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venice Local news agency with no Pulitzer Prize reports that area restaurants have no Michelin stars Jason Weisberger
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math Jaques Tits, the mathematician behind Tits buildings, the Tits alternative, the Tits group, and the Tits metric, has died at 91 Annie Rauwerda
politics Nicholas Kristof resigns from the New York Times, considering run for Oregon governor David Pescovitz