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Science
Carb-Loving Dogs, DNA Storage and a Pool Full of Jelly
A sampling of some of the day’s science headlines.
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Opinion
The Chávez Constitutional
Did the Venezuelan government really just censor the broadcast of the country's Constitution -- which was drafted by Chávez supporters, with his wholehearted support?"I’ve been watching the politics of the Chávez era minutely, day by day, for 14 years now. You’d think my capacity for surprise would be pretty well tapped out at this point. Yet even now it takes my breath away that Chávismo can contrive shenanigans like this — so absurd, so baroque.
This highlights that the rule of law in Venezuela has totally collapsed. It’s a collapse so all-embracing that Venezuela’s satirists are at a loss: When it comes to writing storylines that capture the government’s insanity, there’s simply no topping the government itself."
Substitute any government for Venezuela.
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Opinion
For Obama’s New Term, Start Here
The president said equality for all is a main goal of his second term. He could begin by helping to make sure a child’s potential for success isn’t limited by a ZIP code.
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Opinion
The School Bus Mess
Mayor Bloomberg needs to hold his ground on the bus strike in order to bring runaway costs under control and genuine competition to the bidding process.
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Science
A Milestone Looms for Farm-Raised Fish
Sometime very soon, the majority of the fish we eat will come from aquaculture rather than oceans.
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U.S.
Republican Governors Open New Front in Tax Debate
Republican governors in a range of states are starting to act aggressively on taxes, setting up limited but politically ambitious and potentially telling experiments in what might be possible nationwide.
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Opinion
Meanings of ‘Collaborate’
A history professor ruminates on a word’s positive and negative connotations.
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Opinion
When Paying It Forward Pays Us Back
Social programs are often the target of conservative budget cuts, but they often save us money. Investing in the best of them will save even more.
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U.S.
Kansas’ Governor and G.O.P. Seek to Eliminate Income Tax
Kansas provides perhaps the starkest view of the crimson ideology that could challenge President Obama’s Inauguration Day rallying cry for an expansive liberal agenda.
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U.S.
Louisiana: Hospice Cuts Rescinded
Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration on Wednesday scrapped plans to shutter the state’s Medicaid hospice program in February, meaning it will continue to provide end-of-life care to people who cannot afford private insurance.
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Health
Grief Over New Depression Diagnosis
The DSM 5, to be published in May, has generated an unusual amount of heat. Two changes, in particular, could have considerable impact on older people and their families.
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Business Day
A Downsized Boston Globe Opens Its Space for Community Uses
As newspaper staffs and revenues shrink, executives are seeking creative ways to use unoccupied office space.
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Style
Protecting Teenagers From High School's 'Big Box'
Is high school an "almost sadistically unhealthy" place to send an adolescent?
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Opinion
Medicare Spending
Joe Baker, the president of the Medicare Rights Center, responds to a column by David Brooks.
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Opinion
Amgen Gets a Gift From Congress
Senate aides inserted a giveaway into the “fiscal cliff” bill that will benefit the drug maker, but will cost Medicare $500 million.
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N.Y. / Region
Therapist Sentenced to 103 Years for Child Sexual Abuse
Nechemya Weberman, a respected member of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn, abused a young woman for three years during therapy sessions.
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World
Dalai Lama Stresses Science and Secularism in Jaipur
The Jaipur Literature Festival focuses on Buddhism this year.
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Business Day
Japan’s Bond-Buying Plan Quickly Meets Criticism
The Bank of Japan set an ambitious 2 percent inflation target and pledged to ease monetary policy but there are doubts about just how much of an effect the moves will have.
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U.S.
Redistricting in Virginia Hurts Blacks, Democrats Say
With one Democratic senator absent, Republicans in the Virginia State Senate pushed through a redistricting bill by one vote that Democrats say dilutes blacks’ votes.
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Business Day
Wal-Mart Toughens Fire Safety Rules for Suppliers After Bangladesh Blaze
The giant retailer said suppliers must “fully and accurately disclose” in advance any factories they or any of their subcontractors plan to use.
1
Science
Carb-Loving Dogs, DNA Storage and a Pool Full of Jelly
A sampling of some of the day’s science headlines.
2
Opinion
The Chávez Constitutional
Did the Venezuelan government really just censor the broadcast of the country's Constitution -- which was drafted by Chávez supporters, with his wholehearted support?
3
Opinion
For Obama’s New Term, Start Here
The president said equality for all is a main goal of his second term. He could begin by helping to make sure a child’s potential for success isn’t limited by a ZIP code.
4
Opinion
The School Bus Mess
Mayor Bloomberg needs to hold his ground on the bus strike in order to bring runaway costs under control and genuine competition to the bidding process.
5
Science
A Milestone Looms for Farm-Raised Fish
Sometime very soon, the majority of the fish we eat will come from aquaculture rather than oceans.
6
U.S.
Republican Governors Open New Front in Tax Debate
Republican governors in a range of states are starting to act aggressively on taxes, setting up limited but politically ambitious and potentially telling experiments in what might be possible nationwide.
7
Opinion
Meanings of ‘Collaborate’
A history professor ruminates on a word’s positive and negative connotations.
8
Opinion
When Paying It Forward Pays Us Back
Social programs are often the target of conservative budget cuts, but they often save us money. Investing in the best of them will save even more.
9
U.S.
Kansas’ Governor and G.O.P. Seek to Eliminate Income Tax
Kansas provides perhaps the starkest view of the crimson ideology that could challenge President Obama’s Inauguration Day rallying cry for an expansive liberal agenda.
10
U.S.
Louisiana: Hospice Cuts Rescinded
Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration on Wednesday scrapped plans to shutter the state’s Medicaid hospice program in February, meaning it will continue to provide end-of-life care to people who cannot afford private insurance.
11
Health
Grief Over New Depression Diagnosis
The DSM 5, to be published in May, has generated an unusual amount of heat. Two changes, in particular, could have considerable impact on older people and their families.
12
Business Day
A Downsized Boston Globe Opens Its Space for Community Uses
As newspaper staffs and revenues shrink, executives are seeking creative ways to use unoccupied office space.
13
Style
Protecting Teenagers From High School's 'Big Box'
Is high school an "almost sadistically unhealthy" place to send an adolescent?
14
Opinion
Medicare Spending
Joe Baker, the president of the Medicare Rights Center, responds to a column by David Brooks.
15
Opinion
Amgen Gets a Gift From Congress
Senate aides inserted a giveaway into the “fiscal cliff” bill that will benefit the drug maker, but will cost Medicare $500 million.
16
N.Y. / Region
Therapist Sentenced to 103 Years for Child Sexual Abuse
Nechemya Weberman, a respected member of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn, abused a young woman for three years during therapy sessions.
17
World
Dalai Lama Stresses Science and Secularism in Jaipur
The Jaipur Literature Festival focuses on Buddhism this year.
18
Science
In Land of Lithium, Batteries Not Included
The last report on the expedition's shipment of equipment to Chile was "arriving in port, all well." The update now, 24 hours before team members were to board a plane, was not well at all.
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Science
Raising Devils in Seclusion
Australian officials are racing to save the fierce doglike marsupials from a rare infectious cancer and as a backup have set up a tumor-free population on another island.
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