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ny0249140
[ "sports" ]
2011/05/12
Swim-Off for Roster Spot Takes Toll on Teammates
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — For nine months, Cullen Jones and Josh Schneider have been training side by side for a 22-second duel. Their 50-meter freestyle swim-off Thursday is the sport’s version of musical chairs: when the clock stops, one of them will not have a seat on the plane to the world championships in Shanghai. The ra...
Swimming;USA Swimming;Jones Cullen;Schneider Josh
ny0138337
[ "world", "middleeast" ]
2008/05/15
2 Baghdad Attacks Attributed to Teenagers Kill 11 Others
BAGHDAD — Two suicide bombers described as teenagers carried out attacks Wednesday in suburban Baghdad as the prime minister went to the northern city of Mosul to encourage Iraqi soldiers fighting in a new offensive to rid that area of Sunni Islamic extremists. The Mosul operation follows two other offensives, in Basra...
Terrorism;Iraq;Baghdad (Iraq);Mosul (Iraq);Bombs and Explosives;Sunni Muslims
ny0194064
[ "business" ]
2009/11/16
Drug Makers Raising Prices Before Reform
Even as drug makers promise to support Washington’s health care overhaul by shaving $8 billion a year off the nation’s drug costs after the legislation takes effect, the industry has been raising its prices at the fastest rate in years. In the last year, the industry has raised the wholesale prices of brand-name prescr...
Health Insurance;Pharmaceuticals;Reform;Price;Medicine and Health;AARP
ny0184023
[ "sports", "hockey" ]
2007/12/13
The Rangers’ Normally Stingy Defense Rests
WASHINGTON — The Rangers ’ wild 5-4 overtime loss Wednesday night to the Capitals would have been stunning even if the Rangers had not beaten the Devils, 1-0, three days earlier. The Rangers, who have treated goals like rare gold bars this season, twice battled back from third-period deficits against the Capitals, only...
Hockey Ice;New York Rangers;Washington Capitals;Shanahan Brendan;Green Mike
ny0053994
[ "world", "europe" ]
2014/07/07
European Students’ Use of ‘Smart Drugs’ Is Said to Rise
PARIS — Under heavy pressure to excel, significant numbers of European university students are using cognitive enhancers, so-called smart drugs, to keep up with academic demands, recent studies show. A lack of long-term research makes it difficult to gauge whether the use of such stimulants, with the aim of improving c...
Education;Pharmaceuticals;Ritalin;Tests
ny0078347
[ "sports", "hockey" ]
2015/05/14
Revival by Steven Stamkos Puts Lightning in East Finals
TAMPA, Fla. — So much for all those questions about what has happened to Steven Stamkos in the N.H.L. playoffs. Stamkos, a two-time Maurice Richard Trophy winner, and the Tampa Bay Lightning are headed to the Eastern Conference finals for the first time in four years after Tuesday night’s 4-1 victory over the Montreal ...
Ice hockey;Playoffs;Tampa Bay Lightning;Steven Stamkos
ny0107385
[ "world", "europe" ]
2012/04/23
Building Schools Out of Clicks, Not Bricks
CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND — This past year has been a time of signs and wonders for the open educational resources movement, which pushes for free public access to educational materials. The first sign came from California, where a Stanford professor, Sebastian Thrun , decided to offer his introductory course in artificial in...
Education;Cambridge University;Massachusetts Institute of Technology;Stanford University;Computers and the Internet;United States
ny0016520
[ "us" ]
2013/10/30
Climate Pact Is Signed by 3 States and a Partner
The leaders of three Pacific Coast states and British Columbia have announced a broad alliance to combat climate change, including new joint steps to raise the cost of greenhouse gas pollution, promote zero-emission vehicles and push for the use of cleaner-burning fuels in transportation. The governors of California, O...
Greenhouse gas;California;British Columbia;Washington;Oregon;Air pollution;Climate Change;Global Warming;Cars
ny0029103
[ "technology" ]
2013/01/25
AT&T Fourth-Quarter Earnings Hurt by Pensions and Storm
Over the holiday season, AT&T sold a record number of smartphones. But its quarterly earnings took a hit from pension costs and Hurricane Sandy. Despite the setbacks, AT&T’s business had a strong fourth quarter. It sold more smartphones than its main competitor, Verizon Wireless. It also added many new contract subscri...
Earnings Reports;Wireless;AT&T
ny0253074
[ "technology" ]
2011/10/11
Lawmakers to Consider E.U.-Wide Consumer Code
BERLIN — The European Commission will introduce a proposal Tuesday to streamline consumer sales rules and protections across the 27-nation bloc, which supporters say could generate €26 billion a year in new cross-border sales. The commissioner who will make the proposal, Viviane Reding, said a common sales law would el...
European Commission;European Union;Consumer Protection
ny0056680
[ "us", "politics" ]
2014/09/10
G.O.P. Hopefuls, Light on Experience, Try to Build Foreign Credentials
WASHINGTON — Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky likes to note that he didn’t have a foreign policy three and a half years ago, when he was a full-time ophthalmologist. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas was an appellate lawyer in Houston before he was elected in 2012, a job that put him in front of judges, not world leaders. Gov. Bo...
2016 Presidential Election;US Foreign Policy;Rand Paul;Ted Cruz;Republicans;ISIS,ISIL,Islamic State;Chris Christie;Bobby Jindal;Rick Perry;Marco Rubio
ny0209510
[ "sports", "basketball" ]
2009/12/26
Foam and Frustration in the Air as Lakers Fall to Cavaliers
LOS ANGELES — As the exasperation mounted, so did the technical fouls, and one by one the Lakers began collecting them. Then one by one, and soon by the dozens, foam souvenirs began raining down on the court, joined by the odd water bottle. What began as a festive day, with the Lakers taking their place in the N.B.A.’s...
Basketball;Los Angeles Lakers;Cleveland Cavaliers;Bryant Kobe;James LeBron
ny0234739
[ "business", "global" ]
2010/01/28
Swiss Back Away From Deal to Give Names of Wealthy UBS Clients to U.S.
The Swiss government on Wednesday backed off an agreement with the United States that required it to hand over the names of wealthy American clients of the Swiss bank UBS who were suspected of tax evasion. The announcement, which came after two Swiss courts ruled that the disclosure of client names would be illegal bec...
UBS AG;Switzerland;Tax Evasion;Politics and Government
ny0046848
[ "nyregion" ]
2014/11/20
New Factor in Campus Sexual Assault Cases: Counsel for the Accused
As the Columbia University student tells it, the encounter was harmless fun: A female freshman invited him into her suite bathroom, got a condom, took off her clothes and had sex with him. But as that young woman later described it to university officials, the encounter was not consensual. The university suspended him ...
College;Rape;Title IX;Columbia;Emma Sulkowicz;Discrimination
ny0230296
[ "sports", "football" ]
2010/09/16
Kevin Kolb and Stewart Bradley Still Sidelined
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Eagles Coach Andy Reid said Wednesday that quarterback Kevin Kolb and linebacker Stewart Bradley were making progress, though neither has passed the next phase of his concussion testing. Reid would not rule out either player from Philadelphia’s game against Detroit on Sunday, but it is unlikely eith...
Concussions;National Football League;Kolb Kevin;Bradley Stewart;Football;Philadelphia Eagles;Reid Andy
ny0253424
[ "business", "mutfund" ]
2011/10/09
High Corporate Profits Could Reduce Risk in Junk Bonds
AT a time of ridiculously low interest rates, some income-starved investors have been drawn to high-yield bonds , a risky but often misunderstood asset class that can add a bit of stability as well as punch to a portfolio. High-yield — often called junk — bonds paid about 8.34 percentage points more than United States ...
Junk Bonds;Credit and Debt;Mutual Funds;Interest Rates
ny0000871
[ "world", "middleeast" ]
2013/03/16
Benjamin Rhodes, Obama’s Voice, Helps Shape Policy
WASHINGTON — As President Obama prepares to visit Israel next week, he is turning, as he often does, to Benjamin J. Rhodes, a 35-year-old deputy national security adviser with a soft voice, strong opinions and a reputation around the White House as the man who channels Mr. Obama on foreign policy. Mr. Rhodes is draftin...
Syria;Benjamin J Rhodes;Barack Obama;Arab Spring;US Foreign Policy;US Politics;Israel
ny0136956
[ "business", "yourmoney" ]
2008/05/18
An Alarm Is Blaring: Time to Buy
MARKET timing — trying to jump into or out of the stock market just before rallies and declines — is notoriously difficult. Most investors would probably be better off sticking with a buy-and-hold strategy. Nevertheless, anyone trying to beat the odds may be interested in a market indicator with an excellent track reco...
Stocks and Bonds;Economic Conditions and Trends;Personal Finances
ny0172267
[ "us" ]
2007/11/09
Massachusetts Acting to Extend Abortion Buffer
BOSTON, Nov. 8 — The Massachusetts legislature gave final approval Thursday to a bill that requires protesters to stand at least 35 feet from clinics that offer abortions. The bill, which Gov. Deval L. Patrick is expected to sign next week, will be the nation’s strictest state law establishing fixed zones that proteste...
Massachusetts;Abortion;Demonstrations and Riots;Freedom of Speech and Expression
ny0021203
[ "us" ]
2013/09/27
At Midterm, Every Campaign Is About Obama
Texas Democrats are trying to put together a ticket to run against the Republicans in 2014. But Texas Republicans don’t care whose names appear on the other ballot; they already know the name of the candidate they’re running against: Barack Obama. For Texas officeholders from Attorney General Greg Abbott and United Sta...
Texas;US Politics;Republicans;Democrats;Barack Obama;House races;Congressional elections;Senate races
ny0084291
[ "world", "americas" ]
2015/10/06
Officials in Guatemala Urge Residents to Leave Settlement Hit by a Landslide
SANTA CATARINA PINULA, Guatemala — From the roof of his house, Julio René Barillas can see the gash in the mountainside where the earth gave way and buried the houses below. He heard the deafening noise and saw the landslide swallow up the neighborhood just 100 yards away. “They never had a chance,” said Mr. Barillas, ...
Guatemala;Landslides,Mudslides;Guatemala;Fatalities,casualties
ny0088487
[ "business", "dealbook" ]
2015/09/02
Portugal, Missing Deadline for Novo Banco Sale, Turns to Second Bidder
MADRID — Portugal is having trouble selling the bank salvaged from the wreckage of one of the country’s biggest private lenders. The Portuguese central bank on Tuesday missed its own deadline for selling Novo Banco, the salvaged entity, after talks with the leading bidder faltered. The Bank of Portugal did not identify...
Portugal;Banco Espirito Santo;Novo Banco;Apollo Global Management;Banking and Finance;Euro Crisis;Pedro Passos Coelho
ny0138027
[ "us" ]
2008/05/01
Fewer Latino Immigrants Sending Money Home
In a sign that the economic downturn is hitting hard among Latino immigrants, more than three million of them stopped sending money to families in their home countries during the last two years, the Inter-American Development Bank said on Wednesday. Growing numbers of Latino immigrants are also considering giving up th...
Immigration and Refugees;Economic Conditions and Trends;Inter-American Development Bank;United States;Latin America
ny0075248
[ "world", "middleeast" ]
2015/04/14
Drone Strikes in Yemen Said to Set a Dangerous Precedent
WASHINGTON — An investigation of American drone strikes in Yemen concludes that the Obama administration has not followed its own rules to avoid civilian casualties and is setting a dangerous example for other countries that want to use unmanned aircraft against terrorists. The study , by the Open Society Justice Initi...
Drones;Civilian casualties;Yemen;Open Society Justice Initiative;Targeted Killings;CIA;Terrorism
ny0232811
[ "sports", "tennis" ]
2010/08/10
For Federer, His Ranking and His Age Are Nothing but Numbers
TORONTO — Roger Federer arrived at the Rogers Cup under unfamiliar circumstances. It marked his first tournament since Wimbledon, since turning 29, since hiring Paul Annacone as his new coach. This is also the first tournament since November 2003 in which Federer entered as the third seed. But Federer disagreed Monday ...
Federer Roger;Tennis
ny0217477
[ "nyregion" ]
2010/04/25
Food Cart Offerings Are Exotic and Affordable
BY 11 a.m. most weekdays, lunchtime aromas are already wafting up Cedar Street opposite Yale New Haven Hospital . And we’re not talking hot dogs. Oh, you can find franks and fries and other American basics, but they are in the minority on this block, where an international lineup of food carts offers specialties from A...
Vendors Street;New Haven (Conn)
ny0102483
[ "sports", "baseball" ]
2015/12/15
Orioles Re-Sign Darren O’Day
The All-Star reliever Darren O’Day, 33, re-signed with the Baltimore Orioles on a four-year, $31 million contract.
Baseball;Darren O'Day;Orioles
ny0013960
[ "us" ]
2013/11/23
Timeline Provides Details for a Grisly Crime Against a Teacher
DANVERS, Mass. — On the morning of Oct. 22, Philip Chism, a 14-year-old student and soccer player, took a ski mask, gloves, multiple changes of clothes and a box-cutter with him to school, according to the police. Mr. Chism was later seen in surveillance videos from cameras at Danvers High School putting on the gloves ...
Colleen Ritzer;Philip Chism;Murders;Danvers High School Danvers Mass;Danvers Mass;K-12 Education
ny0028547
[ "world", "asia" ]
2013/01/23
British Grandmother Sentenced to Death for Smuggling Cocaine Into Bali
JAKARTA, Indonesia — An Indonesian court sentenced a 56-year-old British woman to death on Tuesday for smuggling $2.5 million worth of cocaine onto the island of Bali, a decision that went far beyond the prosecutors’ recommendation of 15 years in prison. In May, according to investigators, customs officials at Bali’s a...
Bali;Capital punishment;Decisions and Verdicts;Cocaine and Crack;Smuggling;Indonesia;Drug Abuse;Lindsay June Sandiford
ny0252877
[ "sports", "baseball" ]
2011/10/04
Postseason Pressure a Pleasure to La Russa
ST. LOUIS — In the last few days, Tony La Russa , the manager of the St. Louis Cardinals , has repeatedly invoked the word fun to describe the happenings around his team during its unlikely run to the playoffs. That may seem uncharacteristic coming from a manager who has come to be known as something of a stone-faced t...
Baseball;St Louis Cardinals;Philadelphia Phillies;la Russa Tony;Lee Cliff;Berkman Lance;Playoff Games
ny0220475
[ "sports", "olympics" ]
2010/02/27
Lindsey Vonn Misses Gate as Maria Riesch Wins Women’s Slalom
WHISTLER, British Columbia — Lindsey Vonn completed her last race of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics with shoulders slumped, slowly sliding sideways on the snow after missing a gate in the women’s slalom Friday. It was a far cry from the Vonn who had been a streaking blur nine days earlier in the downhill, when she crossed...
Olympic Games (2010);Vonn Lindsey;Alpine Skiing;Olympic Games (2014);Riesch Maria
ny0016487
[ "sports", "baseball" ]
2013/10/31
Giants Tie Japan Series
Takayuki Terauchi drove in the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning as the Yomiuri Giants beat the Rakuten Eagles, 6-5, to even the best-of-seven Japan Series at two games each.
Baseball;Yomiuri Giants;Rakuten
ny0051893
[ "sports", "basketball" ]
2014/10/24
Wizards Expect Paul Pierce to Lead Way
After spending the first 15 seasons of his N.B.A. career with the Boston Celtics, Paul Pierce has become a hired gun in the league, a sort of big-money consultant acquired to impart championship wisdom to some less-enlightened group. Last season he swaggered into Brooklyn after a trade to the Nets and began touting the...
Basketball;Paul Pierce;John Wall;Wizards
ny0116904
[ "us", "politics" ]
2012/10/17
Attack on U.S. Mission in Benghazi Becomes Subject of Strongest Words
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — Mitt Romney tried to use the White House’s shifting accounts of the attack on the American mission in Benghazi, Libya, to paint a broad indictment of President Obama as commander in chief. But Mr. Obama fired back, accusing Mr. Romney of politicizing a tragedy and condemning as “offensive” his suggest...
Presidential Election of 2012;United States International Relations;Diplomatic Service Embassies and Consulates;Middle East and North Africa Unrest (2010- );Libya;Romney Mitt;Debates (Political)
ny0295218
[ "us", "politics" ]
2016/12/18
When Donald Trump Partied With Richard Nixon
HOUSTON — They still talk about the Saturday night here 27 years ago when Donald J. Trump partied with former President Richard M. Nixon . Dressed in tuxedos, they sang “Happy Birthday” to Texas royalty — former Gov. John B. Connally and his wife, Nellie , whose birthdays were a few days apart — as Nixon played the tun...
Nixon;Donald Trump;Houston;Restaurant;US Politics
ny0265428
[ "us", "politics" ]
2016/03/02
Democrats Turn to Hillary Clinton After Flirting With Bernie Sanders
FAIRFAX, Va. — On the eve of Super Tuesday, as Hillary Clinton urged her supporters to turn out to vote, people on the sidelines of her campaign rally here seemed less revved up than resigned. The time had come, several said, to end their romance with Bernie Sanders and settle down with Mrs. Clinton. “Bernie Sanders’s ...
Hillary Clinton;2016 Presidential Election;Primaries;Bernard Sanders,Bernie Sanders;Democrats
ny0196161
[ "technology", "companies" ]
2009/10/16
Investors Call Cisco’s Offer for Tandberg Too Low
Investors holding 24 percent of shares in the Norwegian videoconferencing firm Tandberg snubbed a $3 billion bid from Cisco Systems , the network equipment maker, hoping to get a higher price. Some analysts said Cisco had plenty of cash and could raise its bid to get the 90 percent shareholder approval it needs, but ot...
Cisco Systems Inc;Mergers Acquisitions and Divestitures;Tandberg
ny0287695
[ "sports", "baseball" ]
2016/08/17
Syndergaard’s Bat, and Arm, Lift the Mets
PHOENIX — At 6 feet 6 inches and 240 pounds, Noah Syndergaard often looks better suited for a football field than a baseball diamond. His large frame and quick arm generate the power behind his high-octane fastballs, which have been clocked as high as 102 miles per hour. His strong body also helps him at the plate. In ...
Mets;Baseball;Diamondbacks;Noah Syndergaard;Terry L Collins
ny0049592
[ "world", "middleeast" ]
2014/10/04
Coalition Leader Warns of Long Fight Against ISIS in Iraq
BAGHDAD — The American official coordinating the international coalition fighting the Islamic State said on Friday that the Iraqi military would not be ready for a campaign to retake Mosul, the largest Iraqi city under insurgent control, for as much as a year. Mosul has become a symbol of the strength of the Islamist i...
ISIS,ISIL,Islamic State;John R Allen;Iraq;US Military;Mosul;Baghdad;Awakening Movement
ny0009790
[ "sports", "tennis" ]
2013/02/11
Few Former Collegians Excel on WTA Tour
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Although she stands a foot and a half shorter, at 5 feet 3 inches, it seemed fair to wonder if Robin Anderson might one day become the John Isner of the women’s game. The 6-9 Isner, who reached a career-high ranking of No. 9 in 2012, remains the highest-ranked American man, at No. 16. Isner has a...
College Sports;Tennis;Women's Tennis Assn;Women and Girls;Careers and Professions;Lisa Raymond
ny0028191
[ "world", "middleeast" ]
2013/01/08
Chemical Weapons Showdown With Syria Led to Rare Accord
WASHINGTON — In the last days of November, Israel’s top military commanders called the Pentagon to discuss troubling intelligence that was showing up on satellite imagery: Syrian troops appeared to be mixing chemicals at two storage sites, probably the deadly nerve gas sarin, and filling dozens of 500-pounds bombs that...
Arab Spring;Biological and Chemical Warfare;Syria;Bashar al-Assad;Benjamin Netanyahu;Leon E Panetta;Barack Obama;US Foreign Policy;Israel
ny0040971
[ "sports", "soccer" ]
2014/04/14
Liverpool Closes In on Championship That It Last Won 24 Years Ago
LIVERPOOL, England — They sang “You’ll Never Walk Alone” and “We Shall Not Be Moved” and, over and over, “Liiiiiverpool.” The fans at Anfield seemed never to go quiet once the game began on Sunday, and soon, perhaps, they will sing about being champions. That was the measure of Liverpool’s 3-2 victory over visiting Man...
Soccer;Liverpool Soccer Team;Manchester City Soccer Team;Premier League
ny0192848
[ "business", "media" ]
2009/02/23
Articles on Editor Chauncey Bailey’s Killing Made a Difference
When Chauncey Bailey, the editor of The Oakland Post, in California, was gunned down in broad daylight on a city street 18 months ago, it was not the end of his journalism. In some ways, it was a new beginning. After his death, a group of reporters — some retired, some out of work — with support from foundations and th...
Bailey Chauncey W Jr;Murders and Attempted Murders;Newspapers;Blacks;Oakland Post The;University of California Berkeley;Your Black Muslim Bakery;Oakland (Calif)
ny0133984
[ "sports", "ncaabasketball" ]
2008/03/24
Rutgers’s Stringer Still Has Fans in Iowa
DES MOINES — It is always primary season in Iowa for Bill Fennelly. Every month for the past 13 years, Fennelly, the Iowa State women’s basketball coach, has hit the campaign trail, crisscrossing the state to expand his constituency one civic breakfast at a time. Wherever he goes, from Algona to Zwingle, Fennelly is fo...
Basketball;NCAA Basketball Tournament;Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
ny0071777
[ "us" ]
2015/03/07
Federal Court in Alabama Is Asked to Clear Way for Same-Sex Marriages
ATLANTA — Lawyers for gay and civil rights groups on Friday asked a federal court in Mobile, Ala., to force the state’s probate judges to once again issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, three days after the Alabama Supreme Court ordered them to stop. The motion, filed with Judge Callie V.S. Granade of United St...
Alabama;Same-Sex Marriage,Gay Marriage;Callie V S Granade;Roy S Moore;Don Davis
ny0235112
[ "nyregion" ]
2010/01/21
ICE Agents Crack Down on Protest at Varick Detention Center
Agents in riot gear from Immigration and Customs Enforcement tried to break up a hunger strike by detainees at the Varick Federal Detention Center in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday, three detainees at the center said Wednesday in telephone interviews. Matthew Chandler, a spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security , ...
Immigration Detention;Prisons and Prisoners;Hunger Strikes;Immigration and Customs Enforcement (US);Manhattan (NYC);Immigration and Emigration;Demonstrations and Riots;Homeland Security Department;Obama Barack
ny0202316
[ "world", "africa" ]
2009/08/05
In Africa, Clinton May Face a Kenyan Crisis
NAIROBI, Kenya — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in Kenya on Tuesday night at the beginning of an 11-day Africa tour and at a time when the American government is getting increasingly fed up with Kenya’s leaders. Mrs. Clinton was whisked from the airport to her hotel in downtown Nairobi, which was und...
Africa;Clinton Hillary Rodham;United States International Relations;Kenya;Odinga Raila
ny0110229
[ "business", "media" ]
2012/05/23
F.C.C. Weighs Treating Video Sites Like Cable Companies
BOSTON — Most consumers have no idea what an M.V.P.D. is, but they mail a check to one every month. What they call Comcast or Time Warner Cable or DirecTV, the government calls a “multichannel video programming distributor,” or M.V.P.D. for short. When that mouthful of a phrase was coined decades ago, it was pretty eas...
Federal Communications Commission;Regulation and Deregulation of Industry;Cable Television;Computers and the Internet;Hulu.com;YouTube.com;Video Recordings and Downloads;Television
ny0036882
[ "sports", "basketball" ]
2014/03/09
Knicks Win Third Straight and Gain Ground in East
Break up the Knicks. Their third straight victory, a 107-97 triumph Saturday night in Cleveland, moved them into a tie with the Cavaliers for 10th place in the woebegone Eastern Conference and left them three and a half games behind the free-falling Atlanta Hawks for the conference’s eighth and final playoff spot. The ...
Basketball;Knicks;Carmelo Anthony;Cavaliers
ny0060820
[ "us" ]
2014/08/13
Missouri Police Cite Threats in Deciding Not to Name Officer Who Shot Teenager
FERGUSON, Mo. — The chief of police here said Tuesday that he had reconsidered his decision to release the name of the police officer involved in the fatal shooting of an unarmed African-American teenager and would not do so because of concerns about the officer’s safety. The Ferguson Police Department had said it woul...
Michael Brown;Ferguson;Police Brutality,Police Misconduct,Police Shootings;Black People,African-Americans;Missouri;Civil Unrest;FBI
ny0056773
[ "us", "politics" ]
2014/09/19
ISIS Vote Weighs Heavily on Senators With 2016 Ambitions
The Senate vote set for late Thursday afternoon on whether to allow the American military to arm and train Syrian rebels will be a display of how hard-learned lessons from the past and uncertainties about the future — both practical and political — are at work, especially for those with an eye on a promotion. Congress ...
2016 Presidential Election;Senate;Congress;ISIS,ISIL,Islamic State
ny0073508
[ "sports", "basketball" ]
2015/04/02
Shabazz Napier Out for Season
The Miami Heat ruled the rookie guard Shabazz Napier out for the rest of the regular season after he had surgery to repair a sports hernia.
Basketball;Miami Heat;Shabazz Napier
ny0008999
[ "business", "economy" ]
2013/05/25
S.&P. Has More Than Doubled Under Obama
IN the 84 years that the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index has been calculated, it doubled during the terms of only four presidents before Barack Obama’s election in 2008. This month that number rose to five as the index climbed to more than twice what it was when he took office. Through Friday, more than 52 months aft...
President of the United States;SP 500;US Economy;Barack Obama;Stocks,Bonds
ny0159375
[ "business" ]
2008/12/23
Learning to Live With the Airline Bag Fee
Americans seem to be enamored of change these days. And despite the cries of protests when airlines started charging for checked luggage, it seems baggage fees are a change we can live with after all. With winter weather causing major disruptions at airports across the nation, air travelers are still facing challenges....
Luggage;Airlines and Airplanes;Airports;Personal Finances
ny0100736
[ "sports", "ncaafootball" ]
2015/12/29
Michigan State Quarterback Connor Cook Carves a Legacy With Pluck and Persistence
DALLAS — Alabama’s defense led the Football Bowl Subdivision with 46 sacks this season, but the Crimson Tide seemed to try to surpass that total in compliments directed at Michigan State quarterback Connor Cook on Monday. A few players likened Cook to the Denver Broncos’ Peyton Manning for his ability to read defenses ...
College football;Connor Cook;Michigan State;University of Alabama
ny0139126
[ "sports", "golf" ]
2008/02/20
Match-Play Event Brings Risks for Top 4 in Ranking
MARANA, Ariz., — For one week each year, the normally staid golf governing bodies comprising the International Federation of PGA Tours step outside the lines and throw down some fairly risky behavior. This is that week, a week when the format is match play and the stakes are higher than only the $8 million purse at the...
Golf;Woods Tiger;Mickelson Phil;Stricker Steve;Els Ernie
ny0114449
[ "technology" ]
2012/11/21
New Player in E.U. Data Privacy Battle
BERLIN — In the mid-1990s, Alan Shatter, a lawyer from South Dublin in the lower house of Parliament, played a role in bringing together diverse elements of society to lift a constitutional ban and legalize divorce. This January, when Ireland assumes the rotating presidency of the European Union , Mr. Shatter, who is n...
Shatter Alan;European Union;Privacy;Data-Mining and Database Marketing;Regulation and Deregulation of Industry
ny0264313
[ "sports", "ncaabasketball" ]
2011/12/01
Calipari Launches Into Coachspeak as Kentucky Grabs No. 1 Ranking
LEXINGTON, Ky. — On a drizzling afternoon this week, Kentucky Coach John Calipari stood on a practice court and reminded his players that nothing comes easy. “Do you understand me?” he said. “Are you listening?” These have been heady times for Kentucky. Ranked No. 1, with a 6-0 record, it has all seemed so easy so far ...
Calipari John;University of Kentucky;College Athletics;St John's University;Basketball;Basketball (College)
ny0209322
[ "nyregion" ]
2009/12/10
New Jersey Senate Vote on Gay Marriage Is Postponed
TRENTON — The battle over a bill that would legalize gay marriage in New Jersey shifted locations unexpectedly late Wednesday as sponsors of the legislation canceled a vote scheduled for Thursday in the State Senate, where the measure appeared headed for defeat. The sponsors, Senators Raymond J. Lesniak and Loretta Wei...
Same-Sex Marriage Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships;New Jersey;Homosexuality;Law and Legislation
ny0103346
[ "nyregion" ]
2012/03/18
A Review of ‘Winfred Rembert: Amazing Grace,’ at the Hudson River Museum
Most histories of the segregated South and the civil rights movement have taken the form of books, films or music. Winfred Rembert’s is carved in leather. You could call it folk art, since he wasn’t trained in any art school — he learned the craft in prison — and like many folk narratives, it is couched firmly in the d...
Art;Yonkers (NY);Race and Ethnicity;Rembert Winfred Sr;Hudson River Museum;Rembert Winfred
ny0209494
[ "world", "europe" ]
2009/12/26
Irish Bishops Quit in Wake of an Inquiry
DUBLIN (AP) — Two more Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland have resigned in the wake of a damning investigation into decades of church cover-up of child abuse in the Dublin Archdiocese. The bishops, Eamonn Walsh and Ray Field, offered an apology to child-abuse victims as they announced their resignations during Christmas...
Ireland;Christians and Christianity;Priests;Sex Crimes;Child Abuse and Neglect
ny0075431
[ "nyregion" ]
2015/05/03
Review: Rolling Out the Welcome Mat at Mishmish Restaurant in Montclair
Within minutes of sitting down at Mishmish , the new Mediterranean restaurant in Montclair, we were welcomed with a large plate of homemade vegetable pickles, warm focaccia and a dish of olive oil. Mishmish feels like one of those neighborhood trattorias you stumble into while on vacation. You have been walking around ...
Restaurant;Montclair NJ;Mishmish
ny0143682
[ "business" ]
2008/10/02
Crisis Puts Tax Moves Into Play
WASHINGTON — A long-stalled tax bill offering incentives for the use of renewable energy and providing tax breaks to millions of families and businesses gained momentum on Wednesday, when it was strapped onto emergency legislation to shore up the nation’s financial system. By a vote of 74 to 25, the Senate passed the l...
Taxation;Troubled Asset Relief Program (2008);Solar Energy;Biofuels;Education and Schools
ny0210175
[ "sports", "cricket" ]
2009/12/24
A Year That Shattered the Illusion of Cricket’s Safety
Cricket had little innocence left to lose on March 3, 2009. Images of rural arcadia conceal the reality of long histories of corruption, commercialism and violence. Yet that morning in Lahore, when terrorists attacked the bus carrying the Sri Lankan team to the Gaddafi Stadium for the third day of a test against Pakist...
Sri Lanka;Cricket (Game);Terrorism;Lahore (Pakistan)
ny0215199
[ "nyregion" ]
2010/04/04
Readers’ Questions Answered
Church Holdings Q. I was told that Trinity Church in the financial district literally owns Wall Street — specifically, the land underneath the New York Stock Exchange. True? A. False. “Trinity Church does not and has never owned Wall Street or the land that the Stock Exchange sits on,” Diane Reed, a spokeswoman for the...
Education and Schools;Historic Buildings and Sites;Trinity Church;Wall Street (NYC)
ny0146935
[ "business" ]
2008/07/21
Trying to Save by Increasing Doctors' Fees
Cutting health costs by paying doctors more? That is the premise of experiments under way by federal and state government agencies and many insurers around the country. The idea is that by paying family physicians, internists and pediatricians to devote more time and attention to their patients, insurers and patients c...
Health Insurance and Managed Care;Doctors;Medicine and Health;Prices (Fares Fees and Rates);American Academy of Family Physicians;American Medical Assn
ny0031970
[ "us" ]
2013/06/22
For Episcopal Church’s Leader, a Sermon Leads to More Dissent
Curaçao, the Dutch island off the Venezuelan coast, is nice this time of year. Actually, it’s nice any time of year. The temperature is in the low 80s and the seawater is nearly as warm. It must be a nice place to give a sermon. But for Katharine Jefferts Schori , since 2006 the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church...
Episcopal Church;Katharine Jefferts Schori;Same-Sex Marriage,Gay Marriage;Curacao;Bible
ny0243137
[ "world", "europe" ]
2011/03/30
Taking the Gender Fight Worldwide
PARIS — “I am a woman, a Socialist, divorced and agnostic,” the new defense minister told the generals of her Roman Catholic country. “But we will work together very well.” Michelle Bachelet , who in 2002 became Chile ’s first female defense minister and four years later the country’s first female president, has never ...
Bachelet Michelle;Women and Girls;United Nations;Civil Rights and Liberties;Economic Conditions and Trends;Chile
ny0063553
[ "sports", "baseball" ]
2014/01/12
Arbitrator’s Ruling Banishes the Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez for a Season
Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez was barred for 162 games and the 2014 postseason, the longest suspension for doping in baseball history, after an arbitrator upheld most of the punishment sought by Major League Baseball. The ruling , announced Saturday by Fredric R. Horowitz, baseball’s chief arbitrator, fell short...
Baseball;Alex Rodriguez;MLB;Major League Baseball Players Assn;Bud Selig;Anthony P Bosch;Frederic R Horowitz;Doping;Arbitration
ny0072863
[ "business" ]
2015/03/13
Shares of Intel Drop After It Lowers Its Forecast
The chip maker Intel slashed nearly $1 billion from its first-quarter revenue forecast as small businesses put off upgrading their personal computers, sending the company’s shares down about 5 percent. Fewer companies than Intel had expected replaced desktop PCs running on outdated Microsoft operating systems, leading ...
Intel;Computer Chip;Microsoft
ny0085902
[ "world", "asia" ]
2015/07/29
Afghanistan and Taliban to Hold Second Round of Talks, Pakistani Officials Say
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Afghan government officials and Taliban representatives are set to meet again for a second round of peace talks on Friday, two Pakistani government officials said Tuesday. The meetings, to be held in Pakistan, are expected to be more substantive than the previous round of talks, raising hopes that ...
Taliban;Afghanistan;Pakistan
ny0058140
[ "sports" ]
2014/09/14
Beijing Hosts Debut of Formula E as Engines Whir Rather Than Roar
BEIJING — The world’s first fully electric motor racing series, featuring battery-powered racecars that can accelerate from 0 to 60 miles per hour in three seconds, opened here Saturday. Known as Formula E , this 10-stop international circuit is approved by the International Automobile Federation and aims to inspire de...
Electric Cars and Hybrids;Car Racing;Beijing
ny0029413
[ "business" ]
2013/06/05
In Wireless Spectrum, Competition Is Critical
For all its sleek iThing patina today, the origins of the wireless communications revolution had a decidedly Wild West feel. At the dawn of the cellular phone age, in the early 1980s, the federal government faced a crucial decision: who should get the rights to send signals across the public airwaves, potentially crack...
Wireless;Competition law;US Politics;FCC;AT&T;Verizon Communications;Senate;Congress;House of Representatives;Congress
ny0209997
[ "business", "global" ]
2009/12/01
China Pushes Back Against Calls for Yuan Rise
NANJING, CHINA — China pushed back Monday against calls to let its currency rise, with Prime Minister Wen Jiabao warning that an appreciation in the yuan could hobble Chinese growth. Speaking to reporters after a summit meeting with the European Union, Mr. Wen said the demands being made of Beijing to let the yuan stre...
Economic Conditions and Trends;China;Yuan (Currency);Wen Jiabao
ny0265763
[ "nyregion" ]
2016/03/27
Things to Do in Connecticut, March 26 Through April 3
A guide to cultural and recreational events in Connecticut. Items for the calendar should be sent at least three weeks in advance to ctcal@nytimes.com. Comedy BRIDGEPORT “It’s All Fun and Games,” improvisation. Through April 8. $10 to $25. The Bijou Theater, 275 Fairfield Avenue. 203-332-3228; thebijoutheatre.com. COLL...
The arts;Music;Museum;Connecticut
ny0049064
[ "business", "economy" ]
2014/11/13
U.S. Wholesalers’ Stockpiles and Sales Rose in September
Stockpiles at the wholesale level increased 0.3 percent in September after an 0.6 percent rise in August, the Commerce Department said on Wednesday. Sales by wholesalers rose 0.2 percent in September after a sharp 0.8 percent August decline. That big August setback in sales may have left businesses more cautious about ...
US Economy;Commerce Department
ny0248574
[ "business" ]
2011/05/08
Dominic Orr of Aruba Networks, on Intellectual Honesty
This interview with Dominic Orr, president and C.E.O. of Aruba Networks , a wireless networking company, was conducted and condensed by Adam Bryant . Q. What were some early lessons for you as a manager? A. The biggest feedback I had from my people is that I didn’t give them feedback. I was running along. I had a pret...
Executives and Management;Hiring and Promotion;Paid Time Off;Aruba Networks Inc;Orr Dominic
ny0237864
[ "sports" ]
2010/06/08
Poor Ratings for Belmont Stakes
The Belmont Stakes won by Drosselmeyer on Saturday generated a 3.0 rating for ABC, with an average of 4.86 million viewers, one of the Triple Crown race’s worst performances ever. The rating fell 32 percent and the viewership dropped 27 percent from last year, when Summer Bird won.The figures are from the period from 5...
Belmont Stakes;Television;Horse Racing;Ratings and Rating Systems
ny0100303
[ "sports" ]
2015/12/20
Letters to the Editor
Turning to Medical Professionals for Treatment of Migraines To the Sports Editor: Re “ ‘You Can’t Put Ice Over a Migraine,’ a Lurking Malady in the N.F.L.,” Dec. 13: As a headache specialist and epidemiologist who has published research on improving migraine diagnosis and management for migraine, I applaud The New York...
Migraine;Football;Mixed martial arts
ny0123832
[ "business", "global" ]
2012/09/12
Burberry Warns of Weakness in Luxury Market
PARIS — Burberry, the iconic British fashion retailer, sent shock waves through the global luxury industry on Tuesday, saying that it had begun to see signs of weakness in the market and that its annual profit would probably disappoint investors. The company, based in London, said sales were flat at stores open a year ...
Luxury Goods;Burberry;Great Britain;European Sovereign Debt Crisis (2010- );Company Reports
ny0107278
[ "business" ]
2012/04/24
Wal-Mart Stock Falls Nearly 5% After Report of Quashed Bribery Inquiry
Wal-Mart ’s stock fell almost 5 percent on Monday, accounting for about one-fifth of the losses in the Dow Jones industrial average, as investors reacted to a bribery scandal at the retailer’s Mexican subsidiary and a report that an internal investigation was quashed at corporate headquarters in Arkansas. The New York ...
Wal-Mart Stores Inc;Bribery and Kickbacks;Stocks and Bonds;Mexico;Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (1977);Castro-Wright Eduardo;Menzer John B
ny0118769
[ "sports", "hockey" ]
2012/10/25
Charles B. Wang, the Islanders’ Unorthodox Owner
On the day he elevated Garth Snow from backup goaltender to general manager in 2006, Charles B. Wang , the Islanders ’ owner, conceded that the move was unorthodox but said that much of his business career had been based on doing things differently. Of course, what some call unorthodox strikes others as, well, eccentri...
Hockey Ice;Wang Charles B;New York Islanders;Brooklyn (NYC);Long Island (NY);Kumar Sanjay
ny0268118
[ "business", "dealbook" ]
2016/03/22
Credit Default Swaps Make Restructuring More Difficult
Several years ago I wrote an article predicting that the growth of credit default swaps would make it increasingly difficult to restructure distressed companies. The drama surrounding a Norwegian paper maker shows that, if anything, I understated the potential problem. Norske Skog, which describes itself as multination...
Credit default swap;GSO Capital Partners;Norske Skog
ny0261053
[ "nyregion" ]
2011/06/26
Pick Your Own at Patty’s Berries and Bunches in Mattituck, N.Y.
Even as Patricia DiVello, 52, watched several children gathering strawberries on a recent afternoon at Patty’s Berries and Bunches, her pick-your-own farm in Mattituck, she was already looking forward to the next crop. A patch of blueberry bushes was just fruiting for a harvest around mid-July, the berry clusters still...
Long Island (NY);Fruit;Farmers
ny0244663
[ "sports", "football" ]
2011/04/20
Revis Lobbies to Sign Moss and Edwards
Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis said he would welcome the petulant wide receiver Randy Moss to the Jets, despite Revis’s previous assessment of Moss as a “slouch.” But Revis, speaking from a Range Rover event in Manhattan, also lobbied for the Jets to sign one of their own free agents, receiver Braylon Edwards. “We need...
Football;New York Jets;Revis Darrelle;Moss Randy;Edwards Braylon
ny0064726
[ "business", "international" ]
2014/06/11
Ford to Keep Fiesta Production in Germany
BERLIN — The Ford Motor Company will keep production of the Fiesta, its top-selling car in Europe, in Germany after agreeing with workers to cut assembly costs, part of an effort to end years of losses from its European operations. The company said Tuesday that management and workers had agreed to scrap costly night sh...
Cars;Manufacturing;Ford Motor
ny0051868
[ "world", "americas" ]
2014/10/24
Despite Telltale Signs, Ottawa Gunman Was Not Flagged as a Threat
OTTAWA — The Canadian police acknowledged on Thursday that the gunman who traumatized the capital in a deadly shooting rampage had not been identified as a security threat despite his criminal record in three cities, embrace of extremist ideas and intent to travel to Syria. The police also conceded that they did not ev...
Terrorism;Ottawa;ISIS,ISIL,Islamic State;Canada;Nathan Cirillo;Michael Zehaf-Bibeau
ny0272208
[ "sports", "autoracing" ]
2016/05/28
Everybody’s Favorite Formula One Throwback
The Monaco Grand Prix is probably the only race on the Formula One calendar where the poor race performances of great drivers and the superb performances of lesser drivers share the spotlight with the achievements of the finest drivers. It’s a race that is remembered as much for Ayrton Senna’s crash 12 laps from the en...
Formula One;Monaco Grand Prix;Monaco;Car Racing;Lewis Hamilton;Nico Rosberg
ny0041118
[ "us" ]
2014/04/25
A Partnership to Help the Tallest Residents in Yosemite Park
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — In an otherworldly grove of cinnamon-colored giant sequoias, workers in June will jackhammer an old mistake: a road and parking lot that impinge on the hallowed forest. The $36 million project, which includes dismantling a gift shop, removing a tourist tram and adding elevated walkways ...
Yosemite;National Park Service;National Parks and National Monuments;Philanthropy;Trees
ny0280160
[ "us", "politics" ]
2016/10/17
Officials Fight Donald Trump’s Claims of a Rigged Vote
WASHINGTON — Republican leaders and election officials from both parties on Sunday sought to combat claims by Donald J. Trump that the election is rigged against him, amid signs that Mr. Trump’s contention is eroding confidence in the vote and setting off talk of rebellion among his supporters. In a vivid illustration ...
2016 Presidential Election;Donald Trump;Mike Pence;News media,journalism
ny0194811
[ "sports", "baseball" ]
2009/11/01
Nothing Fancy in Philadelphia, but Still Hallowed Sports Ground
PHILADELPHIA — Some cities built their ballparks downtown to revitalize sagging neighborhoods. Others constructed them on waterfronts, shimmering palaces against picturesque backdrops. This is not one of those cities. All four of its major professional sports teams play at arenas hard on the edge of South Philly, in a ...
Baseball;Philadelphia Phillies;Stadiums and Arenas;Citizens Bank Park (Philadelphia Pa)
ny0182875
[ "nyregion" ]
2007/12/26
2 Old Lighthouses Compete for a Historic Lens
ROCHESTER In the evening, the Rev. Thomas H. Wheeland likes to retreat to the back porch of his rectory at Holy Cross Church and look out onto Lake Ontario, illuminated by a wide beam of light from a neighboring lighthouse. Years have passed since the stone lighthouse, built in 1822, was needed to guide ships into the ...
Lighthouses and Lightships;Restoration and Rehabilitation;History;Rochester (NY);Ohio;Great Lakes
ny0022168
[ "sports", "baseball" ]
2013/09/21
Red Sox Clinch East; Indians Win, As Do Royals
Jon Lester pitched seven strong innings as the Boston Red Sox beat the visiting Toronto Blue Jays, 6-3, on Friday night to clinch their first American League East title since 2007. Lester (15-8) allowed one run, five hits and two walks, striking out eight to win for the seventh time in nine decisions. It was his 100th ...
Baseball;Washington Nationals;Braves;Dodgers;Chicago Cubs;Miami Marlins;Cleveland Indians;Red Sox;Blue Jays
ny0159798
[ "us" ]
2008/12/25
Suspect in Roadway Shootings Dies
DALLAS (AP) — A former Utah state trooper suspected in several Dallas-area roadway shootings that killed at least one driver died on Wednesday a hospital official said. The former trooper, Brian Smith, died at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, a nursing supervisor said. Mr. Smith, 37, had been in critical condition on life ...
Dallas (Tex);Murders and Attempted Murders;Suicides and Suicide Attempts;Smith Brian
ny0176248
[ "sports", "baseball" ]
2007/07/26
Hearst Continues Pursuit of Names of Steroids Users
The Hearst Corporation, which is suing the federal government to reveal the names of dozens of current and former major league baseball players who may have been provided performance-enhancing drugs, filed response papers in federal court yesterday. Hearst argued that the government should reveal to the public the name...
Steroids;Baseball;Hearst Corp;Mitchell George J
ny0046985
[ "us" ]
2014/11/18
Doctor Being Treated for Ebola in Omaha Dies
WASHINGTON — This time, the challenge of Ebola was much steeper for the doctors and nurses at Nebraska Medical Center , one of a handful of hospitals specially designated to handle cases of the deadly virus in the United States. Unlike the two Ebola patients they had successfully treated earlier this year at the hospit...
Ebola;Omaha;Martin Salia;Nebraska Medical Center;Sierra Leone
ny0043837
[ "world", "africa" ]
2014/05/15
South Sudan Cease-Fire Proves to Be Short-Lived
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — An agreement for a cease-fire in South Sudan that was signed Friday barely made it into the new week before violence resumed in the seething conflict that has already left thousands dead and displaced more than 1.3 million people. A previous pact, signed in January, also failed almost immediatel...
South Sudan;Salva Kiir Mayardit;Riek Machar;Military
ny0253172
[ "us", "politics" ]
2011/10/28
John Edwards Loses Bid to Get Campaign Finance Case Dismissed
GREENSBORO, N.C. — A federal judge on Thursday rejected former Senator John Edwards ’s request to dismiss criminal campaign finance charges against him, all but ensuring that Mr. Edwards will go to trial in January. The ruling, by Judge Catherine C. Eagles of United States District Court here, came after a full day of ...
Edwards John;Campaign Finance;Decisions and Verdicts;United States Politics and Government
ny0071986
[ "business", "media" ]
2015/03/31
Jay Z Reveals Plans for Tidal, a Streaming Music Service
As Jay Z sees it, there is a clear solution to the problems facing musicians in the streaming age. They should band together — behind him, of course. On Monday, Jay Z, the rap star and entertainment mogul, announced his plans for Tidal , a subscription streaming service he recently bought for $56 million. Facing compet...
Jay Z;Audio Recordings; Downloads and Streaming;Music;Aspiro;Tidal
ny0215344
[ "us" ]
2010/04/02
Basketball 101, Through Jaded-Colored Glasses
Dan McGrath is a columnist for the Chicago News Cooperative. I thought of Rus Bradburd last weekend while watching West Virginia and Kentucky play for a berth in the N.C.A.A. tournament’s Final Four. West Virginia’s coach, Bob Huggins, once went four years with a zero graduation rate and had 21 players turn up on city ...
Basketball;Writing and Writers;Coaches and Managers;College Athletics;Chicago (Ill)