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Saturday, April 19, 2014

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Denis Pushilin, center, spokesman for the pro-Russian Donetsk People's Republic, told reporters on Thursday that the insurgents do not recognize the Ukrainian government.

Pro-Russian Insurgents Balk at Terms of Pact in Ukraine

By ANDREW HIGGINS and ANDREW E. KRAMER

A U.S.-backed deal to settle the crisis in eastern Ukraine fell flat but appeared to arrest, at least temporarily, the momentum of separatist unrest in the region.

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What Is Putin's 'New Russia'?

Covert Inquiry by F.B.I. Rattles 9/11 Tribunals

By MATT APUZZO

The F.B.I.'s inquiry became the focus of the pretrial hearings at Guantánamo this week, after the contractor who was visited by the F.B.I. disclosed it to the defense team.

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Dawa Tashi Sherpa in intensive care in Katmandu after he was rescued from the avalanche site at Mount Everest on Friday.

Deadliest Day: Sherpas Bear Everest's Risks

By ELLEN BARRY and GRAHAM BOWLEY

An avalanche that left at least 12 dead has focused attention on the Sherpas, skilled high-altitude climbers who put themselves at great risk for the foreign teams that pay them.

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Editors' Picks

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VIDEO: Think Back: The 1964 World's Fair

The organizers of the New York World's Fair billed the event as one for the ages, but it failed to leave a lasting mark on the culture. The Times's Sam Tanenhaus explains why.

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Kent McKeever, a lawyer and part-time youth minister, is dressing like a convict for 40 days.

OPINION | EDITORIAL NOTEBOOK

An Orange Jumpsuit for Lent

By JESSE WEGMAN

A part-time youth minister in Texas dresses like a convict for 40 days to highlight the obstacles inmates face on returning to society.

QUOTATION OF THE DAY

"The day-to-day life is very tense. We never know what will happen."

NIMA NURU SHERPA, of the Nepal Mountaineering Association, after 12 Sherpas were killed in an avalanche on Mount Everest.

Today's Video

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VIDEO: Anatomy of a Scene: 'Fading Gigolo'

John Turturro, the director and writer of "Fading Gigolo," narrates a sequence from his film.

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VIDEO: Killer Sponges

Sedentary sponges have evolved some fearsome weapons for trapping and devouring small prey.

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VIDEO: Pasta With Garlicky Bread Crumbs

Melissa Clark makes pasta with toasted garlicky bread crumbs, anchovies and fresh parsley.

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World

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Captain and Two Crew Members Are Arrested in Korean Ferry Sinking

By CHOE SANG-HUN and SU-HYUN LEE

The captain, Lee Jun-seok, 69, was charged with abandoning the boat and its passengers at a time of crisis, among other counts, according to prosecutors.

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Human Error Suspected as Hope Fades in Korean Ferry Sinking

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Messages From Students on South Korean Ferry

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Time Is Short for High-Risk Rescue Effort

U.S. Plans Military Drills in Eastern Europe

By MICHAEL R. GORDON

The moves in Poland and Estonia are part of a broader effort to strengthen NATO's air, sea and land presence in the region in response to Russia's military actions in and near Ukraine.

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Ukraine Seeks Inquiry Into Killings

Paper Shows U.S.-Flagged Plane in Iran Has Ties to Ghana

By JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG

The ownership ties between a Utah bank and a Ghanaian company raise questions about the role of sanctions.

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Iran Gets an Unlikely Visitor, an American Plane, but No One Seems to Know Why

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U.S.

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Salmon were put into the hold of the trawler Merva W this month for a trip to San Francisco Bay.

Swim to Sea? These Salmon Are Catching a Lift

By FELICITY BARRINGER

California's drought has left rivers too shallow for salmon, so the government is trucking and barging them to the sea in the hope they will return.

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Richard Ravitch on Capitol Hill in January. Mr. Ravitch, 80, was interviewed on Friday in Detroit for a job as an expert to help Judge Steven W. Rhodes analyze the city's final bankruptcy plan.

In Detroit, Judge Takes Offbeat Tack in Hiring Help

By STEVEN YACCINO

Judge Steven W. Rhodes, who is overseeing this city's bankruptcy case, is looking for someone who can analyze Detroit's final bankruptcy plan.

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Ronald Machtley, the president of Bryant University, with, and photographed by, Ali Luthman, a senior.

Go Forth and Conquer, but Postpone the Selfie

By TAMAR LEWIN

Bryant University in Rhode Island has told its graduating seniors not to take pictures of themselves with their cellphones when they come onstage for their diplomas next month.

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Business

OFF THE CHARTS

Most G-7 Nations Still Trying to Recoup Lost Jobs

By FLOYD NORRIS

Of all the major industrialized countries, only Germany and Japan have managed to return to their 2007 employment levels.

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Paul J. Taubman may be part of a fledgling trend toward merger and acquisition microfirms, or, as in his case, sole practitioners.

COMMON SENSE

Goldman, Citi, UBS ... and a Guy in an Office

By JAMES B. STEWART

Paul J. Taubman has single-handedly accounted for $175 billion in deals over the last year, which has had Wall Street bankers buzzing with a mix of admiration and envy.

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A Michaels store in Colma, Calif. Shoppers at Michaels and Aaron Brothers were involved in the breach, the company said.

Michaels Stores' Breach Involved 3 Million Customers

By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS

The company said that two security firms had found evidence of a breach at Michaels, a crafts retailer, and at a subsidiary, Aaron Brothers, a framing company.

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Sports

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A 15-inch hole could help beginners and older golfers

In a Hole, Golf Considers Digging a Wider One

By BILL PENNINGTON

The golf world has lost five million players in the last decade, spurring a growing revolution to create alternative forms of the game.

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Russell Westbrook injured his right knee April 24, 2013, in a collision with Houston's Patrick Beverley in the N.B.A. playoffs.

Thunder's Lofty Hopes Rest on a Fragile Hinge

By JOHN BRANCH

Title hopes in Oklahoma City depend on Kevin Durant and the health of Russell Westbrook's right knee, which was injured in a strange play a year ago and required three operations.

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Russell Henshaw at the Sochi Games. An Olympic official said injuries were common in slopestyle.

ON OLYMPICS

Slopestyle Asks, When Is a Risky Sport Too Dangerous?

By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY

A comment by the head of scientific activities for the International Olympic Committee threw a spotlight on the tension between spectacle and safety in the Winter Games.

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Arts

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The sharecropper Ned Cobb, a.k.a. Nate Shaw, at 22, with his wife, Viola, and their son Andrew, in 1907.

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK

Lost in Literary History: A Tale of Courage in the South

By DWIGHT GARNER

"All God's Dangers," a sharecropper's story that won a National Book Award in 1975, still rings true 40 years later.

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Thomas Piketty at one of his New York talks this week.

Economist Receives Rock Star Treatment

By JENNIFER SCHUESSLER

The reception for his "Capital in the 21st Century" has led the French economist Thomas Piketty to Washington's halls of power and New York's media outlets.

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Tatiana Maslany, the star, in Season 2 of

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK

Versatility Is a Virtue in Fantasy of Identity

By MIKE HALE

When one of the clones gets a leading role in a play, yet another identity is born for Tatiana Maslany, the star of "Orphan Black."

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Travel

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36 Hours in Prague

By EVAN RAIL

You could spend a weekend in the Czech capital visiting only those places that have opened in the past couple of years. Here's a guide to get you started.

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A statue of a stone lifter at Peru Harri, a farm near Leitza, Spain, that's home to a stone-lifting museum.

PURSUITS

Stone Lifting as Sport in the Basque Country

By DAVE SEMINARA

Rural sports like wood chopping, hay bale tossing and stone lifting are part of a cultural fabric that's still visible today.

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Ylenia Sambati of Cook in Puglia makes bread with

PERSONAL JOURNEYS

In Lecce, Making Magic With Humble Ingredients

By SETH SHERWOOD

In and around this city in Italy's heel, a crop of culinary schools and teachers is encouraging travelers to embrace la cucina povera, or "the food of the poor."

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Obituaries

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Jacques Servier in court to face charges involving the drug Mediator, which was withdrawn from the market amid estimates that it had caused between 500 and 2,000 deaths.

Jacques Servier, 92, Dies; Accused of Hiding the Risks of Drugs

By DAVID JOLLY

Laboratoires Servier, the pharmaceutical company founded by Mr. Servier, was hailed as a champion of French business until its diabetes drug was withdrawn from the market.

Lois Wallace, a Respected Agent of Prominent Authors, Dies at 73

By DANIEL E. SLOTNIK

Ms. Wallace formed a small but prestigious literary agency that represented Erich Segal, William F. Buckley Jr., Joan Didion and Don DeLillo.

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Adrianne Wadewitz, 37, Wikipedia Editor, Dies After Rock Climbing Fall

By NOAM COHEN

Ms. Wadewitz, a British literature scholar, completed more than 49,000 edits on the online encyclopedia, and was an influential editor there, focusing on women's biographies.

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