By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW
Liu Cixin won the 2015 Hugo Award for “The Three-Body Problem,” the first volume of a trilogy that has been a major best seller in China.
Published: August 24, 2015 at 12:00AM
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Sect’s Death Ritual Raises Constitutional Conflict in India
By ELLEN BARRY and MANSI CHOKSI
Citing a right to religious practice, members of the Jain faith are protesting a ruling barring santhara, a fast to the death that a judge declared a form of suicide.
Published: August 25, 2015 at 12:00AM
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Human Rights Lawyer Prevented From Flying Out of Beijing
By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW
Liang Xiaojun is part of a large circle of rights lawyers in China, hundreds of whom have been questioned or detained since early July in a crackdown.
Published: August 24, 2015 at 12:00AM
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Roger Federer Beats Novak Djokovic to Win Western & Southern Open
By BEN ROTHENBERG
Djokovic, who had a chance to become the first man to have won all nine of the elite ATP Masters Series events, has lost all five times he has made the tournament’s final, three times to Federer.
Published: August 23, 2015 at 08:00PM
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Jimmy Evert, Instructor of Tennis Champions, Dies at 91
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Evert’s students included his daughter Chris, a winner of 18 Grand Slam titles, and another top-ranked women’s player, Jennifer Capriati.
Published: August 23, 2015 at 08:00PM
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Mets Rest Matt Harvey and Get Their Sweep, Too, as Logan Verrett Stands Out
By TIM ROHAN
As Harvey got the day off as part of a plan to limit his innings, Verrett, a rookie, held the Rockies to one run and four hits in eight innings.
Published: August 23, 2015 at 08:00PM
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Davis Love III, 51, Surges to Victory as Tiger Woods Falters
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Love captured the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C., becoming the third-oldest winner in PGA Tour history, while Woods failed to qualify for the FedEx Cup playoffs, ending his season.
Published: August 23, 2015 at 08:00PM
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Injury to C.C. Sabathia and Another Yankees Loss Cast Shadow on Day Honoring Andy Pettitte
By TOM PEDULLA
Shortly after Pettitte saw his No. 46 retired and a plaque dedicated to him at Monument Park, another onetime Yankees ace trudged off the mound toward an uncertain future.
Published: August 23, 2015 at 08:00PM
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In Baseball, the Times Are Changing
By TIM CASEY and SETH BERKMAN
New rules to speed up play have been in effect for more than three months and are beginning to shave several minutes off games.
Published: August 23, 2015 at 08:00PM
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Pirates Slugger Savors a Legacy of Consistency
By TYLER KEPNER
Third baseman Aramis Ramirez, 37, who returned to Pittsburgh last month in a trade, has had a combination of power and positional longevity that puts him in elite company.
Published: August 22, 2015 at 08:00PM
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