Tokyo Power to Compensate 50,000 Evacuees
TEPCO announced plans on Friday to distribute 50 billion yen, or $600 million, to 50,000 people evacuated because of the accident at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
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Homer Smith, Innovative College Football Coach, Dies at 79
Mr. Smith’s strategies enlivened the offenses at U.C.L.A., Alabama and Arizona, and he was the coach at Army in the difficult years at the end of the Vietnam War.
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Canadiens’ Price and Sabres’ Miller Open Playoffs With Shutout Victories
After a late-night trip to the dentist during which he endured two root canals, Tampa Bay forward Martin St. Louis vowed at Thursday to even the score a day after a 3-0 loss to Pittsburgh.
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Ultimate Spoiler Alert
With President Obama and Paul Ryan having developed a cold contempt for the other’s position, where will the budget wars take us next?
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In Her Childhood Dream, a Funeral Home Was the Destination
Lisa Dozier, who knew even as a girl that she wanted “to fix dead people,” illustrates a trend in which more women than men are becoming morticians.
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Who’s Serious Now?
President Obama called the Republicans’ bluff on Wednesday and laid out a budget plan that really is serious.
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A Boy and His Steed, Far From Humane Society
“War Horse,” the hit London play about the horrors of World War I, and its captivating star come to life at Lincoln Center.
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Adventures in the Drug Trades
“Square Grouper” is a documentary about pot smuggling in South Florida in the 1970s and ’80s.
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World Bank and I.M.F. Discuss Inequality in Middle East
In the wake of the revolution in Tunisia, the World Bank says that the country can serve as a model for a revised approach.
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Obama Goes to Chicago to Talk Money, and Raise It
The president returned to his political home here Thursday for a fund-raising visit, bringing the message of fiscal responsibility and core Democratic values he laid out in a speech a day earlier.
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A Boon for Nannies, if Only They Knew
Months after a state law was passed with wage and workplace rules for caregivers and housekeepers, those who would benefit are still learning they have rights.
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Price of Tomatoes Has a Lot to Do With These Thefts
The authorities say the thefts were committed by people familiar with the produce trucking business who waited for the price to rise.
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Arrested Development and Second Chances
In “Phillip the Fossil,” a high school star gone to seed in a small New England town tries to turn his life around.
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Bryant Should Have Been Forced to Sit
For a star player earning $27 million, a $100,000 fine — about 0.4 percent of his salary — is far less imposing than if he were suspended for a playoff game.
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At Nursing Homes, Fears of a Budget ‘Armageddon’
The budget passed by the Texas House would cut Medicaid reimbursements to all Texas providers by 10 percent, and state officials confirm that the financial impact on nursing homes would be even greater.
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They Gather Secretly at Night, and Then They (Shhh!) Eat
Across the country, underground food markets are popping up, giving chefs a chance to show their stuff and maybe make some money.
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Colorful Lives and Tragic Deaths
“Footprints,” is a love letter to a Hollywood long gone.
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Randy Wood, Founder of Dot Records, Dies at 94
Mr. Wood’s label found success in the 1950s recording white artists like Pat Boone singing black artists’ rhythm-and-blues songs.
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Arthur Marx, Who Wrote About Groucho, Dies at 89
Mr. Marx, who wrote screenplays for film and television and a best-selling book about his father, Groucho, is dead at 89.
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Cellphone Calls May Offer Insight Into Serial Killer
The mother of a woman who had been missing said the caller offered repeated taunts, and, in a final exchange, a confession.
