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N.Y. / Region
Queens Bank Heist Leaves Dozens of Deposit Boxes on Roof
It appeared thieves had broken into the vault of Maspeth Federal Savings Bank through a hole in the roof over the weekend.A bald story.
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T Magazine
A Beloved Swedish Outerwear Brand Settles in New York
Stutterheim, the cult purveyor of raincoats, has opened a hole-in-the-wall shop in NoLIta.Their product is needed.
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Business Day
Fewer Workers Choose to Move to New Pastures
The recovery has been held back in part by the number of people opting to stay put. The fall in relocation may echo a decline in social trust.There are benefits to an established position.
Temporary harvest work taught us that lesson.
Hire the people who volunteer.
They are often Mexican.
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Opinion
Rethinking Luggage Fees
A writer suggests reversing the current system to shorten security lines.carry on fees seem a good idea.
combined with free checked bags it is a winner.
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Real Estate
What You Get for … $1,200,000
A farmhouse in Waitsfield, Vt., a contemporary in Mesa, Colo., and a single-story house in Homewood, Ala.Dream on.
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Opinion
A Right to Shelter in New York
The Coalition for the Homeless and the Legal Aid Society write that cuts in federal funding won’t cause eviction from shelters.Carrots work better than sticks.
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Food
Something New for the Grill
Yak steak, beef sirloin cap or heritage pork collar compete with the rib-eye.People should eat the whole animal.
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Health
Older Men Are Still Being Overtested for Prostate Cancer
Eight years after an expert task force recommended against routine use of PSA screening for men over 75, testing levels have fallen only slightly."For 75-year-olds still running marathons, the test might make sense. For most others, it probably doesn’t."
I am healthy enough for the PSA test to make sense.
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Fashion & Style
Leslie Cohen, Brendan Finnerty
The couple met in a general surgery residency class at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.Any ceremony you can get.
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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N.Y. / Region
Overhauling 8 Parks, New York Seeks to Create More Inviting Spaces
As part of a citywide plan, $40 million will be spread across the parks and fences will come down in an effort to make the spaces more welcoming to their neighborhoods.Small parks do not work well.
The theory of parks keeps changing.
The city has no choice but to change the parks.
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Real Estate
From Parking Lot to Co-op
A 12-story co-op under construction by Toll Brothers City Living rises from a former church parking lot in the West Village.I am sorry to lose the open space.
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Business Day
Ford Recalls Some F-150 Pickups for Potential Brake Problem
The recall affects 271,000 pickups in model years 2013-14 equipped with 3.5-liter V-6 engines.It is a design error.
The fix is to replace the master cylinder.
It is easily done.
I want an older model.
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Opinion
Is Single Payer Our Health Salvation?
Doctors and others discusses the issues of cost, reimbursement and the role of the insurance industry.A single payer system will be better.
No system is perfect.
Obamacare is the best that could pass through congress.
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U.S.
Cigarette Smoking by Adults Dropped in 2015, C.D.C. Survey Says
The percentage of adults age 18 and over who smoked was 15.1 percent in 2015, down from 16.8 percent in 2014.Advertising was effective.
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Food
Indian Accent Has a Cosmopolitan Twang
At a Midtown branch of a New Delhi restaurant, surprises are ladled out by an active imagination working in an Indian mode.Well worth a visit.
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Magazine
Letter of Recommendation: B.F.F. Tattoos
The danger, the fear, the foolishness and the pain of getting a tattoo contribute to the thrill, which doubles when you persuade someone to do it with you.Tatoos do not appeal to me.
Mental marks are more lasting.
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Fashion & Style
Hilary Faust, David Aufhauser Jr.
The couple met at Stanford and began dating at Penn.Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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Travel
My Wedding Dress Would Like an Aisle Seat
Advice on how to take a wedding dress on a plane, and what to do about honeymoon tickets bought under your maiden name."If the prospect of slipping your dress into an overhead bin is distressing, consider shipping it with a service that offers tracking and insurance (a topic I will address in this space next week)."
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Fashion & Style
Alpha Mengistu, Alpha Kiflu
Alpha meets Alpha: A bride and groom with the same first name are married.Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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T Magazine
Simple, Summery Home Goods — Inspired by Mexico City
Joanna Williams has created a collection of baskets, bedsheets, towels and more that draw from her family’s hometown.OK by me.
Food
Appliances to Daydream About
A architect-designed grill, and pizza ovens, rotisseries and planchas.We will work it out.
Opinion
College Applications That Cross a Line
Schools need to give potential students with criminal records a chance.Yes.
Science
A Tiny Robot That Can Fly and, Amazingly, Rest
The RoboBee, a flying machine that weighs a few thousandths of an ounce, uses an electrostatic patch and a bit of foam to attach itself to a perch.Happy goldfish bowl.
Just not yet. Power is always a problem.
Opinion
How to Evaluate Students
The president of Hampshire College writes about the benefits of narrative evaluations.The instructors will have to work harder.
Fashion & Style
Aimee Gasior, David Bejar
The couple met at Princeton and both earned medical degrees from Columbia.Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
Opinion
The Sand Mines That Ruin Farmland
Silica extraction for use in fracking is blighting the rural Midwest.The sand mining is destructive. So is the fracking.
The use of fossil carbon must end.
Business Day
JuE Wong: A Serene Inner Sanctum at the Center of the Action
The glass walls of JuE Wong’s sixth-floor office at Elizabeth Arden in Manhattan allow her to monitor the action so nothing gets past her.She is doing it.
U.S.
Veterans Groups Seek a Crackdown on Deceptive Colleges
The Department of Veterans Affairs received letters calling for improved oversight of colleges that mislead students about the value of their programs while receiving G.I. Bill funds.Fraud is unlawful.
N.Y. / Region
Judge Says Retrial in Etan Patz Case Will Start in September
Pointless.
They have the wrong man.
U.S.
T.S.A. Replaces Security Chief as Tension Grows at Airports and Agency
Peter V. Neffenger, the agency’s administrator, removed Kelly Hoggan as part of an overhaul after facing a backlash over lines at airports and management problems.The T.S.A. is trying to fight the wrong war.
Food
Make the Most of the Grill’s Heat
After the meal is cooked, use the dying embers to give added flavor to citrus, chiles and onions.Yes
World
British Restaurateur Sentenced to 6 Years After Peanut Allergy Death
The owner of a curry house was found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence, and other offenses, over a fatal dish of chicken tikka masala.The sentence may be deserved.
Paul Wilson should have chosen a different food.
Do not expect special treatment from a stressed kitchen.
Early exposure is said to help with allergies.
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