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N.Y. / Region
In a New Role, a Champion of the Homeless Looks to Prove His Critics Wrong
Steven Banks, the commissioner of the Human Resources Administration, wants to take the nation’s largest municipal poverty agency in a new direction.
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Business Day
Independent Music Labels Are in a Battle With YouTube
The labels say they are being offered subpar terms for streaming contracts with YouTube, which is building its own subscription music service.
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U.S.
Alaska: Rain May Help Quell Huge Fire
Officials said that rain forecast for this week may help crews gain control over a large, wind-whipped wildfire that forced dozens of people to flee to shelters.
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N.Y. / Region
Budget Woes May Hurt Christie More Than Bridge Scandal
Still recovering from the bridge scandal, Gov. Chris Christie is encountering further criticism as New Jersey faces a $2.7 billion budget hole and another credit-rating downgrade.
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Opinion
The Secret Shame of the Death Penalty
If capital punishment weren’t carried out behind closed doors, its barbarity, whatever the methods, would be made clear to the public.
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Sports
Bill Clears Way for Blatche to Play for the Philippines
Andray Blatche, who has no Filipino roots, answered an invitation seeking N.B.A. players willing to represent the country in the FIBA World Cup in August and September.
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Business Day
A Ruling's Chilling Effect on Corporate Litigation
A Delaware state court ruling over changes in corporate bylaws that would shift responsibility over legal fees to the losing party is causing quite a stir in the legal profession, Steven M. Davidoff writes in the Deal Professor.
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U.S.
The Law of the Land, Edited
The Supreme Court has been quietly revising its decisions, sometimes years after they were issued.
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N.Y. / Region
Evacuation at Sept. 11 Museum Is Revealed
Last week, five days before it opened to the public, the National September 11 Memorial Museum was briefly evacuated, sending dozens of startled visitors scrambling up seven stories to daylight.
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Health
Information Not on the Label
The F.D.A. still does not require that food products made with genetically modified plants be identified, despite public backing of such labels, but food buyers have options.
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U.S.
Colorado: Three Men Disappear After Mudslide
Rescuers searched Monday for three men after a half-mile stretch of a ridge saturated with rain collapsed, sending mud sliding in a remote part of western Colorado.
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Health
Speaking Up About an Uncomfortable Condition
With more awareness about the risk factors of inflammatory bowel diseases like Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis, those with a genetic predisposition can take precautions.
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World
Hague Court Sentences Congolese Warlord to 12 Years for Role in Tribal Massacre
Germain Katanga is only the second person to be convicted by the International Criminal Court in the decade since its work began.
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N.Y. / Region
In Complaint, Activists Seek Audit of New York Police Surveillance
After reports that the Police Department secretly monitored political groups, several are requesting a review of its intelligence-gathering operations.
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U.S.
Unlikely Allies Uniting to Fight School Changes
Teachers, lawmakers and parents from the left and right are banding together to fight against new high-stakes standardized tests and other hot-button policies in public education.
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Opinion
The C.I.A.’s Deadly Ruse in Pakistan
A sham vaccination program produced a lethal backlash in the country, leaving dozens of murdered workers and fearful parents shunning polio vaccine.
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U.S.
Court Rules Against Florida I.Q. Rule in Death Cases
The Supreme Court said the state was being too rigid when it said anyone with an I.Q. of 71 or over is not eligible to be spared the death penalty on account of intellectual disabilities.
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Opinion
Aiding Turkey’s Gay Inmates
Ankara’s proposal to segregate gay, lesbian and transgender prisoners will do more harm than good.
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Opinion
A Surveillance Bill That Falls Short
It’s up to the Senate now to fix the flaws in a House bill and protect Americans from the abuses of government spying.
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Real Estate
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