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U.S.

Alabama Senate Race Between Roy Moore and Doug Jones Ends With More Controversy

By JONATHAN MARTIN and ALAN BLINDER | Dec 12th 2017

Alabama voters go to the polls to choose between Roy S. Moore and Doug Jones in a special election with huge stakes for both parties and President Trump.

Wait for the numbers.

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World

Video of Starving Polar Bear ‘Rips Your Heart Out of Your Chest’

By MATT STEVENS | Dec 11th 2017

A team of conservationists documented the plight of an emaciated polar bear in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Now some wonder what can be done to save them.

Yes.

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Opinion

I’m Not Convinced Franken Should Quit

By ZEPHYR TEACHOUT | Dec 12th 2017

Congress needs a new process for investigating harassment complaints and disciplining offenders.

Otto Von Bismark said sausage and law should not be made in public.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_von_Bismarck

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Opinion

Why Team Trump Needs to Lay Off the Mueller Probe

By BOB BAUER | Dec 11th 2017

If it goes to the question of impeachment, Congress will need help.

Watergate.   The crime was less than the cover-up.

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Books

‘Cat Person’ in The New Yorker: A Discussion With the Author

By JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH | Dec 11th 2017

The short fiction piece made an enormous splash after it was published in The New Yorker, prompting discussions about dating, power and consent.

I don't know enough so far.
I will add it to the mental file.

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Health

A Nasty, Nafta-Related Surprise: Mexico’s Soaring Obesity

By ANDREW JACOBS and MATT RICHTEL | Dec 11th 2017

Few predicted when Mexico joined the free-trade deal that it would transform the country in a way that would saddle millions with diet-related illnesses.

Sugar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM&t=164s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moQZd1-BC0Y

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Opinion

Steve Mnuchin Pulls a Paul Ryan

By PAUL KRUGMAN | Dec 11th 2017

A Treasury report on tax cuts that’s a sick joke, but very much in the modern G.O.P. tradition.

Paul Krugman has been consistently correct since I began to read him.  When he is wrong he admits the fault.

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N.Y. / Region

Suspect in Times Square Bombing Leaves Trail of Mystery

By ALAN FEUER | Dec 11th 2017

As the authorities searched for clues, those who knew Akayed Ullah described the trappings of an ordinary immigrant life in Brooklyn.

let it pass.   The TSA is not acceptable.

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Arts

The TV Surprises and Snubs of the 2018 Golden Globes

By MARGARET LYONS | Dec 11th 2017

The Golden Globe nominations came out this morning and on the TV side, there were some snazzy out-there choices, along with some snubs.

Manipulation is is the game.

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N.Y. / Region

A Look Beneath the Port Authority, Where a Bomb Exploded

By SARAH ALMUKHTAR, TROY GRIGGS, MIKA GRÖNDAHL, K.K. REBECCA LAI and TIM WALLACE | Dec 11th 2017

The explosion occurred in the underground passageway connecting the Times Square and Port Authority subway stations in Manhattan.

There is nothing I want done.


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