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Business Day
Creeping Progress in Pledge to Cut Calories in Sugary Soda
As more cities impose tax on sugary drinks, a vow from some soft drink producers to reduce calories 20 percent in 10 years advances ever so slightly.It is just a distraction.
The wanted result is fewer sodas sold.
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Health
Telling Mosquitoes Apart With a Cellphone
Calling their project “Shazam for Mosquitoes,” Stanford students showed that common mobile phones could distinguish the hums of beating wings, which could prove useful in fighting diseases.Why would someone bother identifying the mosquito that just bit?
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Business Day
Where Marijuana Is the Doctor’s Orders, Will Insurers Pay?
As legal use of marijuana spreads, it has raised questions in the workplace, such as about drug tests and insurance coverage for medical use.The drug will be covered.
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Science
Explaining the Other Side of Autumn Leaves
As the leaves change color, one side gets the gloriously bright reds, yellows and oranges. The other? Not so much.OK
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Opinion
Trump Reassures the Media (For Now)
The president-elect says journalists will be “happy” about his First Amendment views. The vice president-elect has actually defended a free press."Nibbled to death by ducks"
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Opinion
New Delhi’s Air Pollution
A public health group cites the Clean Air Act as a model for India.Should and can are different.
Burning crop waste controls many pests.
Converters decrease milage costing drivers cash.
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World
Italy’s Last Bastion of Catalan Language Struggles to Keep It Alive
The lingering use of Catalan in Alghero, Italy, is a reminder of how Mediterranean cultures have blended for centuries. But the language is fading there today.The dynamics of language are known. A second language defines a community.
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Health
Are Frozen Fruits and Vegetables as Nutritious as Fresh?
The differences in nutrient levels between fresh and frozen are so minor that they would be unlikely to have an impact on overall health.Yes
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Sports
How to Avoid Drug Testing in Russia: Radio Silence and Secure Perimeters
The president of the World Anti-Doping Agency said he was eager to restore Russia to good standing, but athletes remain elusive to the authorities.Vladimir Putin denies state involvement in drugging.
International contestants will be tested and barred if found to have been drugged.
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Business Day
TransAsia Airways of Taiwan Closing After 2 Deadly Crashes
The airline, which announced in a stock filing that it was ceasing operations, continuously lost money after the accidents.Low price is not enough.
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World
Ferdinand Marcos Is Buried in Philippine National Cemetery
Activists were stunned that Mr. Marcos, a dictator blamed for thousands of deaths, was being interred in the country’s equivalent of Arlington National Cemetery.Heroism is not found in the record of Ferdinand Marcos as a ruler.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Marcos
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Movies
5 Movies to See With (and Without) Family Over Thanksgiving
After dinner but before leftovers, some movie suggestions for the holiday weekend.I can imagine better tales.
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Business Day
Book Publishers Scramble to Make Sense of Trump’s Rise to Victory
Publishing houses were caught off-guard by Donald Trump’s win on Election Day, and editors, agents and publishers are now racing to acquire works like memoirs and political analysis.Sold.
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N.Y. / Region
Below Bryant Park, a Bunker and a Train Line, Just for Books
The New York Public Library’s “book train” at the main branch in Midtown serves the new underground stacks, which library officials call one of the most sophisticated book archives in the world.The digitizing project must proceed.
The older unavailable books are the reason for a library.
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World
Villager’s Execution in China Ignites Uproar Over Inequality of Justice
Some say the Communist Party is imposing harsh punishments on the most vulnerable members of society while coddling the well-connected elite.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Farm
"Some animals are more equal than others!"
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Arts
Alec Baldwin Returns to ‘S.N.L.’ as President-Elect Trump
Mr. Baldwin played a stunned and unprepared president-elect in the cold open of “Saturday Night Live.”There is nothing funny about Donald Trump.
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Health
Microcephaly Found in Babies of Zika-Infected Mothers Months After Birth
A study published Tuesday found that some babies who did not have unusually small heads when they were born still presented microcephaly months later.People are learning.
Zika is worse than I had guessed.
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Well
Bayer’s Essure Contraceptive Implant, Now With a Warning
The Food and Drug Administration has ordered a so-called black box warning on the package regarding the potentially painful side effects for women.Essure should be removed from the market.
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Business Day
2 Former Investigators Sue GlaxoSmithKline
The two were investigating a whistle-blower in the pharmaceuticals group in China when they were arrested and convicted of illegally obtaining private records.I wish the private detectives success.
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World
Avocados Imperil Monarch Butterflies’ Winter Home in Mexico
Spurred by rising demand for the fruit, farmers in the Mexican state that hosts the annual butterfly migration are replacing a vital forest habitat with orchards.I do not expect further help from the government of Mexico.
The town will die if the water fails.
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