Wednesday, June 1, 2016

@14:50, 5/30/16

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Sports

Historian Is at Heart of Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s Home


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U.S.

Video: The Winning Words

Jairam Hathwar, 13, and Nihar Janga, 11, were both crowned as champions at this year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee. Watch them spell the winning words.

Some learn more easily.

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N.Y. / Region

Bronx Priest of the Streets Gets a Stretch of Pavement in His Name

Neighbors gathered on Friday at a street-naming ceremony for the Rev. John C. Flynn of St. Martin of Tours Church, who was known for getting out and about to learn who was sick, hungry or in need of work.

The Churches claim charity for their memberships.

4
Fashion & Style

J.T. Leaird, Joseph Schiltz

The couple met in August 2014 through OkCupid.

Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best.

5
Opinion

The Liberal Blind Spot

When I called for my fellow progressives to welcome conservative academics on campus, readers were in agreement that I was dead wrong.

A school is not the public square.

6
Science

Tales of African-American History Found in DNA

Geneticists have studied clues in the DNA of African-Americans about the history of slavery and the Great Migration.

Dig harder.

7
Travel

On Instagram, an Eye Very High in the Sky

The astronaut Tim Kopra has been uploading Instagram photos from the International Space Station. Coral reefs are a personal favorite.

Google Earth retail and without the overlays.

8
Opinion

Are They Car Accidents, or Crashes? Or Collisions?


All of the above.

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World

Bleaching May Have Killed Half the Coral on the Northern Great Barrier Reef, Scientists Say

Current bleaching along the Australian reef is the most extreme ever recorded, although researchers say damage in the south appears to be less severe.

Short term, pumps could deliver water from below the thermocline to control
Ph and temperature.
Ending the use of fossil carbon world wide is the long term fix.

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Opinion

Do-Nothingism, a Fine Idea for the Fed

Sound policy making by the Federal Reserve requires responding to conditions as they are, not as policy makers might wish they were.

Yes.

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Opinion

The Plight of Medical Residents


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Fashion & Style

Angel Hsu, Carlin Rosengarten

The bride and groom have graduate degrees from Yale.

Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best.

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U.S.

Chicago and Race: Perception, Polling and Reality

Examining the country’s third largest city, and the challenges of polling about race and racism.

Counting does not change things.
Get Chicago work.

15
Opinion

How to Tax Sugar

A reader suggests that food processors, not consumers, be taxed directly.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/25/opinion/taxing-sugar-to-fund-a-city.html

Tax sugar at its source. If it is imported, tax it at the border.

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U.S.

Iowa Court Rejects Life Without Parole for Juveniles

The character of young people is “a work in progress,” the judges said in setting aside the sentence in a murder case involving a teenager.

Yes.

17
U.S.

North Dakota Mosque a Symbol of Muslims’ Long Ties in America

In an election year when immigrants have been made a polarizing part of the discussion, an obscure mosque is a reminder that Muslims have been part of America for a long time.

Islam has not found a home here yet.

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Fashion & Style

Sarah Merry, Adam Mariucci

The bride, 28, and groom, 29, met at Santa Clara University, from which they graduated.

Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best.

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Fashion & Style

Allegra Fanjul and Calixto Garcia-Velez IV: Using Birthdays as Bookends

The couple first met at a sixth-grade party in 2002 but didn’t have their first date until the summer of 2009 at a party for the groom’s mother.

Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best.

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Fashion & Style

Shayndi Raice, Dov Weiss

The bride first noticed the groom when he was playing the guitar during Sukkot.

Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best.

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