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U.S.
Justices, Citing Ban on Unreasonable Searches, Limit Use of Drug-Sniffing Dogs
The case concerned a Labrador retriever that detected the smell of marijuana outside a Florida house. The police found a marijuana-growing operation inside.
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N.Y. / Region
Trial on Stop-and-Frisk Tactic Is Expected to Turn to Perspective of Officers
Testimony from three Brooklyn officers who recorded among the highest number of stop-question-and-frisk encounters in 2009 sheds light on their decisions.
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Science
Fences May Be Best Route to Saving African Lions
A new paper from nearly 60 top lion scientists and conservationists suggests that building more fences may be the best way to save African lions.
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N.Y. / Region
State Budget Topping $141 Billion Nears Approval by the Legislature
Lawmakers are hoping for final passage on Thursday, which would make this budget the third in a row to be passed on time.
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Health
Easing Brain Fatigue With a Walk in the Park
Calm and focus can be restored by spending even a little time in green spaces, away from the jangle of city living, a new study employing portable brain wave measuring technology suggests.
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World
A Doll Helps Disabled Women Find Their Voices
Women with learning disabilities are especially vulnerable to sex abuse. The Josephine Project is helping educate such women and raising awareness of the issue.
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World
What Are You Doing to Fix India's Broken Education System?
A teacher in a Mumbai slum says all Indians, and in fact the entire world, have a moral responsibility to address crippling inequalities.
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Business Day
Orders for Durable Goods Jump
The 5.7 percent rise last month reversed January’s 3.8 percent plunge and indicated that factory activity continued to expand at a moderate pace.Graph Galleries
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N.Y. / Region
Rabbi Herschel Schacter, Who Carried Word of Freedom to Buchenwald, Dies at 95
Rabbi Schacter, as an American Army chaplain, entered the concentration camp an hour after its liberation in 1945 and told frightened inmates, “Peace be upon you, Jews, you are free!”
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Business Day
A Mortgage Practice Gets a Closer Look by Regulators
A widespread practice by lenders of buying often-costly insurance for mortgaged property and billing the owner is under scrutiny.
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N.Y. / Region
Son Loses Appeal in Looting of Astor Estate
A decision by a midlevel appellate court upheld the top charge in the 2009 convictions of Anthony D. Marshall and a lawyer for Brooke Astor’s estate, making prison time more likely.
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World
Prisoner X of Israel Is Said to Have Exposed Top Spies
Two news organizations have reported that the man, Ben Zygier, unintentionally revealed the identities of two top spies for Israel in Lebanon to a man known to be close to Hezbollah.
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Opinion
For Blacks in Cuba, the Revolution Hasn’t Begun
As the Castro era ends, a four-century legacy of racism lives on.In the 18th and 19th centuries, Cuba was dependent on an economy based on the sugarcane and coffee crops, and on slaves imported from Africa to work on sugar and coffee plantations. It is estimated that over 600,000 Africans were taken from West Africa and shipped to Cuba over three centuries, with tens of thousands dying during the brutal Atlantic Crossing.
Most of these people were brought to Cuba between the 1780s and the 1860s, as the slave population rose from 39,000 to 400,000. Despite the fact that the U.S. slave trade to Cuba was illegal after 1794, U.S. traders, including the DeWolf family, frequently made slave voyages to Havana, and profited from their own Cuban plantations. At the peak of the slave-based economy, enslaved people comprised nearly one-third of the Cuban population.
There were a number of anti-slavery movements in the early 1800s, but those were violently suppressed and leaders of the revolts were executed. Although Britain and the U.S. abolished their slave trades in 1807 and 1808, and Britain pressured Spain into formally ending the trade to Cuba in the 1820s, Cuba remained one of the most common destinations for slave ships through the 1860s. Slavery itself was not abolished in Cuba until 1886."
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Business Day
In a Copyright Ruling, the Legacy of the Betamax
A 1984 Supreme Court decision to permit home videotaping shaped the evolution of digital media, and a ruling last week on imported books may have implications just as broad.
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World
As Media Deal in Taiwan Collapses, Political Fallout Lingers
The collapse of a deal to sell Taiwanese newspapers to pro-Beijing investors sets off speculation about what killed the purchase.
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Science
How Many Vietnam Veterans Are Still Alive?
Some online estimates suggest that only a third of Vietnam veterans are still alive, but those are a result of using incompatible numbers from different sources. The real share of Vietnam-era veterans still among us: about 75 percent.
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Technology
Q&A: Erasing Saved Web Site Passwords
Most Web browsers let you save user names and passwords for frequently visited sites, but this information can be deleted.
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Technology
Dispute on Spam Stirs Big Assault on the Internet
Computer attacks aimed at an antispam group based in Europe have led to delays for millions of ordinary Internet users around the world.
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Booming
If You Like ‘Horse With No Name,’ Try Band of Horses
Hearing the band America in the music of Band of Horses.
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Opinion
Guilty on Junk Food
A reader says go after Congress and celebrity endorsers.
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Opinion
Obama's Public Lands Record
The president designated five new national monuments, but, overall, he’s been more than generous to oil and gas interests.
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U.S.
Violence Brings an Identity Crisis in a Free-Spirited California Beach Town
Dueling slogans — “Keep Santa Cruz Weird” versus “Keep Santa Cruz Safe and Clean” — reflect heated debates on the city’s policies toward drug abuse and homelessness.
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Business Day
Companies Get Strict on Health of Workers
A survey found that employers are using both rewards and penalties in an effort to lower their health costs.
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Multimedia
A War's Cold Comfort in China
Ahn Sehong has been documenting the plight of Korean women stuck in China decades after the Japanese Army forced them into prostitution during World War II.
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Business Day
DLA Piper Calls E-Mails Cited in Lawsuit an 'Offensive' Attempt at Humor
In the wake of a lawsuit of involving the billing practices of DLA Piper, the law firm issued a memo to its lawyers on Tuesday, calling language in e-mails written by its lawyers “unprofessional” and explaining its position in a case.
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Opinion
Invitation to a Dialogue: Legalizing Aid in Dying
A writer for an elder care center discusses end-of-life care and options. Readers are invited to reply.
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Business Day
Skepticism From Court in Drug Case
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U.S.
Florida: Lieutenant Governor’s Office Shut Down
The administration of Gov. Rick Scott is shutting down the office of Jennifer Carroll for now, after she resigned this month in the wake of a gambling investigation.
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Business Day
A Mortgage Practice Gets a Closer Look by Regulators
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Your Money
Saving for Retirement as an Act of Wild Optimism
A few months after Virginia McGuire was found to have ovarian cancer a second time, she and her husband received a big tax refund. But did it make sense to put it toward retirement?
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Business Day
Europe Expands Investigation Into Derivatives Market
The inquiry, which has already ensnared major international giants like Barclays, JPMorgan Chase and Deutsche Bank, has been broadened to include the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, a trade organization for market participants.
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Booming
Old Dog Needs $6,000 Surgery. What Do You Do?
The 21st-century dog has received an upgrade, from “pet” to “family,” and life-prolonging surgery is definitely an option.
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Your Money
Following Your Bliss, Right Off the Cliff
Pursuing a passion into a career change may bring the success you dream of. But disaster is also a possibility.
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World
Group of Emerging Nations Plans to Form Development Bank
A big goal is set by the so-called BRICS countries — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — which seem to have little in common.
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World
Russian Authorities Raid Amnesty International Office
The head of Amnesty International, Sergei Nikitin, said the Russian authorities arrived at the group’s local headquarters on Monday to conduct what they described as an “audit.”
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Science
How Many Vietnam Veterans Are Still Alive?
Some online estimates suggest that only a third of Vietnam veterans are still alive, but those are a result of using incompatible numbers from different sources. The real share of Vietnam-era veterans still among us: about 75 percent.
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Booming
If You Like ‘Horse With No Name,’ Try Band of Horses
Hearing the band America in the music of Band of Horses.
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Business Day
Our Carbon, Our Climate, Our Cash
Consumer support for climate-change legislation could be built through a carbon tax that returns dividends to the public, an economist writes.
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Business Day
Indexation Perils
Many government benefits and policies are based on the consumer price index, and it might be time to examine those relationships and focus more on wages, an economist writes.
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Opinion
Obama's Public Lands Record
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Multimedia
A War's Cold Comfort in China
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Business Day
Skepticism From Court in Drug Case
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Business Day
Europe Expands Investigation Into Derivatives Market
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Business Day
A Mortgage Practice Gets a Closer Look by Regulators
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Sports
On TV and Web Site, Sandusky Denies Sexual Abuse
Nine months after being convicted of sexually abusing 10 boys, Jerry Sandusky again claimed he did nothing wrong in an interview on “Today” on NBC and on the Web site of a filmmaker.
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Booming
The Ruptured Disc Solution
Go ahead, kick that annoying little dog. You’ll feel so much better.
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