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Obama Draws New Hard Line on Long-Term Debt Reduction
By JACKIE CALMES
President Obama insisted that any long-term debt-reduction plan must not shave future Medicare benefits without also raising taxes on the wealthiest taxpayers and corporations.
News Analysis
From Compromise to Confrontation
By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM
Rather than trying to identify common ground, the president is taking the same kind of tough stance that Republicans adopted in the debt-ceiling debate.
News Analysis
U.S. Is Quietly Getting Ready for Syria Without Assad
By HELENE COOPER 10:01 PM ET
The Obama administration is trying to avoid a repeat of what happened in Iraq, where the United States was not fully prepared for the aftermath of a leader’s fall.
Stocks Slide as Greek Talks Drag On
By CHRISTINE HAUSER and MATTHEW SALTMARSH
Investors shed risky assets in the United States and Europe on Monday in a sign of increasing pessimism about Greece’s debt crisis.
The East Meadow in Central Park is being reopened |
By A. G. SULZBERGER
As more gossip is shared over the Web, anonymous and negative posts have provoked fights, divorce and worse.
Political Science
Remark on HPV Vaccine Could Ripple for Years
By DENISE GRADY
When alarms are raised about vaccines, even false alarms like the one from Michele Bachmann, vaccination rates drop.
Worry About a New Wave of Layoffs
By CATHERINE RAMPELL
America’s workers are worried about job security as the economy slips perilously close to a second recession.