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Most E-mailed news on 15 August 2009 |
Op-Ed Columnist: Republican Death Trip
President Obama had campaigned to move beyond divisive politics, but instead he is facing an opposition that eagerly seizes on every wild rumor manufactured by the right-wing media complex.
False ?Death Panel? Rumor Has Some Familiar Roots
Rumors that President Obama?s health care plans would create ?death panels? began with some of the same media outlets that helped defeat President Clinton?s health care plan.
Screening Could Lead to More Potent Cancer Drugs
Researchers have found a way to identify drugs that can specifically attack and kill cancer stem cells.
Getting Your Wireless Network Up to Speed
New routers can transmit data faster and allow a dozen devices to be connected simultaneously.
Television Review | 'Mad Men': ?Mad Men? Strains to Stay as Button-Down as Ever
The new season of ?Mad Men,? which begins on Sunday on AMC, stresses the darker side of its era?s innocence, leading viewers to marvel at a world so familiar and so primitive.
Patient Money: The Expense of Eating With Celiac Disease
An intolerance to gluten requires a special wheat-free diet that can be costly. But some patients are finding less expensive ways to stay healthy.
Op-Ed Contributors: 10 Steps to Better Health Care
In studying communities all over America, we have found evidence that more effective, lower-cost care is possible.
Textbook Publisher to Rent to College Students
Facing growing competition, a leading publisher will rent college textbooks at 40 percent to 70 percent of the sale price.
Les Paul, Guitar Innovator, Dies at 94
Mr. Paul was a virtuoso guitarist and inventor whose solid-body electric guitar and recording studio innovations changed the course of music.
Art Review | 'New York Photographs': A Chronicle of New York?s Darks and Lights, Captured by Savvy Street Photographers
42nd Street in 1997, by Philip-Lorca diCorcia, from ?Glitz & Grime? at Yancey Richardson.A summertime tribute to the greatest city on earth, by a group of Manhattan photography dealers.
Harlem Store Owner Shoots 4 Robbers, Killing 2
The store may have looked like an easy mark, with an owner in his 70s known as a gentle, soft-spoken man. But Charles Augusto Jr. had been robbed before, and was prepared.
Mutation Tied to Need for Less Sleep Is Discovered
Clues, from two people, offer direction for research into sleep patterns.
Movie Review | 'District 9': A Harsh Hello for Visitors From Space
This smart, swift film takes the axiomatic question of the U.F.O. genre ? what are they going to do to us? ? and inverts it.
Woman Tells of Affair With Madoff in New Book
Sheryl Weinstein, the chief financial officer of an organization that invested with Bernard L. Madoff, will soon release a memoir disclosing the relationship.
This Land: Keeping Alive Memories That Bedevil Him
Albert Perdeck, who still has nightmarish flashbacks to World War II, works to preserve V-J Day in the public?s mind.
Care to Write Army Doctrine? With ID, Log On
The Army has begun encouraging its personnel to go online and collaboratively rewrite some of the manuals that guide Army life.
Vital Signs: Prevention: Diet and Exercise Lower Alzheimer?s Risk
A Mediterranean-style diet along with regular activity reduced the risk of Alzheimer?s disease.
Judges? Dissents for Death Row Inmates Are Rising
Some judges have complained that death row prisoners face daunting barriers to appeal their convictions.
In Hudson Valley, Farmers? Markets Offer Local Food and Local Chat
In the region, all roads lead to farmers? markets, for fresh produce and eggs, and some neighborly support.
36 Hours in Warsaw
In the five years since Poland ascended to the European Union, a colorful injection of money and culture has given the city an unmistakable glow.
China Warms to New Credo: Business First
China is finding it harder to separate domestic politics from its aggressive push into the global business arena.
Independent Filmmakers Distribute on Their Own
Instead of waiting to be discovered, aspiring filmmakers are paying for their own marketing and distribution.
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