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Sunday, November 30, 2008
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India Faces Reckoning as Terror Toll Eclipses 170
By SOMINI SENGUPTA and KEITH BRADSHER
As bodies were recovered, questions arose on whether the authorities could have anticipated the attack and improved security.
Bill Clinton to Name Donors as Part of Obama Deal
By PETER BAKER
The former president will disclose the names in a deal to clear the way for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to become secretary of state, Democrats said.
Bush Aides Rush to Enact a Safety Rule Obama Opposes
By ROBERT PEAR
A rule on toxic substances in the workplace is one of about 20 contentious measures the Bush administration is planning to issue in its final weeks.
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| | QUOTATION OF THE DAY |
"You lay awake at night trying to figure out how to keep these doors open."
DENNY FITZPATRICK, owner of a Chevrolet-Hummer dealership outside Oakland, Calif., who has already dismissed 56 of his 114 employees.
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| | WORLD |
Attacks Imperil Delicate U.S. Role Between Rivals
By MARK MAZZETTI and PETER BAKER
American officials may have trouble preventing an Indian military response against Pakistan.
Pakistanis Deny Any Role in the Attacks on Mumbai
By JANE PERLEZ and SALMAN MASOOD
The Pakistani government insisted Saturday that it had not been involved and pledged to take action against Pakistani-based militants if they were found to be implicated.
Citizen Journalists Provide Glimpses Into Attacks
By BRIAN STELTER and NOAM COHEN
The attacks in India served as another case study in how technology is transforming people into potential reporters, adding a new dimension to the news media.
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One Man’s Military-Industrial-Media Complex
By DAVID BARSTOW
Barry R. McCaffrey, a retired four-star Army general, has quietly flourished at the intersection of network news and wartime commerce.
Local Pillars, Auto Dealerships Teeter as Big Three Decline
By CLIFFORD KRAUSS
Any government help will probably come too late for thousands of dealers whose sales are evaporating along with consumer confidence and credit.
Born to Run? Little Ones Get Test for Sports Gene
By JULIET MACUR
A genetics company is offering a $149 test that aims to predict a child’s natural athletic strengths.
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| | WASHINGTON |
One Man’s Military-Industrial-Media Complex
By DAVID BARSTOW
Barry R. McCaffrey, a retired four-star Army general, has quietly flourished at the intersection of network news and wartime commerce.
Big Day, Big Crowds, Big Price Tag
By IAN URBINA
The inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama will put an unusual strain on local resources in Washington.
Grass-Roots Effort Paves Path to a Pardon by Bush
By JIM RUTENBERG
President Bush pardoned Leslie O. Collier, who was convicted of a felony for killing two bald eagles, after Mr. Collier and his mother pursued a pardon for roughly a decade.
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| | BUSINESS |
Local Pillars, Auto Dealerships Teeter as Big Three Decline
By CLIFFORD KRAUSS
Any government help will probably come too late for thousands of dealers whose sales are evaporating along with consumer confidence and credit.
When the Downturn Sailed Into Savannah
By LOUIS UCHITELLE
In Savannah, Ga., the downturn is chipping away at expansion and prosperity, dimming a 20-year boom.
OPEC, Struggling to Move in Concert, Considers Cutting Output
By JAD MOUAWAD
Faced with plunging oil prices and shrinking revenues, OPEC suggested it might lower production for the third time this year.
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| | TECHNOLOGY |
You’re Leaving a Digital Trail. What About Privacy?
By JOHN MARKOFF
An emerging field called collective intelligence could create an Orwellian future on a level Big Brother could only dream of.
DIGITAL DOMAIN
Only the Rich Can Afford It. Should Taxpayers Back It?
By RANDALL STROSS
Tesla Motors says it cannot move forward on plans to bring out a second-generation electric car without federal funds.
Citizen Journalists Provide Glimpses Into Attacks
By BRIAN STELTER and NOAM COHEN
The attacks in India served as another case study in how technology is transforming people into potential reporters, adding a new dimension to the news media.
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| | SPORTS |
Plaxico Burress Shoots Himself Accidentally
By JOHN BRANCH
It is unclear how the Giants receiver’s injury will affect his return to the lineup, or what type of disciplinary action could be taken by the team or the N.F.L.
NO. 3 OKLAHOMA 61, NO. 11 OKLAHOMA STATE 41
Oklahoma’s Dizzying Win Adds Intrigue to the B.C.S.
By THAYER EVANS
With Oklahoma, Texas and Texas Tech winning this week, the three teams finish the regular season in a three-way tie for first place in the dizzying Big 12 South.
Born to Run? Little Ones Get Test for Sports Gene
By JULIET MACUR
A genetics company is offering a $149 test that aims to predict a child’s natural athletic strengths.
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| | ARTS |
Comeback With a ‘Z’
By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
Liza Minnelli is returning to Broadway for the first time in almost a decade.
FILM
Hollywood’s Bull Market in Ego
By DAVID CARR
Blanchett, DiCaprio, Hathaway, Hoffman, Langella, Penn, Pitt, Streep, Winslet: The Carpetbagger asks who will walk the red carpet with a statue at stake?
Irving Berlin’s Snow Business
By JESSE GREEN
In almost a century’s worth of songs, Irving Berlin put our times to music.
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| | NEW YORK/REGION |
City Pressed Hard for Use of Luxury Suite at Yankee Stadium
By DAVID W. CHEN
Newly released e-mail messages show that the Bloomberg administration pushed for a larger suite and free food, and gave the Yankees 250 additional parking spaces in exchange.
After Smoke, Soot and Water, a Great Church Is Cleansed
By DAVID W. DUNLAP
Since a fire in 2001, one part or another of the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine has been closed for restoration. It will be formally rededicated on Sunday.
NEWS ANALYSIS
M.T.A. Needs Champion, but Who?
By WILLIAM NEUMAN
As the state and city grapple with their own budget problems, politicians are not rushing to champion the tax and fare increases needed to sustain the transportation authority.
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| | MAGAZINE |
Her Body, My Baby
By ALEX KUCZYNSKI
Cathy was good at being pregnant. I wasn’t. My adventures in gestational surrogacy.
His Fists Are Up and His Guard Is Down
By PAT JORDAN
Mickey Rourke gets his career off the mat with “The Wrestler.” But there is plenty that he’s still battling.
Google’s Gatekeepers
By JEFFREY ROSEN
Nicole Wong and her colleagues decide what the world can see on YouTube. Are they also determining the limits of free speech?
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| | EDITORIALS |
Bailing Away
Officials seem to think urgency to stabilize the financial system absolves them from considering the longer-term implications of the actions they take.
Expert or Shill?
More needs to be done to crack down on conflicts of interest between psychiatrists and pharmaceutical companies.
A Maybe From Senator No
A citation by the Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell — the unrelenting master of just saying “no” across the aisle — could mean he is moving toward the middle.
EDITORIAL NOTEBOOK
Noticing Elsewhere
By VERLYN KLINKENBORG
The spare landscape of Wyoming tends to isolate the humans in it, and there aren’t that many humans to begin with, which increases the imaginative pull of most scenes.
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| | OP-ED |
OP-ED COLUMNIST
Obama’s Iraq Inheritance
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
For the first time, there is a chance that a reasonably stable democratizing government, though no doubt corrupt in places, can take root in the Iraqi political space.
OP-ED COLUMNIST
A Penny for My Thoughts?
By MAUREEN DOWD
If an online newspaper in Pasadena, Calif., can outsource coverage to India, I wonder how long can it be before some guy in Bangalore is writing my column about President Obama.
OP-ED COLUMNIST
Terrorism That’s Personal
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
In Pakistan there is a cruel form of terrorism that gets almost no attention and thrives as a result: flinging acid on a woman’s face to leave her hideously deformed.
How to Publish Without Perishing
By JAMES GLEICK
Even in the digital age, books have a chance for new life: as a physical object, and as an idea, and as a set of literary forms.
TRANSITIONS
The Challenges of the Economic Crisis
Articles by experts on the challenges facing Barack Obama when the president-elect takes office.
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