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Automobiles
Highlights From the Chicago Auto Show
Subaru, Kia, BMW and Nissan were among the automakers to unveil production vehicles and concepts at this year’s show.
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Opinion
Calling All Candidates
Scott Brown is shirtless and on the front page of newspapers this week. It’s definitely an election year!
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U.S.
Bond Hearing Is Held in Killing at Theater
After fatally shooting a fellow moviegoer after an argument over texting, a retired Florida police captain said, “I can’t believe what I’ve done,” a witness testified.
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Automobiles
Wheelies: The Sorry, Ferrari Edition
High-end luxury automakers, except Ferrari, enjoy strong sales; a G.M.-Isuzu diesel engine joint venture receives $60 million in upgrade money.
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N.Y. / Region
Biden Compares La Guardia Airport to ‘Third World’
Vice President Joseph R. Biden says La Guardia Airport in New York could use some major improvements.| Fiorello H. La Guardia | |
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| 99th Mayor of New York City[1] | |
| In office January 1, 1934 – December 31, 1945 |
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| Preceded by | John P. O'Brien |
| Succeeded by | William O'Dwyer |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 20th district |
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| In office March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933 |
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| Preceded by | Isaac Siegel |
| Succeeded by | James J. Lanzetta |
| 10th President of the New York City Board of Aldermen | |
| In office January 1, 1920 – December 31, 1921 |
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| Preceded by | Robert L. Moran |
| Succeeded by | Murray Hulbert |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 14th district |
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| In office March 4, 1917 – December 31, 1919 |
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| Preceded by | Michael F. Farley |
| Succeeded by | Nathan D. Perlman |
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| Born | Fiorello Enrico LaGuardia December 11, 1882 Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York, United States |
| Died | September 20, 1947 (aged 64) Bronx, New York, United States |
| Political party | Republican |
| Profession | Politician |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
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U.S.
Party Predictions Differ in Texas on Impact of New Voter ID Law
Texas’s new voter ID law will be tested again in the March 4 primary, with Democrats predicting a day of confusion and Republicans saying such concerns are overblown.
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World
Desperate for Clean Air, Delhi Residents Experiment with Solutions
Air purifiers, indoor plants and masks are just some of the ways people in the Indian capital have tried to keep pollution out of their lungs.
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U.S.
92 Air Force Officers Suspended for Cheating on Their Missile Exam
Air Force officials say they have retested about 500 launch officers at the nation’s three bases that oversee the country’s arsenal of 450 intercontinental ballistic missiles, and that all but 22 of them passed.
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World
Iraqi Tribes to Take Lead in Falluja Fight, U.S. Says
Brett McGurk, a top State Department official, provided new details about the Iraqi government’s effort to regain control of a key Sunni city now occupied by jihadists.
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Sports
Crosby Leads Penguins Over Sabres
Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist, leading the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins to a 5-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres.
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Science
E.P.A. Staff Struggling to Create Pollution Rule
Success could result in the most significant action taken by the United States to curb climate change. But it will not come easily.
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World
South Africa: Nine Miners Missing
South African emergency workers rescued eight miners trapped in Harmony Gold’s Doornkop mine but a search went on for nine others still unaccounted for more than a day later.
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Opinion
The Stories We Tell
The story about a pending abortion case is less about a grandmother counseling women than it is a claim by religion for primacy in the public square.
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Automobiles
Wheelies: The Carrot and Stick Edition
With demand overtaking supply, Mercedes-Benz is rescinding incentives and raising prices; Renault introduces a tiny, drone-equipped off-road car.
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Opinion
Calling All Candidates
Scott Brown is shirtless and on the front page of newspapers this week. It’s definitely an election year!
2
Automobiles
Highlights From the Chicago Auto Show
Subaru, Kia, BMW and Nissan were among the automakers to unveil production vehicles and concepts at this year’s show.
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Opinion
A Missing Argument on Contraceptives
Allowing employers to duck the birth control insurance mandate would violate the establishment clause, which enforces the separation of church and state.
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U.S.
‘Aid in Dying’ Movement Takes Hold in Some States
Advocates of the practice, who have learned not to use the term “assisted suicide,” say it is a notion whose time has come.
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Automobiles
Pope Francis’ Harley-Davidson Sells for $327,000 at Paris Auction
Money from the sale of the bike, which was donated to the Vatican by Harley-Davidson, will benefit a soup kitchen in Rome.
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Opinion
A Conversation on Tobacco and Coal Exports and Moral Responsibility
A discussion of the moral aspects of trade in tobacco and fossil fuels.
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Business Day
Caribbean Islands Agree to Swap Diesel Power for Renewable Sources
Several countries signed a pact to start replacing diesel generators, the most common means of producing electricity on islands, with other sources.
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N.Y. / Region
’70s Photorealism: Revived and Still Relevant
An exhibit on view at Yale University Art Gallery suggests how photorealism, an offshoot of Pop Art, has remained influential, sometimes under different auspices, in recent art.
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Science
E.P.A. Staff Struggling to Create Pollution Rule
Success could result in the most significant action taken by the United States to curb climate change. But it will not come easily.
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U.S.
Party Predictions Differ in Texas on Impact of New Voter ID Law
Texas’s new voter ID law will be tested again in the March 4 primary, with Democrats predicting a day of confusion and Republicans saying such concerns are overblown.
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N.Y. / Region
Russia Blocks Yogurt Bound for U.S. Athletes
The Russian government has kept from the United States Olympic team a shipment of Chobani yogurt, a booming business in upstate New York.
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U.S.
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