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Business Day
Consumer Prices and Housing Starts Dipped in December
The Labor Department said its Consumer Price Index slipped 0.1 percent after being unchanged in November.It could be noise.
I don't like the other possibility.
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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.No grant of immunity.
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U.S.
Court Rejects Bid to Delay Obama Rule on Climate Change
A lawsuit by at least 27 states to stop the rule, which could eventually shut down hundreds of coal-fired power plants, is to be heard on June 2.The Lawsuit should be quashed.
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U.S.
Big Snowstorm Forecast Sends a Shiver Up the East Coast
New York and New England could be spared the brunt of the storm, but Washington is squarely in its path, meteorologists say.http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/eaus/wv-l.jpg
http://www.weather.gov/
http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/fill_94qwbg.gif?1453599511585
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U.S.
As Blizzard Nears, People Stock Up and Offices Close Down
Millions of people along the East Coast braced for travel disruptions and possible power losses. In some areas, as much as two feet of snow may fall.http://www.nytimes.com/live/winter-storm-jonas/?module=article-embed
Other places have more.
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Technology
Google Pays Britain $185 Million to Settle Back Taxes
The technology giant says it will change how it calculates its tax payments in Britain so they are based on a percentage of local sales derived from the country.Sales taxes by any name are regressive.
Collect a graduated income tax.
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T Magazine
Three’s a Trend: Big, Baggy Pants
At the Paris men’s shows, designers including Christophe Lemaire, Dries Van Noten, Gosha Rubchinskiy and Rick Owens have emphasized volume.I don't have to like them.
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World
Central African Republic: Hunger Threatens Population, U.N. Warns
Nearly half the people in the country are now facing hunger, the main food aid agency of the United Nations said Wednesday.It is called a famine.
The fix is nearly as ugly as the event.
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Science
For Prairie Voles, a Furry Shoulder to Cry On
Prairie voles demonstrate sympathetic behavior, scientists find.Some hings are hard wired.
With voles there must be a preexisting relation.
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Travel
Flight Canceled Because of the Winter Storm? What You Need to Know
With a blizzard in the Northeast expected to disrupt travel, passengers should review airline policies regarding flight cancellations.There will be a gap.
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lon=-73.87782214002898&lat=40.744264268405686#.VqRPSryaC1E
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Opinion
Depraved Indifference Toward Flint
Newly released emails reveal an appalling lack of urgency in responding to Flint’s water problems.Fixing the water in Flint will not fix the poisoned people.
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U.S.
Blizzard Watch Expands to Include New York City Area
After hitting Washington on Friday, the storm will move north, with high winds and up to 10 inches of snow expected Saturday.Central park has two feet of snow at 15:00.
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Health
C.D.C. Urges Zika Testing for Some Who Are Pregnant
The guidelines, though seen as imperfect, offer a way to proceed with worried patients who have recently lived in or traveled to an area where the mosquito-borne virus is being transmitted.I have not seen a causal link established between Ziuka and microcephaly.
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Food
A Japanese Stew Puts Root Vegetables to Good Use
In a nimono, they’re all simmered in a tasty broth for a winter-weather antidote. (Article plus video.)15
The Upshot
Sanders Makes a Rare Pitch: More Taxes for More Government
I will vote for the party candidate.
Single payer is not going to happen.
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U.S.
Georgia Police Officer Indicted in Murder of Unarmed Black Man
Georgia is doing a bit better.
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N.Y. / Region
2 Women Hurt in Robbery at Hotel Near J.F.K. Airport
A woman and her daughter are both listed in stable condition after they were robbed outside a hotel near the airport, the police said.A street robbery.
An old fashioned event.
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Real Estate
Pet Amenities for New York’s Lucky Dogs
Many pet amenities have sprung up in residential buildings throughout New York in a bid to entice renters and buyers devoted to their pets.Rent has risen to the limit.
There is competition for tenants.
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N.Y. / Region
Death of Man in Brooklyn Fire Is Called a Homicide
Firefighters found the body of Romulo Heras, 61, inside an apartment in East New York shortly after 9 a.m. on Friday.Another kind of murder.
There was no gun involved.
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Opinion
Fix Flint’s Water System, Now
Both Michigan and Washington need to really step up to the plate.Remediation of the water system is underway.
Making the population whole has not started.
Gov. Rick Snyder and his politics are criminally responsible.
The sooner Michigan and the nation understand the chain of causality the sooner the healing can begin.
Journalism must do its part in presenting the facts to the public.
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