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Is Your Babysitter an Employee? It Matters to Tax Liability
The I.R.S. has strict criteria on when a worker should be considered an employee, and it’s not just the difference between a babysitter and a nanny.N.Y. / Region
N.Y.U. Professor Is Barred by United Arab Emirates
Andrew Ross, who teaches at the New York campus and specializes in labor issues, has been an open critic of the poor treatment of migrant laborers in the monarchy.Health
Breast Biopsies Leave Room for Doubt, Study Finds
Breast biopsies are good at telling the difference between healthy tissue and cancer, but less reliable for identifying more subtle abnormalities, a new study finds.Science
Hold the Calcium Supplements
Should women stop taking calcium supplements after menopause, because of a danger of heart attack and stroke?Business Day
Pointing Fingers in Apple Pay Fraud
Some of the nation’s banks are privately complaining that Apple Pay may not be so great after all, but the banks may largely have themselves to blame.
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U.S.
Secret Service Inquiry Follows Agents’ Crash at White House
The latest occurrence follows a series of scandals and mishaps for the agency, including an embarrassing history with drinking episodes.
Another attempt to block civil marriage and discriminate against gays.
Business Day
Apple Said to Plan Limited, Low-Cost Streaming Service
The service, which could be announced later this year, would offer a bundle of channels that is smaller and cheaper than a typical cable subscription, according to people briefed on the plans.Science
Why Icicles Look the Way They Do
An atlas, not surprisingly out of Canada, documents the drip, drip, drip that determines those curious and beautiful shapes.
G.M. made their troubles.
A success story.
Opinion
Failure to Thrive
The plant was a thoughtful gift, but it’s too beautiful, too vibrant, to be trapped in this depression den.U.S.
Wisconsin: Unions Sue to Stop Law Halting Dues Collection
The state A.F.L.-C.I.O. and two local unions filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to at least temporarily block a new law barring unions from requiring workers to pay the equivalent of dues.Health
Preparing for Ebola, but Stopping Lassa Fever
When the disease killing residents of Benin turned out to be Lassa fever, the World Health Organization used protocols for Ebola to stem the illness.Technology
Bento Wants to Be Your App Matchmaker
Bento is one of a number of start-ups that are trying to re-imagine search for mobile phones by anticipating what you want to do with your device.
It is time to do taxes.
Business Day
Premera Blue Cross Says Data Breach Exposed Medical Data
The insurer said that a cyberattack affecting 11 million customers in the Northwest may include claims data, including clinical information.U.S.
Louisiana: Jindal Seeks to Sell Rights to Tobacco Deal
Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration moved ahead Tuesday with a plan to sell the state’s remaining share of a huge tobacco settlement.Science
Memories Weaken Without Reinforcement, Study Finds
A report shows that people’s ability to remember something and the pattern of brain activity that thing generates both appear to diminish when a competing memory gets stronger.Business Day
Alibaba Is Said to Invest $200 Million in Snapchat
The latest fund-raising places the messaging start-up squarely among the most richly valued private tech companies in Silicon Valley.U.S.
Penn State Fraternity’s Secret Facebook Photos May Lead to Criminal Charges
A clandestine website — with its images of drugs, hazing and nude, unconscious women — was the subject of a police inquiry that this month led to suspensions of the fraternity’s Penn State chapter.Business Day
Apple Said to Plan Limited, Low-Cost Streaming Service
The service, which could be announced later this year, would offer a bundle of channels that is smaller and cheaper than a typical cable subscription, according to people briefed on the plans.U.S.
Pardons Elude Men Freed After Decades in North Carolina Prison
Henry L. McCollum and Leon Brown have clung to a minimal existence, absent substantive remuneration, counseling or public aid in transitioning back to society.
Streetcars are not a good solution.
They are better than others.
Business Day
Failed by Law and Courts, Troops Come Home to Repossessions
Deployed service members often cannot sue lenders for violating laws that protect them from repossessions and foreclosures because of legal language that forces them into arbitration.Opinion
Dark Money, Blurred Principles
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s decision to play the big-money, outside-influence game in a city with an exemplary campaign-finance law is disheartening.
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