InCopy corrupts InDesign files

After exporting ID file to InCopy and applying any changes in InCopy, things are totally messed up in InDesign.
Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?
Below screenshots and here is ID file: link

Why do you think so?
It is clearly visible on the screenshots that font SIZE and COLOR are changed.
There is something wrong with text content also. Texts are mixed up.
This has nothing to do with missing fonts.

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My computer crashed last night and the InDesign file i was working on seems to have been corrupted.
When i try to open the file i get the following message:
"Adobe Indesign automatic recovery failed the last time it tried to open the document"
when i click yes to begin recovery, InDesign crashes. i've deleted the prefs and cache files and restarted, but the problem persists.
I can open other InDesign files, so the problem seems to be with this particular one.
is there any fix at all??!??! this is a 60+ page document and i am on deadline.
p.s. my backup copy seems to have gotten corrupted in the process as well, so i am really concerned.
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thanks for any assistance.
gregg

Ok, here's what's next.
Have you trashed your InD prefs? This might be a good place to start. You'll have to search for the specs on doing this, I don't have that info handy. But it's a good place to start.
If that doesn't help, let's see if there's something in your OS that's causing the crash -
Do a "safe boot" - restart, hold down the shift key during startup till you see the words "Safe Boot" on the startup screen. This will disable any non-apple extensions and fonts. I'm starting to think you've got a bad font.
Now, in SafeBoot mode, try to open the file. Try to save the file. Try to Export and INX. If all of this works better than during the regular startup then we've hit on something. If a safeboot is helpful, consider an archive and install of the OS. Could be something got corrupted.
If the safeboot doesn't help, here's what's next:
You might try working with the file in under a new user account that hasn't had a million drivers and extension added to it. Here's a rough outline of the steps I have in mind (though you'll have to figure this out yourself)
First, set the permissions for all the job files to Read-Write for all users. If you don't do this, the new-user won't be able to open the files.
Create a new user account, call it "Clean Account". Reboot into the clean account.
Now try to work with the job. Any luck? Missing fonts? Move the job fonts into the clean user account. Are you crashing now? Bingo - it's a bad font. Are you in better shape now in the clean user? Bingo - it's some driver, haxie or extension.
Maybe you're due for an "Archive and Install" from the original system disks, or even a "Clean Install" if you've got a free weekend to rebuild your environment.
I guess there's also re-install the app, though I've never had to do that. But it's harmless to try.
these are just ideas - something is wrong - corrupted - bad. Could be in the OS, InD, a bad font, even a bad placed EPS (you don't use EPS files, do you?). So I'm just thinking out loud. These are all good trouble shooing options.
And check the disk with a utility. You didn't say that you'd done that.
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Process:         Adobe InDesign CC 2014 [1308]
Path:            /Applications/Adobe InDesign CC 2014/Adobe InDesign CC 2014.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe InDesign CC 2014
Identifier:      com.adobe.InDesign
Version:         10.0.0.70 (10000)
Code Type:       X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [137]
Responsible:     Adobe InDesign CC 2014 [1308]
User ID:         501
Date/Time:       2014-08-06 07:55:59.158 -0400
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.9.4 (13E28)
Report Version: 11
Anonymous UUID: 9E75DBEC-EF83-EFB4-1601-26BAA3982E18
Sleep/Wake UUID: 0984A1A0-270D-40AA-9922-D5B126374AB4
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000030

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Message was edited by: jestert

Ask in the ID forum and provide much, much more info like what fonts you use, what colors, what linked images, paragraph styles and a million other things. Even technical stuff like stored print settings may matter. Your post is far too vague to even begin to guess.
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