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N.Y. / Region
Harold Baer Jr., Judge Whose Civil Liberties Rulings Drew Fire, Dies at 81
In 1996, Judge Baer ruled that $4 million worth of cocaine found in a car was inadmissible because the police search of the trunk had not been justified.
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Magazine
Life in the Valley of Death
In Srebrenica, the remains of those killed in the genocide keep turning up, unsettling the reconciliation between Muslims and Serbs.
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U.S.
Mayor of Chicago Seeks to Further Tighten Gun Laws
Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who has struggled to bring down violence in his city, wants gun sales to be videotaped to deter buyers from using false identification.
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World
One Man, Two Wives and Many Accepted Forms of Violence in Pakistan
An uncle and two cousins were among those accused of beating to death a pregnant woman who married against her family’s wishes.
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World
Pakistan Killing Has a New Twist
The husband of a woman stoned to death this week was arrested in 2009 for killing his first wife, but the case against Muhammad Iqbal was dropped.
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Dining & Wine
Video: Asparagus Soup With Ricotta Crostini
Melissa Clark makes a light asparagus soup topped with tender asparagus tips, accompanied by toasted bread coated with creamy ricotta for dipping.
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N.Y. / Region
New Jersey Reaches Deal on Hurricane Sandy Aid
In a settlement, the state agreed to increase federal disaster payments to people displaced by Hurricane Sandy and make the aid more proportional to the amount of damage sustained.
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Science
A Wisconsin Farm Fights Warming, With California’s Help
Pagel’s Ponderosa Dairy benefits from a California initiative that invests in projects to cut greenhouse gasses as part of the battle against climate change.
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U.S.
Medicare to Now Cover Sex-Change Surgery
A government appeals board said the exclusion was no longer reasonable because the surgery is safe and effective and can no longer be considered experimental.
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U.S.
More Emergency Centers Are Gearing Up to Receive 911 Texts
Texas is at the forefront of a national initiative to modernize the call system to accommodate situations in which a voice call may be risky or impossible and to be more accessible to the deaf community.
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U.S.
New Mexico: Toxic Waste Removal Will Miss Deadline
Los Alamos National Laboratory will not be able to meet a deadline for getting toxic waste from decades of building nuclear bombs off its northern New Mexico campus before wildfire season peaks, the Department of Energy said Friday.
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Business Day
Drug Saves Fertility for Women With Cancer
The new treatment would be a less invasive way to safeguard a woman’s chances of having babies than the current method.
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Arts
Artifacts With a Life All Their Own
From a calling card left by John Wilkes Booth to a soccer jersey signed by Iraq’s national team, some objects at four different museum exhibitions in Washington bear the weight of history.
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U.S.
Colorado: Search Is Called Off for Three Missing in Landslide
The authorities on Tuesday called off the search for three ranchers who disappeared after a huge landslide in a remote part of western Colorado.
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U.S.
Robert Sallee, Survivor of Smoke Jumpers, Is Dead at 82
Mr. Sallee was one of three parachutists to escape a blaze in Montana’s Mann Gulch that killed 12 colleagues and changed Forest Service practices.The 125th Anniversary of the Great Johnstown, PA Flood of 1889
On May 31, 1889, the Great Johnstown Flood of 1889 occurred. Heavy rain lead to the failure of the dam and 20 million tons of water raced down the Little Conemaugh River towards Johnstown. A total of 2,209 people died and 750 are still unaccounted for. Johnstown, PA is also the site of two other major floods: March 1931 and July 1977.Read More...
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge2/fire/
Funny River Fire:
http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/3878/
Looks hopeful.
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Opinion
Template for the South China Sea
An accord between Indonesia and the Philippines suggests a path to peace.China is still the problem.
China continues to press a maximal claim.
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U.S.
Florida Court Overturns Murder Conviction of F.B.I. Agent
The court ruled that the judge in the trial of John J. Connolly Jr., who had been convicted in a 1982 killing, had allowed the prosecutors to improperly enhance the charge.
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N.Y. / Region
State Audit Faults Spending Reports by a Manhattan School
A state audit of the Churchill School and Center, a taxpayer-supported Manhattan school for special education students, said the school rang up more than $3 million in improper expenses.
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Sports
In Southern Wisconsin, a Winner Takes All
Wisconsin-Whitewater did something no university in N.C.A.A. history had ever accomplished: win national championships in football, men’s basketball and baseball in one school year.
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Business Day
Italy Seeks $1.6 Billion in Damages From Roche and Novartis
The government says the national health service suffered losses from the drug companies’ efforts to restrict competition in ophthalmic drugs.
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