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Opinion
A Step Toward E-Mail Privacy
Congress has made some progress in updating federal laws to protect the digital communications of citizens from inappropriate prying.
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World
Cuba’s Free-Market Farm Experiment Yields a Meager Crop
Although the government has liberalized many aspects of agriculture, inefficiencies caused by central control mean the food situation has gotten worse in some ways.
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Fashion & Style
Ebony Looks to Its Past as It Moves Forward
Ebony magazine has served as a repository for major events that have happened to African-Americans.
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World
A Family, for a Few Days a Year
Hundreds of children have been stranded in orphanages in Guatemala for years as authorities there weigh whether to approve their adoptions by families in the United States.
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N.Y. / Region
Rally Protests Coalition in New York State Senate
The Rev. Al Sharpton organized the rally in Harlem to draw attention to breakaway Democrats who have said they would join with Republicans in the next state legislative session.
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U.S.
Proposed Rules on Fracking Gain Cautious Praise
Environmentalists and even some in the oil industry are welcoming Texas’ update of rules that address the broad process of oil and gas drilling.
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Opinion
Next Civil Rights Landmark
The battle over marriage equality finally lands on the Supreme Court’s docket.
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Fashion & Style
Forging a Bond in Mud and Guts
Extreme obstacle course races are becoming the macho sport of choice for Type A cubicle-bound masses yearning to breathe free.
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U.S.
Supreme Court Will Take Up Two Cases on Gay Marriage
A California case could establish or reject a right to same-sex marriage, while a New York case contests a law requiring the federal government to deny benefits to couples married in states that allow it.
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N.Y. / Region
Empty Offices Seem Poised to Remain So for Months
An absence of phone lines in Lower Manhattan is testing tenants and the real estate market after Hurricane Sandy.
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N.Y. / Region
Far Above the Flooding, Yet Still Feeling a Hurricane’s Sting
A family found that living on the top floor of a high rise in Queens did not shield them from hardships imposed by Hurricane Sandy.
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Opinion
Egypt’s Agony
President Mohamed Morsi should delay the vote on the draft constitution as a step toward resolving the nation’s latest crisis.
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Business Day
American Airlines All Clear for Bankruptcy Exit
The pilots union approved a new contract, freeing American Airlines to come out of bankruptcy, and possibly pursue a merger with US Airways.
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U.S.
Washington: Senator Kirk Returning After Stroke
Senator Mark Kirk of Illinois will return to the Senate on Jan. 3, nearly a year after having a stroke, his office said Thursday.
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Fashion & Style
A Rare Gathering of Cartier's Best
The Art of Cartier, a show at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid, retraces the jeweler's evolution in a selection of 420 historic pieces.
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Arts
Museum and Gallery Listings for Dec. 7-13
A critical guide to art exhibitions and installations in New York and the region.
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U.S.
Storm Sirens’ Last Wail
A decision to dismantle tsunami sirens on the Oregon coast has some residents concerned that the new warning system — texts and phone calls — will not reach everyone.
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Books
Unnatural Disaster
The Chinese famine of the mid-20th century is a monument to Maoist tyranny, a journalist argues.
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U.S.
Ray L. Heffner, Often-‘Besieged’ University President, Dies at 87
Dr. Heffner guided Brown University during the late 1960s, when students protested against the Vietnam War and blacks strived for racial equality and greater acceptance.
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Tricky matters.
I am comfortable with my ethical position.
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Home & Garden
Designing the 21st-Century Synagogue
Michael Landau and Joshua Zinder on specializing synagogue design.
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Arts
Museum and Gallery Listings for Dec. 7-13
A critical guide to art exhibitions and installations in New York and the region.
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U.S.
Storm Sirens’ Last Wail
A decision to dismantle tsunami sirens on the Oregon coast has some residents concerned that the new warning system — texts and phone calls — will not reach everyone.
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U.S.
Ray L. Heffner, Often-‘Besieged’ University President, Dies at 87
Dr. Heffner guided Brown University during the late 1960s, when students protested against the Vietnam War and blacks strived for racial equality and greater acceptance.
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Books
Unnatural Disaster
The Chinese famine of the mid-20th century is a monument to Maoist tyranny, a journalist argues.
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U.S.
Pornography Curbs Ordered
The Air Force has ordered inspections of its facilities for public displays of pornographic or misogynistic materials after complaints from female personnel.
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Sports
Dodgers Are Said to Land Greinke
The Los Angeles Dodgers reached a record contract Saturday with starting pitcher Zack Greinke, agreeing to a six-year, $147 million deal.
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World
Futuristic Vision for a City Rooted in the Past
The fashion designer Pierre Cardin has a dream of turning a Venice industrial dump into a futuristic palazzo, leading to a debate about the city’s future.
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Opinion
Profiting From a Child’s Illiteracy
Conservatives have a point when they suggest that America’s safety net can sometimes entangle people in a soul-crushing dependency.
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Business Day
Corruption Inquiry Focuses on Algerian Pipeline
No one has yet been charged in the investigation by Italian prosecutors, but executives at the energy services company Saipem and its corporate parent, the Italian oil company Eni, have stepped down.
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N.Y. / Region
Detective Who Hit Pedestrian Is Convicted of Manslaughter
Kevin C. Spellman, a 22-year veteran of the New York Police Department, was driving south on Kingsbridge Avenue near West 232nd Street when he struck Drana Nikac in 2009.
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U.S.
Obama Appeals to Business for Support on Tax Plan
President Obama said he refused to engage again in the sort of brinkmanship that brought the country close to default last year and damaged its credit rating.
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U.S.
Giving an Old Brewery a New Life, and Cuisine
Silver Ventures is developing the 22-acre property to include restaurants, shops, a hotel and a Culinary Institute of America campus.
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Your Money
On ‘Madoff Day,’ Think About How to Avoid Becoming a Victim of Fraud
Here is a proposal for a new holiday, observed on Dec. 11, when everyone takes a moment to make sure they’re doing enough to protect themselves from investment fraud.
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U.S.
Jobs Report Becomes Fodder in Fiscal Debate
Democrats and Republicans seized on November’s job numbers to press for a compromise on a deficit deal.
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Fashion & Style
Wedding Q. and A.
What does a couple do when guests do not donate to a suggested cash fund or charity? And does a cash-strapped wedding attendant have to give a gift?
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World
Karzai Implicates Pakistan in Suicide Bombing That Hurt Afghan Spy Chief
The Afghan president says that the suicide bomber who staged the attack came from Pakistan, with the help of a sophisticated foreign intelligence service.
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World
For Afghan Officials, Facing Prospect of Death Is in the Job Description
Afghan government officials do not worry so much about the wrath of constituents as about being assassinated by the Taliban.How can one tell? They are all Afghans.
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