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Stocks Near New Heights as Small Investors Regain Faith

Money pouring into stocks in the last three weeks through mutual funds — the common investor’s way to play the market — has helped push the S. & P. 500 over 1,500, close to its highest level ever.

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Obama Recess Appointments Are Blocked by Court

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that President Obama violated the Constitution when he made three recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board last year.

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Obama Reaches Out, but Not Far, to Build His New Team

President Obama is assembling a new White House team that looks much like the old one, choosing familiarity over freshness even at the risk of insularity.

BRASS CEILING Marcus Mabry talks to Rep. Tammy Duckworth, who served in Iraq, and others about the role of women in combat.
As G.O.P. Looks to Rebuild, Party Divisions Grow

Some leaders are pushing the party to temper its tone, but conservative voters continue to punish those who do.

In Fight Over Life, a New Call by Catholics

Some Catholic leaders and theologians are asking why so many of those who call themselves “pro-life” have been silent, or even opposed, when it comes to gun control.

Education Dept. Orders Sports Access for Disabled

The Education Department said school districts must provide students an equal opportunity to participate.

Crime Scene
A Phone So Tempting That Its Thief Was Robbed

One case of iPhone theft in New York, known as “Apple picking,” ended up with two criminals under arrest.

Quinn, Cool to Soda Ban, Gets Donations From Coke

Christine C. Quinn, if elected mayor of New York City, would have the influence to end the new soda restrictions.

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Successful and Schizophrenic

People with mental illness are capable of high achievement.

Gray Matter
January Is the Cruelest Month

The fault for the winter blues is in our stars.

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Your Money
Disputing a Charge on Your Credit Card

The cat-and-mouse game that goes on behind the scenes can be tilted in your favor, Ron Lieber says.

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Art Review
The Great Outdoors

A new Met exhibition includes 50 French paintings from the years between neo-Classicism and Romanticism, with a love for gleaming oil sketches that were done outdoors.

 

Squiggles From the Id

“Drawing Surrealism” is at the Morgan Library & Museum.

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A Digital Paradise by the Dashboard Light

The cars shown at the Detroit auto show suggest a quiet revolution: digital is chasing the last vestiges of analog from the dashboard.

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The Six Steps of Leadership (Plus Courage)

G. J. Hart, the chief executive of California Pizza Kitchen, says good leaders need several qualities, all surrounded by the courage to be different.

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