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Medicare Payments Surge for Stents to Unblock Blood Vessels in Limbs
Some cardiologists are reaping huge reimbursements for operating to relieve blockages in peripheral veins and arteries, a treatment many may not need.U.S.
Medical Costs Rise as Retirees Winter in Florida
Data suggests that many doctors, especially those in states known as winter getaways, increase their revenues by expanding the volume of diagnostic exams.U.S.
How the Poll Was Conducted
The New York Times/Stanford University/Resources for the Future Poll on global warming is based on telephone interviews conducted Jan. 7-22 with 1,006 adults.N.Y. / Region
In Program to Spur Affordable Housing, $100 Million Penthouse Gets 95% Tax Cut
The 57th Street penthouse is a prime example in the debate over a program that offers generous tax abatements to generate apartments affordable to poor and moderate-income tenants.World
Training Teachers to Take Aim Against Taliban
Dangerous times call for unusual measures in northwestern Pakistan, where the Taliban massacred 150 people at a school in December.Business Day
Ebola Drug Trial Is Halted for Lack of Patients
Chimerix, a pharmaceutical company, had sent enough of its antiviral drug to Liberia for 140 patients, but less than 10 had shown up, underscoring the falloff of Ebola cases in Western Africa.U.S.
A Hearing on Housing in Detroit Draws a Reluctant Crowd
Wayne County officials have warned that 62,000 Detroit properties are subject to foreclosure, and hundreds of residents who are behind on their property taxes and face foreclosure sought help to save their homes.World
Israel Takes New Step to Expand West Bank Housing
The government published bids for the construction of 450 units, a move that angered the Palestinians and came amid growing tensions with the Obama administration.Arts
Promethean Fire, Smoldering Still
An enormous wildfire in August 1910 in the northern Rockies is the focus of an episode of “American Experience.”Science
Speck of Interstellar Dust Obscures Glimpse of Big Bang
A team of astronomers, after saying last spring that they had found long-sought evidence for what kicked off the big bang, now concede that more work is needed.N.Y. / Region
A Boy Praises the Principal of His Brooklyn School, and a Fund-raising Campaign Takes Off
The efforts of Mott Hall Bridges Academy, in Brownsville, Brooklyn, to educate low-income children has inspired people and spurred a campaign that has raised more than $1 million for the students.N.Y. / Region
Love, the Other Letdown
These poems about Monday evening’s storm and its relationship to romance (or the lack thereof) were found in the Missed Connections section of newyork.craigslist.org.World
As Ebola Ebbs in Africa, Focus Turns From Death to Life
New cases in Liberia, where streets were littered with the Ebola dead just a few months ago, now number in the single digits, according to the World Health Organization.World
A Silver Lining Coated in Coal Dust in Eastern Ukraine
The rebel government has lifted a ban on private coal mining, a widespread practice in the financially struggling region.Business Day
Federal Airwave Auction Brings in $44.9. Billion
The auction, wireless carriers’ largest opportunity to get access to new airwaves since 2008, began on Nov. 13, and bids soared past the reserve price of $10.1 billion in the first week.Opinion
Sheldon Silver and New York’s ‘Cauldron of Corruption’
The arrest of the Assembly speaker doesn’t let the governor and lawmakers off the hook. Here’s how they can start the cleanup.World
Litchi Toxin May Give Rise to Mysterious Epidemic in India, Inquiry Finds
An investigation of an illness that caused thousands of children to suffer convulsions, lapse into comas and die has found that a toxin found in litchi fruit may be the cause.N.Y. / Region
Large Warehouse Fire Continues to Burn in Brooklyn
Firefighters were still working Sunday to put out the seven-alarm fire at a warehouse that housed many official documents in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.Technology
Mind Your Manners, Companies Are Rating You
Companies from Uber to Airbnb are rating their customers on degrees of promptness and politeness, but who owns the data that details good and bad behavior?
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