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Paying Till It Hurts Patients' Costs Skyrocket; Specialists' Incomes Soar
By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
Patient costs are rising because medical procedures often involve several doctors from specialties that are among the highest compensated, and are done on the grounds of a hospital.


OPINION | Opinion For the Love of Money
By SAM POLK
We are letting money addiction drive too much of our society.


QUOTATION OF THE DAY

"It may be better to wait and see, but waiting doesn't make you money. It's 'Let me do a little snip of tissue' and then they get professional, lab and facility fees. Each patient is like an ATM machine."

JEAN MITCHELL, a professor of health economics at Georgetown University, on procedures in American health care.






Eagle Scout. Idealist. Drug Trafficker?
By DAVID SEGAL
Friends call Ross Ulbricht sensitive and soulful. Prosecutors contend that he ran a global, illicit online bazaar.



News Analysis Yahoo's Asian Lifeline
By JEFF SOMMER
Despite the company's recent shake-up, Wall Street still likes its valuable holdings in China and Japan.












N.S.A. Devises Radio Pathway Into Computers

By DAVID E. SANGER and THOM SHANKER

The agency has put software in thousands of computers that allows for surveillance and can also create a path for launching cyber attacks, according to documents, experts and officials.

OPINION | Room for Debate

Should Drug Enforcement Be Left to the States?

With states changing their approaches to drugs -- legalizing marijuana, focusing on treatment -- should the federal government even have a role in drug prosecution? 

 Seeking Clues to Obesity in Rare Hunger Disorder

By ANDREW POLLACK

One drug being developed for weight loss has been tested in patients with Prader-Willi syndrome and other studies are in the wings. 

 Administration Is Seen as Retreating on Environment in Talks on Pacific Trade

By CORAL DAVENPORT

Documents obtained by WikiLeaks show that the Obama administration pulling back on environmental protections to reach a trade deal that is a pillar of the president's strategic shift to Asia.

 

Tech Security Upstarts Enter Fray

By NICOLE PERLROTH

Younger firms like FireEye and Palo Alto Networks are competing with Symantec and McAfee in a market that is expected to swell to $87 billion by 2016. 

 Judge Rejects N.F.L. Settlement, for Now

By KEN BELSON

A federal judge on Tuesday did not approve the proposed $765 million settlement of the N.F.L. concussion case, saying it might not be enough to cover all of the retirees' claims. 

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2014/01/15/todaysheadlines/index.html

« The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion. » Karl Marx  

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On Iran's interim nuclear deal MEP @MarietjeSchaake tells #BBCNewsday,  

"It's a hurdle needed to be taken in order to reach the finish line"