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Sports

Roger Goodell Testifies at Ray Rice’s Appeal Hearing

By KEN BELSON | Nov 5th 2014

At the hearing, which was expected to last at least another day, Rice argued that the N.F.L. had acted inconsistently and unfairly.

Football; Domestic Violence; Stadiums and Arenas 

• Women's Basketball

Women's College Basketball

No games scheduled for Nov 6, 2014

The season will start in another week or two.

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U.S.

Kuwaiti Released From Guantánamo Under New Review System

By CHARLIE SAVAGE | Nov 5th 2014

Fawzi al Odah is only the second low-level prisoner to be released this year, and is the first transfer under a new system of parole-board-like hearings to periodically review cases.

Detainees; Afghanistan War (2001- ); United States Politics and Government 

He has been in a box for thirteen years.

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World

Catalonia to Defy Court With Independence Straw Poll

By RAPHAEL MINDER | Nov 4th 2014

Catalan leaders vowed to challenge the Spanish government on the grounds that it had violated the right of Catalans to decide their own future.

Referendums 

Catalonia is not sovereign.

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World

At Golan Heights, Israel Eyes Syria Chaos

By JODI RUDOREN | Nov 5th 2014

A general said that for now neither the rebels nor President Bashar al-Assad of Syria and Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite militia assisting him, were interested in engaging Israel.

Defense and Military Forces; Terrorism; Improvised Explosive Devices 

Islam does not separate the civil and the religious powers.

Judaism also does not separate the powers though they recognize the need.

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World

Washington Denies a Role in Yemeni Unrest

By KAREEM FAHIM | Nov 5th 2014

Supporters of the former Yemeni president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, accused the United States ambassador to Yemen of demanding that Mr. Saleh leave the country.

United States International Relations 

The Yemeni are seeing things.

There may be a core of fact to their visions.

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Business Day

Election Day Entailed Casting Votes for Soda Taxes and Food Issues Too

By STEPHANIE STROM | Nov 5th 2014

Food and biotech companies spent $60 million battling proposals dealing with what Americans can and cannot eat and drink.

Food; Beverages; Soft Drinks; Voting and Voters; Sales and Excise Taxes; Obesity

Small victories and defeats.

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World

Calls Grow to Broaden Search for Next U.N. Leader

By SOMINI SENGUPTA | Nov 5th 2014

Follow the Charter.

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N.Y. / Region

Posing as Rikers Guard, Investigator Smuggled in Contraband, Inquiry Finds

By MICHAEL WINERIP and MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ | Nov 6th 2014

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Magazine

Inside the Vigilante Fight Against Boko Haram

By ALEXIS OKEOWO | Nov 5th 2014

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Technology

Microsoft Changes Tack, Making Office Suite Free on Mobile

By NICK WINGFIELD | Nov 6th 2014

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Business Day

Effort Begins for More Say on Directors

By GRETCHEN MORGENSON | Nov 5th 2014

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Your Money

Ways to Increase Your Wealth When Your Income Is Flat

By CARL RICHARDS | Nov 3rd 2014

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World

Egyptian Journalists Protest Editors’ Pledge Not to Criticize State

By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK | Nov 2nd 2014

Hundreds objected to a statement from top newspaper editors that they would refrain from publishing articles critical of the government during a time of fierce fighting with militant extremists.

Freedom of the Press; News and News Media; Censorship 

Another group silenced.

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Automobiles

Ford Shows Off the All-Aluminum F-150

By BENJAMIN PRESTON | Nov 5th 2014

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N.Y. / Region

Princeton Mishandled Sexual Misconduct and Discrimination Cases, U.S. Inquiry Finds

By ARIEL KAMINER | Nov 5th 2014

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World

The Right to Say ‘God’ Divides a Diverse Nation

By THOMAS FULLER | Nov 3rd 2014

Business Day

Procter & Gamble Accused of Tax Fraud by Argentina

By REUTERS | Nov 3rd 2014

Argentina said the world’s No. 1 household products maker was hiding income and overbilling $138 million in imports to get money out of the country.

Frauds and Swindling; Tax Evasion

Argentina is still in default.

World

In Love With a Priest: Support Groups Spread

By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO | Nov 5th 2014

Challengers point to a shortage of Roman Catholic priests and to studies that show celibacy is a deterrent for young men wanting to enter the priesthood.

Celibacy; Priests; Marriages

“The only problem is having to sneak around.”

Science

Fossil’s Unusual Size and Location Offer Clues in Evolution of Mammals

By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD | Nov 5th 2014

The skull fossil is from a newly discovered extinct species, Vintana, similar to groundhogs, that lived in the time of the dinosaurs, and is only the third mammal fossil found in the Southern Hemisphere.

Paleontology; Groundhogs; Dinosaurs; Evolution (Biology); Mammals; Fossils

Interesting.   

World

Vojislav Seselj, on Trial for War Crimes, Is Offered Temporary Release

By MARLISE SIMONS | Nov 5th 2014

The principle of the presumption of innocence allows his treatment.

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