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Technology

A Social Network Dedicated to Happy Moments

By VINDU GOEL | Jul 23, 2013

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U.S.

After Filibuster, a Star Rises in Texas

By LUISITA LOPEZ TORREGROSA | Jul 24, 2013

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World

Amid Violence, Hamlet Joins Electoral Politics in Bengal

By SHAIKH AZIZUR RAHMAN | Jul 23, 2013

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Health

Diaries Aid Mental Recovery

By JAN HOFFMAN | Jul 22, 2013

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Opinion

Increase in Child Abuse

Jul 22, 2013

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World

Prices Fuel Outrage in Brazil, Home of the $30 Cheese Pizza

By SIMON ROMERO | Jul 23, 2013

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Opinion

The Hanging-by-a-Thread Gardens

By ANDREW FINKEL | Jul 23, 2013

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Fashion & Style

A Lesson in the Desert

By LIESL SCHILLINGER | Jul 21, 2013

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Opinion

Composting in New York

Jul 24, 2013

The Citizens Committee for New York City says cities are “the true activists that fight big agribusinesses.”

Compost; Urban Areas; Recycling of Waste Materials; 

Where should the composting be done?  What about the rats?

 

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Health

F.D.A. Closer to Decision About Menthol Cigarettes

By SABRINA TAVERNISE | Jul 24, 2013

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N.Y. / Region

Spitzer Hits the Street, and Doesn’t Break a Sweat

By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM | Jul 24, 2013

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Health

F.D.A. Grants Exclusivity to Plan B One-Step

By PAM BELLUCK | Jul 24, 2013

The F.D.A. is fighting the use by the young.

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Opinion

What a Difference a Massacre Makes

By GRAEME WOOD | Jul 23, 2013

Vikings were not nice.

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Sports

Going From Classroom to All-Star Game

By TYLER KEPNER | Jul 21, 2013

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Fashion & Style

The Care-Package Wars

By BRUCE FEILER | Jul 21, 2013

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Business Day

Deutsche Bank Hints It Would Take Steps to Reduce Risks

By JACK EWING | Jul 22, 2013

If Deutsche Bank does announce a plan to reduce its assets, it would probably do so on July 30, when it discloses second-quarter earnings.

Banking and Financial Institutions; Derivatives (Financial Instruments); Regulation and Deregulation of Industry; 

Mindless.  

U.S. banks depend on the FDIC and the Federal Reserve.

Britain has the Bank of England as a lender of last resort.

The Euro has no lender of last resort.

 

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World

Car Bombs Kill Dozens in Baghdad and Nearby

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Jul 21, 2013

Bombings and other attacks have killed more than 250 people since the start of Ramadan on July 10.

Bombs and Explosives; Middle East and North Africa Unrest (2010- ); Ramadan; 

The Sunni  are trying to reassert dominance.

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Opinion

Back to a Burma Jail

By SWE WIN | Jul 24, 2013

I’m returning to the prison in Myanmar where I was detained as a political prisoner 15 years ago.

Meditation; Political Prisoners; Sentences (Criminal); Solitary Confinement; 

Meditation works when other things do not.

 

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Arts

Turning Addiction Into a Sideshow

By KRISTEN JOHNSTON | Jul 21, 2013

The actress and author Kristen Johnston takes issue with how addicts are portrayed on television shows, in news reports and on social media.

Drug Abuse and Traffic; Alcohol Abuse; Celebrities; 

Ok, now what?

 

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U.S.

In a Military Town, Calls Grow to Lift the Voices of Sexual Assault Victims

By JENNIFER STEINHAUER | Jul 21, 2013

Residents in the military town of Oceanside, Calif., say the system to deal with sexual assault cases is not fair to the victims.

United States Defense and Military Forces; Veterans; Sex Crimes;

The situation must get fixed.    

Reporting up the chain of command does not work.

Rape is criminal.