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Pursuing U.S. Aid, G.M. Accepts Need for Drastic Cuts
By BILL VLASIC
General Motors said it needed an $18 billion package in loans and lines of credit and that it will cut jobs, factories, brands and executive pay.
British Balance Gain Versus Cost of Latest Drugs
By GARDINER HARRIS
Skyrocketing health care prices have led a growing number of countries to follow Britain’s example when asking the hardest of questions: How much is life worth?
Gallery Awaits a Reluctant (to Sit) Cuomo
By DANNY HAKIM
Fourteen years after leaving the governor's office, Mario M. Cuomo is still refusing to sit for his official portrait.
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"Absent support, frankly the company simply can’t fund its operations."
FREDERICK HENDERSON, president of G.M., on the need for a federal bailout.
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U.S. and India See Link to Militants in Pakistan
By ERIC SCHMITT, SOMINI SENGUPTA and JANE PERLEZ
Officials said they had identified leaders of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, stepping up pressure on Pakistan.
Jews of Mumbai, a Tiny and Eclectic Group, Suddenly Reconsider Their Serene Existence
By JEREMY KAHN
Mumbai’s 4,000 Jewish residents have been left badly shaken by the terrorist assault on Nariman House.
Bangkok Airport Resumes Operations
By SETH MYDANS and THOMAS FULLER
Thailand’s international airport creaked back to life Wednesday after a week of blockades by protesters.
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Even in Home of Carmakers, Not Everyone Wants a Lifeline
By MONICA DAVEY and SUSAN SAULNY
Many people in Michigan said in interviews that they could no longer see why the Big Three should be singled out for rescue.
College May Become Unaffordable for Most in U.S.
By TAMAR LEWIN
Tuition and fees increased 439 percent from 1982 to 2007, while median family income rose 147 percent.
Republican Wins Runoff for Senator in Georgia
By ROBBIE BROWN and CARL HULSE
Saxby Chambliss was re-elected in a substantial victory, ending Democrats’ hopes for a 60-vote Senate majority.
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After Sharp Words on C.I.A., Obama Faces a Delicate Task
By MARK MAZZETTI and SCOTT SHANE
The president-elect must take charge of the agency in what is proving to be one of the more treacherous patches of the transition.
Even in Home of Carmakers, Not Everyone Wants a Lifeline
By MONICA DAVEY and SUSAN SAULNY
Many people in Michigan said in interviews that they could no longer see why the Big Three should be singled out for rescue.
Republican Wins Runoff for Senator in Georgia
By ROBBIE BROWN and CARL HULSE
Saxby Chambliss was re-elected in a substantial victory, ending Democrats’ hopes for a 60-vote Senate majority.
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Even in Home of Carmakers, Not Everyone Wants a Lifeline
By MONICA DAVEY and SUSAN SAULNY
Many people in Michigan said in interviews that they could no longer see why the Big Three should be singled out for rescue.
Cleveland Clinic Discloses Doctors’ Industry Ties
By REED ABELSON
In the first such step by a major medical center, the clinic says it has begun publicly disclosing the business relationships its staff has with drug makers.
UnitedHealth to Insure the Right to Insurance
By REED ABELSON
The company will sell the right to buy an individual health policy in the future even if you become sick.
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Yahoo’s Stock Jumps on Report of Buyout Interest
By BRAD STONE
Investors bid up shares after reports that Jonathan Miller, AOL’s former chief executive, is attempting a private buyout of Yahoo.
Hawaii Endorses Plan for Electric Cars
By JOHN MARKOFF
The plan, the brainchild of the former Silicon Valley software executive Shai Agassi, is an attempt to overcome the major hurdles to electric cars.
ADVERTISING
Web Marketing That Hopes to Learn What Attracts a Click
By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD
A new breed of companies specialize in creating thousands of versions of the same ad with different colors or type font, trying to determine what ad works for a specific audience.
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| SPORTS |
Giants Say Burress’s Season Is Over
By JOE LAPOINTE
The Giants suspended Plaxico Burress without pay for four games in the aftermath of his accidental shooting.
Main Threat to Burress Is a Sentencing Law
By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT
Because he was charged with two counts of illegal weapons possession, the main question is whether Plaxico Burress's future will include time in prison.
OPEN MEMBERSHIP
A Year of Toil and Sweat, Then They Played a Game
By BILL PENNINGTON
In a sterling example of the entrepreneurial spirit fueling a nationwide boom in college club sports, Doug DeLuca succeeded in fielding a Vermont tackle football team in only a year’s time.
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Odetta, Voice of Civil Rights Movement, Dies at 77
By TIM WEINER
The singer, whose voice wove together American folk music and the civil rights movement, died Tuesday.
BOOKS OF THE TIMES
The Days of Their Lives: Lesbians Star in Funny Pages
By DWIGHT GARNER
This anthology of Alison Bechdel’s weekly comic strip follows an articulate group of lesbians through more than 20 years of daily life, with plenty of sex and politics along the way.
Shubert Organization Names Chairman
By PATRICIA COHEN
In an appointment that promises more continuity than change, Philip J. Smith was named chairman of the Shubert Organization and the Shubert Foundation.
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Feud Between City Agencies Delays Moderate-Cost Housing
By MANNY FERNANDEZ and CHARLES V. BAGLI
A dispute between the city's housing agency and the mayor's budget office has delayed the building of homes for hundreds of low- and moderate-income New Yorkers.
Shubert Organization Names Chairman
By PATRICIA COHEN
Philip J. Smith was named chairman of the organization while Robert E. Wankel was named co-chief executive officer.
City Bus Drivers Say That Fare Beaters Have the Upper Hand in Confrontations
By MARTIN ESPINOZA and WILLIAM NEUMAN
Many New York bus drivers aren't surprised by the killing of a driver on Monday, given the overlapping roles they must play and lack of protection they are given.
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White Russians Arise, This Time at a Bowling Alley
By STEVEN KURUTZ
The White Russian, a sweet cocktail made with vodka, Kahlúa and cream or milk, is seeing a renaissance thanks in large part to the cult following of “The Big Lebowski.”
SPIRITS OF THE TIMES
Highland Friends to Warm the Night
By ERIC ASIMOV
While single malts can be enjoyed year-round, the onset of winter and long cold nights is perfect whiskey weather.
Let 100 (O.K., 8) Bartending Philosophies Bloom
By OLIVER SCHWANER-ALBRIGHT
The cocktail movement is becoming so diverse and sophisticated that it encompasses several distinct approaches and philosophies.
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| EDITORIALS |
The Next Attorney General
Eric Holder could be an exemplary choice for attorney general but he must answer serious questions before the Senate votes on his confirmation.
At Least Some Accountability
The next administration must quickly reduce its reliance on the private security contractors so favored — and so protected — by the Bush administration.
Parsing the Cancer Statistics
Though reports showing a drop in cancer-related death rates are heartening news, there is still more to be done to curb the disease in this country.
Wages of Fear
Suffolk County officials must stop the problem of immigrant and worker abuse or it could easily overwhelm their good intentions.
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OP-ED COLUMNIST
Calling All Pakistanis
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Who in the Muslim world, who in Pakistan, is ready to take to the streets to protest the mass murders of real people, not cartoon characters, right next door in Mumbai, India?
India’s 9/11? Not Exactly
By AMITAV GHOSH
Unlike the United States, India’s experience of terrorist attacks far predates 2001. The key to victory against terrorism will be determined by its response.
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