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The country is modernizing rapidly, sometimes too fast, but this spectacular old region endures, evoking rulers with giant mustaches and spectacular forts and palaces.

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Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/21/hea...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said flu activity was declining in all regions of the country.

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Private messages hacked from a British university are causing a stir among global warming skeptics, who say they show a climate science conspiracy.

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Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/21/nyr...

Test prep companies are catering to a new demographic: 3- and 4-year-olds.

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Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/22/boo...

Carol Sklenicka’s biography and a long-overdue “Collected Stories” spotlight Carver’s growth as a writer and illuminate his poisonous relationship with the editor Gordon Lish.

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Can there be such a thing as exuberant melancholy? I can't think of another way to describe the spirit of “Broken Embraces.”

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The Michigan Wolverines, who play rival Ohio State on Saturday, are 1-6 in the Big Ten and could have their first two consecutive losing seasons since 1963.

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Backers of science-driven medicine cheered the new recommendations on cancer screening, while many patients still believe that more is always better.

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The Michigan Wolverines, who play rival Ohio State on Saturday, are 1-6 in the Big Ten and could have their first two consecutive losing seasons since 1963.

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New guidelines for cervical cancer screening say women should delay their first Pap test until age 21, and go for screening less often than had been previously recommended.

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Jeanne-Claude worked with her husband, Christo, on dozens of environmental arts projects, including “The Gates” in Central Park in 2005.

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The delays came after the fourth major systemwide disruption attributed to a communications system that the F.A.A. put into service earlier this decade.

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Facing steep cuts in state funding, the university system voted on Thursday to raise undergraduate fees.

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Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/boo...

Colum McCann won for his novel “Let the Great World Spin,” while T.J. Stiles won in the nonfiction category.

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DNA testing has led more men to discover that their children are not biologically theirs. Families are upended, and so is the law.

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Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/bus...

High-end stores are trying to stamp out discount fever by stocking fewer items and selling them at full price.

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Describing the last 10 years as the Terror Era sounds too much like a downer. How about the Decade of Medical Backtracking?

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A new technology along the lines of green roofs, called edible walls, grows vegetables, fruits and herbs on the outside walls of urban buildings.

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The Cafesjian Center for the Arts is a mad work of architectural megalomania and one of the most spectacular museum buildings in ages.

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Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/hea...

An experimental treatment for glioblastoma suppresses a barrier to deliver a drug directly to brain tumors.

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