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Business Day
The Economics of a Higher Wage Floor
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N.Y. / Region
Special Night for Camping Not Far From City’s Lights
Once a year, Governors Island makes an exception to its no-camping rule for people who haul their supplies over by canoe, kayak and rowboat.
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Business Day
UBS Agrees to Settle Federal Claims in Mortgage Case
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Health
The Cost of a Smoker: $5,816
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Health
A Doctor in the Family
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Opinion
Billy Graham’s Overtures
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Opinion
Apple Pays Dearly for Price-Fixing
The Justice Department wants to restore competition in the e-book market. But it has not addressed the bigger anticompetitive force that is Amazon.
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N.Y. / Region
Elections to Be Easier for Voters With an App
The app will allow residents to begin the voter registration process, using account data to fill out the form; the document would have to be signed by hand and mailed.Mobile Applications; Campaign Finance; Voter Registration and Requirements; Elections;
I am not happy with involving smart phones in the electoral process.
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Business Day
The Economics of a Higher Wage Floor
Arguments that raising the minimum wage will force layoffs and automation, or that the earned-income tax credit alone is enough to help low-wage workers, do not pass muster, an economist writes.
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N.Y. / Region
Special Night for Camping Not Far From City’s Lights
Once a year, Governors Island makes an exception to its no-camping rule for people who haul their supplies over by canoe, kayak and rowboat.
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Business Day
As Cost of U.K. Rail Project Grows, So Does Resistance
Opposition to the high-speed railroad has spread to parts of northern England, the region that the project is supposed to help.
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U.S.
Legislature Restores Some Family Planning Cuts
To try to mitigate the impact of 2011 cuts to family planning financing, the Legislature this year passed the largest financial package for women’s health services in state history.
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Health
The Cost of a Smoker: $5,816
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Health
A Doctor in the Family
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Opinion
Billy Graham’s Overtures
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Opinion
Hope for Childhood Obesity
An encouraging report suggests that the tide could finally be turning in this important battle.
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Health
High Blood Sugar Linked to Dementia
HIgh blood glucose levels are tied to an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia in a new study.
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N.Y. / Region
Special Night for Camping Not Far From City’s Lights
Once a year, Governors Island makes an exception to its no-camping rule for people who haul their supplies over by canoe, kayak and rowboat.
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Opinion
Billy Graham’s Overtures
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Autos
Toyota Recalls 342,000 Tacomas Over Seat Belt Problem
Seat belt parts on the rear passenger compartment doors on Toyota Tacoma extended cab pickups have been coming loose, prompting the automaker to issue a recall.
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World
The Trouble With India's MIG-21 Fighter Jets
The terrible safety record of the Indian Air Force’s MIG-21 fighter jets fails to improve.
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Business Day
Rail Company Involved in Quebec Explosion Files for Bankruptcy
Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway cited debts to more than 200 creditors after a disaster in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec.
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Opinion
Bringing God Along For the Ride
Despite reports that the Vietnamese government represses religious groups, peace prevails among faiths here — and that’s partly thanks to state control.
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World
A Cafe Where the Spirit of the Arab Spring Lives On
The Théâtre de l’Étoile du Nord is not just a popular cafe in the Tunisian capital, but also a haunt for actors, intellectuals, freethinkers and revolutionaries, and it never closes.
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Opinion
Too Quick to Judge Afghans
Saad Mohseni, a media executive, says his countrymen should be judged not by what they say, but by what they do.
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U.S.
Deaths of Manatees, Dolphins and Pelicans Point to Estuary at Risk
The Indian River estuary in Florida, an ecosystem that supports more than 4,300 species of wildlife, is buckling under the strain of decades of pollution generated by coastal Florida’s explosive development, many fear.
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Opinion
Too Much Work?
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Opinion
The BP Settlement: How the Lawyers See Their Role
The American Association for Justice objects to a column by Joe Nocera criticizing the plaintiffs’ lawyers.
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U.S.
Witness in Manning Case Says Leaks Could Help Al Qaeda
A prosecution witness in the sentencing phase of Pfc. Bradley Manning’s court-martial said that Al Qaeda could have used WikiLeaks disclosures to encourage attacks in the West.
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N.Y. / Region
Falling Tree Shatters Lives and Dreams of a Family
Aleksander Dikov and his family are left reeling after his wife, Yingyi Li-Dikov, was killed by a giant tree in a Queens park. Her 6-month-old fetus did not survive.
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