The Democrats and the Liberal Catholic Voter
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View ArticleA Handbag Merry-Go-Round
LONDON — A weightlifter raised his powdered wig to hair-raising heights, revealing a leather handbag. Eyes blinked from the salon walls as purses wafted by. A fantastical, Victorian world created in...
View ArticleMyanmar Investment Commission Reinvents Itself
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's new foreign investment law envisions broad powers for the country's already over-taxed investment commission, restricts foreign investment in 11 poorly defined...
View ArticleJordan Limits Protests, and Internet, as Tensions Simmer
AMMAN — Jordan has been rocked by the shock waves running across the Middle East, and tensions are still simmering. Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and...
View ArticleGadfly Has Colorful Past in Politics and in Court
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A serial litigator suing to undo the sale of a New Hampshire grand hotel to force its reopening is a perennial candidate for office and self-proclaimed instigator of the "birther...
View ArticleIraq Nominee Says US Pressing on Use of Airspace
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's choice for ambassador to Iraq says he will make clear to Baghdad that U.S. officials are angered by reports that Iran is using Iraqi airspace to deliver...
View ArticleOn Planet Proenza
IN a world of fashion design densely populated by difficult, messy individuals, one can well understand the temptation to team up and clean up, à la Dolce & Gabbana or Viktor & Rolf. You and...
View ArticleRussia Accuses USAID of Trying to Sway Elections
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has explained its decision to put an end to the U.S. Agency for International Development's work in Russia by saying the U.S. government agency was using its money to influence...
View ArticleTwo or Three Cats
One book features three cat friends. The other is about two cat rivals. One offers inspired nonsense. The other deals with a (relatively) realistic situation. But with eye-poppingly bright and...
View ArticleIneffective Counsel in Georgia
Robert Wayne Holsey, on death row in Georgia for killing a police officer, is seeking a new sentencing hearing because he received ineffective counsel. He should get one. His own lawyer told a Georgia...
View ArticleSales at Knolls, Jacques Carcanagues and Others
Knoll’s annual sale starts Friday, with 15 percent off iconic midcentury modern furniture, through Sept. 29 (the Richard Schultz 1966 chaise lounge, originally $2,713, will be about $2,306); 76 Ninth...
View ArticleUS Penalties in Effect for Taliban-Allied Haqqanis
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. sanctions against the Pakistan-based Haqqani (hah-KAH'-nee) network of militants have come into force following the Obama administration's decision to designate the group a...
View ArticleChick-fil-A and Chicago Alderman Reach Agreement
ATLANTA — The question of whether or not to eat at Chick-fil-A got a bit murkier for people who use the company’s chicken sandwiches as a political totem in the culture war over gay rights and...
View ArticleHow Identity Politics Can Set a Trap
ATLANTA Enlarge This Image Warren Little/Getty Images Rory McIlroy, left, and Tiger Woods have been paired together frequently during the tournaments in the FedEx Cup playoffs. Keep up with the latest...
View ArticleThis N That
NORTH Sixth Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, has undergone a remarkable transformation in the last decade, going from an industrial ghost town to a veritable runway of skinny jeans and European...
View ArticleReport: 4 Injured After Explosion at Kosher Store
PARIS (AP) — A French news agency is reporting that four people were injured after a small package bomb exploded inside a kosher grocery store in a Paris suburb. The Sipa news agency says that small...
View ArticleIn Tight Race, Obama Wields All Levers of Power in Reach
WASHINGTON — For months, government lawyers and economists worked behind the scenes to develop a trade case against China. Then last month came a eureka moment: They confirmed the existence of a...
View ArticleIndia's retail reform of little substance
By Raja Murthy MUMBAI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's decision to allow foreign investors into India's US$500 billion retail trade seems more a master stroke of self-preservation than a move that...
View ArticleWhat Makes a Leader
To the Editor: “Must Great Leaders Be Gregarious?,” by Susan Cain (Sunday Review, Sept. 16), reminded me of the difference between introverted and extroverted mathematicians: the introverted...
View ArticleDrawn to Food and Liquor, Burglar Draws a Stiff Term
He was a serial burglar — with a taste for vodka, sake, pork belly and hamburgers — who broke into several Manhattan restaurants and bars just before sunrise. Connect with NYTMetro Follow us on...
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