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N.Y. / Region
Mayor de Blasio to Raise Base Pay for City Workers
Mayor Bill de Blasio is set to announce on Wednesday a $15-an-hour minimum wage for New York City’s public work force that city officials said would be among the highest of its kind in the country.Very few work for the bottom of the scale.
There are many reasons to raise the floor and and no reason to try to pay less.
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U.S.
Court Blocks Order That Officer Testify in Freddie Gray Case
The appeals court temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that William G. Porter must testify against a colleague facing trial in Mr. Gray’s death.Immunity is a high price for the politicians.
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World
Brazil: Protest Over Higher Bus Fares Erupt in 3 Cities
Demonstrations in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte reflected resentment over efforts to cover budget shortfalls.Think of it as raising the rent on all of the poor.
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U.S.
California: Gas Leaking in Neighborhood to Be Burned
Air-quality regulators have reached an agreement with the Southern California Gas Company to capture and burn off some of the natural gas escaping from a blown-out well.Central heating.
Add free food and gather the homeless.
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Food
Recipes for the Weekend
A mid-winter turkey dinner, Melissa Clark’s buttery breakfast casserole and other menu ideas.http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017894-buttery-breakfast-casserole
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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U.S.
Maryland: Baltimore Plans Extensive Demolitions
Thousands of vacant buildings in Baltimore will be demolished over the next four years, officials said.Realestate price supports.
Detroit has been trying the tactic.
Baltimore has become an unattractive suburb of Washington.
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N.Y. / Region
New York Police Sergeant to Face Internal Charges in Eric Garner Confrontation
Police officials were forced to initiate internal discipline against the sergeant, Kizzy Adonis, because time was running out under an 18-month statute of limitations.I am not comfortable with these charges.
They smell political.
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World
Crimea to Face Power Shortages for Months, Officials Say
After lines were sabotaged, electricity will not be fully restored until an “energy bridge” from Russia is completed in May, according to the Kremlin-appointed government.Ukraine does not owe Crimea power.
Power lines are vulnerable.
Even small boats can carry enough explosives to cut them.
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Sports
Magic Send the Nets to Their Ninth Straight Defeat at Home
Victor Oladipo and Nikola Vucevic led the Orlando Magic to an 83-77 victory over the Nets, who have lost nine straight home games.http://nytimes.stats.com/nba/scoreboard.asp?day=20160110
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| Memphis (20 - 18) | |||||
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Business Day
Jonathan Lippman, New York’s Former Chief Judge, Joins Latham & Watkins
Jonathan Lippman is focusing his work on New York law and appellate matters as well as trying to expand access to legal services for the needy.Justice for all is a worthy goal.
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Real Estate
Homes for Sale in Brooklyn and Manhattan
This week’s properties are in Murray Hill, Battery Park City and Boerum Hill, Brooklyn.Big windows. Modest spaces.
Let us have sun and sky and quiet.
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Science
Moonlight Drives Zooplankton’s Winter Migrations
During Arctic winters, zooplankton migrate from the surface when they moon is full, a study found.These zooplankton are hiding from their predators.
Darkness is their friend.
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Sports
Nets’ Home Skid Reaches Eight With Loss to Raptors
Jonas Valanciunas had 22 points and 11 rebounds for Toronto, which bounced back from consecutive losses. The Nets have not won at Barclays Center since Dec. 10.http://nytimes.stats.com/nba/standings.asp
NBA Division Standings
Division Standings | Conference Standings
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| W | L | Pct | GB | Home | Road | Div | Conf | Last 10 | Streak | |||
| Toronto | 23 | 15 | .605 | -- | 11-6 | 12-9 | 4-1 | 15-8 | 6-4 | 2 W | ||
| Boston | 19 | 17 | .528 | 3.0 | 9-10 | 10-7 | 5-3 | 14-12 | 5-5 | 2 L | ||
| New York | 18 | 20 | .474 | 5.0 | 9-8 | 9-12 | 4-1 | 12-14 | 4-6 | 1 L | ||
| Brooklyn | 10 | 26 | .278 | 12.0 | 6-13 | 4-13 | 3-4 | 7-16 | 3-7 | 3 L | ||
| Philadelphia | 4 | 34 | .105 | 19.0 | 2-13 | 2-21 | 0-7 | 0-21 | 3-7 | 1 L | ||
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Sports
Ty Lawson Is Suspended Over Drunken Driving Arrest
The N.B.A. has suspended Houston Rockets guard Ty Lawson for three games without pay because of a drunken driving case in California last year.
"Pau Gasol had 17 points and 18 rebounds, Derrick Rose scored 18 points, and the Bulls beat the Boston Celtics, 101-92, on Thursday night in Chicago for their sixth straight victory.
Jimmy Butler added 19 points and 10 assists.
The
Bulls used a big third quarter to extend their longest winning streak
of the season, handing the Celtics their fourth loss in five games.
Boston
Coach Brad Stevens missed the game to visit the former Butler center
Andrew Smith, who played on the Bulldogs’ two runs to the national
championship game. Smith has been battling non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and
was scheduled to have a bone marrow transplant Thursday, according to
The Boston Globe.
With
the assistant coach Jay Larranaga filling in for Stevens, Boston got 17
points from Jae Crowder. Kelly Olynyk added 16 points and 9 rebounds,
but the Celtics shot just 35.7 percent and were 5 of 25 from 3-point
range."
http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics?p1=menu_sports_more_celtics
I will live in Massachusetts if you can show me how.
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N.Y. / Region
New York Reaches $3.75 Million Settlement With Man Wrongfully Convicted in 1997 Murder
Roger Logan was convicted of shooting and killing a man in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, and spent 17 years imprisoned for the murder.Without the finality of death, wrongful conviction is expensive.
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U.S.
Lesson for Stalemated Sides in Oregon: A Texas Standoff Without End
The U.S. state religion has suffered a schism.
People are reluctant to go to war.
Laughter does not make martyrs.
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World
Golden Mao Statue in China, Nearly Finished, Is Brought Down by Criticism
The 120-foot-tall structure, said to have cost $465,000, had been under construction for months when it began to attract attention online.Deification.
Arguments continue among the priesthood.
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World
Drug Kingpin ‘El Chapo’ Has Been Arrested, Mexican President Says
The drug kingpin Joaquín Guzmán Loera, also known as El Chapo, has been arrested by Mexican authorities, the country’s president announced on Twitter.He is not dead yet.
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Sports
Panthers’ Winning Streak Hits 11
Reilly Smith and Vincent Trocheck scored eight seconds apart in the first period, and the Florida Panthers extended their franchise-best winning streak to 11 games with a 3-2 victory over the host Ottawa Senators.http://nytimes.stats.com/nhl/scoreboard.asp
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The Upshot
2015 Was a Great Year for Jobs. 2016 Will Have a Hard Time Matching It.
A big question is whether the pace of job growth of the last two years can continue now that we are close to what economists consider full employment.http://www.ianwelsh.net/japanification-revisited/
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