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Sports
New York Revives Talk of Hosting the 2024 Games
Government officials have held “very preliminary” talks about the possibility of New York City bidding for the 2024 Summer Games, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said this week.
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U.S.
Lem Johns, Who Guarded Johnson in Dallas, Dies at 88
Mr. Johns, a Secret Service agent, received an award for his actions in responding to the sound of gunfire when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
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World
Scraping for Sea Delicacy, and a Meager Living
People who live along the rocky Galician coastline of Spain must fight poachers and dangerous conditions in the hunt for barnacles.
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Opinion
The Rise of Antibiotic Resistance
The pharmaceutical industry must be encouraged to develop new drugs to supplement those that are losing their effectiveness.
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U.S.
Paul Diverges From His Party Over Voter ID
Senator Rand Paul broke with fellow Republicans by saying that the focus on stricter voting laws to crack down on fraud alienates African-Americans and hurts the party.
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Science
New Neurons Found to Overwrite Old Memories
The loss of childhood memories may be the result of the constant birth of new neurons in the brain, research with rodents suggests.
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U.S.
Wisconsin: Judge Halts Campaign Inquiry Again
For the second time this week, a federal judge on Thursday halted an investigation into possible campaign finance law violations by conservative groups in Wisconsin and Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign committee.
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Sports
Tennessee Avoids N.C.A.A. Penalties
Tennessee’s football program has improved its academic progress to the point that it will not face punishment from the N.C.A.A.
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U.S.
U.S. Mines Personal Health Data to Find the Vulnerable in Emergencies
A Medicare pilot program aims to use vast volumes of government data to direct assistance to potentially vulnerable people, but it has raised privacy concerns.
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Real Estate
A Trail Helps Open Up a Dallas Neighborhood to New Development
The Katy Trail, built on former railroad property, is a key part of the transformation of Uptown into a “live, work, play” district.
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World
Colin Pillinger, Who Set Europe’s Eye on Space, Dies at 70
Dr. Pillinger led a shoestring effort to put a European lander on Mars. It failed to reach the planet, but the mission elevated space exploration in Europe.
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Science
A Very High-Flying Scotsman
Virgin Galactic’s David Mackay, the chief pilot for the world’s first airline to space, has kept working his way there despite growing up in a country without a space program.
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U.S.
Judge Upholds Ban an Assault Weapons
A federal judge on Thursday upheld a Washington gun law that bans assault weapons and requires owners of other firearms to follow certain registration requirements.
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U.S.
Veterans Affairs Secretary to Face Senate Questions on Delayed Care
Eric Shinseki may not respond in any detail to questions about what happened at the Phoenix Veterans Affairs Medical Center, where reports of secret waiting lists first emerged.
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Business Day
Andreessen Horowitz Bets on a Government Software Start-Up
OpenGov, a start-up that sells software to help local governments manage data, said it had received about $15 million in a financing round led by Andreessen Horowitz.
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U.S.
Alaska: Lawsuit Over Marriage Ban
Five couples filed a lawsuit in federal court in Anchorage on Monday, challenging Alaska’s ban on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional.
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World
China's Demand Threatens Rare Hardwoods in Mekong
A new report by the Environmental Investigation Agency says that illegal logging and corruption have contributed to the near extinction of Siamese rosewood, a rare tropical hardwood found in the Mekong region.
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