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Renovating the U.N., With Hints of Green

NYT Headlines - 1 hour 27 min ago
Planning for the five-year, nearly $2 billion renovation of the United Nations headquarters included deciding which parts of the 39-story building’s art and architecture were worth preserving.

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Another Triumph for Clinton, Many Women Agree

NYT Headlines - 1 hour 33 min ago
As Hillary Rodham Clinton transforms herself into the nation’s top diplomat, she cannot seem to shake the role of a canvas for women’s hopes and fears about the workplace.

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Housing Crisis Snares Elderly Who Can’t Sell

NYT Headlines - 2 hours 9 min ago
The housing crisis has kept thousands of older Americans from moving into retirement communities, effectively stranding them in their own homes.

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For Treasury, Geithner Said to Be Choice; Wall St. Cheers

NYT Headlines - 2 hours 20 min ago
The announcement that Timothy F. Geithner would be named Treasury secretary helped drive stocks sharply higher on Friday afternoon.

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News Analysis: Obama Tilts to Center, Inviting a Clash of Ideas

NYT Headlines - 2 hours 20 min ago
President-elect Barack Obama’s reported selections for two major cabinet positions suggest that he is surrounding himself with pragmatists rather than ideologues.

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Citigroup, Under Siege, Holds Talks With U.S.

NYT Headlines - 2 hours 28 min ago
Executives and officials weighed a number of options including whether to replace Citigroup’s leadership or sell all or part of the company.

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G.M. Pins Hopes on a Plug-In Car, 2 Years Off

NYT Headlines - 2 hours 28 min ago
G.M. executives are using the Chevrolet Volt as the centerpiece of their case to a skeptical Congress that their business plan for a turnaround is strong.

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New York Weighs Options to Fill the Seat of Senator Clinton

NYT Headlines - 2 hours 30 min ago
Gov. David A. Paterson of New York hasn’t begun a formal search to replace Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, aides say. But he won’t pick himself.

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Europeans Grow Roots in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

NYT Headlines - 2 hours 42 min ago
Williamsburg, known for attracting hipsters and Midwesterners, is being transformed by an influx of affluent buyers from Western Europe.

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New York City’s Public Housing Chief to Step Down

NYT Headlines - 2 hours 47 min ago
Tino Hernandez, the chairman of New York City’s public housing agency, said he was leaving to run a nonprofit drug treatment organization.

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Grenade wounds Thai demonstrators

BBC - 2 hours 56 min ago
A grenade blast wounds eight protesters in Thailand, amid rising tension between the government and demonstrators.
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Bush and Hu meet at Apec summit

BBC - 3 hours 16 min ago
US President George W Bush meets China's Hu Jintao, ahead of an Asia-Pacific summit dominated by the financial crisis.
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Drinking teenagers face liver risk

BBC - 3 hours 35 min ago
Excessive drinking by children is causing a health time bomb, with record levels of liver disease in the under-30s, a charity warns.
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Inner space

BBC - 4 hours 30 min ago
Making the space station just a bit more like home
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Sea eagles could be reintroduced

BBC - 4 hours 50 min ago
Conservationists plan to bring the sea eagle, the UK's largest bird of prey, back to the skies above England.
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Star turn

BBC - 5 hours 5 min ago
Celebrities are the new weapon in Indonesian politics
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Light-wave implant hope for deaf

BBC - 5 hours 12 min ago
An implant which works by firing infrared light into the inner ear is being investigated by US researchers.
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Florida boy's suicide live on web

BBC - 5 hours 18 min ago
A Florida teenager commits suicide in front of a webcam streaming live video
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Bits: Google, the iPhone and Machines That Listen

NYT Technology - 5 hours 31 min ago
Google's voice search service for the iPhone may signify an inflection point -- speech recognition that is more useful than typing.

Bits: What Yahoo Really Needs Is an Editor in Chief

NYT Technology - 5 hours 32 min ago
Instead of looking for the next Jack Welch, Yahoo would do better to find its Tina Brown or Clay Felker.

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