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Oil reaches $100 a barrel: Five winners, five losers
With gasoline now at $3.37 per gallon – 20 cents higher than last week, and rising daily – who is profiting from higher prices and who is not?
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3 short story collections: some of the best I've ever read
When it comes to short stories, the best insight on how to read them I've ever found came from a new book on writing, “Unless It Moves the Human Heart,” by Roger Rosenblatt. One of Rosenblatt's graduate students said, in effect, that the writer begins by saying, “And so, we have come to this.” Of three new collections out this winter, two rank among the best I've ever read. If this is what we've come to, 2011 should be rich indeed.
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R&D spending: Here are the Top 10 firms
Apple, Google, and 3M may top Bloomberg’s list of the world’s most innovative companies, but they’re not the biggest research and development spenders – not even part of the Top 20. Out of 1,000 publicly traded companies with the highest R&D spending in 2009, here are the Top 10, according to a survey by management-consulting firm Booz & Co.:
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 07/14
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In Pictures: Graduation 2010
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Change Agent
Restoring US native prairies, acre by acre, yard by yardAcross the US Midwest, homeowners are restoring their yards and former farmland to the native prairie that existed in pre-settlement days. The benefits can be substantial — the need for less water and no fertilizer, and an ecosystem that supports wildlife.
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The Vote
Michigan 'right to work' law: Worse for unions than Wisconsin setback? (+video)Wisconsin revoked collective bargaining for most public-sector unions, a slap to the labor movement. Michigan's bid to become a 'right to work' state is an even bigger blow to unions.
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In Gear
Teen drivers text more than parents think: studyTeen drivers do a lot more texting behind the wheel than their parents think they do, according to a new study by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute.
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Detroit mayor announces furloughs to avoid bankruptcy
Detroit City Council is balking at next step in a state plan to restore financial stability to the embattled city, delaying a $30 million infusion of state funds.
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One-minute algae: new source of oil?
New process can quickly turn algae into biocrude. But it's not the same as nature's crude oil.
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A news future in feisty upstarts?
A quintet of local news organizations trying to gain a digital foothold.
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A public law school faces trial over liberal bias
Conservatives have maintained for years that they are passed over for jobs and promotions at law schools because of their views, but formal challenges have been rare. Teresa Wagner's case at the University of Iowa law school is considered the first of its kind.
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Middle-class students are taught by parents to speak up, says study
Middle-class parents teach kids to ask for help while working-class parents tell their children to avoid conflict and be self-sufficient, according to a new study.
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National Plug In Day: Electric car fans push pedal to metal
National Plug In Day celebrated the electric car in 60 cities over the weekend. Declared all but dead a short while ago, the electric car market is beginning to thrive. But can electric cars ever gain a meaningful foothold in the gas-dependent US auto industry?
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Cover Story
How artificial intelligence is changing our livesFrom smart phones that act as personal concierges to self-parking cars to medical robots, the artificial intelligence revolution is here. So where do humans fit in?
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Cover Story
Human trafficking: a misunderstood global scourgeSex trafficking has become an American cause célèbre. But does it divert attention from the broader human trafficking issue of modern-day slavery?
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Is your vote secure? Many digital systems lack paper backups, study says.
Computerized systems in 16 states – including some swing states – have no paper backup ballots or other paper trails ‘in some or all counties,’ leaving the vote vulnerable, a national study says.
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Readers Write: America's class divide is really an information gap
Letters to the Editor for the weekly print issue of July 9, 2012: Information capital – the power to think and use information creatively – evolves over time as the product of a person's experiences with words and concepts. Poor children have less chance of developing it than their richer peers.
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How Asians displaced Hispanics as biggest group of new US immigrants
The share of Asians among US immigrants has been growing for years, but the data released Tuesday show that a decline in Hispanic immigration is equally important.
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Barack Obama: The Story
Clinton biographer David Maraniss strives for a key to America's 44th president.
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Cover Story
Bachelor's degree: Has it lost its edge and its value?Undervalued and overpriced, the beleaguered bachelor's degree is losing its edge as the hallmark of an educated, readily employable American.
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Michigan set to step in as Detroit nears financial collapse
With infighting paralyzing its finances, Detroit will run out of money before the end of June – likely forcing Michigan to step in 'with an outcome that neither side will find desirable,' say experts.
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No elegant technical fixes for distracted driving
Dialing or texting on a phone is a proven distraction when you're behind the wheel. But as 'smart' as today's phones are, they can't compensate for human folly.
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SpaceX launch: private industry inspires new generation of rocketeers (+video)
SpaceX launch a reminder that NASA isn't the only game in town anymore. Aspiring engineers, rocket designers, space geeks look to 'New Space' companies to boldly go where only governments used to go.
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Most well-read cities: Three Virginia cities on Amazon top 20 list
Most well-read cities included Alexandria, Va., which came out ahead of Cambridge, Mass., and Berkeley, Calif., in the Amazon list. The top 5 most-well read cities also included Ann Arbor, Mich., and Boulder, Colorado.
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Chapter & Verse
Is Virginia really the best-read state in the nation?The state also had more cities on Amazon's list of the top 20 most well-read areas than any other.
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Painkiller addiction becoming more common in infants, study shows
Painkiller addiction is becoming more and more common in infants, according to a recently released study that shows that the number of US babies born with opiate drug withdrawal has tripled in the past decade.
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Chapter & Verse
E-readers are most popular in ... Kentucky?The college town of Lexington, Ky. is the US city in which e-readers are the most popular, according to a new study by The Atlantic.
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Look ma, no helmet! Michigan repeals helmet law for motorcyclists.
The repeal of Michigan's helmet law for motorcyclists Friday could bring millions in motorcycle-tourist dollars to the state, advocates say. Critics say it will raise health-care costs.
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D.C. unveils plan to prevent bullying, screens new film 'Bully'
D.C. mayor announces a citywide plan to prevent bullying tied to the new documentary 'Bully.' The movie was downgraded from an R to a PG-13 rating to make it more accessible for its target audience: children.
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