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Michigan and Notre Dame Bolster a Sport Built on Rivalries

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By MARC TRACY from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2MHEd1d via IFTTT

College Footballā€™s Biggest Rivalries

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By MARC TRACY from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2PViAsv via IFTTT

Lot-Line Window? Keep Your Fingers Crossed

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By SARA CLEMENCE from NYT Real Estate https://ift.tt/2opdlo3 via IFTTT

How Burak Cakmak, Dean of Fashion at Parsons, Spends His Sundays

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By SHIVANI VORA from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2omCy2G via IFTTT

Trump Approach on Nafta Relieves Automakersā€™ Worst Fears

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By NEAL E. BOUDETTE from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2wvnxiE via IFTTT

A Parade of Francophiles, With Peter Mayle in the Lead

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By CHRISTINE MUHLKE from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2wxGpgU via IFTTT

New in Paperback: ā€˜Unbelievable,ā€™ ā€˜Improvementā€™

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By JOUMANA KHATIB from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2PovbTY via IFTTT

Letters to the Editor

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ā€˜The Garden Partyā€™ Is a Tale of Mismatched Families, a Wedding and Lots of Wine

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By MAGGIE SHIPSTEAD from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2LHjwx2 via IFTTT

ā€˜In the Garden of the Fugitivesā€™: A Literary Tale of Love and Obsession

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By S. KIRK WALSH from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2LHUmi1 via IFTTT

Poetryā€™s Hanging Judge Tries On a Detective Hat

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By ROBERT P. BAIRD from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2wtJwqW via IFTTT

He Wrote a Memoir About Infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan. Then Spike Lee Turned It Into a Film.

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By EMILY EAKIN from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2wtbDGX via IFTTT

Are Ben Marcusā€™s Dark and Disturbing New Stories the Literary Answer to ā€˜Black Mirrorā€™?

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By JEFF GILES from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2Pn9vqZ via IFTTT

Tunisia PM to merge energy, industry ministries after dismissing energy head, source says

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Tunisia's prime minister ordered a financial investigation and the merger of the ministries of energy and industry after dismissing the country's energy minister over corruption allegations, an official source said on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2N2msZU via IFTTT

Situation at 'boiling point' at Greek refugee center, U.N. says

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The United Nations refugee agency called on Greek authorities on Friday to speed up the transfer of eligible asylum-seekers to the mainland, saying the situation at an overcrowded reception center on Lesbos island was "reaching boiling point". from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2LI1f2P via IFTTT

Clock changes: EU backs ending daylight saving

Time could be up for the practice of changing clocks in the autumn and spring in the EU. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2N5Ap9q via IFTTT

China targets video gaming to tackle myopia in children

New restrictions will try to tackle rising levels of near-sightedness among children. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2NAnadV via IFTTT

EU set to end switch between summer and winter time: Juncker

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The European Union's chief executive said on Friday the bloc was set to end the practice of switching between summer and winter time after a survey found most EU citizens against the practice. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2LI0aYR via IFTTT

Tunisia prime minister dismisses energy minister on corruption suspicions

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Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed sacked the country's energy minister, Khaled Gadour, and four senior ministry officials on Friday over corruption allegations, an official source told Reuters. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2wCitKn via IFTTT

Indonesian family questions police killings in run-up to Asian Games

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While many Indonesians have been cheering on the athletes at the Asian Games, which began in their country on Aug. 18, some have been mourning loved ones killed in a security crackdown aimed at ensuring a trouble-free sports festival. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2MF6sh6 via IFTTT

Turkey's Erdogan says Turkey needs S-400 missile defence systems

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Turkey needs Russian-made S-400 surface-to-air missile batteries and will procure them as soon as possible, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Ph0vne via IFTTT

South Korea says sending special envoys to North Korea to prepare for summit

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South Korea said on Friday it will dispatch special envoys to the North Korean capital on September 5 to discuss the timing of a summit between the two countries' leaders expected to take place later in the month. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2MDdFOA via IFTTT

Former Australian PM resigns from parliament, government loses majority

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Australia's former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull on Friday resigned from parliament, a source familiar with the matter said, stripping the government of its one-seat parliamentary majority. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2NyeXa4 via IFTTT

Exclusive: Iran moves missiles to Iraq in warning to enemies

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Iran has given ballistic missiles to Shi'ite proxies in Iraq and is developing the capacity to build more there to deter attacks on its interests in the Middle East and to give it the means to hit regional foes, Iranian, Iraqi and Western sources said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2NAD8oe via IFTTT

French call for more Iran negotiations 'bullying and excessive': Iran foreign ministry

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A French call for further negotiations with Iran over its nuclear accord is "bullying and excessive," its foreign ministry said Friday, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA). from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2PltOFc via IFTTT