NYTimes Review - 10:14 AM 3/31/2013
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“There aren't that many places left in the world that are so unexplored. Nobody's come here for the last 30 years,” says Christopher Zurcher, founder of Afghan Ski Challenge. In one part of Afghanistan that is actively promoting adventure tourism, “you're the first one on the slope everyday,” Mr. Zurcher said.
Video: Skiing Afghanistanwww.nytimes.com
Bamian Province is the only place in Afghanistan that is actively promoting adventure tourism. Many residents lost what little they had under the Taliban and are wary about what the future might hold.
Subjects include the opening of amusement parks in Coney Island, a dodgeball marathon and the Bloomberg administration “bullpen” at City Hall.
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A grand jury has indicted Beverly L. Hall, the former superintendent of the Atlanta Public Schools, and 34 other teachers and administrators on racketeering charges connected to one of the largest test-score cheating scandals in the country.
Former School Chief in Atlanta Indicted in Cheating Scandalwww.nytimes.com
A grand jury indicted Beverly L. Hall, the former superintendent of the Atlanta Public Schools, and other educators on charges connected to one of the largest test-score cheating scandals in the country.
NPR will end the call-in show “Talk of the Nation” this summer and urge radio stations to replace it with the Boston-based program “Here and Now,” which has a magazine style.
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On the eve of a European tour, the members of a Hawk and a Hacksaw discuss their Eastern European influences and their new album, inspired by a 1960s Soviet film.
Although Sven Olaf Kamphuis says he
did not orchestrate a large-scale cyberattack
this week and has not been
charged, he is at the heart of an international investigation. 
We’re seeing a revolution with wider ripples than its supporters admit.
As China becomes richer, is it destined to pass the United States as the world’s most inventive nation?
King Herod the Great is best known to Christians for trying to kill the infant Jesus. But he also left his mark with stunning architectural achievements, as seen in a new exhibit at the Israel Museum.
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Consumers insist that they treasure their online privacy. But their mouse clicks tell a far different tale, as the experiments of a behavioral economist show.
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Egypt arrested Bassem Youssef, a popular TV comedian who modeled his show after Jon Stewart's Daily Show. His arrest is seen as aimed at silencing critics of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.
King Herod is best known to Christians for trying to kill the infant Jesus. But he also left his mark with stunning architectural achievements, as seen in a new exhibit at the Israel Museum.
