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Argentine Leader Raises Cash Handouts 35 Percent
Argentina's president has announced increases of as much as 35 percent in cash handouts to the poor, students, pregnant women and retirees.
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DealBook: Morgan Stanley Shakes Up Fixed Income
Ken deRegt, the executive in charge of Morgan Stanley’s once-powerful fixed income department, is retiring, according to an internal memo.
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Existing Home Sales at Highest Level in 3 Years
The price surge in home resales gave the economy a buffer from the belt-tightening in Washington.
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The Caucus: Food Company and Farmers Union Back Changes to Aid Program
One of the world’s largest food companies offered its support on Wednesday for changes to the way the United States provides food aid to developing countries, adding critical agribusiness backing for President Obama’s overhaul plans.
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The Rail: Horse Racing’s Good Guys
The horse racing industry has more than its share of harsh critics, but there are still people who truly care for the animals, and they deserve recognition.
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Farm Subsidy Recipient Backs Food Stamp Cuts
Representative Stephen Fincher, Republican of Tennessee, collected nearly $3.5 million in subsidies from 1999 to 2012, an environment group found.
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Music Review: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Plays Mozart at Alice Tully
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center concluded its season Tuesday night at Alice Tully Hall with a convivial Mozart program.
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Music Review: Handel’s ‘Rodrigo’ at Gershwin Hotel
The North American premiere of Handel’s “Rodrigo,” by the Operamission company, was performed in the lobby of the Gershwin Hotel on Tuesday evening.
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Dance Review: City Ballet’s ‘Serenade’ and ‘Red Angels’ at Koch Theater
City Ballet’s Tuesday night program offered the beautiful visual design of Balanchine’s “Serenade,” followed by the bland aggression of Ulysses Dove’s “Red Angels.”
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Music Review: Noah Preminger at the Jazz Standard
Songs from the saxophonist Noah Preminger’s new album, “Haymaker,” highlighted his show in Manhattan.
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Television Review: ‘Save Me,’ NBC’s New Comedy, Stars Anne Heche
In the new NBC comedy “Save Me,” a suburban housewife has a near-death experience and gains the power to receive direct input from God and the power to know people’s secrets.
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Music Review: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at Beacon Theater
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, performing in smaller digs before an amphitheater tour, kept it casual at the Beacon Theater on Tuesday.
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Books of The Times: ‘Straight Flush’ by Ben Mezrich
In “Straight Flush,” Ben Mezrich follows a bunch of fraternity buddies through the rise and fall of what they hoped would be an online poker empire.
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ArtsBeat: Lydia Davis Wins Booker International Prize
Ms. Davis, an American writer known for very short stories, was cited by the judges for stories that “embrace many a kind.”
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Music Review: Wayne Horvitz and Royal Room Collective at the Stone
Wayne Horvitz’s improvisations with the Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble on Tuesday night seemed a nod to his good friend Butch Morris’s methods.
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Dance Review: American Ballet Theater Presents ‘A Month in the Country’
American Ballet Theater performed three exceptional classics on Tuesday night: “A Month in the Country,” “Symphony in C” and “Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes.”
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Art Basel Hong Kong Opens on Thursday
Art Basel Hong Kong, the newest outpost in its art-fair empire, opens on Thursday, leaving the local arts community both excited about their turn in the international spotlight and worried about losing a local flavor.
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Movie Review: ‘The Hangover Part III,’ With Bradley Cooper and Ed Helms
Four of the unlikeliest on-the verge-of-middle-age buddies ever to join forces in search of adventure come together for the final edition of the “Hangover” trilogy.
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Scene City: Scene City | MoMA Garden Party
The MoMA garden party put the artists and their benefactors on display.
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Television Review: ‘Does Someone Have to Go?’ on Fox
On “Does Someone Have to Go?,” a new reality series on Fox, employees at small companies decide to punish their colleagues with pay cuts, demotions or firings.
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Chapman Set for Senior PGA Title Defense
Roger Chapman is in the spotlight at the Senior PGA Championship, a year after his breakthrough victory in the major championship.
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The Zervos Picasso Catalog Is Resurrected
A legendary catalogue raisonné of Picasso’s works is being republished at a stratospheric price.
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Zach Johnson Always Feels Good at Colonial
Zach Johnson always feels good when he gets to Colonial.
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Column: Garcia Will Pay Dearly for Tiger Remarks
Sergio Garcia could have stopped after he whined about fans of Tiger Woods making too much noise on the golf course. He should have stopped after saying Woods is not a nice person who has been lying to the media since the first time he stepped into an interview room.
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Mike Krzyzewski Will Remain as U.S. Olympics Coach
Mike Krzyzewski will stay on as the head coach of the USA Basketball men’s national team through the Summer Olympics in 2016.
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Argentine Indians Ask President for Their Lands
Argentina's Qom Indians have asked President Cristina Fernandez for help in recovering some of their ancestral land.
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4-Nation Pacific Alliance Trade Bloc Forges Ahead
The presidents of Colombia, Peru, Chile and Mexico meet in the western city of Cali on Thursday in hopes of completing a nascent trade bloc that looks to the European Union as a model and aims to further open their trade with Asia.
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New Paraguay Leaders Promise More Free Milk
Paraguay exports enough soy, wheat and corn to feed 80 million people, more than 10 times its population, and its rivers provide abundant fresh water. But 14 percent of its children suffer chronic malnutrition, and many others lack of clean drinking water.
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App Smart: Phone Timer Apps Help You Stay on Schedule
Apps for Apple and Android phones act as countdown timers; many can keep track of multiple events at one time.
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GRAPHIC: London Attack Suspect
In this unverified video, one of two suspects in a deadly attack in London on Wednesday spoke to a witness who was recording in the immediate aftermath of the killing.
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