I hit the coffee limit a few days ago. I am off the brew for now.
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N.Y. / Region
A Politician's Disclosure Offers a Lesson in Eating Disorders
The experience of Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker and mayoral candidate, illustrates why bulimia cannot be summed up simply as dieting taken to an extreme.
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N.Y. / Region
16 Accused of Smuggling Cigarettes Worth Millions
Officials said the defendants profited by buying the goods in low-tax states in the South and selling them illegally in New York, avoiding the state’s high taxes.
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U.S.
New Fracking Rules Proposed for U.S. Land
The proposal, which would allow some drilling fluids to be kept secret, did not please environmental advocates or the oil and gas industry.
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U.S.
States Urged to Cut Limit on Alcohol for Drivers
The National Transportation Safety Board is recommending that states reduce the allowable blood-alcohol content to 0.05 percent, instead of the current 0.08 percent.
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Health
No Benefit Seen in Sharp Limits on Salt in Diet
Health experts for the government say there is no good reason for many Americans to keep sodium consumption below 2,300 milligrams a day, as national dietary guidelines advise.
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World
Why Indian Elites Like to Call Themselves 'Middle Class'
Policies for the so-called middle class end up benefiting the rich at the expense of the poor, the author argues.
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N.Y. / Region
With Security, Trade Center Faces New Isolation
Planners and residents of Lower Manhattan imagined a new World Trade Center that would be integrated in the neighborhood, but now they fear that security measures will keep it isolated as ever.
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Technology
Drones Take Off in Silicon Valley
Even before American skies are open to commercially operated drones, a drone start-up called Airware plans to announce Wednesday that it has raised $10.7 million in a financing round led by the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
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Opinion
Shanty China
Despite squalid living conditions, many residents in Beijing’s hidden slums are surprisingly hopeful.
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Fashion & Style
New Technology Opens Horizons at a Lesser Cost
3-D printing enables designers to turn their intricate ideas into reality.
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Opinion
How Latin Culture Got More Gay
How can we reconcile the advancement of legal same-sex marriage in much of Latin America with the stereotype of Latin culture as a bastion of religiosity and machismo?
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Technology
T-Mobile USA Bumps Up Price of iPhone by $50
When T-Mobile USA first started offering the iPhone 5, it had the cheapest deal in town: $100 up front — half the cost of the iPhone on a rival network like AT&T or Verizon Wireless. But now the cost of the iPhone on T-Mobile is closer to the competition, at $150.
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Business Day
Pills Tracked From Doctor to Patient to Aid Drug Marketing
Vast databases of patient and doctor information being used by drug makers let them know which medications physicians are prescribing and how they compare to colleagues.
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U.S.
Urging Government Action on Water, Roads and Power in Texas
There is pressure late in the legislative session for action on financing roads, water projects and the state’s laboring power grid. Trouble is, they cost money.
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Health
After the Denial Letter Arrives
What families can do if the V.A. rejects a veteran’s claim for caregiving benefits.
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U.S.
Washington: Cancer Patients More Prone to Bankruptcy
A study of cancer patients in Washington State has found they were twice as likely to file for bankruptcy as people without cancer.
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Business Day
Aiming for the Top, Again
Fred Eckert was once a star investor, but by 2011, he was bankrupt, divorced and had spent two months in a coma.
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