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Business Day
Amazon Unveils E-Book Subscription Service, With Some Notable Absences
The Internet retailer is entering a competitive field, but is bundling its audiobook library into the service for a decided edge.
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Business Day
Frack Quietly, Please: Sage Grouse Is Nesting
The greater sage grouse might be declared an endangered species, restricting development of its habitat, leading the energy industry and the government to try to save the bird.
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Opinion
Real Adventurers Read Maps
Listening to a GPS takes all the action and serendipity out of travel.
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Health
Yehuda Nir, a Psychiatrist and Holocaust Survivor, Dies at 84
As a child, Dr. Nir had to masquerade as a Roman Catholic in German-occupied Poland, an ordeal that he turned into a well-received memoir and that guided him in treating victims of trauma.
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U.S.
Next Gold Rush: Legal Marijuana Feeds Entrepreneurs’ Dreams
Many investors and job-seekers are flocking to Washington and Colorado to take advantage of the legal marijuana industry, but the risks can be high and the rewards nonexistent.
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Business Day
Shake-Up on Opium Island
Tasmania, with its huge poppy crop, is the top producer of a crucial raw material in prescription drugs. But companies fear that they depend too much on that harvest.
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Science
A Call to Fight Malaria One Mosquito at a Time by Altering DNA
Two papers published Thursday say the procedure, known as Crispr, can have wide benefits. But other experts worry about unintended consequences.
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Opinion
Pakistan’s Struggle Against Polio
The international community must pay more attention if the uncontrolled outbreak is to be contained.
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World
Turkey: New Law May Advance Peace Talks With Kurdish Group
President Abdullah Gul approved a law on Tuesday for peace talks with Kurdish militants in an important step toward ending a three-decade insurgency.
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U.S.
Across a Grocery Chain, a Labor Protest in Support of a Manager
The ouster of the president of Market Basket stores has spawnedprotests, as a longtime feud between cousins engulfs employees.
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World
Haiti: A U.N. Cholera ‘Pilgrimage’
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon of the United Nations visited Haiti on Monday and sought to assure Haitians that he was committed to ending a cholera epidemic “as quickly as possible,” but he did not acknowledge his organization’s possible complicity in causing it, the subject of at least two lawsuits filed in the United States.
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World
5 Bombs Explode in Baghdad as Dispute Continues With Jordan
The dispute centered on a meeting held in Amman, the Jordanian capital, by 11 Iraqi Sunni groups, including some that are actively fighting the Iraqi government.
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World
During a closely scripted ceremony, President Bashar al-Assad swore on the Quran to respect the Constitution as he embarked on his third seven-year term as president of a country mired in a war.
Assad Begins a Third Term in Syria, Vowing to Look After Its People
I will believe it after it happens.
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Business Day
Volkswagen to Add S.U.V. Line to Chattanooga Plant
The creation of the new production line, for a vehicle the automaker hopes will reverse slumping sales, was a factor in an acrimonious unionization vote.
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U.S.
Video: In Mexico, a Stalled Journey
While thousands of child migrants from Central America have crossed the Rio Grande to U.S. soil, thousands more don’t make it that far. Many end up detained or broke in towns like Reynosa, Mexico.
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Business Day
Margaret Low Smith to Leave NPR for The Atlantic
The departure of Ms. Smith, NPR’s senior vice president for news since 2011, comes two weeks after the arrival of Jarl Mohn as NPR chief executive.
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U.S.
California: Giant Snails Seized at Airport
Customs inspectors at Los Angeles International Airport seized a shipment of several dozen live giant African snails.
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U.S.
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