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Business Day
BP Engineer Is Not Guilty in Case From 2010 Gulf Oil Spill
Robert Kaluza stood accused of negligence in interpreting a critical test that contributed to the spill. Jurors reached a verdict in under two hours.BP is tying to be honorable after the fact.
Donald Vidrine took the blame for the bad measurement.
Sloppy operation was company policy.
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Opinion
How to Reduce Crime: Stop Charging Children as Adults
States that have raised the family court age to 18 have seen their young prison populations decline and rearrest rates fall.The problem is adolescence, though real, has no set age.
The justice system must decide before trial on events if the person responsible is mature regardless of physical age and development.
Minds are different.
They do not present their state in unmistakable form.
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N.Y. / Region
James Burke, Ex-Suffolk County Police Chief, Pleads Guilty
Mr. Burke was facing federal civil rights charges stemming from accusations that he beat a suspect in police custody and coerced his fellow officers into covering up the episode.That ends the matter.
His coconspirators can hide their relations with James Burke.
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Business Day
Poorest Areas Have Missed Out on Boons of Recovery, Study Finds
A new research and advocacy group found that since the end of the recession, the divide between wealthy and poor communities had widened further.There has been little if any recovery.
Wealthy portions of society have survived.
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Sports
Manchester United Rolls
The 18-year-old Marcus Rashford scored twice in his debut as Manchester United beat the Danish club F.C. Midtjylland.http://www.theguardian.com/football
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U.S.
Florida: Bill to Regulate Fracking Fails to Advance
A bill to regulate fracking, an oil and gas extraction technique relatively new to Florida and vigorously opposed across the state, was voted down on Thursday by a state Senate committee.I can only conclude that the politicians of Florida hate the state.
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U.S.
Colorado: Deputy and Suspect Killed During Eviction
A man who sued to stop foreclosure of his home shot three law enforcement officers trying to serve an eviction notice Wednesday, killing one and wounding the others, the authorities said.A conflict in law is displayed in this incident.
The right to defend one's home conflicted with the right of a court to seize property.
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Fashion & Style
Milan Fashion Week: Day 2 with Prada and Fendi
Max Mara, Costume National, Emilio Pucci, Pomellato and Moschino also fill a busy day."Come 6 p.m., it is Prada’s time to shine, and the pressure is mounting on one of the biggest luxury houses in Milan. The show comes weeks after the company reported a second year of flatline sales, hurt by a slowdown in China, a strong American dollar and the November terrorist attacks in Paris. Can Miuccia Prada pull it out of the bag?"
A strong American dollar can hurt by limiting the number of Prada customers.
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U.S.
Family Says Death of Black Woman in South Carolina Jail Was Easily Preventable
Court documents showed the chain of events leading up to Joyce Curnell’s death in July while in police custody.People use the tools they have.
Weak and broken tools cannot do their work.
We will discover if this sacrifice can change South Carolina.
South Carolina must change.
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U.S.
Obama to Visit Florida Company Helped by Stimulus Plan
The Republican party has not changed since Richard Nixon changed it.
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Science
Decline of Species That Pollinate Poses a Threat to Global Food Supply, Report Warns
Many pollinator species are facing extinction, including some 16 percent of vertebrates like birds and bats, according to the document.An ecology is an integrated system.
It is impossible to change just one thing in such systems.
The report is correct.
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World
2 Die in Second Deadly Plane Crash in Nepal in a Week
Initial reports showed that the Air Kasthamandap plane was trying to make an emergency landing after noon because of a technical problem.Prayer does not work on mechanical systems.
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N.Y. / Region
Jury Awards New York Firefighters $183 Million in 2005 Blaze
A State Supreme Court jury awarded the amount to five firefighters who battled a deadly Bronx fire and their families for damages from the city and the building’s owner.The city can afford to pay if the landlord cannot.
The amount is sufficient to get enforcement of the building codes
including the fire code.
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T Magazine
At Prada, Romantic Beauty That’s Just a Little Off-Kilter
The hairstylist Guido Palau created a beauty look for the fall/winter 2016 show that he described as “powerful, and slightly kinky in a way.”Kinky combined with romantic is a description of "a danger to self and to others".
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N.Y. / Region
Suit Alleges Persistent Sexual Abuse of Female Inmates in New York State Prisons
The suit, replete with claims of forcible intercourse, harassment and voyeurism, seeks to end what it calls the “pattern of sexual misconduct” at the state’s all-female correctional facilities.The prisoners should win their suit.
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N.Y. / Region
Babysitter Tortured Staten Island Boy Who Died, Prosecutors Say
Gloria Fields is accused of subjecting Anthony Delgado, a toddler, to hours of physical and sexual abuse while he was left in her care.The Staten Island prosecutors need to listen more.
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U.S.
Struggle Over Supreme Court Pick Enters a New Level of ‘Hardball Politics’
After a year of confrontation, the conflict between Congress and President Obama entered a new phase with Republicans’ refusal to consider a nominee.If the Republican Party loses control of the Supreme Court it has lost its revolution again.
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Business Day
Consumer Spending Rose 0.5% in January
The economic growth outlook was further bolstered by steady consumer sentiment in February despite recent stock market turmoil.The wealthy survived the economic disaster of 2008.
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T Magazine
The New Nouvelle Cuisine
Why Paris is the multicultural culinary capital of the world.Charles de Gaulle did not improve France.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle
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World
Palestinian Fugitive Found Dead Outside Embassy in Bulgaria
Omar Zayed, 52, had been living in Bulgaria after he escaped in 1990 from custody in Israel, where he was convicted of killing a yeshiva student.The Mossad was likely responsible.
How the death occurred is not obvious.
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