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World
Elephant in Stealth Mode: A Bull Named Morgan Survives Somali War Zone
Morgan briefly crossed from Kenya into Somalia, where elephants are thought to have been wiped out during the 1980s and ’90s as the country descended into chaos.It pleases me when the elephants win.
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U.S.
Program That Lets Foreigners Write a Check, and Get a Visa, Draws Scrutiny
A Senate panel will hold a hearing on the EB-5 visa program, which allows wealthy foreign investors, for a price, to put themselves on a path to citizenship.Mercantilism persists.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercantilism
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Science
Video: Of Spider Bondage, and Cannibalism
If it is to be my fate . . .Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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World
Ex-President ‘Lula’ Joins Brazil’s Cabinet, Gaining Legal Shield
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, facing multiple corruption investigations, will become President Dilma Rousseff’s chief of staff, a position that offers him increased protection.Let them fight.
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N.Y. / Region
Body of Second Crew Member Is Recovered From Tugboat Crash Near Tappan Zee Bridge
The body of Timothy Conklin, 29, of Westbury, Long Island, was recovered while the search continued for a third missing crew member who is presumed dead.Accidents kill people.
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Opinion
Congress Should Allocate Money to Fight Zika
Delaying dedicated emergency funds could put thousands of people at risk.Allocate more funds.
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World
Ebola Flare-Up Has Ended in Sierra Leone, W.H.O. Says
The World Health Organization said two incubation periods – or 42 days – had passed since the last known victim had tested negative for the deadly virus."Under control" is the best that can be said.
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N.Y. / Region
$950 Million Police Academy Simulates the Mean Streets
The 730,000-square-foot complex in Queens includes several reproduced urban settings, like a subway station, apartments, precinct houses and courtrooms.It is better than "learning on the job".
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N.Y. / Region
Trial of 10 Rikers Officers Charged in ’12 Inmate Beating Is Set to Begin
Prosecutors allege a cover-up linked to the brutal attack on Jahmal Lightfoot, whose nose and eye sockets were fractured.The law enters the jail.
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World
Q. and A.: Patrick Bergin on China’s Role in Protecting Africa’s Wildlife
Mr. Bergin, the chief executive of the African Wildlife Foundation, a conservation group, says China and its people have a part to play.An optimistic colonialist.
The Africans should know how Africa must develop.
They cannot be told directly.
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Business Day
TransCanada to Buy Columbia Pipeline Group in $10.2 Billion Deal
The all-cash deal will make the Canadian company a major force in the distribution of natural gas produced in the northeastern United States.Oil companies are in the business of collecting money.
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Business Day
Marijuana-Based Drug Found to Reduce Epileptic Seizures
Epidiolex, in its first major clinical trial, reduced convulsive seizures in young patients with Dravet syndrome, according to GW Pharmaceuticals.Found safe and effective.
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Sports
Elation Shifts to Uneasiness as Cal and Yale Face Questions Over Accusations
A Golden Bears assistant was fired after being accused of harassing a female journalist, and the Bulldogs’ captain was expelled after claims of sexual misconduct.http://nytimes.stats.com/wcbk/scoreboard.asp?day=20160319&conf=182
American Athletic Conference
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N.Y. / Region
State Assembly Plan Would Limit New York Lawmakers’ Outside Income
The proposal, from a Democrat-controlled Assembly still reeling from corruption scandals, far exceeds a pay ceiling for part-time legislators suggested by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.Zero is a good limit with another salary raise.
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N.Y. / Region
Queens Man Is Arrested After His Grandson Brings a Loaded Pistol to School
The man, Kenneth Miley, 54, was arrested after his 11-year-old grandson brought the handgun, a 9-millimeter pistol, to school in his backpack, the police said.I am not going to get excited about this incident.
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Magazine
The Secrets of the Wave Pilots
For thousands of years, sailors in the Marshall Islands have navigated vast distances of open ocean without instruments. Can science explain their method before it’s lost forever?It can and does.
This is not my first encounter with the technique.
I found this description more accessible.
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Opinion
The Indian Point Nuclear Plant: Scourge or Savior?
An environmental advocate and an official of the Nuclear Energy Institute disagree.Indian Point is both to different people.
For me it is a small price to pay for electric power.
The plant needs a new design.
The design work can wait a few years.
The close coupling of nuclear power and nuclear war must be reduced.
North Korea is not helping with that.
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Science
Humans Interbred With Hominins on Multiple Occasions, Study Finds
The interbreeding may have given modern humans better immunity to pathogens, according to the authors of the analysis of global genomes.If two species breed and produce fertile offspring they are not two species. They are one species.
We keep learning.
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false
While They Were Shouting – A Botanist’s Lament About Presidential Politics
A lifelong student and defender of biological diversity laments the lack of a broader view of issues in today’s presidential politics.The question is how shall we chose who is to be slain.
I cannot choose.
Malthus imposes limits humans do not respect.
I can only choose not to be among the slain.
I can try not to be among the slayers.
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Health
Study Calls a Malaria Preventive for Pregnant Women Into Question
The World Health Organization’s recommended method was found to not be as effective as a newer solution.Conservatism has a price.
We will need another treatment for malaria.
The search for a vaccine should continue.
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Program That Lets Foreigners Write a Check, and Get a Visa, Draws Scrutiny
Business Day
Study Finds Public Pension Promises Exceed Ability to Pay
A Citigroup report on 20 nations said pension obligations, much of them unfunded, amounted to nearly twice the countries’ total national debt.Trivial.
Debt or taxes must rise.
Probably both.
World
China’s Censors Denounced in Online Attack
A letter described as written by an employee of Xinhua, the main state-run news agency, spread quickly on the Internet. Then it was taken down.A policy change would be news.
Arts
Making Museums Moral Again
The impact of corporations on the art world has divested museums of their roles as explainers of history and providers of life lessons. Is it too late to change that?Art museums bear no moral burden.
They are places of experience. I would not have them edit the range of experience.
They should not commit fraud.
Both communist and fascist graphics should be included with the others.
World
Video: Nefertiti May Be Buried With King Tut
Egypt's antiquities minister cautiously described the evidence suggesting that the burial site of Queen Nefertiti may lie behind King Tutankhamen’s tomb.If there is a significant cavity drill into it from above.
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