Thursday, February 2, 2017

@17:30, 2/2/17

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Opinion

Health Savings Accounts

America’s Health Insurance Plans writes that these accounts “deliver results for everyone."

https://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/01/22/looking-for-health-care-and-finding-fools-gold/

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U.S.

Howls Over Import Tax Complicate Plans to Overhaul Code

The contortions that the Trump administration went through on just one part of the tax puzzle demonstrated how politically fraught the issue will be.

https://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/12/27/tariffs-and-the-trade-balance-wonkish/

3
U.S.

Reince Priebus Defends Holocaust Statement That Failed to Mention Jews

“I don’t regret the words,” the White House chief of staff said in response to criticism of President Trump’s statement.

I don't need another excuse.

4
Science

Gazing Into Danakil Depression’s Mirror, and Seeing Mars Stare Back

Scientists are studying this area in a remote region of Ethiopia — one of the hottest places on Earth — to understand the possibilities of life on other planets and moons.

Learning is a good thing.

5
Travel

Small Colorado Resort Goes Big With a $700 Lift Ticket

The offering (it also includes really nice skis) is giving Sunlight some attention. Its other prices are gentler.

A package.

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N.Y. / Region

Second Avenue Subway Relieves Crowding on Neighboring Lines

Ridership on the Second Avenue line, which opened Jan. 1, grew to about 150,000 one day last week — short of estimates, but encouraging.

Some.

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Real Estate

Homes That Sold for $450,000 and Under

Recent residential sales in New York City and the region.

I do not want to live in the city.

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Business Day

In America’s Heartland, Discussing Climate Change Without Saying ‘Climate Change’

Even as conversations about the subject remain contentious, the environment is becoming a concern no one there can ignore.

Why have a fight?

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Business Day

Tesla Gives the California Power Grid a Battery Boost

A whirlwind three-month project is helping the luxury carmaker transform itself into a multifaceted clean energy company.

Public Relations.
The batteries will help.

10
Health

Drug Makers Accused of Fixing Prices on Insulin

A lawsuit claims Sanofi, Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly raised prices at the expense of patients’ health.

Guilty.

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U.S.

Troops Who Cleaned Up Radioactive Islands Can’t Get Medical Care

Roughly 4,000 service members helped clean up the Enewetak Atoll from nuclear tests. Many now have ailments they think result from the work, but the government won’t provide health care.

The  injuries were not visible at the time.

12
Food

Vegan Red Velvet Cake for Valentine’s Day

Beets give these butter- and egg-free cakes and cupcakes their pink color.

Happy Valentine's day 
Take the thought for the deed. 

13
Business Day

A Polluted Site, and a Potential Mess for the Trump Organization

The organization wants the State of South Carolina to limit its cleanup costs at an industrial site, but it may not be eligible for the program to which it applied.

Prosecution makes the mess.

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N.Y. / Region

Refugee Ban Endangers ‘Part of American Legacy’

Christian leaders have strongly criticized President Trump’s executive orders, and a former New York district attorney has called the policy a “disgrace.”

The law is in question.

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N.Y. / Region

De Blasio and Cuomo Spar Over Cost of Affordable Housing Plan

The State Legislature is considering the governor’s new version of a program that offered tax incentives to encourage construction of apartments for low-income residents.

The Mayor and the governor are fighting over naming rights.

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Food

Why Do Cooks Love the Instant Pot? I Bought One to Find Out

The electric pressure cooker is the kitchen gadget of the moment. Here’s what it does (and doesn’t do) well.

Low temperature cooking is interesting.

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The Upshot

Pressure From Trump May Delay a Factory’s Exit, but It Won’t Stop It

The president has pressured companies to keep jobs in the United States. Though it may seem to be working, it is an illusion and might undermine manufacturing.

Factories are run by fiduciaries.

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N.Y. / Region

Robert Garcia Dies at 84; Bronx Congressman Undone by Scandal


 Destroyed by greed.

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World

Dangerous Fruit: Mystery of Deadly Outbreaks in India Is Solved

Researchers had suspected that heat stroke, infections or pesticides were behind a disease that killed about 40 percent of children affected, but it seems lychees were to blame.

"By late 2014, laboratory tests confirmed that lychees also contain high levels of hypoglycin, as well as a similar toxin known as methylenecyclopropyl glycine, or MCPG."

Extreme hypoglycemia.

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U.S.

What Trump Can and Can’t Do to Dismantle Obama’s Climate Rules

Some Obama-era policies can be quickly reversed, but the most sweeping climate rules may take years to dismantle, perhaps longer than one presidential term.

The fight will continue in court.

21
U.S.

Judge Orders Trump-Owned Golf Resort to Pay Millions

The decision is the first court judgment against a company owned by Mr. Trump since he became president last month.

That Trump is a thief is now proven again.

22
Health

In South Africa, Deadly Tuberculosis Strain Is Spread Directly

A study has shown that the problem is much bigger than previously realized, and that most victims contracted the drug-resistant TB not through treatment failure, but rather directly from another victim.

The index cases were in the mines.

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N.Y. / Region

Bills Passed to Help Tenants of New York ‘Three-Quarter Homes’

The measures approved by the City Council aim to help tenants find permanent housing and to curb landlords’ abuses, like interfering in medical care.

An end to fraud will be a good thing.

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U.S.

Amid Opioid Overdoses, Ohio Coroner’s Office Runs Out of Room for Bodies

The office is asking a local funeral home for “temporary storage” help.

The dead do not complain.

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