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Netanyahu and Abbas to Begin Direct Mideast Peace Talks

The Israeli and Palestinian leaders were to open direct peace talks on Thursday after gathering at the White House for a moment of diplomatic theater on Wednesday night.

Child’s Ordeal Shows Risks of Psychosis Drugs for Young

Powerful drugs are given to young children despite a lack of study on how they affect development.

Strong Yen Helps to Fuel Germany’s Export Boom

European companies tend to focus on the dollar exchange rate, but the yen’s recent rise is also giving a significant lift to German companies.

Our Towns

Blasé About Hurricane Maps? Remember 1938

The ’38 hurricane killed 50 people on Long Island.

Children, eating a peanut paste, at a seaside tent camp in Haiti.
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The Peanut Solution

An easy-to-produce paste may help cure malnourishment around the world. But who owns the recipe? Above, children eating a peanut paste at a tent camp in Haiti.

Midterms
Feud With Palin in Background of Alaska Upset

Sarah Palin reveled in the primary upset of Senator Lisa Murkowski, but tensions began well before.

In Somali Civil War, Both Sides Embrace Pirates

After years of not getting sucked into the messy civil war on land, Somalia’s pirate gangs are taking sides — both sides.

U.S. Retailers Depended on Discounts in August

Retail sales rose 3.3 percent in August, more than forecast. But the results are measured against a weak month a year ago.

Accounts Differ on Fatal NATO Strike on Afghans

Did the attack hit a team of election campaign workers, including a parliamentary candidate, or a group connected with an Uzbek terrorist network?

Roddick Loses, and Foot Faults Take Center Stage

For the second year in a row, a highly ranked American was ousted from the Open in a match marred by a foot-fault dispute.

State of the Art
Your Own Hot Spot, and Cheap

Virgin Mobile’s MiFi is nearly like the ones offered by Sprint and Verizon but with three exceptions: an unlimited data plan, no contract and a $40-a-month service fee.

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For the A-Cup Crowd, Minimal Assets Are a Plus
For the A-Cup Crowd, Minimal Assets Are a Plus

Many women want to showcase their small chests, not pad them out.

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Design Notebook
The Audacity of Taupe

Reactions to the Oval Office makeover.

On Location
In Switzerland, a Cast-Concrete Retreat
In Switzerland, a Cast-Concrete Retreat

An art collector builds a nontraditional house in an Alpine village where life hasn’t changed that much in decades.

2010 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG
A Final Gulp or Two as the Party Winds Down

A Final Gulp or Two as the Party Winds Down

For today's speed eaters, the E63 AMG feels like a two-ton burrito in habanero sauce: driving it is akin to the last gas-spewing binge before the diet begins.

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No Need to Hit the ‘Send’ Key. Just Talk to Me.

No Need to Hit the ‘Send’ Key. Just Talk to Me.

Kasper Rorsted, C.E.O. of Henkel, says that using e-mail “does not replace presence.”

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