Current News Service: February 2018

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Do You Have What It Takes to Be an Olympian?

By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS from NYT Well http://ift.tt/2F7YnNr
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Once Again, Push for Gun Control Collides With Political Reality

By CARL HULSE from NYT U.S. http://ift.tt/2EVZ50Z
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A Young Poet’s Inspiration

By ADEEL HASSAN from NYT U.S. http://ift.tt/2CNpDvx
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A Coda to Black History Month

By ADEEL HASSAN from NYT U.S. http://ift.tt/2F8tusi
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$850,000 Homes in Maine, North Carolina and Oregon

By JULIE LASKY from NYT Real Estate http://ift.tt/2oveefA
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Listen to ‘The Daily’: Guns and the Midterm Elections

By MICHAEL BARBARO from NYT Podcasts http://ift.tt/2oteAmP
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Corporate America Is Suppressing Wages for Many Workers

By ALAN B. KRUEGER and ERIC POSNER from NYT Opinion http://ift.tt/2F20kaI
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The Rise of Woke Capital

By ROSS DOUTHAT from NYT Opinion http://ift.tt/2F0mHBL
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How to Really See a Blind Person

By BRAD SNYDER from NYT Opinion http://ift.tt/2oD5nHG
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The Americans Left Behind by Deportation

By KARLA CORNEJO VILLAVICENCIO from NYT Opinion http://ift.tt/2oDeM1R
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New York Today: Can I Bring My Pet on Public Transit?

By ALEXANDRA S. LEVINE from NYT N.Y. / Region http://ift.tt/2oAZhYo
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What Is the Perfect Color Worth?

By BRUCE FALCONER from NYT Magazine http://ift.tt/2F1pWc0
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Our Fifth Annual Student Editorial Contest: Write About an Issue That Matters to You

By MICHAEL GONCHAR from NYT The Learning Network http://ift.tt/2F8XHqV
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From ‘Vicious’ to Celebratory: The Times’s Reviews of Judy Chicago’s ‘The Dinner Party’

By KASIA PILAT from NYT Times Insider http://ift.tt/2F4c0K0
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Germany Weighs Tighter Rules After Geely Takes Daimler Stake

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Security Clearance, N.R.A., Ben Carson: Your Wednesday Briefing

By CHRIS STANFORD from NYT Briefing http://ift.tt/2BTayeZ
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Steven Pinker Wants You to Know Humanity Is Doing Fine. Just Don’t Ask About Individual Humans.

By JENNIFER SZALAI from NYT Books http://ift.tt/2oD12UU
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Stephen Colbert Attacks Trump for Reluctance to Act on Russian Meddling

By GIOVANNI RUSSONELLO from NYT Arts http://ift.tt/2F2VYjX
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জাতীয় পার্টির দলীয় সিদ্ধান্তে প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনার হস্তক্ষেপ কামনা: সংসদের বিরোধী দলটির নিয়ন্ত্রণ কি আওয়ামী লীগের হাতেই?

বাংলাদেশে সংসদে বিরোধী দলীয় নেত্রী রওশন এরশাদ জাতীয় পার্টির মন্ত্রীদের মন্ত্রিসভা থেকে পদত্যাগ করার জন্য প্রধানমন্ত্রীর হস্তক্ষেপ চেয়েছেন। বিষয়টি সবাই কীভাবে দেখছেন?

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FOX BIZ NEWS: Son of India's former finance minister arrested

Son of India's former finance minister arrested

An opposition official says the son of India's former finance minister has been arrested as part of a financial misconduct investigation.

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FOX BIZ NEWS: Adidas CEO says sales grew 15-20 pct in 2017

Adidas CEO says sales grew 15-20 pct in 2017

Sales at German sportswear firm Adidas rose between 15 and 20 percent to more than 20 billion euros ($24 billion) in 2017.

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FOX BIZ NEWS: British arm of retailer Toys R Us goes into administration

British arm of retailer Toys R Us goes into administration

The British arm of Toys R Us has gone into insolvency administration, putting 3,200 jobs at risk.

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FOX BIZ NEWS: German authorities arrest suspected Nusra Front supporter

German authorities arrest suspected Nusra Front supporter

German authorities have arrested a Syrian man on allegations he supported the extremist Nusra Front in his homeland.

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FOX BIZ NEWS: German unemployment drops slightly in February

German unemployment drops slightly in February

Unemployment in Germany, Europe's largest economy, fell slightly in February as the labor market remained strong.

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FOX BIZ NEWS: Stocks shake off rate hike concerns following Powell testimony

Stocks shake off rate hike concerns following Powell testimony

Equity futures were little changed, the morning after new Fed Chair Jerome Powell testified before a House Committee on the outlook for inflation and interest rate increases.

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FOX BIZ NEWS: Global shares fall after US Fed chief says he's optimistic

Global shares fall after US Fed chief says he's optimistic

Asian shares slid in subdued trading Wednesday after the head of the U.S. Federal Reserve said that he's feeling more optimistic about the economy.

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শ্রীলংকা সফরের আগে সাকিব সুস্থ হতে পারবেন?

শুধু যে চিকিৎসার দৃষ্টিভঙ্গিতে ব্যাপারটা দেখা হবে তা নয়। কারণ দল এখন একটা ক্রান্তিকাল পার করছে। এখানে মেন্টর বা সিনিয়র হিসেবে সাকিবকে প্রয়োজন হতে পারে।

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New top story from Time: You Asked: Is It Bad To Pick Your Nose?

New top story from Time: Nationalist Monk Known as the ‘Burmese bin Laden’ Has Been Stopped From Spreading Hate on Facebook

Echoes of Lynchings in Quiet Photos

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Teaching Activities for: ‘With Xi’s Power Grab, China Joins New Era of Strongmen’

By NATALIE PROULX from NYT The Learning Network http://ift.tt/2t0TvVD
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সাংবাদিক খুনের তথ্যে ১০ লক্ষ ইউরো পুরষ্কার

স্লোভাকিয়ায় একজন অনুসন্ধানী সাংবাদিকের হত্যার পর সে দেশের প্রধানমন্ত্রী রবার্ট ফিকো খুনিদের ধরতে তথ্য দিয়ে সাহায্য করতে ১০ লক্ষ ইউরো পুরষ্কার ঘোষণা করেছেন। বান্ডিল বান্ডিল ইউরোর নোট সামনে রেখে তিনি মঙ্গলবার একটি সংবাদ সম্মেলন করেছেন।

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FOX BIZ NEWS: Supermarket giant Ahold Delhaize 4th-quarter profit soars

Supermarket giant Ahold Delhaize 4th-quarter profit soars

Ahold Delhaize, the Dutch-Belgian operator of supermarket chains including Stop & Shop and Giant in the United States, says fourth-quarter net profit soared by more than 300 percent to 744 million euros ($909 million) from the same period a year ago, when one-off costs of 243 million euros dented profits.

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FOX BIZ NEWS: Takata air bag recall made compulsory for Australia vehicles

Takata air bag recall made compulsory for Australia vehicles

Australia has issued a compulsory recall for all 2.7 million cars fitted with defective Takata air bags in an effort to lift the auto industry's mixed efforts to fix the potentially fatal fault that has been blamed for at least 23 deaths around the world.

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FOX BIZ NEWS: Asian shares fall after US Fed chief says he's optimistic

Asian shares fall after US Fed chief says he's optimistic

Asian shares slid in subdued trading Wednesday after the head of the U.S. Federal Reserve said that he's feeling more optimistic about the economy.

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FOX BIZ NEWS: California leaders to protest scrapping of Clean Power Plan

California leaders to protest scrapping of Clean Power Plan

California's top energy and environment officials were expected Wednesday to vociferously oppose a Trump administration effort to scrap an Obama-era policy aimed at fighting climate change by slashing emissions from coal-fired power plants.

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FOX BIZ NEWS: Gas Prices Are Heading Back Toward $3 a Gallon

Gas Prices Are Heading Back Toward $3 a Gallon

Remember $3 gasoline? Prices could get there again soon, according to Oil Price Information Service.

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FOX BIZ NEWS: Two-thirds of U.S. commuter railroads may not meet crash technology deadline: report

Two-thirds of U.S. commuter railroads may not meet crash technology deadline: report

As many as two-thirds of the 29 U.S. commuter railroads may not meet a deadline to install an anti-crash technology by the end of the year.

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FOX BIZ NEWS: Echo of Obamacare: Dems divided over vow to repeal tax law

Echo of Obamacare: Dems divided over vow to repeal tax law

Republicans spent much of the last decade firing up their base with a vow to repeal President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

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FOX BIZ NEWS: Ohio asks court not to revisit abortion clinic ruling

Ohio asks court not to revisit abortion clinic ruling

Ohio's health department is asking the state Supreme Court not to revisit a decision that upheld the shuttering of an abortion clinic.

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FOX BIZ NEWS: Oil prices fall on weak China factory data, rise in U.S. inventories

Oil prices fall on weak China factory data, rise in U.S. inventories

Oil prices fell for a second day on Wednesday as weak Chinese factory data triggered concerns of an economic slowdown that could lower oil demand.

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FOX BIZ NEWS: Delta tax break at stake in spat with Georgia GOP over NRA

Delta tax break at stake in spat with Georgia GOP over NRA

A tax break that would save Delta Air Lines millions of dollars on jet fuel purchases appeared to be sailing through the Georgia legislature without much opposition — until the airline cut business ties with the National Rifle Association.

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