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World
North Korea Displays Another Captured Missionary
A South Korean man said in a staged news conference that he was working for South Korean intelligence and called himself a “criminal.”
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Science
Stupider With Monogamy
Generations later, fruit flies required to be monogamous were slower learners than flies that mated the usual way, biologists found.
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Home & Garden
Matters of Taste
More than ever, food is a promising frontier for designers working with scientists, technologists and, yes, even chefs.
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N.Y. / Region
Contracts for Milk in New York City Schools Are Flagged
An audit shows no direct evidence of wrongdoing, but the city comptroller said it was curious how four milk distributors won and then delivered on $134 million in school contracts in 2008.
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Movies
The Gender Gap in Screen Time
Statistical data about movies uncovers some curious results: This year’s Oscar-nominated leading actors average 85 minutes on screen, but lead actresses average only 57.
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Sports
Test in Northwestern Case: Is College Football a Job?
In a hearing before the National Labor Relations Board in Chicago, Northwestern players have laid out an argument that they are employees entitled to unionize.
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SEALS are not good at garrison duty.
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World
Civilians Flee as Violence Worsens in South Sudan
One month after a cease-fire was signed, residents and aid groups say they had increasingly become victims of the warring sides, who attack homes and hospitals alike.
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World
Syria War Stirs New U.S. Debate on Cyberattacks
Considerations that led President Obama to hesitate about using cyberweapons against Syria reflect larger concerns about a new and untested tactic.
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N.Y. / Region
Two Sexual Assaults Are Reported at Yale
The Yale University Police Department has received anonymous reports that two undergraduate students were sexually assaulted at an off-campus party this month, the university said on Friday.
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Business Day
Tech Industry to Gather; Commerce Dept. to Release New Estimate
The mobile industry will convene this week in Barcelona at the Mobile World Congress, and the Commerce Department will give a second estimate for fourth-quarter economic growth.Red Spreads
Uh-oh. Chinese equivalents of the TED spread and other gauges of financial stress in the US have widened sharply. The widening in the TED spread was one of the key reasons I was already very scared in late 2007. If past is prologue, we should be very worried about China now."
No posts today. No note on why.
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Sports
Brain Trauma Extends to the Soccer Field
Researchers found C.T.E., a disease linked to football and boxing, in a soccer player who loved to head the ball, although they said the cause was inconclusive.
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U.S.
California: NASA Aids Drought War
NASA scientists have begun deploying satellites and other technology to help California water officials assess the state’s record drought.
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U.S.
Ted Nugent Apologizes for Obama Insult
The musician said he regretted referring to President Obama as a “subhuman mongrel,” but the Texas attorney general, with whom Mr. Nugent has been campaigning, has ignored calls for his own apology.
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Opinion
Locked Away in Immigration Jails
Locking detainees up indefinitely is not a path to a more rational immigration system.
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Health
New F.D.A. Nutrition Labels Would Make ‘Serving Sizes’ Reflect Actual Servings
The Food and Drug Administration will propose major changes to nutrition labels on food packages, including more prominent calorie counts and the adjustment of some portion sizes.
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N.Y. / Region
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