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Your Money
The Fed Just Raised Interest Rates. Here’s What That Means for Your Wallet.
The interest rate increase has consequences for savers and spenders alike. Whether you’ve got a savings account or a credit card (or both), here’s what you need to know.Interest rates will be higher.
Credit will be more expensive.
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U.S.
Secret Experiment in Alabama Senate Race Imitated Russian Tactics
A project to help the Democratic contender, Doug Jones, in his closely contested race against Roy Moore used deception on Facebook and Twitter.Doing what works.
We can do such things to ourselves.
Foreigners are not allowed to play.
Candidates should be reduced to campaigning.
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U.S.
‘Dead Skunk’ Stench From Marijuana Farms Outrages Californians
Nearly a year after sales of recreational cannabis began in California, residents across the state are complaining of a paralyzing stink from marijuana farms.Last year such a stink would have gotten the growers busted.
Nothing has changed but the law.
Something else has changed.
Composting is necessary.
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World
Der Spiegel Fires Award-Winning Writer, Citing Fabrication on ‘Grand Scale’
Claas Relotius, a writer for the German magazine Der Spiegel, was fired after he admitted inventing quotations and characters in at least 14 articles.The editor was not doing his job.
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U.S.
A Strategy of Retreat in Syria, With Echoes of Obama
President Trump’s view that U.S. forces cannot alter the strategic balance in the Middle East was fundamentally shared by his immediate predecessor, Barack Obama.It has taken ten years to get the process started.
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U.S.
Trump Administration to Lift Sanctions on Russian Oligarch’s Companies
The Treasury Department’s decision on the firms, owned by Oleg V. Deripaska, came after a sophisticated lobbying campaign and drew criticism from some Democrats and foreign policy analysts.The Russians have compromised Trump.
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Food
What If Brexit Were a Restaurant?
It might look like Bluebird London, which serves English food and Long Island burrata in the Time Warner Center.It has the spirit of a suburban mall food court down.
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Opinion
These Toilet Seat Lids Aren’t Gold-Plated, but They Cost $14,000
The Pentagon has to clean up its confusing and wasteful budget.Development costs are unknown unknowns.
The DOD does very well.
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New York
No Heat for 10 Years, and the City Is Their Landlord
The living conditions of the 100 or so residents of the Eagle Avenue apartments are emblematic of sweeping neglect by Nycha.The Mayor is supposed to pay attention.
The public advocate's office could sue NYCHA for heat.
NYCHA should have Professional Engineers on staff.
A circulating pump might fix the problem.
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World
Gatwick Airport Closed After Drone Flights That Officials Call ‘Deliberate’
Flights in and out of London’s second-busiest airport were halted after drones were spotted flying illegally nearby in what was described as an act meant to intentionally disrupt travel.Send up an AVRO with a shotgun.
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World
China’s ‘Belt and Road’ Plan in Pakistan Takes a Military Turn
Under a program China insisted was peaceful, Pakistan is cooperating on distinctly defense-related projects, including a secret plan to build new fighter jets.Trump does not do diplomacy.
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Opinion
The West at an Impasse
How meritocracy and populism reinforce each other's faults.Ross Douthat is not an original thinker.
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U.S.
Catholic Church in Illinois Withheld Names of at Least 500 Priests Accused of Abuse, Attorney General Says
After opening an investigation into clergy sex abuse against minors in Illinois in August, the state attorney general released preliminary findings on Wednesday.Publication is a place to start
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U.S.
Senate Passes Stopgap Spending Bill That Would Avert Shutdown
The bill was expected to pass the House on Thursday and be sent to President Trump before the midnight Friday deadline, when funding lapses for nine federal departments.https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/20/us/politics/trump-government-shutdown.html
Trump refuses to sign.
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Opinion
Elizabeth Warren, Trumpian of the Left
The president and the senator both want you to know that our system is “rigged.”No, the truth is things are rigged.
How and to what ends matters.
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Movies
Nicole Kidman Still Can’t Believe What ‘Destroyer’ Did to Her
Her detective character is so dangerous “a lot of times I would let out a huge yell or a growl before I would start, which I know sounds insane.”It could be good.
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Business
Wall Street Stocks Inch Higher as Crude Oil Tumbles
The S&P 500 hit its lowest point in 2018 on Monday. An early rebound off those lows faded as energy stocks declined on Tuesday.https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/stocks
Down 1.6%
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U.S.
The Senate Passed the Criminal Justice Bill. For Jared Kushner, It’s a Personal Issue and a Rare Victory.
Jared Kushner played a major role in moving forward a bipartisan policy that has thwarted lawmakers for years.Read the bill.
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New York
7 Ways to Fix the M.T.A. (Which Needs a $60 Billion Overhaul)
A new report found the M.T.A. will need a staggering amount of money to fix the system, and it urged the approval of congestion pricing to fund it.Congestion pricing is a good idea.
The state should issue a bond for the M.T.A.
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Smarter Living
7 Successful People Dish on Their Worst Job Interviews (and What They Learned)
We’ve all got one of *those* stories.Yes.
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