@11:52, 8/7/18

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Well

Playing Doctor to Our Children

By MIKKAEL A. SEKERES, M.D. | Aug 7th 2018

We dismissed our 9-year-old son’s complaints and directed him to the bathroom. But then he stopped eating.

"When hoof beats are heard in Pennsylvania think horses.
Do not think zebras."

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Sports

Browns Give Up on Another First-Round Pick

By VICTOR MATHER | Aug 6th 2018

Barkevious Mingo, Johnny Manziel and now Corey Coleman. Another top Browns draft pick heads out of town.

https://nytimes.stats.com/mlb/standings.asp

East
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Road	East	Central	West	Last 10	Streak
Boston	79	34	.699	-	42 - 15	37 - 19	37 - 14	14 - 8	20 - 10	8 - 2	W 4
NY Yankees	69	42	.622	9	38 - 16	31 - 26	26 - 24	17 - 5	16 - 6	4 - 6	W 1
Tampa Bay	56	56	.500	22.5	32 - 23	24 - 33	21 - 23	13 - 9	16 - 12	4 - 6	L 3
Toronto	51	60	.459	27	27 - 28	24 - 32	17 - 25	14 - 11	11 - 19	5 - 5	L 1
Baltimore	34	78	.304	44.5	20 - 35	14 - 43	16 - 31	8 - 16	4 - 19	5 - 5	W 1
Central
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Road	East	Central	West	Last 10	Streak
Cleveland	62	49	.559	-	35 - 22	27 - 27	6 - 8	33 - 15	14 - 18	7 - 3	W 3
Minnesota	52	59	.468	10	33 - 24	19 - 35	16 - 15	23 - 20	7 - 12	4 - 6	L 1
Detroit	47	66	.416	16	29 - 27	18 - 39	13 - 15	21 - 23	10 - 19	4 - 6	L 4
Chi White Sox	41	71	.366	21.5	21 - 34	20 - 37	10 - 10	16 - 28	10 - 21	5 - 5	L 1
Kansas City	34	78	.304	28.5	15 - 38	19 - 40	4 - 18	20 - 27	7 - 26	3 - 7	L 5
West
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Road	East	Central	West	Last 10	Streak
Houston	72	42	.632	-	32 - 24	40 - 18	12 - 12	19 - 7	32 - 18	5 - 5	W 1
Oakland	67	46	.593	4.5	32 - 22	35 - 24	16 - 7	21 - 6	19 - 26	7 - 3	W 6
Seattle	65	48	.575	6.5	36 - 24	29 - 24	16 - 12	23 - 9	23 - 20	4 - 6	W 2
LA Angels	56	58	.491	16	30 - 28	26 - 30	11 - 21	17 - 12	22 - 18	4 - 6	W 1
Texas	49	65	.430	23	23 - 36	26 - 29	11 - 15	16 - 14	17 - 31	7 - 3	L 2

3

Podcasts

A Scorched-Earth Strategy in Ohio

Aug 7th 2018

Republicans deployed a polarizing message and millions of advertising dollars in an attempt to rescue what used to be a reliably conservative congressional seat.

People do not like pain.

4

Magazine

From the Smallest State, the Biggest Sandwich

By SAM SIFTON | Aug 7th 2018

A chef pays delicious tribute to his start in a Rhode Island supermarket.

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1019450-chorizo-sloppy-joes-with-kale-and-provolone

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New York

Ex-‘Manhattan Madam’ to Appear Before Grand Jury in Russia Investigation

By ALAN FEUER | Aug 6th 2018

Kristin M. Davis, a former procuress, is likely to be asked about her long friendship with Roger J. Stone Jr., a political adviser to President Trump.

There will be breathless reports.

6

Climate

Trump Inaccurately Claims California Is Wasting Water as Fires Burn

By LISA FRIEDMAN | Aug 6th 2018

The president’s tweets appeared to conflate water-management issues that have no bearing on the state’s battle against wildfires, experts said.

Fire suppression was a bad idea. 
The fuel load is being reduced.

7

Crosswords & Games

Smile From Ear to Ear

By CAITLIN LOVINGER | Aug 7th 2018

Any hour can be Happy Hour when you’re solving an Alex Eaton-Salners puzzle.

Whine.

8

Podcasts

Episode 5: Boy Problems

Aug 7th 2018

Everyone’s got problems. We try to fix them.

Talk helps.

Sooner is better.     As soon as you can is best.

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U.S.

Facebook Is Asked to Change Rules for Journalists and Scholars

By CHARLIE SAVAGE | Aug 7th 2018

Advocates asked the site to allow research exceptions to its bans on creating fake accounts and the use of digital tools that automatically download large amounts of data for analysis.

Facebook is a bad idea.

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Sports

A Baseball Player Needed a Haircut. His Barber Flew 7,000 Miles to Give Him One.

By JAMES WAGNER | Aug 7th 2018

For vanity, culture and other reasons, many major leaguers so swear by their barbers that they fly them in, from as far as South Korea, for a cut.

Hair cuts are still a problem that remains unsolved.

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