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NYT > Home Page http://www.nytimes.com/pages/index.html?partner=rss House Leaders Bar Earmarks to For-Profit Companies source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=5fc1f3ea31ceda7d6fa0607959b6cde8 The ban, announced by House Democratic leaders, wipes out one of the most lucrative and controversial means of awarding no-bid contracts to private firms. Panel Releases Proposal to Set U.S. Education Standards source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=68070355cd13b3a1931e06d849ea2c16 The new standards, which experts said could well be adopted by a majority of states, would replace the nation’s checkerboard of locally written standards. Meeting With Biden, Palestinians Stick to Plan for Talks source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=abcd88ebb9da98552931ad9e6fc742bb Palestinian leaders meeting with Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. condemned a decision by Israel on new housing, but still spoke of participating in peace talks. Concocting a Cure for Kids With Issues source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=73bef8308c4143eabb493db14147482b Through a controversial practice called vision therapy, some optometrists say they can treat learning disabilities. With New Homes, Town Makes Amends for Discrimination Decades Ago source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=f2d9dd54729b181d29d79b8a04d88490 Hamtramck, Mich., settled a long-running housing discrimination suit by offering homes to the descendants of black residents forced off their property in the 1950s and ’60s. White House Spars With the Chief Justice source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=68ec1daedd8a56d50750fd15376c61c5 The administration doesn't hesitate to take issue with remarks made by the chief justice of the United States. Sebelius to Insurers: It's Not Too Late to Work Together source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=8fd9049a45a176a54548fb57df0e3865 How long "before the business model collapses of its own weight?'' the secretary of health and human services asked insurers on Wednesday. Shell and Ingersoll-Rand Curb Business in Iran source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=c35a99d06ea0dab00917e2da088aaef7 The announcements by Ingersoll-Rand and Royal Dutch Shell come as the U.S. is pressing for new sanctions. Administration Nears a Crossroads on Trade source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=96114d8f0b15ee35743f0bc91e3b61e5 The question is whether the U.S. is prepared to lead or whether protectionist pressures will make it impossible to engage fully with trading partners. Obama Pledges U.S. Aid to Haiti source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=e0d62e228d8d13660f8d0f8c1f74637e President Obama made the pledge after meeting with President René Préval of Haiti on Wednesday, even as the U.S. military begins withdrawing forces. Panel Will Review U.N. Climate Work source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=08ccbfbf6cd980084df3c15214ea7e7e The review aims to help the U.N. climate change panel avoid the kinds of errors that have brought its work into question in recent months, officials said Wednesday.