In the Garden By ANNE RAVER OXFORD, Pa.
DOUG TALLAMY and his wife, Cindy, built their house seven years ago in the middle of 10 acres of former hayfields.
But they don’t sit inside much. Most of their spare time is spent cutting Oriental bittersweet and Japanese honeysuckle out of cherry […]
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By FELICITY BARRINGER A torrent of water was released into the Colorado River from the Glen Canyon Dam in Arizona on Tuesday, in a disputed effort to improve the environment for fish in the Grand Canyon.
The 60-hour release, being presided over by Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, was the latest chapter in a […]
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By ROBERT PEAR WASHINGTON — After more than a decade of struggle, the House on Wednesday passed a bill requiring most group health plans to provide more generous coverage for treatment of mental illnesses, comparable to what they provide for physical illnesses. The vote was 268 to 148, with 47 Republicans joining […]
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By GARDINER HARRIS and WALT BOGDANICH WASHINGTON — Federal drug regulators said Wednesday that a critical blood thinner that had been linked to at least 19 deaths and whose raw components were produced in China contained a possibly counterfeit ingredient that mimicked the real drug.
Routine tests failed to distinguish the contaminant […]
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By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM IT was another season of fashion runway shows and a group of friends, chatting about the revival of Halston, were reminiscing about their personal encounters with the designer. Candice Bergen shared how he had lent her a white mink bunny mask and strapless gown for Truman Capote’s 1966 Black […]
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By JAD MOUAWAD OPEC on Wednesday rebuffed calls from President Bush to increase oil output, instead citing “mismanagement” of the American economy as a major factor driving prices up.
Record prices are suddenly creating the sharpest tensions in years between the oil cartel and the United States, the world’s largest oil consumer. Two […]
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