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U.S.
In Legislature, Swaps of Names but Not Parties
When Texans vote this fall, most seats for the State Legislature are likely to remain in the hands of the parties that hold them now, even if the names of the officeholders change.
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Multimedia/Photos
Video: Times Minute | Second Blast Hits Russia
Also on the Minute, Schumacher remains in a medically induced coma, and looking back at the N.S.A. and Edward Snowden.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volgograd
Location of Volgograd Oblast in Russia
Location of Volgograd in Volgograd Oblast
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volgograd
Location of Volgograd Oblast in Russia
Volgograd
Bombings Jolt Russia, Raising Olympic Fears
4 days ago ... The explosion struck the main station in Volgograd, raising the specter of terrorism ahead of the Winter Olympics.December 29, 2013 - - World / Europe - Article - Print Headline: "Bombings Jolt Russia, Raising Olympic Fears"
Bomb Attacks in Russia Echo Threats by Chechen Insurgent ...
4 days ago ... Two terrorist attacks in Volgograd have sowed widespread fear across the country, and the attention of Russian security services has turned to ...December 30, 2013 - - World / Europe - Article - Print Headline: "Bomb Attacks in Russia Echo Threats by Chechen Insurgent"
Suicide Bomber Strikes Bus in Southern Russia
The deadly attack on a bus in Volgograd appeared to be a case of separatist violence in the North Caucasus spilling into Russia's heartland.October 21, 2013 - - World / Europe - Article - Print Headline: "Russia: Bomber Kills 6 in Volgograd"
Putin, After Silence, Condemns Twin Bombings in Volgograd ...
3 days ago ... President Vladimir V. Putin called the attacks "inhumane terrorist acts" and vowed that Russia would fight terrorists until "their complete ...December 31, 2013 - - World / Europe - Article - Print Headline: "Putin, After Silence, Condemns Twin Bombings in Volgograd"
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N.Y. / Region
Without Jury, Judge Warned That Stop-and-Frisk Ruling Would Be Disputed
Judge Shira A. Scheindlin, who ruled that the New York police tactic violated the Constitution, seemed to foresee the type of fallout that such a decision would produce.
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Opinion
No Burden on Religion
Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s perplexing decision to issue a stay on enforcing the rules of the contraception mandate should be lifted.
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Travel
Raising a Pole on the ‘Islands of the People’
On Haida Gwaii, an archipelago off the coast of British Columbia, a 40-foot “Legacy Pole” is lifted to celebrate a key moment in the history of the islands.
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N.Y. / Region
High Above the Water, but Awash in Red Tape
The approval process for elevating the deck of the Bayonne Bridge is a case study, critics say, in environmental bureaucracy.
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U.S.
Concern Over Safety Grows as More Oil Rides the Rails
A drilling surge in oil fields has generated a heavy volume of traffic on North America’s rail networks, prompting concern over accidents.
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Opinion
Europeans United, in Hating Europe
Right-wing parties work across borders – to undermine the European Union.
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Home & Garden
‘Safe From Fire, Rats, Weather and Waste’
In the 1940s, R. Buckminster Fuller converted grain bins into emergency housing. It seemed that these structures had disappeared, but at least a dozen have survived in New Jersey.
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Business Day
U.S. Solar Panel Maker Seeks to Close Loophole in Duties on Chinese Products
Expanding a long-simmering dispute, SolarWorld Industries America has asked the Commerce Department to impose duties on solar modules containing parts made in China or Taiwan.
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Sports
Finland Wins at Hockey World Juniors
Saku Maenalanen had two goals and an assist to help Finland beat Norway, 5-1, in the world junior hockey tournament in Malmo, Sweden.
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N.Y. / Region
Spiritual and Prolific, in an Era of Upheaval
“Francesco Vanni: Art in Late Renaissance Siena” at Yale University Art Gallery, offers a look at European art during an era of revival and reformation of the Catholic church in the 1500s.
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World
Fatal Attacks Strike a Hotel in Somalia
No group claimed responsibility for the attacks, despite threatening messages from the Islamist militant group Shabab broadcast on local radio stations in the previous 24 hours.
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World
Japanese Premier Visits Contentious War Shrine
The visit by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the Yasukuni Shrine revived a practice that has long strained relations between Japan and its Asian neighbors.
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Multimedia
Life, and Death, With Cancer
A photographer whose parents both faced cancer — and who both rallied to be present for her wedding — photographed the last two months of her father’s life since that wedding.
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World
Private Schools for Poor Pressured by Right to Education Act
Schools that cannot meet the 2009 law’s infrastructure requirements, even if they cannot afford the necessary repairs, are at risk of closure.
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Health
High-Dose Vitamin E Slows Decline of Some Alzheimer’s Patients in Study
A daily dose of 2,000 I.U.’s slowed the decline of people with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease in a study of more than 600 veterans at hospitals across the country.
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Sports
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