Wednesday, October 26, 2016

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Opinion

North Carolina’s Noxious Pig Farms

Lagoons of animal waste flooded by Hurricane Matthew are a public health danger that may be repeated over and over again.

There are no external costs.
The farms must pay for the damage they do.

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Food

Hard Ciders With New York Attitude

Four bottled ciders from the soon-to-open Brooklyn Cider House.

Ethanol.

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Business Day

Fighting Insider Trading Charges, Son Seeks Immunity for Father

Sean Stewart claims that prosecutors improperly threatened his father to keep him from testifying that there was no violation of the law.

The attempt to suppress "insider trading" is an attempt to enforce secrecy.

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Opinion

Foreign Aid for Haiti

The American Jewish World Service’s country consultant for Haiti writes that we must give local communities a primary role in distributing aid.

Aid for Haiti should not become a tool for corruption.

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U.S.

At Least 11 Killed in Bus Crash on California Highway

The tour bus was traveling from a remote casino to Los Angeles when it crashed into a tractor-trailer near Palm Springs, according to local news reports.

The autopsy of the bus driver may tell us more. 

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U.S.

‘We Need to Clean This Up’: Clinton Aide’s Newly Public Email Shows Concern

The latest hacked emails from WikiLeaks highlight how the news that Hillary Clinton used a private server sent the White House and her campaign scrambling.

"“I recognize that some of the president’s critics have attempted to construct some type of conspiracy about the communication between the president and the secretary of state, but they’ve failed to put forward a conspiracy that withstands any scrutiny,” Mr. Earnest said.
Mrs. Clinton’s use of a private, nongovernmental email server to conduct State Department business raised concerns about whether she had exposed classified information to hacking. The F.B.I. concluded that while she had been “extremely careless,” ultimately she had committed no crime."

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Science

Why Does Fall Foliage Turn So Red and Fiery? It Depends.

Many of the hypotheses for why leaves turn red before they fall off trees in the autumn sound contradictory.

Enjoy.

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N.Y. / Region

Question in George Washington Bridge Trial: Who’s Been Fooling Whom?

Bridget Anne Kelly, a defendant who worked for Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, testified that she was in an “alternate universe” because of colleagues’ faulty memories.

The prosecution is "swatting flies with a sledgehammer".

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N.Y. / Region

Jeremy Travis to Step Down as President of John Jay College in 2017

Mr. Travis, a prominent academic voice for police reform, has led the criminal justice school for 13 years.

He may be tired of fighting.

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Business Day

Employee Wellness Programs Prompt AARP Lawsuit

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s rules allow employers to offer up to 30 percent off health insurance coverage for participants.

Properly so.

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Science

Why Does Fall Foliage Turn So Red and Fiery? It Depends.


There has been an advantage for the trees.

2
Magazine

My Ex Is Advertising for Sugar Daddies. Can I Tell Her Mother?

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on what to do when your ex decides to treat her body as a commodity, whether to employ a parolee and if you should tell a potential employer you’ve been fired.

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Science

Gordon Hamilton, Climate Scientist, Dies in Accident in Antarctica


sad news.
The work continues.

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Business Day

Employee Wellness Programs Prompt AARP Lawsuit


Privacy is important.
The companies must find another way.

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N.Y. / Region

Justice Dept. Replaces Investigators on Eric Garner Case

The agency overhauled its team after a dispute over whether to bring civil rights charges against the New York police officer who used a fatal chokehold on Mr. Garner.

The case, if brought, may lose.
It is a question of intent.

6
Fashion & Style

Alexandra Thom, Alexander Graybeal

The bride works for a branding agency, and the groom is an engineer.

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

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Opinion

Movement in the Eric Garner Case

Reassigning the federal investigation was the best way to end an impasse over the legality of New York police officers’ deadly actions.

Not much movement.

8
Food

Hard Ciders With New York Attitude

Four bottled ciders from the soon-to-open Brooklyn Cider House.

Alcohol.

9
Magazine

Letter of Recommendation: Buicks

People call them old-man cars — but what’s so bad about growing up?

I would as soon not have burned all that carbon.

10
Fashion & Style

Helen Howe, Alexander Persson

The couple, who met during a summer abroad at Oxford, were married at All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Beverly Hills.

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

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