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N.Y. / Region
Ex-Christie Aide Tells of Push to Win Over Fort Lee’s Mayor
The testimony seemed to run contrary to the governor’s statements in the lane-closing scandal that Mayor Mark Sokolich had never been on his “radar screen.”
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Business Day
Deloitte Partner Sanctioned Over Conflict of Interest With Casino Client
The Securities and Exchange Commission says James T. Adams was borrowing and losing tens of thousands of dollars at a casino owned by a company he helped to audit while he was a partner at Deloitte.
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Health
Study Gives E-Cigarettes Edge in Helping Smokers Quit
Researchers found that smokers were more likely to quit if they used electronic cigarettes rather than therapies like nicotine patches or gum.
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Your Money
It’s a Must-Have Book, Even if You Never Read It
People may buy Thomas Piketty’s “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” just to say they have a copy. How many will read and understand all 698 pages?
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World
U.N. Seeking More Ways to Distribute Aid in Syria
The United Nations is under pressure to ratchet up aid to nongovernmental organizations that can operate in the vast swaths of Syria under opposition control.
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World
Abbas Meets in London With Israeli Negotiator
The president of the Palestinian Authority spoke with Israel’s justice minister in the first known face-to-face talks between the two sides since peace negotiations collapsed last month.
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World
Video: Video of Palestinians Killed at Protest
Video of two shootings taken from a security camera in the West Bank was released by Defense for Children International Palestine, a human-rights group.
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N.Y. / Region
Providing for the Dead
Gary Gotlin, the Staten Island public administrator, arranges burials of unclaimed bodies, saving them from mass graves in a potter’s field.
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World
U.S. Initiative on Hunger Aids Millions, Report Finds
The Feed the Future program operates in 19 countries and has had the greatest success in Senegal, Bangladesh and Honduras, the report found.
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Opinion
Race and the Law
A reader compares the viewpoints of Michelle Obama and Justice Clarence Thomas.
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Science
A Math App That Offers an Unusual Human Touch
Tabtor offers, along with the usual sums, something seemingly unique: an instructor who tracks a child’s progress and offers feedback.
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Technology
Microsoft Enlarges Surface’s Screen So It Can Be Used for Work, Too
The company is marketing its Surface Pro 3 tablet, which will have a 12-inch screen, as the combination of a laptop computer and a tablet so people can use it for tasks as well as entertainment.
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Higher end-user costs and less flexibility.
Eventually the imposition of a regulated monopoly.
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Arts
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