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How Olympians Hang On to Bar
There’s a recipe to winning an Olympic medal on the parallel bars, and the key ingredient is sticky fingers. A gymnast’s arsenal can include molasses, syrup and honey.
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Care to Bet on That? For Olympics, You Can
What are the odds that David Beckham will light the Olympic flame? That rain will fall every day? That Tokyo will host the 2020 Games? In Britain, you can bet on all of those questions and more.
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The Spy Hunt for Whistle-Blowers
The intensity and sweep of the F.D.A.’s efforts to spy on the communications of whistle-blowing employees suspected of leaking trade secrets to outsiders were astonishing.
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Placing Easy Online Orders, Suspect Built Bullet Stockpile
Unhindered by federal background checks or government oversight, the 24-year-old man accused of killing a dozen people inside a Colorado movie theater gathered what the police called a 6,000-round arsenal legally and easily.
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A Week in the Life of Libor
The Justice Department is expected to file criminal charges against at least one big bank in connection with the interest-rate manipulation scandal. This is welcome news.
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TCA 2012: David Geffen on the Waning Power of Stars, Crazy Rumors and What’s Wrong With Hollywood
The notoriously press-shy mogul sat down with TV reporters to discuss his “American Masters” documentary, “Inventing David Geffen,” which premieres Nov. 20 on PBS.
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Republican Party in California Is Caught in Cycle of Decline
Absent from statewide office, the California party, once a symbol of Republican hope and geographical reach, has fallen back even as conservatives have prospered elsewhere.
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Venture Capital Firms, Once Discreet, Learn the Promotional Game
Venture capitalists are hiring full-time public relations experts to tell bloggers and reporters of their investing prowess.
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White House suggests Obama won’t push for more gun control
The White House signaled today that President Obama, who has seldom shown much appetite to fight with the powerful National Rifle Association, did not intend to make a push for stricter gun controls in the wake of the shootings in Aurora, Colo. “The president’s views…
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