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Science
A New Shrew and Mice Memory
Recent developments in health and science news. Also this week: cheetahs’ body temperatures while hunting and the effect of pesticides on honeybees.
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Health
A Kennedy Baby’s Life and Death
The battle to save Patrick Bouvier Kennedy would almost certainly have had a different outcome today.
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Science
When Clean Was a New Concept in the Operating Room
The words “surgery” and “sterile” were not always bedfellows. A short history of advances in the hospital.
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Autos
Ford Recalls 33,000 C-Max Cars
Citing concern about potential head injuries from inadequately padded headliners, N.H.T.S.A. directed Ford to recall a number of C-Max hybrids and E.V.s.
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World
Bribery Charges Withdrawn in Czech Corruption Case
The prosecutor annulled charges against three former members of Parliament after the Supreme Court ruled they were protected by parliamentary immunity.
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Business Day
Wendi Murdoch Hires a New Lawyer, Suggesting a Divorce May Turn Messy
A month after Rupert Murdoch surprised his wife with divorce papers, Wendi Murdoch has hired a lawyer with a track record of representing women separating from powerful men.
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N.Y. / Region
Invoking Zimmerman, Thompson Seizes New York Frisking as Campaign Issue
William C. Thompson Jr., a Democratic candidate for mayor, made his most forceful remarks of the campaign on stop-and-frisk tactics.
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Science
Smart, Social and Erratic in Captivity
A film, a book and a trainer’s death have renewed debate among scientists and animal advocates on the wisdom and morality of keeping killer whales in marine parks.
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N.Y. / Region
Plan to Separate Food Waste Will Expand
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has announced an expansion of New York’s pilot program for food waste recycling, looking to cities like San Francisco for lessons.
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Arts
Clashing Titans for Sale
Two skeletons found in Montana by commercial fossil hunters are to be auctioned in New York, where they could bring an estimated $7 million to $9 million.
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Opinion
Lawyers’ Business Model
Why is this columnist supporting BP in Louisiana? Because two wrongs don’t make a right.
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World
German Magazine Accused Over Historical Views
A Jewish group’s complaint against the magazine Der Landser has added to the debate over the balance between free speech and efforts in Germany to eradicate the neo-Nazi movement.
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World
Bihar School Deaths Highlight India's Struggle With Pesticides
India continues to widely use toxic pesticides banned in the United States.
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Business Day
The Question of Taxing Employer-Provided Health Insurance
There’s little likelihood that Congress will consider eliminating the highly popular tax exemption for employer-provided health benefits, even though that would be good policy, an economist writes.
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Health
Task Force Urges Scans for Smokers at High Risk
A shift to CT scans from chest X-rays has the potential to save 20,000 lives a year, experts say.
"Dr. Harold E. Varmus, the director of the National Cancer Institute,
said the recommendation would “change the way people think about lung
cancer.”
But he added that screening should not give smokers a false sense of
security. “The main message is unchanged,” he said. “Don’t smoke.”
Smoking is the culprit in about 85 percent of all lung cancer deaths."
Ten years a smoker Thirty six years tobacco free. Low risk.
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Opinion
Found in Translation
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Public Editor
A Blow for the Press, and for Democracy
Jailing reporters makes it harder to keep the government honest.
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World
A Cash Lure Cast From the Temple
The archbishop of Canterbury is waging war on Wonga, one of the biggest high-interest lenders, with the aim to drive the company out of business.
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