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Arts
The Eccentric Monk and His Typewriter
Dom Sylvester Houédard was a pioneer of concrete poetry, in which the typographic style of the letters is as important as the meaning and rhythm of the words.
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Business Day
Pilots at United Agree on Contract
The contract, which includes raises averaging 43 percent and bigger retirement contributions, covers United pilots as well as those from Continental.
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World
Britain: Police Say They Won’t Charge Hacker
British authorities will not charge a computer hacker who waged a decade-long struggle to avoid a trial in the United States over accusations that he broke into military computers.
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Opinion
How to Fight Homelessness
Though the homeless population has held steady during the recession, more help is needed for struggling families with children.
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Opinion
Making Us Safer, One iPad at a Time
The antiquated and inefficient way police officers have to communicate arrest information is like a game of telephone, in which the message is ultimately garbled.
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World
Tips for Hiring Education Agents
Warning signs can tip off students to agents who might be not trusted.
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U.S.
U.S. Fiscal Deal Unlikely Without Compromise
As the political tension mounts over Washington's fiscal deadlock, there will have to be trade-offs from Democrats and Republicans for any deficit-reduction pact to happen.
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Technology
Message, if Murky, From U.S. to the World
The United States’ refusal to sign a global treaty on telecommunications — even though it got most of what it wanted — is seen as taking a stand for Internet freedom.
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Sports
Rape Case Unfolds on Web and Splits City
Football at Steubenville High School is an everyday topic. But rape charges against two players have some residents questioning the culture of football in the Ohio community.
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U.S.
Judge in North Carolina Voids 3 Death Sentences
It was the second such decision under the state’s Racial Justice Act and the first since the act was amended by the state legislature.
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N.Y. / Region
Roger Prigent, 89, Photographer and Antiquarian, Dies
After a diagnosis of macular degeneration, Mr. Prigent reinvented himself as a dealer in antiques and was a connoisseur of the French Empire style.
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Business Day
Quiet Doctor, Lavish Insider: A Parallel Life
While he appeared a grandfatherly academic, Dr. Sidney Gilman advised a network of Wall Street traders through SAC Capital and eventually crossed the line into criminal behavior.
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World
For Spaniards, Having a Job No Longer Guarantees a Paycheck
With the regional and municipal governments deeply in debt, even workers like bus drivers and health care attendants, dependent on government financing for their salaries, are not always paid.
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N.Y. / Region
2 Correction Officers Are Killed in Brooklyn Crash
An S.U.V. went out of control, hurtled across Kings Highway and struck an oncoming vehicle driven by an off-duty police officer.
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Technology
Apps Give Preschoolers a First Look at TV Shows
With more parents putting mobile devices into preschoolers’ hands and laps, television networks like Nick Jr. and PBS are turning their focus to educational apps.
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Business Day
Buffeted by the Web, but Now Riding It
Digital technology has overwhelmed many of those who sought to master it. Brian Lam was both a prince and casualty of it.
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U.S.
Under Many Aliases, Mislabeled Foods Find Their Way to Dinner Tables
Using genetic testing, an ocean conservation group found that nearly 40 percent of the seafood from 81 grocery stores and restaurants was not what the establishment claimed it was.
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N.Y. / Region
Promise vs. Reality in Newark on Mayor’s Watch
As Cory A. Booker weighs a run for New Jersey governor, many residents complain that his apparent focus on the national stage may have shortchanged his efforts to solve the city’s problems.
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U.S.
How Maps Helped Republicans Keep an Edge in the House
Democrats and Republicans alike use legislative redistricting to keep and gain power, but it played especially well to Republican interests in this year’s elections.
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Opinion
Our Corrosive Guessing Games
The media’s insistence on looking far, far into the political future isn’t just silly. It’s damaging..
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