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The West Coast cottons on to that old East Coast standby, the train station hub.The costs of fatness--amputating a toe costs more than you think. I'm uncomfortable with New York's new ban on trans fat, but mostly wish this could be a more honest conversation about the new phenomenon of the obese and impoverished, and the shared burden of their health care.The Village Voice takes an over-heated look at firearm discharges by police officers in New York. Worth reading for the history of firearm discipline in the city, and because discharges are one of the most accurate measures of a force's professionalism and discipline, and one of the most difficult statistics to fudge. What you won't read in the article, though, is that discharges are down dramatically since the Dinkins mayoralty.
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