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Business Day
When ‘60 Minutes’ Checks Its Journalistic Skepticism at the Door
Viewers expect and deserve the show to bring its A game when it takes on a huge issue like the N.S.A., to serve as a stand-in for the American people and ask the uncomfortable questions.
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Sports
Arizona Stays in Race and Ends Seattle’s Home Streak
Carson Palmer overcame four interceptions, throwing a late touchdown pass that helped the Cardinals stop the Seahawks’ 14-game home winning streak.
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World
Pilot Is Found to Have Crashed Plane in Namibia Intentionally
Preliminary investigations into a November plane crash that killed all 33 people aboard showed that the pilot intentionally brought the Mozambique Airlines plane down, an aviation official said.
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Sports
Day’s Best in the N.F.L.
The top performers and key injuries in Week 16 of the N.F.L. season.
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Opinion
Reflections on the Killing of Chico Mendes 25 Years Ago
Twenty five years after the assassination of Chico Mendes, a campaigner for forests and the people who live in them, his legacy continues to shape conservation efforts on dangerous resource frontiers.
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U.S.
Under Seattle, a Big Object Blocks Bertha. What Is It?
Something unknown, engineers say, has blocked the progress of the biggest-diameter tunnel-boring machine in use on the planet.
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U.S.
Air Force Removed General Over Drunken Acts in Russia
After drinking for hours in bars, Maj. Gen. Michael J. Carey was slurring his speech and stumbling through Red Square, and he tried to force a bar band to let him play, according to a report.
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U.S.
Budget Vote Passes the Details to Two Panels
As the Senate passed a compromise deal, Republicans on the House and Senate Appropriations Committees must contend with a political right flank critical of government spending.
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World
Video: The Ambassador of Spanish Ham
Florencio Sanchidrián is said to be one of the world’s great cortadors de jamon, or Iberian ham cutters. Cutting ham is not just a profession, but an art, and Mr. Sanchidrián shows how it is done.
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World
Lawlessness on Borders Taints Progress in Myanmar
Northern and eastern areas of the country, long riven by ethnic conflict, pose a stubborn impediment to the government’s hopes for national peace.
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U.S.
California: Sonar Use to Rise in Pacific
The National Marine Fisheries Service announced that it had decided to grant the Navy permits for its plans that would intensify its sonar use in the Pacific.
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Opinion
Safer Speeds on Commuter Rail
Safety measures have been proposed, and state and federal officials should help finance those improvements.
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U.S.
Minnesota: Archbishop Denies Allegations
Archbishop John Nienstedt is stepping aside while authorities investigate an allegation that he inappropriately touched a boy’s buttocks during a 2009 group photo session.
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Science
The Big Squeeze
What happens if you crush an organic substance between diamond anvils? Researchers are finding out, with ramifications for our knowledge of Earth’s core.
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Arts
Vienna Philharmonic Revokes Nazi Honors
At its annual meeting in October, the orchestra decided to revoke the honors that had been bestowed on several Nazi officials during Hitler’s reign.
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U.S.
Beyond Fiji and Perrier, With a Water Sommelier
Michael Mascha doesn’t care so much whether the glass of water is half full or half empty; he wants to know its mineral content, hardness, pH level, vintage and virginality.
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Fashion & Style
Uh-Oh: George Clooney Is Drooling Again
A celebrity’s name may help a potential adopter form a bond with an animal, shelter directors say.
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Automobiles
South Bend, Ind., to Recall Studebaker’s 1963 Departure
Although a death anniversary of sorts, the 50-year anniversary of Studebaker closing its plant in the city will be celebrated with fireworks.
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N.Y. / Region
Carriage Driver Is Charged With Animal Cruelty
The man was arrested in Central Park after a police officer noticed him working a horse that was visibly injured.
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Sports
Australian Cyclist Tests Positive
Michael Rogers of Australia, an Olympic bronze medalist and three-time world time trial champion, tested positive for clenbuterol after racing in China.
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World
A Violent Border City’s Revival
In Ciudad Juárez, a symbol of drug war devastation, the killing has subsided, replaced by new businesses, a nightlife and hope.
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World
Partying Until Drunk and Disorderly in Britain
British officials are considering solutions as large numbers of British youths go out on the weekends to get thoroughly, blindingly and often violently drunk.
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Multimedia/Photos
Video: Times Minute | After the N.S.A. Ruling
Also on the Minute, political compromise in Tunisia and basketball diplomacy continues.Pius noises.
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World
Worry in Tunisia Over Youths Who Turn to Jihad
Concern is growing that hundreds of young Tunisians have been radicalized by Salafist mosques and trained to fight in Syria, with the potential to cause trouble at home.
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World
Lawlessness on Borders Taints Progress in Myanmar
Northern and eastern areas of the country, long riven by ethnic conflict, pose a stubborn impediment to the government’s hopes for national peace.
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The question of which budget pays the bill has stopped the project so far.
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Science
The Big Squeeze
What happens if you crush an organic substance between diamond anvils? Researchers are finding out, with ramifications for our knowledge of Earth’s core.
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N.Y. / Region
Still Unconvinced, Home Buyer? Check Out the View From the Drone
When terrestrial images simply cannot do multimillion-dollar homes justice, more agents are capturing aerial views and luring buyers with drones.
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Fashion & Style
Uh-Oh: George Clooney Is Drooling Again
A celebrity’s name may help a potential adopter form a bond with an animal, shelter directors say.
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N.Y. / Region
Federal Court Alters Rules on Judge Assignments
After questions were raised about how Judge Shira A. Scheindlin came to oversee a suit challenging New York City’s stop-and-frisk policy, a federal court announced new rules for case assignments.
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It does not matter.
We can drop a shaft from the surface to operate on the thing.
Think Olympic Peninsula.
Cold water. Marine climate. Hard rock[?] Take the ferry to the city.
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Opinion
How to Overhaul the Gas Tax
Rather than raising the gas tax to pay for road and bridge repair, we should consider a levy based on distance traveled and vehicle weight.
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U.S.
Pouring Cheese on Icy Roads in, Where Else, Wisconsin
Looking for cheaper, environmentally friendly options, Milwaukee has turned to cheese brine — a salty dairy byproduct to mix with road salt.
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Sports
Longtime Jaguar Will Retire
Brad Meester has played in Jacksonville for his entire 14-season career and is the only person to have played for all of the team’s coaches.
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U.S.
After Ruling Critical of N.S.A., Uncertain Terrain for Appeal
A definitive decision on a telephone surveillance effort seems likely, but much else is unclear, as Supreme Court opinions have pointed in opposite directions.
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Business Day
Former Trader Pleads Not Guilty in Rate-Rigging Case
Tom Hayes, a former trader at UBS and Citigroup, has been charged criminally in Britain and the United States in the scandal.
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Arts
Copyright Office Calls for Congress to Reconsider Royalties for Artists
A new report from the United States Copyright Office says the government should consider ways to give painters, sculptors and other artists a financial interest in the future sale of their work.
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Sports
Behind by 3, the Capitals Rally to Win
Alex Ovechkin scored with 48 seconds left to tie the game, and the Washington Capitals defeated the Philadelphia Flyers in a shootout.
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U.S.
When Private Firms Run Schools, Financial Secrecy Is Allowed
The boundary between public and private becomes blurred when schools contract out their management duties to private companies, which can make the ensuring of financial accountability a serious challenge.
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