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N.Y. / Region
Regulator Wants to Know How Con Ed Is Handling an Increase in Reports of Gas Leaks
The complaints have risen since a deadly explosion in Harlem, and officials are asking what expenses the company is cutting to compensate.
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Opinion
Bankrupt Housing Policy
A memoir from Timothy Geithner offers the chance to look back on the financial crisis and ask: Why didn’t the government do more to help homeowners?
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World
Lancet Study Calls for Action to Prevent Millions of Newborn Deaths
India has the highest number of newborn deaths in the world — nearly 780,000 babies under 28 days old die every year, with many deaths happening within 24 hours of birth, according to a series on newborn survival in The Lancet that was published Tuesday.
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World
U.S. Imposes New Sanctions on 12 Russians
The Obama administration said it acted over human rights abuses, including the detention of a celebrated lawyer who died in custody.
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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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Science
Mice Run for Fun, Not Just Work, Research Shows
Two researchers in the Netherlands placed exercise wheels outdoors in a garden, and tracked what happened.
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Automobiles
Wheelies: The Luxury G.M. Trucks Edition
GMC emerges as G.M.’s strongest post-bankruptcy marque; the company that bought Fisker promises to build E.V.s in the United States.
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World
Investors Await Cues on Modi's Economic Policy
Foreign and domestic investors are keenly awaiting the appointment of the finance minister and the announcement of the new government’s first budget, while keeping tabs on speculation about a possible change in leadership at the central bank.
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World
Italy: Nearly 500 Migrants Rescued Off Sicily
The Italian navy saved the migrants, including 100 children, from two fishing boats in an all-night operation on Tuesday.
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U.S.
Memo Approving Targeted Killing of U.S. Citizen to Be Released
The Obama administration said it would release much of a memo that concluded it was lawful to kill Anwar al-Awlaki, an American who was killed by a drone strike in Yemen in 2011.
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N.Y. / Region
32-Year Streak at the Garden: No Taxes Paid
A State Assembly committee will consider a bill next week to repeal a property tax exemption with no expiration date granted to Madison Square Garden.
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U.S.
Court Extends, in 2 States, Its Halt of Proof-of-Citizenship Voting Rules
The United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit has delivered a new setback to officials in Arizona and Kansas, ruling that residents there can continue registering to vote using a federal form without having to show proof of citizenship.
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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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World
Flood Danger Persists in Serbia, Threatening Power Plant
Workers have so far been unsuccessful at building a barricade of sandbags to save the coal-fired Nikola Tesla power plant that provides half of the nation’s electricity.
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N.Y. / Region
Albany Expands Effort to Cap Regulated Rents for Older Tenants
Elected officials and advocates for the aged are pushing for a public awareness campaign to ensure that tenants are taking advantage of the program.
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Opinion
Kids and ...
Three food-related themes of concern for our children, and even for ourselves. (Only one of them is fries.)
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Opinion
What AT&T’s Satellite Deal Might Mean
The company has not yet made a convincing case that buying DirecTV will be good for consumers.
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World
After Mine Disaster, a Painful Awareness of What Has Been Lost
In Turkey, where 301 men were killed when a fire tore through a coal mine last week, people are beginning to consider the costs of a new way of life that emerged over the past decade.
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U.S.
Ex-Senators on Both Sides of Aisle Join Forces on Health Care
Trent Lott, John B. Breaux and Tom Daschle support more use of remote digital technology to help care for patients.
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Health
Brain Changes in College Football Players Raise New Concerns
The brains of college football players are different from the brains of other students, a new study reports, adding to concerns that sports-related hits to the head could have lingering effects even in healthy athletes who’ve never had a concussion.
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N.Y. / Region
What if the 9/11 Museum Had to Be Evacuated?
A look at safety issues at the site honoring the 2001 terrorist attack as it opens to the public.
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World
From War Zone to Workplace, Can Veterans Fill a Void?
Could turning to the hundreds of thousands of former and reserve soldiers help meet the hiring needs of companies?
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The Upshot
How El Niño Might Alter the Political Climate
A rise in sea surface temperatures could presage a season of weather extremes, and maybe change minds about global warming.
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U.S.
Alito Orders Suspension of Execution in Missouri
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. issued an order halting the planned execution of a Missouri inmate, but the order did not offer an explanation.
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Business Day
For Schools, Long Road to a Level Playing Field
The United States, which lags most other industrial nations in educational performance, also has a persistent gulf in the test results between the rich and the poor.
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