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Most E-mailed news on 28 July 2009 |
The Minimalist: 101 Simple Salads for the Season
Clockwise, from top left: tuna, egg, green beans (No. 56); carrots, blueberries, sunflower seeds (7); croutons, tomatoes, mozzarella (42); walnuts, blue cheese, raspberries (49); couscous, oranges, honey (95); strawberries, tomatoes, Parmesan (13).These summer salads minimize work at the stove and capitalize on the season, when great fruit and vegetables are plentiful.
Op-Ed Columnist: An Incoherent Truth
On health care, the Blue Dogs aren?t making sense. The conservative Democrats can?t extract major concessions on the shape of health care reform without dooming the whole project.
In Study, Texting Lifts Crash Risk by Large Margin
For truck drivers videotaped for 18 months during a study, texting was found to be the riskiest distraction.
Corner Office | Carol Smith: No Doubts: Women Are Better Managers
Carol Smith of the Elle Group says that while women keep playing things over in their head that ?mean nothing,? they outpace men in many ways as bosses.
Files Vanished, Young Chinese Lose the Future
Officials are suspected of stealing academic records and selling them to underachievers seeking better prospects.
Op-Ed Contributor: Science Is in the Details
Faith, knowledge and the nomination of Francis Collins to be the next director of the National Institutes of Health.
Scientists Worry Machines May Outsmart Man
As gains are made in artificial intelligence, scientists worry that advances could have dangerous consequences.
Bear-Proof Can Is Pop-Top Picnic for a Crafty Thief
A smart bear regularly defeats a complex device, meant to protect campers? food, that even some people can?t open.
Merce Cunningham, Choreographer, Dies
The performer was among a handful of 20th-century figures to make dance a major art form. He was 90.
As Charter Schools Unionize, Many Debate Effect
Unions may strengthen the charter movement?s teaching force, but some fear the freedom to innovate will be stifled.
Unsettled: In West Bank Settlements, Sign of Hope for a Deal
Two growing ultra-Orthodox settlements offer the surprising potential for Israeli compromise with the Palestinians.
Your Money: A Boot Camp to Prepare for Retirement
Eight drills to determine if your finances are healthy enough for you stop working ? and to help get them on track if they?re not.
Op-Ed Columnist: Bite Your Tongue
Race, class and testosterone will always be a combustible brew. Our first African-American president will try to make the peace with a professor and a cop.
Phenomenon: Love in 2-D
For some Japanese men, body-pillow girlfriends based on comic-book characters now take the place of the real thing.
New-Home Sales Jump as Prices Fall Sharply
New home sales posted the largest monthly gain in nearly eight years in a sign that the market is bottoming.
Editorial: Health Care Reform and You
Though many of the crucial decisions about health care reform have yet to be made, the general direction of the legislation is clear enough to make some educated guesses about the likely winners and losers.
Stripping Away the Darkness as Murals Are Reborn
Conservators are removing decades of yellowed varnish from the famed Art Deco murals in the lobby of 30 Rockefeller Plaza.
Lab Watches Web Surfers to See Which Ads Work
Companies want to know more about the millions who do not click on ads, but whose eyes merely flit across the screen.
Op-Ed Columnist: A Nation Hard to Short
The miracle of New York gives reason to believe in America.
Uranium Contamination Haunts Navajo Country
Decades of uranium mining led to a government and tribal assessment of contaminated structures on a Navajo reservation.
2 Cambridge Worlds Collide in Unlikely Meeting
Friends say the scholar and the police officer are unlikely figures to be caught up in a struggle that led to a dialogue on race.
In New Jersey, Ideal Conditions for Corruption
A fresh wave of corruption charges raises an old question: Why does the state?s culture of graft endure?
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