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A Swimmer's Recipe For Olympic Gold: Add More Fun

Rebecca Soni swims in the women's 200 breaststroke final at the Austin (Texas) Grand Prix swim meet in January. She won a gold medal in the event at the 2008 Olympics and hopes to repeat this summer in London. Michael Thomas/AP hide caption

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London 2012: The Summer Olympics

A Swimmer's Recipe For Olympic Gold: Add More Fun

In the 2008 Olympics, Rebecca Soni swam to a gold medal in the 200 breaststroke. She also won two silvers. Now 25, Soni hopes to add to her medal collection in London. One thing that's helped the world record holder? Not training quite so hard.

A Swimmer's Recipe For Olympic Gold: Add More Fun

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To Some Hindus, Modern Yoga Has Lost Its Way

Bernice Acosta and other yoga enthusiasts practice in New York's Times Square at an event marking the 2011 summer solstice. Some Hindus say such events have little to do with yoga's spiritual roots. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption

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To Some Hindus, Modern Yoga Has Lost Its Way

Millions of Americans practice some form of yoga. But some Hindus say yoga in the U.S. has strayed too far from its spiritual roots. One Hindu group has even launched a "Take Back Yoga" campaign.

To Some Hindus, Modern Yoga Has Lost Its Way

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Occupy Groups Reimagine The Bank

Occupy L.A. activists rally outside the Bank of America Plaza in Los Angeles in February. The Occupy protests around the country have inspired two working groups that are attempting to reform the banking system and create an alternative bank. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption

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Occupy Groups Reimagine The Bank

Groups within the Occupy Wall Street movement are trying to overhaul the banking system — and they even dream of a new kind of bank. One activist sees "a bank that would be democratic, that would be owned by its employees and by its customers."

Occupy Groups Reimagine The Bank

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Wanted: Digital Bloodhounds For The Hotel Industry

Kelsey Blodget of Oyster.com photographs the lobby of New York's Trump SoHo hotel. The website relies on tech-savvy workers to create online reviews and track hotel bookings. Oyster.com hide caption

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Wanted: Digital Bloodhounds For The Hotel Industry

These days, hotels aren't just looking to hire bellhops, concierges and housekeepers. What the industry really needs are "knowledge workers" who understand how to use social media and new technologies to track — and attract — potential guests and boost revenue.

Wanted: Digital Bloodhounds For The Hotel Industry

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Crowds Join Slain Youth's Parents In 'Hoodie March'

A rally was held in New York City's Union Square Wednesday night in memory of Trayvon Martin, who was shot dead by a neighborhood watch volunteer in Sanford, Fla., last month. The man has not been charged in Martin's death.

Crowds Join Slain Youth's Parents In 'Hoodie March'

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Families Protest Burying Remains At 9/11 Memorial

Families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks are at odds with officials over how to handle the unidentified remains of those killed at the World Trade Center. Officials have been planning to place them in bedrock underneath the memorial in New York City. But families say the memorial is not a graveyard and they should be the ones to make the decision on a final resting place. The dispute comes days after news that remains from some unidentified victims were dumped in landfills.

Families Protest Burying Remains At 9/11 Memorial

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Occupy May Seem To Be Receding, But Look Closer

Occupy Wall Street protesters shout during a "Shut Down the Corporations" demonstration in New York on Wednesday. Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Occupy May Seem To Be Receding, But Look Closer

If you ask strangers on the street about the Occupy movement, they might say, "It's over." Yet, Occupiers say they are preparing the ground and that, come spring, numbers and visibility will increase.

Occupy May Seem To Be Receding, But Look Closer

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Tourism Boom Pays Off For N.Y. Hotel Union

New York hotel workers protest at a hearing for former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn in June 2011. Under a new contract, workers will receive "panic buttons" to use if they fear for their safety. They also won several other significant benefits. Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Tourism Boom Pays Off For N.Y. Hotel Union

A new contract for the city's hotel workers includes higher wages, health care benefits and pensions. And at a time when labor negotiations often involve drawn out and sometimes bitter fights, the contract was agreed upon early.

Tourism Boom Pays Off For N.Y. Hotel Union

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American Capitalism, A Song And Dance Story

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Performing Arts

American Capitalism, A Song And Dance Story

An experimental musical attempts to get at the tension between creation and violence: the love and ambivalence of Americans toward constant expansionism and growth. There's the atom bomb, mystic gods and more.

American Capitalism, A Song And Dance Story

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Knicks Star Jeremy Lin Captures Big Apple's Heart

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Knicks Star Jeremy Lin Captures Big Apple's Heart

The point guard was an unknown bench warmer for the New York Knicks until a few weeks ago. But after a series of breakout performances, the Taiwanese-American Harvard graduate is the toast of the town.

Knicks Star Jeremy Lin Captures Big Apple's Heart

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Warm Winter Leads To Early Blooms In Northeast

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The Two-Way

Warm Winter Leads To Early Blooms In Northeast

New Yorkers are seeing blooms in late winter, but what it says about climate change is up in the air.

Warm Winter Leads To Early Blooms In Northeast

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Film Noir: Weegee Was His Name; Murder Was His Game

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The Picture Show

Film Noir: Weegee Was His Name; Murder Was His Game

He went by Weegee — as in ouija — because in the 1930s and '40s, the prescient photographer and his camera were often the first to show up at crime scenes.

Film Noir: Weegee Was His Name; Murder Was His Game

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Muslim Men Rescue Bagel Shop And Keep It Kosher

Founded in 1920, Coney Island Bialys and Bagels claims to be the oldest bialy bakery in New York City. It's now run by two Pakistani Muslim men, who say they are keeping it kosher. Margot Adler/NPR hide caption

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Muslim Men Rescue Bagel Shop And Keep It Kosher

Coney Island Bialys and Bagels, a historic bagel shop in New York City, was almost toast when two Pakistani men rescued it. Zafaryab Ali and Peerzada Shah, both Muslim, say they plan to keep the shop kosher. "Kosher and halal is very, very close, like brother and sister, maybe twins," Ali says.

Muslim Men Rescue Bagel Shop And Keep It Kosher

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