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en-us Copyright 2010 The New York Times Company Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:29:26 GMT NYT > Home Page http://graphics.nytimes.com/images/section/NytSectionHeader.gif http://www.nytimes.com/pages/index.html?partner=rss House Leaders Bar Earmarks to For-Profit Companies http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=5fc1f3ea31ceda7d6fa0607959b6cde8 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/11/us/politics/11earmark.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/11/us/politics/11earmark.html The ban, announced by House Democratic leaders, wipes out one of the most lucrative and controversial means of awarding no-bid contracts to private firms.

10 Mar 10, 08:03:34

House Leaders Bar Earmarks to For-Profit Companies

The ban, announced by House Democratic leaders, wipes out one of the most lucrative and controversial means of awarding no-bid contracts to private firms.

10 Mar 10, 11:03:46
Decoded Genome Gives New Hope in Confronting Diseases
Geneticists said the new research shows it is now possible to sequence the genome of a patient at reasonable cost and with sufficient accuracy to be of practical use to researchers.

11 Mar 10, 12:03:32
Detained Herdsmen Tell of Roles in Nigeria Killings
The police have arrested about 200 people in Jos, where this week dozens of herdsmen slaughtered hundreds of people in a brutal act of sectarian retribution.

10 Mar 10, 10:03:27
Panel Releases Proposal to Set U.S. Education Standards
The new standards, which experts said could well be adopted by a majority of states, would replace the nation’s checkerboard of locally written standards.

10 Mar 10, 09:03:52
Baby’s Snuggled in a Sling, but Safe?
Baby carriers are more popular as parents believe the snuggled-up style has benefits for infants.

10 Mar 10, 10:03:22
With New Homes, Town Makes Amends for Discrimination Decades Ago
Hamtramck, Mich., settled a housing discrimination suit by offering homes to the descendants of black residents forced off their property in the 1950s and ’60s.

10 Mar 10, 08:03:52
Sebelius to Insurers: It's Not Too Late to Work Together
How long "before the business model collapses of its own weight?'' the secretary of health and human services asked insurers on Wednesday.

10 Mar 10, 11:03:30
A Futures Site Coming to Bet on Movie Ticket Sales
A virtual futures exchange is being assembled to allow people to bet money on a film’s box office success.

10 Mar 10, 11:03:20
Palestinians Stick to Plan for Talks
Palestinian leaders meeting with Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. condemned a decision by Israel on new housing, but still spoke of participating in peace talks.

10 Mar 10, 11:03:47
Shell and Ingersoll-Rand Curb Business in Iran
The announcements by Ingersoll-Rand and Royal Dutch Shell come as the U.S. is pressing for new sanctions.

10 Mar 10, 10:03:46
Quotes Attributed to Mandela’s Ex-Wife Cause a Stir
In the London Evening Standard this week Winnie Mandikizela-Mandela described her former husband as a figurehead who had made a bad deal with South Africa’s former white rulers.

10 Mar 10, 11:03:11
Panel Will Review U.N. Climate Work
The review aims to help the U.N. climate change panel avoid the kinds of errors that have brought its work into question in recent months, officials said Wednesday.

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