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Unemployment has caused major life changes and mental health issues for millions of Americans, a New York Times/CBS News poll finds.
President Obama called on the chiefs of the nation’s biggest banks on Monday to take “extraordinary” steps to revive lending for small business and homeowners.
Citigroup will become the last of the big Wall Street banks to exit the bailout program after reaching a deal to repay its remaining $20 billion of federal aid.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority released a budget that would affect almost every commuter.
The Mustang Ranch’s presence on a parcel of land on the Truckee River in Nevada kept development at bay, thus improving the chances of restoring the flora and fauna.
The Pakistani military has refused to turn on Siraj Haqqani, the strongest Taliban warrior in Afghanistan and a long time asset of the Pakistani spy agency.
Several men being held in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, may be tried in two New York federal courts, officials said.
Negotiations had halted when dozens of developing countries, including China and India, upended talks.
Theodore Cross spent the first half of his life oblivious to birds only to become one of their most ardent photographers and advocates in the second half.
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There were protests in Buenos Aires and a volcanic eruption in the Philippines.
Design innovations by a large health plan could revolutionize the industry, writes Allison Arieff.
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A sober talk show came to “Good Morning America” with George Stephanopoulos.
Norberto Fuentes’s novel purports to tell Fidel Castro’s story in his words.
Alexandra and David Carroll live with their daughter, Kaitlyn, in a converted factory building near the Brooklyn waterfront.
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If there’s a silver lining to the economic downturn, it’s that companies are turning flex time into a tool to attract and keep talent of both sexes.
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On his blog, Paul Krugman pays tribute to a man who truly brought Keynesian economics to America.
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