican rival, Mark Tullos, is likely to exacerbate a tension that defines much of modern-day policy making in the South.Mississippi is playing with bankruptcy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/25/opinion/michigans-great-stink.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankruptcy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankruptcy_in_the_United_States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insolvency
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insolvency#Government_debt
Mississippi will pay exorbitant interest on its bonds.
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U.S.
Florida: Man Held in Officer’s Ambush
A gunman was apprehended after wounding a Miami Gardens police officer in a parked patrol vehicle in an ambush-style attack, the police said.The story is incomplete.
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U.S.
Alabama: Judge Censured for Coercing Blood Donors
A Circuit Court judge was censured Thursday after he was accused last year of threatening defendants with jail time if they did not pay fines or participate in a blood drive.Judge Marvin Wiggins exceeded his authority.
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Sports
Support for FIFA Hopeful
Gianni Infantino’s bid to win the FIFA presidency and lead the world soccer body out of the worst graft scandal in its history received a lift Friday when he won backing from Europe’s soccer associations.http://www.theguardian.com/football
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Books
‘Liberty and Coercion,’ by Gary Gerstle
As government’s role has grown, power has increasingly shifted from the states to the federal domain.The two party system is an extra constitutional improvisation.
The two party system will change when the level of coertion
it imposes becomes unbearable for a significant majority of the entire population.
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U.S.
Precipitous Rents in Ski Country Push Workers to Edges
Soaring home prices have created a housing crisis in ski country, one that has people piling into apartments, living out of trailers and sleeping in shifts.Fashion can change.
The skiing business must support its staff.
A possible model is the company town.
That would bring "closed shop" unions.
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World
Vietnam’s Sacred Turtle Dies at an Awkward, Some Say Ominous, Time
The news that a legendary turtle in Hanoi’s central lake had died prompted an outpouring of sadness across this deeply superstitious and Confucian country.Cloning might help.
Vietnam will have to request help.
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N.Y. / Region
U.S. Awards $281 Million to New York Region for Hurricane Protection
"Window dressing".
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Sports
Brook Lopez’s 31 Points Help Nets End Thunder’s Winning Streak
The Nets ended the Oklahoma City Thunder’s seven-game winning streak with a 116-106 home win.http://nytimes.stats.com/nba/scoreboard.asp
| 7:00 PM ET | CSNE/CSNM | ||||
| Boston (24 - 21) | |||||
| Washington (20 - 21) | |||||
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Real Estate
Homes for Sale in Brooklyn and Manhattan
This week’s properties are in the East Village, Lincoln Square and Park Slope, Brooklyn.I can build anything but location.
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World
Italian Town, Scrutinizing School Meals, Faces Cries of Bean Counting
The mayor, seeing that Corsico had a debt of over a million euros in unpaid lunch fees, decided that children whose parents had not paid would not be allowed to eat cafeteria-prepared meals.Bean counting is Euro policy.
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Sports
George Washington Wins
A jump shot by Patricio Garino with 1 minute 32 seconds left broke a tie, and George Washington (15-4, 4-2 Atlantic 10) sank five late free throws to seal a 62-58 win over Rhode Island (11-8, 3-3) in Washington.http://nytimes.stats.com/nba/boxscore.asp
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Tot |
| Boston | 22 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 116 |
| Washington | 20 | 29 | 21 | 21 | 91 |
| Preview | Box |
| Leaders | Boston | Washington |
| Points | I. Thomas 23 | 2 tied with 15 |
| Rebounds | 2 tied with 6 | M. Gortat 11 |
| Assists | I. Thomas 9 | J. Wall 10 |
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Business Day
Employee Wellness Programs Use Carrots and, Increasingly, Sticks
Workers at many companies now face stiff financial penalties for refusing to undergo health screenings.Buy your own insurance.
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World
El Salvador Advises Against Pregnancy Until 2018 in Answer to Zika Fears
The rapid spread of the mosquito-borne virus, which has been linked to a surge in malformed infants, has forced Latin America to take extreme health measures.Find the linkage.
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Opinion
New York City’s Promising Step on Criminal Justice
A new bill could make many “quality of life” violations civil, not criminal, offenses, helping to ease the overpolicing in communities of color.It is extreme poverty leading to nonpayment that is the problem.
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