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Monday, July 21, 2014

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James Garner, Witty, Handsome Leading Man, Dies at 86

Mr. Garner was best known as the amiable gambler Bret Maverick in the 1950s western Maverick and the cranky sleuth Jim Rockford in the 1970s series The Rockford Files.

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Ukraine Separatists Release Bodies and Black Boxes

The Russian president also accused unspecified countries of seeking to exploit the downing of the Malaysia Airlines jet over eastern Ukraine.

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The Upshot

Income Inequality Is Not Rising Globally. It's Falling.

Though the income gap has widened in many individual nations, it has been shrinking globally for most of the last 20 years.

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U.S. Sees Evidence of Russian Links to Jet’s Downing

The loss of Flight 17, at the cost of 298 lives, left many wondering why a passenger jet was flying over a conflict where surfacetoair missiles were in use.

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Op-Ed Columnist

The Fiscal Fizzle

The deficit scolds are still going at it, even though the whole panic turned out to be a false alarm.

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Bodies From Malaysia Airlines Flight Are Stuck in Ukraine, Held Hostage Over Distrust

ProRussian separatist militiamen have seized custody of the bodies of about 200 victims of the Malaysia Airlines passenger jet that was shot down last week, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday.

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Ukraine Says It Can Prove Russia Supplied Arms System That Felled Jet

Russianled terrorists are keeping international investigators and foreign governments from the site where Malaysian Airlines 17 crashed after being shot down by a missile, the Ukrainian government said Saturday.

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Neighborhood Ravaged on Deadliest Day So Far for Both Sides in Gaza

Casualties grew on both sides as Israel pressed on with its campaign aimed at quelling rocket fire into Israel and exposing and destroying tunnels.

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Opinion

The Future of Robot Caregivers

Elderly people need everyday help, and there aren't enough humans to provide it.

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For the G.O.P., Fine Line Seen on Migration

The recent wave of young migrants has complicated the Republican Party's effort to win back the support of Latinos while gaining immigration reform.

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Racy Photos Were Often Shared at N.S.A., Snowden Says

Edward J. Snowden said lax oversight allowed for members of the United States military to pass around sexually explicit photos they had intercepted.

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Op-Ed Contributor

Busy Doctors, Wasteful Spending

Why cutting payments to physicians ends up costing money.

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Complaints About Chokeholds Are Focus of Study

Two days after a police officer appeared to use a chokehold on a man who later died, the city is looking into the more than 1,000 complaints from recent years about officers using the tactic.

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Op-Ed Columnist

A Popular President

Bill not Barry or Hillary has the heat.

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Pathogen Mishaps Rise as Regulators Stay Clear

The recent number of mistakes documented at federal laboratories involving anthrax, flu and smallpox viruses have contributed to a debate over lax government oversight at highlevel containment labs.

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To Prevent Surprise Bills, New Health Law Rules Could Widen Insurer Networks

State insurance regulators and the Obama administration plan to revise standards so consumers will encounter fewer unexpected outofnetwork bills.

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Opinion

Scottish Independence Is Inevitable

Whether or not Scots opt for independence in September, the referendum will have changed perceptions of what's possible.

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ISIS Forces Last Iraqi Christians to Flee Mosul

An era of tolerance for different religions appeared to have come to an abrupt end as minority sects sought sanctuary from militants in Christian enclaves.