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Joyce Brothers, columnist, TV star, and $64,000 winner, dies

Joyce Brothers dies: After getting her start on 'The $64,000 Question,' Joyce Brothers offered advice on talk shows and in Good Housekeeping columns for decades.
Rossellini's 'Mammas' shows maternal instinct in animals not all kind

Isabella Rossellini is convinced that, in the maternal animal world, anything goes. 'Mammas,' a series of short videos, has Rossellini playing the role of nine different animals to show the viewer that some mothers lie, are polygamous, and walk out on their animal children all the time.
New York sugary drinks ban goes into effect

Public health experts around the nation — and the restaurant and soft-drink industry — will be watching closely to see whether the new restrictions on supersized colas, adopted Thursday by the city's Board of Health, lead to changes in the way New Yorkers eat and drink.
Has Mitt Romney given up on the Latino vote?

Mitt Romney chose Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate and Gov. Chris Christie as the convention keynote speaker. For now, he seems to have put Latino outreach on a back burner.
Opinion: Barnard College flap: Competition among women shouldn't be over men

Columbia University women are outraged that Obama will deliver the commencement address at Barnard College, the neighboring women's school. Some accuse Barnard women of wanting to bed and wed 'their' Columbia men. Why do women still define themselves in terms of men?
New York Police Department monitored Muslim students all over the Northeast

The New York Police Department monitored Muslim college students far more broadly than previously known, at schools far beyond the city limits, including the elite Ivy League colleges of Yale and the University of Pennsylvania, the Associated Press has learned.
A long, steep drop for Americans' standard of living

Not since at least 1960 has the US standard of living fallen so fast for so long. The average American has $1,315 less in annual disposable income now than at the onset of the Great Recession.
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The James Beard Foundation recognizes leaders in sustainable food

Michelle Obama, Alice Waters among others receive an inaugural award that recognizes efforts to create a healthier, safer, and more sustainable food world.
Opinion: Arab Spring, Indian Summer?

For sheer drama, the Arab Spring is a hard act to follow. But as an indicator of democracy's long-term prospects in the developing world, the coming Indian Summer will be just as profound.
Obama, in stand for gay rights, calls for repeal of DOMA

In nod to gay rights, Obama backs repeal of DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act), which defines marriage as between one man and one woman and withholds federal benefits from gay married couples.
Write stuff: The workshop that shapes American literature

The Iowa Writers' Workshop, on its 75th anniversary, offers a window into the state of American letters.
Classic review: The Cold War – A New History

The cold war: how it began, why it ended
Cathie Black out as N.Y.C. schools chief in Bloomberg bid to limit damage

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg fired controversial schools chancellor Cathie Black just three months after he'd named the publishing executive to head the nation's largest school system.
Behind the Dream

A key Martin Luther King aide offers a fascinating new, first-hand perspective on the “dream” speech.
The War Lovers

When war was considered glorious.
Churchill

The life of Winston Churchill offers an abundant supply of extraordinary material for biography.
With Mike Duvall, fall of another ‘family values’ crusader

The California lawmaker caught on tape boasting about his trysts is the latest conservative to disappoint a movement built on upholding marriage and traditional moral values.
Lift Every Voice

On its 100th anniversary, a history of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
School flu closings put working moms in a bind

Obama urges that schools with confirmed or suspected cases suspend classes. Mexican schools have already taken that step.
New York to introduce same-sex marriage bill

After Iowa and Vermont legalized gay marriage, and with bills also pending in Maine and New Hampshire, are gay rights gaining momentum?
From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1776

George Herring deconstructs US foreign policy.
A world in which the US is no longer No. 1

Journalist Fareed Zakaria writes of the rise of new global powers.
Will Spitzer make list of politicians who survive scandal?

New York governor met little sympathy or support over sex scandal.
New York Philharmonic's 'sing song diplomacy' in North Korea

Its performance in Pyongyang Tuesday has spurred intense debate over how to interact with the North.