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Opinion
A New York Times Column on Climate and Energy
The Times launches a new column on global warming and energy.
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N.Y. / Region
At L.I. Overpass, New Rules Are Announced for Truckers
Senator Charles E. Schumer and other officials announced the new standards at a parkway bridge on Long Island that has been struck at least 27 times by trucks that should not have been on that road.
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Business Day
Safety Board Gives New Details on Boeing Battery Fire, but Not Cause
In a safety board report, witnesses tell of intense smoke, acrid smells and a white glow from a battery that caught fire on a Boeing airliner parked at Boston’s airport two months ago.
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Business Day
Sycamore Turns Heads With Its Retail Shopping Spree
Stefan Kaluzny, who started the buyout firm Sycamore Partners just two years ago, has made a couple of splashy purchases, including the $600 million deal for the retail chain Hot Topic.
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Sports
Half of New York City Marathon Entrants Opt for a Refund
New York Road Runners will have to limit the number of new entrants to accommodate runners who had the right to compete after they missed last year’s canceled race.
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Business Day
Jobless Claims Fall Unexpectedly
Initial claims for state jobless aid fell 7,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 340,000, the Labor Department reported.
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U.S.
McConnell Stands With (and Raises Money Off) Rand Paul
In a fund-raising pitch, Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky touted his support for Senator Rand Paul’s filibuster of John O. Brennan, even though he opposed Mr. Paul’s candidacy in 2010.
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Autos
Pango Says Its App Can Cut Waiting Time at Parking Garages
The Pango system, developed by entrepreneurs in Israel in 2007, is essentially focused on a smartphone app.
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Opinion
Does This Ad Make Me Fat?
We could reduce obesity by finding its causes, but that isn’t so easy.
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Education
Rational Decisions and Heartbreak on School Closings
Officials in cities like Philadelphia, Chicago and Washington are being met with anger and criticism as they close schools citing budgets.
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World
Where is India's Feminist Movement Headed?
Feminism in India is grappling with new problems as vast economic and social changes sweep the country, while old mindsets steeped in patriarchy still prevail
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Business Day
Yes, We’re Confident, but Who Knows Why
History shows that public confidence is fickle and little understood, but it can have great influence on the markets and the economy.
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Opinion
Mr. President, Tear Down This Wall
The border fence with Mexico is harming communities on both sides of the frontier.
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World
In Parts of Syria, Lack of Assistance ‘Is a Catastrophe’
The vast majority of foreign aid is going to territory controlled by President Bashar al-Assad while the small amount reaching opposition-held areas is all but invisible.
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U.S.
In Search of Debt Deal, Obama Walks a Narrow Path
As President Obama seeks a solution that will satisfy the ideological and political tests of both parties, he faces complaints from Democrats who say he mishandled his last attempt at a “grand bargain.”
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Education
Advocacy Group to Monitor Reform Efforts in Public Schools
The Network for Public Education will call for curriculums that include arts and foreign languages, as well as better financing for schools and more respect for teachers.
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U.S.
Declared Innocent in a Killing, but Still in a Cell
In 2008, Ben Spencer was found “factually innocent” of the killing of Jeffrey Young, yet he is still behind bars.
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World
Is Europe Trying to Ban Pornography?
European legislation meant to protect women from degradation is being attacked by opponents as an encroachment on freedom of speech and expression.
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Style
Do You Pay the Baby Sitter if You Cancel?
This scheduled baby sitter turns down other work to be there for this family, and she counts on the income. So what happens when the parents cancel?
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World
In India, Heated Debate Over Teens and Sex
Weighing a push to protect women and children against the realities of human sexuality and India’s patriarchal marriage culture.
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Business Day
Airport Screening Concerns Civil Liberties Groups
Civil liberties groups and some European regulators are questioning a plan that would determine which passengers pose a threat based on data collected by governments and airlines.
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Opinion
A Universal Right to Vote
New legal protections are needed to expand the guarantee of ballot access in every state.
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N.Y. / Region
Tenants Worried by Plans to Build Near City Projects
New York City wants to raise revenue by leasing open land on the grounds of its housing projects, stirring deep concerns among residents wary of gentrification.
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Opinion
Working at Home: Pros and Cons
In response to an editorial, readers discuss their own work experiences and tax issues.
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Health
Too Many Colonoscopies in the Elderly
Nearly a quarter of colonoscopies in patients over age 70 were “potentially inappropriate,” a new analysis finds.
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Travel
Pennsylvania and Virginia, Where the Nation Was Shaped
When visiting Civil War battlefields and presidential estates, a rich past comes alive.
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N.Y. / Region
At L.I. Overpass, New Rules Are Announced for Truckers
Senator Charles E. Schumer and other officials announced the new standards at a parkway bridge on Long Island that has been struck at least 27 times by trucks that should not have been on that road.
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Booming
Kings Point, a Magic Kingdom for the Retirement Set
An HBO documentary captures the good and the bad of life in a Florida community — a life my mother saw up close.
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Science
South African Meat Snacks Often Mislabeled
Using DNA analysis of a popular South African cured meat snack, researchers found two-thirds of the samples mislabeled, including kangaroo, as well as pork and lamb, called ostrich.
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Business Day
Wealth, Spending and the Economy
As the nation’s overall wealth has recovered, a vast majority of the gains have been in equities, benefiting mostly the wealthy, an economist writes.
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N.Y. / Region
Icon of Harlem's Gay Night Life Gives Way to Wreckers
A block of Harlem that is undergoing a makeover was once the home of a century-old entertainment complex where in the 1920s and 1930s a popular lesbian singer performed with a back-up chorus line of black gay men.
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U.S.
Harvard Search of E-Mail Stuns Its Faculty Members
Faculty members expressed dismay that Harvard administrators secretly search e-mail accounts to see who had leaked a memo about cheating.
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N.Y. / Region
Recording Williamsburg’s Latest Transformation, and Raging Against It
A Princeton University film professor documented, and lamented, the effects of rezoning to the Brooklyn neighborhood and the raw emotions that still exist.
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Opinion
A New York Times Column on Climate and Energy
The Times launches a new column on global warming and energy.
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Education
Arizona: Most of Law on Ethnic Studies Is Upheld
A federal judge has upheld all but one aspect of an Arizona law prohibiting school districts from offering courses taught from a specific racial or ethnic perspective.
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U.S.
Medicaid Expansion Is Rejected in Florida
Rebuffing Gov. Rick Scott, a Florida Senate committee proposed using federal money to enroll low-income residents in private insurance as a compromise.
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World
Thousands of Dead Pigs Found in River Flowing Into Shanghai
More than 3,300 pigs have been dumped into a major river in Shanghai, igniting fears among city residents of contaminated tap water.
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Public Editor
The Danger of Suppressing the Leaks
Those who reveal classified material are being punished like never before.
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Business Day
Former Senator Scott Brown to Join Nixon Peabody
Scott Brown, the former Massachusetts senator who lost his seat to Elizabeth Warren last year, will work at Nixon Peabody’s Boston headquarters and focus on the financial services industry and commercial real estate matters.
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World
Newspaper Adds New Obstacle to Tribunal Investigating Lebanese Official’s Death
A newspaper has published the names of likely witnesses in the murder trial of Rafik Hariri, the former prime minister who was assassinated in 2005.
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Business Day
Checking Your Home Buyer Tax Credit Status
Those who must repay the first-time home buyer tax credit can find information with an I.R.S. online tool.
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U.S.
For Detroit, a Crisis Born of Bad Decisions and Crossed Fingers
One of the largest cities to face mandatory oversight has come as a result of millions in uncollected fees, a flight of its affluent tax base and misguided hopes that downturns might melt away.
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U.S.
Smaller States Find Outsize Clout Growing in Senate
The disproportionate power enjoyed in the Senate by small states is playing a growing role in the political dynamic on issues as varied as gun control, immigration and campaign finance.
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Business Day
J.&J. Loses First Case Over Faulty Hip Implant
A jury ordered $8.3 million in damages in the first of some 10,000 lawsuits tied to a now-recalled implant.
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World
No Species Is Safe From Burgeoning Wildlife Trade
As demand from Asia rises and trafficking becomes more lucrative, even plants and animals without celebrity status have been pushed to the brink of extinction, guardians gathering in Bangkok say.
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World
Mao Zedong's Anti-Pollution Face Mask
As anger bubbles up about pollution in China, online posters use a sacrosanct image – of Chairman Mao – to channel their rage.
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Arts
Divining What’s Next For Video Games
Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto discusses sales of the company’s Wii U, violence and video games, and the games at the Museum of Modern Art.
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Health
A Firm Grasp on Comfort
Blankies and lovies — transitional object — serve a crucial purpose, easing stress as children, even young adults, come into their own.
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Opinion
The Axis of Ennui
Effective energy innovation is not happening where you think it is, Dear Reader.
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World
Libya: Homemade Alcohol Kills 51 and Sickens Dozens
Most of the victims of the homemade alcohol, who were blinded, went into comas or suffered kidney failure, were in Tripoli.I must get some sleep.
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