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    Learning to Love Volatility

    In a world that constantly throws big, unexpected events our way, we must learn to benefit from disorder, writes Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

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    Make Tax Man Wait!

    Selling off stocks now to avoid a higher capital-gains tax rate next year is all the rage. Most investors should resist the temptation.

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    How a Hot Bond Fund Got Its Mojo

    Francis Chou was a telephone repairman in Canada when he pooled 51,000 Canadian dollars from himself and co-workers to start an investment club. Now he runs the best-performing bond fund in North America.

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    The Rise of Skinny Skyscrapers

    With advances in building design and materials, more developers are erecting tall, thin towers in crowded cities. Slender design means more stellar views but fatter construction costs—and the risk of motion sickness.

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    Photos of the Day: Nov. 16

    In today's pictures, people hung from a crowded train in India, men watch a bird fight in Afghanistan, a Hostess driver drops off a final delivery of baked goods in Illinois, and more.

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    Train Tragedy at Veterans Parade in Texas

    A freight train slammed into a parade float full of wounded veterans and their families on Thursday in Midland, Texas, killing four and injuring 17.

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    Conflict in Gaza Strip, Israel

    Israel hit the Gaza Strip with airstrikes and artillery shells for a second straight day Thursday and Hamas ramped up rocket fire at Israel, as both sides widened hostilities in the conflict's bloodiest escalation in four years.