Thursday, July 31, 2014

Lenders to Puerto Rico Utility Extend Payment Deadline by MICHAEL CORKERY

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By MICHAEL CORKERY


The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority owes about $800 million on two main credit lines. But if the banks force the utility to pay immediately, that could increase their likelihood of losses.


Published: July 31, 2014 at 4:00AM


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Religious Leader Who Backed Party Policy in Xinjiang Is Stabbed to Death by ANDREW JACOBS

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By ANDREW JACOBS


Jume Tahir, the head of China’s largest mosque, was attacked after morning prayers in Kashgar in the troubled region of Xinjiang.


Published: August 1, 2014 at 4:00AM


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Prominent Activist Charged With Treason in Azerbaijan by NEIL MacFARQUHAR

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By NEIL MacFARQUHAR


The government charged the human rights activist Leyla Yunus and her husband with a variety of crimes and ordered Ms. Yunus to be detained for three months before her trial.


Published: August 1, 2014 at 4:00AM


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Update: President Obama Signs a ‘Fair Pay’ Order by TERESA TRITCH

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By TERESA TRITCH


Today’s executive order is welcome, but incomplete.


Published: July 31, 2014 at 4:00AM


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Writing His Own Tune by JOHN WILLIAMS

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By JOHN WILLIAMS


The pianist Jeremy Denk is at work on a book, a mix of memoir and thoughts about music tentatively titled “Every Good Boy Does Fine.”


Published: August 3, 2014 at 4:00AM


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Immortal Beloved by JEREMY DENK

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By JEREMY DENK


This biography of Beethoven is also a personal journey through his music and the Enlightenment-era ferment that shaped it.


Published: August 3, 2014 at 4:00AM


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Mr. Salinger’s Neighborhood by CATHLEEN SCHINE

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By CATHLEEN SCHINE


Thomas Beller views J. D. Salinger as a New York writer.


Published: August 3, 2014 at 4:00AM


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A Distant Mirror by FRANK RICH

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By FRANK RICH


“The Invisible Bridge,” Rick Perlstein’s panoramic third volume about the rise of the modern conservative movement in America, covers the span of 1973 to 1976.


Published: August 3, 2014 at 4:00AM


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The Reader as Artist, Intuitively Plumbing a Psychic Well by DWIGHT GARNER

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By DWIGHT GARNER


“What We See When We Read,” by the graphic artist Peter Mendelsund, explores the way we graft our own images onto the people and places we encounter in fiction.


Published: August 1, 2014 at 4:00AM


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A Tale in Pictures of Pictures by KAREN ROSENBERG

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By KAREN ROSENBERG


“Anne Collier,” a midcareer retrospective at Bard College, reveals sexist biases that have plagued the history of photography.


Published: August 1, 2014 at 4:00AM


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Having More Than One Set of DNA Carries Legacy of Risk by CARL ZIMMER

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By CARL ZIMMER


Mosaicism is more common than once thought and can lead to diseases in the children of those with more than one genome, a study says.


Published: July 31, 2014 at 4:00AM


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A Toxic Menagerie by DEBORAH BLUM

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By DEBORAH BLUM


A conversation with Mark Siddall, the author of a new book about the ways in which animals use poisons — sometimes against humans.


Published: July 31, 2014 at 4:00AM


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Reed Krakoff’s East Hampton Essentials by ALAINNA LEXIE BEDDIE

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By ALAINNA LEXIE BEDDIE


The fashion designer has a home there, and will open a three-day summer pop-up shop at Glenn Horowitz Bookseller on August 7.


Published: July 31, 2014 at 4:00AM


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A Father-Son Fishing Trip on the Chesapeake Bay by TIM NEVILLE

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By TIM NEVILLE


Returning to the area where he grew up, the author joins his dad on a hunt for the treasured speckled trout.


Published: August 3, 2014 at 4:00AM


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Zeroing In on the Female Traveler by STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM

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By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM


A hotel package focuses on women without children. Could a trend be in the making?


Published: August 3, 2014 at 4:00AM


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Chief Says Discovery Communications Is Open to Global Deals by EMILY STEEL

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By EMILY STEEL


Discovery has been the target of much merger and acquisition speculation as a series of proposed megadeals threatens to reshape the television business.


Published: August 1, 2014 at 4:00AM


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Summer Streets Program Begins in Manhattan by STEVEN McELROY

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By STEVEN McELROY


The annual Summer Streets celebration will stretch more than six miles across Manhattan, featuring a nine-hole miniature golf course, among other activities.


Published: August 1, 2014 at 4:00AM


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