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Science
Study Finds Spatial Skill Is Early Sign of Creativity
A study suggests that a child’s gift for spatial reasoning may better predict future innovation than math or verbal skills, particularly in math and science fields.
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Business Day
Battery Seen as Way to Cut Heat-Related Power Losses
Large-scale batteries of various types are being tested by some big utilities that want to store power for times when it is needed most.
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World
21 Children Die From Poisoned Lunches at Indian School
The children complained the food tasted odd, and after seeing the students get sick, teachers and administrators fled the school.
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Opinion
New Rules Protecting News Media
The Obama administration announced tougher guidelines to protect the news media from federal investigators.
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World
Australian Leader Scraps Tax on Carbon Emissions
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced a plan to replace a deeply unpopular tax on carbon emissions with a market-based trading system a year ahead of schedule.
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World
Under Pressure, Bangladesh Adopts New Labor Law
Lawmakers amended the law three weeks after the United States announced plans to suspend Bangladesh’s trade privileges over labor rights and safety violations in factories.
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Science
A High-Tech Menagerie
Even before cloning and genetic tinkering, scientists have long meddled with animals, and it appears the benefits may outweigh the ethical quandaries.
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World
Greece Hit by General Strike to Protest Austerity
The nationwide walkout came as Parliament prepared to debate an array of new economic reforms needed to obtain rescue loans.
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World
Extrajudicial Killings Corrode Democracy in India
Extrajudicial killings in the name of counterinsurgency are corroding India’s democratic ideals.
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Health
Dementia Rate Is Found to Drop Sharply, as Forecast
Two new studies out of Europe have confirmed what researchers had long suspected: rates would fall and mental acuity improve as populations grew healthier and better educated.
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Business Day
Glaxo Used Travel Firms for Bribery, China Says
Fictitious conferences and sham expense receipts provided the money to pay off doctors, hospitals and government officials, the authorities said.
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Opinion
The Future of Same-Sex Marriage
In the wake of two important Supreme Court rulings, the fight for equality continues.
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Business Day
Profit and Sales Slip for Coke, But It Expects a Better 2nd Half
Coca-Cola’s earnings fell 4 percent last quarter, while revenue fell 3 percent. The company attributed the results to bad weather and global economic weakness.
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Science
Skull Surgery Offers Perils and Potential
Partial skull removal, used to relieve life-threatening pressure in the brain after a traumatic injury or severe stroke, raises questions about quantity versus quality of life.
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Business Day
When an Executive Turns Buyout Adviser, Alarm Bells Go Off
In its bid to buy Gardner Denver, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts hired the company’s former chief, Barry Pennypacker, to provide advice, raising questions of fairness.
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U.S.
Credit Reporting Agency Hired to Verify Incomes for Insurance Subsidies
The Obama administration has hired Equifax Workforce Solutions to help verify information provided on subsidy applications under the new health care law.
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N.Y. / Region
Citi Field’s Neighbors to Protest Evictions Before All-Star Game
A group of business owners unhappy at being displaced in Willets Point, Queens, are expected to air their frustrations near the stadium.
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World
China: Four Officials Detained Over Mine Explosions
Four local officials are being investigated for “dereliction of duty” in two coal mine blasts that killed 53 people last spring.
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Business Day
Insider Traders Should Be Ready to Do Hard Time
Two recent decisions by appeals courts have upheld the discretion of judges to mete out long sentences for insider trading, even if this was not the common practice in similar cases.
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