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Philadelphia Casino Project Adds to Frenzy in Northeast Gambling Market
The rush to build casinos is only intensifying in the region, which is widely regarded as the most competitive market in the country despite flat or falling gambling revenues.U.S.
More Judges Question Use of Fake Drugs in Sting Cases
A number of judges have questioned a federal agency’s tactic of “stash-house stings,” saying it draws small-time criminals into major crimes.World
Dutch Investigators Collect Debris From Malaysian Plane Downed Over Ukraine
The wreckage from the Malaysia Airlines jet that was shot down will be sent to the Netherlands, where officials will study it as part of the investigation.Business Day
Judge Rejects Overhaul of Illinois’s Beleaguered State Pension System
The law, passed in 2013, was found to violate a clause of the state’s Constitution declaring pensions to be contracts that the state cannot impair.Opinion
Peru Prepares to Host Climate Talks as its Indigenous Forest Defenders Die
The resource rush on Peru’s Amazon frontier is exacting a rising toll on indigenous communities, a rights group warns.
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Snakes Leave Identity Within Their Fang Marks
DNA information can show what kind of antivenin to use, or if one is even needed.World
Berlin After the Wall: A Microcosm of the World’s Chaotic Change
Twenty-five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the city’s identity is still a work in progress.Sports
Bulls’ Derrick Rose Takes a Seat, and a Stand
Rose, the former M.V.P. and Chicago’s starting point guard, should be applauded, not pilloried, for the long view he has taken with his health.| Women's College Basketball | ||
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Video: Strangers at Sea
Without ever having sailed together before, Ryan Breymaier and Pepe Ribes crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a 60-foot monohull, one of five boats in the June 2014, IMOCA Ocean Masters New York to Barcelona race.N.Y. / Region
With Bold Park Plan, Mogul Hopes to Leave Mark on New York’s West Side
Barry Diller, the billionaire chairman of IAC/InterActiveCorp, has pledged $130 million toward a park and performance space that would sit atop a platform off the Hudson River shoreline.Business Day
The Fight for $15.37 an Hour
Forces both inside and outside the traditional labor movement united to campaign for a higher minimum wage for hotel workers in Los Angeles.Science
So Far Away, Yet So Near to Us
Even no-nonsense scientists and engineers find themselves personalizing their surrogate explorers.Opinion
NASA CO2 Animation Recalls 1859 Account of the Global Flow of this Gas
A new NASA visualization and an 1859 account by America’s first oceanographer make the same point about carbon dioxide.N.Y. / Region
New York Chancellor Is Criticized for Remarks on Charter Schools
Carmen Fariña said at a conference that some charter schools push students out before they take state tests and later replace them with high-scoring children.U.S.
A Push for Legal Aid in Civil Cases Finds Its Advocates
An experiment in California is providing legal help to low-income renters who otherwise would have faced their landlords, and the landlords’ lawyers, alone in court.World
With Borscht and Rifle Scopes, Volunteers Power Ukraine Forces
Volunteers are offering not only support but at least a glimmer of hope that poorly funded Ukrainian government troops can hold their own.Opinion
From Profits to Politics
Americans soured on government are giving a different breed of leaders a chance.World
Thousands of Iraq Chemical Weapons Destroyed in Open Air, Watchdog Says
A report by a watchdog group reveals the United States recovered thousands of chemical weapons in Iraq from 2004 to 2009 and destroyed almost all of them in secret and via open-air detonation.Health
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