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Spike in Liver Injuries Is Tied to Dietary Supplements
By ANAHAD O’CONNOR
Dietary supplements now account for nearly 20 percent of drug-related liver injuries that turn up in hospitals, up from just 7 percent a decade ago, research shows.
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Mixed Messages Add Anxiety as Deadline Nears in Health Act
By ROBERT PEAR
Americans were bracing for a Monday deadline to sign up for coverage, after a series of changes to the law that has caused confusion among consumers and uncertainty among insurance companies.
Interactive Map: Uninsured Americans White House Tries to Prevent Ruling on Surveillance Efforts
By CHARLIE SAVAGE and DAVID E. SANGER
The Obama administration moved to prevent a judge from ruling on the constitutionality of warrantless surveillance programs authorized during the Bush administration.
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Ethnic Violence Threatens South Sudan
By ISMA’IL KUSHKUSH
Longstanding tensions between ethnic groups could ultimately tear the new nation apart, activists and diplomats fear. Above, men rest in a compound in Juba.
A Bit Surprised, Gay Couples in Utah Dash to Wed
By JACK HEALY
Friday’s ruling striking down a ban on same-sex marriages was a seismic shift in the conservative state.
Irish Try to Eradicate Ghosts of a Housing Crash
By SUZANNE DALEY
After the housing bubble burst, Ireland was left with an estimated 1,300 unfinished or substandard home. The razing program is only nibbling at the problem.
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A Rush Into the Bitcoin Mines, Gold Fever-Style
By NATHANIEL POPPER
In a bunker in Iceland, powerful computers are whirring 24 hours a day — and extracting an invisible currency.
With Punishments or Pardons, Putin Is in Control
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN and STEVEN LEE MYERS
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has the ability not only to wield the executive power of the Kremlin but also to bend the other branches of government to his will.
Finishes Beyond All Control in the N.F.L.
By BILL PENNINGTON
Coaches try to plan the final minutes of a game, but desperation creates the great moments in football.
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Octopus Garden Prepares for Feast of Seven Fishes
By RACHEL WHARTON
In the days before Christmas Eve, many who celebrate a Feast of Seven Fishes stock up at Octopus Garden in Brooklyn.
Data Points: How Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk
By JOSH KATZ and WILSON ANDREWS
What does the way you speak say about where you’re from?
A Wordnado of Words in 2013
A lexicographer’s catalog of our preoccupations.
Triumph of the English Major
I wanted to publish some books, but first I had to convince the numbers guy.
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Don’t Mistake This for Gridlock
The American political system allows for more change than its current reputation suggests, an economist says.
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A Test Run at Russia’s Olympic Hopeful
With Sochi, Russia, preparing to host the Winter Olympics in February, the author gets an early taste of the area’s developing ski experience.
36 Hours in Jackson Hole
From skiing to sculpture, you can find it in this area of dramatic beauty in Wyoming.
What You Get for ... $880,000
This week’s homes include a condo in a Philadelphia brownstone, a Craftsman in Atlanta and a cabin in Utah.
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Something About It Says ‘Party!’
The Fiesta ST joins Ford’s stable of rowdy front-wheel-drive machines. The Fiesta’s small turbo engine is strong enough for thrills, but not so brawny as to overwhelm the front tires.
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