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• New York Today: A Fortune for a Fortune - The New York Times

  

  PhotoWe see a stroll past a psychic's storefront in your future.CreditDave Sanders for The New York TimesUpdated 7:12 a.m.Good morning on this crystal-clear Monday.It was love, he thought, and he’d try anything to get her back, including paying more than $700,000 to two psychics.Itturned out to be a swindlingof Niall Rice, a British entrepreneur who admits he “just got sucked in.”Priscilla Kelly Delmaro was one of the insidious fortunetellers who promised him love, communion with the dead and ot..

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• Obama Defends His Strategy on ISIS

  

  Continue reading the main storyVideoObama Speaks at Group of 20 SummitThe president spoke at the Group of 20 summit meeting on Monday, three days after terror attacks in Paris killed 129 people.By REUTERS onPublish DateNovember 16, 2015.Photo by Susan Walsh/Associated Press.Watch in Times Video »ANTALYA, Turkey —President Obamadeclared on Monday that his strategy for defeating theIslamic Stateis working despite last week’shorrific attacksin Paris, forcefully rejecting calls for escalating the us..

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• Most extensive face transplant ever performed is a success inNew...

  A team of medical professionals in New York City has successfully performed the most ambitious facial transplant ever attempted, involving the transfer of eyelids, scalp, ears and subcutaneous bony structures, to restore normal facial figures to a volunteer firefighter whose entire head was grievously burned while responding to a Mississippi house fire.On Aug. 15, 2015, Patrick Hardison underwent a 26-hour procedure at New York University's Langone Medical Center in New York, where surgeons graf..

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• What We Know About the Paris Attackers

  

  Another Team Attacked RestaurantsGunmen using Kalashnikov-type assault rifles killed 39 people in three separate shootings outside restaurants in central Paris. A suicide bomber detonated his explosive inside another restaurant in the area.ShootersAn unknown number of shooters in a black Seat Leon attacked three locations between 9:25 p.m. and 9:36 p.m.Ibrahim Abdeslam, 31At 9:40 p.m., a suicide bomber identified as Ibrahim Abdeslam, a 31-year-old French citizen living in Belgium, detonated a ve..

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• Giants' Victor Cruz to Have Season-Ending Calf Surgery

  

  PhotoGiants receiver Victor Cruz, shown after a game against the Falcons in September, has not practiced with the team since injuring a calf muscle on Aug. 17.CreditBill Kostroun/Associated PressWide receiver Victor Cruz, who has not played for the Giants in 13 months, announced Monday that he would soon be undergoing season-ending surgery on his left calf muscle. In October 2014, Cruz had surgery to repair a torn patellar tendon in his right knee.A second lengthy rehabilitation of a serious leg..

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• Chip Credit Cards Give Retailers Another Grievance Against Banks

  

  PhotoA customer uses a credit card at the Hub, a gas station and convenience store in Dickinson, N.D. Jared Scheeler, an owner of the business, said it cost the average convenience store $26,000 to upgrade its gas pumps and point-of-sale terminals.CreditAndrew Cullen for The New York TimesThe employee perched on a stepstool by the checkout at Trader Joe’s in Union Square in Manhattan is like an air traffic controller: Register 6 for one customer. Register 9 for the next.The routine helps move tr..

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• Marriott's Deal for Starwood Looks Defensive

  

  Marriott International’s $12 billion deal to buy its rivalStarwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwideopens a financial vacancy.The transaction would create the world’s biggest hotelier, with some 1.1 million rooms globally. Marriott’s chief executive, Arne M. Sorenson, said the deal promoted growth and value creation, but it is not evident from the figures. As the clout of services like Airbnb grows, the deal looks decidedly defensive.Starwood, owner of the Sheraton and St. Regis brands, effectively h..

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• CBS Butchers Ending Of New York Giants-New England Patriots Thriller

  

  EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – NOVEMBER 15: Eli Manning #10 of the New York Giants is sacked by Rob Ninkovich #50 of the New England Patriots (Photo by ...

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• Market Moves Higher as Traders Shake Off Global Worries

  The stock market closed solidly higher, led by gains in energy companies as the price ofoilturned higher after a recent slump.The Dow Jones industrial average gained 237 points, or 1.4 percent, to 17,482 Monday. The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index increased 30 points, or 1.5 percent, to 2,053. The Nasdaq climbed 56 points, or 1.2 percent, to 4,984.Energy companies rose much more than the rest of the market as the price of oil increased 3 percent to $41 a barrel. Chevron jumped 4 percent.De..

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• AR Capital to Stop Creating Nontraded REITs

  

  PhotoNicholas S. Schorsch of the real estate investment company AR Capital.CreditOzier Muhammad/The New York TimesAR Capital, the real estate investment company built by Nicholas S. Schorsch and William M. Kahane, said Monday that it would stop creating new investment products and close existing ones to new investors to focus on managing the $19 billion it has in current investments.The company cited “regulatory and market uncertainty” that was affecting its ability to raise investor money.The N..

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