NYTimes.com - The Odds of That

Long article discussing examples of happenings which appear at first glance to be related, but are not. [Requires free nytimes.com registration to view.]

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Category: Science > Math > Statistics > Education

NYTimes.com - Megachurches as Minitowns

Some large Christian churches are becoming self-contained communities. [Requires free NYTImes.com registration to view]

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Category: Society > Religion and Spirituality > Christianity > Community

NYTimes.com - When Backyards Were Laboratories

Scientific literacy begins at home. [Requires free NYTimes.com registration to view.]

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Category: Society > Issues > Education > Literacy

NYTimes.com: Postcards From Planet Google

Discusses how Google organizes and analyses the collective searches of people worldwide. [Requires free NYTimes.com registration to view.]

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Category: Computers > Internet > Searching > Search Engines > Google > News and Media

NYTimes.com Magazine - Football is a Sucker's Game

Long feature article discusses the lures and pitfalls of fielding a major college football program. [Requires free nytimes.com registration to view.]

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Category: Society > Issues > Education > Sports

NYTimes.com: Sites Become Dependent on Google

Many smaller merchants in specialized niches rely on their sites turning up in Google's free search results. [Requires free nytimes.com registration to view.]

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Category: Computers > Internet > Searching > Search Engines > Google > News and Media

NYTimes.com - Digging for Nuggets of Wisdom

Text mining is becoming a viable option for everyday citizens seeking to read, summarize, or analyze large numbers of documents. [Requires free nytimes.com registration to view.]

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Category: Reference > Knowledge Management > Information Overload

NYTimes.com - Too Old to Work?

Long article summarizing a recent upswing in US age-discrimination lawsuits with a focus on a recent suit by former employees of Allstate. [Requires free NYTimes.com registration to view.]

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Category: Society > Work > Workplace Discrimination > Age Discrimination

NYTimes.com - Litter-Faring Seafarers

Man-made junk, largely of plastic, accounts for up to four-fifths of the debris in the oceans. All that litter is providing more opportunities for marine organisms to spread. [Required free registration at NYTimes.com to view]

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Category: Science > Environment > Water Resources > Oceans

NYTimes.com - Man and Craft Were One, as a New Age Began

On the 75th anniversary of Lindbergh's famous transatlantic flight, recollections of that event and the preparations for it. [Requires free NYTimes.com registration to view.]

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Category: Science > Technology > Aerospace > Aeronautics > History > People > Lindbergh, Charles

NYTimes.com Magazine - What Will Become of Africa's AIDS Orphans?

Long feature article about African orphanages for children whose parents have died of AIDS and similar scourges. [Requires free nytimes.com registration to view.]

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Category: Health > Conditions and Diseases > Immune Disorders > Immune Deficiency > AIDS > Regional > Africa

NYTimes.com - Sleep Is One Thing Missing in Busy Teenage Lives

Many teenagers live in a state of chronic sleep deficit that can affect mood, behavior, schoolwork and reaction time. [Requires free nytimes.com registration to view.]

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Category: Society > Issues > Education

NYTimes.com - Wave of Pupils Lacking English Strains Schools

Students who do not speak English well or at all are increasingly enrolling in smaller, rural American school districts with little or no experience or resources to teach them. [Requires free nytimes.com registration to view.]

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Category: Society > Issues > Education > Bilingual Education

NYTimes.com - Juggling 3 School Goals, Texas Trips

Low taxes, good schools and equal access to public education for the rich and the poor are clashing in Texas, and one of them will likely give very soon. [Requires free nytimes.com registration to view.]

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Category: Regional > North America > United States > Texas > Education

NYTimes.com - Dirty Laundry, Online for All to See

Cincinnati, Ohio has put public documents online at courtclerk.org, and this has had a divisive impact on the community. [Requires free NYTimes.com registration to view.]

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Category: Society > Issues > Science and Technology > Computers > Internet