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World
For Farmers Fearing Drought, Auroville Offers Some Lessons
Farmers in the small township north of Pondicherry are adopting dynamic farming techniques to fight the uncertain monsoon.
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Opinion
Mixing Gin and Politics
Ankara woos its conservative base through new restrictions on alcohol.
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Health
For New Doctors, 8 Minutes Per Patient
Researchers found that doctors-in-training are now devoting only about 12 percent of their time at the patient’s bedside, far less than in previous generations, instead spending almost half their days in front of a computer screen documenting their cases.
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Business Day
Some in Europe Are Rethinking Opposition to Fracking
While hydraulic fracturing is accepted in the United States to retrieve oil or gas, in Europe, opposition is widespread and entrenched. But that may be changing.
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Business Day
Getting Ahead by Having Answers Instead of Questions
An interview with the chief executive of Bausch & Lomb.
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Health
Joblessness Shortens Lifespan of Least Educated White Women, Research Says
The aim of the new study was to explain the growing gap in mortality between white women without a high school diploma and those with a high school diploma or more.
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Opinion
Why Summer Isn't That Much Fun
Brooks and Collins talk about why this isn’t their favorite season, politically speaking. Or really in any other way.
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N.Y. / Region
Reducing Some City Parks to the Status of Beggars
Central Park and the High Line have donors who can drop millions in a moment; other parks, frequently those outside Manhattan that don’t draw tourists, are getting desperate.
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World
Pakistan Faces Struggle to Keep Its Lights On
Electricity shortages — the product of decrepit power plants, corruption and policy mistakes that are decades old — have reached crisis proportions.
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U.S.
Gun Makers Saw No Role in Curbing Improper Sales
Manufacturers have been largely silent in the gun violence debate, but in lawsuit depositions, industry leaders minimized their responsibility to monitor firearm dealers.
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Business Day
High-End Health Plans Scale Back to Avoid ‘Cadillac Tax’
As part of the new health care law, companies that offer high-end health care plans to their employees will face a 40 percent tax in 2018, and many are scaling back some benefits.
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Science
Next to You on the Subway
A study of air in the public transit labyrinth below New York City found multitudes of invisible critters but no cause for alarm.
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U.S.
A Nation ‘Still at War’ Honors Its Dead
President Obama used his traditional Memorial Day address at Arlington National Cemetery Monday to urge Americans to honor their “sacred obligation” to veterans.
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U.S.
Soldier Is Expected to Plead Guilty in Afghan Massacre
Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, charged with killing 16 civilians, will avoid the death penalty if military prosecutors agree to the plea, his lawyer said.
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Opinion
Border Injustice
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Opinion
Detroit’s Davos
Contemplating selling off the assets of a failing city.
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Opinion
Mixing Gin and Politics
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Business Day
Some in Europe Are Rethinking Opposition to Fracking
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Opinion
Gitmo's Other Prisoner
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N.Y. / Region
Reducing Some City Parks to the Status of Beggars
Opinion
Why Summer Isn't That Much Fun
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Opinion
Napoleon Perkins Loses His Leg
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Opinion
Detroit’s Davos
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Business Day
Generation X Hit Hardest By Recession
Members of Generation X have some catching up to do to prepare for retirement.
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Health
Trapped in the Hospital Bed
Too many older hospital patients aren’t being helped back on their feet, studies find.
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