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Education
With an Old Factory, Philadelphia Is Hoping to Draw New Teachers
The Philadelphia School District has already attracted at least one educational group to a Victorian-era complex being renovated in South Kensington.
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Magazine
Is It Crazy to Think We Can Eradicate Poverty?
The end to extreme poverty might very well be within reach. But is the bar too low?
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Autos
N.H.T.S.A. Solicits Public Comment on Vehicle Safety Evaluations
As it seeks to improve the federal government’s vehicle safety evaluation standards, N.H.T.S.A. is asking for public comment to guide its development of new rules.
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Business Day
Bank of America and MBIA Said to Agree to $1.7 Billion Settlement
Under a tentative agreement reached over the weekend, Bank of America has reached a deal with MBIA over disputes stemming from insurance coverage of mortgage-backed securities.
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U.S.
Stories of Struggle and Creativity as Sequestration Cuts Hit Home
The federal budget cuts known as sequestration are being felt across the country, with some programs coping, some struggling and others closing their doors.
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Technology
Accessories No Longer Tethered to Apple
Manufacturers are gravitating toward wireless connections for Apple’s products, which is helping the market for competitors’ mobile devices.
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U.S.
The Dark Side, Carefully Masked
For Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, there were oblique signs to those around him that the gulf between the private and the public person was widening.
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Fashion & Style
Wedding Q. and A.
How does one handle divorced parents at a wedding? Should a bride tell a stepmother what to wear to the wedding?
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N.Y. / Region
Protesters Target Weiner on School Discipline Stance
Two groups advocating educational changes object to a policy statement of Anthony D. Weiner, the embarrassed former congressman, who is considering running for mayor.
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Business Day
Immigrants Are Transforming a New York Town
The Westchester County community of Port Chester, N.Y., presents a microcosm of the costs and benefits that immigration reform could offer the United States.
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Opinion
Kierkegaard's 'Antigone'
The Danish philosopher’s revisionist take on an ancient Greek tragedy grappled with the way acts of love, guilt and redemption are intertwined.
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Business Day
Friend of Ex-KPMG Partner to Plead Guilty in Insider Trading Case
Prosecutors unveiled charges in Federal District Court in Los Angeles on Monday against Bryan Shaw, a jeweler who has agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud after receiving inside information from a KPMG partner.
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N.Y. / Region
A Court Rule Directs Cases Over Friskings to One Judge
Over the last decade Judge Shira A. Scheindlin has presided over many cases involving the Police Department’s stop-and-frisk policies — a development that has frustrated city officials.
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Business Day
Treasury Auctions Set for This Week
The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week.
Government Bonds;
Stocks and Bonds;
Credit and Debt;
I am not that familiar with the municipal bond market.
Nothing pops out at me. The rate of return is set by the perceived risk.
This chart was found in Krugman's blog with a search for "deflation".
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/?s=deflation
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/30/still-coring-after-all-these-years/
I am not that familiar with the municipal bond market.
Nothing pops out at me. The rate of return is set by the perceived risk.
This chart was found in Krugman's blog with a search for "deflation".
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/?s=deflation
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/30/still-coring-after-all-these-years/
The consumer price index has been running about 2%.
http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/rates-bonds/government-bonds/us/
Security costs plenty.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/rates-bonds/government-bonds/us/
| Name | Yield | 1 Day | 1 Month | 1 Year | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Treasury 2 Year Yield | 0.22% | 0 | -1 | -3 | 00:07:06 |
| US Treasury 5 Year Yield | 0.75% | 0 | +5 | -3 | 00:02:59 |
| US Treasury 10 Year Yield | 1.78% | 0 | +6 | -10 | 00:01:00 |
| US Treasury 30 Year Yield | 3.00% | 0 | +12 | -6 | 00:03:49 |
Change shown in basis points
Security costs plenty.
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Business Day
Mario Gabelli, the $750 Million Man
Mario J. Gabelli, the chairman and chief executive of Gamco Investors, has made more than three-quarters of a billion dollars in total compensation.
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Magazine
Boom, Bust or What?
Who has the better ideas: Larry Summers, who helped design U.S. economic policy under two Democratic presidents, or Glenn Hubbard, George W. Bush’s tax-cutting guru?
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World
British TV Personality Pleads Guilty to Sex Abuse of Girls
Stuart Hall, 83, admitted abuse of girls ages 9 to 17, which prosecutors said took place between 1967 and 1986.
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Booming
The Big Stories Then in the Clear Light of Now
In this first Retro Report video, a reviled garbage barge that became an international media story in 1987 is found to have simply been ahead of its time.
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N.Y. / Region
A British Pub’s Offense? Favoring the British
A Brooklyn bar is fighting a $2,500 fine it received for a help-wanted advertisement that said being British was an advantage in getting a job there.
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World
Freedom Still Eludes the Press, Despite the Arab Spring
As the United Nations marked World Press Freedom Day, a survey ranked the Middle East at the bottom of an international score card of media freedom. Syria, where at least 23 reporters and 58 citizen-journalists have been killed since March 15, 2011, was unsurprisingly the most perilous place for journalists.
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Technology
E.U. Rules Against Patent Move by Google’s Motorola Unit
The European Union on Monday made a preliminary antitrust finding against Motorola Mobility, saying it had abused its dominance in wireless patents by seeking an injunction against Apple in Germany.
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World
Germany: Ex-Nazi With Link to Auschwitz Is Arrested
The authorities on Monday arrested a 93-year-old former Nazi soldier, saying that they had evidence he had worked as a guard at Auschwitz and was complicit in murders there.
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Opinion
Beyond the Fence
Opponents of immigration reform rarely say exactly what it is that they want. Let’s spell it out.
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Opinion
Religion Beyond the Right
As a closer look at the Boy Scouts’ debate shows, God doesn’t wear tidy political labels.
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Business Day
Media Giants Chase Online Ads With Original Shows
Major media companies, including Condé Nast, Yahoo and Hulu, are promoting online video programming on a large scale, but it is not clear whether advertising dollars will follow.
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Opinion
Kindness Amid the Slaughter
The horrible Battle of Chancellorsville also saw countless stories of mercy by each side.
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Health
Psychiatry’s Guide Is Out of Touch With Science, Experts Say
Weeks before a new edition of the so-called bible of mental disorders is released, the federal government’s most prominent psychiatric expert has said it has a scientific “lack of validity.”
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Business Day
102 Floors, 10 Million Bricks and One Tangled History
The most recent of many financial conflicts in the 83-year history of the Empire State Building seems to be inching toward a resolution.
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Science
A Drone’s-Eye View of Nature
Technology developed for warfare finds surprising civilian applications, including surveys of wildlife populations.
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World
With Carbon Dioxide Approaching a New High, Scientists Sound the Alarm
This month atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are likely surpass 400 parts per million. Scientists say that while the number is arbitrary, it’s an important reminder that the climate is changing: When the carbon dioxide level changes, so do global temperatures.
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U.S.
Workers Claim Race Bias as Farms Rely on Immigrants
Americans, mostly black, who live near large-scale farms say they are illegally discouraged from applying for work and treated badly by employers who prefer foreigners’ malleability.
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Business Day
Tax Proposals Open a Debate on Airline Industry’s Troubles
The debate over a move to increase airline taxes has prompted some aviation experts to call for an overhaul of air travel financing and oversight.
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Magazine
Edith Windsor Takes Back What She Said About Topless Gay Activists
The plaintiff of the Defense of Marriage Act case gives her theories on keeping love alive and pushing the envelope.
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Business Day
Treasury Auctions Set for This Week
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World
Plans to Harness Chinese River’s Power Threaten a Region
China has revived plans for hydropower dams on the Nu River, a project critics say will threaten endangered fish and force thousands of ethnic minorities to relocate.
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Opinion
A Disappointing Debut
Mary Jo White, the new chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, has gotten off on the wrong foot.
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U.S.
Texas Legislators Set to Restore Women’s-Health Budgets
Legislators are quietly restoring financing for women’s health services. The last lingering battlefield is abortion.
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Opinion
Kindness Amid the Slaughter
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Technology
Q.& A.: Setting the iPad's Side Switch
The iPad and iPad Mini have a switch on the side that can be used to either mute the tablet or prevent the screen from rotating, but you need to pick the function you want to use in the system settings.
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Opinion
A Disappointing Debut
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World
A Taste of Spring That Reeks of Tradition
Egyptians commemorate the arrival of spring with the holiday Sham el-Nessim, meaning “smell the breeze,” and its signature dish, a smelly fish called feseekh.
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