ABC raises nearly $17 million for hurricane relief

NEW YORK (AP) — ABC says its national "Day of Giving" raised nearly $17 million for Superstorm Sandy relief.Throughout its programming Monday, the network urged viewers to contribute to the American Red Cross to help victims of the storm, which affected several Northeastern states, but hit New Jersey and the New York metropolitan area particularly hard.Appeals were aired all day on ABC programming,...

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A Collective Effort to Save Decades of Research at N.Y.U.

The calls started coming in late on Tuesday and early Wednesday: offers of dry ice, freezer space, coolers. By the end of Thursday there were dozens more: A researcher at Weill Cornell Medical College would clear 1,000 tanks to save threatened zebra fish; another, at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, promised to replace some genetically altered mice that were lost; and a doctor at the Children’s Hospital...

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Changing of the Guard: Facing Protests, China’s Business Investment May Be Cooling

SHIFANG, China — Local leaders were all smiles this summer at a groundbreaking ceremony for a vast copper smelting project that seemed like the answer to the chronic unemployment that has plagued this city in northern Sichuan ever since a devastating earthquake in 2008. ReutersA protest against plans to expand a petrochemical plant in Ningbo, China, last month. More investment projects...

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Sprint Through Swing States in Campaign’s Last Hours

Stephen Crowley/The New York TimesMitt Romney greeted supporters at a campaign rally on Monday in Sanford, Florida. WASHINGTON — The presidential campaign of 2012 is now measured in hours and minutes. Early voting has been under way for weeks across the country, but with Election Day almost here, the presidential candidates and their supporters are offering one last burst of activity in a...

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Apple sells 3 million iPads over first weekend

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Aerosmith plays free outdoor concert in Boston

BOSTON (AP) — Hundreds of people have gathered in a student neighborhood in Boston to hear a free live performance by Aerosmith.The band played Monday outside the apartment building where they got their start in the city's Allston neighborhood. Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is there along with Boston Mayor Tom Menino's wife and others.The band is promoting its new album, "Live From Another Dimension,"...

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A Wheelchair Tour of Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa

Brian Lehmann for The New York TimesAlex Watters does a wheelie in a parking lot at his alma mater, Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa. He damaged his spine in a diving accident freshman year. More Photos »THE specially equipped Dodge Sprinter pulled into the Morningside College parking lot, transporting my campus guide and his Quickie 646 SE motorized wheelchair. Alex Watters was returning to...

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Critic’s Notebook: ‘Start-Ups: Silicon Valley’ and ‘LOLwork’ on Bravo

When word got out about “Start-Ups: Silicon Valley,” the valley started to have conniptions. Among the more clever responses was a tweet by a TechCrunch editor: “Here Comes Silicon Valley Boo Boo.” Bravo The siblings Ben and Hermione Way bumble through a presentation after...

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Candidates Make Final Dash as Race Winds Down

Doug Mills/The New York TimesFormer President Bill Clinton appeared with President Barack Obama at a campaign event in Concord, N.H., on Sunday. WASHINGTON — President Obama and Mitt Romney entered the final 48 hours of campaigning on Sunday with bravado tinged with urgent warnings to their supporters that the hard-fought race for the White House remained razor-close. The rivals started the...

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Google's Android software in 3 out of 4 smartphones

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