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Gas Prices Send Surge of Riders to Mass Transit

Cities with long-established public transit systems and areas with a strong driving culture are both reporting increases in ridership of buses and trains.

Judge Drops General From Trial of Detainee

The removal of a general involved in overseeing Guantánamo prosecutions was a new blow to the Bush administration’s military commission system.

In Flooded Delta, a Want as Pervasive as Death

Six days after a cyclone struck Myanmar, it was clear that the damage was great and that little aid had made it to villagers along the sea south of Yangon.

Contractor in Iraq Shooting Makes Comeback
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Contractor in Iraq Shooting Makes Comeback

A Blackwater Worldwide helicopter over Baghdad this week. The security company, which was involved in 17 Iraqis’ deaths, still has a contract to guard U.S. diplomats.

For First Time, More Superdelegates Favor Obama

Hillary Rodham Clinton’s trump card began slipping from her grasp, and her speeches took a more conciliatory tone.

Illegal Farm Workers Get Health Care in Shadows

Health care for many migrant workers is provided by a parallel system of spiritual healers and home remedies.

As Stimulus Rebates Go Out, Stores Want All of It

Retailers are pushing consumers to spend their windfall, but some offers require hundreds of dollars of purchases.


 

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The final Jaguar model designed during Ford’s ownership of the marque promised to be sleek and stirring. But is it?

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