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When It Takes a Dentist's Chair to Disconnect
By ERICA REISCHER

If I could lie in a dentist’s chair for several hours, why not a lounge chair?

December 30, 2014 at 06:00PM
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John I. Goodlad, Progressive Educator, Dies at 94
By TAMAR LEWIN

Many of the views put forth by Professor Goodlad, whose study of American public schools involved more than 27,000 students, remain central to educational improvement efforts.

January 1, 2015 at 06:00PM
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For Stanford Class of ’94, a Gender Gap More Powerful Than the Internet
By JODI KANTOR

How an industry devoted to overturning barriers let a gender gap stand unchallenged.

December 22, 2014 at 06:00PM
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Ten Tips for Happiness, on a Postcard From the Past
By KJ DELL'ANTONIA

Advice from a stack of postcards hidden in a closet years ago: Encourage your children in what they want, not what you want. Also, keep a good figure.

December 31, 2014 at 06:00PM
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Boston Marathon Bombing: What We Know So Far
By DIANTHA PARKER and JESS BIDGOOD

A recap of the events of April 15, 2013 and their aftermath, with a look at the coming trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, accused of carrying out the bombings with his brother, Tamerlan.

January 1, 2015 at 06:00PM
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Boston Is Eager to Begin Marathon Bombing Trial, and to End It
By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE

Not since Sept. 11, 2001, has an act of terrorism wreaked such havoc on an American city. Now, the trial of alleged Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is set to begin as the nation watches.

January 1, 2015 at 06:00PM
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In New Mexico Tent City, a Glimmer of Hope
By RICK ROJAS

Officials in Las Cruces, N.M., transformed an encampment in a dangerous part of the city into a hub of services for homeless people.

January 1, 2015 at 06:00PM
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Georgia Police Chief on Leave After Shooting of His Wife
By SHAILA DEWAN

William E. McCollom of Peachtree City was placed on administrative leave after calling in the shooting of his wife, Margaret, who is in critical condition and has not yet been questioned.

January 1, 2015 at 06:00PM
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 Jeb Bush Resigns From Board Seats, Possibly Edging Closer to Presidential Run
By JONATHAN MARTIN

Mr. Bush gave up positions at an online education firm and his own education foundation this week, the latest nonpolitical commitments from which he has detached himself as he looks toward 2016.

January 1, 2015 at 06:00PM
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 Boy in Shooting 'Unzipped' Special Purse Gun Pocket
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Concealed weapons are part of everyday life in Idaho, and that's unlikely to change in the Mountain West state despite a shocking accident in which a 2-year-old boy reached into his mother's purse, got ahold of her gun and shot her in the head inside a Wal-Mart.

December 30, 2014 at 06:00PM
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 Jeb Bush Won’t Attend Immigration Critic’s Event in Iowa
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Separating himself from much of the emerging Republican presidential field, former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida has declined an invitation to speak at a Jan. 24 political event organized by one of the most strident immigration critics in Congress.

December 31, 2014 at 06:00PM
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 APNewsBreak: Elon Musk and Talulah Riley Divorce Again
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Mr. Musk, a founder of PayPal, filed for divorce from Ms. Riley, the British actress, on New Year’s Eve, a year and a half after they had remarried.

December 30, 2014 at 06:00PM
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Arizona Supreme Court Allows Challenge to State’s Medicaid Expansion
By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS and RICK ROJAS

The ruling dealt a setback to Gov. Jan Brewer, one of a few Republican governors who sought to expand benefits at the state level.

December 31, 2014 at 06:00PM
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Mission Ends in Afghanistan, but Sacrifices Are Not Over for U.S. Soldiers
By DAVE PHILIPPS

As United States combat operations formally ended, many military families said they sensed they had already been forgotten.

December 31, 2014 at 06:00PM
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Much of David Duke’s ’91 Campaign Is Now in Louisiana Mainstream
By JEREMY ALFORD

Representative Steve Scalise’s effort to explain why he accepted a speaking engagement offered by an aide to Mr. Duke in 2002 was a reminder of choices Louisiana Republicans faced in the past.

December 31, 2014 at 06:00PM
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2nd Arrest in Los Angeles Patrol Car Shooting
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A second suspect was arrested after a weekend shooting in which Los Angeles police officers came under fire.

December 30, 2014 at 06:00PM
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High Court, in Big Leap, Plans to Put Filings Online
By ADAM LIPTAK

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said the changes would come “as soon as 2016” in his annual year-end report on the condition of the federal judiciary.

December 31, 2014 at 06:00PM
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Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Is Denied Trial Change
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A federal judge denied requests by defense lawyers to move or delay the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving suspect in the marathon bombing.

December 31, 2014 at 06:00PM
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Maryland Governor Commutes Death Sentences, Emptying Death Row
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The decision by Gov. Martin O’Malley came two years after Maryland lawmakers abolished the death penalty in the state.

December 31, 2014 at 06:00PM
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Paul Sprenger, Lawyer Who Fought Discrimination, Dies at 74
By TAMAR LEWIN

Mr. Sprenger won victories for minorities, older workers and women, including a landmark sexual harassment case on behalf of female miners, on which the film “North Country” was based.

December 30, 2014 at 06:00PM
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Health Insurance Enrollment Strongest in Federal Marketplace
By ROBERT PEAR

States running their own health insurance exchanges reported smaller growth in enrollments than occurred in the federal marketplace.

December 30, 2014 at 06:00PM
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School Cash Insufficient in Kansas, Court Finds
By JOHN ELIGON

The judges did not say that lawmakers had to increase K-12 funding to a particular amount, but suggested that the spending per pupil should be increased.

December 30, 2014 at 06:00PM
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Doctor Loses License Over Assisted Suicides
By ALAN BLINDER

Maryland regulators said that Dr. Lawrence D. Egbert had acted as what the Final Exit Network calls an exit guide for six people in Maryland from May 2004 to November 2008, which is illegal under Maryland law.

December 30, 2014 at 06:00PM
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Atlanta Hopes a Three-Mile Streetcar Route Will Help Foster a New Urban Image
By ALAN BLINDER

Atlanta added its name to the expanding list of cities that, backed by millions of dollars from the federal government, recently have constructed streetcar networks.

December 30, 2014 at 06:00PM
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 Texas: Bush Leaves Houston Hospital
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Former President George Bush was released from Methodist Hospital in Houston on Tuesday and is resting at home after a stay of about a week for treatment of shortness of breath.

December 30, 2014 at 06:00PM
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A Veteran’s Chemical Burns Expanded Military Doctors’ Knowledge, but His Care Faltered
By C. J. CHIVERS

An Air Force staff sergeant’s wounding by a chemical round led the Army to urge lifelong monitoring of such cases, but he says he was not tracked after retiring.

December 30, 2014 at 06:00PM
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Woman at Walmart Accidentally Shot Dead by 2-Year-Old Son
By THE NEW YORK TIMES

The woman had been shopping with several children when one of the them reached into her purse and found a gun.

December 30, 2014 at 06:00PM
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In Louisville, an Oasis of Care for the Disabled
By DAN BARRY

Parents have long struggled to find compassionate health care for adult children with profound disability. Those in Kentucky now have a place to go.

December 30, 2014 at 06:00PM
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How Cuba Talks Were Reshaped by the Release of Bergdahl
By MARK LANDLER

After the swap of Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl for Taliban fighters provoked criticism, White House officials told Cuba that a deal for the release of Alan P. Gross must be more than a quid pro quo.

December 30, 2014 at 06:00PM
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Scalise’s Speech to White Supremacist Group Clouds Republicans’ Plans
By JACKIE CALMES and ASHLEY PARKER

A racially charged controversy swept over Republicans after Steve Scalise of Louisiana, the No. 3 Republican in the House, confirmed that a dozen years ago he addressed a group of white supremacists.

December 30, 2014 at 06:00PM
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Police: NYC Woman Killed in Fall From Ski Lift
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

An autopsy has determined the death of a New York City woman at a ski area in the Catskill Mountains was accidental and consistent with a fall.

December 28, 2014 at 06:00PM
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2014: The Year in Interactive Storytelling, Graphics and Multimedia
By Unknown Author

Selected Times graphics, visualizations and multimedia stories from 2014.

December 28, 2014 at 06:00PM
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 Maryland: Diocese Says Bishop Was Hit-and-Run Driver
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The first female bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland was the driver in a hit-and-run crash that killed a bicyclist in Baltimore, a diocese spokeswoman said Monday.

December 29, 2014 at 06:00PM
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Your Tuesday Briefing
By ADEEL HASSAN and VICTORIA SHANNON

Here’s what you need to know to start your day.

December 29, 2014 at 06:00PM
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For Solution to Income Stagnation, Republicans and Democrats Revise Their Playbooks
By JOHN HARWOOD

The economy has finally emerged from the financial crisis and the recession of 2007-9, but the long stagnation of middle-class incomes continues.

December 29, 2014 at 06:00PM
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Success of Kentucky’s Health Plan Comes With New Obstacles
By ABBY GOODNOUGH

A poor state with a starkly unhealthy populace, Kentucky is becoming a symbol of the Affordable Health Care Act’s potential, and its obstacles.

December 29, 2014 at 06:00PM
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3 Shots From Police Killed Los Angeles Man, Autopsy Finds
By IAN LOVETT

Ezell Ford’s autopsy report, which was released on Monday, had originally been withheld in the days after the shooting of Michael Brown by a Ferguson, Mo., police officer.

December 29, 2014 at 06:00PM
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Louisiana Congressman Steve Scalise Acknowledges Addressing Racist Group in 2002
By ASHLEY PARKER and ALAN RAPPEPORT

Representative Steve Scalise spoke to the European-American Unity and Rights Organization, which was founded by the former Klan leader David Duke.

December 29, 2014 at 06:00PM
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A Kansas Town Rallies for a Lifeline: A Supermarket
By MITCH SMITH

Plains has struggled in ways familiar to many towns in the Midwest. A grocery store, some residents believe, would afford them more than just fresh food.

December 29, 2014 at 06:00PM
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Documents Reveal Details of F.B.I. Investigation Into Disgraced Senator Ensign
By ERIC LICHTBLAU

The documents disclose for the first time how much former Senator John. E. Ensign strong-armed political donors to find lobbying work for the husband of a woman he had an affair with.

December 29, 2014 at 06:00PM
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Surfer Survives Shark Bite Off Central California
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A man surfing on the Central California coast was dragged under water by a juvenile great white shark and bitten in the hip on Sunday before he could paddle to shore, where he received help from two doctors who happened to be on the beach, a witness said Sunday.

December 27, 2014 at 06:00PM
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Your Monday Briefing
By ADEEL HASSAN

Here’s what you need to know to start your day.

December 28, 2014 at 06:00PM
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A Foster Teen's Holiday and Uncertain Future
By SHAWNA KENNEY

We have mentored a foster child through many “homes” and placements, and she has spent many holidays with us. This year, she’s bonding (we hope) with a new family.

December 27, 2014 at 06:00PM
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In North Dakota, Oil, Corruption and Bodies Surface
By DEBORAH SONTAG and BRENT McDONALD

Tex G. Hall, a tribal chief connected to the oil industry, has pushed profits on the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota. But charges of murder for hire against an associate and accusations of corruption have upended business as usual.

December 28, 2014 at 06:00PM
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