Russ Buettner The New York Times
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At a rape trial, two views of a prince's wealth
In a trial that featured lurid and clinical details of a rape at the Plaza Hotel, a different sort of story line emerged: the tremendous wealth and opulent lifestyle of an unnamed Saudi prince. A member of the prince's entourage was accused of raping one of two women who fell asleep in his hotel bed after a night of bar hopping in January 2010. Aft...
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Inaction and delays by New York as storm bore down
At 3:58 am on Christmas Day, the National Weather Service upgraded its alert about the snow headed to New York City, issuing a winter storm watch. By 3:55 pm, it had declared a formal blizzard warning, a rare degree of alarm. But city officials opted not to declare a snow emergency -- a significant mobilization that would have, among other things, ...
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At a rape trial, two views of a prince's wealth
In a trial that featured lurid and clinical details of a rape at the Plaza Hotel, a different sort of story line emerged: the tremendous wealth and opulent lifestyle of an unnamed Saudi prince. A member of the prince's entourage was accused of raping one of two women who fell asleep in his hotel bed after a night of bar hopping in January 2010. Aft...
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Inaction and delays by New York as storm bore down
At 3:58 am on Christmas Day, the National Weather Service upgraded its alert about the snow headed to New York City, issuing a winter storm watch. By 3:55 pm, it had declared a formal blizzard warning, a rare degree of alarm. But city officials opted not to declare a snow emergency -- a significant mobilization that would have, among other things, ...
