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Ex-U.S. Official Cites Pakistani Training for India Attackers

American intelligence has concluded that former Pakistani military and intelligence officers helped train the Mumbai attackers, a former Pentagon official said.

Conservatives Expected to Split Episcopal Church

Conservatives disaffected over the ordination of an openly gay bishop are prepared to create a competing province.

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Obama Names Richardson as Commerce Secretary

Barack Obama denied that the job was a “consolation” prize for Bill Richardson, considered a candidate to be secretary of state.

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10 Best Books of ’08

The editors of the Book Review select the best works from the last year.

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The Last Word: Odetta

Watch a full-length version of the video above, including an extended interview with the singer, whose voice was the soundtrack of the civil rights movement.

U.A.W. Says It Would Consider Modifying Contract

The union’s president said it would suspend its jobs bank and let carmakers delay a health-care fund payment.

Zimbabwe Police Break Up Health Workers’ Protest

Demonstrators were calling for better pay and working conditions in a nation suffering from a cholera epidemic.

Odetta, Voice of Civil Rights Movement, Dies at 77

The singer, whose voice wove together American folk music and the civil rights movement, died Tuesday.

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Odetta
Video The Last Word: Odetta

An extended interview with the singer, whose renditions of spirituals and blues were part of the soundtrack of the 1960s.

Opinion »

The Wild Side: Back to Reality
The Wild Side: Back to Reality

Olivia Judson suggests an addition to Barack Obama’s to-do list: restore science in government.

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Eco-Farmers in Soggy Las Guacamayas

The Frugal Traveler explores one of Mexico’s most threatened biospheres.

A Slice of Italy Across the Sea

Experience the rolling vineyards and rich cuisine of Piran, Slovenia.

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What You Get for ... $600,000

A two-bedroom house on Lopez Island, Wash., an apartment in Boston and a house in Sebastopol, Calif.

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Just Think ‘007’ and Add $269,993
Just Think ‘007’ and Add $269,993

With 510 horsepower burbling from the V-12 engine, supervillains and angry stockholders quickly vanish in the rear-view mirror.

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Submit photos and view and comment on other readers’ cars. Also, view and submit events to the Automotive Events Calendar.

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That Digital Divide, Bridged in a Classroom
That Digital Divide, Bridged in a Classroom

Computer learning centers are helping seniors gain the computer skills necessary to return to work.

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