Swiss Turn Inward, by a Thin Margin
Date: 25 February 2014
By CELESTINE BOHLEN
Den 24 februari 2014 var en måndag under stjärntecknet ♓. Det var 54 e dagen i året. Förenta staternas president var Barack Obama.
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Date: 25 February 2014
By BENJAMIN PRESTON
Date: 25 February 2014
By DENISE GRADY
Study published in online journal mBio suggests that camels are the major source of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, viral disease that has sickened 182 people and killed 79 of them since it was first detected in Saudi Arabia in 2012.
Date: 25 February 2014
By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN
Study by American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey about police stop-and-frisk encounters in Newark finds that one quarter of police stops ended in an arrest or a summons, about twice as often as they do in New York City; study is first to examine stop-and-frisk policies of the Newark Police Department; group's executive director says new data could help spur public debate in Newark about the practice.
Date: 25 February 2014
By JESSE McKINLEY
New York State Senate is understaffed by two members, and after indictments, resignations and independent-mindedness, vote counting in upper chamber, now run by Republicans and a splinter group of Democrats, is akin to calculus problem; uncertainty over what now constitutes a majority vote on a bill has intrigued Democrats enough they have lawyers digging through case law for a definitive number.
Date: 25 February 2014
By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD and PAULINA VILLEGAS
Some residents of Lombardia, Mexico, who welcomed vigilantes' populist brand of justice are growing anxious that the vigilantes may become predators themselves; rise of vigilante groups in lawless corners of western Mexico show the pressing challenges that remain in the government's battle against drug kingpins.
Date: 25 February 2014
By ANNIE CORREAL
Michael Shaw, a conductor on Metro-North's New Haven line, surprises commuters with a personal note of apology left on each seat of the Monday 6:52am express to Grand Central Terminal; on the previous Friday, Shaw had mistakenly instructed hundreds of commuters to wait for an express train that had actually been cancelled without his knowledge; Metro-North officials praise Shaw's message if not the method of delivery.
Date: 25 February 2014
By ANDREW JACOBS
Mong La Journal; Mong La, rebel-run jungle outpost rife with gambling and sale of wild animal parts that is just over the Chinese border in Myanmar, is a glaring reminder of the challenges the Burmese government faces in taming the patchwork of rebel-held territories along its northern frontier.