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Most E-mailed news on 10 June 2009 |
18 and Under: At Last, Facing Down Bullies (and Their Enablers)
Doctors, parents, schools, children ? everyone has a stake when bullies are involved.
Op-Ed Contributor: The Exodus Obama Forgot to Mention
In the president?s speech to the Islamic world, he never mentioned the 800,000 or so Jews born in the Middle East who fled or were expelled for being Jewish in the 20th century.
Basics: Brainy Echidna Proves Looks Aren?t Everything
The long-beaked echidna is hard to find but easy to appreciate.The long-beaked echidna is one of the oldest, rarest, shyest, silliest-looking yet potentially most illuminating mammals on earth.
Op-Ed Columnist: Rising Above I.Q.
Three groups may help debunk the myth of success as a simple product of intrinsic intellect.
Return of the Once-Rare Beaver? Not in My Yard.
A beaver dam in Boxborough Station Wildlife Management Area in Massachusetts has helped create wetlands. Around the nation, decades of conservation efforts and changing land use have brought many species, like beavers, so far back from the brink that they are viewed as nuisances.
Op-Ed Columnist: Cautious at Heart
Sonia Sotomayor?s record shows that she is a hard-working, careful-though-unspectacular jurist whose commitment is to the law.
A Study in Why Major Law Firms Are Shrinking
Hugh Verrier, chairman of White & Case, recently laid off 200 lawyers.Big, as a business model at many of New York?s corporate law firms, seems bound for obsolescence.
Health Care Spending Disparities Stir a Fight
Members of Congress may rein in health spending by taking some Medicare money away from high-cost areas.
iPhone Stars in Apple Show, Supported by Software
Apple also showed off a new operating system and cheaper laptops during its Worldwide Developers Conference.
If All Doctors Had More Time to Listen
Instead of waiting for health care reform, some doctors are cutting administrative costs, seeing fewer patients and focusing on prevention.
Architecture: Battle Between Budget and Beauty, Which Budget Won
In assessing a design for a Nets arena by the firm Ellerbe Becket, a critic finds the developer?s decision to scrap Frank Gehry?s plan a betrayal of the public trust.
Op-Ed Columnist: State of Shame
Farmworkers in New York do not have the same protections that other workers have, and the state?s agriculture industry has taken full advantage of that.
Parental Lifelines, Frayed to Breaking
The flow of parental money that helped fuel one of New York City?s most radical gentrifications has ebbed.
Op-Ed Columnist: Not All Abortions Are Equal
How to renew the search for common ground in America?s most contentious debate.
Fresno Journal: Voice That Sounds Like Home Welcomes Mexico?s Outsiders
?La Hora Mixteca,? which translates to ?The Mixtec Hour,? broadcasts from Fresno, Calif., in Spanish and Mixteco, an indigenous language from Oaxaca, Mexico.
Renovated High Line Now Open for Strolling
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg cut a red ribbon on Monday morning to signify that the first phase of the High Line is finished.
The Doctor?s World: Is This a Pandemic? Define ?Pandemic?
It is not often clear when the spread of a disease, such as cholera, for which a boy was being treated in Congo, becomes a pandemic.After decades of warnings about another influenza pandemic, health officials have failed to make clear to the public what they mean by that word.
Film: Eat, Drink, Think, Change
?Food, Inc.? is part of a new generation of food films that drip with politics, not sauces.
Surfacing: In Buenos Aires, a Revival
Wine bars, bistros and boutique hotels are turning the neighborhood of Barracas into a cultural center.
Shell to Pay $15.5 Million to Settle Nigerian Case
The European oil giant Shell had been accused of being complicit in the executions of the activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and other critics of Nigeria?s former government.
Connecticut District Tosses Algebra Textbooks and Goes Online
Westport teachers were frustrated at having to rush through the curriculum only to find students didn?t grasp important concepts, so they created their own online program.
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