Features By Sabri Ben-Achour
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Mayor Bloomberg to stores: Hide your cigarettes
New York City Mayor Bloomberg is proposing a ban on cigarette displays in stores. It’s the latest proposal aimed at making New York a little healthier.
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Facade Lift: Midtown Manhattan may get extreme makeover
New York's mayor wants to give a facelift to the area of Midtown Manhattan that surrounds the venerable Grand Central Station. The city says it is needed to remain a globally competitive business district.
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It's Patch Tuesday! Party time!
For IT professionals, Microsoft has invented a holiday -- of sorts. The second Tuesday of every month is the day Microsoft releases the latest batch of security patches for it's software: Patch Tuesday. This week, the company has more than half-dozen security fixes, as cyber threats mount for Microsoft and Apple software.
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Stressed out? Banks get the Fed's diagnosis
As the Federal Reserve issues its annual stress test results for big banks, the question is do they have enough cash to survive a deep recession, a 50 percent stock market fall and 12 percent unemployment?
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What J.R.'s death means for the series 'Dallas'
The late actor Larry Hagman makes his last appearance on 'Dallas' on Monday. What does the death of a defining character mean for the series, one of the highest-profile bets by cable channel TNT.
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Sequester: Sixth time's the charm?
It’s not the first time Washington has cut budgets across the board. But even when sequesters were much smaller, they were a nightmare to carry out.
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The SAT gets a makeover
The country's best-known standardized test is remaking itself once again as it comes under pressure from colleges and competitors.
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How does the sequester compare to budget cuts past? A brief history
Budget cuts known as sequester aren’t unprecedented, experts say. But their timing and indiscriminate nature are worrying.
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Battleship: For presidents, a game of making an impression
President Obama goes to a shipyard next week where the USS Abraham Lincoln is awaiting refitting. An aircraft carrier is a great background for everything from presidents to Cher.
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Boeing to FAA: Let us fly
Boeing meets with the Federal Aviation Administration on Friday to hash out when it might get its grounded fleet of 787’s back in the air.
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