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Friday, April 5, 2013 Last Update: 4:59 PM ET

Hiring in U.S. Tapers Off as Economy Fails to Gain Speed

Employers added only 88,000 jobs in March, a pace of growth too sluggish to make a big dent in the backlog of idle workers. The jobless rate dipped to 7.6 percent from 7.7 percent.

Obama Budget Is Dismissed by G.O.P. and Attacked by Left

Speaker John A. Boehner accused President Obama of holding entitlement programs hostage for tax increases while some liberals vented their own anger over the plan.

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Judge Strikes Down Age Limits on Morning-After Pill

A federal judge’s ruling, the latest turn in a decade-long fight, lifts the requirement for girls under 16 to obtain a prescription for the most common morning-after pill.

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Embassy Warning Joins Drumbeat of North Korea Threats

North Korea suggested some countries might want to evacuate their Pyongyang embassies, a move analysts dismissed as a new way of raising tension.

Virginia Johnson, the artistic director of Dance Theater of Harlem, with her dancers, at an open rehearsal.
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In Harlem, a Phoenix Is Rising on Point

For years, Dance Theater of Harlem showed ballet was no longer just a white domain. As it returns from a nine-year hiatus, the question is what the company means now.

F.A.A. Will Delay Tower Closings Forced by Cuts

Control towers at 149 airports will stay open until June to allow for safety analyses and address legal challenges.

Alarm Grows in China as Flu’s Death Toll Rises to 6

China escalated its response to a mysterious avian-borne virus on Friday, warning people to avoid live poultry and killing more than 20,000 birds at a Shanghai market.

Rutgers Athletic Director Is Out After Coach Furor

Tim Pernetti was the latest official to lose his job over revelations of abuse by the college’s basketball coach.

This Land
With an Act of Kindness, a Lady Vanishes

When two teenage girls in Delaware wanted a ride to the other side of town and Margaret E. Smith, 89, obliged, she did not expect a frightening encounter along the way.

Draft: The Dark Side of Verbs-as-Nouns

When verbs and adjectives get nouned, the practice can eliminate context and mask any sense of agency.

T. M. LUHRMANN
How Skeptics and Believers Can Connect

When religion comes up, Americans dig in their heels instead of talking.

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Judd’s Studio: Public Invited

The SoHo house that the sculptor Donald Judd built — or at least restored — is becoming a museum of his works, and an entry point to his life.

 

Dancing Well Is the Best Revenge

A look at the dance festival Season of Cambodia in New York.

Design
Reimagining a Brawny Jeep for a Less Rugged Landscape

Jeep says the look of the new Cherokee reflects two sides of the brand’s personality. The upper half is sleek and streamlined, the lower tough and rugged.

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