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World
China: 10 Die in 2 Industrial Accidents
An explosion killed six workers on Monday at a coal mine in northeast China, and farther south, an explosion at the Xinyu Group Iron Works in Jiangxi Province killed four.
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Sports
After Protests, Prison Firm Pulls Donation
Florida Atlantic University announced that the Geo Group Foundation, the charitable arm of the private prison corporation, planned to withdraw a $6 million gift to name its stadium.
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U.S.
Death Penalty Is Sought in Shooting at Colorado Theater
Lawyers for James E. Holmes had tried to bargain for their client to plead guilty in exchange for life in prison with no chance of parole.
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U.S.
Veterans Affairs Officials Offer Reassurance About Troubled Hospital
At a public meeting over an embattled medical center in Jackson, Miss., statements by a senior health official drew skeptical responses.
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N.Y. / Region
Kelly Said Street Stops Targeted Minorities, Senator Testifies
Senator Eric Adams told a federal judge — and Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly denied — that Mr. Kelly had said making young minority men fear the police was an objective.
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Opinion
Treating Cancer Patients, and Costs
Readers react to Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel’s suggestions for improving cancer care.
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Business Day
Low-Cost Drugs in Poor Nations Get a Lift in Indian Court
Production of cheap copycat drugs for H.I.V. and cancer used by people in developing countries in Africa and Asia was ensured on Monday in a ruling by India’s Supreme Court.
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Business Day
Why So Few Women Reach the Executive Rank
Finding ways to increase the number of female executives depends on what is seen as the reason that number is so low.
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Business Day
A Setback for Resellers of Digital Products
A federal judge’s ruling could halt the resale of digital music as well as other digital good like e-books.
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U.S.
New Attitude on Immigration Skips an Old Coal Town
Hazleton, Pa., presents a test case of whether Republicans risk leaving behind white working-class voters for whom illegal immigration stirs visceral reactions.
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World
Ancient Kingdoms in Land of War
Sudan’s archaeological record is pivotal to understanding the history of Africa itself, experts say, and a wave of new discoveries may be adding crucial new information.
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Arts
Dreaming of the California Design Scene
"A Handbook of California Design," a new book edited by Bobbye Tigerman, is an incisive history of a design scene from the Depression to 1965.
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N.Y. / Region
Barbara Piasecka Johnson, Maid Who Married Multimillionaire, Dies at 76
Three years after arriving from Poland with $200, Barbara Piasecka married an heir to the Band-Aid fortune.
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World
Iraq: 4 Newspapers Are Attacked
About 50 gunmen in military uniforms burst into the offices of four independent newspapers in Baghdad, stabbing and beating employees, staff members and officials said Tuesday.
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U.S.
How Final Is a College's Financial Aid Offer?
Brian Lindeman, the director of financial aid at Macalester College, answers questions about understanding financial aid packages.
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U.S.
Acceptance Rates, Apparently, Are Poor Predictors of Getting In
After being a dedicated college applicant for more than a year, I might be expected to understand the admissions process better. Ironically, I am only more baffled by it.
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Technology
Russians Selectively Blocking Internet
Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have been required by government officials to hide some posts, under a law that critics say paves the way for broader censorship.
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N.Y. / Region
Fast-Food Workers Plan Second Strike for More Pay
Organizers of a walkout on Thursday in New York hope workers were emboldened by one held in November.
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Business Day
Spending Cuts and Higher Taxes Weigh on Manufacturing Expansion
The Institute for Supply Management showed that the economy lost some momentum as the first quarter ended.
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World
Double-Digit Inflation Worsens in Iran
The government’s announcement of the rising rate appeared to be an acknowledgment of the effects of Western sanctions.
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Business Day
Why So Few Women Reach the Executive Rank
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Technology
Russians Selectively Blocking Internet
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U.S.
Upstart Group Pushes Harder Than the N.R.A.
Although it is dwarfed by the National Rifle Association, Gun Owners of America, a pro-gun lobbying group, has grown in influence since the debate over gun control has surged.De Camp, L Sprague - A Gun for Dinousaur UC (De Camp L Sprague)
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Style
How the I.R.S. Punishes Working Parents
Quick, what’s wrong with this sentence: “Most working mothers who pay for child care do so out of their after-tax income”?
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N.Y. / Region
The Good Karma Food Truck
Metropolitan Diary: A busy commuter who is addicted to quickie food carts discovered one in Midtown that dispensed uplifting words, too.
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Business Day
Consumer Bureau Says 4 Insurers Made Kickbacks to Mortgage Lenders
As part of a settlement, four insurance firms will pay a combined $15 million in penalties to settle claims that they kickbacks to mortgage lenders for over 10 years in order to sell mortgage insurance to home buyers.
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Technology
Q&A: Moving On From the Windows 8 Preview
Now that the free preview edition of Microsoft’s Windows 8 has expired, it is time to upgrade to the final version or reinstall a previous version of Windows.
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Business Day
Spending Cuts and Higher Taxes Weigh on Manufacturing Expansion
The Institute for Supply Management showed that the economy lost some momentum as the first quarter ended.
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N.Y. / Region
Fast-Food Workers Plan Second Strike for More Pay
Organizers of a walkout on Thursday in New York hope workers were emboldened by one held in November.
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World
Double-Digit Inflation Worsens in Iran
The government’s announcement of the rising rate appeared to be an acknowledgment of the effects of Western sanctions.
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U.S.
Upstart Group Pushes Harder Than the N.R.A.
Although it is dwarfed by the National Rifle Association, Gun Owners of America, a pro-gun lobbying group, has grown in influence since the debate over gun control has surged.
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Opinion
Why Do G.M.O.'s Need Protection?
Congress should put the public interest first, especially when there’s more to learn about genetically engineered crops.
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Opinion
The Sharp Rise in A.D.H.D. Diagnoses
Readers react to the growing use of stimulants to treat children.
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U.S.
Arkansas: Veto of Voter ID Law Is Overridden
The Republican-led State House voted Monday to complete an override of a veto by Gov. Mike Beebe, a Democrat, of a law requiring voters to show photo identification.
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U.S.
Acceptance Rates, Apparently, Are Poor Predictors of Getting In
After being a dedicated college applicant for more than a year, I might be expected to understand the admissions process better. Ironically, I am only more baffled by it.
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Opinion
Invitation to a Dialogue: Action on the Climate
A writer suggests practical steps to address global warming. Readers are invited to respond.
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World
Canada's Latest Climate Change
Canada was long seen as among the most environmentally consciousness nations in the world, but that reputation has taken a beating. The government’s latest move has only added to the criticism.
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Business Day
On Whether Women Can (or Do) Marry Younger Men
According to 2012 Census Bureau data, 85.9 percent of husbands are older than or about the same age as their wives.
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Opinion
Guns, Guns, Guns
Brooks and Collins on what to do about the omnipresence of weapons, from Illinois to Colorado to Texas to North Korea.
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Business Day
As Banks in Cyprus Falter, Other Tax Havens Step In
Cyprus is hardly the only safe harbor for the tax-averse. Switzerland, Luxembourg, Malta and the Caymans are reminding those shaken by events in Cyprus that they remain open for business.
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Fashion & Style
Does Anyone Here Speak Art and Tech?
Software millionaires are not buying fine art, which worries galleries. But can the art world’s inclusiveness be partly to blame?
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U.S.
'The Century's Bitterest Journalistic Failure'? Considering Times Coverage of the Holocaust
In this lesson we offer one more way to teach about the Holocaust: use contemporary reporting in The New York Times as a lens for thinking about what the press was reporting at the time, and why it was reporting it that way.We have much more contemporary examples of media distraction.
There are none more egregious.
Like Lady Macbeth we can attempt to wash our hands.
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N.Y. / Region
The Good Karma Food Truck
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Technology
Q&A: Moving On From the Windows 8 Preview
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Opinion
Why Do G.M.O.'s Need Protection?
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Business Day
On Whether Women Can (or Do) Marry Younger Men
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Opinion
Guns, Guns, Guns
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N.Y. / Region
On and Off the Debate Stage, Candidates Spar in the Mayoral Race
Before appearances at public forums, the city’s mayoral candidates wait together in tight quarters, an often tense scene akin to a locker room being shared by rival teams.
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Opinion
Entitlement Spending and Debt
Wouldn’t it make more sense to take reasonable steps to control entitlement spending, rather than implementing the cuts Paul Krugman bemoans?
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Technology
How to Shield Yourself From Smartphone Snoops
A smartphone is a depository of personal information. Here are measures you can take to protect your privacy if your phone is lost or stolen.
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World
U.N. Treaty Is First Aimed at Regulating Global Arms Sales
The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a pioneering treaty that links sales of conventional weapons to the human rights records of the buyers.
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Opinion
Gender Questions Arise in Obituary of Rocket Scientist and Her Beef Stroganoff
After criticism on Twitter and elsewhere, the first sentence of an obituary for Yvonne Brill was changed.
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