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Science
By KENNETH CHANG | Jun 4, 2013
Recent developments in health and science news.
This week: reviving plants from the Little Ice Age, a crowdfunded space
telescope and photographs of molecular change.
Mars (Planet);
Chemistry;
Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011);
Crowdfunding (Internet);
Interesting.
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Science
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY | Jun 4, 2013
No muscle usually attaches to a hip or knee implant, instead the link is made either with cement or directly to the bone.
Implants;
Muscles;
Hips;
Knees;
Tendons are high stress parts. Fixing them is done by replacement.
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Opinion
By FRANK BRUNI | Jun 4, 2013
Buggy, muggy and way too long, summer has arrived, and I’m ready for it to go.
Summer (Season);
Seasons and Months;
Weather;
Swim at night. Sit in the deep shade.
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Opinion
By ANDREW C. REVKIN | Jun 3, 2013
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Business Day
By PETER J. HENNING | Jun 3, 2013
In the past, the Securities and Exchange
Commission relied mainly on the market to flag accounting problems at
companies that would lead to an investigation. Now, it is devising new
programs to be more proactive.
Accounting and
Accountants; Company
Reports; Securities and
Commodities Violations;
Window dressing must be profitable.
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World
By TIM ARANGO | Jun 4, 2013
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is facing his
worst political crisis in more than a decade of power, and he seems
little inclined to change his approach.
Demonstrations,
Protests, and Riots;
Muslims and Islam;
Freedom of Speech and Expression;
Censorship;
Islam provides no legitimacy for civil government.
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Fashion & Style
By LISA SCHLESINGER | Jun 2, 2013
Hypothetically, donating sperm so friends can have a baby is a simple decision.
Pregnancy and
Childbirth; Babies and
Infants; Parenting;
Homosexuality;
. . . yes
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Business Day
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG | Jun 2, 2013
In 16 years, Thomas Donohue has transformed the
U.S. Chamber of Commerce into a lobbying powerhouse — and into a much
more political animal.
Lobbying and Lobbyists;
United States Politics
and Government;
Immigration and Emigration;
Political Advertising;
Small Business;
Citizens United v Federal Election Commission (Supreme Court Decision);
Corporations do not have the vote.
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Business Day
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Jun 1, 2013
Lower gasoline prices and warmer weather, which meant lower spending on utilities, contributed to the decline.
Consumer Behavior;
United States Economy;
Consumer Confidence (Economic
Indicator); Income;
Labor and Jobs;
Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates);
Oil (Petroleum) and
Gasoline;
Not good news. We are still in depression.
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Real Estate
By LISA PREVOST | Jun 2, 2013
Most foreign buyers in New York opt to pay in cash, but with mortgage rates low, more are seeking to finance their purchases.
Mortgages;
Banking and Financial Institutions;
Foreign Investments;
Real Estate and Housing
(Residential);
One must have an income to support a loan.
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Health
By ABIGAIL ZUGER, M.D. | Jun 4, 2013
Two new books offer insights on trying to bend mind and matter to stop or reverse the ravages of time.
Longevity;
Books and Literature;
Elderly;
Neither of us is a child.
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Science
By DOUGLAS QUENQUA | Jun 4, 2013
Researchers at Rockefeller University report that
they have produced a generation of mosquitoes incapable of sniffing out
human targets.
Mosquitoes;
Insects;
Deet (Insect Repellent);
Research;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insect_repellent
Most mosquitoes prefer birds.
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Business Day
By GENE MARKS | Jun 3, 2013
A prediction of 10 brands that will disappear by
next year. Twenty-seven books every entrepreneur should read. How angry
customers are actually doing you a favor. Does your small business make
you healthier?
Economic Conditions and
Trends;
Entrepreneurship; Small
Business; United States
Economy;
Mostly fluff.
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Business Day
By ANN CARRNS | Jun 3, 2013
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N.Y. / Region
By KATE TAYLOR | Jun 4, 2013
The party’s leader said Joseph J. Lhota was the
only candidate who shared its positions on keeping taxes low and making
New York City safe.
Elections, Mayors;
Endorsements;
The Democratic primary is the contest.
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Opinion
Jun 4, 2013
Readers react to an article about the high cost of colonoscopies.
Health Insurance and
Managed Care; Doctors;
Colonoscopy;
Reform and Reorganization;
Tests (Medical);
Because it is not a market for most of us.
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Business Day
By PETER LATTMAN | Jun 3, 2013
A former trader traces his rise and descent in
“The Buy Side,” a memoir about the underbelly of big-money, fast-paced
hedge funds.
Alcohol Abuse;
Drug Abuse and Traffic;
Financial Brokers;
Hedge Funds;
Insider Trading;
"True Confessions" the financial version.
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Health
By DONALD G. M cNEIL J r. | Jun 4, 2013
In poor countries, simple plastic bags are an
alternative to the sterile plastic wrap used to regulate the body
temperature of very premature babies in the United States, a study
suggests.
Babies and Infants;
Premature Babies;
Shopping Bags;
Medicine and Health;
Vapor barrier socks and sleeping bags have been hiking equipment for twenty years or so. They work well.
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U.S.
By IAN URBINA | Jun 4, 2013
Black Americans were nearly four times as likely
than whites to be arrested on charges of marijuana possession in 2010,
even though the groups used the drug at similar rates.
Marijuana;
Race and Ethnicity;
Racial Profiling;
Law and Legislation;
The city police are in trouble for marijuana arrests in the stop and frisk program.
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Business Day
By JAD MOUAWAD | Jun 1, 2013
Spirit Airlines prides itself for offering the lowest fares, then charging passengers for everything else.
Airlines and Airplanes;
Prices (Fares, Fees and
Rates); Customer
Relations;
Fee for frill service.
"There aint no such thing as a free lunch".
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Science
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY | Jun 4, 2013
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Opinion
By GREGORY CURRIE | Jun 1, 2013
The view that literary fiction educates and civilizes its readers is widespread, and unproven.
Books and Literature;
Ethics (Personal);
Philosophy;
Psychology and Psychologists;
Yes. Literature is for pleasure in many of pleasure's forms.
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Sports
By NATE TAYLOR | Jun 3, 2013
Pacers center Roy Hibbert apologized Sunday for
using a gay slur and cursing during his news conference after Game 6 of
the Eastern Conference finals.
Indecency, Obscenity and
Profanity; Basketball;
Homosexuality;
Apologies;
Fines (Penalties);
Not my department.
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Opinion
By FRANK BRUNI | Jun 4, 2013
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Health
By ABIGAIL ZUGER, M.D. | Jun 4, 2013
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Business Day
By PETER J. HENNING | Jun 3, 2013
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N.Y. / Region
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Jun 3, 2013
Under the plan sent to the State Senate, spending
on science and technology would sharply increase and the Lottery
Corporation could create a keno game.
Budgets and Budgeting;
Lotteries;
Health Insurance and Managed Care;
State Legislatures;
Colleges and Universities;
Gambling;
Progressive taxation is a way out of this bind.
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U.S.
By MALIA WOLLAN | Jun 4, 2013
The controversies over gay Boy Scouts and their
leaders have benefited alternative groups geared to the secular and the
religious.
Homosexuality;
Men and Boys;
Christians and Christianity;
The faithful do not learn.
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Multimedia
By DAVID GONZALEZ | Jun 4, 2013
Photographs by Bolívar Arellano are among
thousands from the Spanish-language newspaper El Diario that were
recently acquired by a Columbia University archive.
Archives and Records;
Hispanic-Americans;
Photography;
Are the Hispanic populations Immigrants or invaders?
Some see it one way some the other.
Many are residents.
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Business Day
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG | Jun 2, 2013
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Real Estate
By LISA PREVOST | Jun 2, 2013
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World
By BEN HUBBARD | Jun 3, 2013
The ruling challenges the legitimacy of the only
sitting house of Parliament and the body that drafted the country’s new
constitution.
Legislatures and
Parliaments; Courts and
the Judiciary; Politics
and Government;
The fight goes on.
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Science
By DOUGLAS QUENQUA | Jun 4, 2013
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Booming
By LUCIAN K. TRUSCOTT IV | Jun 4, 2013
I will be forever grateful to the jilted college
girl I was able to rescue the night of her prom, making me, for a time,
her prince.
Baby Boomers;
Proms;
Dating and Courtship;
Just ask. Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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Business Day
By MATTHEW L. WALD | Jun 1, 2013
The tower floats on three hollow concrete tubes
and produces 20 kilowatts of power, but a much larger version is planned
in the next few years.
Wind Power;
Water;
"The wind went down with the sun".
Five has been found better than three in swivel chair bases.
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Opinion
By ANDREW ROSENTHAL | Jun 3, 2013
A new report explains how the 18-29 cohort views the G.O.P.
Presidential Election of
2012; Voting and
Voters;
Two very powerful propaganda campaigns.
Theirs and ours.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdhKa_giaq4
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Business Day
By GENE MARKS | Jun 3, 2013
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U.S.
By IAN URBINA | Jun 4, 2013
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Business Day
By PETER LATTMAN | Jun 3, 2013
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Opinion
By GREGORY CURRIE | Jun 1, 2013
The view that literary fiction educates and civilizes its readers is widespread, and unproven.
Books and Literature;
Ethics (Personal);
Philosophy;
Psychology and Psychologists;
It makes us feel better.
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Sports
By NATE TAYLOR | Jun 3, 2013
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N.Y. / Region
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Jun 3, 2013
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U.S.
By MALIA WOLLAN | Jun 4, 2013
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Multimedia
By DAVID GONZALEZ | Jun 4, 2013
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World
By BEN HUBBARD | Jun 3, 2013
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Business Day
By MATTHEW L. WALD | Jun 1, 2013
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Booming
By LUCIAN K. TRUSCOTT IV | Jun 4, 2013
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Opinion
By ANDREW ROSENTHAL | Jun 3, 2013
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U.S.
By IAN URBINA | Jun 4, 2013
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Business Day
By PETER LATTMAN | Jun 3, 2013
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Health
By DONALD G. M cNEIL J r. | Jun 4, 2013
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Business Day
By JAD MOUAWAD | Jun 1, 2013
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U.S.
By NORIMITSU ONISHI | Jun 2, 2013
Hydraulic fracturing is creating competition for
water and threatening its contamination in a part of the state where
oilmen and farmers have coexisted peacefully for decades.
Hydraulic Fracturing;
Agriculture and Farming;
There is inelastic demand for oil.
Only regulation can control the drilling and fracking.
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World
By THE NEW YORK TIMES | Jun 4, 2013
Chen Shui-bian is serving a 20-year sentence after being convicted on graft charges in 2009.
Suicides and Suicide
Attempts; Corruption
(Institutional);
Sentences (Criminal);
"He's tanned, he's rested, he's ready".
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N.Y. / Region
By KATE TAYLOR | Jun 3, 2013
A waste transfer station on the Upper East Side
has generated fierce opposition and set off a bitter war of words
between two candidates.
Waste Materials and
Disposal; Elections,
Mayors;
Talking trash . . .
It tends to leak when it is moved.
Move it by rail on the west side.
There should be specialized rail cars.
Where to put it is a better question.
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N.Y. / Region
By MICHAEL POWELL | Jun 4, 2013
Holy Spirit School is closing, taking jobs, salaries and purpose from many veteran teachers.
Teachers and School
Employees; Shutdowns
(Institutional); Private
and Sectarian Schools;
The children are there, the teachers are there, the diocese has departed.
What point has a faithless church?
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N.Y. / Region
By DAVID W. DUNLAP | Jun 2, 2013
The Corbin Building, which was saved by
preservationists 10 years ago, was restored and will serve the entrance
to the Fulton Center transit hub.
Buildings (Structures);
Historic Buildings and
Sites;
As was said of the Park Avenue Armory, "more money than God".
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Health
By BARRY MEIER | Jun 3, 2013
Experts are considering ways to speed the
approval of new medicines to combat antibiotic-resistant infections, but
high costs and safety concerns have complicated their efforts.
Antibiotics;
Drugs (Pharmaceuticals);
Law and Legislation;
The answer to overuse is called regulation.
We do it with animal analgesics.
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Opinion
By GAIL COLLINS | Jun 1, 2013
Virginia is for lovers of no-cost catering. Just look at the news from its very interesting off-year election.
Campaign Finance;
Corruption (Institutional);
Politics and Government;
One part of the best government money can buy.
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Business Day
By VICTOR FLEISCHER | Jun 4, 2013
Apple’s chief has said that the company paid
about 30.5 percent in taxes on its profits. The author examines cash tax
payments to the Treasury Department and says it’s probably closer to
8.2 percent.
Corporate Taxes;
Federal Taxes (US);
Tax Shelters;
Taxation;
Apple is following the rules. They may be clever but if they do not follow the rules they are liable for the error and a penalty.
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Technology
By BRIAN X. CHEN | Jun 4, 2013
There is hope yet for Windows Phone, the
smartphone operating system that could. A new report suggests that
Windows Phone may finally be gaining some momentum in the United States,
particularly on Verizon Wireless, the largest American wireless
network.
Android (Operating
System); Cellular
Telephones; Smartphones;
Windows (Operating
System);
The problem is Microsoft.
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Sports
By NATE TAYLOR | Jun 3, 2013
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N.Y. / Region
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Jun 3, 2013
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Health
By PAULA SPAN | Jun 4, 2013
Why aren’t more low-income seniors applying for subsidized coverage of prescription drugs?
Dementia;
Elder Care;
Medicare;
Might work.
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U.S.
By MALIA WOLLAN | Jun 4, 2013
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Multimedia
By DAVID GONZALEZ | Jun 4, 2013
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World
By BEN HUBBARD | Jun 3, 2013
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Business Day
By MATTHEW L. WALD | Jun 1, 2013
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U.S.
By IAN URBINA | Jun 4, 2013
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Business Day
By PETER LATTMAN | Jun 3, 2013
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Health
By DONALD G. M cNEIL J r. | Jun 4, 2013
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U.S.
By NORIMITSU ONISHI | Jun 2, 2013
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Booming
By LUCIAN K. TRUSCOTT IV | Jun 4, 2013
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Opinion
By ANDREW ROSENTHAL | Jun 3, 2013
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Business Day
By JAD MOUAWAD | Jun 1, 2013
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World
By THE NEW YORK TIMES | Jun 4, 2013
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N.Y. / Region
By KATE TAYLOR | Jun 3, 2013
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N.Y. / Region
By MICHAEL POWELL | Jun 4, 2013
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N.Y. / Region
By DAVID W. DUNLAP | Jun 2, 2013
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