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Most E-mailed news on 12 August 2009 |
American Graduates Finding Jobs in China
Shanghai and Beijing are becoming lands of opportunity for recent American college graduates who face unemployment nearing double digits at home.
Op-Ed Contributor: Dreams From His Mother
What we can learn from the scholarship of anthropologist Ann Dunham Soetoro, President Obama?s late mother.
Online Treatment May Help Insomniacs
Two studies suggest that online applications based on cognitive behavioral therapy can be effective in treating insomnia.
Reviving the Lost Art of Naming the World
is from the book ?Kunstformen der Natur,? by Ernst Haeckel, 1900. The names of the birds, like Topaza pella, or crimson topaz (third from top), and Sparganura sappho, or red-tailed comet (with forked tail), seem as lush and elaborate as their coloration.Taxonomy is dying. But it is by classifying nature that we come to know it in all its beetleness and daffodility.
A Primer on the Details of Health Care Reform
It can be difficult to sort fact from fiction in the raucous debate over health care reform. Here is a guide to the main issues.
Op-Ed Columnist: A Scary Reality
You can put whatever kind of gloss you want on last week?s unemployment numbers, but the truth is that while they may have been a bit better than most economists were expecting, they were still bad, bad, bad.
18 and Under: Stealing in Childhood Does Not a Criminal Make
When is stealing a normal childhood behavior, and when is it something to worry about?
Op-Ed Contributors: The Two-State Solution Doesn?t Solve Anything
It is hard to imagine a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian struggle that does not entail two states. But two states may not be a true resolution if the roots of this clash are ignored.
Survey Finds High Fees Common in Medical Care
A survey shows the sort of irrational pricing of medical care that is an integral part of health care problems in the U.S.
Westchester Adds Housing to Desegregation Pact
An agreement will compel New York?s Westchester County to create affordable housing in overwhelmingly white communities and market it to nonwhites.
Disabled Students Are Spanked More
More than 200,000 schoolchildren are subjected to physical punishment each year, and disabled students get a disproportionate share, according to a new study.
Yosemite Journal: Spectacular Distractions Are the Perks of Judgeship
The search is on for a candidate for one of the most scenic jobs in American law: magistrate judge for the United States District Court in Yosemite National Park.
Findings: The Earth Is Warming? Adjust the Thermostat
With the conclusions of recent reviews, climate engineering is gathering steam as a way to cool the planet.
Music Review | 'American Idols Live!': The Top 10! Cover Tunes! Flying Bras!
This year?s ?American Idols Live!? tour, which features the Top 10 performers of Season 8 on Fox, could have easily passed for an Adam Lambert concert with nine supporting acts.
G.M. Puts Electric Car?s City Mileage in Triple Digits
General Motors said its Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle, scheduled for release in 2011, would have a fuel rating of 230 miles a gallon in city driving.
Eunice Shriver, Founder of Special Olympics, Dies
Mrs. Shriver, 88, was a sister of President John F. Kennedy and a trailblazer in improving the lives of people with disabilities.
Breakfast Can Wait. The Day?s First Stop Is Online.
Technology has shaken up morning routines ? people are increasingly waking up and lunging for their laptops.
Tilting at Internet Barrier, a Stalwart Is Upended
When Charles Nesson lost a music downloading case, many saw a moment when an eccentric scholar?s devotion to a soaring vision blinded him to practical legal realities.
Op-Ed Columnist: Averting the Worst
The economy has backed up from the edge of the abyss, with the government?s stabilizing role preventing a replay of the Great Depression.
The Doctor's World: Seeking Lessons in Swine Flu Fight
A couple with flu symptoms waited last month for medical attention in an isolated section of Roosevelt Hospital in Guatemala City.An influenza pandemic reveals weaknesses in the world?s ability to respond to the sudden emergence of a widespread illness.
War Without Borders: Mexico?s Drug Traffickers Continue Trade in Prison
Imprisoned drug traffickers can find a new base of operations for their criminal empires, recruit underlings, and bribe their way out for the right price.
Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch
How American cooking became a spectator sport, and what we lost along the way.
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