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Technology

A Savage Question About Obama and HQ, Answered

By JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH | Jan 18th 2018

Of course it wasn’t him. It was Michelle’s birthday. He took her out to dinner and a play. Sorry.

@ real b obama   ?

Pseudonyms are useful.

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World

Egypt’s Sisi Fires Spy Chief as Shuffle of Top Aides Continues

By DECLAN WALSH | Jan 19th 2018

President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi appointed a close ally to the intelligence position, an abrupt move that comes just months after he fired his defense chief.

Egypt's politics are a fiction.  The army is practical.

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N.Y. / Region

A Billion-Dollar Investment in New York’s Water

By WINNIE HU | Jan 18th 2018

New York City’s water system moves over a billion gallons a day, nearly all of it unfiltered. A major investment aims to keep it that way.

Compare northern New Jersey water systems.

The New York city water system is a triumph of foresight.

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Opinion

One Thing They Can Agree On — They Need to Listen

By CAROL GIACOMO | Jan 19th 2018

Foreign policy experts from a conservative group and a liberal group actually get together to see what they have in common.

Yes.

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Blogs

A Father, a Son, a Disease and a Camera

Jan 18th 2018

Cheney Orr knew that Alzheimer’s would take his father away. Photography helped him get to know the man.

I remember the slow fade.

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Fashion & Style

The Marriage Is Over, but the Jewelry Is Mine

By JANE GORDON JULIEN | Jan 18th 2018

Give back the ring and other bling? Nah. It could pay for summer camp. Or be made into a bracelet or necklace.

Gifts belong to the recipient.

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Style

The Bike That Saved My Life

By ELAISHA STOKES | Jan 19th 2018

Saddled with a run-down house, a faltering marriage and a vanishing bank account, a woman takes to her two-wheeler.

Bicycles are magic.

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World

Australia vs. Canada. The Results Are In.

By DAMIEN CAVE | Jan 18th 2018

This week’s newsletter revisits our friendly little contest with the frozen maple-leaf-lovers.

http://www.theheartradio.org/

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Obituaries

Peter Mayle, Who Wrote of ‘A Year in Provence,’ Is Dead at 78

By NEIL GENZLINGER | Jan 18th 2018

Mr. Mayle, an Englishman, spawned a genre in 1989 with his travel memoir about renovating a house in Southern France.

I will read it and other work sometime.

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Sports

McKayla Maroney, Describing Sexual Abuse, Calls Larry Nassar a ‘Monster of a Human Being’

By CHRISTINE HAUSER | Jan 18th 2018

The Olympic gymnast is one of over 100 victims who submitted impact statements about abuse by Dr. Lawrence G. Nassar, the former gymnastics team doctor.

Yes, a monster.

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