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World
Saudi Arabia: New Infections Raise Virus Cases to 136
Saudi Arabia has confirmed six new infections from the potentially fatal MERS virus, the World Health Organization reported Friday.
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Business Day
Spain Is Expected to Extradite Ex-Trader in JPMorgan Case
The former trader, Javier Martin-Artajo, appears to be fighting extradition but Spanish authorities are expected to cooperate, a senior prosecutor said.
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N.Y. / Region
No Heel Hazards (or Gusts) as Subway Expands
When the first phase of the Second Avenue subway makes its debut in 2016, metal sidewalk grates, the bane of women in pumps, will be noticeably absent.
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World
Myanmar: Buddhists Kill Woman, 94
Buddhist mobs killed a 94-year-old Muslim woman and burned more than 70 homes on Tuesday as sectarian violence again gripped Rakhine State.
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Science
The World as They Knew It
A new exhibition features over 40 objects that provide an overview of Greco-Roman geographical thinking and representation, tracing the roots of modern mapmaking.
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Business Day
Texas Will No Longer Oppose Airline Merger
The Texas attorney general said his state would drop out of the federal government’s lawsuit seeking to block the merger of American Airlines parent AMR Corp and US Airways.
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Business Day
At a Nissan Plant in Mississippi, a Battle to Shape the U.A.W.’s Future
The United Automobile Workers is taking a campaign global to promote a unionization effort at Nissan’s plant in Canton, Miss.
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Opinion
College Financial Aid
The president of Vassar College discusses the challenge of providing assistance to all those who need it.
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N.Y. / Region
As Casino Vote Nears, Bishops Warn of Social Risks
Citing the potential for “enslavement” to gambling, New York’s Roman Catholic bishops issued a statement on the casino expansion referendum.
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N.Y. / Region
Once Alienated, and Now a Force in Her Husband’s Bid for Mayor
Chirlane McCray, whose race, gender and evolving sexuality once made her feel like an outsider, has an outsize role in the mayoral campaign of her husband, Bill de Blasio.
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World
Losing Hope in Fukushima
More than two years after the nuclear meltdown in Fukushima Prefecture, thousands of refugees, desperate to return home, are losing confidence in the Japanese government’s cleanup efforts.
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Technology
Many Win in Offering, but Some Are Off List
Twitter’s public filing listed some of its biggest winners, including investment firms and current and former executives, but two of its co-founders were missing.
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U.S.
Justices to Weigh Key Limit on Political Donors
The Supreme Court will hear arguments next Tuesday in a lawsuit challenging limits to the overall amount a person can contribute to all federal candidates in an election cycle.
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Opinion
Welcome to Ted Cruz’s Thunderdome
A frightening futuristic capital where Thomas Jefferson’s utopia has devolved into Ted Cruz’s dystopia.
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U.S.
Boehner Hews to Hard Line in Demanding Concessions From Obama
Speaker John A. Boehner said Sunday that Republicans would not pass measures to reopen the government or to increase the debt ceiling without compromises from the president.
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World
Libya Condemns U.S. for Seizing Terror Suspect
A day after American commandos carried out raids in two African countries, Libya’s interim government demanded an explanation from Washington for what it called the “kidnapping” of a Libyan suspect.
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Magazine
Daniel Radcliffe’s Next Trick Is to Make Harry Potter Disappear
The child star has graduated from Hogwarts.
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Opinion
Rich People Just Care Less
The poor are more attuned to social relations, because they have to be. Reducing the economic gap may be impossible without also addressing the gap in empathy.
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Health
A Partnership Built on Fostering Change
Bill and Melinda Gates, the guiding force behind one of the world’s most influential philanthropies, discuss their foundation’s work, their marriage and reading.
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Science
How to Slice a Global Carbon Pie?
A U.N. panel makes its suggestions more palatable by setting out a range of scenarios of when earth may surpass the 3.6 degree rise in temperature seen as a yardstick.
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U.S.
Garcetti, New Los Angeles Mayor, Reflects Changing City
Mayor Eric Garcetti seems to embody a host of ethnic, ideological and cultural strains that are transforming the city, but unlike his predecessor, he strives to avoid the spotlight.
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U.S.
Billions in Debt, Detroit Faces Millions in Bills for Bankruptcy
Even as it wrestles with $18 billion in debt, the city has been charged more than $19.1 million by the firms and individuals hired to sort through the bankruptcy.
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Sports
East Coast Calls It a Night for a West Coast Game
The San-Diego-Oakland game was televised at 8:35 p.m., Pacific time, a rarity for prime-time televised games. Local California stations got a boost in ratings, but East Coast viewership dropped.
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Science
How Young Mice Tell Older Ones, ‘Get Lost’
A newly discovered chemical substance allows young mice to ward off the sexual advances of older mice.
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Health
Cheating's Surprising Thrill
New research shows that, contrary to feeling guilty, cheaters tend to feel an emotional boost that those who are honest do not.
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N.Y. / Region
Quest to Honor a Veteran Spans Years and Continents
“As a former Swedish Army soldier and veteran myself, I found it strange that a U.S. Army officer and a pioneer military aviator of World War I had been forgotten,” said Johan Kinberg.
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Business Day
Top Editor at The Philadelphia Inquirer Is Dismissed
Bill Marimow, the editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer, was fired Monday morning by the newspaper’s publisher.
William K. Marimow, editor of The Inquirer, was abruptly fired Monday morning by publisher Robert J. Hall because of what Hall said were "philosophical differences" over the direction of the newspaper as it fights to maintain its print readership and establish a new digital presence.
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20131008_Inquirer_editor_Marimow_fired.html#s2ioJcWM3F1vPL53.99
"I
have a lot of respect for Bill as a journalist," Hall said Monday in a
midday interview. "I have known Bill for a lot of years. We had some
philosophical differences on the direction of The Inquirer, and how we
respond to readers and research."
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20131008_Inquirer_editor_Marimow_fired.html#s2ioJcWM3F1vPL53.99"
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20131008_Inquirer_editor_Marimow_fired.html#s2ioJcWM3F1vPL53.99"
William
K. Marimow, editor of The Inquirer, was abruptly fired Monday morning
by publisher Robert J. Hall because of what Hall said were
"philosophical differences" over the direction of the newspaper as it
fights to maintain its print readership and establish a new digital
presence.
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20131008_Inquirer_editor_Marimow_fired.html#s2ioJcWM3F1vPL53.99
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20131008_Inquirer_editor_Marimow_fired.html#s2ioJcWM3F1vPL53.99
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Health
Weighing Surgeries in Light of a Breast Cancer Gene
For women with the BRCA gene mutation considering risk-reducing surgery to remove the ovaries and fallopian tubes, it is a struggle to balance conflicting information about whether to include a hysterectomy.
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Opinion
To Stop the Craziness in Washington, Fund the Census
The gerrymandering that is contributing to the nation’s dysfunctional state will only get worse if the next census is flawed.
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Arts
Forgotten Fabergé Comes Out of the Attic
A Fabergé figurine of Empress Alexandra’s Cossack bodyguard that was found in an attic will be auctioned at Stair Galleries in Hudson, N.Y.
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U.S.
Albert D. Wheelon, Architect of Aerial Spying, Dies at 84
Dr. Wheelon’s work on satellites for the C.I.A. in the 1960s helped lay the foundation for a vast American arsenal of aerial surveillance systems.
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Sports
Races End Fees to Top Runners, Drawing Outcry
The decision by Competitor Group, which runs more than 80 endurance races for profit, roiled those who believe supporting elite runners benefits the sport as a whole.
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Business Day
F.D.A. Bans Three Arsenic Drugs Used in Poultry and Pig Feeds
The Food and Drug Administration’s announcement comes after studies revealed chickens had higher-than-normal levels of the compound, which is primarily used to prevent disease and promote animal growth.
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U.S.
Boehner Hews to Hard Line in Demanding Concessions From Obama
Speaker John A. Boehner said Sunday that Republicans would not pass measures to reopen the government or to increase the debt ceiling without compromises from the president.
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World
Libya Condemns U.S. for Seizing Terror Suspect
A day after American commandos carried out raids in two African countries, Libya’s interim government demanded an explanation from Washington for what it called the “kidnapping” of a Libyan suspect.
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