Monday, April 1, 2013

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over run.


1
Magazine

It’s a Natural Gas, Gas, Gas

Weight loss; the Abbie Hoffman rule.
Ethics (Personal); Ethicist, The (Times Column); Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline; Books and Literature; Royalties;
2
Health

A Texas Senate Bill Would Revise the State’s End-of-Life Procedure

Lawmakers are grappling over changes to state law that allows physicians to discontinue treatment they deem medically futile.
Death and Dying; Law and Legislation; Ethics (Institutional); Doctors;
3
U.S.

Klan Protests in Memphis Over Renaming of Three Parks

No violence was reported, and there were no arrests at the rally, which featured about 75 members.
Demonstrations, Protests, and Riots; Names, Geographical; Civil War (US) (1861-65); Fringe Groups and Movements;
4
Business Day

We’re One Big Team, So Run Those Stairs

CrossFit, the workout fitness program, is viewed by some companies as a way to improve worker production and morale.
Exercise; Workplace Environment; Health Clubs; Productivity;
5
Opinion

Drug-Sniffing Dogs and the Fourth Amendment

The Supreme Court ruling on the use of police dogs wasn’t all that surprising, but how the vote went down sure was.
Fourth Amendment (US Constitution); Search and Seizure; Decisions and Verdicts; Editorials;
6
Science

Yvonne Brill, a Pioneering Rocket Scientist, Dies at 88

In the early 1970s, Mrs. Brill invented a propulsion system to help keep communications satellites from slipping out of their orbits.
Rocket Science and Propulsion; Deaths (Obituaries); Satellites; Engineering and Engineers; Women and Girls;
7
Education

Curious Grade for Teachers: Nearly All Pass

New teacher evaluation systems were intended to provide useful feedback and weed out weak performers, but the reluctance to set a high bar has led to scores that seem impossibly rosy.
Teachers and School Employees; Performance Evaluations (Labor); Education (K-12);
8
Sunday Review

America the Innovative?

As China becomes richer, is it destined to pass the United States as the world’s most inventive nation?
Economic Conditions and Trends; Inventions and Patents; Creativity; United States Economy;
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Fashion & Style

How to Break Up With a 2-Year-Old

Single and 40, I met a man with a child I learned to love as my own. Breaking up was not what we had planned.
Dating and Courtship; Children and Childhood; Child Care;
10
World

Tunisian Protesters Join Lawmakers’ Call for Women’s Affairs Minister to Resign

The protesters accused the minister, Sihem Badi, of failing to stand up to the ruling Islamists. Calls for her resignation have increased since the recent rape of a 3-year-old girl at a nursery.
Women's Rights; Muslims and Islam; Sex Crimes; Demonstrations, Protests, and Riots; Women and Girls;
11
World

In Brazil, Streets of Dancing Cars and Swagger

A subculture with roots in East Los Angeles is spreading in parts of Asia and Europe, and is raising eyebrows in South America’s largest city.
Automobiles; Restoration and Renovation; Antique and Classic Cars; Mexican-Americans; International Trade and World Market;
12
Business Day

Freed From Its Cage, the Gentler Robot

New factory robots, designed to work and play well with others, no longer have to be fenced in to protect workers from accidents.
Robots and Robotics; New Models, Design and Products; Factories and Manufacturing; Labor and Jobs;
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Technology

Letting Down Our Guard With Web Privacy

Consumers insist that they treasure their online privacy. But their mouse clicks tell a far different tale, as the experiments of a behavioral economist show.
Privacy; Consumer Behavior; Shopping and Retail; E-Commerce; Data-Mining and Database Marketing;
14
Business Day

Riding Wave of Popularity, Craft Brewers Ask Congress for a Tax Cut

Hundreds of brewers went to Washington this week to seek aid that they said would help them brew more beer and hire more workers.
Sales and Excise Taxes; Beer; Lobbying and Lobbyists; Conventions, Fairs and Trade Shows; United States Politics and Government;
15
Opinion

Our Inconsistent Ethical Instincts

We like to believe that our principles are rooted in conviction. But much research shows that they often prove to be finicky, inconsistent intuitions.
Psychology and Psychologists; Emotions; Research;
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Technology

An American Quilt of Privacy Laws, Incomplete

Europe and the United States are operating at far different speeds with respect to data privacy regulation. And that could be a stumbling block in future trade talks.
Privacy; Data-Mining and Database Marketing; Consumer Protection; International Trade and World Market; United States Politics and Government; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry;
17
Sports

Few Know How to Enter; Fewer Finish

Only 12 ultrarunners have completed the 100-mile Barkley Marathons, and those connected to this ultrasecret race hope a coming documentary does not alter its counterculture charm.
Running; Documentary Films and Programs; Marathon Running;
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N.Y. / Region

Relying on Hotel Rooms for Thousands Uprooted by Hurricane Sandy

City officials said those in hotels were mostly poor, with no home to return to or not enough income to qualify for available apartments.
Hurricane Sandy (2012); Disasters and Emergencies;
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Fashion & Style

For a Holistic Lifestyle, Go to Aisle 2

Just as the Whole Foods Markets have helped make over Americans’ diets, the chain’s Whole Body shops are laying claim to their complexions.
Cosmetics and Toiletries; Beauty; Organic Foods and Products; Supermarkets and Grocery Stores; Sustainable Living;
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Business Day

Most Children’s Meals at Large Restaurant Chains Are Still Unhealthy, a Study Finds

A study of the nutritional quality of children’s meals at the nation’s largest chain restaurants showed little improvement in the last four years.
Food; Diet and Nutrition; Children and Childhood; Restaurants; Calories; 










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