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Business Day
Welcome Relief for Homeowners, Until the Tax Bill Arrives
JPMorgan can write off $1.5 billion in debt relief, but it will be treated as taxable income for homeowners, resulting in burdensome costs for many families.
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Automobiles
Wheelies: The Flashing Lights and Free Speech Rights Edition
A federal judge rules that flashing high beams to warn motorists of a speed trap is not illegal; the 2014 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel pickup gets 28 m.p.g.
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Opinion
Football, Pain and Marijuana
The National Football League should follow the shift in state laws and let players deal with pain as they, and their doctors, see fit.
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U.S.
In Texting Era, Crisis Hotlines Put Help at Youths’ Fingertips
Texting has become such a fundamental way to communicate that crisis groups have begun to adopt it as an alternative way of providing emergency services and counseling.
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Business Day
Auto Sales for January Held Down by Harsh Winter Weather
General Motors and Ford lost ground in the month, while the Chrysler Group fared better, largely because of its truck division.
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Opinion
Contraception Case
Sister Mary Ann Walsh of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops responds to an editorial.
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Business Day
Room for Small Deals on Tax Policy
Absent a grand bargain, there may still be an opening for bipartisan accord on tax-code changes and early childhood education, an economist writes.
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Magazine
The Super Bowl of Sports Gambling
Inside the world’s biggest football-betting contest, where squares and sharps and amateur data crunchers are all trying to beat the spread — and Vegas Runner’s reputation is on the line.
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World
Malaysian Admiral Plays Down Talk of Chinese Naval Incursion
The top Malaysian naval commander has taken umbrage at reports that Chinese ships entered into disputed waters claimed by Malaysia.
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World
India's 1st Monorail Opens in Mumbai to Much Fanfare and Doubt
Four lines and long platforms is the successful formula.
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N.Y. / Region
Video: Tappan Zee Crane Arrives by Boat
A huge crane arrived in New York Harbor Thursday, after a 6,000-mile ocean journey from San Francisco. It will be used to build the new Tappan Zee Bridge across the Hudson River.
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World
German Paper Says U.S. Kept Tabs on Leader
The newspaper, Süddeutsche Zeitung, reported that American intelligence services began monitoring Chancellor Gerhard Schröder after he opposed the Bush administration’s plan to go to war in Iraq.
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World
Scientists Warn of New Bird Flu Strain in China
A confirmed death from H10N8 comes as another strain of avian influenza, H7N9, continues to spread in China.
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N.Y. / Region
Schools Official Investigating Teacher Exchanged Explicit Texts With Her, Report Finds
Officials said the investigator, who has resigned, will not be allowed to work in the New York City school system again. A report also recommended that the teacher be fired.
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Health
An Unusual Partnership to Tackle Stubborn Diseases
The National Institutes of Health, 10 drug companies and seven nonprofits will collaborate to speed the development of treatments for Alzheimer’s, Type 2 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus.
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U.S.
Henry Waxman, Key Democrat and Force for Health Care Law, Is to Retire
The congressman joins a growing list of House members calling it quits, despairing of political gridlock.
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Business Day
The Great Mystery of Chinese New Year
When New Year’s break is over, we have no idea how many of our employees will return to work.
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U.S.
Abortions Declining in U.S., Study Finds
Wider contraceptive use is a factor, as 1.1 million abortions were reported in 2011, the Guttmacher Institute said, compared with 1.21 million reported in a similar study in 2008.___________________________________________________________________________________
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Opinion
South Korea’s Underground Seat Fight
An intergenerational conflict between young and old is playing out in the subway.
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U.S.
A Library for Obama First Needs an Address
A foundation is in place to begin the effort to create a presidential library with Barack Obama’s name on it. Where it will be built remains unclear.
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