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Most E-mailed news on 23 June 2009 |
Your Money: For Older Investors, Old Rules May Not Apply
The fall in the stock market has analysts giving conflicting advice to investors with short time windows.
Op-Ed Columnist: Health Care Showdown
American voters are ready to change the ailing health care system, and ?centrist? Democrats who oppose the public option run the risk of undermining effective reform.
Art: In Venice, Peter Greenaway Takes Veronese?s Figures Out to Play
The marriage of painting and technology that is ?The Wedding at Cana,? by the filmmaker Peter Greenaway, is possibly the best unmanned art history lecture you?ll ever experience.
Op-Ed Contributor: Fictions on the Ground
Israel?s settler myth has been transposed to the Palestinian lands seized in war in 1967 and occupied illegally ever since.
Iquitos Journal: Adopting Forebears? Faith and Leaving Peru for Israel
Descendants of Sephardic merchants who settled in a corner of the Amazon basin are converting and emigrating to the Jewish state.
At V.A. Hospital, a Rogue Cancer Unit
A unit in Philadelphia operating with virtually no outside scrutiny botched 92 of 116 prostate cancer treatments over a span of more than six years.
Op-Ed Columnist: Lettuce From the Garden, With Worms
One reason for the myriad health problems in America is our industrialized agriculture system, and it should be under scrutiny ? by the government as well as consumers.
Mind Your BlackBerry or Mind Your Manners
As Web-enabled smartphones have become standard, the etiquette of using them during meetings is up for debate.
Shortcuts: Typing In an E-Mail Address, and Giving Up Your Friends? as Well
Some consumers find that their contact list gets mined and used after they provide certain e-mail information to some Web sites.
Jodi Picoult and the Anxious Parent
What do the novels of Jodi Picoult ? and our obsession with child-peril lit ? tell us about how we really feel about raising kids?
Court Affirms Reimbursement for Special Education
The Supreme Court ruled that parents of special-education students may seek government reimbursement for private school tuition.
Education Chief to Warn Advocates That Inferior Charter Schools Harm the Effort
Education Secretary Arne Duncan plans to invite invite charter school leaders to help out in the administration?s broad effort to remake several thousand of the nation?s worst public schools.
Art Canvases That Include Shag Carpet
Reno, Nev., hosted the NadaDada Motel, where artists temporarily transform nicotine-infused hotel rooms into art.
Investors Bet on Payments via Cellphone
Investors are trying to turn phones into virtual credit cards, enabling click-and-buy commerce.
States Turning to Last Resorts in Budget Crisis
With revenues in a free fall, governors and legislatures are approving measures that were once unthinkable.
A Rabbi With Earthly Connections
Rabbi Leib Glanz, a spokesman for the Satmar Hasidic sect who arranged a jailhouse bar mitzvah party, has a long history of political access and influence.
Newscaster, Once Mocked, Now Casts Mock News
Nearly eight years after leaving CNN, Bobbie Battista has resurfaced as an anchor for Onion News Network, the online video arm of The Onion, the satirical newspaper.
Treasury?s Got Bill Gross on Speed Dial
With the collapse of Wall Street, Bill Gross of Pimco has emerged as one of the nation?s most influential financiers.
Fox News Anchor Draws Ratings, and Ire of Conservative Critics
Shepard Smith tries to keep the political debate grounded, even when that means contradicting his colleagues.
Science Takes to the Ice
Light-reflective dots attached to Emma Phibbs allowed a sophisticated camera system to capture her movement and display it on a monitor at the University of Delaware.Science is aiming to help ice skaters meet the sport?s physical challenges without sacrificing their health.
California?s Solution to $24 Billion Budget Gap Is Going to Bring Some Pain
The gap expanded after voters sank several ballot propositions in May, leaving the state struggling to find ways to close it.
Small Carmakers Benefit From Detroit?s Woes
Many smaller automakers are gaining a bigger share of the American market, most notably Hyundai and Kia.
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