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U.S. Shutdown Nears as House Votes to Delay Health Law

The federal government on Sunday barreled toward its first shutdown in 17 years as House Republicans voted to link further funding to a one-year delay of President Obama’s health care law.

Graphic: Who Goes to Work and Who Stays Home?

If the government shuts down, some will continue to work, while others will be furloughed.

Facing New Health Care Law, With Decisions to Make

Some uninsured people are eager to sign up for new state marketplaces, but for others the choice will require a series of complicated calculations.

“Breaking Bad” spawned a small economic boom in Albuquerque. Debbie Ball, in apron, makes a blue candy based on a plotline in the show, and sells it at her store, The Candy Lady.
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A City’s Lucrative ‘Breaking Bad’ Habit

As the series showcased the grit and high-desert beauty of Albuquerque, N.M., the city became a star in its own right and an entire “Breaking Bad” economy sprang up.

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Lucas Heagren in 2011 with his father, Joshua, and a .22 rifle that was a present. Lucas shot himself with a .45-caliber pistol last year.
Bearing Arms
Children and Guns: The Hidden Toll

Children shot accidentally — usually by other children — are collateral casualties of the accessibility of guns in America, their deaths at once heart-rending and eminently preventable.

N.S.A. Gathers Data on Social Ties of U.S. Citizens

The agency has exploited its data to create sophisticated graphs of some Americans’ social connections.

Creationists on Texas Panel for Biology Textbooks

The panel reviewing submissions has stirred controversy because some of its members do not believe in evolution.

Damascus Journal
A Surface Calm, Punctured by Artillery
Damascus Journal
A Surface Calm, Punctured by Artillery

Syria’s capital is now a city of checkpoints, new arrivals and a pervasive sense of war weariness, where even those of opposite views seem worn out by differences.

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Hers to Lose

Christine C. Quinn, once the front-runner in the New York mayoral race, lost in the Democratic primary. A behind-the-scenes film captures the final month of her campaign.

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Opinion
Is the Game Over?

How baseball lost its place in American culture.

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Economic View
Housing Market Heating Up, if Not Yet Bubbling

A home-buyer survey suggests that while the nation isn’t in a housing bubble, there are some troubling signs that it’s heading toward one.

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Ghosts of Mayors Past

For Bill de Blasio and Joseph J. Lhota, the former mayors David N. Dinkins and Rudolph W. Giuliani are specters of the bad old days.

Sunday Routine
A Break From the Wildlife, With Family

Cristián Samper, president of the Wildlife Conservation Society, on Sundays.

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Table For Three
For Cicely Tyson and Kerry Washington, Roles of a Lifetime

Cicely Tyson and Kerry Washington discuss race, role models and overcoming parental disapproval.

Slide Show
On the Market in New York City

A Chelsea studio, a duplex on the Upper West Side, and a Prospect Heights apartment with a terrace.

BEHIND THE WHEEL | 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe
Renovated With or Without Family Room

The new Santa Fe has grown and become more family friendly. The Sport model, meanwhile, stays roughly the same size as before, but it’s also much improved.

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On Useful Critiques

Jonathan Klein of Getty Images warns, “fiddling over the small stuff, you take away all the empowerment.”

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