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Technology
Cooking With a New Computer
Unless a specific program is needed — say, one for creating a cookbook — choosing between Mac or Windows is a matter of preference.
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Opinion
Children of Israel
The Israeli government promotes higher fertility, but only when that advances its goals.
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U.S.
Deaf Student, Denied Interpreter by Medical School, Draws Focus of Advocates
The case of a deaf medical student who was denied the use of an interpreter during his clinical training in Omaha, Neb., is to go to trial on Tuesday.
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Business Day
World Expositions Can Benefit or Haunt Host Cities
Expo locations can enjoy an influx of jobs and tourism, but the costs of staging such an event can be staggering.
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N.Y. / Region
C Train Cafe? Transit Agency May Put Up Fight
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is issuing hundreds of notices a year to merchants and others for using its logos and imagery without permission.
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N.Y. / Region
The Mayoral Candidates on Transportation
The New York Times asked the leading candidates in contested mayoral primaries three questions about transportation. The description of their positions is drawn from their responses and previous statements.
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Travel
Minnesota County Fairs
Seth Kugel winds down his summer road trip at county fairs, where livestock competitions and pig races are just part of the action.
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Technology
Facebook Leads an Effort to Lower Barriers to Internet Access
The social media giant is set to unveil a coalition of tech companies working to improve data transmission in the developing world.
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Automobiles
Your Earrings Remind Me of Grandma’s Gran Torino
Colorful dried paint that built up, layer upon layer, in automobile factories as part of the spray-painting process is now being turned into jewelry.
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Business Day
Profit Falls 13% at Target, and It Lowers Expectations
The retail chain fell short of analysts’ expectations in the quarter and said full-year results would be at the low end of its previous guidance.
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Sports
Jamaica Sweeps 6 Sprint Events With Relay Golds
Usain Bolt won his third gold medal of the world championships, anchoring Jamaica in the 4x100-meter relay. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce became the first woman in world championship history to sweep the sprint events.
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U.S.
N.S.A. Phone Data Collection Is Illegal, A.C.L.U. Says
The American Civil Liberties Union’s motion in a federal suit cited the warnings of George Orwell in arguing that the National Security Agency’s collection of Americans’ phone call data violated the Constitution.
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World
Leftist Leaders Accused of Trying to Overthrow South Korean Government
The government is accused of engaging in a “witch hunt” against a far left party that has questioned South Korea’s close ties to the United States.
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Technology
Judge Wants Narrow Focus in Apple Price-Fixing Penalty
Judge Denise Cote said she wanted the punishment “to rest as lightly as possible on the way Apple runs its business.”
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World
Britain to Press U.N. to Authorize ‘Necessary Measures’ in Syria
Prime Minister David Cameron said Britain would push the United Nations on Wednesday to hold Syria’s government responsible for last week’s chemical attack and authorize “necessary measures” to protect civilians.
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Business Day
After a Recession in Portugal, the Tiny Green Fruits of Success
Recent data suggest that the country is indeed hitting its export stride, but the balance sheets of the nation’s banks could weigh on the fragile economic comeback.
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Automobiles
The Impala Regains Its Swagger
Chevy’s latest Impala harks back to the nameplate’s ’60s heyday, when it was the quintessential big, stylish American family car.Nice sales brochure. I would put the money into a Leaf.
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World
Britain to Wait on Weapons Report Ahead of Syria Strikes
Before it would endorse military strikes in Syria, Britain signaled it would await the findings of a United Nations investigation into a suspected chemical attack near Damascus and hold a parliamentary vote.
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Magazine
Twelve Minutes of Freedom in 460 Days of Captivity
My kidnapping marked the moment when one life ended and another began.
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Arts
Like a Wheel, but Turning Slower
Linda Ronstadt is now unable to sing because of Parkinson’s disease, but she is telling her own story in the new memoir “Simple Dreams.”
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Technology
Facebook Leads an Effort to Lower Barriers to Internet Access
The social media giant is set to unveil a coalition of tech companies working to improve data transmission in the developing world.
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Business Day
Fox News Confirms the Firing of a Top Executive Who Was Once Close to Ailes
The company initially declined to comment on reports that Roger Ailes, the chief executive, had fired Brian Lewis, one of his chief lieutenants.21st Century Fox Has 16% Jump in Revenue on Higher Cable Fees
Profits also soared in the latest quarter at the newly independent Fox entertainment arm.
August 7, 2013, Wednesday
"The entertainment arm of Rupert Murdoch’s
media empire, 21st Century Fox, on Tuesday reported a 16 percent uptick
in revenue for the quarter ending in June, thanks in part to the higher
subscriber fees for its cable channels.
The benefits of growing subscriber revenue were also apparent at the Fox
broadcast network and the company’s owned-and-operated television
stations, where retransmission fees nearly doubled against the same
quarter a year earlier. Advertising totals for the stations and the Fox
network as a whole were held back, however, by the decline of “American
Idol.”"
Thieves fall out.
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Opinion
Dangerous Ticks
More research is needed to control Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses.
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U.S.
Prosecutors Press Subpoena for Times Reporter in Leak Case
The Justice Department on Monday asked a full federal appeals court not to hear arguments from lawyers for a New York Times reporter, who has been subpoenaed to testify in a leak case against a former C.I.A. officer.
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World
U.S. Officials Return to Pursuit of 1985 Killer of American Agent
The early release from prison of the killer of Enrique Camarena had D.E.A. officials asking, “Who dropped the ball?”
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Your Money
Exploring Companies That Collect More Than the Standard Credit Data
Concerns like Equifax Workforce Solutions gather income and employment history information.
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Opinion
Forgetting Grandma
My father told me that my grandmother lived not far from me in San Francisco. This was news: I’d last seen her almost 25 years before.
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Business Day
A View of What’s Missing From the Classroom
A campaign about school absenteeism is the latest collaboration on education by the Ad Council and the United States Army.
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World
From Italy, a Vintage Redolent of Horrors
The Simon Wiesenthal Center has called on distributors to stop handling a line of Italian wines that carry labels that portray Hitler and sundry members of the Nazi hierarchy.
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Opinion
Bangladesh’s Workers Deserve Better
The families of those killed in the building collapse are still waiting for adequate compensation from the government.
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Technology
Samsung Said to Be Preparing to Unveil Smart Watch
Samsung Electronics reportedly planned to introduce a wristwatch in September that can make phone calls, play video games and send e-mails, potentially beating Apple to market.
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Your Money
Assessing the Costs of Caring for an Aging Relative
Studies of Americans who take on in-home care are documenting health and financial repercussions.
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Science
Crowdsourcing, for the Birds
The online network eBird uses data turned in by tens of thousands of citizen scientists to create what may be the first real-time view of the world’s bird populations.
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Business Day
U.S. Plan Eases Rules for Mortgage Lenders
A reworked proposal would require lenders to maintain a stake in the loans they bundle and sell as securities.
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Magazine
12 Minutes of Freedom in 460 Days of Captivity
My kidnapping marked the moment when one life ended and another began.
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World
Britain to Wait on Weapons Report Ahead of Syria Strikes
Before it would endorse military strikes in Syria, Britain signaled it would await the findings of a United Nations investigation into a suspected chemical attack near Damascus and hold a parliamentary vote.
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World
Britain Rules Out Military Strike on Syria
After the British Parliament rejected the principle of military action on Thursday, Prime Minister David Cameron said Britain would not participate in any strike on Syria.
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N.Y. / Region
Farewell to Gus, Whose Issues Made Him a Star
The polar bear Gus, long the celebrated face of the Central Park Zoo, had to be euthanized at age 27 after zoo veterinarians found an inoperable tumor.
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Arts
The ABC’s of Your DNA
An exhibition at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History gives a sense of the Human Genome Project and provides glimpses of its promises and limitations.
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Business Day
World Expositions Can Benefit or Haunt Host Cities
Expo locations can enjoy an influx of jobs and tourism, but the costs of staging such an event can be staggering.
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Travel
Minnesota County Fairs
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Opinion
The Yosemite Inferno in the Context of Forest Policy, Ecology and Climate Change
The growing intensity of Western fires is the result of many factors, with a
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