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Auto Executives Face a Hard Sell on Capitol Hill
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN and BILL VLASIC
The Detroit automakers confronted the harsh politics of a downturn and the realization that there might not be the votes to save them.
Soaring in Art, Museum Trips Over Finances
By EDWARD WYATT and JORI FINKEL
By putting art ahead of the bottom line, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles has suffered financially and is now being audited by the state’s attorney general.
Terror Attacks Traced to Two From Pakistan
By JANE PERLEZ and ROBERT F. WORTH
The Mumbai police identified a second Pakistani terrorist as an engineer of the attacks, as gruesome new evidence emerged of mistreatment of hostages.
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| QUOTATION OF THE DAY |
"We are not giving you the advice to start smiling at everyone you meet in New York. That would be dangerous."
JAMES H. FOWLER, co-author of a study that found that happiness is contagious.
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| WORLD |
Hospitals Now a Theater in Mexico’s Drug War
By MARC LACEY
With alarming speed, Mexico’s violent drug war is finding its way into the seeming sanctuary of the nation’s hospitals.
Israeli Troops Evict Settlers in the West Bank
By ETHAN BRONNER
It was the first serious clash in what seems to be a spiraling confrontation between authorities and settlers.
Canadian Leader Shuts Parliament
By IAN AUSTEN
Prime Minister Stephen Harper shut down Parliament until Jan. 26, seeking to forestall a no-confidence vote.
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Florida Steps in Early, and Troubled Teenagers Respond
By ERIK ECKHOLM
More than two dozen shelters in Florida are part of a system that stresses early intervention when dealing with troubled or neglected children and adolescents.
Many Children Lack Stability Long After Storm
By SHAILA DEWAN
Young victims of Hurricane Katrina are behind in school and suffering from illness and mental health problems.
Interior Dept. Changes Rule to Remove Congress Veto
By FELICITY BARRINGER
In another regulatory action in the waning days of the Bush administration, the Interior Department unveiled a new rule that challenges Congress’s authority to prevent mining planned on public lands.
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Alaska’s New Senator Sees Change at Work
By WILLIAM YARDLEY
Mark Begich is only the second Democrat from Alaska to win a seat in Washington in nearly four decades.
Issues Pressing, Obama Fills Top Posts at a Sprint
By PETER BAKER and HELENE COOPER
Barack Obama is filling his administration’s top ranks more quickly than any of his recent predecessors.
Interior Dept. Changes Rule to Remove Congress Veto
By FELICITY BARRINGER
In another regulatory action in the waning days of the Bush administration, the Interior Department unveiled a new rule that challenges Congress’s authority to prevent mining planned on public lands.
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| BUSINESS |
Washington’s New Tack: Helping Homeowners
By EDMUND L. ANDREWS
The Treasury Department is working on a plan to boost the housing market by subsidizing 30-year home mortgages with rates as low as 4.5 percent.
THE ENERGY CHALLENGE
Energy Goals a Moving Target for States
By KATE GALBRAITH and MATTHEW L. WALD
States’ struggles to satisfy energy mandates offer lessons for the next administration.
Embattled, Fund Shifts Cost of Suits to Investors
By DIANA B. HENRIQUES
If shareholders continue to wage legal battles against the fund and its manager, they risk getting far less back, because more of their money will be used to pay the fund company’s outside lawyers.
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S.E.C. Charges a Venture Capitalist With Fraud
By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER
Federal authorities accused William Del Biaggio III of defrauding investors and using the money to buy his $25 million stake in the Nashville Predators hockey team.
Microsoft Names Ex-Yahoo Executive as Internet Unit Chief
By MIGUEL HELFT
Microsoft named Qi Lu to run its struggling Internet unit on Thursday, filling an important position that had been vacant since the departure of Kevin Johnson in July.
AT&T to Cut 12,000 Jobs as Landline Losses Grow
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Already struggling with a decline in its wireline telephone service, AT&T said that it would cut about 4 percent of its work force and spend less on equipment in 2009.
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| SPORTS |
At Oklahoma, the Game Is in Their Blood
By JERÉ LONGMAN
The daughters and sisters of famous athletes are lending women’s college basketball escalating skill, athleticism, visibility and celebrity and nowhere is that more evident than at Oklahoma.
Police Again Take Issue With N.F.L. in Shooting
By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and AL BAKER
The New York Police Department remains at odds with the N.F.L. over how the incident was handled in the hours after Plaxico Burress accidentally shot himself.
ANALYSIS
Sabathia Is Keeping Yanks’ Offer in His Pocket
By TYLER KEPNER
The reason C.C. Sabathia has not accepted a six-year, $140 million contract offer from the Yankees, say those who know him, is that his first choice is not New York.
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MOVIE REVIEW | 'CADILLAC RECORDS'
Got Their Musical Mojo Working
By A. O. SCOTT
“Cadillac Records” is a rollicking and insightful celebration of Chicago blues in its hectic golden age.
ART REVIEW | 'CHOIR OF ANGELS'
Illuminating the Dark Ages
By ROBERTA SMITH
The Metropolitan Museum unveils its newly renovated medieval gallery and, in the adjacent sculpture hall, “Choirs of Angels,” a sumptuous little holiday show.
MOVIE REVIEW | 'FROST/NIXON'
Mr. Frost, Meet Mr. Nixon
By MANOHLA DARGIS
It’s twinkle versus glower in the big-screen edition of Peter Morgan’s theatrical smackdown “Frost/Nixon.”
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| NEW YORK/REGION |
Mixed Reviews on Transit Plan
By WILLIAM NEUMAN and JEREMY W. PETERS
The main parts of a plan to rescue the financially troubled Metropolitan Transportation Authority met varying reactions.
3 Senate Democrats End Holdout in Return for Power Sharing
By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE and DANNY HAKIM
Malcolm A. Smith will be the chamber’s first Democratic leader in more than 40 years in a deal that requires him to turn over considerable power to the three men.
Guard Sergeant Acquitted of Murdering Two Officers in Iraq
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A military jury found Staff Sgt. Alberto B. Martinez of the New York Army National Guard not guilty on two counts, triggering outbursts and gasps from the slain officers’ families.
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| MOVIES |
MOVIE REVIEW | 'FROST/NIXON'
Mr. Frost, Meet Mr. Nixon
By MANOHLA DARGIS
It’s twinkle versus glower in the big-screen edition of Peter Morgan’s theatrical smackdown “Frost/Nixon.”
MOVIE REVIEW | 'CADILLAC RECORDS'
Got Their Musical Mojo Working
By A. O. SCOTT
“Cadillac Records” is a rollicking and insightful celebration of Chicago blues in its hectic golden age.
MOVIE REVIEW | 'THE BLACK BALLOON'
Autistic Son Reveals Family Shame and Strength
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Would you be able to cope? That is the challenge laid down by “The Black Balloon,” a portrait of a middle-class Australian family whose oldest son has severe autism.
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| EDITORIALS |
Reality Check for Detroit
Before bailing out automakers, Congress should require much tighter commitments on fuel economy and demand that top management be replaced.
Inaugural Gowns for the Threadbare, Too
The inauguration of Barack Obama already feels refreshing. The urge for change — at least in the ways Washington parties on — is taking shape.
Keep the City Moving
The burden for shortfalls in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority budget in New York City should be spread beyond those who take public transit.
EDITORIAL OBSERVER
A Hate-Crime Circus Comes to Patchogue: ‘Are You a Victim?’
By LAWRENCE DOWNES
After an immigrant’s death, the community’s pastor and an advocacy group leader aim the spotlight of mourning upon themselves.
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OP-ED COLUMNIST
Who Will He Choose?
By DAVID BROOKS
One of the biggest choices of Barack Obama’s presidency is picking a reformist secretary of education. This will be a tough call, because it will mean offending people.
Piracy Is Terrorism
By DOUGLAS R. BURGESS Jr.
The solution to pirates ruling the high seas is in the very nature of piracy itself — it’s terrorism and should be treated as such.
Grand Theft Nautical
By JOHN S. BURNETT
An organization, loosely linked with Al Qaeda, may be the West’s answer to bring stability to Somalia — and end the recent scourge of piracy in strategic shipping lanes.
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On Dec. 5, 1933, national Prohibition came to an end as Utah became the 36th state to ratify the 21st Amendment to the Constitution, repealing the 18th Amendment. |
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