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U.S.
Jury Awards Millions in Case of Man Left to Die of Broken Neck in Oklahoma Jail
Video of his final 51 hours in the Tulsa County Jail in 2011 shows him unable to reach food or water. The award was $10.25 million.An X-ray is not that expensive.
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U.S.
Compounding Pharmacy Owner Not Guilty of Murder After 60 Meningitis Deaths
A jury convicted the owner of the New England Compounding Center, blamed for an outbreak that killed 60, of racketeering charges but acquitted him of murder.A maximum sentence of 1040 years.
He is 50. If he is so unlucky as to live to the maximum known age he will live another
65 years. One sixteenth of his maximum sentence. Fifteen months for each count of conviction.
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N.Y. / Region
Records Leak in Eric Garner Case Renews Debate on Police Discipline
After revelations about the disciplinary history of Officer Daniel Pantaleo, attention has shifted to broader questions about the response to police misconduct.Missouri has buried the Eric Garner case.
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Science
A Scholarly Sting Operation Shines a Light on ‘Predatory’ Journals
A group of researchers created a ruse to draw attention to the seamy side of open-access journals, some of which will publish just about anything for a fee.Yes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArXiv
Different.
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U.S.
Supreme Court Limits President’s Power to Fill Vacant Posts
The justices ruled that a 1998 law on federal appointments meant a nominee to a position cannot hold it on an acting basis.We will have to break the Republican majority in the senate.
Regulations are more vulnerable.
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Opinion
Eat Plants, Not Animals
Farm Sanctuary writes that “we can feed more people with fewer resources by eating plant foods.”Chickens are better than goats.
Crops are best.
Local crops require water.
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Well
Sperm Counts via Your Cellphone
A $5 cellphone add-on provides a quick and easy measure of your sperm count and motility.Let the insurance pay.
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U.S.
Eyeing Trump’s Budget Plan, Republican Governors Say ‘No Thanks’
As the White House presses for bone-deep spending cuts, some Republican governors are complained about reductions that they see as harmful or arbitrary.Thinking first is required.
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Business Day
Wall Street Journal Editorial Harshly Rebukes Trump
The editorial said President Trump was damaging his presidency with “exaggerations, evidence-free accusations, implausible denials and other falsehoods.”"A danger to himself and to others"
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World
Lawyer for Family of Sergei Magnitsky, Dead Russian Whistle-Blower, Is Seriously Injured
Nikolai Gorokhov, who suffered severe head injuries in a fall, represents relatives of Sergei L. Magnitsky, who uncovered a $230 million fraud targeting the financier William F. Browder.Putin cheats.
He is known for cheating.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_and_Hobbes#Calvinball
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