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Opinion
Gov. Christie’s Money Trail
The governor of New Jersey has found yet another questionable way to preserve his reputation as an anti-taxer.
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U.S.
New N.S.A. Chief Calls Damage From Snowden Leaks Manageable
The director of the National Security Agency, Adm. Michael S. Rogers, described the steps the agency is taking to ensure that no one else can download the information taken by Edward J. Snowden, a former defense contractor.
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N.Y. / Region
Rent Cuts for Housing Homeless Hit a Snag
The de Blasio administration is working to reduce the high rates it pays to private landlords to house homeless people, but at least one such landlord is threatening to sue the city and evict families if his rent payment is cut.
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Business Day
General Motors to Set Payouts in Crashes Caused by Flawed Switches
Kenneth R. Feinberg, a compensation expert who handled the 9/11 settlements, is to announce the G.M. payouts in a Monday morning news conference.
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U.S.
Math Under Common Core Has Even Parents Stumbling
Parents feeling helpless when confronted with first-grade math work sheets are adding to the political debate about whether the Common Core is another way in which Washington is taking over people’s lives.
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U.S.
Before Shooting in Iraq, a Warning on Blackwater
Not long after the security firm’s top manager in Iraq told a State Department investigator “that he could kill” him, the inquiry was abandoned. Weeks later, the firm’s guards killed 17 civilians in Iraq.
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U.S.
A Disregarded Request From a Beloved Senator Shakes Up Hawaii’s Primary
Neil Abercrombie’s decision to defy one of the most popular politicians in Hawaii history has come back to rock the governor and the Democratic Party.
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N.Y. / Region
A Historic Warship, Reborn as a Tourist Draw, May See Another Revival
A New York sightseeing business plans to refurbish Circle Line X, a former World War II ship that is known for its long service to the city’s tourism industry, into a mini-museum.
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U.S.
Fund-Raising as a Barometer of a Statewide Campaign’s Success
The end of June is the midyear mark for political fund-raising, and politicians’ reports are an acid test of their campaigns, a sign of who is competitive.
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Books
On the Legal Front Lines of Same-Sex Marriage
“Redeeming the Dream” centers on the lawyers Theodore B. Olson and David Boies and their fight to end California’s law against same-sex marriage.
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World
Awakening the ‘Dutch Gene’ of Water Survival
The dikes of the country’s water management system work so well that experts say they worry that citizens will begin to take staying dry for granted.
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Science
NASA Launching Satellite to Track Carbon
The Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 is scheduled to lift off Tuesday with the aim of getting better data on how carbon moves into and out of the atmosphere — a key to understanding climate change.
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Arts
New Wave of African Writers With an Internationalist Bent
Novelists with ties to Africa are gaining prominence in the publishing world as they become more cosmopolitan, and America does, too.
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Business Day
‘Live in Levi’s’ Campaign Reunites Levi Strauss With Its Old Agency, FCB
After 16 years away, the Levi’s jeans brand is returning to an agency that it had worked with for almost seven decades and declaring that its dungarees feel good enough to live in.
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Opinion
House Hypocrisy on Insider Trading
Lawmakers rebuff an attempt to enforce a law banning insider trading by members of Congress and their aides.
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N.Y. / Region
Verizon to Return to Its Former Midtown Tower, but on a Smaller Scale
The decline of landline telephones means the company, now mostly wireless, has less need for the cavernous spaces that used to house wires and switching equipment.
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Opinion
New Rules to Address Campus Rape
The Department of Education’s guidelines could bring more order to the process and help colleges meet federal requirements on safety.
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Business Day
