The witch hazel is in bloom and under the snow there are hellebores.
I would send flowers for the saints day if I knew where to send them.
We need no chemical help. Oysters are more than enough.
I own a television receiver card. I have not made it work.
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Opinion
Scientists Explore Options as Polar Bears Face New Threats
A closer look at steps that may be taken to aid polar bears as the Arctic warms.
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World
Stark Numbers Reveal the Scale of Elephant Killings
The stream of news about elephant killings and increasingly massive ivory seizures has been so relentless that it has become numbing. A new study, however, still has the power to shock.
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World
Horse Meat in Food Stirs a Furor in the British Isles
The scandal has fueled worries about what has been going into cheaper burgers consumed in millions in British schools, hospitals and prisons.
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World
Trash Collectors End Strike in Seville
Following an 11-day strike, city authorities estimate that there are about 7,000 tons of rubbish-filled bags lying around the ancient Spanish city best known for its flamenco music.
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N.Y. / Region
Wanted in Officer’s Trial: Difficult-to-Shock Jurors
About 90 people who showed up for jury duty were exposed to images of cannibalism and told that, if selected, they would have to be ready to delve into “sexually violent and sexually deviant conduct.”
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Your Money
Cellphone Service Without Signing on the Dotted Line
Even if you have to pay full price for the phone, avoiding a contract for cellphone service may save you money in the long run.
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Business Day
By Gender and by Age, an Unequal Recovery
Since the American job market hit bottom in December 2009, men have benefited disproportionately from the recovery, and middle-aged women have done particularly poorly.
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Business Day
The Fed Gets a Bubble Cop
In a speech on Thursday, Federal Reserve governor Jeremy C. Stein, who joined last year, focused on parts of the financial markets that show signs of overheating.
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World
An Unlikely Path to Palestinian Fatherhood
A Palestinian fertility doctor said he is helping 50 women to become pregnant by smuggling their husbands’ sperm out of Israeli prisons.
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Business Day
States’ Group Calls for 45% Cut in Amount of Carbon Emissions Allowed
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a nine-state collaboration to trim carbon emissions, suggests reducing the limit on emissions as incentive for electric utilities.
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Opinion
Birth Control and Religious Freedom
Responses from the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Organization for Women, New York City chapter, a Catholic priest and Catholics for Choice.
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Health
Aging Easy Riders Beware
Motorcyclists 60 and older are three times as likely to be severely injured in a crash than younger riders.
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World
Bringing Ultra-Orthodox Traditions to Israel’s Parliament, Olive Branch in Hand
Dov Lipman is both an ultra-Orthodox rabbi and a newly elected member of Parliament who is hoping to help bridge the divisions between the secular and ultra-Orthodox in Israel.
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Science
Finding Life in a Polar Desert
In the seemingly lifeless surroundings of Lake Untersee in Antarctica, there is still life to be found if you know where to look for it.
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World
Berlusconi Remains Wild Card in Italy Race
With two weeks to go, the Italian campaign has become surreal, with former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi trailing the front-runner by single digits in recent polls.
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N.Y. / Region
M.T.A. Adds Interactive Features to Online Subway Map
A new version of the subway map allows riders to more easily zoom in on clusters of the map and quickly access route information for specific lines.
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U.S.
Court Urged to Reverse a Ruling on Terror
The Obama administration on Wednesday urged a federal appeals court to overturn a ruling that blocked enforcement of a statute related to the indefinite detention without trial of terrorism suspects.
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Business Day
John E. Karlin, Who Led the Way to All-Digit Dialing, Dies at 94
Mr. Karlin, a Bell Labs industrial research psychologist, was also instrumental in the shortening of telephone cords and the creation of rectangular keypads for touch-tone models.
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Opinion
Scientists Explore Options as Polar Bears Face New Threats
A closer look at steps that may be taken to aid polar bears as the Arctic warms.
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World
Stark Numbers Reveal the Scale of Elephant Killings
The stream of news about elephant killings and increasingly massive ivory seizures has been so relentless that it has become numbing. A new study, however, still has the power to shock.
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World
Horse Meat in Food Stirs a Furor in the British Isles
The scandal has fueled worries about what has been going into cheaper burgers consumed in millions in British schools, hospitals and prisons.
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World
Trash Collectors End Strike in Seville
Following an 11-day strike, city authorities estimate that there are about 7,000 tons of rubbish-filled bags lying around the ancient Spanish city best known for its flamenco music.
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Opinion
Captivity in Black and White
A Union prisoner in Texas and the limits of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
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World
An Unlikely Path to Palestinian Fatherhood
A Palestinian fertility doctor said he is helping 50 women to become pregnant by smuggling their husbands’ sperm out of Israeli prisons.
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Business Day
States’ Group Calls for 45% Cut in Amount of Carbon Emissions Allowed
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a nine-state collaboration to trim carbon emissions, suggests reducing the limit on emissions as incentive for electric utilities.
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Opinion
Birth Control and Religious Freedom
Responses from the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Organization for Women, New York City chapter, a Catholic priest and Catholics for Choice.
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Health
Aging Easy Riders Beware
Motorcyclists 60 and older are three times as likely to be severely injured in a crash than younger riders.
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World
Bringing Ultra-Orthodox Traditions to Israel’s Parliament, Olive Branch in Hand
Dov Lipman is both an ultra-Orthodox rabbi and a newly elected member of Parliament who is hoping to help bridge the divisions between the secular and ultra-Orthodox in Israel.
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World
Berlusconi Remains Wild Card in Italy Race
With two weeks to go, the Italian campaign has become surreal, with former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi trailing the front-runner by single digits in recent polls.
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Science
Finding Life in a Polar Desert
In the seemingly lifeless surroundings of Lake Untersee in Antarctica, there is still life to be found if you know where to look for it.James Ephraim Lovelock, CH, CBE, FRS, Ph.D (born 26 July 1919) is an independent scientist, environmentalist and futurologist who lives in Devon, England. He is best known for proposing the Gaia hypothesis, which postulates that the biosphere is a self-regulating entity with the capacity to keep our planet healthy by controlling the chemical and physical environment.
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N.Y. / Region
M.T.A. Adds Interactive Features to Online Subway Map
A new version of the subway map allows riders to more easily zoom in on clusters of the map and quickly access route information for specific lines.
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U.S.
Court Urged to Reverse a Ruling on Terror
The Obama administration on Wednesday urged a federal appeals court to overturn a ruling that blocked enforcement of a statute related to the indefinite detention without trial of terrorism suspects.
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Business Day
John E. Karlin, Who Led the Way to All-Digit Dialing, Dies at 94
Mr. Karlin, a Bell Labs industrial research psychologist, was also instrumental in the shortening of telephone cords and the creation of rectangular keypads for touch-tone models.
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World
One-Third the Man He Used to Be, and Proud of It
Since Paul Mason had gastric bypass surgery in 2010 after weighing about 980 pounds, he has lost nearly two-thirds of his body weight, but the road to a new life is uphill.
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Arts
Springsteen Honored in Warm-Up to the Grammys
Bruce Springsteen uses some personal charm to raise money for indigent performers.
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U.S.
Obama Tells House Democrats He Will Confront Republicans on Taxes
President Obama vowed Thursday to confront Republicans over the issue of closing tax loopholes, saying that he would relish a debate with those who insist Congress has done all it should to get more tax revenue from wealthy individuals and corporations.
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World
Horse Meat in Food Stirs a Furor in the British Isles
The scandal has fueled worries about what has been going into cheaper burgers consumed in millions in British schools, hospitals and prisons.
4
World
Trash Collectors End Strike in Seville
Following an 11-day strike, city authorities estimate that there are about 7,000 tons of rubbish-filled bags lying around the ancient Spanish city best known for its flamenco music.
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Opinion
Captivity in Black and White
A Union prisoner in Texas and the limits of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
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Even when the reason is gone the damage lingers on. Stretch marks.
Just another problem in aesthetics.
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The government has shrunk. Death is not an option.
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Booming
A Bond Forged in Crucible of the Art World
An artist and an art dealer celebrate 39 years together (forget that episode with the divorce papers).
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Technology
Zynga at a Crossroads in Mobile Quest
As its revenue remains flat, the social-game creator faces the test of successfully putting its most popular Web games, starting with Farmville, on mobile devices.
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The French have called knights in armor The Guild of the Horse Butchers.
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Business Day
New Claims for Jobless Edge Down
Many top retailers had strong sales in January even as customers were hit with higher taxes, while productivity at businesses slumped in the fourth quarter.
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World
For International Students, College Checklists for February
College counselors in the United States offer monthly advice for juniors and seniors who want to stay on track during the admissions process.
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Opinion
Innovation Nation at War
Can one federal judge put a stop to the dumb smartphone patent battles?
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Business Day
Liberty's Bid for Virgin Media Pushes the Envelope on Debt
Liberty Global's $23 billion offer for Virgin Media has most of the hallmarks of the precrisis boom, the author writes.These are cable operations. They have significant costs.
The competition is Dish and fiber optic systems with much lower costs.
The financing does not look workable to me.
You must do your own due diligence.
On to today.
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