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Sports
Jamaican to Play for UConn
The University of Connecticut said Kentan Facey, a 6-foot-9 freshman forward, had been granted a waiver to play this season by the N.C.A.A.
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World
Between Big Cities, a Road Passes the Russia Left Behind
Along the highway between Moscow and St. Petersburg — a 12-hour trip by car — one sees great neglected stretches of land that seem drawn backward in time.
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N.Y. / Region
Insurance for Floods May Force Relocations
About 32,000 properties in New York City will be added to the flood plain under updated maps from FEMA, a move that will require those owners to buy federal flood insurance, according to a study.
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Fashion & Style
Video: Intersection: Flatbush Indie Fashion
Helen Milkson, 72, who was born in Grenada, has been living in Flatbush for 20 years. She likes to look special and doesn’t go for fashion, she says.
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Sports
League Plans to End a Longtime Relationship With Riddell, Its Helmet Maker
The manufacturer has had an exclusive license since 1989 preventing the name of any other company from appearing on N.F.L. helmets.
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U.S.
Detroit Manager Denies Role in Bankruptcy Filing
Kevyn Orr, the emergency manager, said in court his hiring was not contingent on pursuing bankruptcy.
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World
A Conversation With: Historian Ramachandra Guha
Historian Ramachandra Guha’s new book “Gandhi Before India” tells the story of Mohandas K. Gandhi’s years in South Africa.
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N.Y. / Region
Video: Obama Visits a Brooklyn School
President Obama went to Pathways in Technology Early College High School, and spoke to students Friday afternoon.Obama gives wonderful speeches.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/26/nyregion/obama-visits-brooklyn-high-school.html
Vocational education is in conflict with dynamic culture and democracy.
It is training which is not education.
The difference is profound and ignored.
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Home & Garden
If You Could Make It There, You Were Made
Eight homes on Strivers’ Row in Harlem will be open to the public on Oct. 20.
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Science
The Immune System, From the Inside
Daniel M. Davis writes with an insider’s perspective, not only on how our immune systems do and don’t work, but also on the scientists who study them.
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Magazine
Does the Golden Rule Hold Up in Modern Society?
The problem with treating others as you would like to be treated.
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Business Day
Don’t Like the Video? Tell It What to Do Next
Infiniti’s campaign for its Q50 sport sedan features a video, produced by the agency Campfire, in which the plot changes according to a viewer’s wishes.
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Crosswords/Games
Martin Gardner's Big Surprise
Today we celebrate the birthday of popular math and science writer Martin Gardner with an unpublished surprise from his vast correspondence.
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Booming
My Body Changed. So Did Intimacy.
Illnesses had altered us. Who knew our new bodies would only bring us closer?
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Business Day
Roger Richman, 69, Dies; Lobbied for Stars’ Heirs
Mr. Richman is widely credited with helping to invent a multimillion-dollar industry built on licensing the rights to images of dead celebrities.
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Arts
Video: TV Talk: ‘The Walking Dead’
The Times reporters Bill Carter and Brian Stelter discuss “The Walking Dead” and the show’s outstanding viewership.
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Technology
Terrific Sound in a Tiny Package
The Jambox Mini is small enough to fit in a coat pocket and delivers sound that is richer, crisper and louder than the feeble speakers on your phone, tablet or laptop.
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Business Day
Early Promise in Drug Trial for Fighting Cholesterol
The latest study of alirocumab, a potentially powerful cholesterol fighter, appears to bolster previous results that it cut cholesterol levels by about half in a clinical trial.
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U.S.
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