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http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/02/16/world/asia/after-winding-odyssey-tibetan-texts-find-home-in-china.html?_r=0&referrer= After Winding Odyssey, Tibetan Texts Find Home in China CHENGDU, China — Decades ago, the thousands of Tibetan-language books now ensconced in a lavishly

http://www.salon.com/2014/02/16/san_franciscos_rightward_turn_why_it_may_no_longer_be_americas_iconic_liberal_city/ San Francisco’s rightward turn: Why it may no longer be America’s iconic liberal city Sunday, Feb 16, 2014 5:00 PM UTC With an influx

http://m.sfgate.com/politics/joegarofoli/article/Some-tech-donors-focus-on-fixing-political-system-5219706.php Some tech donors focus on fixing political system Google executive Matthew Cutts is the nation’s 12th-largest individual political donor in the 2014 election cycle,

http://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/lisa-was-called-slut-banks-big-data-hijinks-n24956 Lisa Was Called A ‘Slut’ By Bank’s Big Data Hijinks How does a woman get a letter from her bank, and it’s addressed to

http://nyti.ms/NgibQb WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency’s once-secret program that is collecting bulk records of Americans’ domestic phone calls is taking in a relatively small

http://nyti.ms/1bqNnod IT BOTHERS MATTHEW LAHUE and it surely bothers you: enter a public restroom and the stall lock is broken. Fortunately, Mr. Lahue has a

http://nyti.ms/1nY9VC3 PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN, who died of an apparent heroin overdose on Sunday, was just one of hundreds of New Yorkers who fall victim to

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/02/is-edward-snowden-prisoner-in-russia Is Edward Snowden a prisoner in Russia? Edward Snowden’s prolonged stay in Russia was involuntary. He got stuck in Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport when

http://nyti.ms/1eHO4tM WASHINGTON — Coca-Cola has always been more focused on its economic bottom line than on global warming, but when the company lost a lucrative