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N.Y. / Region
Some Testimony on Police Tactic Undercuts Bias Claim
In testimony in the case examining whether the stop-and-frisk procedure is illegal, some plaintiff witnesses may have actually weakened efforts to prove racial bias.
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Science
Fish’s DNA May Explain How Fins Turned to Feet
Scientists have decoded the genome of the endangered lobe-finned fish that was long believed extinct until a specimen was found in South Africa in 1938.
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Your Money
Budget Negotiating Chip Has Big Downside for Old and Poor
Many of those who would be affected by President Obama’s Social Security proposal face higher health costs and have little hope of working again.
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N.Y. / Region
Dispute in Hamptons Set Off by Effort to Hold Back Ocean
Owners of expensive homes on Southampton beaches are building barricades to hold back the ocean, although some say the barriers hasten erosion.
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Health
Hospitals Profit From Surgical Errors, Study Finds
Since insurers pay more for patients with surgical complications, some hospitals could actually lose money by improving care, researchers said Tuesday.
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Opinion
Of Judges and Judging
A recent decision on emergency contraception by a federal district court judge is an example of the judicial process at its finest.
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Technology
Competition Designed to Spread Basic Technologies
The World Bank is organizing a competition to find solutions that address access to technology in developing countries.
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Business Day
G-20 Pushes for Measures to End Tax Evasion
Finance ministers and central bankers of the Group of 20 countries met to discuss a coordinated effort to stop international tax evasion by calling on governments to share relevant bank information.
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Autos
Volkswagen's CrossBlue Coupé Concept is a Symphony of Gas and Electric Power
VW says that with its turbocharged gas-powered V-6 and two electric motors, the plug-in hybrid CrossBlue Coupé concept can hit 147 miles per hour while getting as much as 79 miles per gallon.
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Sports
Auriemma Suit Dismissed
A judge in New York has dismissed an N.B.A. security official’s discrimination and assault lawsuit against Geno Auriemma, the University of Connecticut women’s basketball coach.
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Opinion
Criminalizing Children at School
Districts should think twice before deploying more cops in schools because it might hurt students more than it helps them.
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Business Day
Using Just One Word, Try to Describe Your Career DNA
George Hu, chief operating officer of Salesforce.com, looked for challenges as a student, and hasn’t stopped since.
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U.S.
V.A. Aims to Reduce Its Backlog of Claims
Veterans Affairs said that it would issue provisional rulings on 250,000 disability claims one year or older, a move that would allow those approved to receive benefits immediately.
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Repairable. Just a blow to reputations.
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U.S.
Obama’s Labor Nominee Faces G.O.P. Critics in Senate
Thomas E. Perez, President Obama’s choice to head the Labor Department, on Thursday defended his record and said that if confirmed, his focus would be on tackling the nation’s high unemployment rate.
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Your Money
Measuring College Prestige vs. Cost of Enrollment
Many students face a choice between a college that offers little financial aid but has a superior reputation or a less prestigious college that offers a merit scholarship.Go to graduate school to gain faster entry to the life you want.
There will be no time later to acquire basic skills.
Debt forces income and constrains action.
Accreditation is far more important than the name of the institution.
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Health
Is Organic Better? Ask a Fruit Fly
A middle-school experiment using fruit flies and organic foods has won publication in a national scientific journal and spurred a debate about the relative benefits of organic eating.
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Your Money
The Anxiety of the Unanswered E-Mail
Often, not responding to an e-mail or telephone call might say “no” unintentionally, though sometimes that is exactly what we meant to say.
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N.Y. / Region
Bigger Fines for Defacing City’s Streets to Save a Spot
With drivers painting curbs and sidewalks in an effort to secure parking, complaints have doubled, and the city now plans to increase fines for the unlawful markings.
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Opinion
Of Judges and Judging
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Business Day
G-20 Pushes for Measures to End Tax Evasion
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Your Money
The Anxiety of the Unanswered E-Mail
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Real Estate
Coming of the Whitney Enlivens Meatpacking District
Property owners in the Manhattan neighborhood, soon to be home to the new Whitney Museum, are selling to builders who are developing sites that have long sat vacant or underused.
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Business Day
Unemployment Data Signals Tepid Growth
Underscoring the outlook, another report on Thursday showed that a gauge of future economic activity fell in March for the first time in seven months.
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Technology
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Scrubbing your profile from a social networking site isn’t easy; more users make the site look better to advertisers. Here are some tools to make the break.
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Business Day
F.D.A. Bars Generic OxyContin
The move by the Food and Drug Administration represents a victory for the manufacturer and others who feared feeding street demand for the powerful painkiller.
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N.Y. / Region
Campaign Finance Trial Starts for Ex-Associates of Liu
At the opening of their trial on Tuesday, Jia Hou and Xing Wu Pan were accused of conspiring “to corrupt an election” through an illegal campaign financing scheme.
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Technology
Q&A: Extending (And Ending) Support for Windows XP
When Microsoft retires technical support for Windows XP next year, the system will no longer get security patches and other updates.
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Opinion
Of Judges and Judging
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Business Day
G-20 Pushes for Measures to End Tax Evasion
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Your Money
The Anxiety of the Unanswered E-Mail
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U.S.
His Father’s Murder Drives a Rabbi’s Pursuit of Gun Control
Joel Mosbacher tells the story of the 1999 slaying of his father as a way of urging the signing of a covenant for gun overhaul measures.
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Your Money
The Anxiety of the Unanswered E-Mail
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Opinion
Toward a Nuclear Deal With South Korea
The United States must not allow the government in Seoul to go down the road to uranium enrichment.
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U.S.
When an Issue Is Too Sensitive, Order a Study
The Texas Legislature often puts aside sensitive ethics bills for “interim study” until the next legislative session, allowing lawmakers to set an issue aside without openly voting against it.
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Opinion
Protecting Animal Actors, on the Set and Off
The American Humane Association calls on the film and TV industries to help expand its mandate.
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Health
Heart Rate as a Measure of Life Span
A higher resting heart rate is an independent predictor of mortality, even in healthy people in good physical condition, a new study suggests.
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N.Y. / Region
Looking at Older Years as a Time to Speed Up, Not Slow Down
Older people are finding affordable gyms and fitness classes suited to their needs.
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