• Leaders Call for Peace as Mideast Talks Begin (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:55:14 GMT)
  A session with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in Washington began under the cloud of an attack Tuesday in the West Bank.
  
  
  
• Child’s Journey Shows Dangers of Antipsychotic Drugs (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:02:16 GMT)
  Toddlers and even younger children are prescribed powerful antipsychotic drugs despite a lack of studies on how such drugs affect development.
  
  
  
• Tabloid Hack Attack on Royals, and Beyond (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:39:44 GMT)
  How a London paper listened in on the private voice mail messages of the rich and famous, including Britain’s Prince Harry and Prince William.
  
  
  
• Police Kill Gunman, Ending Hostage Situation (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:30:48 GMT)
  Police officers shot a man who had held three hostages in the Discovery Channel headquarters in Maryland.
  
  
  
• Maker of Botox Settles Case for $600 Million (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:30:42 GMT)
  Allergan agreed to settle criminal and civil allegations that it had marketed Botox for uses not approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
  
  
  
• Evacuations Ordered as Hurricane Nears (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:09:42 GMT)
  Hurricane Earl on Wednesday approached the North Carolina coast on a busy week for tourism.
  
  
  
• Little Engines That Could: A Meeting of Microcars (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:36:24 GMT)
  To car collectors with an eye for detail, small-engine vehicles called microcars are both fanciful and funky.
  
  
  
• Arts & Leisure Preview: The Unfinished Tale of an Unlikely Hero (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:36:24 GMT)
  Harvey Pekar, the obsessive chronicler of everyday lives, was collaborating at the end of his life on a Web project whose fate in print remains uncertain.
  
  
  
• U.S. Pressures Pakistani Taliban (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:59:49 GMT)
  The Pakistani Taliban, an Al Qaeda-linked group, is accused of playing a role in the failed Times Square bombing and an attack on a C.I.A. base in Afghanistan.
  
  
  
• 2 Afghan Aid Workers Killed by Bomb (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:02:37 GMT)
  The two employees, who were both Afghan, were killed in the same region where 10 Western aid workers, including 6 Americans, were shot and killed last month.
  
  
  
• For the A-Cup Crowd, Minimal Assets Are a Plus (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:30:46 GMT)
  Many women these days want to showcase their small chests, not pad them out. Retailers are listening.
  
  
  

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• Evacuations Ordered as Hurricane Nears (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:09:42 GMT)
  Hurricane Earl on Wednesday approached the North Carolina coast on a busy week for tourism.
  
  
  
• Police Kill Gunman, Ending Hostage Situation (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:30:48 GMT)
  Police officers shot a man who had held three hostages in the Discovery Channel headquarters in Maryland.
  
  
  
• Number of Illegal Immigrants in U.S. Fell, Study Says (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:50:02 GMT)
  The decline in 2009, to about 11.1 million, was the first clear drop in two decades, according to a report based on census data.
  
  
  
• Foreclosures Could Pose Trouble on Election Day (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:30:40 GMT)
  Advocacy groups and election officials fear that the high rate of foreclosures will confuse many about their eligibility to vote.
  
  
  
• Method to Grade Teachers Provokes Battles (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:03:40 GMT)
  The value-added formula to evaluate teachers is gaining acceptance, and critics, across America.
  
  
  
• New Job Means Lower Wages for Many (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:40:02 GMT)
  Job growth is increasingly polarized between high-paid occupations demanding education and training and low-wage, service-type jobs.
  
  
  
• Deal Would Provide Dialysis to Illegal Immigrants in Atlanta (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:03:42 GMT)
  The deal, if completed, would end a yearlong impasse that has come to symbolize the health care plight of the country’s uninsured immigrants and the hospitals that end up caring for them.
  
  
  
• Finding Suggests New Aim for Alzheimer’s Drugs (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:28:30 GMT)
  A discovery by Paul Greengard, an 84-year-old scientist and Nobel winner, has illuminated a new direction.
  
  
  
• Murkowski Concedes Senate Race in Alaska (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:37:04 GMT)
  Joe Miller, a challenger backed by Tea Party activists, won the Republican primary.
  
  
  
• In Wisconsin, an Incumbent Holds Tight (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:26:21 GMT)
  Senator Russ Feingold’s tight race suggests that Republicans have a better opportunity to win the Senate than they imagined.
  
  
  
• President’s Office Takes On New Neutral Tones, but Keeps Its Familiar Shape (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:10:03 GMT)
  The new look of the Oval Office is angular and modern — it evokes the feel of a den — and tends toward browns and taupe, rather than the gold and yellow tones favored by its previous occupant.
  
  
  
• Terrorist Ties Doubted in Amsterdam Arrests (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:50:19 GMT)
  Officials said they thought it unlikely that two United States residents of Yemeni descent held in Amsterdam on Monday had any connection to terrorism.
  
  
  
• 3 Congressmen May Face Further Inquiry (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:40:27 GMT)
  The Office of Congressional Ethics recommended further investigation of John Campbell, Joseph Crowley and Tom Price, who held fund-raisers shortly before votes on financial regulation.
  
  
  
• Scholarships Are Focus of Questions on Ethics (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:40:27 GMT)
  A Texas congresswoman will repay thousands of dollars, after acknowledging that she gave awards to four of her relatives and a staff member’s two children.
  
  
  
• Aspiring Politician to Sue 2 Florida Papers (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:40:10 GMT)
  Jeff Greene, a real estate developer, claims articles in The St. Petersburg Times and The Miami Herald cost him his bid for the United States Senate.
  
  
  
• Appeals Court Backs Away From War Powers Ruling (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:50:05 GMT)
  Lurking just beneath the surface of a ruling over the detention of a Guant�namo prisoner was a sharp disagreement over the scope and limits of presidential power.
  
  
  
• Rules Tighten for Oil Regulators to Avoid Favoritism to Drillers (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:50:04 GMT)
  A new policy in response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is an attempt to cool the cozy relationship between government and the oil companies.
  
  
  
• TV News for Early Risers (or Late-to-Bedders) (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:40:02 GMT)
  The new battleground for stations is the morning, with news broadcasts going on air at 4:30 a.m. or earlier.
  
  
  
• Economic Scene: Tax Cuts That Make a Difference (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:00:01 GMT)
  Republicans and President Obama are open to tax cuts. The question is what kind can put people back to work.
  
  
  
• Paladino Rides on Anger in G.O.P. Governor Race (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:59:47 GMT)
  Carl P. Paladino is connecting with voters’ anger and worrying Rick A. Lazio’s supporters.
  
  
  
• Staff Losses and Dissent May Hurt Crisis Panel (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:45:52 GMT)
  The group examining the causes of the financial crisis hopes to produce a report by Dec. 15 that will influence future policies, but squabbles and turnover are hampering its efforts.
  
  
  
• Old G.M. Being Sold for Parts (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:06:33 GMT)
  Motors Liquidation Company, the home of General Motors’ shuttered plants and other unwanted assets, is gradually cleaning them up and selling them off.
  
  
  
• Strong Exports Lift U.S. Agriculture Sector (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:56:02 GMT)
  The export growth is propelled by higher prices for many products, including wheat, whose prices have skyrocketed as drought and heat decimated crops in Russia.
  
  
  
• Nobel Winners Sign Letter Backing Obama Space Plan (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:50:05 GMT)
  The letter expresses support for the president’s proposed strategy for NASA and criticizes cuts contained in a NASA authorization bill now before the House.
  
  
  
• Meatpacking Plants Accused of Harassing Muslims (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:50:05 GMT)
  The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed lawsuits that said Somali Muslim workers were called names and that meat and bones were thrown at them by co-workers and managers.
  
  
  
• Lawyers for Lehman Are Seeking Records From Hedge Funds and Goldman (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:05:32 GMT)
  The estate of Lehman Brothers Holdings has subpoenaed records from big hedge funds and Goldman Sachs as it seeks to recover money lost in Lehman’s collapse.
  
  
  
• More Banks in Trouble, but Profits Are Rising (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:10:36 GMT)
  The banking sector posted a record $21.6 billion in profit in the quarter, but the list of problem banks increased, the F.D.I.C. reported.
  
  
  
• Dorothy Sucher, Reporter in Press-Freedom Case, Dies at 77 (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:30:39 GMT)
  Ms. Sucher’s reporting for a small Maryland newspaper led to a Supreme Court ruling bolstering freedom of the press.
  
  
  
• Names of the Dead (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:40:25 GMT)
  The Department of Defense has identified 1,239 American service members who have died as a part of the Afghan war and related operations.
  
  
  
• Leaders Call for Peace as Mideast Talks Begin (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:42:42 GMT)
  A session with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in Washington began under the cloud of an attack Tuesday in the West Bank.
  
  
  
• Obama Declares an End to Combat Mission in Iraq (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:39:07 GMT)
  In an address from the Oval Office, President Obama said that the nation had met its responsibility to Iraq and would now turn to domestic concerns.
  
  
  
• Blair Recalls Bush Asked, 'Who Is This Guy?' After Meeting Belgium's Leader (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:07:15 GMT)
  Tony Blair's memoir contains some recollections that will make his old friends uncomfortable.
  
  
  
• Evacuations as Hurricane Nears U.S. (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:20:53 GMT)
  At 8 a.m. Wednesday the National Hurricane Center in Miami issued its latest advisory on Hurricane Earl, with this updated forecast of the path it could follow in the days ahead.
  
  
  
• Hurricane Earl Heads Toward U.S. (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:31:57 GMT)
  Spectacular images of Hurricane Earl seen from space give little sense of its destructive power.
  
  
  
• Early Bird Specials (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:20:07 GMT)
  Some schools allow students to move into their dorms early -- for a price.
  
  
  
• Time for Letting Go (Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:38:13 GMT)
  Jan Benzel, an editor at The Times, is taking the younger of her two daughters to college this weekend.
  
  
  
• College Online: Virtually the Same? (Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:47:49 GMT)
  Many colleges are now testing the waters in online undergraduate studies.
  
  
  
• Maker of Botox Settles Case for $600 Million (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:30:42 GMT)
  Allergan agreed to settle criminal and civil allegations that it had marketed Botox for uses not approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
  
  
  
• The Race to Replace Warfarin (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:43:00 GMT)
  Leading drug makes are developing new anticoagulant drugs to prevent stroke and systemic blood clots in people with atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat disorder.
  
  
  
• This Week's Health Industry News (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:49:16 GMT)
  Tobacco oversight, a cardiology conference and much more on this week's horizon.
  
  
  

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• U.S. Formally Begins a New Era in Iraq (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:41:47 GMT)
  Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates inaugurated the post-combat phase.
  
  
  
• Gates, in Iraq, Takes the Long View (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:30:45 GMT)
  Marking the formal end of combat operations, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said history would judge if the war was worth it.
  
  
  
• After Years of War, Few Iraqis Have a Clear View of the Future (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:47:56 GMT)
  Many of the same complaints about daily life are heard now as in 2003, when the United States invasion transformed the political life of the nation.
  
  
  
• Blair’s Book Reveals ‘Tears’ but No Regrets on Iraq (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:44:06 GMT)
  The former British prime minister Tony Blair said that despite the loss of life, he couldn’t see the war as a mistake.
  
  
  
• U.S. Pressures Pakistani Taliban (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:59:49 GMT)
  The Pakistani Taliban, an Al Qaeda-linked group, is accused of playing a role in the failed Times Square bombing and an attack on a C.I.A. base in Afghanistan.
  
  
  
• Near Kandahar, the Prize Is an Empty Town (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:01:15 GMT)
  While many security operations in Afghanistan are joint ones between NATO and Afghan forces, in most of them, the phrase “Afghan-led” is little more than a polite fiction. This was an exception.
  
  
  
• In Mogadishu, a Reprieve in Fighting (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:50:28 GMT)
  The streets of Mogadishu, Somalia’s besieged capital, were finally quiet on Wednesday, after 10 days of heaving fighting that has claimed more than 100 lives.
  
  
  
• Leaders Call for Peace as Mideast Talks Begin (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:55:14 GMT)
  A session with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in Washington began under the cloud of an attack Tuesday in the West Bank.
  
  
  
• Israeli Peace Effort Rests on Netanyahu’s Shoulders (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:56:20 GMT)
  The Israeli prime minister believes that only someone like himself, with his hawkish credentials, has the will and support to produce lasting peace with the Palestinians.
  
  
  
• Palestinians Hunt the Killers of 4 Israelis (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:49:37 GMT)
  Palestinian troops rounded up dozens of men suspected of ties to Hamas as Israeli settlers held a mass funeral for two women and two men who were shot dead in their car on Tuesday night.
  
  
  
• E.U. Casts Legal Doubt on French Roma Expulsion (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:40:44 GMT)
  A European Commission report highlighted failings in France’s law and pointedly declined to endorse the government’s actions.
  
  
  
• Sweden Reopens Rape Investigation of WikiLeaks Founder (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:30:57 GMT)
  Swedish authorities said they reopened an investigation of rape allegations against Julian Assange.
  
  
  
• Dutch Prosecutors Say Yemenis Freed (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:40:53 GMT)
  Two Yemeni men arrested on suspicion they may have been conducting a dry run for an airline terror attack were released without charge Wednesday.
  
  
  
• Cardinal, Who Mediated in Belgian Abuse Case, Says He Was Misled (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:29:00 GMT)
  Cardinal Godfried Danneels is distancing himself from his colleague and friend, Roger Vangheluwe, the former bishop of Bruges who is accused of abusing his own nephew.
  
  
  
• Pakistani Newspaper Recounts Delegation’s Treatment in U.S. (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:20:56 GMT)
  News accounts of what the Pakistani military has called the mistreatment of a delegation in Washingtonthis week further inflamed tensions with the United States.
  
  
  
• China Will Require ID for Cellphone Numbers; Non-Compliance Means No Service (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:40:02 GMT)
  The government is looking to curb cellphone spam, pornography and fraud schemes.
  
  
  
• Australian Leader Wins Support From Greens (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:40:38 GMT)
  Prime Minister Julia Gillard won a formal assurance from the Greens Party that it will support her bid for a further three-year term.
  
  
  
• Corinne Day, Photographer of Kate Moss, Is Dead (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:26:13 GMT)
  Ms. Day, whose photos of Ms. Moss in the 1990s took a startling detour from the glossy world of supermodels, helped usher in a new era in fashion photography.
  
  
  
• Trapped Chilean Miners Forge Refuge (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:15:07 GMT)
  The organization and leadership of the miners will be essential to their rescue, officials said.
  
  
  
• Troubles at Afghan Bank Jolt Financial System (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:22:48 GMT)
  A sudden intervention to shore up the deeply troubled Kabul Bank prompted fears about the integrity of the Afghan financial system.
  
  
  
• U.N. E-Mail Shows Early Warning of Congo Rapes (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:20:34 GMT)
  An e-mail and bulletin warned about rape in a remote Congolese area much earlier than officials originally said.
  
  
  
• Academic Tackles Chaos of Elections in Nigeria (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:46:20 GMT)
  The new president of Nigeria’s electoral commission must organize the next election, but there is no election date, no candidate list and no real list of voters.
  
  
  
• Rwanda Threatens to Pull Peacekeepers From Darfur (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:56:00 GMT)
  A U.N. report, leaked in draft form last week, accuses Rwandan forces of massacring civilians and possibly committing genocide in Congo years ago.
  
  
  
• Florence Journal: Who Owns Michelangelo’s ‘David’? (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:38:32 GMT)
  The battle over Michelangelo’s masterpiece revealed other disputes over the way Italy’s cultural heritage is managed.
  
  
  
• Killing of Israeli Settlers Rattles Leaders (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:17:32 GMT)
  The killing of four Israeli settlers on the eve of peace talks in Washington underscored the role the issue of Jewish settlements could play in the fragile negotiations.
  
  
  
• France Mounts Defense of Its Deportation of Roma (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:30:53 GMT)
  The French government — amid wide criticism for deportation of hundreds of Roma — defended its actions on Tuesday and accused Romania of not doing enough to integrate members of its Roma minority.
  
  
  
• In Rural Thailand, an Unappeased Opposition Bides Its Time (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:33:52 GMT)
  Three months after the violent end to a standoff in Bangkok, the government appears to have made little headway in calming or winning over opponents.
  
  
  
• Spain Breaks Up a Trafficking Ring for Male Prostitution (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:31:23 GMT)
  The police said 14 people, almost all of them Brazilian, were arrested over recent weeks as part of an inquiry into a human trafficking network’s activities begun in February.
  
  
  
• South Korean Red Cross Offers Flood Aid to North (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:31:26 GMT)
  South Korea’s Red Cross offered the North an estimated $8.3 million in aid to help cope with flooding, Yonhap news agency reported on Tuesday.
  
  
  
• In Rare Move, China Court to Hear H.I.V. Case (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:20:27 GMT)
  A prospective schoolteacher says he was illegally denied a job because he is H.I.V. positive.
  
  
  
• Names of the Dead (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:40:25 GMT)
  The Department of Defense has identified 1,239 American service members who have died as a part of the Afghan war and related operations.
  
  
  
• Western Schools Sprout in South Korea (Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:10:13 GMT)
  Parents in Asia and elsewhere want a more global curriculum for their children, and governments hope to attract foreign investors to their countries.
  
  
  
• Iraqis' Reactions to President Obama's Speech (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:22:16 GMT)
  Stephen Farrell talks with Iraqi citizens on growing frustrations as the United States brings an end to its combat mission.
  
  
  
• An Iraqi Woman's Change of Address and New Life (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:42:36 GMT)
  Almost nine months ago, Anwar and her family came to the United States, taking part in a special visa program for Iraqis who risked their lives to help Americans in wartime.
  
  
  
• Defining Freedom in Baghdad (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:06:38 GMT)
  "I am free to read the newspaper I want, but what I will read is that my mother is dead."
  
  
  
• Video of British Labour Party Debate (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:33:02 GMT)
  Britain’s Channel 4 News has provided The Lede with a live stream of its televised debate among the candidates to be the next leader of Britain’s opposition Labour Party.
  
  
  
• Blair Recalls Bush Asked, 'Who Is This Guy?' After Meeting Belgium's Leader (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:07:15 GMT)
  Tony Blair's memoir contains some recollections that will make his old friends uncomfortable.
  
  
  
• Evacuations as Hurricane Nears U.S. (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:20:53 GMT)
  At 8 a.m. Wednesday the National Hurricane Center in Miami issued its latest advisory on Hurricane Earl, with this updated forecast of the path it could follow in the days ahead.
  
  
  
• Hurricane Earl Heads Toward U.S. (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:31:57 GMT)
  Spectacular images of Hurricane Earl seen from space give little sense of its destructive power.
  
  
  
• Letter from Europe: In Poland, a Memorial Becomes a Battleground (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:32:30 GMT)
  A monument to those who died in the plane crash in April that killed Poland’s president has become a symbol in the country’s heated secular-religious divide.
  
  
  
• Letter from China: Visibility of Gay People Reflects Changes in China (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:54:43 GMT)
  As this society grows richer, its social fabric and mores have been changing drastically, and sexual choice and expression are arguably in the leading edge of this upheaval.
  
  
  

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• Editorial: The War in Iraq (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:42:33 GMT)
  There was no victory to declare as America’s combat mission in Iraq officially ended, and President Obama was right not to try.
  
  
  
• Editorial: On the Lake Shore Limited (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:33:23 GMT)
  To see what immigration hard-liners really have in mind, ride the Lake Shore Limited, a daily Amtrak train that is regularly searched by the Border Patrol.
  
  
  
• Editorial: Cleaner Cars, A to D (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:51:46 GMT)
  Proposed stickers for cars and light trucks would make it easier to see whether you’re buying a fuel-efficient one or a guzzler.
  
  
  
• Editorial: Oxford Dictionary 3rd Edition.com? (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:27:39 GMT)
  Should Oxford University Press do away with the print edition of the O.E.D.?
  
  
  
• Op-Ed Columnist: You Ain’t Seen This Before (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:29:57 GMT)
  With the Israelis, the Palestinians and the Iraqis, President Obama makes an ambitious reach to change the Middle East.
  
  
  
• Op-Ed Columnist: Not-So-Magic Carpet Ride (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:04:27 GMT)
  President Obama’s talking rug could use some quotations that are a bit more timely.
  
  
  
• Op-Ed Contributor: Google’s Earth (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:01:58 GMT)
  Do we really desire Google to tell us what we should be doing next? Yes, but with some qualifiers.
  
  
  
• Op-Ed Contributor: A Peace Plan Within Our Grasp (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:42:31 GMT)
  The biggest obstacle that now stands in the way of success is psychological. We must work toward rebuilding trust and a sense of security.
  
  
  
• O Urban Pioneers! (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:22:59 GMT)
  Urban revival doesn't start with public policy, but with small movements of risk-takers.
  
  
  
• The Blame Game (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:45:59 GMT)
  It's true that many Iraq reconstruction projects failed, but the obstacles of rebuilding while fighting continued were many.
  
  
  
• What the Tea Party Really Wants (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:29:20 GMT)
  Are they angry because they think traditional values are being ignored or are they just upset the recorded message told them to press 2 for Spanish?
  
  
  
• Mind the Grid (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:00:26 GMT)
  Can a week of silent meditation make it easier to resist the emotional pull of the digital world?
  
  
  
• War Is Over — for Some (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:46:21 GMT)
  Despite the president’s announcement that the end of the war in Iraq is near, for many it will linger on.
  
  
  
• We’ve Seen This Movie Before (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:54:58 GMT)
  Last week’s attack of a New York taxi driver is a reminder that choosing between blaming an individual and blaming a culture is, for some, a matter of convenience.
  
  
  
• Plato's Pop Culture Problem, and Ours (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:19:15 GMT)
  Scratch the surface of any attack on the popular arts and you will find Plato's criticisms of poetry.
  
  
  
• Passions and Detachment in Journalism (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:53:43 GMT)
  Can personal passions can be reconciled with professional detachment? A reporter answers yes.
  
  
  
• Report Calls for 'Fundamental Reform' of Climate Panel (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:38:27 GMT)
  The world's leading scientific academies prepare to deliver their critique of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
  
  
  
• Pacific Hot Spells Shifting as Predicted in Human-Heated World (Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:21:14 GMT)
  Federal researchers find evidence that global warming may be shifting big, consequential Pacific Ocean temperature patterns.
  
  
  
• Lantern Patrols (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:00:13 GMT)
  Searches by British farmers for burnt-out Chinese lanterns.
  
  
  
• Darwin Terraces (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:00:06 GMT)
  Dangerous railing-free balconies which risk abruptly accelerating natural selection.
  
  
  
• Daily Lexeme: Writrix (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:00:39 GMT)
  A female writer; an authoress.
  
  
  

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• Oxford Dictionary 3rd Edition.com? (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400)
  Should Oxford University Press do away with the print edition of the O.E.D.?
  
• Cleaner Cars, A to D (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400)
  Proposed stickers for cars and light trucks would make it easier to see whether you’re buying a fuel-efficient one or a guzzler.
  
• The War in Iraq (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400)
  There was no victory to declare as America’s combat mission in Iraq officially ended, and President Obama was right not to try.
  
• On the Lake Shore Limited (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400)
  To see what immigration hard-liners really have in mind, ride the Lake Shore Limited, a daily Amtrak train that is regularly searched by the Border Patrol.
  
• A Million Women vs. Wal-Mart (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400)
  The Supreme Court should give the women of Wal-Mart a chance to make their discrimination case together.
  
• New Chance for Peace in the Middle East (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400)
  This week’s direct talks between Israel’s prime minister and the Palestinian president, the first in 20 months, will be a test of the two leaders’ seriousness of purpose.
  
• The Wrong Road in Africa (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400)
  A planned highway in Tanzania includes a potentially tragic pitfall: it would cut straight through the heart of the northern Serengeti, one of the greatest national parks on the planet.
  
• Who Else Will Speak Up About the Mosque? (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400)
  So far, the only leader with the courage to make the case for an Islamic center and mosque in Lower Manhattan is Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The country needs more sane voices.
  
• Plans and Benchmarks for Haiti (Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400)
  A Haitian-international effort to channel billions of dollars of reconstruction aid has been slow off the mark, but projects recently announced sound encouraging.
  
• The Urgent Islands (Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400)
  If a country sinks beneath the sea, is it still a country? That is a question about which the Republic of the Marshall Islands is seeking legal advice.
  
• Mr. Feinberg and the Gulf Settlement (Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400)
  Kenneth Feinberg’s plans for distributing BP’s $20 billion compensation fund seem magnanimous and fair.
  
• Massacre in Tamaulipas (Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400)
  We have delegated to drug lords the job of managing our immigrant supply. The results are clear.
  
• Waiting for Mr. Obama (Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400)
  If President Obama has a big economic initiative up his sleeve, as he hinted recently, now would be a good time to let the rest of us in on it.
  
• Egg Factory (Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400)
  Contemplating the logic of industrial farming and where it gets us: the grim egg factories of Clarion, Iowa.
  
• Off the Rails (Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400)
  The crippling of the Long Island Rail Road by a small fire was another reminder that the region’s transportation infrastructure needs improvement.
  

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