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N.Y. / Region
By TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG | Sep 28th 2015
The report recommended changing sentencing laws, including
repealing or reducing mandatory minimum terms, and cited racial
disparities.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_incarceration_rate
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Real Estate
By VIVIAN MARINO | Sep 25th 2015
A penthouse atop a converted warehouse, with a landscaped terrace and a reflecting pool, was the sale of the week.
Moving the suburbs into the city core is expensive.
And profitable.
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U.S.
By KIRK SEMPLE | Sep 26th 2015
Security measures have effectively turned the urban core of one of
America’s biggest cities into a peaceful, pedestrian-only village.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_truce
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Books
By COLIN THUBRON | Sep 25th 2015
Before Darwin, a strange, genius scientist sparked understanding of ecosystems, and of their endangerment.
There was and is another German culture.
I suspect Angela Merkle is not part of it.
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Sports
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Sep 28th 2015
Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya won the Berlin Marathon in a personal-best time of 2 hours 4 minutes 1 second.
13.5 mph.
Some people run faster than others.
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U.S.
By DANIEL J. WAKIN | Sep 27th 2015
The final Mass, in an oval in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, is likely to draw the biggest crowd of Francis’ visit.
Pope Francis leads one church among many.
He rules only the Vatican.
He is a man occupying an office elected by other men occupying other offices.
God did not give the United States freedom of religion. Men did.
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World
By JIM YARDLEY | Sep 28th 2015
Hours after meeting with victims in Philadelphia, the pope said
that priests who molested children were “sacrilegious,” and he
acknowledged that bishops had covered up abuse cases.
The policy of the Vatican is clearer.
He has not said that conscientious objectors may not hold the civil office to which they object.
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Times Insider
By BEN HUBBARD | Sep 28th 2015
Ben Hubbard describes his experiences in Izmir, Turkey, where he
reported on a “raft economy” that has followed a wave of migrants.
If a service is desired there are those who will provide it for a price.
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N.Y. / Region
By MARC SANTORA | Sep 28th 2015
Ms. Mitchell, who had pleaded guilty to helping two inmates escape
from the Clinton Correctional Facility in upstate New York, was
sentenced Monday to at least two years and four months in prison.
She has shortened a part of her agony.
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U.S.
By IAN LOVETT | Sep 25th 2015
The action signaled the determination of the administration of
Gov. Jerry Brown to press forward with an aggressive environmental
agenda through the regulatory process rather than by legislation.
There are no low carbon motor fuels but natural gas.
CNG engines will be spark ignition for variable speed applications.
The business model will change but the cost to the end user will be low.
The big problem with propane is the fuel gage. Grills use weight.
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U.S.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Sep 28th 2015
A handyman and supervisor for the Baltimore City Housing Authority
routinely withheld repairs from women who refused to have sex with
them, according to a lawsuit in federal court.
The handyman and supervisor were incredibly stupid.
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