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U.S.
Despite Protections, Miami Port Project Smothers Coral Reef in Silt
A multimillion-dollar project to expand a shipping channel at the Port of Miami has produced tons of sediment, suffocating large numbers of staghorn coral, an endangered species.Business Day
Greece Proposes Using Tourists as Tax Spies to Fill Shortfall
Athens is coming up with radical ways to fill its shortfall as it nears a deadline to meet financial obligations, including wiring tourists, students and housekeepers to catch tax evaders.World
Pakistan Honors Victims of School Massacre
Education officials in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province have renamed more than a hundred schools after the children killed last year in a Taliban attack on an army-run public school in Peshawar.Magazine
The Hardest (and Most Important) Job in Afghanistan
A week on the front lines with the Afghan National Police.
The demands of orthodoxy conflict with liberal education.
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Opinion
Don’t Kill Keystone XL. Regulate It.
Instead of fighting for or against pipelines, fight for safe infrastructure.
Hobbsian war.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellum_omnium_contra_omnes
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Business Day
Equity Firms Are Lending to Landlords, Signaling a Shift
Three large private equity firms are lending to small and midsize investors who are buying single-family homes.Magazine
Can I Hide My Beliefs During Jury Selection?
The Ethicists consider reader questions about honesty in the courtroom, parking spots and the guilt-inducing coins mailed to us by charities.Opinion
The Cost of Paying Attention
Clean air makes it possible to breathe. Silence makes it possible to think.
"I think that I shall never see
a billboard lovely as a tree.
Perhaps, unless the billboards fall,
I'll never see a tree at all."
a billboard lovely as a tree.
Perhaps, unless the billboards fall,
I'll never see a tree at all."
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World
Netanyahu May Gain Only a Fleeting Lift From His Speech, Experts Say
Supporters say Israel’s prime minister is playing his strong card, but opponents say he is scaring voters while offering few hopeful solutions leading to the March 17 elections.
U.S.
C.I.A. to Be Overhauled to Fight Modern Threats
The C.I.A. director, John O. Brennan, said the restructuring of the 67-year-old agency would improve its success against modern global threats.Style
Frozen Yoga? It’s Snowga
The latest version is often a mash-up with sports like skiing and snowshoeing.
N.Y. / Region
At D’Amico Coffee Roasters, Old and New Brooklyn Meet
Old-timers at D’Amico’s, a Carroll Gardens coffee shop, are happy to chat with the younger customers bearing computers or strollers.Business Day
Pension Funds Trail Individuals in Embracing Index Funds
As more individuals pour money into index funds, institutions like pension funds and endowments have been slower to follow suit.N.Y. / Region
Columbia Graduate Students Push for a Labor Union
Over half of the university’s graduate teaching and research assistants have signed forms saying they want to unionize, but the university says that treating students as employees could hurt their education.
Opinion
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