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On Idyllic Cape Cod, Growing Drug Problem Fuels a Rise in Property Crimes



Evan McGlinn for The New York Times
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Atlanta School Year Begins Amid a Testing Scandal

T. Lynne Pixley for The New York Times

Pat Crawford, with assistance from her niece Sharnae Muhammad, worked on her hallway board last week at Toomer Elementary

ATLANTA —…

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Overriding a Key Education Law



Alex Brandon/Associated Press

Arne Duncan, secretary of education, in 2009. He said the No Child Left Behind law was hurting efforts to improve schools.

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Ohio gunman kills 7, is shot dead by police

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Members of the Summit County Sheriff Department leave the scene of a multiple fatal shooting in Copley Township, Ohio. (Karen Schiely / Akron Beacon Journal / August 7, 2011)

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Child ID, FBI's first Apple iPhone app, is unveiled

August 5, 2011 |  7:39 pm

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Seed bank is key to saving crops

Daniel Debouck's seed bank holds more than 66,000 types of seeds and germ plasm representing a big chunk of the world's biological heritage, including the world's biggest collections of bean and cassava varieties.

Seattle Times science reporter

The philosophy at Daniel Debouck's bank is…

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Could more-nutritious crops help fight hunger?

The Gates Foundation is spending millions on programs to boost nutrients in the crops many Africans rely on. The approach epitomizes Gates' belief in the power of science to combat hunger. But some experts are skeptical that such tech-heavy approaches will make much of a dent in malnutrition.

Seattle Times science…

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Cold War gives way to Code War: CIA veteran

U.S. Department of Homeland Security analysts work at the National Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) located just outside Washington in Arlington, Virginia.
  U.S. Department of Homeland Security analysts work at the National Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) located just outside Washington in Arlington, Virginia. Photograph by: HYUNGWON KANG, Reuters

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Swedish man arrested after trying to split atoms in his kitchen; says it was only a hobby

By Associated Press, Published: August 3

STOCKHOLM — A Swedish man who was arrested after trying to split atoms in his kitchen said Wednesday he was only doing it as a hobby.

Richard Handl told The Associated Press that he had the radioactive elements radium, americium and uranium in his apartment in southern Sweden when police showed up and arrested him on charges of unauthorized possession of nuclear…

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Biological weapons expert Tucker, 56, was known for fluency in politics

By T. Rees Shapiro, Published: August 3

Jonathan B. Tucker, 56, one of the country’s foremost experts on biological and chemical weapons and an influential nonproliferation advocate, was found dead July 31 at his home in the District.

A spokeswoman in the District’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said determination of the cause of death was pending further investigation.…

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Donald Rumsfeld Torture Lawsuit Can Proceed, Judge Says

Donald Rumsfeld Torture Lawsuit

By NEDRA PICKLER   08/ 4/11 06:33 AM ET   AP

WASHINGTON -- A judge is allowing an Army veteran who says he was imprisoned unjustly and tortured by the U.S. military in Iraq to sue former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld personally for damages.

The veteran's…

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I.M.F. Chief to Face French Investigation

PARIS — A French court ordered an investigation Thursday into charges that the…

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Florida on hurricane alert as tropical storm Emily is gaining power and threatens to hit the U.S. by the weekend

By Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 10:46 PM on 2nd August 2011

A tropical storm that could be headed for Florida has has stalled south of Puerto Rico, experts warned…

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Could hackers use technology to spring prisoners from behind bars?

By Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 4:36 PM on 2nd August 2011

High-security prisons could be easy targets for hackers wanting to spring dangerous criminals out of…

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Mormon church build massive one mile square 'little Jerusalem' film set in Utah

By Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 3:01 AM on 3rd August 2011

Mormons in Utah have constructed a huge replica of a biblical era 'little Jerusalem' that will last for '30 years'.…

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Intruder climbs White House fence

By , Published: August 2

A 41-year-old homeless man climbed the White House fence Tuesday night and got onto the grounds, but he was quickly taken into custody by the Secret Service, authorities said.

The man, identified as James D. Crudup, climbed the fence on the north side of the White…

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NSA is looking for a few good hackers

By Tabassum Zakaria, Published: August 2

The National Security Agency has a challenge for hackers who think they’re hot stuff: Prove it by working on the “hardest problems on Earth.”

Computer hacker skills are in great demand in the U.S. government to fight the cyberwars that pose a growing national security threat — and they are in short supply.

For that reason an…

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Report identifies widespread cyber-spying

By , Published: August 2



A leading computer security firm has used logs produced by a single server to trace the hacking of more than 70 corporations and government organizations over many months, and experts familiar with the analysis say the snooping probably originated in China.

Among the targets were…

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Don't let suspected war criminals off the hook: Amnesty

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Police called criminals as Katrina trial closes

Agence France-Presse August 2, 2011

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — Five police officers on trial in the shooting deaths of civilians in the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina were portrayed Tuesday in closing arguments as criminals or heroes.

“It was unreasonable for these officers to fire even one shot,” said Assistant US Attorney Theodore Carter, who reminded jurors of video footage that showed they…

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