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Health
Sleep Therapy Seen as an Aid for Depression
The first of four studies on the special relationship between sleep and depression suggests that when antidepressants and insomnia therapy are used together, recovery happens faster.
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Science
Slowdown in Carbon Emissions Worldwide, but Coal Burning Continues to Grow
Experts said the world remains far from meeting international goals on climate change.
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U.S.
Cheneys Defend Elder Daughter in Feud on Gay Marriage
Former Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife said the feud pained them, but supported Liz Cheney, whose opposition to same-sex marriage has prompted criticism from her sister, Mary, who has a same-sex spouse.
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Science
A Rare Sample of a Much Saltier Time
Seawater from a crater at the bottom of Chesapeake Bay offers a rare glimpse of the North Atlantic 100 million to 145 million years ago.
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Science
A Cold War Fought by Women
New evidence shows that female aggression helps explain peer pressure to meet standards of physical appearance and sexual conduct.
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U.S.
Zimmerman Is Charged With Aggravated Assault
George Zimmerman, who was acquitted in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager, was arrested after a dispute with his girlfriend, the authorities said.
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Science
A New Danger to Africans
Africans may become susceptible to a type of malaria that they had long been thought to be immune to because the parasite appears to be evolving, scientists said last week.
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N.Y. / Region
Census Shows Shift in New York's Population Dynamic After Recession
The city’s net outflow generally remains lower than it was before the recession began, and immigration has surged to nearly 10-year highs, according to new data from the Census Bureau.
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Breach of contract.
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Business Day
Three Journalists at The Times Are Departing
Hugo Lindgren, editor of The New York Times Magazine, told the news to his staff at a noon meeting. No successor has been named.
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Style
A Husband's Fertility Journey
Motherlode’s fertility diarist Amy Klein’s husband, Solomon, answers questions about his experience with I.V.F., miscarriage and being part of such a public experience.
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World
Afghan Companies With Insurgent Ties Still Receive U.S. Contracts
Despite the advent of blacklists and other rules during the Afghanistan war, American investigators have uncovered a case casting doubt on the military’s ability to weed out suspicious contractors.
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World
Albania Won’t Aid in Destruction of Syria’s Chemical Arms
The decision dealt a blow to Washington’s efforts to find a country prepared to undertake the politically sensitive disarmament project.
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Science
An Earlier Exodus Amid Climate Change
Birds are migrating earlier and earlier each year, and scientists have long suspected that climate change is responsible.
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Opinion
Bill Gates Can’t Build a Toilet
High-tech $1,000 bathroom gadgets won’t help the world’s poor.
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Opinion
Lincoln at Gettysburg Long Ago
Lincoln’s speech, spoke our thoughts and gave them language so moving that they continue to resound all these years later.
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Multimedia
Sikh Farmers in Stalin's Birthplace
Sikhs from India farming in the former Soviet republic of Georgia make up an arresting visual and cultural juxtaposition that the photographer Ivor Prickett could not resist exploring.
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Magazine
Who Made That Redskins Logo?
It wasn’t the first time that professional sports co-opted American Indian culture. (And it wasn’t the last.)
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Business Day
Shale’s Effect on Oil Supply Is Forecast to Be Brief
A report by the International Energy Agency predicts that so-called light tight oil will peak around 2020, then plateau.
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Opinion
Bill Gates Can’t Build a Toilet
High-tech $1,000 bathroom gadgets won’t help the world’s poor.
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Travel
Will Forte on the Glories of the Great Plains
The actor, who co-stars in the new film “Nebraska,” talks about road tripping with Bruce Dern, eating in Omaha and encountering a beauty he “wasn’t prepared to see.”
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U.S.
Calls Grow to Shut Down the Pegasus Pipeline for Good
While ExxonMobil says it has no timeline for reactivation, some Texans are banding together to oppose the pipeline’s return.
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Business Day
Compromise in Arizona Defers a Solar Power Fight
Regulators voted to charge the owners of rooftop solar panels a fee to compensate power companies, who say such customers don’t pay their share of systemwide costs.
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World
A Conversation With: India's Chief Climate Change Negotiator Ravi Shankar Prasad
Mr. Prasad spoke about India’s expectations from the annual United Nations climate change conference in Warsaw, Poland.
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Sports
Team Owners Approve Funding for Expanded Use of Instant Replay
Bud Selig, long a replay opponent, says he expects the plan to be in effect for the 2014 season, which he has said will be his last as commissioner.
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World
France: 4 Said to Recruit for Syrian War
Authorities have arrested four men suspected of involvement in a network sending fighters to Syria to join radical Sunni Islamist groups, the Paris prosecutor’s office said.
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Business Day
Ahead of Anniversary, Promoting All Things Kennedy
As the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s death nears, television stations and publishers prepare promotions — some of which raise eyebrows.
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Science
A Rare Sample of a Much Saltier Time
Seawater from a crater at the bottom of Chesapeake Bay offers a rare glimpse of the North Atlantic 100 million to 145 million years ago.
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U.S.
Pennsylvania: U.S. Proposes Fines in Deadly Building Collapse
Federal officials cited glaring safety violations in proposing nearly $400,000 in fines against two companies involved in a demolition in Philadelphia that killed six people.
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World
Afghan Companies With Insurgent Ties Still Receive U.S. Contracts
Despite the advent of blacklists and other rules during the Afghanistan war, American investigators have uncovered a case casting doubt on the military’s ability to weed out suspicious contractors.
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N.Y. / Region
After Ugly Campaign, Finding Little Grace in Brooklyn District Attorney’s Exit
Last week, the lame duck Charles J. Hynes demoted two prosecutors who wanted to drop charges against a Hasidic whistle-blower and fired one who had complained about the office’s transparency.
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World
For Son of a Nazi-Era Dealer, a Private Life Amid a Tainted Trove of Art
Cornelius Gurlitt, the reclusive son of a Nazi-era art dealer, told a German newsmagazine that the confiscation of some 1,280 masterworks from his home was more devastating than his sister’s death.
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U.S.
Virginia: Air Force Officer Is Cleared of Groping Charge
Lt. Col. Jeffrey Krusinski, 42, who once led the branch’s sexual assault response team, was acquitted on charges that he had grabbed a woman outside a Virginia bar.
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Real Estate
Grand Vision for Former Home of Walter Reed Hospital
Local officials in Washington have picked developers for a $1 billion plan to build homes, stores and offices on the old campus of the historic Army hospital.
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Science
Video: ScienceTake: Sea Slug Love
In the mating game, males and females can have different agendas even when they inhabit the same body.
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Opinion
Sounds From the Sky
Coming across dozens of birds (maybe a group of geese? a crowd of crows?) is a reminder that what we see may not be what we expected based on what we heard.
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Think small.
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U.S.
Suzanne Bianchi, 61, Who Analyzed Family Time, Dies
Professor Bianchi, a social scientist, upended conventional wisdom suggesting that working women were shortchanging their children.
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Fashion & Style
Opulence on Very Small Screens
Consumers in Asia are particularly attached to mobile devices, creating both opportunities and obstacles for luxury companies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_of_China
Population of China, 1961–2008
Population
1,344,130,000 (2012 census) (1st
The article discusses a small subgroup.
C.I.A. fact book for P.R.C.:
Income
As of 2003, the distribution of urban household income:
- Average per capita disposable income by quintile: Y 9,061 [U.S.$1,398]
- first quintile: Y 3,285
- second quintile: Y 5,377
- third quintile: Y 7,279
- fourth quintile: Y 9,763
- fifth quintile: Y 17,431
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renminbi
Bloomberg currency converter
Y 17,431 = $ 2,860.42 Annual income averaged for the top 20%
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Bloomberg currency converter
Y 17,431 = $ 2,860.42 Annual income averaged for the top 20%
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Technology
Enhanced Sound, With Wi-Fi and Android
The Sceptre Speaker SoundBar has advantages in sound quality, but also a few drawbacks.
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Business Day
Starbucks to Pay Kraft $2.75 Billion, Ending Broken-Deal Dispute
The disagreement centered on the way Starbucks broke off its long-term relationship with Kraft three years ago over Kraft’s objections.
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N.Y. / Region
Elevated Park at Trade Center Site Comes Into View
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey begins to offer details about a one-acre public space planned for 25 feet above Liberty Street.
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World
Zimbabwe: Sanitation Crisis Causes New Cholera Risk
Millions of Zimbabwe residents are at risk of waterborne diseases because of a water and sanitation crisis in the capital, Harare, Human Rights Watch said in a report.
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Business Day
Doctors Say Heart Drug Raised Risk of an Attack
Cardiologists who reported on a clinical trial said the company making the drug failed to turn over data that showed it didn’t work.
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U.S.
Justices Reject Bid to Block Texas Law on Abortions
Justice Antonin Scalia said the challengers to a law that requires doctors performing abortions to have admitting privileges at a hospital nearby had not met a heavy procedural burden.
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Arts
An Interrogation Routine of Real Cop, Robot Cop?
In “Almost Human,” a new drama series on Fox, a human police officer is paired with a robot partner.
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U.S.
Virginia: Air Force Officer Is Cleared of Groping Charge
Lt. Col. Jeffrey Krusinski, 42, who once led the branch’s sexual assault response team, was acquitted on charges that he had grabbed a woman outside a Virginia bar.
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World
Silent Sentinels at Center of Lithuanian Debate on Bygone Era
In the capital, Vilnius, statues that trumpet Communism, an ideology rejected by Lithuania more than two decades ago, have drawn anger, but some see a value in preserving them.
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World
Kerry and Biden Ask for Room to Reach a Nuclear Deal With Iran
Secretary of State John Kerry and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. pressed senators to give the Obama administration breathing room to reach an accord with Iran.An end to hostilities is not part of the G.O.P. agenda.
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Arts
Fresh Life via Netflix for ‘The Killing’
“The Killing,” the twice-canceled AMC cop drama, has been renewed — this time by Netflix — for a fourth season.
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Sports
U.S. Player Ratings: Austria (1), U.S. (0)
Player ratings from the United States men’s soccer team’s 1-0 loss to Austria on Tuesday in a friendly.
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N.Y. / Region
At Forums, New York State Education Commissioner Faces a Barrage of Complaints
John B. King Jr. has become a sounding board for crowds of parents, educators and others who equate his name with all they consider to be broken in schooling today.
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Fashion & Style
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