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Health
Doctors Who Profit From Radiation Prescribe It More Often, Study Finds
The Government Accountability Office found that many doctors who recommended a common prostate cancer therapy had financial relationships with treatment providers.
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Booming
Coffin Shopping for Mom
With Mom in an assisted-living facility, I recently planned and prepaid her funeral, keeping in mind what she chose for my Dad’s 12 years earlier.
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Opinion
Learn to Talk in Beggars’ Cant
In a time when speech is subjected to unprecedented scrutiny, the safest way to express a subversive thought is to clothe it in unfamiliar garb.
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World
A Bangalore Ambulance Driver's Battle with Traffic
Breaking traffic rules to save lives in Bangalore.
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Business Day
Privatization Chief Quits After Another Misstep in Sales of Greek Assets
A vacation ride on the private jet of an oil magnate leads to an ouster, but the government in Athens insists that large sell-offs are still on track.
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Science
160-Million-Year-Old Fossil of an Omnivore
The fossil, found in China, was of a fast-running, agile omnivore that resembles the modern-day African dormouse.
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Opinion
Target Practice With Mr. Lincoln
Why was the president shooting guns on the Washington Mall?
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Books
Scholar Saw a Multicolored American Culture
Mr. Murray, whose prose style was influenced by jazz and the blues, wrote about black culture as inextricable from American culture.
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Business Day
Coming Full Circle in Energy, to Nuclear
In the post-oil embargo quest for energy alternatives, nuclear power stumbled and coal surged. It may be time to reverse that.
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Opinion
The Real Costs of Policing the Police
Taxpayers should understand that stop-and-frisk reforms will cost millions of dollars and may ultimately not be needed.
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Business Day
Europe Set to Impose Sanctions on Faroe Islands Over Herring
The European Commission said it would enact sanctions against the North Atlantic territory in a growing dispute over fishing quotas.
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U.S.
Suicides Worry Experts at Big Jail in Capital
Four inmate suicides at the District of Columbia’s jail since November have mental health experts concerned about what they say is a lack of supervision.
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Sports
Out of Track’s Doping Scandal, Redemption and Progress
Kelli White’s positive test 10 years ago began a new era in track and field because she decided to help anti-doping organizations in their fight.
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Business Day
Court Gives Kodak Approval to Leave Bankruptcy
The ruling means Eastman Kodak Company is on track to emerge as a much smaller digital imaging company as early as Sept. 3.
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Autos
Petersen Automotive Museum Announces Exterior Redesign
The Petersen Automotive Museum announced that its building would get a striking new facade by early 2015.
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Opinion
The Debate Over School Standards
Readers react to an article about opposition to national education standards.
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N.Y. / Region
In a Cab, a Pre-Bloomberg New York
Metropolitan Diary: A cigarette user had several unkind observations about some of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s rules on smoking and bicycling.
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Science
The Wild Past of Domestic Cats
Domestic cats’ genetic profiles resemble those of the Near Eastern wildcat, and researchers theorize that domestication occurred in a region where there was a need for rodent control.
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Opinion
Cannabis Country
Uruguay may soon become the first country in the world to fully regulate the production, sale and distribution of marijuana.
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Booming
Coffin Shopping for Mom
With Mom in an assisted-living facility, I recently planned and prepaid her funeral, keeping in mind what she chose for my Dad’s 12 years earlier.
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Books
Scholar Saw a Multicolored American Culture
Mr. Murray, whose prose style was influenced by jazz and the blues, wrote about black culture as inextricable from American culture.
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Business Day
Court Gives Kodak Approval to Leave Bankruptcy
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N.Y. / Region
In a Cab, a Pre-Bloomberg New York
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Health
How Exercise Can Help Us Sleep Better
If you habitually experience insomnia, exercise can help you sleep better, a new study found. But it can take up to four months before you see results, and you may sleep worse on days you exercise.
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Magazine
The Hard Life of Celebrity Elephants
Being a star elephant in Kerala, India, is not as glamorous as you’d think.
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World
Image of the Day: August 21
A man working on environmentally friendly models of Hindu god Lord Ganesh in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
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World
As Divers Find Sixth Body, Mumbai Firefighters Recall a Burning Waterfront
Divers have found six bodies of Indian sailors killed in Mumbai submarine explosion.
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N.Y. / Region
Stringer’s Claim of ‘Money Laundering’ by Spitzer Starts a Legal Debate
Scott M. Stringer has made the accusation against Eliot Spitzer, his rival in the Democratic primary for city comptroller, but legal experts say he didn’t misuse funds to pay for prostitutes.
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Autos
Petersen Automotive Museum Announces Exterior Redesign
The Petersen Automotive Museum announced that its building would get a striking new facade by early 2015.
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N.Y. / Region
Empty Prison in Chelsea Is Now a Valuable Piece of Real Estate
The state is proceeding with its plans to sell or lease the Bayview Correctional Facility, a medium-security women’s prison, and differing visions for the building have already emerged.
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Business Day
Treasury Auctions Set for the Week of Aug. 19
The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week.
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