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Date: 08 December 2016
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8th of December 2016 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on December 8, 2016
Nguyen Ngoc Luong, Times Guide in Vietnam War, Dies at 79
Date: 08 December 2016
By SAM ROBERTS
Nguyen Ngoc Luong, journalist whose photographs chronicling Vietnam War for New York Times brought home to millions of American readers brutality of war, dies at age 79.
Muslim Women in Hijab Break Barriers: ‘Take the Good With the Bad’
Date: 08 December 2016
By KATIE ROGERS
Once an Oil Executive, Now a Crusader Against Fossil Fuel Stocks
Date: 08 December 2016
By JAMES B. STEWART
James B Stewart Common Sense column examines how decision by trustees of Cooperstown, NY, to divest all fossil fuel holdings in pension fund has roiled town and put it at center of national debate over climate change.
Kathleen Collins’s Short Stories Were Almost Lost to History
Date: 08 December 2016
By ALEXANDRA ALTER
Short-story collection Whatever Happened to Interracial Love? by playwright, filmmaker and screenwriter Kathleen Collins, comprises works that author's daughter Nina had kept, unread, in trunk for decades after her mother died from breast cancer in 1988.
Governors Compromise on Port Authority Plan. Commissioners Don’t Go Along.
Date: 08 December 2016
By PATRICK McGEEHAN
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey commissioners refuse to vote on 10-year spending plan for major projects, including replacement bus terminal in Manhattan, despite hard-fought compromise between New York Gov Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Gov Chris Christie; agency chairman John J Degnan takes issue with distribution of costs, saying it is at odds with Port Authority's goal to promote regional priorities.
The Freaky Food Chain Behind Your Lobster Dinner
Date: 08 December 2016
By STEPH YIN
Scientists report that lucinid clams, which form 20 percent of diet for Caribbean spiny lobsters, themselves feed on symbiotic bacteria living in their gills; bacteria produces so-called 'dark carbon' through chemosynthesis rather than photosynthesis.
Nguyen Ngoc Luong, Times Guide in Vietnam War, Dies at 79
Date: 08 December 2016
By SAM ROBERTS
Nguyen Ngoc Luong, journalist whose photographs chronicling Vietnam War for New York Times brought home to millions of American readers brutality of war, dies at age 79.
Muslim Women in Hijab Break Barriers: ‘Take the Good With the Bad’
Date: 08 December 2016
By KATIE ROGERS
Once an Oil Executive, Now a Crusader Against Fossil Fuel Stocks
Date: 08 December 2016
By JAMES B. STEWART
James B Stewart Common Sense column examines how decision by trustees of Cooperstown, NY, to divest all fossil fuel holdings in pension fund has roiled town and put it at center of national debate over climate change.
Kathleen Collins’s Short Stories Were Almost Lost to History
Date: 08 December 2016
By ALEXANDRA ALTER
Short-story collection Whatever Happened to Interracial Love? by playwright, filmmaker and screenwriter Kathleen Collins, comprises works that author's daughter Nina had kept, unread, in trunk for decades after her mother died from breast cancer in 1988.
Governors Compromise on Port Authority Plan. Commissioners Don’t Go Along.
Date: 08 December 2016
By PATRICK McGEEHAN
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey commissioners refuse to vote on 10-year spending plan for major projects, including replacement bus terminal in Manhattan, despite hard-fought compromise between New York Gov Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Gov Chris Christie; agency chairman John J Degnan takes issue with distribution of costs, saying it is at odds with Port Authority's goal to promote regional priorities.
The Freaky Food Chain Behind Your Lobster Dinner
Date: 08 December 2016
By STEPH YIN
Scientists report that lucinid clams, which form 20 percent of diet for Caribbean spiny lobsters, themselves feed on symbiotic bacteria living in their gills; bacteria produces so-called 'dark carbon' through chemosynthesis rather than photosynthesis.
Nguyen Ngoc Luong, Times Guide in Vietnam War, Dies at 79
Date: 08 December 2016
By SAM ROBERTS
Nguyen Ngoc Luong, journalist whose photographs chronicling Vietnam War for New York Times brought home to millions of American readers brutality of war, dies at age 79.
Muslim Women in Hijab Break Barriers: ‘Take the Good With the Bad’
Date: 08 December 2016
By KATIE ROGERS
Once an Oil Executive, Now a Crusader Against Fossil Fuel Stocks
Date: 08 December 2016
By JAMES B. STEWART
James B Stewart Common Sense column examines how decision by trustees of Cooperstown, NY, to divest all fossil fuel holdings in pension fund has roiled town and put it at center of national debate over climate change.
Kathleen Collins’s Short Stories Were Almost Lost to History
Date: 08 December 2016
By ALEXANDRA ALTER
Short-story collection Whatever Happened to Interracial Love? by playwright, filmmaker and screenwriter Kathleen Collins, comprises works that author's daughter Nina had kept, unread, in trunk for decades after her mother died from breast cancer in 1988.
Governors Compromise on Port Authority Plan. Commissioners Don’t Go Along.
Date: 08 December 2016
By PATRICK McGEEHAN
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey commissioners refuse to vote on 10-year spending plan for major projects, including replacement bus terminal in Manhattan, despite hard-fought compromise between New York Gov Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Gov Chris Christie; agency chairman John J Degnan takes issue with distribution of costs, saying it is at odds with Port Authority's goal to promote regional priorities.
The Freaky Food Chain Behind Your Lobster Dinner
Date: 08 December 2016
By STEPH YIN
Scientists report that lucinid clams, which form 20 percent of diet for Caribbean spiny lobsters, themselves feed on symbiotic bacteria living in their gills; bacteria produces so-called 'dark carbon' through chemosynthesis rather than photosynthesis.
Nguyen Ngoc Luong, Times Guide in Vietnam War, Dies at 79
Date: 08 December 2016
By SAM ROBERTS
Nguyen Ngoc Luong, journalist whose photographs chronicling Vietnam War for New York Times brought home to millions of American readers brutality of war, dies at age 79.
Muslim Women in Hijab Break Barriers: ‘Take the Good With the Bad’
Date: 08 December 2016
By KATIE ROGERS
Once an Oil Executive, Now a Crusader Against Fossil Fuel Stocks
Date: 08 December 2016
By JAMES B. STEWART
James B Stewart Common Sense column examines how decision by trustees of Cooperstown, NY, to divest all fossil fuel holdings in pension fund has roiled town and put it at center of national debate over climate change.
Kathleen Collins’s Short Stories Were Almost Lost to History
Date: 08 December 2016
By ALEXANDRA ALTER
Short-story collection Whatever Happened to Interracial Love? by playwright, filmmaker and screenwriter Kathleen Collins, comprises works that author's daughter Nina had kept, unread, in trunk for decades after her mother died from breast cancer in 1988.
Governors Compromise on Port Authority Plan. Commissioners Don’t Go Along.
Date: 08 December 2016
By PATRICK McGEEHAN
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey commissioners refuse to vote on 10-year spending plan for major projects, including replacement bus terminal in Manhattan, despite hard-fought compromise between New York Gov Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Gov Chris Christie; agency chairman John J Degnan takes issue with distribution of costs, saying it is at odds with Port Authority's goal to promote regional priorities.
The Freaky Food Chain Behind Your Lobster Dinner
Date: 08 December 2016
By STEPH YIN
Scientists report that lucinid clams, which form 20 percent of diet for Caribbean spiny lobsters, themselves feed on symbiotic bacteria living in their gills; bacteria produces so-called 'dark carbon' through chemosynthesis rather than photosynthesis.
Nguyen Ngoc Luong, Times Guide in Vietnam War, Dies at 79
Date: 08 December 2016
By SAM ROBERTS
Nguyen Ngoc Luong, journalist whose photographs chronicling Vietnam War for New York Times brought home to millions of American readers brutality of war, dies at age 79.
Muslim Women in Hijab Break Barriers: ‘Take the Good With the Bad’
Date: 08 December 2016
By KATIE ROGERS
Once an Oil Executive, Now a Crusader Against Fossil Fuel Stocks
Date: 08 December 2016
By JAMES B. STEWART
James B Stewart Common Sense column examines how decision by trustees of Cooperstown, NY, to divest all fossil fuel holdings in pension fund has roiled town and put it at center of national debate over climate change.
Kathleen Collins’s Short Stories Were Almost Lost to History
Date: 08 December 2016
By ALEXANDRA ALTER
Short-story collection Whatever Happened to Interracial Love? by playwright, filmmaker and screenwriter Kathleen Collins, comprises works that author's daughter Nina had kept, unread, in trunk for decades after her mother died from breast cancer in 1988.
Governors Compromise on Port Authority Plan. Commissioners Don’t Go Along.
Date: 08 December 2016
By PATRICK McGEEHAN
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey commissioners refuse to vote on 10-year spending plan for major projects, including replacement bus terminal in Manhattan, despite hard-fought compromise between New York Gov Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Gov Chris Christie; agency chairman John J Degnan takes issue with distribution of costs, saying it is at odds with Port Authority's goal to promote regional priorities.
The Freaky Food Chain Behind Your Lobster Dinner
Date: 08 December 2016
By STEPH YIN
Scientists report that lucinid clams, which form 20 percent of diet for Caribbean spiny lobsters, themselves feed on symbiotic bacteria living in their gills; bacteria produces so-called 'dark carbon' through chemosynthesis rather than photosynthesis.