Rich Addicks for The New York TimesDelta Air Lines employees monitor ground traffic from a tower at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. ATLANTA — Next time you dawdle at the duty-free store or an airport bar, thinking you have a few more minutes until your flight is set to go, know this: the plane’s doors might have already closed. Rich Addicks for The New York TimesA customer...
The New Old Age Blog: Patience, Consciousness and White Lies
Label: HealthMy wife and I are blessed with having three “semi-independent” parents in their mid-80s living within a few blocks of us. Our kids grew up knowing their grandparents as integral parts of our nuclear family, within walking distance for most of their childhoods. But now that our nest is empty, we find ourselves reliving many of the parenting issues we faced when our kids were little — now in geriatric...
The New Old Age Blog: Patience, Consciousness and White Lies
Label: LifestyleMy wife and I are blessed with having three “semi-independent” parents in their mid-80s living within a few blocks of us. Our kids grew up knowing their grandparents as integral parts of our nuclear family, within walking distance for most of their childhoods. But now that our nest is empty, we find ourselves reliving many of the parenting issues we faced when our kids were little — now in geriatric...
I.H.T. Special Report: Technology & Innovation: Guarding a 'Fundamental Right' of Privacy in Europe
Label: TechnologyPARIS — Is it impolitic to ask the French privacy regulator a personal question about her Internet habits? Perhaps, but Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin, head of the country’s data protection agency, is perfectly forthcoming in her answer. “Facebook? I follow it but, to be perfectly honest, I don’t use it,” she said. As for Google, “Of course I use it, but I am prudent about what I do. I don’t give...
Explosion Reported on Tel Aviv Bus
Label: WorldOded Balilty/Associated PressIsraeli police officers examined a damaged bus after an explosion in Tel Aviv on Wednesday. JERUSALEM — The eight-day conflict in the Gaza Strip appeared to have spilled onto the streets of Tel Aviv on Wednesday with what police described as a bomb blast aboard a civilian bus. The explosion came as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pursued diplomatic efforts...
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Election, Storm and Shaky Economy Affect Holiday Shopping
Label: BusinessMany retailers have more than the usual riding on sales beginning this Thanksgiving weekend. The presidential election pushed holiday shopping later than usual because some toy and game makers held off on their big introductions for maximum attention. The aftereffects of Hurricane Sandy have included logistics problems and merchandise delivery delays. And some retailers, trying to keep...
Responding to Illnesses Manifesting Amid Recovery From Storm
Label: HealthNicole Bengiveno/The New York TimesDr. Aaron Gardener, center, attended to a patient at an ad hoc medical unit in Long Beach, N.Y. Many people have coughs, rashes and other ailments. Day and night, victims of Hurricane Sandy have been streaming into ad hoc emergency rooms and relief centers, like the MASH-type medical unit on an athletic field in Long Beach, and the warming tent in the Rockaways the...
Responding to Illnesses Manifesting Amid Recovery From Storm
Label: LifestyleNicole Bengiveno/The New York TimesDr. Aaron Gardener, center, attended to a patient at an ad hoc medical unit in Long Beach, N.Y. Many people have coughs, rashes and other ailments. Day and night, victims of Hurricane Sandy have been streaming into ad hoc emergency rooms and relief centers, like the MASH-type medical unit on an athletic field in Long Beach, and the warming tent in the Rockaways the...
Bits Blog: Intel Chief Executive to Retire in May
Label: Technology8:21 p.m. |UpdateSAN FRANCISCO — After almost 40 years at Intel, its chief executive, Paul S. Otellini, is retiring, just as the company struggles with a momentous challenge: computing’s big shift to mobile devices.Mr. Otellini, 62, surprised the technology world Monday by announcing that he would retire as an officer and director of the chip company this May, three years before he hits Intel’s mandatory...
Clinton to Visit Israel in Effort to Defuse Gaza Conflict
Label: WorldPHNOM PENH, Cambodia — President Obama sent Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to the Middle East on Tuesday to try to defuse the conflict in Gaza, the White House announced. Jason Reed/ReutersSecretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and President Obama in Phnom Penh on Monday. Mrs. Clinton, who accompanied Mr. Obama on his three-country Asia trip,...
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