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Travel
What Pegi Vail Knows About Backpackers
An anthropologist looks at tourism’s impact, both good and bad, on communities and biodiversity.She knows more than this tag.
Tourism is not healthy for the locals.
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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.The men's team:
UConn Undaunted by Uneven Start (It’s Not March Yet)
By SETH BERKMAN
The Huskies, 13-5 with a key matchup with Georgetown looming, won the
national championship in 2014 after an indifferent regular season.
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Sports
Raptors Defeat Celtics for Sixth Straight Win; Wizards Top Depleted Heat
The Raptors won their season-high sixth straight game, 115-109, over the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night in Toronto.| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Tot |
| Chicago | 23 | 26 | 33 | 19 | 101 |
| Boston | 34 | 30 | 26 | 20 | 110 |
| Preview | Box |
| Leaders | Chicago | Boston |
| Points | J. Butler 28 | I. Thomas 22 |
| Rebounds | J. Butler 14 | J. Sullinger 12 |
| Assists | 3 tied with 3 | 3 tied with 5 |
| Eastern Conference | ||||||||||||
| Atlantic Division | ||||||||||||
| W | L | Pct | GB | Home | Road | Div | Conf | Last 10 | Streak | |||
| Toronto | 27 | 15 | .643 | -- | 13-6 | 14-9 | 7-1 | 19-8 | 8-2 | 6 W | ||
| Boston | 23 | 21 | .523 | 5.0 | 12-10 | 11-11 | 5-5 | 17-14 | 4-6 | 1 W | ||
| New York | 22 | 22 | .500 | 6.0 | 13-8 | 9-14 | 6-2 | 15-15 | 7-3 | 2 W | ||
| Brooklyn | 11 | 33 | .250 | 17.0 | 7-17 | 4-16 | 4-5 | 8-20 | 1-9 | 5 L | ||
| Philadelphia | 6 | 38 | .136 | 22.0 | 3-16 | 3-22 | 0-9 | 1-25 | 3-7 | 1 W | ||
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Science
Telling Jewels From Junk in DNA
Some cellular DNA yields molecules that serve mysterious but important functions in the cell, new research suggests.Another step toward understanding DNA.
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Sports
No. 6 West Virginia Falls; North Carolina Wins 10th in Row
Javan Felix scored the final 9 points for Texas and led the Longhorns to a 56-49 victory at No. 6 West Virginia on Wednesday night.Tomorrow night.
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U.S.
Georgia Police Officer Indicted in Murder of Unarmed Black Man
A grand jury has indicted a white officer on six counts, including felony murder, in last year’s shooting of Anthony Hill, 27, who was naked and behaving erratically.It is murder to shoot naked people.
Even Georgia knows it.
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Sports
Valencia Earns a Tie
Valencia managed a 1-1 draw with visiting Las Palmas in the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey.http://www.theguardian.com/football
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N.Y. / Region
U.S. Awards $281 Million to New York Region for Hurricane Protection
The largest single award, $176 million, will go to New York City to help build a new flood protection system around Lower Manhattan."Small potatoes."
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N.Y. / Region
The Snow Goose, a Welcome Stop Sign in Winter
Nature in New York City can still stop traffic, even in winter. Adult and juvenile snow geese collect in massive flocks, offering something to marvel at on the road.It may yet be a fowl winter.
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Science
2015 Was Hottest Year in Recorded History, NASA and NOAA Say
The bulk of the record-setting heat, NASA and NOAA say, is from long-term planetary warming caused by human emissions of greenhouse gases.As expected.
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Opinion
The Supreme Court, the Nativists and Immigrants
President Obama’s action to protect undocumented parents from deportation was well within his authority.Yes.
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World
Treatment of Foreigners in China a ‘Worrying Trend,’ E.U. Envoy Says
Hans Dietmar Schweisgut, speaking at a news conference on economic matters, addressed the recent string of expulsions and detentions of Europeans."Actions speak louder than words"
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Business Day
Walmart to Deliver Pay Raises Next Month
The promised raise will take average hourly pay to $13.38 from $13 now for full-time workers beginning Feb. 20, part of an effort to retain workers as joblessness falls."Where's the beef?"
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U.S.
Supreme Court Rules Against Kansas Inmates in Death Penalty Case
The decision, concerning sentencing procedures, returns the case to the Kansas Supreme Court, which may again vacate the death sentences.Just more noise.
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Travel
In Palau, Taking the Bait to Swim With Jellyfish
Learning to let go allows a visitor to enjoy a surreal playtime in a saltwater lake in the Pacific archipelago nation.We have done that though the seeing was not dramatic.
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Opinion
Scalia’s Putsch at the Supreme Court
In recent years, the Supreme Court has waved the First Amendment banner ever higher to undermine long-accepted governmental regulatory authority.It is a stacked deck. The defenders will have to think.
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U.S.
3 Black Maryland Police Officers File Racial Discrimination Suit
Kelvin Sewell, fired from his job as chief of the Pocomoke City Police Department, and two black officers allege systemic harassment and a hostile atmosphere.They may win in court.
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U.S.
New Methane Emission Rules Proposed by Interior Department
The rules, aimed at gas and oil drilling on public lands, are intended to curb the release of methane, which contributes to global warming.Less methane is good.
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U.S.
Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Obama Immigration Actions
A coalition of 26 states has sued over the president’s efforts to provide work permits for millions of illegal immigrants, accusing him of abuse of power.The Court should reject the states contention.
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