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Dr. Robert L. Spitzer, Noted Psychiatrist, Apologizes for Study on Gay ‘Cure’
May 18, 2012Dr. Robert L. Spitzer..
House Rejects a Bid to Bar Some Indefinite Detentions
May 18, 2012The House beat back an unusual coalition of liberal and conservative lawmakers and approved a contentious $642 billion Pentagon policy bill. ..
John Edwards Jury Retires for the Weekend
May 18, 2012John Edwards arriving at the courthouse in Greensboro, N.C., for jury deliberations with this mother, Bobbie Edwards...
In Appeals Court, Arguments Over First Amendment
May 18, 2012After oral arguments on Friday, it remained unclear how a Virginia court would rule in the case involving James Risen, a New York Times reporter who has refused to reveal his sources. ..
New Details Are Released in Shooting of Trayvon Martin
May 18, 2012A photograph released by prosecutors of George Zimmerman after the shooting of Trayvon Martin...
Florida Tries to Clear Illegal Voters From Rolls
May 18, 2012Another big election year in Florida. A polling site at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Tampa...
Joe Ricketts Rejects Plan to Finance Anti-Obama Ads
May 18, 2012Word that Joe Ricketts had considered bankrolling advertisements invoking the incendiary race-infused statements of President Obama’s former pastor drew wide denunciation. ..
Political Memo: On Stump, Romney Is Fond of Bill Clinton and Obama Praises Reagan
May 18, 2012President Obama and Mitt Romney have been heaping praise on Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton, respectively, in an attempt to show how each candidate has drifted from its party's ideals...
On Religion: Is Willy Loman Jewish? - On Religion
May 18, 2012Even Arthur Miller himself changed his view of his character’s religion and ethnicity over the years. ..
Greek-Americans Struggle With Response to Fiscal Crisis
May 18, 2012Alex, left, and Chris Batistatos helped organize a walk to raise money to help Greeks dealing with the financial crisis there...
Alabama Governor Urges Changes to Latest Immigration Law
May 18, 2012Gov. Robert Bentley called a special legislative session on Thursday and urged lawmakers to consider changes to the law, less than a day after legislators voted to keep most of it intact. ..
House May Limit Detention After Arrest on U.S. Soil
May 18, 2012The House is preparing to vote again on an unresolved legal controversy: whether the military may imprison terrorism suspects captured on United States soil without trial. ..
Postal Service to Consolidate 48 Centers This Summer
May 18, 2012Amid declining mail volume, the agency expects to save $2.1 billion a year after the plan is fully carried out in 2014. ..
Sex-Abuse Trial of Philadelphia Msgr. William Lynn
May 18, 2012Msgr. William J. Lynn of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia...
U.S. Sets New Rules to Stem Prison Rape
May 18, 2012The regulations, issued after years of discussions, address a problem that a new government study finds may afflict one out of every 10 prisoners. ..
Rare Genetic Mutations May Underpin Diseases
May 18, 2012Because the mutations are so rare, costly studies involving large numbers of patients would be needed to identify their role in each disease. ..
Edwards Defense: Sin vs. Crime
May 18, 2012John Edwards, left, arriving Thursday in Greensboro, N.C., for the final arguments in his corruption trial. The jury was to start deliberations on Friday...
Catalog of Wounded in Afghan War Could Be Model
May 18, 2012While in flight in Helmand Province in 2010, Sgt. Ian J. Bugh, a medic, worked on Cpl. Brett Sayre, a Marine who was injured by an improvised explosive device...
Art Review: The Barnes Foundation, From Suburb to City
May 18, 2012The new Barnes Foundation, in a new shell in Philadelphia...
A Start-Up Is Gold for Facebook’s New Millionaires
May 18, 2012VeloTech cycles in Palo Alto, Calif., is one of the places where technology millionaires go to buy high-end bicycles. The store is owned by Mark Richard, right...
Firms to Invest in Food Production for World’s Poor
May 18, 2012New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition seeks provide aid to farmers like these in Ethiopia...
Justice Stephen Breyer’s Home Is Burglarized
May 18, 2012Justice Stephen G. Breyer was also robbed in February...
White House to Ease Ban on Investment in Myanmar
May 18, 2012The Obama administration will give American businesses far greater license to make investments in Myanmar, responding to the country’s political and economic opening over the last year. ..
Senate Confirms 2 Fed Board Nominees
May 18, 2012The Senate’s votes to approve Jeremy Stein and Jerome Powell bring the seven-member Federal Reserve Board of Governors to full strength for the first time since 2006. ..
U.S. Slaps Tariffs on Chinese Solar Panels
May 18, 2012Workers at a solar panel factory in Huaibei, in Anhui province. A Chinese official called the American move “really dangerous.”..
News Analysis: A Greek Exit? Euro Zone May Be Ready
May 18, 2012Years of foot-dragging and brinkmanship have prepared the currency union for life without Greece. ..
Anger Rises After U.S.-Honduras Drug Sweep
May 18, 2012Residents of the isolated Mosquito Coast of Honduras have burned down government buildings and are demanding that American drug agents leave the area immediately. ..
National Briefing | South: Mississippi: ID Law Signed, but Remains in Limbo
May 18, 2012Gov. Phil Bryant on Thursday signed a bill requiring voters to show photo identification, but it is unclear whether it will become law. ..
National Briefing | South: Florida: 2 Plead No Contest in Hazing of Band Member
May 18, 2012Two defendants have pleaded no contest to lesser charges of misdemeanor hazing in the beating of a fellow Florida A&M University band member. ..
National Briefing | South: South Carolina: Drill Sergeant Ends Command
May 18, 2012The first female commandant of the Army’s drill sergeant school, who had been suspended for a time by the Army, bid a tearful farewell to supporters, students and colleagues. ..
The Lede Blog: Police Missteps in Trayvon Martin Case: Readers' Questions Answered
May 17, 2012Serge F. Kovaleski answers readers' questions about police missteps in the case of Trayvon Martin. ..
The Lede Blog: Ask About Police Missteps in the Trayvon Martin Case
May 17, 2012Serge F. Kovaleski of The New York Times takes questions from readers about his investigation into the Sanford Police Department's handling of the Trayvon Martin case. ..
SpaceX Is Set to Send Its Rocket to the Space Station
May 18, 2012An artist’s view of the space station’s robotic arm reaching out to grab SpaceX’s Dragon capsule...
TIMESCAST: White Births No Longer Majority in U.S.
May 18, 2012Non-Hispanic white births are no longer the majority in the United States, census data released on Thursday showed. ..
Last Ones Left in Treece, Kan., a Toxic Town
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The Choice Blog: Early Word on 2012 College Admission Yields and Wait-List Offers
May 18, 2012In our preliminary look at admissions yields and wait-list offers, it seems as though Ivy League schools have much higher yields than others. ..
The Choice Blog: SAT Scores Are Invalidated at Brooklyn Private School
May 17, 2012An audit found that some of the nearly 200 students taking the SAT at a Brooklyn private school were seated less than four feet apart, which goes against testing service rules. ..