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Science
Ancient Plants, a Cosmic Fund-Raiser, Atoms in Motion and More
Recent developments in health and science news. This week: reviving plants from the Little Ice Age, a crowdfunded space telescope and photographs of molecular change.
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Science
Artificial Connections
No muscle usually attaches to a hip or knee implant, instead the link is made either with cement or directly to the bone.
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Opinion
The Meanest Season
Buggy, muggy and way too long, summer has arrived, and I’m ready for it to go.
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Business Day
The S.E.C. Is 'Bringin' Sexy Back' to Accounting Investigations
In the past, the Securities and Exchange Commission relied mainly on the market to flag accounting problems at companies that would lead to an investigation. Now, it is devising new programs to be more proactive.
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World
As Turks Challenge Their Leader’s Power, He Tries to Expand It
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is facing his worst political crisis in more than a decade of power, and he seems little inclined to change his approach.
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Fashion & Style
A Choice Not as Easy as It Looked
Hypothetically, donating sperm so friends can have a baby is a simple decision.
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Business Day
Pugnacious Builder of the Business Lobby
In 16 years, Thomas Donohue has transformed the U.S. Chamber of Commerce into a lobbying powerhouse — and into a much more political animal.
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Business Day
Consumer Spending Slipped 0.2 Percent in April
Lower gasoline prices and warmer weather, which meant lower spending on utilities, contributed to the decline.
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Real Estate
Financing for Foreigners
Most foreign buyers in New York opt to pay in cash, but with mortgage rates low, more are seeking to finance their purchases.
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Health
In the Pursuit of Longevity
Two new books offer insights on trying to bend mind and matter to stop or reverse the ravages of time.
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Science
A Mosquito That Won’t Ruin a Barbecue
Researchers at Rockefeller University report that they have produced a generation of mosquitoes incapable of sniffing out human targets.
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Business Day
This Week in Small Business: Healthier Owners
A prediction of 10 brands that will disappear by next year. Twenty-seven books every entrepreneur should read. How angry customers are actually doing you a favor. Does your small business make you healthier?
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Business Day
Checking Trees as Hurricane Season Starts
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N.Y. / Region
Conservative Party Endorses Lhota for Mayor
The party’s leader said Joseph J. Lhota was the only candidate who shared its positions on keeping taxes low and making New York City safe.
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Opinion
Why Health Care Costs Are So High
Readers react to an article about the high cost of colonoscopies.
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Business Day
A Tale of Wall St. Excess
A former trader traces his rise and descent in “The Buy Side,” a memoir about the underbelly of big-money, fast-paced hedge funds.
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Health
Plastic Bags to Keep Premature Babies Warm
In poor countries, simple plastic bags are an alternative to the sterile plastic wrap used to regulate the body temperature of very premature babies in the United States, a study suggests.
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U.S.
Blacks Are Singled Out for Marijuana Arrests, Federal Data Suggests
Black Americans were nearly four times as likely than whites to be arrested on charges of marijuana possession in 2010, even though the groups used the drug at similar rates.
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Business Day
The Frills Are Few. The Fees Are Not.
Spirit Airlines prides itself for offering the lowest fares, then charging passengers for everything else.
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Opinion
Does Great Literature Make Us Better?
The view that literary fiction educates and civilizes its readers is widespread, and unproven.
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Sports
Hibbert’s Remarks Result in a Fine
Pacers center Roy Hibbert apologized Sunday for using a gay slur and cursing during his news conference after Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals.
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N.Y. / Region
Connecticut House Approves Budget; Keno Is Included
Under the plan sent to the State Senate, spending on science and technology would sharply increase and the Lottery Corporation could create a keno game.
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U.S.
Earning Merit Badges and Learning Knots Under New Flags
The controversies over gay Boy Scouts and their leaders have benefited alternative groups geared to the secular and the religious.
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Multimedia
A Photographic Champion of Latinos
Photographs by Bolívar Arellano are among thousands from the Spanish-language newspaper El Diario that were recently acquired by a Columbia University archive.
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World
Egypt Court Chips Away at Influence of President
The ruling challenges the legitimacy of the only sitting house of Parliament and the body that drafted the country’s new constitution.
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Booming
A Reluctant Prince (a Dashing Young Man in Uniform)
I will be forever grateful to the jilted college girl I was able to rescue the night of her prom, making me, for a time, her prince.
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Business Day
A Floating Wind Tower Is Launched in Maine
The tower floats on three hollow concrete tubes and produces 20 kilowatts of power, but a much larger version is planned in the next few years.
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Opinion
Why Young People Don't Vote Republican
A new report explains how the 18-29 cohort views the G.O.P.
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Business Day
This Week in Small Business: Healthier Owners
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Business Day
A Tale of Wall St. Excess
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Opinion
Does Great Literature Make Us Better?
The view that literary fiction educates and civilizes its readers is widespread, and unproven.
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N.Y. / Region
Connecticut House Approves Budget; Keno Is Included
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Multimedia
A Photographic Champion of Latinos
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Business Day
A Tale of Wall St. Excess
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U.S.
Fracking Tests Ties Between California ‘Oil and Ag’ Interests
Hydraulic fracturing is creating competition for water and threatening its contamination in a part of the state where oilmen and farmers have coexisted peacefully for decades.
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World
Ex-President of Taiwan Attempts Suicide in Prison
Chen Shui-bian is serving a 20-year sentence after being convicted on graft charges in 2009.
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N.Y. / Region
Mayoral Candidates Wrestle Over Waste Removal
A waste transfer station on the Upper East Side has generated fierce opposition and set off a bitter war of words between two candidates.
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N.Y. / Region
Teachers Ask About Mission They Lived By
Holy Spirit School is closing, taking jobs, salaries and purpose from many veteran teachers.
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N.Y. / Region
Spared Demolition, an 1889 Building Gets a Second Life
The Corbin Building, which was saved by preservationists 10 years ago, was restored and will serve the entrance to the Fulton Center transit hub.
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Health
Pressure Grows to Create Drugs for ‘Superbugs’
Experts are considering ways to speed the approval of new medicines to combat antibiotic-resistant infections, but high costs and safety concerns have complicated their efforts.
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Opinion
The Politics of Free Food
Virginia is for lovers of no-cost catering. Just look at the news from its very interesting off-year election.
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Business Day
Calculating Apple's True U.S. Tax Rate
Apple’s chief has said that the company paid about 30.5 percent in taxes on its profits. The author examines cash tax payments to the Treasury Department and says it’s probably closer to 8.2 percent.
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Technology
Windows Phones Gain Some Traction on Verizon Wireless
There is hope yet for Windows Phone, the smartphone operating system that could. A new report suggests that Windows Phone may finally be gaining some momentum in the United States, particularly on Verizon Wireless, the largest American wireless network.
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N.Y. / Region
Connecticut House Approves Budget; Keno Is Included
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Health
Part D, Without Paying a Dime
Why aren’t more low-income seniors applying for subsidized coverage of prescription drugs?
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Multimedia
A Photographic Champion of Latinos
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Business Day
A Tale of Wall St. Excess
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N.Y. / Region
Teachers Ask About Mission They Lived By
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