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Mayweather Released From Jail

Floyd Mayweather Jr. was released from a Las Vegas jail after serving two months of a 90-day sentence for domestic violence, the police said. Mayweather, 35, was freed shortly after midnight, the Las...

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Amid Inquiry Into Cheating, Stuyvesant Principal Will Retire

The principal of Stuyvesant High School abruptly announced his retirement on Friday afternoon, even as New York City continued its investigation into a cheating scandal that recently rocked the elite...

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Another Threat in Pakistan, in Sheep’s Clothing

Washington Related Times Topic: Pakistan Connect With Us on Twitter For Op-Ed, follow @nytopinion and to hear from the editorial page editor, Andrew Rosenthal, follow @andyrNYT. COUNTLESS threats...

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If Only Our Leaders Had Mariam’s Guts

IN THE NUBA MOUNTAINS, Sudan Damon Winter/The New York Times Nicholas D. Kristof On the Ground Nicholas Kristof addresses reader feedback and posts short takes from his travels. Go to Blog » Go to...

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Paternos to Appeal Penalties

Joe Paterno’s family plans to appeal the sanctions imposed by the N.C.A.A. against Penn State for the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal. The family’s lawyer, Wick Sollers, in a letter sent...

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AIDS in Uganda: Prevention Is Better Than Treatment

To the Editor: Connect With Us on Twitter For Op-Ed, follow @nytopinion and to hear from the editorial page editor, Andrew Rosenthal, follow @andyrNYT. Re “In Uganda, an AIDS Success Story Comes...

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What the Locusts Ate

One of the most troubling features of today’s global economic crisis is the lack of political leadership anywhere. No one has the courage to tell their people the truth. And the truth, alas, is that...

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Colorado: University Hires Ex-Prosecutor for Shooting Inquiry

The University of Colorado, Denver, announced on Friday that it had hired Robert N. Miller, a former United States attorney, to conduct a review of its procedures and actions in dealing with James E....

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Off and Out With Mitt Romney

In a better America, Mitt Romney would be running for president on the strength of his major achievement as governor of Massachusetts: a health reform that was identical in all important respects to...

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How to Make Congress Do Its Job: No Budget, No Pay

To the Editor: Connect With Us on Twitter For Op-Ed, follow @nytopinion and to hear from the editorial page editor, Andrew Rosenthal, follow @andyrNYT. Gail Collins writes (column, Aug. 4), “You are...

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Peru: More Than 100 Sickened by Toxic Spill at Mine

More than 100 rural Peruvians have been sickened by the spill of a toxic copper concentrate produced at one of the Andean country’s biggest mines, the authorities said Friday. The Ancash State...

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After Boy’s Death, Hospital Alters Procedures for Discharging Patients

NYU Langone Medical Center announced on Wednesday significant changes in its procedures after the death by septic shock of a 12-year-old boy who was sent home from the center with fever and a rapid...

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New Jersey Assemblyman Charged With Writing Bad Checks

TRENTON (AP) — A New Jersey assemblyman who once ran for governor was arrested on Friday and charged with writing nearly $400,000 in bad checks from his business accounts to two investors. Connect...

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United Continental Reaches a Deal With Its Pilots

United Continental Holdings said on Friday it had reached an agreement in principle with its pilots’ union, advancing the carrier’s effort to integrate its staff after the 2010 merger creating the...

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An Arms Treaty Within Reach

The United States and 192 other countries are nearing the end of negotiations at the United Nations on a global treaty aimed at controlling the trade in conventional weapons. For the first time, there...

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C.D.C. Reports Outbreak of Swine Flu

Federal health officials reported a new outbreak of swine flu on Friday, mostly among children who appeared to have picked up the virus at county fairs. Sixteen people have become infected with the...

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Obama’s Fantastic Boring Idea

KALANGERA, Malawi Damon Winter/The New York Times Nicholas D. Kristof On the Ground Nicholas Kristof addresses reader feedback and posts short takes from his travels. Go to Blog » Go to Columnist Page...

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Britain: Victim’s Parents Convicted

The Pakistani parents of a teenage girl were been found guilty Friday of murdering her after she rebelled against their strict rules and a forced marriage to her cousin. The conviction was aided by...

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Candidates Cower on Gun Control

At a moment when the country needs resolve and fearlessness to reduce the affliction of gun violence that kills more than 80 people a day, both presidential candidates have kicked away the opportunity...

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The Fabric of a Champion

When Missy Franklin stood on the winner’s podium on Monday to receive her gold medal in the 100-meter backstroke in the London Olympics, the folks at Material Connexion, a materials resource company,...

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Queens Family’s Tale of Loss Prompts New Medical Efforts Nationwide

Long before 12-year-old Rory Staunton set foot in a hospital in March, the paths to the catastrophe awaiting him had been heavily trod. Related About New York: An Infection, Unnoticed, Turns...

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Palestinian Candor, or a Slip?

To the Editor: Maen Rashid Areikat, a senior Palestinian official, in his July 27 letter rebutting an Op-Ed article that supported Israeli settlements in the West Bank (“Israel’s Settlers Are Here to...

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More is not always better in medicine

August 1, 2012 -- Updated 0404 GMT (1204 HKT) Dr. Sanjay Gupta Editor's note: Sanjay Gupta, the associate chief of neurosurgery at Grady Memorial Hospital and the chief medical correspondent for CNN,...

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The Curious Case of Chavis Carter

Let me get this straight: A young man is stopped by police, who find $10 worth of drugs on him; he had twice been searched by officers and then double handcuffed behind his back and placed in the back...

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New Orleans Police Case

To the Editor: “New Orleans Police, Mired in Scandal, Accept Plan for Overhaul” (front page, July 24) correctly acknowledges the historic nature of the recent consent decree with the Justice...

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China: Muslim Fasting Discouraged

Several local governments in the western region of Xinjiang have ordered Muslim restaurants to stay open during the holy month of Ramadan and are telling civil servants and students to continue to eat...

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Military Hazing Has Got to Stop

Los Angeles Enlarge This Image Owen Freeman Related At War Blog: Army Jury Acquits Sergeant of Driving Pvt. Danny Chen to Suicide in Afghanistan (July 31, 2012) Times Topic: Danny Chen Related in...

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Belarus: Swedish Envoy Expelled

Belarus has expelled Sweden’s ambassador for “being too supportive of human rights,” Foreign Minister Carl Bildt of Sweden said Friday. Belarus said that it merely chose not to extend the envoy’s...

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Man Arrested in Brooklyn Shooting That Injured 6

The police on Friday announced the arrest of a suspect in a shooting on Sunday in Brooklyn that left six people injured, including a 2-year-old girl. The suspect, Lawand Tinsley, 19, was charged with...

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Uganda: Ebola Outbreak Slows, Health Official Says

Doctors were slow to respond to an outbreak of Ebola in Uganda because symptoms were not always typical, but a World Health Organization official said Friday that the authorities were halting the...

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The Long, Uphill Battle Against AIDS

The international AIDS conference in Washington has already made two points clear. There is no prospect that scientists will any time soon find the ultimate solutions to the AIDS epidemic, namely a...

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Vietnam: Death of Detained Blogger’s Mother Investigated

Vietnamese authorities said Friday that they were investigating the self-immolation of the mother of a prominent blogger who is in police custody awaiting trial on charges of conducting propaganda...

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Closer Scrutiny of For-Profit Schools

The last several weeks have not been particularly restful for the lucrative for-profit education industry. Related Times Topic: For-Profit Schools Related in Opinion Editorial: False Promises (July...

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Congress Goes Postal

Congress is gone. Yeah, I miss them, too. Earl Wilson/The New York Times Gail Collins Go to Columnist Page » The Conversation David Brooks and Gail Collins talk between columns.All Conversations »...

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Occupation, Not Culture, Is Holding Palestinians Back

Nablus, West Bank Related in Opinion Editorial: Mr. Romney Stumps in Israel (July 31, 2012) Times Topics: Middle East | United States Elections Connect With Us on Twitter For Op-Ed, follow @nytopinion...

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The Big Banker’s Change of Heart

Sometimes, in a great national debate, the most powerful voices can be those of the converted. Think of Nixon to China or, more recently, President Obama’s declaration of support for same-sex...

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Is There a ‘July Effect’ in Hospitals?

To the Editor: Enlarge This Image Ana Albero Connect With Us on Twitter For Op-Ed, follow @nytopinion and to hear from the editorial page editor, Andrew Rosenthal, follow @andyrNYT. In “Don’t Get Sick...

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In a Boy’s Fight for His Life, Signs That Went Unheeded

For a moment, an emergency room doctor stepped away from the scrum of people working on Rory Staunton, 12, and spoke to his parents. Related Times Topic: Jim Dwyer Connect with NYTMetro Follow us on...

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Stuck in Place

With 163,000 new jobs created, July’s employment growth topped both analysts’ expectations and the meager job gains in May and June. While that growth was not enough to reduce the jobless rate — now...

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Those ‘On the Job’ Who Go Unarmed

John Hyland is the epitome of an urban cop, his Bronx accent biting as he names the precincts he’s worked — “the five-oh, the four-eight, all of them.” His street savvy undeniable after 28 years in...

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The House Reprimands One of Its Own

At the very least, Representative Laura Richardson could have shown a bit of remorse when the House voted this week to reprimand her for requiring that her staff aides give donations and work for her...

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A Life Cut Short by a Deadly Infection

To the Editor: Enlarge This Image Anna Topuriya Connect With Us on Twitter For Op-Ed, follow @nytopinion and to hear from the editorial page editor, Andrew Rosenthal, follow @andyrNYT. Re “An...

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One Boy’s Death Moves State to Action to Prevent Others

Prompted by the death of a 12-year-old Queens boy in April, New York health officials are poised to make their state the first in the nation to require that hospitals aggressively look for sepsis in...

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Mentally Retarded and on Death Row

Marvin Wilson, with an I.Q. of 61, is scheduled to be put to death in Texas on Tuesday. His execution would directly contradict the Supreme Court’s 2002 ruling in Atkins v. Virginia that “the mentally...

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More Treatment, More Mistakes

DOCTORS make mistakes. They may be mistakes of technique, judgment, ignorance or even, sometimes, recklessness. Regardless of the cause, each time a mistake happens, a patient may suffer. We fail to...

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Taking Steps to Prevent Medical Errors

To the Editor: Enlarge This Image Yehteh Connect With Us on Twitter For Op-Ed, follow @nytopinion and to hear from the editorial page editor, Andrew Rosenthal, follow @andyrNYT. Re “More Treatment,...

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Panama: President Ends Blockade at Newspaper

It took the intervention of President Ricardo Martinelli and the chief of the national police to end a blockade of the newspaper La Prensa for several hours on Friday by scores of workers from one of...

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Heart Procedures and the Health System

To the Editor: Enlarge This Image Anders Nilsen Connect With Us on Twitter For Op-Ed, follow @nytopinion and to hear from the editorial page editor, Andrew Rosenthal, follow @andyrNYT. “A Hospital...

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A Doctor Shortage and the Health Law

To the Editor: Enlarge This Image Leigh Guldig Connect With Us on Twitter For Op-Ed, follow @nytopinion and to hear from the editorial page editor, Andrew Rosenthal, follow @andyrNYT. “Doctor Shortage...

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A Focus on AIDS, Past and Present

To the Editor: Enlarge This Image Daniel Zender Connect With Us on Twitter For Op-Ed, follow @nytopinion and to hear from the editorial page editor, Andrew Rosenthal, follow @andyrNYT. Re “Imagine a...

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