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Business Day
Trump Pits Boeing Against Lockheed to Cut Costs of New Fighter Jets
Donald J. Trump’s post on Twitter suggested that Boeing’s pitch may have swayed him to buy more of its F-18s over Lockheed Martin’s F-35s.More dead pilots.
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N.Y. / Region
London Plane: A Tree With Gritty Roots
This tree has shown itself to be an urban survivor, even among New York City’s asphalt slabs.Sycamore is a light wood dominated by radial rays in the grain.
It does not split.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sycamore
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platanus_occidentalis
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U.S.
California Today: Cast Your Vote for Californian of the Year
Wednesday: Finalists for the Californian of the Year, $1.6 billion spent on widening the 405, and a rocker’s distaste for the “elitist attitude” of the Bay Area.I can live in California.
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Health
In Cancer Trials, a Lopsided Shot at Hope for Minorities
As immunotherapy research takes off, the patients getting the treatment have been overwhelmingly white. Researchers know this and say they are trying to correct it."The notorious Tuskeegee study, in which black men with syphilis were deliberately left untreated during the mid-20th century, is frequently cited as a reason that blacks avoid studies."
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Business Day
Trump Meets Boeing and Lockheed Executives After Assailing Them on Jet Costs
The president-elect said he was looking to “bring costs down” on the F-35 fighter jet program and Boeing’s plans to build new Air Force One planes.Trump is not stupid.
He is crazy.
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Business Day
Russia Grounds Its Newest Airliner Over Safety Concerns
A regional carrier in Russia, IrAero, reported finding metal fatigue in a tail section of a new Sukhoi Superjet, the latest setback for the plane."Safety concerns with the Superjet, Russia’s first post-Soviet passenger plane, emerged soon after its introduction in 2008. Embarrassingly, dozens of employees at the Sukhoi plant in Siberia were discovered to have faked their university engineering diplomas."
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U.S.
Why the ‘Ghost Ship’ Was Invisible in Oakland, Until 36 Died
The warehouse is close to a firehouse. Yet amid haphazard inspection protocols, it became the site of America’s worst structure fire in a decade.The city of Oakland wanted its resident artists.
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Health
How to Find Clinical Trials for Experimental Cancer Treatments
Most major cancer centers post the trials in which they participate on their websites. But other sites show more options.Ask.
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Health
A New Ebola Vaccine Is Shown Highly Protective
After decades of trying, scientists have finally devised a powerful vaccine against a terrifying contagion.Keep pushing.
This one seems to work.
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Opinion
The Stolen Supreme Court Seat
Senate Republicans’ nine-month blockade of President Obama’s nominee was an outrageous, infuriating stunt. And then it worked.It has not worked yet.
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