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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 Afghanistan
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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.
Video: Skiing Afghanistan
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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.
BY JAMES SCHEMBARI
sports utility vehicles and light trucks
automobiles
ford motor co|f|nyse
The 2013 Ford Explorer Sport is a seven-seat S.U.V. that lives up to its name, with more power and better handling than the base Explorer.
BY ASHLEY SOUTHALL
house of representatives
hispanic-americans
young
don
the caucus
hinojosa
ruben
Representative Don Young of Alaska apologized for using the slur to describe Hispanic farm workers who picked tomatoes on his father’s ranch.
BY THE NEW YORK TIMES
arts general
A slide show of photographs of cultural highlights from this week.
BY MICHAEL WINERIP
cheating
hall
beverly l
education (k-12)
atlanta (ga)
A third-grade teacher’s 2010 choice to aid a state investigator helped lead to the indictment Friday of a former superintendent and 34 others in a vast alleged cheating scheme.
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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 Scandal
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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.
Former School Chief in Atlanta Indicted in Cheating Scandal
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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.
BY BRIAN STELTER
national public radio
here and now (radio program)
wbur
talk of the nation (radio program)
public broadcasting
here and now (movie)
radio
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.
regulation and deregulation of industry
national rifle assn
gun control
newtown
conn
shooting (2012)
law and legislation
Readers react to a column by David Brooks questioning the effectiveness of gun control.
BY WENDY RUDERMAN
search and seizure
police
police and fire
police department (nyc)
banks
philip iii
Philip Banks III, the newly minted head of the Police Department, said he would strive to empower people in the community and work with them to further reduce crime.
BY DAVID GEORGE HASKELL
homosexuality
snails
supreme court
fungi
same-sex marriage
civil unions and domestic partnerships
The biological evidence right outside the Supreme Court’s chambers makes a natural case for gay marriage.
united states defense and military forces
afghanistan war (2001- )
deaths (fatalities)
afghanistan
The Department of Defense has identified 2,174 American service members who have died as a part of the Afghan war and related operations.
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BY LARRY ROHTER
music
a hawk and a hacksaw
trost
heather
barnes
jeremy
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.
BY ERIC PFANNER AND KEVIN J. O’BRIEN
kamphuis
sven olaf
facebook inc|fb|nasdaq
netherlands
computer security
spam (electronic)
western europe
spamhaus
cyberattacks and hackers
Although Sven Olaf Kamphuis says he did not orchestrate a large-scale cyberattack this week and has not beencharged, he is at the heart of an international investigation. 
BY ROSS DOUTHAT
sullivan
andrew
social conditions and trends
frum
david
same-sex marriage
civil unions and domestic partnerships
marriages
We’re seeing a revolution with wider ripples than its supporters admit.
BY EAMONN FINGLETON
qualcomm inc|qcom|nasdaq
united states
intel corporation|intc|nasdaq
inventions and patents
creativity
united states economy
microsoft corporation|msft|nasdaq
international business machines corporation|ibm|nyse
applied materials inc|amat|nasdaq
economic conditions and trends
china
apple inc|aapl|nasdaq
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.
BY MAUREEN DOWD
decisions and verdicts
supreme court
discrimination
same-sex marriage
civil unions and domestic partnerships
kennedy
anthony m
roberts
john g jr
Once more, the Supremes are singing: You can’t hurry love.
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BY N. GREGORY MANKIW
federal taxes (us)
obama
barack
federal budget (us)
national debt (us)
united states economy
united states politics and government
ryan
paul d jr
President Obama’s goal for the federal budget is a “fiscally sustainable path.” But he may be applying too easy of a standard for achieving it.
BY PAUL J. LIM
eaton vance corporation|ev|nyse
federal reserve system
inflation (economics)
united states economy
stocks and bonds
interest rates
Bull markets typically do not die of old age, but from the side effects of a lengthy rebound.
BY SOMINI SENGUPTA
google inc|goog|nasdaq
shopping and retail
privacy
facebook inc|fb|nasdaq
microsoft corporation|msft|nasdaq
consumer behavior
data-mining and database marketing
acquisti
alessandro
e-commerce
carnegie mellon university
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.
BY TOM AGAN
google inc|goog|nasdaq
yahoo! inc|yhoo|nasdaq
new models
design and products
inventions and patents
facebook inc|fb|nasdaq
microsoft corporation|msft|nasdaq
nobel prizes
apple inc|aapl|nasdaq
labor and jobs
The most common image of an innovator is of a kid developing a great idea in a garage. But that is the exception to the rule.
BY ANNE EISENBERG
rethink robotics
new models
design and products
georgia institute of technology
robots and robotics
massachusetts institute of technology
factories and manufacturing
labor and jobs
New factory robots, designed to work and play well with others, no longer have to be fenced in to protect workers from accidents.
Eight decades of bipartisan Keynesian spending and Federal Reserve money-printing have left us exhausted and bankrupt.
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presidential election of 2016
clinton
hillary rodham
The Times's Jim Rutenberg on why rumors are running rampant that the former secretary of state will go for the presidency in 2016.
BY JIM RUTENBERG
presidential election of 2016
political action committees
clinton
hillary rodham
state department
united states politics and government
democratic party
campaign finance
biden
joseph r jr
polls and public opinion
The early maneuvering for the 2016 presidential race on the Democratic side has been stalled by questions about Hillary Clinton’s intentions.
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.
Pope Francis used his first Easter Sunday address to call for peace in the Middle East and a diplomatic solution to the tension on the Korean peninsula.
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.
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