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Saturday, February 28, 2015

Today’s Paper

The Times in Print for Saturday, February 28, 2015

House Passes One-Week Funding Extension for Homeland Security

The agreement was reached after a setback for Speaker John A. Boehner and his team earlier Friday, when the House voted against their original plan to extend funding for the department for three weeks.

Online, American Helps Fuel Attacks in Egypt

Shahid King Bolsen has used social media to encourage frustrated protesters to attack the corporate interests of the Egyptian Army.

Former Obama Campaign Aide Now Works to Oust Netanyahu

Jeremy Bird, a former Obama campaign organizer, has drawn fire from Republicans for his consulting work on an effort to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

In Europe, Bond Yields and Interest Rates Go Through the Looking Glass

Policy makers are taking drastic measures to revive the economy, resulting in financial transactions that seem upside-down.

Leonard Nimoy, Spock of ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 83

Mr. Nimoy won a worshipful global following as Mr. Spock, the resolutely logical human-Vulcan first officer in the television and movie juggernaut “Star Trek.”

Boris Nemtsov, Putin Foe, Is Shot Dead in Shadow of Kremlin

Mr. Nemtsov, a former first deputy prime minister of Russia, was killed in central Moscow in the highest-profile assassination in Russia during the tenure of President Vladimir V. Putin.

The Saturday Profile

A Gaza Artist Creates 100 Square Feet of Beauty, and She’s Not Budging

Nidaa Badwan’s project is called “100 Days of Solitude” in homage to Gabriel García Márquez’s novel, though her isolation has lasted much longer.

Today's Front Pages

Quotation of the Day
"It is deeply troubling that President Obama’s national field director is helping run the campaign to defeat the democratically elected leader of one of our closest friends and allies, the nation of Israel."
SENATOR TED CRUZ, Republican of Texas, on the involvement of Jeremy Bird, a former campaign strategist for President Obama, with a group in Tel Aviv working to oust Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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