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Real Estate

Homes for Sale in New York and New Jersey

Reported by JILL P. CAPUZZO and ANNE MANCUSO | Dec 24th 2016

This week’s properties are in Weekhawken, N.J., and Irvington, N.Y.

Irvington is the better of the two.   We can design better than either of these.

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N.Y. / Region

What Happens to Food Seized at the Airport?

By TAMMY La GORCE | Dec 22nd 2016

No matter how tempting, these items are not consumed. In some cases, they are incinerated.

OK

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Automobiles

Automakers Prepare for an America That’s Over the Whole Car Thing

By NEAL E. BOUDETTE | Dec 22nd 2016

Mobility services — ride hailing and other means of ferrying people to public transportation — look to be a lucrative and increasingly important sideline for carmakers.

Build more light rail.
Street cars did the job.
Bike share is good.

https://www.google.com/search?q=grocery+cart&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjwuO_z8o3RAhVCQSYKHW2cD4QQ_AUICSgC&biw=1280&bih=671#tbm=isch&q=grocery+cart&chips=q:grocery+cart,g_2:folding

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Real Estate

Homes for Sale in Brooklyn and Manhattan

By MICHELLE HIGGINS | Dec 24th 2016

This week’s properties are in Kips Bay, Financial District, and Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GdegC2p8ek

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Science

Opioids Contribute to a Ri sing Death Toll: 28,647 in 2014

By NICHOLAS BAKALAR | Dec 24th 2016

Fatal drug overdoses have nearly tripled over the past few years, largely because of opioid abuse, the C.D.C. has found.

The war on drugs is not doing well.

I am surprised the opioid toll is as light as it is.

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N.Y. / Region

Retired Westchester Officer Charged With Killing 4 in Hudson Valley Bar

By ELI ROSENBERG | Dec 21st 2016

Nicholas Tartaglione faces a possible death sentence after being charged with murder in connection with a cocaine-distribution ring, the authorities said.

There is mention of five kilograms of cocaine. There is no mention of cash.

A bent ex cop got caught in a ripoff.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Chester,+NY+10918/@41.3425886,-74.3091516,11z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c328e21549632d:0x96a8434ce1aa8282!8m2!3d41.3625937!4d-74.2712613

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Otisville,+NY+10963/@41.4732342,-74.3100861,11z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c33455e73e8431:0xfc95d67acb7606d9!8m2!3d41.4734268!4d-74.5384933

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Health

Your Liver Doesn’t Know It’s the Holidays

By STEPH YIN | Dec 22nd 2016

Think of your liver as the unindulgent relative at your holiday party who doesn’t like the change in schedule and would rather be in bed.

"In the short term, sticking to these guidelines might ease your transition back to reality, once the holidays are over. In the long term, maintaining a regular schedule and drinking less can safeguard your metabolism and prevent disease."

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U.S.

Member Charged in Arson of Black Church With ‘Vote Trump’ Scrawled on Side

By CHRISTOPHER MELE | Dec 22nd 2016

A state official said the fire at the Greenville, Miss., church, which was set a week before Election Day, did not appear to be motivated by politics.

Everything is politics.
Let us have a strait story.

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Science

Don’t Count on Vitamins for Better Sleep

By C. CLAIBORNE RAY | Dec 23rd 2016

Rates of insomnia and vitamin B12 deficiency generally increase in older people, but supplements may not be the answer to ease sleep problems.

No cause and effect chain has been shown.

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N.Y. / Region

New York Today: The Most Engaging Articles of 2016

By JONATHAN WOLFE | Dec 22nd 2016

Thursday: Stories that piqued our readers’ interest, free bus rides to the airport, and the anniversary of the Lincoln Tunnel.

These stories seem to be of only passing interest to me.

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