1
Opinion
End an Unfair Restriction on College Aid
A draconian law denying government grants and loans to people with even a minor drug offense should be repealed.Limiting education has been a Republican goal.
2
U.S.
Michigan: State Senate Approves Aid to Help Flint Residents Pay Water Bills
Michigan’s Senate completed legislation authorizing $30 million in supplemental aid to help Flint residents pay their water bills.The unpaid water bills will not be paid.
When lead is eliminated from the delivered water billing can resume.
3
Real Estate
House Hunting in ... Malta
Malta’s business-friendly tax structure and sunny Mediterranean climate attracts international property buyers, and demand outweighs supply.A large income is necessary to maintain such an establishment.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_Hospitaller
I want to be far away from any Crusade.
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U.S.
In Florida, an Unlikely Battle Over Fracking Intensifies
About 70 counties and cities in Florida have passed ordinances to ban or oppose fracking, even as the State Legislature considers a bill that would overrule them."Snow birds" have seen the cost of oil.
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Times Insider
Podcast: Inside Fashion Week
Glittering rats, organza dresses and Supreme Court vacancies: The Times’ chief fashion critic, Vanessa Friedman, makes sense of New York Fashion Week.http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2016/02/21/fashion/the-marc-jacobs-collection/s/21REVIEW-slide-GCJQ.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Gorey#Bibliography
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=vanessa+friedman
The podcast is not on YouTube
6
Opinion
Imagining a Rikers Island With No Jail
The sensible thing to do with the jail complex is to close it.New York City needs a jail.
NIMBY will isolate that jail.
As long as the courts are jammed the jailed population will be large.
Jail guard is not a respected job.
The guards will be of minimal competence, over worked and underpaid.
The obvious solution is to unjam the courts.
Trials of captives who cannot make bail should be held within twelve hours. Preferably they should be the same day.
7
Opinion
A Danger to Our Grizzlies
Grizzly bear populations are already threatened. A move to strip their federal protection would decimate the species.Protected species need their protections.
Stupidity has always carried a death penalty.
8
Sports
Motivated Warriors Rebound by Slipping Past the Clippers
The Warriors, coming off a 32-point drubbing at Portland, have still not lost back-to-back games this season.Boston Celtics (33-25)
http://nytimes.stats.com/nba/teamstats.asp?teamno=02&type=schedule
Schedule
| February | |||||
| Date | Opponent | Time | TV | Result | |
| Tue. 2 | at New York | 7:30 PM ET | CSNE/MSG | W 97 - 89 | |
| Wed. 3 | vs. Detroit | 7:30 PM ET | CSNE/FSDT | W 102 - 95 | |
| Fri. 5 | at Cleveland | 7:30 PM ET | CSNE/FSOH | W 104 - 103 | |
| Sun. 7 | vs. Sacramento | 1:00 PM ET | CSNE/CSCA | W 128 - 119 | |
| Tue. 9 | at Milwaukee | 8:00 PM ET | CSNE/FSWI | L 111 - 112 | |
| Wed. 10 | vs. Los Angeles | 7:30 PM ET | PT/CSNE | W 139 - 134 OT | |
| Fri. 19 | at Utah | 10:30 PM ET | ESPN/ROOT/CSNE | L 93 - 111 | |
| Sun. 21 | at Denver | 5:00 PM ET | CSNE/ALT | W 121 - 101 | |
| Mon. 22 | at Minnesota | 8:00 PM ET | CSNE/FSN | L 122 - 124 | |
| Thu. 25 | vs. Milwaukee | 7:30 PM ET | CSNE/FSWI | ||
| Sat. 27 | vs. Miami | 3:00 PM ET | CSNE/SUN | ||
| Mon. 29 | vs. Utah | 7:30 PM ET | ROOT/CSNE | ||
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Real Estate
$1,300,000 Homes in Vermont, Washington D.C., and Kansas
This week’s properties include a contemporary in Overland Park, Kan., a ski house in Stowe, Vt., and a Tudor in Washington, D.C.How much space do you want?
I see no point in Washington beyond a rental for a few years at most. I want to build a studio soon after we pick a location.
10
Opinion
Effective Firearms Regulation Is Constitutional
The Supreme Court held in 2008 that the Second Amendment conferred a right “to keep and bear arms.” But it did not prohibit strong gun laws.OK
The system should be national.
That probably means the demise of the Republican Party organization.
11
Sports
Seton Hall Lifted by Star Who Shoots Only 1 for 12
Isiah Whitehead had one of the worst games of his career, but he grabbed a key rebound and made two late free throws to send the Pirates past St. John’s, 62-61.http://nytimes.stats.com/wcbk/scoreboard.asp?conf=182&day=20160224
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| 8 | 9 | 2 | 22 | 41 | |
1
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19 | 31 | -19 | 57 | 88 |
12
Sports
No. 2 Kansas Rallies to Top No. 19 Baylor
Frank Mason III scored 19 points as the Jayhawks won their eighth straight game, moving closer to a 12th consecutive Big 12 title.#1 Connecticut Huskies (26-0)
| 2/8 | at
2
South Carolina |
7:00 PM ET | W 66 - 54 | |
| 2/14 | at Temple | 12:00 PM ET | W 85 - 60 | |
| 2/17 | vs. Cincinnati | 7:00 PM ET | W 88 - 34 | |
| 2/20 | at East Carolina | 8:00 PM ET | W 84 - 41 | |
| 2/24 | vs. Southern Methodist | 7:00 PM ET | ||
| 2/27 | vs. Tulane | 1:00 PM ET | ||
| 2/29 | vs.
21
South Florida |
7:00 PM ET |
13
World
Brazil: 7 Charged Over Dam Disaster
The president of the Samarco mining company and six other people have been charged with aggravated homicide over the deaths of at least 17 people after a dam burst in November.An effective government must hold perpetrators to account.
14
Travel
In Cairo, Alone Time With the Pharaohs
With a slump in tourism, you can enjoy the privilege of solitude at some of the world’s greatest historic sites in the chaotic metropolis of Cairo.A good trip.
I would like to let the Egyptians discover the problems of orthodoxy again.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/who-built-the-pyramids.html
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N.Y. / Region
Suit Claiming 4 New York Detectives Coerced a Murder Confession Is Reinstated
The case involves a woman who accuses the detectives of false arrest and malicious prosecution in the 2002 stabbing death of her friend and lover.The detectives are probably responsible.
They should be made to answer for her jailing.
16
Sports
No. 12 Miami Knocks Off No. 3 Virginia
The Hurricanes, who took sole possession of second place in the A.C.C., bounced back after being routed by 25 points last week at North Carolina.
"S.M.U.
(12-14) has three regular-season games left, including a game Wednesday
at No. 1 Connecticut. Rompola’s final home game will be Saturday
against Houston."
17
World
Nepal: Plane Carrying 23 Is Missing
A passenger plane carrying 23 people lost contact minutes after takeoff and is missing in mountainous territory, officials here said.http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2016/02/24/world/asia/24reuters-nepal-airplane.html
Found. No survivors.
18
Science
A Sea Snail That Moves Like a Flying Insect
The sea butterfly, which is the size of a peppercorn, flaps winglike appendages and moves through water with a motion similar to that of many insects.OK. I wonder what it eats that it needs to fly.
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Opinion
The Plan to Shut Down Gitmo
Congress should carefully consider the Obama administration’s viable plan to shut down the prison at Guantánamo Bay by the end of the year.Moving the remaining prisoners at Guantanamo onto U.S.
territory would make George W. Bush a war criminal.
The Republican Party will not allow that to happen.
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Opinion
Ensuring a Safe Hospital Environment
The American Hospital Association, the National Alliance on Mental Illness and a lawyer note that the mentally ill are particularly vulnerable.http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/14/us/hospital-guns-mental-health.html
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