Friday, March 18, 2016

@11:07, 3/18/16

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1
Science

Video: Of Spider Bondage, and Cannibalism


3
Business Day

TransCanada to Buy Columbia Pipeline Group in $10.2 Billion Deal


4
Opinion

Voters Tell Prosecutors, Black Lives Matter

U.S.

Biden Names Leader for ‘Moonshot’ Cancer Campaign


6
Opinion

Congress Should Allocate Money to Fight Zika


7
U.S.

Maine: Governor and Critics Spar Over Old West-Style Wanted Posters

Gov. Paul LePage is coming under attack for displaying Old West-style wanted posters targeting environmentalists, unions and others.

Gov. Paul LePage is campaigning against himself.

8
World

Killing of Italian Student, Giulio Regeni, Puts Focus on Egypt’s Stability

The case of Mr. Regeni, who was tortured and killed, has Western officials debating how to address the worsening human rights situation in Egypt.

Instability.

9
World

Cholera Deaths in Haiti Could Far Exceed Official Count

Officially, 9,200 people have died in the epidemic that began after the 2010 earthquake. But the real figure could be much worse, researchers found.

Treatment is effective.

11
Automobiles

Cities to Untangle Traffic Snarls, With Help From Alphabet Unit

A federal Transportation Department partnership with the Alphabet unit Sidewalk Labs will put the power of Google’s data into a traffic management system.

Congestion pricing would help.

12
Sports

Connecticut Women Get Home Edge and Top Seed

Both UConn and Tennessee have won three straight women’s titles, but no women’s team has claimed four consecutive N.C.A.A. tournament championships.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/03/14/sports/march-madness-womens-ncaa-tournament-bracket.html

13
Business Day

Study Finds Public Pension Promises Exceed Ability to Pay


There is no argument presented here.

They must pay.
Inflation is one way.  Taxation is another.

14
T Magazine

This Spring, Unleashing the Style of Seduction

Harness the power of restraint, baring overlooked parts of the body in otherwise enveloping silhouettes.

Seduction is always in fashion.

15
World

Sergio Arellano Stark, Chilean General Who Led Death Squad, Dies at 94

He helped install Augusto Pinochet as president in a 1973 coup and was implicated in the murder or disappearance of more than 75 Chileans.

It was not a happy time in Chile.

16
N.Y. / Region

Student of Irish Language Brings to Life a Patriot of the Easter Rising

Ed Shevlin, a retired sanitation worker now in a master’s program in Irish studies, has shed new light on a fellow native of Rockaway, Queens, who took part in the 1916 Irish rebellion.

Amazing bits survive on the edges of the city.

17
T Magazine

Some of Jonathan Anderson’s Favorite Photographs, Now on T-Shirts

The designer partnered with Ian David Baker on a clothing collection (and a book).

Kiddie porn on cloth.
It is art.

18
N.Y. / Region

State Assembly Plan Would Limit New York Lawmakers’ Outside Income


19
U.S.

Assault Charges Against Man Shot in Texas Hospital Are Dropped

Houston prosecutors dismissed their case against Alan Pean, who was shot last August in a confrontation with police officers working as hospital security guards.

Alan Pean has not been properly treated.

20
Theater

Sara Bareilles Takes Her Slice of Broadway With ‘Waitress’


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