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Senate Abandons Auto Bailout Bid
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
Senate Republicans refused to support a bill endorsed by the White House and Congressional Democrats.
Job Losses in City Reach Up Ladder
By PATRICK McGEEHAN
The effects of the financial crisis have spread beyond Wall Street to white-collar jobs, construction and retail.
Auto Suppliers Share Anxiety Over a Bailout
By BILL VLASIC and LESLIE WAYNE
Auto suppliers are teetering on the verge of bankruptcy, and can’t extend credit much longer.
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| QUOTATION OF THE DAY |
"Then they started to die. Prisca was first, second Sammy, then Shantel, Clopas and Aisha, the littlest one, last."
LOVEGOT CHIGUDU, 18, on the five younger siblings he lost in just two days to a cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe.
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Cholera Is Raging, Despite Denial by Mugabe
By CELIA W. DUGGER
Zimbabwe’s public services are failing as an epidemic rages — but Robert G. Mugabe won’t resign.
Iraq Bomb Kills 48 in Volatile North
By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS
The attack in northern Iraq during a meeting of local leaders was one of the worst in recent months.
In Setback for Bush, Korea Nuclear Talks Collapse
By STEVEN LEE MYERS
North Korea refused to agree to a system of verifying its promise to end all nuclear activity.
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Obama to Detail Any Staff Talks on Senate Seat
By SUSAN SAULNY and MONICA DAVEY
A grand jury was weighing evidence against Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich, and an Illinois state senator said he had felt pressured toward a quid pro quo agreement.
Union Is Caught Up in Illinois Bribe Case
By STEVEN GREENHOUSE
The Service Employees International Union found itself badly embarrassed this week when it was linked by name to Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich’s maneuvering.
WEST PALM BEACH JOURNAL
A Local Election’s Results Raise Major Questions on Race
By DAMIEN CAVE
In a county with many Jewish retirees, a 19-year-old candidate with white supremacist ties has attracted national attention from hate groups and their opponents.
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Health Care Policy Is in Hands of an Ex-Senator
By ROBERT PEAR
Tom Daschle, Barack Obama’s choice to be health and human services secretary, acknowledges that securing national health care will be difficult.
Title, but Unclear Power, for a New Climate Czar
By JOHN M. BRODER
Carol M. Browner’s new position as White House coordinator of energy and climate policy may be undefined, but her thinking on those issues is clearly in line with the president-elect’s.
Rule Eases a Mandate Under a Law on Wildlife
By FELICITY BARRINGER
The Interior Department announced a rule that has largely freed federal agencies from consulting independent biologists before projects that might harm federally protected wildlife.
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Bank of America to Cut 35,000 Jobs Over 3 Years
By MICHAEL J. de la MERCED
The company said that the cuts reflected the pending merger with Merrill Lynch and the weak economy.
Asian Markets Sink on Auto Bailout Collapse
By BETTINA WASSENER
Asian stocks sank deep into negative territory, and the dollar fell to a 13-year low against the Japanese yen.
Prominent Trader Accused of Defrauding Clients
By DIANA B. HENRIQUES and ZACHERY KOUWE
Charges say the scheme engineered by Bernard L. Madoff caused $50 billion in losses.
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As Buyout Fails, Bell Canada Seeks to Bolster a Struggling Business
By IAN AUSTEN
With the buyout of Bell Canada over except for the potential litigation, the company possibly faces a bigger issue: reversing the decline of its business.
Proposed Web Filter Criticized in Australia
By MERAIAH FOLEY
The system would force Internet service providers to block access to thousands of sites containing questionable or illegal content.
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Video Games Awards, and Sneak Previews
By BRIAN STELTER
When the Video Game Awards are held in Los Angeles on Sunday, viewers will be watching to see sneak peeks at the most anticipated games of 2009.
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| SPORTS |
Job Seekers Find Baseball’s Minor Leagues Are Scaling Back
By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT
At the minor league job fair and trade show, the topic on many minds was the floundering economy, which is expected to have a pronounced effect on baseball’s lower levels.
Mobley Gives Grateful Goodbye to the Knicks
By HOWARD BECK
Ending an 11-year N.B.A. career, the Knicks’ Cuttino Mobley announced his retirement Thursday after being diagnosed with a potentially fatal heart condition.
Ukraine and Poland Face Questions on 2012 Soccer Tournament
By NICHOLAS KULISH and MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
Plagued with disorganization, corruption and now a global financial disaster, the future is looking far from secure for the European championship tournament in the former Soviet bloc countries.
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Turning 100 at Carnegie Hall, With New Notes
By DANIEL J. WAKIN
Classical music tends to lionize the great composer cut down in youth, but Elliott Carter made a mockery of that trope, with a celebration of his 100th birthday at Carnegie Hall.
MOVIE REVIEW | 'GRAN TORINO'
Hope for a Racist, and Maybe a Country
By MANOHLA DARGIS
“Gran Torino” shows an urgent engagement with the tougher, messier, bigger questions of American life.
EXHIBITION REVIEW | 'ONE LIFE: THE MASK OF LINCOLN'
Reconsidering the Man From Illinois
By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN
An exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery and a spate of new books anticipate Lincoln’s coming bicentennial year.
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Lawyer Charged With Huge Fraud Is Denied Bail
By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM
At a hearing on Thursday, the government said that the amount Marc S. Dreier is accused of stealing had hit $380 million.
NEWS ANALYSIS
A Newly Circumspect Cuomo’s Senate Tap Dance
By JEREMY W. PETERS
The prospect of an open Senate seat appears to have unsettled Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo and thrown off his usually reliable political radar.
At the Last Subway Stop, a New Exit Strategy
By WILLIAM NEUMAN
Longer platforms at a new South Ferry station will mean more open doors for riders and the end of a familiar cry from the No. 1 subway train conductor.
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MOVIE REVIEW | 'GRAN TORINO'
Hope for a Racist, and Maybe a Country
By MANOHLA DARGIS
“Gran Torino” shows an urgent engagement with the tougher, messier, bigger questions of American life.
MOVIE REVIEW | 'DOUBT'
Between Heaven and Earth, Room for Ambiguity
By MANOHLA DARGIS
The air is thick with paranoia in “Doubt,” but nowhere as thick, juicy, sustained or sustaining as Meryl Streep’s performance.
MOVIE REVIEW | 'CHE'
Saluting the Rebel Underneath the T-Shirt
By A. O. SCOTT
Nearly four and a half hours long, spanning more than a decade and reconstructing a pair of brutal insurgencies, “Che” surely deserves the name of epic.
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| EDITORIALS |
What’s Plan B?
Despite the flaws of the $14 billion plan to bail out Detroit’s automakers, there is not a chance at a long-term solution without it.
What Louisiana Can Teach
As states and the federal government consider ways to improve teacher-preparation programs, they should look to Louisiana’s accountability-based reform efforts.
Deeper in Debt
In New Jersey, politically difficult policies — such as reducing payments to pension funds and increasing turnpike tolls — are necessary or the state will never dig out of its debt.
The Oceans’ Shifting Balance
Carbon dioxide is slowly making the oceans less alkaline and more acidic, altering the chemical balance on which much of oceanic life depends.
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OP-ED COLUMNIST
The Ambassador’s Report
By DAVID BROOKS
Something has been revealed about the psychology of the nation’s capital. When investors in New York become gripped by fear, they pull inward. When Washingtonians are gripped by fear, they rush outward with daring plans.
Inhaling Fear
By MARTIN LINDSTROM
Antismoking campaigns using graphic images and scare tactics don’t work. To the contrary, warnings tend to stimulate cravings.
Generation No
By THOMAS A. SCHWEICH
To make a change to how government works, Barack Obama should fill the personnel office with a combination of government employees and human resources experts who are experienced veterans — not 20-somethings.
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