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Le secrétaire général de l'Otan, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, a assuré qu'il n'y aurait pas de retrait précipité d'Afghanistan, malgré la décision de la France d'accélérer le...

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Leaders of the world's eight richest economies gathered in Camp David, Md., Saturday to discuss how to deal with the European debt crisis amid fresh concerns that it could spark...

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A day after the historic Facebook IPO, founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg wed 27-year-old Priscilla Chan at a small ceremony at his Palo Alto, Calif., home.

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The Depression led to an effort to enhance and expand data collection on employment, and I was hoping the housing bubble and bust would lead to a similar effort to collect better...

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Going To Extreme - Paul Krugman FDL Book Salon Welcomes Paul Krugman - Book Salon Money is an Experience Good - NEP-DGE Blog How National Belt-Tightening Goes Awry - Robert...

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Citi Bike will make it a lot quicker to get from Stuy Town to Penn Station. Image: CiBi.mePretty much anywhere you go within the bike-share service area, you’ll be within a...

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Those who think the answer to the unemployment problem is more education might be surprised to learn the Majority of Unemployed Attended College.For the first time in history,...

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Repeating ancient mistakes.

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By Thomas KessnerHe came as it were from nowhere, setting out on May 20, 1927 on a journey. The non-stop New York to Paris flight was a dream of many great aviators, and they had...

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U.S. President Obama says "stable, growing European economy is in everybody's best interest" at meeting of world leaders outside of Washington. Deborah Gembara reports.

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“But the most telling sign JPM will have to payout big time is that HUGE jump in litigation reserves they snuck in this week. In the bank’s first quarter earnings press...

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A lab report released Thursday showed that Trayvon Martin was shot from close range, probably with the gun pressed against his chest. The new information may bolster George...

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A documentary director and a social worker hatch a new idea: personalized music for every nursing home resident.

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So, what do I write about at the Aleph Blog?  I write about a lot of things.  That’s a strength, and a weakness.  A weakness, because not everyone cares about a lot of...

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You are free to become the kind of person your genes want you to be. Genes play a greater role in forming character traits - such as self-control, decision making or sociability -...

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By Nancy Birdsall - Jim Kim, the incoming president of the World Bank, has gotten a lot of free (as in unsolicited) advice. I’ve participated happily, indeed eagerly (e.g....

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