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Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Nicholas D. Kristof - Mar. 18 (Opinion) - Great health care often is about just being in a position to get some.

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Retaken Afghan Town Reports Taliban Threats

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Rod Nordland - Mar. 18 (News Report) - Though fighters have left town, agitators have remained in Marja waging a campaign of intimidation at night, local leaders said.

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U.S. ISSUES RULES ON WATER FOR WEST

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Philip Shabecoff - Mar. 18 (News) - "WASHINGTON, April 9— The Interior Department's Bureau of Reclamation issued final rules today for limiting the amount of subsidized water for large farms in the West. "

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How Privacy Vanishes Online, a Bit at a Time

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Steve Lohr - Mar. 17 (Special Report) - Using innocuous bits of data from Web sites like Facebook and Twitter, researchers gleaned people’s names, ages and even Social Security numbers.

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McConnell Strategy Shuns Bipartisanship

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Carl Hulse, Adam Nagourney - Mar. 17 (Special Report) - Mitch McConnell, the Senate Republican leader, has found some success in his strategy to contain Democrats.

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McChrystal Brings Most Special Operations Under His Control

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr., ROD NORDLAND - Mar. 16 (News Report) - Action by the top American commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, was taken in part because of concern over Afghan civilian casualties.

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Driving Drunk in Jerusalem

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Thomas Friedman - Mar. 16 (Opinion) - The fracas over Israel’s announcement of plans for new housing in East Jerusalem is a distraction from a potentially history-making moment.

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Millions Being Spent to Sway Democrats on Health Care Bill

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Jeff Zeleny - Mar. 15 (Special Report) - Ferocious advertising takes aim at about 40 House Democrats whose votes will help determine the fate of the health care bill.

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Texas Conservatives Win Vote on Textbook Standards

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr. - Mar. 13 (News Report) - After three days of turbulent meetings, the Texas Board of Education on Friday approved a social studies curriculum that will put a conservative stamp on history and economics textbooks, stressing the superiority of American capitalism, questioning the Founding Fathers’ commitment to a purely secular government and presenting Republican political philosophies in a more positive light.

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Getting Obama Right

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By David Brooks - Mar. 12 (Opinion) - Barack Obama never has been what political partisans make him out to be.

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Rapid Rise in Seed Prices Draws US Scrutiny - New York Times

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By William Neuman - Mar. 11 (News) - Rapid Rise in Seed Prices Draws US ScrutinyNew York TimesDuring the depths of the economic crisis last year, the prices for many goods held steady or even dropped. But on American farms, the picture was far different, as farmers watched the price they paid for seeds skyrocket. ...Monsanto Draws Antitrust ScrutinyWall Street JournalThe Seeds Of An Antitrust Disaster In IowaForbes (blog)Monsanto 7-State Probe Threatens Profit From 93% Soybean ShareBusinessWeekAgriculture Online?-Lincoln Journal Star?-Reutersall 20 news articles??

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Biden Calls Ties Between U.S. and Israel ‘Unshakable’

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Ethan Bronner - Mar. 09 (News Report) - Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. opened talks with Israeli leaders on Tuesday, part of a concerted U.S. effort to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.

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Explosions Hit Baghdad as Iraqis Vote in Pivotal Election

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Steven Lee Myers - Mar. 08 (News Report) - The shrugging response of voters in the face of a barrage of explosions in Baghdad could signal a fundamental weakening of the insurgency's potency.

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Op-Ed Columnist: The Spread of Superbugs

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Nicholas D. Kristof - Mar. 07 (Opinion) - Agricultural use of antibiotics produces cheaper meat but is widely seen as a major reason for the rise of superbugs. The agribusiness lobby is heading off efforts at reform.

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Building a Better Teacher

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Elizabeth Green - Mar. 07 (Special Report) - What makes a good teacher? There have been many quests for the one essential trait, and they have all come up empty-handed. Among the factors that do not predict whether a teacher will succeed: a graduate-school degree, a high score on the SAT, an extroverted personality, politeness, confidence, warmth, enthusiasm and having passed the teacher-certification exam on the first try. When Bill Gates announced recently that his foundation was investing millions in a project to improve teaching quality in the United States, he added a rueful caveat. “Unfortunately, it seems the field doesn’t have a clear view of what characterizes good teaching,” Gates said. “I’m personally very curious.”

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U.S. Aiding Somalia in Its Plan to Retake Its Capital

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Jeffrey Gettleman - Mar. 06 (News Report) - American assistance could be crucial to the effort by Somalia’s government to reassert control over the capital and bring order after two decades of anarchy.

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Rash of Scandals Tests Democrats at Sensitive Time

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Jeff Zeleny - Mar. 05 (News Report) - Ethics cases have opened the party to the same lines of criticism that Democrats used against Republicans in winning control of the House and Senate four years ago.

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Jobless Rates Dropped a Tad in January

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Patrick McGeehan - Mar. 04 (News) - According to the state’s Department of Labor, the city’s official unemployment rate declined to 10.4 percent in January, from a revised 10.5 percent in December. That was still well above the national unemployment rate, which dropped to 9.7 percent in January, from 10 percent in December.

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Op-Ed Columnist: A Word From the Wise

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Thomas L. Friedman - Mar. 03 (Opinion) - A talk with the chief of Intel suggests that the U.S. needs to focus more on competitiveness in the global marketplace.

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For Pennies, a Disposable Toilet That Could Help Grow Crops

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Sindya N. Bhanoo - Mar. 01 (News Report) - An architect and professor in Stockholm has developed a biodegradable bag that could serve as a single-use toilet in the developing world.

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Financial Reform Endgame

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Paul Krugman - Mar. 01 (Opinion) - No financial reform is better than a weak reform that would only create a false sense of security then fail in the clinch.

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Toxic Waters: Rulings Restrict Clean Water Act, Hampering E.P.A.

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Charles Duhigg, Janet Roberts - Mar. 01 (Special Report) - Thousands of the nation’s largest water polluters are outside the E.P.A.’s reach because the Supreme Court has left uncertain which waterways are protected.

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Muslims Won’t Play Together

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Efraim Karsh - Feb. 28 (Opinion) - The collapse of the Islamic Solidarity Games provides lessons for the West in dealing with the Islamic world.

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Military Analysis: Afghan Push Went Beyond Traditional Military Goals

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Thom Shanker - Feb. 20 (Special Report) - The drive to take Marja has been rooted in psychological warfare against the Taliban, and an ear to what local residents thought.

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The Power Elite

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By David Brooks - Feb. 19 (Opinion) - As the diversity and talent level of people at the top of society has increased, the trust in elites has declined.

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