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Kiev Struggles to Break Russia’s Grip on Gas Flow

A plan to reverse-flow natural gas into Ukraine from the European Union has been hindered by neighboring Slovakia’s reticence, seemingly due to pressure from Russia’s state-owned energy behemoth.

Ukraine’s Hold on Territory Weakens as Chaos Spreads

Russian-speaking regions spun further out of the government’s control as a mob stormed a police station in Odessa, Ukraine, and freed from detention 67 militants.

Rand Paul Goes Through His Paces With Murdoch

For Rand Paul, the would-be candidate, and Rupert Murdoch, one of the most powerful Republican brokers, Saturday marked a potential turn in the race for president.

Across Staten Island, Rising Tide of Heroin Takes Hold

As in towns and cities from Vermont to Washington State, heroin’s new surge on Staten Island has ravaged primarily young people in working- and middle-class communities, especially in the borough’s south.

A displaced villager from Abi Barak shielded himself and his child in a makeshift shelter on Sunday. A massive landslide on Friday buried more than 2,000 people in Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan.
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Hopes Fade in the Aftermath of Landslide

More than 2,000 people, one third of the population of Abi Barak, were killed in a landslide, but aid is scarce in this impoverished corner of Afghanistan.

X Still Marks Sunken Spot, and Gold Awaits

A private company working with a court-appointed receiver has become the first to revisit a 1857 shipwreck in two decades. It is still heavy with treasure, the team found.

Wage Growth Indicates a Not-So-Healthy Economy

A new paper argues that the slow pace of wage growth is the clearest indicator that the recovery is still far from robust.

Rush for Deals Before Top Art Goes to Auction

As the spring art auction season begins, hefty prices for many big-ticket works have been guaranteed by outside collectors or investors.

Live Free Or Else, a Town Is Told

Parking officers in Keene, N.H., are caught between activists whose motto is “Free Keene” and the majority of residents who were unaware that the city was in bondage.

The Media Equation
V. Stiviano Feeds Media’s Appetite for Scandal

If you wanted to see how various components of the modern media ecosystem interact, you could not come up with a better real-time experiment than the Donald Sterling story.

A Better Economy, Still Far From Good

April was the best month for job growth in quite a while, but wages remained flat and nearly 10 million Americans are still unemployed.

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