Wednesday, February 17, 2016

@20:40 2/16/16

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N.Y. / Region

4 Injured in Fire in Greenpoint, Brooklyn

The blaze broke out around 10:20 p.m. Sunday in a three-story residential building and eventually spread to two neighboring buildings.

Old wooden buildings with improvised heat.

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Food

The Right Sauces for Whole Wheat Pasta

Robust ones, like ragù and pesto, can stand up to the noodles’ assertive flavor.

http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017984-whole-wheat-pappardelle-with-fava-puree

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Business Day

Next Supreme Court Justice Will Be Crucial to Climate Change

The court’s temporary stay of the Clean Power Plan underscores how far the United States remains from its climate goals.

The stay on carbon regulation was a mistake.
The composition of the court should change.

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T Magazine

Three’s a Trend: Reimagined Check

Suno, Victoria Beckham and Jason Wu have reinterpreted the classic print.

More polishing.

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World

Shabab Claims Plane Attack

A man who set off a bomb was sucked out of a Daallo Airlines plane through a hole when the blast ripped open the cabin in flight, officials said.

This plot was a failure.

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U.S.

Oregon Standoff Is Expected to Cost Millions, and Occupiers May Pay Part of the Bill


The occupiers absence from society is worth the cost.

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Opinion

Why Poor Children Can’t Be Picky Eaters

The hidden cost of getting kids to try different foods.

The parents could feed themselves and their children.
Little food would go to waste.

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U.S.

California: Prosecutors Seek to Derail Prison Initiative

The prosecutors said that they were seeking to block Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed ballot initiative to reduce the state’s prison population.

Governor Jerry Brown must follow the rules.
His ballot proposal seems a good one.

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Business Day

A Hollow Agreement on Aviation Emissions

Last week’s proposed efficiency standard for aircraft emissions is lower than what the industry is on track to achieve anyway in the next decade.

Such agreements should have real consequences.

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World

Head of Sweden’s Karolinska Institute Quits Over Transplant Scandal

Anders Hamsten said he could no longer lead the the institute after accusations of medical misconduct against a former professor there.

A failed experiment is not a disaster.
It can be hard on the experimenter.

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World

Jakob Denzinger, Suspected Nazi Prison Guard, Dies at 92

Mr. Denzinger became a successful businessman in the United States after the war, but fled while under investigation by the Justice Department.

It is an end of that prosecution.

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U.S.

Colorado Planned Parenthood Clinic Reopens After Deadly Attack

That attack in November, by a gunman who is now in custody, left three people dead and caused the clinic in Colorado Springs, Colo., to close for almost three months.

Planned Parenthood must persist.

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N.Y. / Region

Woman Arrested After Stabbing Death at a Brooklyn Restaurant

Lan Shui Yu, 35, was charged with second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon, a knife, in the death of a 41-year-old man in Sunset Park.

The police have a job to do.

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Fashion & Style

Layers a Ton, Loves Carolina Herrera

The publicist Kathleen Newman Bennetter adds pop to the gloom of winter.

She can wear what pleases her.

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World

Zika Virus in Colombia Presents Complicated Choice About Abortion

The illness appeared in the country too recently for most pregnant women who contracted it to determine the risk of birth defects.

I suspect Zika virus is not causing the birth defects.

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U.S.

Texas Ranch Where Scalia Died Is Rugged Oasis for the Famous

The Cibolo Creek Ranch, a 30-000-acre spread north of the Mexico border in the Chinati Mountains, is a confidential vacation spot for public figures.

They still have to pay the fare on the subway.

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World

North Korea Cancels Investigation Into Abductions of Japanese Citizens

Pyongyang halted its inquiry into the fate of Japanese said to have been kidnapped by its agents decades ago, retaliating for new sanctions imposed by Tokyo.

North Korea wants to starve.

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Fashion & Style

The Corset: Back in Form

At New York Fashion Week, the corset has been revived from its yearslong fainting spell.

Some things should be forgotten.

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Food

Atlanta Works Its Way Onto the Culinary Map

A city that often looked over its shoulder for restaurant validation and inspiration is coming into its own.

Atlanta is the heart of the Old South.
I have no reason to go there.




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