http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/nyt RSS Feed for New York Times en-us Mon, 20 May 2013 20:26:24 GMT http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/nyt/19040101_Bold_growth_plans_at_hollywood_studios.html LOS ANGELES — Film counts are down. Production is going elsewhere. And yet big Hollywood studios are planning to expand. http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/nyt/19040101_Indonesian_strongmans_legacy_remains_a_matter_of_debate.html JAKARTA, Indonesia — Tree-lined Cendana street in an upscale neighborhood in central Jakarta has not changed much in recent decades, save for the demolition of a few Dutch colonial homes in favor of modernist villas. http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/nyt/19040101_Pakistan_rusting_in_its_tracks.html RUK, Pakistan — Resplendent in his gleaming white uniform and peaked cap, jacket buttons tugging his plump girth, the stationmaster stood at the platform, waiting for a train that would never come. "Cutbacks," Nisar Ahmed Abro said with a resigned shrug. http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/nyt/19040101_Boom_in_luxury_towers_is_warping_New_York_real_estate_market.html NEW YORK — Only 10 floors have been completed in what is intended to be the tallest residential building in the Western Hemisphere — a slender, 84-story tower on Park Avenue at 56th Street in Manhattan. http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/nyt/19040101_White_House_sharpens_focus_on_path_forward_after_scandals.html President Barack Obama, struggling to find his footing after one of his most turbulent weeks in office, will try to push past the moment's political furor with a focus on the few pieces of legislation he believes have a chance in Congress and on executive actions that do not require Republican approval. http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/nyt/19040101_Gambling_on_5th_Ave_tossing_in_chips_worth_25000_apiece_.html The all-night games were held in rarefied settings like a suite at the Plaza Hotel. One pink chip was worth $25,000. Masseuses were on hand to help relieve the tension, while the players were fueled by food and drink. And the stakes climbed into the stratosphere, with as much as $2 million on the table to be lost or won. http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/nyt/19040101_Trade_center_may_be_isolated_again_this_time_by_security.html The wreckage had not been cleared from ground zero when planners and neighbors began imagining how the devastation of 9/11 could be redeemed — in some way — by a new World Trade Center, one that would be fully joined to the rest of Lower Manhattan rather than standing apart in chilling isolation. http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/nyt/19040101_Wars_pressure_is_causing_Syria_to_break_apart.html The black flag of jihad flies over much of northern Syria. In the center of the country, pro-government militias and Hezbollah fighters battle those who threaten their communities. In the northeast, the Kurds have effectively carved out an autonomous zone. http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/nyt/19040101_For_the_US_military_a_baffling_rise_in_suicides.html After Spc. Freddy Hook, a medic with the Army's 82nd Airborne Division, killed himself in 2010, the trail of possible causes seemed long. http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/nyt/19040101_Looking_for_fame_in_the_bayou_Get_real.html "If I had a dollar every time they asked me for the next Honey Boo Boo Child," said James Bearb, a Louisiana native and the president of Hollywood South Casting, "I swear I would be the next millionaire."