The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is widely expected to approve on Thursday a construction and operating license for new nuclear power reactors for the first time since 1978, giving Southern Co. the green light to build two new units at its existing Vogtle site in Georgia. Read full article > >
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NRC expected to give Georgia nuclear reactors the green light
Stephanie McAfee’s Diary of a Mad Fat Girl (NAL, $15) offers a fascinating tale, but not between its covers. The girl-buddy cape, starring a sassy, overweight Mississippi teacher, brims with local color but is burdened by too much plot and too little nuance. With an endearingly flawed narrator in a conflicted relationship, this is chick-lit territory that many talented writers — Jennifer Weiner and Rebecca Wells among them — have explored far more deftly. Read full article > >
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New in paperback: Stephanie McAfee’s ‘Diary of a Mad Fat Girl’
The number of civilians killed and injured in the Afghan conflict has risen for the fifth year in a row, a UN report reveals.
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Afghan civilian death toll rises
In a sign of just how unpopular Congress has become, rank-and-file senators hijacked this week’s debate over a narrow conflict-of-interest bill and turned it into the chamber’s most sweeping ethics debate in a generation. Read full article > >
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Minor Senate bill sparks major debate on ethics
A Scottish nurse wins the Robert Burns Humanitarian Award for risking her life to treat patients from both sides of the Libyan conflict.
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Nurse secures Robert Burns award
The Syrian army launches renewed assaults on the restive cities of Homs and Hama, activists say, as the UN prepares to discuss the conflict.
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Assault on restive Syrian cities
The visit, truncated by worries about volatile areas, revealed the limitations of the Arab League’s mission as the conflict shifted to clashes between armed groups and government security forces.
TOKYO — The hulking system that once guided Japan’s pro-nuclear-power stance worked just fine when everybody moved in lock step. But in the wake of a nuclear accident that changed the way this country thinks about energy, the system has proved ill-suited for resolving conflict. Its very size and complexity have become a problem. Read full article > >
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After earthquake, Japan can’t agree on the future of nuclear power
To head off medical conflicts of interest, the companies would be required to disclose what they pay doctors for research, consulting, speaking, travel and entertainment.
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U.S. to Tell Drug Makers to Disclose Payments to Doctors
The use of air power has changed markedly during the long Afghan conflict, reflecting the political costs and sensitivities of civilian casualties and the increasing use of aerial drones.
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Afghan War Reflects Changes in Air War
The failure of an Arab League mission and a government as defiant as its opposition is in disarray have thrust Syria into what increasingly looks like a protracted and chaotic conflict.
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Syria, in Deep Crisis, May Be Slipping Out of Control
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — An open conflict between Pakistan’s civilian government and armed forces simmered Thursday as the nation’s top generals convened an emergency meeting and besieged President Asif Ali Zardari made a sudden trip abroad. Read full article > >
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Pakistani president travels abroad amid civil-military rift
Eclipses race and immigration conflicts.
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Survey Finds Rising Class Tension
Eddie Brill books comics for “Late Show With David Letterman.” He also does stand-up and teaches comedy workshops. Is there a conflict of interest?
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Critic’s Notebook: Eddie Brill and the Comics on David Letterman’s Show
Michelle Obama could have stayed home with her lips sealed today, and gotten a head-start on the annual Easter egg hunt. Instead she spoke about the alleged conflicts with former White House advisers described in Jodi Kantor’s new book, “The Obamas,” a type of work the first lady pointedly said she does not read. Read full article > >
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Michelle Obama: I’m not ‘some angry black woman’
NRC expected to give Georgia nuclear reactors the green light
Thursday, February 9th, 2012New in paperback: Stephanie McAfee’s ‘Diary of a Mad Fat Girl’
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012After earthquake, Japan can’t agree on the future of nuclear power
Thursday, January 26th, 2012Critic’s Notebook: Eddie Brill and the Comics on David Letterman’s Show
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