Obama Puts Legacy at Stake With Clean-Air Act
Date: 26 June 2013
By JUSTIN GILLIS
Justin GILLIS
News analysis; Pres Obama takes sizable risk and announces goal to substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions by stretching boundaries of Clean Air Act, decades-old law that was not written with climate change in mind; plan to use executive powers, with no chance of Congressional support, to limit carbon dioxide emissions from power plants will set off legal and political battles that could last years.
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After Decades Among Yankees and Mets, a Shutter Stops Snapping
Date: 26 June 2013
By JIM DWYER
Jim DWYER
Jim Dwyer About New York column observes that baseball stadiums of New York Mets and New York Yankees are a little quieter since death of Louis Requena, photographer who covered Mets and Yankees for various news agencies and newspapers for more than 50 years.
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A Stakeout Grinds On in Airport Limbo
Date: 26 June 2013
By ANDREW ROTH and ELLEN BARRY
Andrew ROTH
Reporters are patrolling corridors of Moscow's airport for fugitive Edward J Snowden, to chagrin or amusement of airport workers; Snowden landed in Moscow after fleeing Hong Kong.
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News Quiz | June 25, 2013
Date: 25 June 2013
By JOHN L. DORMAN
John DORMAN
See what you know about the news of the day.
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News Quiz | June 26, 2013
Date: 26 June 2013
By ANASTASIA ECONOMIDES
Anastasia ECONOMIDES
See what you know about the news of the day.
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6 Q's About the News | A History of Voting Rights
Date: 26 June 2013
By KATHERINE SCHULTEN
Katherine SCHULTEN
How was voting a contentious issue for much of the 20th century?
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6 Q's About the News | The History of Affirmative Action
Date: 25 June 2013
By MICHAEL GONCHAR
Michael GONCHAR
What ruling did the Supreme Court make on Monday regarding affirmative action?
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Assange, Back in News, Never Left U.S. Radar
Date: 25 June 2013
By DAVID CARR and RAVI SOMAIYA
David CARR
WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange, seemingly forgotten until their public support for Edward J Snowden, have in fact been under investigation by at least four United States agencies since 2010 leaks of American classified documents; wide-ranging investigations involve tens of thousands of pages of evidence and grand jury subpoenas for at least four former members of organization.
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