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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

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Insurgents seized military bases, police stations and provincial offices in Mosul on Tuesday, and soldiers offered little resistance.

Sunni Militants Drive Iraqi Army Out of Mosul

By SUADAD AL-SALHY and TIM ARANGO

Militants spilling over the border from Syria seized control of Iraq's second-largest city in the most stunning success yet of a rapidly widening insurgency that threatens to drag the region into war.

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Open Source: Glimpses of Mosul in Islamist Hands on YouTube

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Eric Cantor, a Republican, gave a concession speech in Richmond, Va.

Eric Cantor Defeated by David Brat, Tea Party Challenger, in Primary Upset

By JONATHAN MARTIN

In one of the most stunning primary election upsets in congressional history, Mr. Cantor, the House majority leader, was soundly defeated by David Brat, a Tea Party-backed candidate.

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Members of Congress React to Cantor's Defeat

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Iraqi soldiers leaving the southern Shiite city of Najaf for Mosul on Sunday.

Exhausted and Bereft, Iraqi Soldiers Quit Fight

By KAREEM FAHIM and SUADAD AL-SALHY

More soldiers are deserting the Iraqi Army, turning the tide of the war and fragmenting an institution that was supposed to provide a common sense of citizenship.

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Editors' Picks

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Naima Abdullahi runs a support group for victims of genital cutting. She was cut at age 9.

U.S.

A Fight as U.S. Girls Face Genital Cutting Abroad

By JULIE TURKEWITZ

Female genital cutting has been banned in the United States since 1996, and now it is also illegal to transport girls for "vacation cutting." But some are concerned that such cutting is on the rise.

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OPINION | OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR

Sports Should Be Child's Play

By DAVID EPSTEIN

To turn kids into elite and healthy athletes, avoid specialization.

QUOTATION OF THE DAY

"The results tonight will move the party further to the right, which will marginalize us further as a national party."

REPRESENTATIVE PETER KING, Republican of New York, on the House majority leader's defeat in a Virginia primary.

Today's Video

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VIDEO: What's In It: Domino's Smart Slice

Companies like Domino's are making more healthful versions of their food to sell in schools, prompting concerns about the use of brands in the school lunch line.

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VIDEO: Intersection | Eastern Market, Detroit

In the historic Eastern Market neighborhood of Detroit, local style is inspired by the industrial surroundings.

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VIDEO: The Group That's Building a Caliphate

Background on the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the Islamist group that appears to be in control of the second-largest city in Iraq.

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World

Merkel Cites 'Threats' in Warning to Cameron

By ALISON SMALE

Fissures are forming as Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain expresses increasing skepticism of the value of European Union inclusion.

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'Friendly Fire' Strike Kills 5 Special Operations Soldiers in Afghanistan

By AZAM AHMED

The Americans and at least one Afghan soldier were killed when a coalition aircraft accidentally struck their position, Afghan and American officials said Tuesday.

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Turning to National Front, but Keeping a Distance

By SUZANNE DALEY

Many voters in Bohain-en-Vermandois, a struggling community in the north of France, backed the far-right party in European Parliament elections, but few are ready to herald a switch.

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A Remark in France Is Assailed as Racist

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U.S.

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Julia Macias, at a news conference Tuesday, was one of nine students who claimed tenure laws left bad teachers in place.

Judge Rejects Teacher Tenure for California

By JENNIFER MEDINA

The decision handed teachers' unions a major defeat in a landmark case to overturn laws governing how teachers are hired and fired and is expected to set off similar fights across the nation.

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The new federal recommendations noted the nutritional benefits of seafood, though not dietary supplements like fish oil.

WELL

Health Officials Call for More Fish in Diets of Children and Pregnant Women

By ANAHAD O'CONNOR

Federal officials on Tuesday announced that women who are pregnant or breast-feeding should eat at least eight ounces of fish per week, but still no more than 12.

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Family members waited in a parking lot near Troutdale, Ore., on Tuesday to be reunited with students from Reynolds High School, where a gunman opened fire.

Oregon Shooting Draws Obama's Outrage on Gun Laws

By MARK LANDLER and LEE VAN DER VOO

On a day when the nation's attention was drawn to another school shooting, President Obama expressed frustration with the inability to pass laws on background checks.

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Business

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The wedge-shaped building at 122 Leadenhall Street, center, is one of the newest in London.

A Bellwether for London Realty

By JENNY ANDERSON

As the HSBC tower has changed hands in recent years, it has become an emblem of the boom-bust-boom cycle of London's commercial property market.

Microsoft Protests Order for Email Stored Abroad

By STEVE LOHR

The objection is believed to be the first time a corporation has challenged a domestic search warrant seeking digital information overseas and has attracted the concern of privacy groups.

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Norman Chan, chief executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, is writing new bank rules.

DEALBOOK

Hong Kong Regulators Tense About China Loans

By KEITH BRADSHER

A surge in lending to Chinese companies is leading Hong Kong regulators to impose strict financial rules four years before they are required under new global standards.

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Sports

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Derek Fisher, with General Manager Steve Mills and Phil Jackson, the Knicks' president, said he considered himself a coach on the court during his playing days.

SPORTS OF THE TIMES

Championship Experience, if Not a Championship Roster

By WILLIAM C. RHODEN

Derek Fisher is the best choice by far if Phil Jackson wants to coach without coaching, mentor a former player and, if all goes exceedingly well, cement a legacy as a championship coach who became a championship executive.

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Kings goalie Jonathan Quick on his stop of a shot by the Rangers' Mats Zuccarello:

Rangers Create Bounces; L.A. Kings' Jonathan Quick Swats Them Away

By LYNN ZINSER

With 32 saves, the Kings' goalie unveiled the wand on Monday night in Game 3 that has been a part of his arsenal in recent seasons.

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L.A. Kings Led by Top Players Once Again

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Video Notebook: Rangers Lose Game 3

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Slide Show: A Turn for the Worse at Home

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Ronaldo, Neymar and Iniesta in (Superslow) Motion

Videos by DYLAN COULTER

How three World Cup stars do what they do best.

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Arts

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A Symphony's Viral Video

By MICHAEL COOPER

A YouTube video depicting audience members dancing onstage with Sir Mix-A-Lot at a Seattle Symphony concert has brought the orchestra unparalleled attention and some debate.

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Sir Mix-a-Lot Was an Early Interactive Success

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The Village Bike The blurred boundaries between role play and real life: Scott Shepherd and Greta Gerwig in Penelope Skinner's play at the Lucille Lortel Theater.

THEATER REVIEW | 'THE VILLAGE BIKE'

Careening Into a Bottomless Vortex

By BEN BRANTLEY

"The Village Bike," Penelope Skinner's play at the Lucille Lortel Theater, centers on a lonely pregnant woman whose growing obsession with sex takes her and other characters to dark places.