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Obama Says U.S. Looking at Claims on Syria Chemical Arms
By RICK GLADSTONE
President Obama, in his first public reaction to reports that chemical weapons had been used in Syria, said, “I’ve instructed my teams to find out precisely whether this red line was crossed.”
Arriving in Israel, Obama Seeks to Offer Reassurance
By MARK LANDLER and JODI RUDOREN
President Obama traveled to Israel for the first time in his presidency, bearing a message of solidarity and defense against threats.
Cell Therapy Shows Promise for Acute Type of Leukemia
By DENISE GRADY
Genetically altering a patient’s immune cells has, for the first time, produced remissions in adults with a virulent blood cancer. In one patient, the disease vanished in eight days.
Number of Hunger Strikers Surges at Guantánamo
By CHARLIE SAVAGE
Twenty-five prisoners are refusing food, the Defense Department said, and lawyers for the detainees said an underlying cause was searches of Korans.
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Young Gay-Marriage Opponents Fight On
By ASHLEY PARKER
Foreseeing a long battle like the one over abortion, activists like Eric Teetsel, 29, say they must argue in favor of traditional marriage, not against gay rights.
Iraq: 10 Years and Counting
Americans look back to understand the war in the Middle East as Iraqis still live with its consequences.
‘Tonight’ Likely to Return to New York, With Fallon
By BILL CARTER
NBC has made a commitment to Jimmy Fallon to have him succeed Jay Leno by the fall of 2014 at the latest, and it has quietly begun work on a new studio in Manhattan.
Study of Men’s Falling Income Cites Single Parents
By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM
Boys raised in single-parent households, particularly those headed by women, appear to fare poorly.
Seeing Moderate Growth, Fed Sticks to Its Strategy
By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM
The Federal Reserve affirmed that it would keep up its program of low interest rates and large asset purchases.
To Save a Life, a Tug of War With the Earth
By MARC SANTORA and MATT FLEGENHEIMER
When a city construction worker became stuck in mud, nearly 100 feet underground, rescuers had to improvise.
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Trapped in the Muck
The Times’s Marc Santora on the successful effort to rescue a worker on the Second Avenue subway construction site.
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United States Soccer’s Missing Piece
By SAM BORDEN
As the national soccer team prepares for two important World Cup qualifying matches, much focus is on Landon Donovan, who has taken a break.
