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Magazine
Is It O.K. to Get a Dog From a Breeder, Not a Shelter?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the implications of wanting only a purebred and whether a child should always be told who his biological father is.Life is finite resources and infinite need.
Individuals make choices.
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Times Insider
Starry, Starry Night: A Photo Shoot
Capturing the night sky over the Canary Islands required thousands of frames — and some gaffers tape.http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/08/travel/canary-islands-astronomy-stargazing.html
I last saw the milky way at Hoel pond.
The live show . . .
The process of getting an image is of interest but it is not the experience.
It is not the show the artist intended.
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U.S.
Judge Finds Planned Parenthood Shooting Suspect Unfit for Trial
Robert L. Dear Jr., facing 179 counts in the Colorado Springs rampage, will be treated at a state mental hospital until he is declared competent.It would be kind to execute Robert L. Dear Jr.
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Automobiles
Video Review: A Sinewy Camaro, Still With Muscle Car Swagger
The car shares a platform with the terrific Cadillac ATS, so it’s fun to throw into corners, and the new interior has some clever touches.It would be fun to drive.
Rear wheel drive helps.
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Business Day
Canada’s Oil Sands Industry Staggers After a Devastating Fire
Companies either curbed production or shut down completely when the blaze struck Fort McMurray, Alberta, in an economic blow to the region.Panic.
The economy is not so delicate.
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Science
Mercury’s Colorful Path Across the Sun
Solar physicists at NASA witnessed the Mercury Transit in a rainbow of wavelengths.Little was learned from the event.
The pictures are dramatic.
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Food
Hot Dogs With Everything
Beef, pork and chicken sausages with Danish-style toppings at Grand Central Terminal.Sausage is endlessly varied.
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N.Y. / Region
Woman Killed and Girl, 9, Injured in Stabbing at Bronx Apartment
A man attacked his girlfriend, 60, and injured her granddaughter Wednesday morning in the St. Mary’s Park Houses before setting the apartment on fire and injuring himself, officials said.We don't know more.
Most know enough anatomy to kill quickly and cleanly with a knife.
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Real Estate
$3,000,000 Homes in New Orleans, Montana and Massachusetts
An 1850 house in New Orleans, a compound in Lenox, Mass. and a contemporary in Big Sky, Mont.Fantasy.
I do not want to live in an hotel.
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N.Y. / Region
Regular on New York’s ‘Worst Landlords’ Lists Is Charged
Steven Croman, who owns more than 140 Manhattan apartment buildings and has been accused in a lawsuit of harassing his tenants, was charged Monday with 20 felonies.Buying cheap does not lead to instant riches.
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T Magazine
Skincare Advice From a Budapest-Based Beauty Founder
Margaret de Heinrich de Omorovicza shares her warm-weather tips for glowing skin.The gifts of genetics are hard to sell.
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The Upshot
Donald Trump’s Plan to Raise Taxes on Rich: Just Kidding
The candidate backs away from remarks he made over the weekend that seemed to reverse his earlier stance.Donald Trump is not consistent.
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U.S.
U.S. Denies Permit for Coal Terminal in Washington State
The $665 million project, called the Gateway Pacific Terminal, would interfere with a Native American tribe’s ancestral fishing rights, the Army Corps of Engineers concluded.We must move away from fossil carbon.
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Business Day
Mitsubishi Cheating Scandal Expands to More Models
The company has said it used improper methods to test fuel economy for 25 years, and on Wednesday it said every model it sold in Japan was affected."The issue centers on the way engineers calculate so-called running resistance, the effect of the friction between tires and the road, under various driving conditions. The method used by Mitsubishi tends to result in a more flattering assessment of fuel economy and is approved in the United States but not in Japan."
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Business Day
As Jobs Vanish, Forgetting What Government Is For
What has stopped the United States from creating better-paying jobs is not a lack of ideas but an encrusted ideological opposition to government activism.Yes.
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N.Y. / Region
Feeling the Full-Bodied Joy of Students Who Got a Late Start
Rowdy jubilation is common enough at the graduations of young people from high school and college. It pales next to what comes from people who throw themselves into education as adults.Yes.
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Opinion
Toddlers With Guns
The president of the American College of Preventive Medicine discusses the “tragic folly of keeping a firearm for self-protection.”Yes.
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World
Anne Deborah Atai-Omoruto, Who Helped Lead Ebola Fight in Liberia, Dies at 59
Dr. Atai-Omoruto trained more than 1,000 Liberian health workers for treating patients with the virus at a time of international panic.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancreatic_cancer
I would have cured her if I could.
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U.S.
2nd Trial Over Freddie Gray Will Be Decided by Judge
The case against Officer Edward M. Nero, who arrested Mr. Gray last year, will not be decided by a jury, which may leave residents feeling excluded.The facts are not in question.
The judge decides maters of law.
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Opinion
A Nightmare Court, Worthy of Dickens
In New York City’s poorest borough, misdemeanor defendants wait months or years for a trial. A lawsuit aims to end that injustice.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kafka
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trial
The process is the punishment.
Debtors prison has been outlawed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debtors'_prison
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debtors'_prison#United_States_of_America
People go to jail for debt.
That must get fixed.
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