Monday, November 11, 2013

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Relief Effort Overwhelmed by Scale of Devastation

Aid crews struggled to get to survivors three days after a storm that was feared to have left thousands dead.
Once-Thriving City Is Reduced to Ruin
Shattered buildings line every road of Tacloban, the city hardest hit by Typhoon Haiyan, and many streets are so clogged with debris that they are barely discernible.
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So Close on Iran, Kerry Defends Continued Talks

As the prospect of a nuclear deal with Iran becomes more real, Secretary of State John Kerry is having to fend off those who want to pre-empt it — like Israel and some members of Congress.

Iranian Rock Musician Said to Kill 3 in Brooklyn

A musician fatally shot three people, including two members of a rock band called the Yellow Dogs, before taking his own life, the police said.
Ocean Drones Plumb New Depths
Michael F. Crowley, a marine scientist at Rutgers, with a glider on loan from the Navy being used in a large-scale ocean-survey experiment in the Atlantic.
Research teams are deploying data-gathering gliders to study the Atlantic’s many mysterious underwater movements.
In China, ‘11/11’ Now Signifies E-Commerce Frenzy
Millions were taking to the Internet on Monday for what has become the world’s biggest online shopping event.
THE APPRAISAL
Real Estate Agent to the Foreign Plutocrat Set
Gennady Perepada, who prefers the term international real estate consultant, helps wealthy foreigners find luxury apartments and connections in New York.
Gennady Perepada makes it his job not just to find his clients apartments but also to bend New York to their will, so that every wish is granted.
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The Day the Lights Went Out
In 2003, a blackout crippled areas of the U.S. and Canada, leaving some 50 million people in the dark. Ten years later, we are still grappling with concerns over the vulnerability of the power grid.
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Martin Cruz Smith Reveals a Twist in His Tale
Martin Cruz Smith at home with his wife, Emily, who acted as his hands at the keyboard for his new book, “Tatiana.”
Deep brain stimulation therapy has offered hope to Martin Cruz Smith, the acclaimed author of taut thrillers like “Gorky Park,” who hid his diagnosis of Parkinson’s for years, fearing judgment and pity.

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Daring to Complain About Obamacare
Has Obamacare made it un-P.C. to be concerned by a serious burden on a middle-class family’s well-being?
THE STONE
Learning How to Die in the Anthropocene
Many thinkers have argued that studying philosophy is learning how to die.
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