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U.S.
Missouri Voters to Weigh Ban on Expanding Sales Tax to Services
The state will vote on an amendment prohibiting the collection of sales tax on a range of services, including car repairs, haircuts and legal work.The sales tax is regressive.
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Business Day
As Europe and Asia Hoard Cash, Economists See Echoes of Crisis
Foreign investors are rushing to plow cash into the United States bond market, recalling a wave of investment in mortgage-backed securities in the 2000s.World wide deflationary policies are succeeding.
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N.Y. / Region
For 22 Unclaimed Bodies in New York, a Grim Path From Death to Burial
Without consent from relatives, the bodies were “lent” to a medical school and then left in a bureaucratic limbo by the medical examiner’s office, revealing continuing problems with the city’s mortuary system.Policies changed. 22 cadavers were marooned by the change.
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Business Day
Food Industry Goes Beyond Looks to Fight Waste
In the U.S. and Europe, consumers snap up tasty fruits and vegetables that have physical imperfections, but also come with lower prices.Hunger is more pressing than cosmetics.
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Opinion
The Kind of Thinking Cities Need
In an era of climate change, cities no longer look like the problem.The problem is surplus people.
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N.Y. / Region
A Sculptor Reaps the Rewards of Art Deals Brokered in the Bedroom
Five years ago, the artist Skye Ferrante found a direct line to wealthy clients through a few new business partners: models who also worked as high-end prostitutes.Income is always a project.
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Opinion
Mental Illness Is Not a Horror Show
I was unnerved to discover I was someone else’s idea of a ghoul or a zombie.True.
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U.S.
Election May Be a Turning Point for Legal Marijuana
Opinion polls point to the possibility that voters in California and four other states will legalize marijuana in what some call a vast experiment in public health.Pot is another drug.
It is harder to abuse it than the opioids.
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U.S.
Tension Between Police and Standing Rock Protesters Reaches Boiling Point
The tension had been building for months, with Native Americans who had camped out saying that the Dakota Access pipeline threatens the region’s water supply.The Native Americans are doing the right thing.
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World
Gay American Politician Visits Iran. Secret Agents Are on the Case.
Iran’s intelligence minister, facing criticism in Parliament, asserted that the Utah state senator was kept under tight surveillance during a recent visit.Iran has not changed.
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World
8 Nursing Home Killings Leave Ontario Asking: Why?
New details emerged about a nurse charged with eight counts of murder over a seven-year period, but a possible motive for the killings remained unclear.We will learn all about it.
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Your Money
An Annuity for the Teacher — and the Broker
A look inside the high-pressure job of selling workplace annuities to public schoolteachers.Avoid annuities if you can.
The fees are excessive.
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Science
A Wider-Eyed Watchdog of the Clutter Surrounding Earth
A new telescope that will be operated by the Air Force could change the way astronomical telescopes are built in the future.The assumption is that commerce should operate such telescopes.
The usual sponsors are universities and government through the National Science Foundation.
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U.S.
Amtrak Agrees to $265 Million Settlement in Philadelphia Crash That Killed Eight
The settlement, outlined in a federal judge’s order on Thursday, is one of the largest involving a rail crash, a plaintiffs’ lawyer said.The process of settlement is not over.
I am more interested in the changes to Amtrak's operation of trains.
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Opinion
At New Jersey Transit, a ‘Culture Change’ Is Called For
A former New Jersey Transit official and another reader discuss problems at that railroad and elsewhere in rail transportation.Much of the culture change must be at the state government.
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Opinion
Our Precious Urban Lives
Many Sydney neighborhoods, once diverse melting pots, have become shiny, wealthy and inward-looking.People, all people, make culture.
Categorizing culture is racist.
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Technology
Apple Predicts a Big Holiday Bounce After Its Biggest Rival, Samsung, Falters
If the company’s forecast is accurate, it will mark a turnaround from what has been a disappointing year for the Silicon Valley giant.I will not bet against Apple.
I also will not bet with Apple.
I might buy some Samsung when they return to the market.
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World
Australia Climate Report Predicts More Hot Days and Harsher Fire Seasons
Sea levels are also rising as ocean temperatures warm, leading to higher chances of coastal flooding, according to a report by government scientists.Dr. Rintoul can read the literature on global warming.
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Arts
Bill Murray Gets a Cubs Win and the Mark Twain Prize
David Letterman and others pay tribute to him at a ceremony the actor says he might have skipped if Chicago hadn’t clinched the pennant.The Cubs have not yet lost the series.
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Real Estate
New Condos and Rentals on East Houston Street
In the last few years, a spate of rental and condominium projects have appeared up and down the once-ignored East Houston Street.Not in the city and not a rental.
Taxes are bad enough without a landlord's profit added.
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Business Day
As Europe and Asia Hoard Cash, Economists See Echoes of Crisis
Foreign investors are rushing to plow cash into the United States bond market, recalling a wave of investment in mortgage-backed securities in the 2000s.Secure profits beat secure losses.
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N.Y. / Region
A Sculptor Reaps the Rewards of Art Deals Brokered in the Bedroom
It is a classic business.
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Opinion
Mental Illness Is Not a Horror Show
I was unnerved to discover I was someone else’s idea of a ghoul or a zombie.Tours of asylums are not offered.
Geeking was a low status show.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geek#Etymology
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/geek
- (dated) A carnival performer specializing in bizarre and unappetizing behavior.
- I once saw a geek bite the head off a live chicken.
N.Y. / Region
For 22 Unclaimed Bodies in New York, a Grim Path From Death to Burial
The rules changed.
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Well
Should We Be Scared of Butter?
It’s back on the table, but not in the quantities the meat, dairy and fast-food industries might have you ingest.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmC4Rm5cpOI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM
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Health
W. Dudley Johnson, Heart Bypass Surgery Pioneer, Dies at 86
Dr. Johnson, who applied crocheting and needlecraft skills, went on to perform more than 8,500 bypass operations over four decades.The work continues. It is better not to need the work.
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Real Estate
New Condos and Rentals on East Houston Street
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