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Food
To Move Beyond Malbec, Look Below the Surface
In the Mendoza region of Argentina, winemakers are using soil pits partly to educate visitors, but also to educate themselves.Two glasses a day.
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N.Y. / Region
Cuomo’s Proposal Seeks Confidentiality for Minors With H.I.V.
The governor’s office said that the plan would help remedy situations in which teenagers cannot seek H.I.V. treatment without parental consent.Parents must not impose H.I.V. on their children.
If anonymous treatment will do the job let us have it.
Treatment is cheaper than the disease.
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U.S.
Kentucky: Marriage Licenses Will Not Be Reissued
A federal judge ruled that Kim Davis, the Rowan County clerk, has obeyed his orders in the months since she spent five nights in jail for refusing to license same-sex marriages.The marriages are valid.
The fuss can die.
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Real Estate
$1,300,000 Homes in Connecticut, Iowa and Pennsylvania
This week’s properties include a 1796 house in Connecticut and contemporaries in Iowa and Pennsylvania.No.
These are much more house than I want.
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World
School Bus Crash in Western France Kills 6 Students
The bus and a heavy truck collided at 7:15 a.m. in Rochefort, as the two vehicles passed each other on the road.https://www.google.com/maps/place/Oléron,+France/@45.6010733,-0.2312928,8z/data=!4m2!3
Enjoy.
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N.Y. / Region
Melissa Mark-Viverito, Council Speaker, Vows to Pursue New Criminal Justice Reforms
Ms. Mark-Viverito’s proposals, aimed at shrinking New York’s jail population, included the creation of a commission to be headed by the state’s former chief judge, Jonathan Lippman.It is a necessary project.
If she wants to attempt it I would encourage her.
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Sports
Nestlé Pulls Sponsorship
The food and beverage giant Nestlé terminated its sponsorship of programs by the International Association of Athletics Federations.International athletics is threatened by dope and anti-dope.
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Food
At Kichin in Brooklyn, Korean Fried Chicken and Mighty Rice Balls
The chef Bryan Moon opened the mostly Korean takeout shop under the Marcy Avenue subway stop in November with his older brother Mike.Worth a stop when near.
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U.S.
Kentucky Ex-Governor Aims to Halt Rollback of Health Care Changes
The state, already a test case for the embrace of Obama’s health care law, now stands to become one for attempts to undo it by the current governor.If a quarter of the population is qualified for Medicaid the problem is bigger than the state budget.
Kentucky needs federal help with its economy.
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Business Day
David Green to Head Serious Fraud Office of Britain Until 2018
Mr. Green, who was named director of the agency in 2012, had his contract extended for two years after it had been set to expire in April.The conservative government must like his ineffectuality.
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U.S.
Two Maryland Deputies Are Killed in Panera Bread Shooting
The suspect, who was killed in the exchange of gunfire and had two outstanding warrants, was identified as David Brian Evans.Gun fights are not good neighbors.
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T Magazine
A Preview of Chef Albert Adrià’s Much-Anticipated London Pop-Up
Beginning Friday, he will serve a prix fixe Catalan-inspired dinner at the Café Royal Hotel — for 50 days.The show is the thing.
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Business Day
Effort to Replace a Plaintiffs’ Lawyer in G.M. Case Is Rejected
One of the lawyers said another was acting improperly, but a Manhattan judge said there was little evidence to support the claims.Yes, get on with the case.
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N.Y. / Region
As Ringleader in 1981 Robbery Goes Free, a Plea for Its Getaway Driver
Driver Judith Clark will not be considered for parole until 2056, but the man who led the deadly robbery of an armored car in 1981 is to be released.Death in prison was the intent of the sentencing judge.
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World
‘Basil,’ Fugitive in England’s Biggest Heist, May Be Ex-Policeman
In a letter, a ringleader of the $20 million Hatton Garden Safe Deposit burglary calls “Basil,” who has vanished, “the brains” of the 2015 operation.Wild speculation.
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U.S.
Los Angeles Approves Plans to Fight Homelessness
The city’s plan includes appointing a city homeless coordinator, creating a network of public restrooms and showers, and, most critically, making a huge investment in affordable housing.There are many homeless and more will be along shortly.
Steady paying work is a solution.
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N.Y. / Region
Man Convicted of Killing 3 Brooklyn Merchants in 2012
Salvatore Perrone, of Staten Island, was found guilty in a series of apparently random attacks that had shopkeepers on alert for months.I can't speculate on motivation.
The case looks solid.
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World
Trial of Reinhold Hanning, Ex-Auschwitz Guard, Opens in Germany
The 94-year-old former Nazi is charged with being an accessory to the murder of at least 170,000 people who died at the camp in Poland.Why have the prosecutors waited?
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N.Y. / Region
Woman and Daughter Are Fatally Stabbed at Staten Island Hotel
The victims were at a Ramada hotel used to temporarily house homeless families; the woman’s other two daughters were in critical condition Wednesday.He would not abandon his family.
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