Getting Tough
Employers Fight Tough Measures on Immigration
Businesses are proposing alternatives to laws with harsh punishments for hiring illegal immigrants, reopening a rift in the Republican Party.
The Evidence Gap
Costly Cancer Drug Offers Hope, but Also a Dilemma
Avastin, which can cost as much as $100,000 a year, has become one of the most popular cancer drugs, but studies show it prolongs life by only a few months.
Slide Show: Cost of Hope
McCain Battles a Nemesis, the Teleprompter
A politician who has thrived in informal settings is now trying to meet the more scripted speaking demands of a general election campaign.
Video: McCain Hones StyleTablet Ignites Debate on Messiah and Resurrection
The writing on an ancient stone may contribute to a re-evaluation of popular and scholarly views of Jesus.
At $100 for Tank of Gas, Some Choke on ‘Fill It’
Owners of large vehicles have hit an uncomfortable price milestone and are cutting back on recreational driving.
As Web Traffic Grows, Crashes Take Bigger Toll
As the Web has become an irreplaceable part of life, users have become less forgiving of even occasional outages.
Quotation of the Day
"I think $100 for a tank of gas is cheap now."
COLLEEN HAMMOND,
who drives a GMC Yukon XL with a 38.5 gallon tank.
Podcast: Front Page
James Barron, a reporter at The New York Times, summarizes the top headlines every weekday.
International
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Tablet Ignites Debate on Messiah and Resurrection
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Iraqi Parties, After Meetings in Finland, Agree on Principles to Guide Further Talks
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A Side Competition in Beijing: Island vs. Mainland
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Police Kill 9 Inmates During Prison Riot in Syria
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Explosion Kills Somali Official
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Iran Says Its Nuclear Policy Has Not Changed
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Export Tax That Angers Farmers Advances in Argentina
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Thai Museum at Angkor Raises Ire in Cambodia
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Departing Rights Official Raised Volume on Issues
National Report
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McCain Battles a Nemesis, the Teleprompter
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The Evidence Gap: Costly Cancer Drug Offers Hope, but Also a Dilemma
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Getting Tough: Employers Fight Tough Measures on Immigration
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A Ban on Cockfighting, but the Tradition Lives On
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Rising Convention Costs and Delays Worry Democrats
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Hippie Arrests Draw A.C.L.U.’s Attention
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A Political Agitator Finds a Double-Edged Weapon
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Virginia Weighs Future of Historic Fort After Army Leaves
The Metro Section
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Old Sound in Harlem Draws New Neighbors’ Ire
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Long Island Senator Emerges on Top After Many Years of Working the Room
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Our Towns: If Music Be the Food of Fortune
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Fireworks Mishap Closes Jones Beach
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In Williamsburg Store, Customers Find Art Among the Wrenches
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Theaters See a Lifeline Above as Developers Pursue Midtown Opportunities
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On Film, a Monk’s Passion and Protest
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Lottery Numbers
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Car Crash Badly Hurts Gospel Star; Wife Dies
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Chess: Ranking System Is Questioned After a Wealthy Russian’s Rise
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Marcella Ridgway and Will Kinzel
Arts & Leisure
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Art: Buddha’s Caves
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Television: After ‘The Wire,’ Moving On to Battles Beyond the Streets
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Letter: American Girl: A Primer on Consumerism
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Letter: Jazz Ambassadors: Mission Accomplished
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Letter: Salvador Dalí: Not Closely Read Enough
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Selling His Soul for the Part
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Dysfunctional Since Before It Was Cool
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Film: Elves and Killer Beanstalks From Director’s Personal ‘Hell’
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Film: The ‘Mamma Mia!’ Factor, Times Three
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Displaced and Adrift in Los Angeles
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Dance: Before the Games Begin, He Has Moves to Make
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Music: In a Chaotic Industry, Beck Abides
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Playlist: Debuts and Advances, Gnashes and Reveries
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Music: So That’s What the Fat Lady Sang
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Television: Who Let the Dogs On? You’d Be Surprised
Sunday Business
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Metrics: Cashing In on Obama and McCain
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Fair Game: A Window in a Smoky Market
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American Energy Policy, Asleep at the Spigot
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For Marketers, Viruses Just Won’t Cooperate
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Suits: A Corporate Detective Is Saying Farewell
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Correction: Pow! Take That, My Fellow Banker
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Correction: Windows Could Use a Rush of Fresh Air
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Novelties: Electronic Papyrus: The Digital Book, Unfurled
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Unboxed: If You’re Open to Growth, You Tend to Grow
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Letters: The Tort War, Unresolved
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Letters: Reason and the Heart
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Letters: Next Time, Improve the Infrastructure
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Economic View: Untying a Knot in Campaign Finance
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Off the Shelf: The Quandary of a Superpower as Others Race to Catch Up
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Fundamentally: A Bear Market, Mauling Not Included
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DataBank: Oil Climbs as Stocks Fall. Sound Familiar?
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The Boss: Back to Business
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Career Couch: How a Promotion Can Test a Friendship
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Shifting Careers: When Ex-Employees Vent, or Reinvent
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Checking In: Trump’s Adventures in the Land of Golf
Week in Review
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The Other Front: Back in Kabul, Never at Peace
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Mind Games: Remembering Brainwashing
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Ideas & Trends: Maybe Chicken Little Wasn’t Paranoid After All
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Correction: Eureka! Where Do I Cash the Check?
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The World: For Some Foes the Chat, Some the Cold Shoulder
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Ideas & Trends: Sit. Stay. Love.
Editorials, Op-Ed and Letters
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Letter: Your High School Ranking Shouldn’t Rule Your Life
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Letter: The Generations of History (and Historians)
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Letters: Getting There, Without Going Broke
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Editorial Notebook: Summer Reading
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Editorial: Baseline Maneuvers
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Editorial: The Shrinking Job Market
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Editorial: Man-Made Hunger
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Op-Ed Contributor: Affirmative Distraction
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The Public Editor: Weighing the Risk
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Op-Ed Columnist: An Ideal Husband
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Op-Ed Columnist: Wall-E for President
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Op-Ed Contributor: You Had a Friend in Albany
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Op-Ed Contributor: Summer’s Last Call
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Op-Ed Columnist: The Truth Commission
Travel
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Sicily, Through the Eyes of the Leopard
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Comings and Goings: Saving on a Visit to Washington
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Comings and Goings: Morgans Hotel Sets Reopening After Face-Lift
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Comings and Goings: Revised Web Site for Hostels
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Datebook
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Journeys | Barcelona: Creative Plates at a Good Price in Barcelona
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Letters: Letter: Less Baggage
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Letters: Letter: Ballpark Food
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Letters: Letter: Lower East Side Art
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Practical Traveler | In-Flight Ads: A Plane? More Like a Flying Magazine
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Armchair Traveler: Armchair Traveler
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Next Stop | Zadar, Croatia: After 2,000 Years, a Croatian Port Town Still Seduces
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Explorer | Czech Republic: Cold War Legacy: Peaceful Hiking in Bohemia
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Weekend in New York | Hotel Bars: High on the View as Much as the Cocktails
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36 Hours in Pittsburgh
Magazine
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The Ethicist: Hidden Doings
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On Language: Fist Bump
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The Medium: File-Sharing Fetish
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Twisted Sisters
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Late-Period Limbaugh
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The Urge to End It
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Style: Sky Lark
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Lives: Two Husbands
Book Review
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Up Front
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Letters: Piano Lessons
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Correction
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'Nonfiction Chronicle,'
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TBR: Inside the List
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Browsing Books: Editor’s Choice
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Browsing Books: Paperback Row
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Quiz: Transloosely Literated
Sports Sunday
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Wimbledon: All-Williams Wimbledon Final Is All Venus
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Cramp Sends Gay Tumbling Out of 200 at Trials
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Yankees 2, Red Sox 1: Mussina Wins Again After Rivera Saves Himself
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Phelps Gives Himself Chance to Top Spitz
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Shortstop Who’s Been There Sees Reyes in His Own Image
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Bats: Glancing Ahead at Records Waiting to Fall
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In No Time, Rookie Has Impact on Red Sox
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A.P.'s All-Star Picks: In All-Star Game, Count on Red Sox Presence in Yankees’ House
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Branca Says Mets Could Use New Tenor
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Sports of The Times: Damon Will, and Does, Run Into Walls for Yanks
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Yankees Notebook: For Damon, Disabled List Is a Likely Destination
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American League Roundup: Sixth Straight Win Gives Rays Largest Lead of Season in East
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National League Roundup: With Three-Run Rally in Ninth, Cardinals Close Distance on Cubs
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W.N.B.A. Notebook: Tamika Catchings Getting Better, Minute by Minute
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Major League Roundup: With Three-Run Rally in Ninth, Cardinals Close Distance on Cubs
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Sports Briefing | Auto Racing: Castroneves in New Penske Deal
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Sports Briefing | Golf: Fisher Leads European Open
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Sports Briefing | Auto Racing: Kovalainen Takes Pole Position
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Mets 9, Phillies 4: For the Up-and-Down Mets, a Win Includes a Little of Both
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For an Army General, a New Rebuilding Effort
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Krzyzewski and U.S. Have Gold as Only Aim
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Seattle Hopes Team Is in Its Future
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For Mets, an All-Star Starter Is Unlikely
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Liberty 93, Mercury 83: Christon’s 25 Points Lead Liberty
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Runner Feels Conflict in Celebrating Victory
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Hamilton’s Road to Success Is Now Paved With Criticism
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Auto Racing Notebook: Contract Issues Can Distract Sprint Cup Drivers
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Rings: Living to Throw Despite the Injuries
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McLaren Driver Claims First Pole
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After Confusion, Kyle Busch Wins Again
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As Records Change by the Minute, the Women’s 800 Stays Standing
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Retiring Thrower Lifts Javelin to a Work of Art
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For a Wife and a Husband, a Win and a Loss
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Third No Consolation for Swim Team Contenders
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Sports Briefing | Football: Former Charger Killed
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Sports Briefing | Boxing: Mayweather Critical of HBO
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Sports Briefing | Soccer: U.S. Wins Olympic Tuneup
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Sports Briefing | Auto Racing: Briscoe Takes I.R.L. Pole
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Sports Briefing | Soccer: Ronaldo Sidelined by Ankle
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Outdoors: On Rio Niño, Fish Gone Wild for Colorful Flower Ties
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Golf Roundup: A Promising Pro Has to Go Back to School
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A Player’s Quandary: The Beach or the Gym?
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Soccer Notebook: Portuguese Star Likely to Miss Start of Season
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Golf Roundup: Accurate Approach Shots Land Pernice a One-Shot Lead
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Nadal and Federer Renew Their Friendly Rivalry
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For Spaniard, Blue Sky and Tour’s Yellow Shirt
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30 Seconds: With Rulon Gardner
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Tips for Autograph Seekers
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Baseball Under Javits Center Big Top
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Cheering Section: The Adventures of an Autograph Hunter
Sunday Styles
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Alexis Sherman and Eric Arinsburg
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Robert Leone, Edward Decker
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Did Bob Marley Grow Up in a Water Park?
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The Yachtini Lands in Montauk
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At Penn, the Subject Is Gossip
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Pulse: Goes With Bikini, Tankini, Martini
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A Night Out With | Santi White: Rules to Tour By
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Modern Love: A Support Group Is My Higher Power
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Social Q’s: It’s My Party, Come Out to Pay
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Boîte | Cantab Lounge: Feeling Neighborly on Bluegrass
Weddings/Celebrations
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Miku Inoue, Benjamin Parisi
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Caroline Klein, Timothy Michaud
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Marissa Karl, Daniel Siegman
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Daniella Liben, Adam Pally
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Rebecca Nelson, Brian Bauer
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Jill Rackmill, Daniel Arnall
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Andrea Scribner, Ahsim Khan
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Susan Jane Adamcik, Daniel Boston
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Lisa Bardon, Ward Burns
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Katherine Blumm, Michael de Zayas
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Rachel Dorman, Nicholas Stark
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Stephanie Hsu, Tom Cheung
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Aina Hunter, Marjorie Williams
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Aili McConnon, Geoffrey Adamson
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Aimee Shu and Tarek El-Sawy
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Marla Somerstein and Jason Neufeld
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Amy Jacques, Steven Davidoff
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Vows: Nicola Kraus and David Wheir
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Marcella Ridgway and Will Kinzel
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Alexis Sherman and Eric Arinsburg
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Peter Budinger, David Scarpelli
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Lisa Crane, Michael Wacks
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Rachel Kurlantzick, Jeremy Hershfield
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Stephanie Cheung, Andrew So
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Emily Storey, Matthew Walsh
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Lyla Bashan, Michael Andrews
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Christine Boyle, Robert Ciccone
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Tiffany Egnaczyk, Alexander Fisher
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Yasmin Ramirez, William Lipton
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Sapna Shah, Srinivasan Iyer
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Cecilia Silver, Jason Lichter
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Lisa Toff, Adam Richman
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Jessica Wong, Lee-Ming Zen
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Fennie Wu, Jason Low
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Robert Leone, Edward Decker
Real Estate
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The Noise Children Make
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In the Region: House Is New, but Style Is Classic
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Big Deal: Catch-22 of Urban Renewal
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Big Deal: Grand Condo Plan Abandoned
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Correction: Ambitions Expand at Canco Lofts
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Habitats | Prospect Heights, Brooklyn: Growing Into a Home, and a Country
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The Hunt: Room to Decorate
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Streetscapes | East 68th Street: A Bright Palette of Row Houses
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Living in Old Greenwich, Conn.: A Yesteryear Feel, With Today’s Prices
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Posting: Whistling Past the Condominiums
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Getting a Handle on Apartment Noise
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Mortgages: Mortgage Brokers as Naysayers
Automobiles
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Koenigsegg CCX: Who Wants to Drive a Millionaire?
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Auto Ego: Out of Africa, to Brooklyn
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Technology: But Can You Call It a Woody?
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He’s Not the Usual Oil Lobbyist
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Greentech: Towns Grease the Wheels to Save Fuel
The City
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Band of Sisters
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Dispatches: Cloak, Dagger and Paintbrush
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F. Y. I.: Lonely at the Top
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New York Observed: An American Family
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Gramercy Park: Jokes Inside, Jeers Without
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Urban Studies: When Old Glory Grows Old
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South Bronx: In a Silent World, Seeking New Souls
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The Voice: The Priestess in Their Midst
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Wards Island: On a Bus for the Homeless, a Push to Forgive the Fare
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Park Slope: A Victory in the Skies Vanishes Like Vapor
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Wine Under $20: Versatility in a Dry Rosé
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Good Eating | Murray Hill: A Deli Near the Morgan
