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Opinion
A Coal Sales Ticker Next to a 'Clean Energy' Claim?
The biggest coal company in the free world says it's a "global leader in clean energy solutions."
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Opinion
Closing Loopholes Isn’t Enough
Some politicians think America can raise the revenue it needs to balance its books without raising tax rates on anyone. There’s a word for that: hogwash.
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Health
United States Lags in Alzheimer's Support
A Senate report highlights several trends related to care for people with Alzheimer's disease in five countries.
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Business Day
High Energy Costs Plaguing Europe
Europe has poured tens of billions of euros into clean energy initiatives, but the effort has yet to become financially sustainable. Instead, the Continent is likely to have only exported its emissions elsewhere.
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U.S.
As Swing Districts Dwindle, Can a Divided House Stand?
Most members of the House of Representatives come from hyperpartisan districts where they face essentially no threat of losing their seat to the other party - and have little incentive to work across party lines.
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Opinion
Dancing Around the Fiscal Cliff
U.S. budget talks and piecemeal efforts to address the E.U. crisis all ignore the key issue: What goods and services can government effectively provide.
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World
'Warfighter' Video Game Offers Links to Actual Guns
The game producer Electronic Arts now has a Web site that promotes the makers of real weapons that are depicted in the latest version of its best-selling game, Medal of Honor Warfighter. Do the dots connect between violent video games and incidents of actual violence, as the National Rifle Association believes?
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U.S.
Marines and Sailors Face Strict Alcohol Rules
Marines and sailors will be subject to random blood-alcohol tests twice a year under a new anti-drinking policy that begins Jan. 1.
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Opinion
Egypt’s Flawed Constitution
Both President Mohamed Morsi and his opponents must seek compromise and unity if they want to build a more constructive future.
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N.Y. / Region
After Storm, Moving to Update a Mall at the South Street Seaport
The Dallas-based operators of the Pier 17 shopping mall, which was largely spared by Hurricane Sandy, plan to transform the site into an open, three-story retail and entertainment center.
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Education
Illinois: Chicago Schools Accused of Discrimination
The lawsuit alleges that the district selects schools with a high percentage of African-American teachers for turnaround, while taking no action against other similarly performing schools.
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Autos
Wheelies: The Promotion Edition
Kia is promoting its chief designer, Peter Schreyer, to president, making him the first non-Korean to hold the post.
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Science
Capturing Climate Change Digitally
Using two Webcams, scientists discover a high correlation between canopy hue and carbon dioxide uptake in an English forest. As the seasons shift with global warming, they will be able to chart changes in uptake.
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Opinion
The Invisible Ax - People, Profit and Progress on Humanity's Planet
A look at the invisible connections between consumers and the planet's ailing resource frontiers.
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Opinion
The Unfulfilled Promise of 'Promised Land'
A feature film on fracking misses the real drama in gas country.
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World
The Italian Paradox on Refugees
Italy has a good record of granting asylum status but a disgraceful follow-through, refugee agencies say, which has resulted in an expanding population of refugees in shantytowns.
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Arts
A Mountain Goat for Top Poet Perch?
Fans are petitioning the government to name the songwriter John Darnielle United States Poet Laureate.
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N.Y. / Region
Woman Hit by Bus Near Central Park Dies
A 33-year-old woman was struck by an M.T.A. bus as she was crossing the street at 59th Street and Seventh Avenue, the police said.
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World
Turkish Journalist Accused of Terrorist Plot Is Freed Pending Trial
Soner Yalcin, the owner and editor of OdaTV, a news portal critical of the government, was released from prison on Thursday after spending nearly two years behind bars.
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Opinion
How Giving Became Cool
Ted Turner’s $1 billion donation to United Nations causes 15 years ago changed a business culture and reshaped philanthropy.More roads lead to more cars lead to more roads etc.
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