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Sports
Checkmate or Stalemate? Carlsen and Caruana Draw Again
The world chess championship between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana has completed eight of its 12 scheduled games. Every one has ended in a draw.I suspect Trump does not play chess.
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World
Killing of Indigenous Man in Chile Spurs Criticism of Security Forces
The killing and a cover-up by the police has intensified anger over a government crackdown against groups fighting to reclaim land.To say the least.
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Business
For the First Time, a Black Woman Will Lead The Harvard Crimson
Kristine E. Guillaume, of Queens, made it through a rigorous process to take charge of a student publication once run by Franklin D. Roosevelt.I will watch the results.
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World
Children of North Korean Mothers Find More Hardship in the South
Often born in rural China, the children of North Korean defectors find they are not welcome in South Korea, where they face language barriers and abuse.The Korean peninsula is still a mess.
Better is not good there.
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New York
Muted Testimony in the El Chapo Trial: Mysteries of the Second Week
The second week of the trial was significant for what we didn’t end up finding out.This is an high profile trial.
Errors will not be tolerated.
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Sports
San Francisco 49ers to Release Reuben Foster After Latest Arrest
The linebacker had multiple off-field issues in his short career, and the latest domestic violence accusations violated the team’s zero-tolerance policy.There will be no exceptions.
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Movies
‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’ and ‘Creed II’ Are Thanksgiving Hits
Sequelitis? Not this weekend. Movie audiences turned out en masse for the follow-up to “Wreck-It Ralph” and the eighth chapter in the “Rocky” series.I don't do that as yet.
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Health
This City’s Overdose Deaths Have Plunged. Can Others Learn From It?
Dayton, Ohio, had one of the highest overdose death rates in the nation in 2017. The city made many changes, and fatal overdoses are down more than 50 percent from last year.Better is not good.
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Arts
A Long Time Ago in Drawings Far Far Away …
See the early looks for Han Solo, Chewbacca, Darth Vader and other “Star Wars” favorites, from the Oscar-winning John Mollo’s sketchbooks.Lives are not infinitely long.
I will miss his handiwork.
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Theater
Review: In ‘The Brutes,’ the Actor Who Would Be an Assassin
Sara Fellini’s play follows John Wilkes Booth, months before he kills President Lincoln, while he spars with his brothers on and off stage.Clumsiness is unforgivable.
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U.S.
Camp Fire Is 100 Percent Contained, California Officials Say
Seventeen days after it began laying waste to Northern California, the deadliest wildfire in the state’s recorded history has been fully contained.Cleaning up continues.
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U.S.
Obama Alumni Return to Washington, This Time as House Freshmen
Nearly a dozen incoming House freshmen served in previous presidential administrations. Seven from the Obama administration are determined to restore Mr. Obama’s legacy.There will be no legislation.
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Opinion
No Albany Pay Raise Without Limits on Outside Income
New York legislators deserve higher salaries, but only if they come with new ethics requirements.Paying the legislators is cheaper than trying them for corruption.
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Opinion
Is Exxon Conning Its Investors?
A New York State lawsuit charges that the oil giant has not properly accounted for the climate risks at the core of its business.Exxon will eventually lose this suit.
The costs of litigation are less than the costs of writing down
the value of the carbon in the ground.
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Business
How Cheap Labor Drives China’s A.I. Ambitions
If China is the Saudi Arabia of data, its data factories are the refineries, turning raw data into the fuel that can power China’s goal of A.I. supremacy.Labeling is work that needs to be done if the machines are to be useful.
Humans use the machines to control humans.
The ultimate control is humans.
I do not trust humans good intentions.
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Climate
Trump Administration’s Strategy on Climate: Try to Bury Its Own Scientific Report
Friday's government report, detailing in stark terms the economic cost of climate change, is likely to be played down by the administration, even as opponents use it to attack Trump policies.Donald Trump is trying to recover more of the "sunk costs"
of his supporters.
They will not lose the necessary write downs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunk_cost
Prospective costs need not be reported to their stockholders.
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U.S.
China’s Tactic to Catch a Fugitive Official: Hold His Two American Children
The Chinese police are barring Victor and Cynthia Liu from leaving China in an effort to force their father to return. U.S. officials object to the growing practice of an “exit ban.”Holding hostages is not approved by the state department.
Donald Trump seems to like the idea.
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Sports
Boca Juniors vs. River Plate Postponed Again; Final’s Future Unclear
The second leg of the Copa Libertadores final in Buenos Aires, delayed a day after the Boca bus was attacked Saturday, was called off again.https://www.theguardian.com/uk/sport
Fan violence is another problem.
A softer Brexit is not available.
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Business
The New TV Season: Reboots and Reality Shows Are Sinking. Fallon Counters a Move by Colbert.
Elsewhere in the network landscape, Jimmy Fallon mounts a counteroffensive against Stephen Colbert, and Dick Wolf proves he still has the ratings touch.Television has never learned the necessity of careful writing.
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U.S.
Judge Rejects George Papadopoulos’s Motions to Delay Prison Sentence
Last year, Mr. Papadopoulos, a former Trump campaign adviser, pleaded guilty to lying to the F.B.I. He is slated to begin his 14-day sentence on Monday.Two weeks in prison will not further ruin George Papadopoulos.
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