Debris and a Boom, Likely From a Meteor, Hit Siberia

By ELLEN BARRY and ANDREW E. KRAMER 8:48 AM ET

Hundreds of injuries were reported after bright objects streaked through the sky over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk on Friday, along with a loud boom that damaged buildings.

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Mega-Mergers Make Comeback as Jitters of Crisis Fade

By PETER LATTMAN 10:29 AM ET

The last half-decade was a fallow period for takeovers. But major deals involving the ketchup maker H. J. Heinz, two airlines and the computer company Dell suggest a turn in the cycle.

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Election Opponents Team Up on Panel to Fix Voting System

By JEFF ZELENY

President Obama hopes that bipartisan leadership on a new commission led by two of the nations pre-eminent election lawyers Robert Bauer and Ben Ginsberg will yield results.

Chinas Leader Vows Change, but Issues Warning Privately

By CHRIS BUCKLEY

Behind closed doors, Xi Jinping held up the kind of collapse that befell the Soviet Union as the risk of wavering from ideology.

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Nguyen Thi Nhan looking after her grandson in Loi, Vietnam.

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In Vietnam, Choosing to Be a Single Mother

By JULIE COHN

The fierce desire of a group of women to become mothers upended centuries-old gender rules and may have helped open the door for Vietnam to redefine parenthood.
Pistorius Family Disputes Murder Charge

By LYDIA POLGREEN 10:23 AM ET

The family and management team for Oscar Pistorius, the track star accused of killing his girlfriend, disputed the charge in the strongest terms, news reports said.

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An Ex-Mayor Faces $1 Billion Gambling Problem

By JENNIFER MEDINA

Maureen OConnor, 66, a former mayor of San Diego, blamed an addiction for a gargantuan spree that she financed in part by taking from her husbands charity.

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Cruise Lines Woes Arent Over as Ship Makes Port

By ROBBIE BROWN, KIM SEVERSON and BARRY MEIER

For passengers, an ordeal was finally ending. For Carnival Cruise Lines, the work was just beginning.

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Still Too Good, Too Bad or Invisible

By NELSON GEORGE 10:02 AM ET

Several Oscar-nominated films raise the question of whether white filmmakers are ready to grant agency to black characters.

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