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Business Day
Popular Demand
The topic showing the biggest gain in search during the week ending Aug. 31 was the performance by Miley Cyrus at the Video Music Awards, but results also showed an increase in search for information on Syria.
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U.S.
Inquiry Finds Inadequate Staffing at Mississippi Veterans Hospital
Problems at a Jackson, Miss., unit will be among the topics discussed at a special field hearing of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs in Pittsburgh on Monday.
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Sports
Positive Drug Tests Confirmed for Jamaican Athletes
The backup doping tests have come back positive for the former 100-meter world-record holder Asafa Powell, his teammate Sherone Simpson and three other Jamaican athletes.
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N.Y. / Region
Voting Information for Primary Day
How to find polling locations, what to do if you encounter problems and other tips for voters.
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Opinion
Federal Oversight on Public Defense
The right to a lawyer gets a boost from the Justice Department.
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N.Y. / Region
The Mayoral Candidates on the Police
The New York Times asked the leading candidates in contested mayoral primaries three questions about crime. The description of their positions is drawn from their responses and previous statements.
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Business Day
Greek Prime Minister Says Positive Economic Data Points to Austerity Easing
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said the Greek economy had the smallest contraction since 2010 and the improvement was largely due to a strong rebound in tourism.
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World
Rebel Brutality in Syria Posing Dilemma in the West
In more than two years of civil war, many Syrian rebels have adopted some of the chillingly ruthless tactics of the government, raising the prospect that a military strike could strengthen extremists and criminals.
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Health
A Cool Classic, Sliced and Diced
Five ways to enjoy cucumbers — a perfect food for hot end-of-summer days — inspired by cuisines around the globe.
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Opinion
Banning a Pseudo-Therapy
The old idea that homosexuality is an illness that can be “cured” may at last be headed for the trash heap.
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U.S.
Ohio: Kidnapper Told Police They Missed Chances
Ariel Castro, the Cleveland man sentenced to life in prison for holding three women captive, said he called the mother of one of them, according to interrogation videotapes.
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Business Day
A New Divestment Focus on Campus: Fossil Fuels
Concern over global warming has spurred students to dust off investment choice as a weapon in their campaign. But whether it will be as effective this time is another matter.
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World
Urban, but Left Behind
In China, the timeline of the massive migration of 250 million rural residents into cities by 2025 is so rapid and far-reaching, there are concerns that some people will be left behind.
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Health
Lasker Awards Go to Five Scientists and Gateses
Honors for developers of cochlear implants, neuroscientists studying neural transmissions, and Bill and Melinda Gates, for their work in promoting global health.
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U.S.
Michigan: State Ready to Expand Medicaid
In a bipartisan 75-to-32 vote, the State House gave final approval to a measure that would make almost a half-million more low-income adults eligible for Medicaid.
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Science
STEM Doesn’t Mean Flowers
An excerpt from a 2010 essay by Natalie Angier that objected to “the odious and increasingly pervasive term ‘STEM education.’”
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Opinion
Empty Barn-Rafters
The swallows have moved on yet again. How did they know it was time to leave?A Diamond Or A Coal?
A diamond or a coal?
A diamond, if you please:
Who cares about a clumsy coal
Beneath the summer trees?
A diamond or a coal?
A coal, sir, if you please:
One comes to care about the coal
What time the waters freeze."
A diamond, if you please:
Who cares about a clumsy coal
Beneath the summer trees?
A diamond or a coal?
A coal, sir, if you please:
One comes to care about the coal
What time the waters freeze."
Christina Georgina Rossetti
Children are back in school.
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Business Day
Taxing Homeowners as if They Were Landlords
The tax code would be fairer if homeowners were taxed as landlords on their own property, which would equalize the tax treatment of all investments, including in one’s own home, an economist writes.
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Technology
Apple Is Set to Announce Two iPhones
One iPhone will feature a faster processor, and the other will be a less expensive model in a variety of colors aimed at markets like China and India.
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Business Day
Harder Edge From Vanity Fair Chafes Some Big Hollywood Stars
The magazine has sharpened its celebrity coverage and that has angered some in Hollywood.
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Business Day
S.&P.'s Counterattack on the Government
In its defense against a Justice Department lawsuit, Standard & Poor’s argues that it was improperly targeted because it lowered the credit rating on federal debt two years ago. How far it will get with that argument is an open question.
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Science
A Shark Prowling the Ocean Floor
Scientists in Indonesia have discovered a new species of walking shark that lives on the ocean floor and uses its fins to shuffle around.
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Science
Global Warming’s Impact and Germs That Induce Thinness
Recent developments in health and science news. This week: NASA’s latest moon mission and games that could help older adults.
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Style
Time to Get the Flu Shots
At the first available opportunity, the members of my family will be rolling up our sleeves.
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Health
Life's Hard Lessons
A new book by the psychiatrist Norman E. Rosenthal, “The Gift of Adversity,” offers life-changing lessons and insight in how to deal with setbacks.
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Business Day
Airline in Norway Says It Briefly Grounded Dreamliners
Norwegian Air Shuttle, a budget airline, said it returned both new Boeing 787 jets to service over the past week.
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N.Y. / Region
Debating a Fix for Hospitals in Dire Straits
While the Democratic candidates for mayor seem to agree on saving the city’s hospitals, the Cuomo administration is not throwing the struggling facilities a lifeline.
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Business Day
A New Divestment Focus on Campus: Fossil Fuels
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Your Money
Trying to Outguess the Unpredictable
People subscribe to investing newsletters because they want some certainty about their financial decisions. But no one knows which way the markets will turn.
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World
Urban, but Left Behind
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Opinion
Empty Barn-Rafters
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World
Obama Calls Russia Offer on Syria Possible ‘Breakthrough’
President Obama called a Russian proposal to have Syria surrender its chemical weapons stockpiles “potentially positive,” but said he would keep up the threat of military action.
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Arts
A van Gogh’s Trip From the Attic to the Museum
The work, titled “Sunset at Montmajour,” was painted in Arles in 1888. For decades, it was considered a fake and consigned to an attic.
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