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Cabinet Minister Resigns in Wake of India Attacks
By SOMINI SENGUPTA
The top domestic security official resigned in disgrace on Sunday for the failure to thwart or quickly contain the horrific terrorist attacks in Mumbai last week.
A Handpicked Team for a Foreign Policy Shift
By DAVID E. SANGER
In the vision of the coming Obama administration, an expanded corps of diplomats and aid workers would be engaged in preventing conflicts and rebuilding failed states around the world.
City Refunds $800 Million in Corporate Taxes
By DAVID W. CHEN
New York, already facing a $4 billion budget shortfall, has been forced to refund companies that overpaid their taxes this year based on optimistic business projections.
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| QUOTATION OF THE DAY |
"It’s scary for people over 50."
RICH RODRIGUEZ, a 54-year-old who is one of many veteran news anchors around the country to lose a job to cutbacks.
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After Mumbai, Debating Security at Luxury Hotels
By KEITH BRADSHER
Experts say little can be done to stop trained gunmen from attacking hotels, the new magnets for terrorists.
Chabad Movement Vows to Continue Work of Couple Killed in Attack
By CARA BUCKLEY
Young couples from around the world have stepped forward, offering to move to Mumbai and run Chabad Houses, after two emissaries were killed.
Thai Protesters Let Empty Planes Go
By THOMAS FULLER
Demonstrators in Bangkok agreed to allow pilots to fly away dozens of empty airplanes that had been stranded at Thailand’s main international airport.
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GLOBAL CLASSROOMS
Going Off to College for Less (Passport Required)
By TAMAR LEWIN
More American students are heading overseas not just for a semester abroad, but for their full degree program.
Obama’s Choice for U.N. Is Advocate of Strong Action Against Mass Killings
By PETER BAKER
President-elect Barack Obama has chosen his foreign policy adviser, Susan E. Rice, to be ambassador to the United Nations, picking an advocate of “dramatic action” against genocide.
A Generation of Local TV Anchors Is Signing Off
By BRIAN STELTER
Cost-cutting at many local stations includes the big salaries commanded by news anchors.
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Obama’s Choice for U.N. Is Advocate of Strong Action Against Mass Killings
By PETER BAKER
President-elect Barack Obama has chosen his foreign policy adviser, Susan E. Rice, to be ambassador to the United Nations, picking an advocate of “dramatic action” against genocide.
Panel Fears Use of Unconventional Weapon
By ERIC SCHMITT
The Congressionally mandated panel found that unconventional threats are fast outpacing the defenses arrayed to confront them.
F.D.A. Details Its Food Safety Campaign
By ANDREW MARTIN
The agency will release a report that summarizes what officials call a “hugely ambitious” campaign to reshape its food inspection arm.
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| BUSINESS |
A Generation of Local TV Anchors Is Signing Off
By BRIAN STELTER
Cost-cutting at many local stations includes the big salaries commanded by news anchors.
Deep Discounts Draw Shoppers, but Not Profits
By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM
The discounts that drove shoppers to stores were so steep that many ailing chains may be no better off in the long run.
Squeezing the Most From a Stimulus Plan
By LOUIS UCHITELLE
To create jobs, Barack Obama must reverse the economy’s implosion, not just stop it.
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| TECHNOLOGY |
Hoping to Draw Market Share With Touch Screens
By JENNA WORTHAM and MATT RICHTEL
Cellphone makers and carriers hope that touch screens will bolster sales this holiday season.
Facebook Aims to Extend Its Reach Across the Web
By BRAD STONE
With Facebook Connect, users can log onto a variety of sites and see their friends’ activities there.
DRILLING DOWN
Maybe Canadians Have More Friends
By ALEX MINDLIN
Canadian Internet users are far more likely than Americans to use a social networking Web site, according to a new report.
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| SPORTS |
Burress Will Surrender to Authorities on Monday
By JULIET MACUR
Giants receiver Plaxico Burress will be charged with criminal possession of a handgun, his lawyer said.
GIANTS 23, REDSKINS 7
Driven to Success, Not Distraction, Giants Get Seventh Straight Victory
By JOHN BRANCH
Clinton Portis was held to 22 yards rushing, and the Giants put aside the Plaxico Burress mess with another dominating performance over the Redskins.
BRONCOS 34, JETS 17
On Wet Day, Jets Slide Backward
By GREG BISHOP
The Jets fell to 8-4 with the loss, but remained a game ahead of New England and now Miami in the American Football Conference East.
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| ARTS |
Preserving the City: Church and State
By ROBIN POGREBIN
Many argue that the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission has not done enough to protect churches from the overheated real estate market.
Honor Just to Be Asked in, as Film Academy Tightens Its Ranks
By MICHAEL CIEPLY
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is becoming more artsy and indie-minded just as much of the Hollywood establishment hoped to make it more commercial.
Crumbling South Bronx as a Muse
By RANDY KENNEDY
Ray Mortenson’s photographs of the South Bronx in the early 1980s are featured in a new exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York.
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In a Brooklyn Parking Lot, the End of a Quiet Life
By AL BAKER and MICHAEL WILSON
Gilberto Blanco led a quiet, unassuming life as a day laborer before he threatened a police officer and was fatally shot in a bizarre encounter in a church parking lot in Coney Island.
Awash in New Light, Angels Are Revealed
By PAUL VITELLO
The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine was rededicated on Sunday during a three-hour service filled with pageantry, dance and the booming chords of its restored organ.
Ex-Police Colonel Assails Cuomo Tactics
By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE
The retired State Police colonel at the center of an investigation by the attorney general has threatened to stop cooperating with an inquiry he described as overbearing and abusive.
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A Generation of Local TV Anchors Is Signing Off
By BRIAN STELTER
Cost-cutting at many local stations includes the big salaries commanded by news anchors.
U.S. Media Thrive Worldwide, but Not U.S. Image
By TIM ARANGO
After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the White House wanted major media companies to help improve the U.S. image abroad. That hasn’t panned out.
CNN Pitches a Cheaper Wire Service to Newspapers
By TIM ARANGO and RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
With its wire service, CNN is taking aim at The Associated Press, the largest news-gathering outlet in the world.
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| EDITORIALS |
The Horror in Mumbai
The new fear is that the terrorist attacks in Mumbai could unleash dangerous new furies between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan.
A Cool Head on Immigration
Gov. Janet Napolitano of Arizona would be a solid choice for homeland security secretary. She has a strong understanding of immigration and its political traps.
A Breathtaking Aspiration for AIDS
A new study suggests that immediate treatment after testing positive for AIDS could drastically reduce the spread of the virus.
The Big Station That Couldn’t
It seems absurd that $450 million was spent to build a commuter railroad station in New Jersey without a parking lot.
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OP-ED COLUMNIST
Deficits and the Future
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Economists worry that large budget deficits will burden future generations. But strong fiscal expansion would actually enhance the economy’s long-run prospects.
OP-ED COLUMNIST
Jihad’s True Face
By WILLIAM KRISTOL
If terror groups are to be defeated, in countries like India and the United States, governments will have to call on the patriotism of citizens.
How Did That Vase Wind Up in the Metropolitan?
By SHARON WAXMAN
The new director at the Metropolitan Museum of Art has a unique opportunity to shift the tone of a hostile debate: Who should own the treasures of antiquity?
OP-ART
A Stitch in Time
By BEN SCHOTT
A collection of proverbs, saws and wisdom for this testing financial climate adapted from “The Circle of the Moral World” by Catwg The Wise.
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