Asia
Early Results In Pakistan Point To Ex-Premier
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Daniele Coelho holds her newborn daughter as doctors finish her cesarean section at the Perinatal Clinic in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 2. Brazil has one of the world's highest rates of cesarean births.
C-Sections Deliver Cachet For Wealthy Brazilian Women
()Brazil's economic boom has driven the demand for births by caesarean section. Some 80 to 90 percent of women in private hospitals deliver this way. Proponents say it allows mothers and doctors to better organize their time. Critics say the procedure drives up costs and may cause complications.
Around the Nation
Bombing Suspect's Lawyer A Quiet Defender Of The Notorious()
May 12, 2013 Defense attorney Judy Clarke routinely faces an enraged public, top-notch prosecutors and difficult, often disturbed clients. Now, she is soon to face those things again with another high-profile client, alleged Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
Digital Life
He Didn't Just Call His Mother, He Made Her A Star()
May 12, 2013 Filmmaker Josh Seftel thought starting a Web series with his mom could bring them closer together. Amazingly, it did. In My Mom on Movies, they take on the big topics in the entertainment and pop culture world.
Sunday Puzzle
This One Is For You, Ma()
May 12, 2013 You are given two words starting with M-A. The answer is a third word that can follow the first one and precede the second one, in each case to complete a compound word or a familiar two-word phrase.
Author Interviews
A 'Cooked Seed' Sprouts After All, In America()
May 12, 2013 Anchee Min's new book, The Cooked Seed, picks up 20 years after the end of her bestselling memoir Red Azalea, as Min arrives in America with little money and no English. After persecution in China, Min describes art school in America as "a strange environment, very surreal."
The Record
The MIDI Revolution: Synthesizing Music For The Masses()
May 12, 2013 The language used to translate sound into digital information celebrates its 30th anniversary. Today, MIDI is everywhere, including nearly every pop song on the radio and the fountain at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas.
Music
For Amy Grant, Beauty And Tragedy Give Way To 'Mercy'()
May 12, 2013 The singer, whose name is synonymous with contemporary Christian pop, is releasing her first studio album in 10 years. The new album begins with a flood, a funeral, a casualty of war and a family wedding.
