By JOHN MARKOFF : PALO ALTO, Calif. — In the computer world’s equivalent of “The Amazing Race,” three rival teams of computer researchers are working on new types of software needed to better use computer chips that can process many tasks at the same time. Stanford University and six computer and chip makers plan to […]
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By MICHAEL COOPER and KEVIN SACK
TAMPA, Fla. — Senator John McCain detailed his plan to solve the nation’s health care crisis in a speech here Tuesday, calling for the federal government to give some money to states to help them cover people with illnesses who have been denied health insurance.
Mr. McCain’s health care plan would […]
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By GREG BISHOP : CHULA VISTA, Calif. — She longed to compete in the Olympics. He always wanted to join the Army. She started BMX racing at age 5. He stocked his movie collection with war films. On Jan. 2, Arielle Martin and her husband, Michael Verhaaren, left their Utah home on […]
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By MELENA RYZIK
“I love you, oh my God, you my idol!” Ashley Smellie, a Long Island high school student, gushed as the young Brooklyn rapper Lil Mama emerged from a tour bus outside of a club in Queens last week. It was near midnight, and Lil Mama had been scheduled to perform for an audience […]
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By JULIA MOSKIN : NEW YORK has long been a city of stand-up eaters, but that doesn’t mean people aren’t picky. To make it here, a sandwich has to work overtime, being portable, filling, interesting and tasty.
“What’s better than a really great sandwich?” said Alexandra Raij, the chef at Tía Pol and El Quinto Pino, […]
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Heads Up | Fujian, China : By BARBARA KOH
FROM China’s Fujian coast, it’s a grinding drive up narrow roads through villages built around exhausted coal mines to reach the remote mountains of Yongding. Morning mist clings to the slopes of dense trees and brush. Below, in a valley, rests an eerie collection of beige cylindrical […]
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