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The Long Run: How the Mormon Church Shaped Mitt Romney
While Mitt Romney has said little about his Mormon faith on the campaign trail, people who know him well call it a huge influence on his conduct and worldview.
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Opinion: Child Custody: In Whose Best Interests?
Child custody plans often make children feel helpless by denying them any influence over the arrangements that govern their lives.
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From Cubicles, Cry for Quiet Pierces Office Buzz
Research shows that more than half of office workers are dissatisfied with the level of “speech privacy” in their offices, and managers are hearing their complaints.
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Obama’s Journey to Reshape Afghan War
When President Obama joins other NATO leaders Sunday and Monday, the full extent of how his Afghan strategy has changed — from “war of necessity” to withdrawal on his terms — will be apparent.
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Bits Blog: Mark Zuckerberg Ties the Knot
On Saturday, Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, announced that he had married his longtime girlfriend, Priscilla Chan. The announcement was made, of course, on Facebook.
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Group of 8 Leaders Confront German Focus on Austerity
Meeting at Camp David, leaders of the world’s richest countries banded together to press Germany to back more pro-growth policies to halt the deepening debt crisis in Europe.
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U.S. to Unveil Initiatives to Bolster NATO
President Obama on Sunday will unveil a package of initiatives that includes a hand-over to NATO for the components of an emerging European missile-defense system built by the United States.
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News Analysis: The Debate Over the American Community Survey
An annual assessment of American households is under attack by Republicans in Congress.
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Opinion: Integration Worked. Why Have We Rejected It?
We have just observed the anniversary of the groundbreaking court decision of Brown v. Board of Education, and yet desegregation is effectively dead.
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Crawford Greenewalt Jr., Archaeologist Who Dug at Sardis, Dies at 74
Professor Greenewalt, an archaeologist, transformed scholars’ understanding of Sardis, now western Turkey.
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Peter D. Fuller Dies at 89; Had to Return Derby Purse
The owner of Dancer’s Image, Mr. Fuller had to return his Kentucky Derby winner’s purse of $122,600 after the painkiller Phenylbutazone was found in the horse’s urine.
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Computers Abort Private Rocket Launching to Space Station
The engines on a private cargo rocket bound for the International Space Station had ignited, but computers detected a discrepancy and shut them down.
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Insurance Company Approved for Land Trusts
The Land Trust Alliance has won nonprofit status from the Internal Revenue Service for an insurance company it is creating.
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2 Arrested in Fatal Shooting of Students From China
Two young men were arrested on Friday in the fatal shooting of two University of Southern California graduate students near the campus last month.
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3 in Chicago Face Charges of Terrorism in Protests
Three men were planning to attack the campaign headquarters of President Obama and the house of Mayor Rahm Emanuel, among other targets in Chicago, prosecutors said Saturday.
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N.A.A.C.P. Endorses Same-Sex Marriage
The board vote put the weight of the country’s most prominent civil rights group behind a cause that has long divided some quarters of the black community.
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In Los Angeles, Drivers and Bicyclists Learn to Coexist
For years, cyclists in Los Angeles were a renegade subculture. These days, they are downright mainstream.
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Blind Chinese Dissident Leaves on Flight for U.S.
Chen Guangcheng, the blind lawyer whose escape from house arrest jolted relations between the United States and China, followed a hastily arranged flight with an open-air news conference in New York.
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It’s the Economy: Making Choices in the Age of Information Overload
The Internet was supposed to make us smarter shoppers. So why should we still listen to the signals that brands send us?
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The Haggler: E-ZPass, and the Cash Lane That Wasn’t — Haggler
What happens when your car doesn’t have E-ZPass, but you’re forced to use the “E-ZPass Only” lane at the tollbooth? A reader asks the Haggler to help resolve the resulting mess.
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Walter Wink, Theologian Who Challenged Orthodoxy, Dies at 76
A liberal scholar, Dr. Wink’s views on homosexuality, nonviolence and the nature of Jesus caused many theologians to bridle.
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Economic View: How National Belt-Tightening Goes Awry - Economic View
An overextended family can solve its problems by cutting spending, increasing savings and paying down debts. But such belt-tightening doesn’t work as a metaphor for the national economy.
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In Colorado, Gay Rights May Shape Campaign
The fight over gay rights has been especially bitter in this battleground state.
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Last Ones Left in Treece, Kan., a Toxic Town
Treece, Kan., has been torn down and may soon be erased from maps. But don’t tell that to the Busbys, who live there.
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TIMESCAST: White Births No Longer Majority in U.S.
Non-Hispanic white births are no longer the majority in the United States, census data released on Thursday showed.
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