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Opinion
Keeping Parolees Out of Prison
Creating rational parole and probation systems is helping to reduce recidivism. But there is still a long way to go.
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Education
Illinois: Chicago Schools Accused of Discrimination
The lawsuit alleges that the district selects schools with a high percentage of African-American teachers for turnaround, while taking no action against other similarly performing schools.
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Health
Study Finds Modest Declines in Obesity Rates Among Young Children From Poor Families
The share of 2-to-4-year-olds who were obese declined to 14.9 percent in 2010, down from 15.2 percent in 2003.
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Health
Too Young to Have a Heart Attack
Proving to my teenage sons that 48 isn't too old for fun, I had hung on for dear life as I zoomed behind a speedboat on a ski tube. The next day, when my left arm started hurting, I tried to reassure myself that this wasn't a heart attack.
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Arts
A Mountain Goat for Top Poet Perch?
Fans are petitioning the government to name the songwriter John Darnielle United States Poet Laureate.
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U.S.
Justice Won’t Delay Insurance Rule
Justice Sonia Sotomayor of the Supreme Court refused to block enforcement next week of a requirement in the health care overhaul that some companies provide insurance coverage for contraceptive drugs and devices.
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World
The Italian Paradox on Refugees
Italy has a good record of granting asylum status but a disgraceful follow-through, refugee agencies say, which has resulted in an expanding population of refugees in shantytowns.
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N.Y. / Region
Suit Settled Over Claims of Sex Abuse at Poly Prep
The plaintiffs said administrators had ignored repeated allegations that Philip Foglietta, a once-revered football coach at the Brooklyn private school, had been sexually abusing students.
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U.S.
House Ethics Panel Finds No Loan Violations
The committee said nearly all the allegations involved mortgage loans that were granted so long ago that they fell outside the panel’s jurisdiction.
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World
Afghan Prosecutor Faces Criticism for Her Pursuit of ‘Moral Crimes’
Maria Bashir does more than just walk the line between the progressive and the conservative — she has, uncomfortably, come to personify it.
"She suspects the publication of the statistics may be another attack by critics who want her gone.
“It is very difficult for a woman to work in Afghanistan, especially if
you have an important position,” she said, her eyes flashing once again.
“You have to deal with thousands of political conspiracies and
problems.”
Despite the controversy, support among her Afghan admirers has not
ebbed. “If she didn’t do this, she would be thrown out of office,” said
Manizha Naderi, executive director of Women for Afghan Women, which runs shelters for abused women. “The law is the problem, and not Maria Bashir.”"
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N.Y. / Region
Main Facade Intact at Ladies' Mile Landmark, but Damage Is Serious
The former O'Neill & Company dry-goods emporium building on the Avenue of the Americas looks much the same, though a load-bearing column collapsed and many zigzag cracks were evident.
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Science
A Record Worth Wilting For: Death Valley Is Hotter Than ...
Death Valley is officially the hottest place on earth, now that meteorologists have invalidated a 136.4-degree reading claimed since 1922 by a city in Libya.
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U.S.
Sprawling Memphis Aims to Be a Friendlier Place for Cyclists
The Tennessee city, which had been named one of the worst cities in American for cyclists, has opened dozens of miles of bike lanes as it tries to change commuting habits.
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U.S.
Gay Republicans Take Out Ad Criticizing Hagel
There may not be any more announcements about a new national security team this week, but that hasn't stopped the drumbeat against former Senator Chuck Hagel, considered a contender for the top Pentagon post.
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Sports
In Sled Hockey, a Slower Pace but Hard Shots and Hits
The Rangers, sponsored in part by the N.H.L.’s Rangers, are one of six teams in the Northeast Sled Hockey League, which caters to athletes with mobility limitations.
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Style
Thanks, Mom, for Not Telling the World I Pulled a Knife on You
If my mother had blogged about the moment in my adolescence when I threatened her with a knife, my life today might be entirely different.
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Opinion
Fraud in Preschool Special Education
Albany should stop using private contractors for this program, but, in the meantime, reforms are needed.
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World
After Delhi Rape Victim Leaves India, Questions Raised About Media's Role
Local media coverage is criticized for inciting "bloodlust" and invading privacy.
Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
‘That Girl Could Have Been Any One of Us’
By HEATHER TIMMONS and SRUTHI GOTTIPATI
After the brutal rape and death of a 23-year-old student, women in India
have expressed outrage over the assault and harassment that many of
them say are routine.
This is far from over. Details are coming out.
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World
Iraq: Sunnis Continue Protests Against Prime Minister
Tens of thousands of Sunni Muslims blocked Iraq’s main trade route to neighboring Syria and Jordan in a demonstration on Wednesday against Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, a Shiite.The faithful do not learn.
We must not return to Iraq.
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