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* PRI regains power in Mexico with Pena Nieto appearing to win the weekend's presidential election. * Afghans fear coup or civil war once America leaves. * Five African towns "that should be on every investor's radar." * Jon Ronson profiles the financial lives of six people, from
* More than 100 million Americans don’t go to the dentist because they can’t afford it. * Sixty percent of you would reach into a toilet bowl to retrieve your smartphone. * Mennonite urine is four times lower in BPAs than everyone else's. * This week's TMN Weekender:
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* Public's confusion about healthcare reform is sad, especially when most people confront it daily. * Conflicting reporting on the big Supreme Court decision. * How the top Supreme Court blog prepared for yesterday. * Round-up of controversial big cases. * Every day for 14 years, John Wojnowski has stood outside the
* Chief Justice Roberts votes to uphold health-care reform, arguing the “individual mandate” is constitutional. * Majority of Americans cannot name the Supreme Court's chief justice. * Examples of countries that have implemented near-universal health care. * Interactive guide to the Affordable Care Act ruling's key portions. * Coloradoans
When your daily commute to the office means speeding on two wheels up busy avenues, a meeting with a crosstown taxi cab can change your life. But sometimes being a New Yorker requires taking the city head on.
* The fight over the Affordable Care Act is a debate that's lasted since the Articles of Confederation. * In a program backed by the CDC, Walgreen's to begin offering free HIV tests at its walk-in clinics. * After finding little evidence it will produce tumors in humans,
* Iranians boycott milk and bread to protest prices of basic goods rising daily. * Odds of war with Iran now at 36%. * Legal strategy behind Assange's cunning move into the Ecuadorian embassy to avoid extradition to the States. * Botanists still unsure of how exactly plants know which way is
Our man in Boston and the author discuss her latest novel, “Enchantments,” the writing process, how book reviewing works at the New York Times, what it’s like to be nastied, and the life and times of two writers raising children without a television in the house.
