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N.Y. / Region
Brooklyn Diocese Sues One of Its High Schools in Queens
The Diocese of Brooklyn has accused Christ the King High School of flouting an agreement and wants it to turn over part of its revenues from leasing space to a new charter school.
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U.S.
Issue of Prayer Returns to the Court
As the question of legislative prayer goes to the Supreme Court, the litigants in a 1983 case — a state senator and a Presbyterian minister — differ about the role of religion in public life.
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N.Y. / Region
No Riders Killed in First 5 Months of New York City Bike-Share Program
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s administration says the increase in bike ridership has heightened drivers’ awareness of cyclists and affected their behavior.
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Sports
Bolt Among Award Finalists
Usain Bolt is on the shortlist for the male Athlete of the Year award, which he has won four times in the past five years.
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World
South Korean Government Seeks Ban of Small Leftist Party
The United Progressive party is accused of plotting an armed rebellion against the Seoul government in event of war with North Korea.Getting rid of the fifth column is thought a good idea.
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Sports
Jacksonville’s Blackmon Is Suspended Indefinitely
Justin Blackmon, the fifth overall pick in the 2012 draft, had earlier violations of the N.F.L.’s substance-abuse policy.
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World
China: Brother of Tibet Religious Leader Details Circumstances of Sibling’s Death
The brother of a prominent Tibetan religious leader, Choje Akong Rinpoche, who was stabbed to death in China on Oct. 8, has said Mr. Akong had not been “assassinated.”
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Fashion & Style
Several Skin Products Include an Obscure Nut Oil
The latest miracle ingredient is called tamanu.| Fatty acid | Content |
|---|---|
| Linoleic acid | 38% |
| Oleic acid | 34% |
| Stearic acid | 13% |
| Palmitic acid | 12% |
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Looks like an "acid peel"
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Business Day
BMW Says 3rd-Quarter Profit Up 3.2 Percent
Luxury car maker BMW AG reported a net profit of 1.33 billion euros ($1.8 billion) in the July-September period, up from 1.29 billion euros a year earlier.
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Opinion
‘Nonsense’ From Assad
Eliot Engel, a New York member of Congress, writes that President Bashar al-Assad’s claim that foreign support for the rebels is blocking a deal to end the civil war is ridiculous.Because the rebels are getting support they are not all dead.
This prevents permanent peace.
Genocide is peace of a sort.
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Fashion & Style
Ghesquière Named Vuitton Women’s Design Director
Nicolas Ghesquière, a former Balenciaga veteran, will succeed Marc Jacobs at Louis Vuitton as part of a strategic shift in the luxury world.
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Science
Making Robots More Like Us
In a shift away from robots made to perform in factories, designers are putting the “human” into humanoids so that they can safely interact in public.
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Your Money
Seeking to Toughen the Rules for Brokers
It is too easy for stock and insurance brokers to avoid rules that would require them to put their customers first when picking their investments for their individual retirement accounts.
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Sports
Harvard Forces Overtime, but Princeton Holds On
Roman Wilson scored a touchdown in the first extra period and another in the third as Princeton won at Harvard in triple overtime.
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Science
A Roman Sculpture, a Study on Lying and a Disturbing F.D.A. Report
This week brought news of an auction for a permit to shoot an endangered black rhinoceros, and a Food and Drug Administration report on contamination in imported spices.
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Business Day
Profit Margins Squeeze Exxon Mobil and Shell
Weak margins in refining hurt results at the largest European and American oil companies.
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Education
A Plea for Catholic Schools to Ignore New Guidelines
A group of Roman Catholic scholars wrote to the nation’s bishops, saying that the new educational standards called Common Core would lower standards.
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Science
Far-Off Planets Like the Earth Dot the Galaxy
With the help of the Kepler spacecraft, astronomers calculate the number of habitable Earth-like planets in the Goldilocks zone — not too hot, not too cold.
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World
Inspectors Visit All but 2 of Syria’s Declared Chemical Sites
International inspectors say they have been unable to reach two chemical weapons sites because they are in contested areas in Syria’s civil war.
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