New York Times

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    NYT: Times Wire

  • Video Plea From Kidnapped British Couple

    By ROBERT MACKEY
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:43 pm
    On Friday Britain's Channel 4 News broadcast a video appeal for help by Paul and Rachel Chandler, a British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates last month. The tape was apparently filmed this week in Somalia.

  • Democratic Query on Insurance Rates

    By REED ABELSON
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:41 pm
    Democrats send letter to insurers, asking why small-business premiums are rising so fast.

  • Sunday Preview

    By THE NEW YORK TIMES
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:38 pm
    Following in the footsteps of a food-obsessed writer by the name of Alexandre-Balthazar-Laurent Grimod de la Reyniere.

  • Hacked E-mails Fuel Climate Change Skeptics

    By ANDREW C. REVKIN
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:30 pm
    The e-mails and documents hacked from a computer server at a British university will undoubtedly raise questions about the actions of some scientists.

  • Play of Knicks and Nets Is Turning Off Viewers

    By RICHARD SANDOMIR
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:30 pm
    Television ratings for the Knicks and the Nets have been down.
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    NYT: Front Page

  • Signs That Swine Flu Has Peaked in U.S.

    By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:36 pm
    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said flu activity was declining in all regions of the country.

  • Hacked E-mails Fuel Climate Change Skeptics

    By ANDREW C. REVKIN
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:35 pm
    The e-mails and documents hacked from a computer server at a British university will undoubtedly raise questions about the actions of some scientists.

  • Dialysis Unit Closing Hits Illegal Immigrants Hard

    By KEVIN SACK
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:33 pm
    When Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta closed its dialysis unit, many illegal immigrants had to scramble to find treatment.

  • Hearing Set for Fort Hood Suspect

    By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:30 pm
    An attorney for the Army psychiatrist charged in the mass shooting at Fort Hood says his client will have his first court hearing in his hospital room on Saturday.

  • U.S. Fears Iraq Development Projects May Go to Waste

    By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:27 pm
    After spending $53 billion for relief and reconstruction in Iraq since 2003, the U.S. is concerned that Iraqis won’t be able to maintain the facilities once the Americans have left.
 
 
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    NYT: U.S. News

  • In Survey, Hard Times Before Slump

    By SAM ROBERTS
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:47 pm
    One in five Americans needed help paying for basic needs, according to a 2005 census survey.

  • Christian Leaders Unite on Political Issues

    By LAURIE GOODSTEIN
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:36 pm
    Advocating civil disobedience to resist laws compelling institutions to perform abortion or recognize unions.

  • Panel Sees No Need for A-Bomb Upgrade

    By WILLIAM J. BROAD
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:34 pm
    Amid concerns over an aging stockpile, federal advisers have concluded that programs to extend the life of the nation’s nuclear arms ensure their destructiveness for decades to come.

  • Dialysis Unit Closing Hits Illegal Immigrants Hard

    By KEVIN SACK
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:52 pm
    When Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta closed its dialysis unit, many illegal immigrants had nowhere to turn.

  • Geithner Hopes to End Bailout Fund

    By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:25 pm
    Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said on Thursday that the government would close the $700 billion program “as soon as we can,” and that part of it would be used to lower the federal debt.
 
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    NYT: World News

  • For Bread or Soccer, Egypt Is Ready for a Riot

    By MICHAEL SLACKMAN
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:09 pm
    History has proven there are two subjects that will move Egyptians into the streets in riotous numbers, crashing windows, battling each other and defying an army of club-wielding riot police.

  • U.S. Fears Iraq Development Projects May Go to Waste

    By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:02 pm
    After spending $53 billion for relief and reconstruction in Iraq since 2003, the U.S. is concerned that Iraqis won’t be able to maintain the facilities once the Americans have left.

  • Northern England Hit by Floods After Heavy Rain

    By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:50 pm
    The military deployed intense rescue efforts to conduct house-to-house searches for people trapped in their homes.

  • Obama Raised Issue of American Held in China

    By KEITH BRADSHER
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:06 pm
    The Chinese government has held an American oil geologist on suspicion of stealing state secrets for nearly two years, prompting President Obama to raise the issue during his visit to Beijing.

  • Afghan Bomber on Motorcycle Kills 16

    By TAIMOOR SHAH and ALISSA J. RUBIN
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:05 pm
    Several children and a police officer were among the victims of the blast on a crowded market.
 
 
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    NYT: Deal Book

  • Morgan Stanley Reaches Deal on Barclays Loan

    By DEALBOOK
    20 Nov 2009 | 11:24 am
    Morgan Stanley is handing over Crescent Real Estate Equities to Barclays Capital, winning forgiveness of a $2 billion loan that financed its acquisition of the real estate business in 2007.

  • BofA's Ideal Chief: the One Who's Leaving?

    By CYRUS SANATI
    20 Nov 2009 | 10:02 am
    Richard X. Bove, the outspoken bank analyst, believes that the best person to lead Bank of America is the man who's leaving the chief executive post.

  • CF Claims 3 Seats on Terra's Board

    By CYRUS SANATI
    20 Nov 2009 | 8:48 am
    CF Industries announced Friday that all three of its nominees were elected to the board of rival fertilizer maker Terra Industries, potentially ending an 11-month takeover battle.

  • Ohio Sues Credit Rating Agencies

    By DEALBOOK
    20 Nov 2009 | 8:34 am
    Ohio's attorney general sued Standard & Poor's, Moody's and Fitch Ratings on Friday, asserting that they provided misleading credit ratings that led to hundreds of millions of losses for state funds.

  • E.U. Takes More Time to Review Oracle-Sun Deal

    By DEALBOOK
    20 Nov 2009 | 8:30 am
    European Union regulators said Friday that they have extended until Jan. 27 a deadline to wrap up their antitrust review of Oracle's planned $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems.
 
 
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    NYT: Environment

  • Nations Unveil Plans to Rein in Emissions

    By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL and NEIL MacFARQUHAR
    19 Nov 2009 | 8:37 pm
    Prior to a climate change meeting scheduled for Copenhagen, industrialized countries, except the United States, are offering targets to curb greenhouse gases.

  • Paying More for Flights Eases Guilt, Not Emissions

    By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
    19 Nov 2009 | 7:37 pm
    The sheer size of the airline industry’s emissions makes it hard to judge the effectiveness of carbon offset programs.

  • Business of Green: Storm Over the Chamber

    By JOHN M. BRODER
    19 Nov 2009 | 12:43 am
    Thomas Donohue, the United States Chamber of Commerce’s president, expressed hostility toward climate legislation, which led several businesses to resign in protest.

  • Seas Grow Less Effective at Absorbing Emissions

    By SINDYA N. BHANOO
    18 Nov 2009 | 11:57 pm
    The Earth’s oceans have recently grown less efficient at sopping up carbon dioxide from fuel emissions, new research suggests.

  • Leaders Will Delay Deal on Climate Change

    By HELENE COOPER
    17 Nov 2009 | 11:25 am
    President Obama and other world leaders have decided to put off the task of reaching a climate change agreement at a global climate conference scheduled for next month.
 
 
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    NYT: Pogue's Posts

  • A $25 App Phone? That's Crazy Talk.

    By DAVID POGUE
    19 Nov 2009 | 10:16 am
    This week, Palm released a follow up to the Pre, a cheaper, thinner, lesser phone called the Pixi. The official price is $100 with a two-year Sprint contract, but Amazon is selling the thing for - are you sitting down? - $25.

  • Crowdsourcing Comedy on Amazon Reviews

    By DAVID POGUE
    17 Nov 2009 | 8:07 am
    Some unexpected humor can be found in the reviews of the world's largest online retailer.

  • It's Q & A With DP!

    By DAVID POGUE
    13 Nov 2009 | 11:14 am
    Why I use URL shorteners-even when not on Twitter.

  • Verizon: How Much Do You Charge Now?

    By DAVID POGUE
    12 Nov 2009 | 9:29 am
    Verizon's cellphones are designed in such a way that you can almost never avoid getting $1.99 charge on the bill for its mobile Web services, even if you immediately cancel the action.

  • Fun With Google's Auto-Suggestion Feature

    By DAVID POGUE
    12 Nov 2009 | 8:06 am
    Start a phrase in a Google and who knows how the search engine will complete it?
 
 
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    NYT: Book Reviews

  • Malcolm Gladwell, Eclectic Detective

    By STEVEN PINKER
    19 Nov 2009 | 12:51 pm
    The themes of this collection are a good way to characterize the author himself: a minor genius who unwittingly demonstrates the hazards of statistical reasoning.

  • TBR: Inside the List

    By JENNIFER SCHUESSLER
    18 Nov 2009 | 8:05 pm
    It’s not even Thanksgiving, and some Christmas-related books are already creeping up the list and Barbara Kingsolver’s new novel, “The Lacuna,” enters the hardcover fiction list at No. 5.

  • Essay: Mau-Mauing the Flesh Eaters

    By JENNIFER SCHUESSLER
    18 Nov 2009 | 3:50 pm
    Jonathan Safran Foer is just the latest in a long line of distinguished literary vegetarians.

  • Road Trip

    By HAROLD BLOOM
    16 Nov 2009 | 8:51 am
    Chaucer’s lusty pilgrims return in a Modern English incarnation.

  • Nabokov’s Last Puzzle

    By DAVID GATES
    16 Nov 2009 | 8:48 am
    The unfinished “Original of Laura” comes ready for devotees to read and remix.
 
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    NYT: Weddings/Celebrations

  • Vows: Laura Straus and John Alexander

    By ROSALIE R. RADOMSKY
    19 Nov 2009 | 11:38 am
    Shakespeare's sonnets, Thomas Hardy’s poetry and Pasternak’s “Doctor Zhivago” seem to have little in common, but all played a part in the romance between Laura Straus and John Alexander.

  • Vows: Mia Feldbaum and Mark McGoldrick

    By MARY K. REINHART
    19 Nov 2009 | 11:38 am
    The couple became engaged in October 2008 and were married this past Oct. 24 in Scottsdale in back of the Reata Pass Steakhouse, built on the site of a stagecoach stop.

  • Questioning a Korean Wedding Tradition

    By CHOE SANG-HUN
    17 Nov 2009 | 9:48 pm
    The old custom of giving cash-filled envelopes at weddings is being criticized as wasteful and, in some cases, even corruptive.

  • Jane Shtilman, Ralph Kleiner

    14 Nov 2009 | 10:47 pm
    Yevgenia Shtilman, the daughter of Layna Hobbie of Plainview, N.Y., and Michael Shtilman of Jersey City, was married Saturday evening to Ralph Elliot Kleiner, a son of Lucy Kleiner and Mark Kleiner of Jamesville, N.Y. Rabbi Norman Janis officiated at the Harvard Faculty Club in Cambridge, Mass.

  • Lori Szuchman, Seth Seigle

    14 Nov 2009 | 10:46 pm
    Lori Gayle Szuchman and Seth Charles Seigle are to be married Sunday in Rockleigh, N.J. Rabbi David-Seth Kirshner is to officiate at the Rockleigh, an event space.
 
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    NYT: Magazine

  • The Ethicist: What to Do With the Boat

    By RANDY COHEN
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:47 pm
    The drifting obligation of an abandoned boat; the hazards of hands-free communication.

  • Who Fears a Free Mikhail Khodorkovsky?

    By ANDREW MEIER
    20 Nov 2009 | 11:08 am
    How did Russia’s richest oligarch become the last best hope of its human rights campaigners?

  • Questions for Joseph Cao: House Call

    By DEBORAH SOLOMON
    20 Nov 2009 | 10:59 am
    The Republican from New Orleans talks about why he voted for health care reform.

  • Who Knew I Was Not the Father?

    By RUTH PADAWER
    20 Nov 2009 | 10:45 am
    DNA testing has led more men to discover that their children are not biologically theirs. Families are upended, and so is the law.

  • Phys Ed: Why Exercise Makes You Less Anxious

    By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS
    19 Nov 2009 | 10:09 am
    Thanks to improved research techniques and a growing understanding of the biochemistry and the genetics of thought itself, scientists are beginning to tease out how exercise remodels the brain, making it more stress-resistant.
 
 
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    NYT: Connecticut

  • Closing Out a Season Farmers Want to Forget

    14 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Excess rainfall and a persistent chill set a dark tone for growers in the region, leaving them with a year many call one of the worst in memory.

  • Sending Up Show Business, Not to Mention Politics

    14 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    With its strong performances, the Hartford Stage production of “Mistakes Were Made” will appeal to theatergoers who relish the ridiculous.

  • Connecticut: Profits Off

    14 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    The owner of an orchard in South Glastonbury said he expected profits to be off by about a third this year, given the price of extra spraying and having to sell of lot of his crops wholesale.

  • 40 Miles of Creative Spaces

    14 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    On one weekend, 38 artists in Connecticut will open their work spaces to the public, and will be on hand to discuss and demonstrate their methods.

  • Report on Yale Murder Outlines Suspicions

    13 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    An affidavit said that Raymond Clark III tried to conceal bloody cleaning wipes and scrubbed the floor in the room where the student was killed.
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    NYT: New Jersey

  • Governors Don’t Call This Home

    19 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    It is a 20-room Greek Revival mansion, with Italian gardens, a music room and a wood-paneled library. But no one seems to want to live in Drumthwacket, the governor’s residence in Princeton Township, N.J.

  • On a Digital Refrigerator, an Art Gallery for the Young

    14 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Children’s art collected by The Times’s hyper-local blogs and a chance to submit some from your family’s young artist, for display on nytimes.com.

  • Closing Out a Season Farmers Want to Forget

    14 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Excess rainfall and a persistent chill set a dark tone for growers in the region, leaving them with a year many call one of the worst in memory.

  • A World of Ways to Get That Grilled Taste

    14 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Chefs around the state, including the operators of a Korean-Mexican food truck in Jersey City, add their own ethnic touches to cooking on the grill.

  • A Teacher’s Dream Gets to the Screen

    14 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Robert Kaplow, who teaches English at a high school in Summit, N.J., wrote a novel, “Me and Orson Welles,” that has just been made into a movie.
 
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    NYT: Westchester

  • Westchester: Good Apples

    14 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    A family farmer said he hadn’t seen such prolonged rainfall since he started keeping track in 1999.

  • The Use Changes; the Look Stays

    14 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Thanks to a $4.6 million renovation, the boarded-up Ossining National Bank on Main Street is being recycled into street-floor commercial space with 12 income-restricted condominiums above.

  • Gooey, but Grown-Up

    14 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Provisions specializes in made-from-scratch sandwiches and retro desserts inspired by Hostess.

  • Grieving, and Asking When the Pain Will End

    14 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Hudson Stage presents a smooth and sensitive production of David Lindsay-Abaire’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama “Rabbit Hole” at Pace University.

  • Young Star, Old Master and a Fresh Take on Mozart

    14 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Anthony McGill will play the clarinet at the Westchester Philharmonic, with Itzhak Perlman conducting, at the Performing Arts Center at Purchase College.
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    NYT: Africa

  • For Bread or Soccer, Egypt Is Ready for a Riot

    By MICHAEL SLACKMAN
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:55 pm
    History has proven there are two subjects that will move Egyptians into the streets in riotous numbers, crashing windows, battling each other and defying an army of club-wielding riot police.

  • China Helps the Powerful in Namibia

    By SHARON LaFRANIERE
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:01 am
    Secret scholarships to study in China that were awarded to the offspring of top officials in Namibia have angered the public there.

  • Pirates Widen Range, Straining Naval Patrols

    By MATTHEW SALTMARSH
    19 Nov 2009 | 11:06 pm
    The European Union, the United States and other allies have extended their mission as the attacks have increased and spread out.

  • South Africa Says Gender Controversy Is Over

    By ROBERT MACKEY
    19 Nov 2009 | 10:46 am
    The South African government has attempted to end the controversy over the gender of Caster Semenya, the runner who was crowned the women's 800-meter world champion in August, by declaring that an agreement had been reached to not release the results of gender tests.

  • Is There Such a Thing as Agro-Imperialism?

    By ANDREW RICE
    19 Nov 2009 | 8:02 am
    Fearing food shortages, investors from wealthy countries are snapping up land in poor countries to grow food there. Is this development or exploitation?
 
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    NYT: Americas

  • Interim Leader in Honduras Says He’ll Briefly Step Down

    By MARC LACEY and GINGER THOMPSON
    19 Nov 2009 | 10:02 pm
    The de facto leader, Roberto Micheletti, said he would hand over power to his cabinet ministers for a week, but he had no plans to cede power to Manuel Zelaya, who was ousted from the presidency on June 28.

  • Nations Unveil Plans to Rein in Emissions

    By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL and NEIL MacFARQUHAR
    19 Nov 2009 | 8:37 pm
    Prior to a climate change meeting scheduled for Copenhagen, industrialized countries, except the United States, are offering targets to curb greenhouse gases.

  • Peru’s Police Say Gang Drained Victims’ Fat

    By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
    19 Nov 2009 | 7:59 pm
    A gang in the remote Peruvian jungle has been killing people for their fat, the police said Thursday.

  • Cuban Blogger Posts Interview With Obama

    By ROBERT MACKEY
    19 Nov 2009 | 12:42 pm
    In what seems like one step forward for freedom of expression on the island of Cuba, on Wednesday a blogger in Havana named Yoani Sanchez published President Barack Obama's replies to seven questions she put to him on relations between the two countries.

  • Report Says Castro Brother Retains Tactics of Repression

    By REUTERS
    18 Nov 2009 | 11:54 pm
    Raúl Castro imprisons people on the charge of being “dangerous” and refuses to free scores of people who were imprisoned years ago, Human Rights Watch said,
 
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    NYT: Week in Review

  • Prime Number

    By THE NEW YORK TIMES
    14 Nov 2009 | 9:52 pm
    12.4: The percentage of workers in unions last year, down from 20.1 percent in 1983.

  • Quotations of the Week

    14 Nov 2009 | 9:50 pm
    Rahm Emanuel on health care, and Paul Bachmuth, a father of two, on unemployment.
 
 
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    NYT: Golf

  • Westwood Shoots 69 for 2-Shot Lead in Dubai

    By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
    20 Nov 2009 | 11:50 am
    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Lee Westwood shot a 3-under 69 Friday to take a two-stroke lead after the second round of the Dubai World Championship, strengthening his chance of winning the European money title.

  • Wie Withdraws, Ochoa Leads LPGA Tour Championship

    By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:41 am
    RICHMOND, Texas (AP) -- Michelle Wie couldn't take the pain one week after taking the spotlight at Lorena Ochoa's tournament.

  • With Ankle In a Brace, Wie Quits After a 72

    By KAREN CROUSE
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:12 am
    The marquee player in the L.P.G.A. Tour Championship was said to have been hurt in a collision with a fan during the practice round.

  • Wie Withdraws From LPGA Event With Ankle Injury

    By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
    19 Nov 2009 | 6:30 pm
    RICHMOND, Texas (AP) -- Michelle Wie withdrew from the LPGA Tour Championship on Thursday after hobbling through her first round on a sprained left ankle.

  • Wie Withdraws, Ochoa Leads LPGA Tour Championship

    By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
    19 Nov 2009 | 5:30 pm
    RICHMOND, Texas (AP) -- Michelle Wie is gone, putting all the attention on Lorena Ochoa's player of the year fight with Jiyai Shin at the LPGA Tour Championship.
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    NYT: Hockey

  • N.H.L. Roundup: Devils Drop Another on the Road, Losing in a Shootout

    By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:37 am
    Mike Santorelli and Martin Erat scored shootout goals for Nashville against the Devils, who got two goals in regulation from Zach Parise.

  • NHL Standings

    By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:20 am
    All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division.

  • Niedermayer's OT Goal Lifts Ducks

    By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
    19 Nov 2009 | 10:20 pm
    ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Scott Niedermayer scored a power-play goal 52 seconds into overtime and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 on Thursday night after blowing a three-goal lead.

  • Blackhawks Rout Flames in Playoff Rematch

    By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
    19 Nov 2009 | 9:50 pm
    CALGARY, Alberta (AP) -- Kris Versteeg scored two power-play goals in Chicago's five-goal second period to help the Blackhawks rout the Calgary Flames 7-1 on Thursday night in a rematch of a first-round playoff series.

  • NHL Standings

    By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
    19 Nov 2009 | 8:31 pm
    All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division.
 
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    NYT: Pro Football

  • Death of Drew Brees' Mother Ruled a Suicide

    By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:30 pm
    GRANBY, Colo. (AP) -- The death of the mother of New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees has been ruled a suicide.

  • Bush Questionable for Tampa Bay

    By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:00 pm
    NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush has been held out of practice for the third straight day, and is listed as questionable for Sunday's game in Tampa Bay.

  • Ravens' Edwards Plans Appeal of Fine for Roughness

    By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:50 pm
    OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) -- Baltimore Ravens defensive end Dwan Edwards plans to appeal the $5,000 fine he received for a hit delivered to Cleveland Browns wide receiver Joshua Cribbs on Monday night.

  • NFL Union Opposes Call for Reporting on Teammates

    By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:10 pm
    The NFL Players Association opposes commissioner Roger Goodell's call for players to tell their teams' medical staffs if they think a teammate shows symptoms of a concussion.

  • Williams Scores Three Times In Fins Win

    By REUTERS
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:01 pm
    CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Ricky Williams scored three touchdowns to lead the Miami Dolphins to a 24-17 win over the Carolina Panthers on Thursday.
 
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    NYT: Soccer

  • FIFA Confirms No Replay for France-Ireland Game

    By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:10 pm
    Soccer’s ruling body rejected an Irish appeal to replay the World Cup qualifier between France and Ireland, citing the finality of a referee’s decisions during the game.

  • Arrests in Europe Over Soccer Fixing Investigation

    By ROB HUGHES and ERIC PFANNER
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:09 pm
    German law enforcement officials arrested 17 on Friday in connection with what was described as the biggest match-fixing scandal yet uncovered in European soccer.

  • For Bread or Soccer, Egypt Is Ready for a Riot

    By MICHAEL SLACKMAN
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:09 pm
    History has proven there are two subjects that will move Egyptians into the streets in riotous numbers, crashing windows, battling each other and defying an army of club-wielding riot police.

  • FIFA Suspends Iraq for Political Meddling

    By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
    20 Nov 2009 | 11:00 am
    ZURICH (AP) -- FIFA suspended Iraq from soccer because of political interference in the national federation.

  • Police: 17 Arrests in Soccer Match-Fixing Probe

    By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
    20 Nov 2009 | 10:00 am
    FRANKFURT (AP) -- German prosecutors investigating match-fixing in soccer say 15 people in Germany and two in Switzerland have been arrested and about 200 games in Europe are under suspicion.
 
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    NYT: Paul Krugman

  • The Big Squander

    19 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    By not extracting concessions from bankers during the rescue of A.I.G., policy makers undermined their own credibility and put the broader economy at risk.

  • World Out of Balance

    15 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    The problem of international trade imbalances is about to get substantially worse unless China changes its weak-currency policy.

  • Free to Lose

    12 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    With long-term unemployment at its highest levels since the 1930s and on the rise, the U.S. should consider policies that address job growth directly.

  • Paranoia Strikes Deep

    8 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    If the G.O.P. essentially shrinks down to a rump party across America, the country could become ungovernable in the midst of a continuing economic disaster.

  • Obama Faces His Anzio

    5 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    President Obama chose a cautious approach rather than bold action on the economy, and the decision may haunt Democrats for years to come.
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    NYT: Thomas L. Friedman

  • What They Really Believe

    17 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Clean energy opponents believe global warming doesn’t exist because that is the only way their arguments make sense.

  • Lost There, Felt Here

    14 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    America should still lead such efforts as saving the rainforests. But China’s days as a global free-rider should be over.

  • Trucks, Trains and Trees

    10 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Without a new system for economic development in the timber-rich tropics, the only Amazon your grandchildren will ever know ends in dot-com and sells books.

  • Call White House, Ask for Barack

    7 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Until the Palestinians and Israelis are serious about the peace process, the United States should get out of the picture.

  • The Best Allies Money Can Buy

    3 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    America has been able to fight two wars with few allies because we’ve hired the help.
 
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    NYT: David Carr

  • Taking Aim at Student Muckrakers

    15 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    A subpoena seeks to test whether Medill students who investigated the murder conviction of Anthony McKinney were actually journalists.

  • When Type Was Poured Hot

    14 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    In his new memoir, Harold Evans recalls an exuberant run in 20th-century journalism.

  • Twitter Book and Now TV Show

    10 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Justin Halpern, the author of a rather tartly named Twitter account, has landed a book deal and a deal with CBS for a comedy based on the premise.

  • News Erupts, and So Does a Web Debut

    8 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    As major news erupted in Texas, a new 12-person Web-based newsroom had its debut as a nonprofit covering state government.

  • Business Is a Beat Deflated

    1 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    So you might expect the business press to be striking up the band and restocking the cigar cabinet. But the business of covering business may never really come back.
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    NYT: Andrew Ross Sorkin

  • Do Stockholders Really Know What’s Best?

    16 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Kraft’s bid for Cadbury and the ensuing outcry among shareholders is Exhibit A in the argument that the notion of shareholder democracy isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

  • Barclays’ Remarkable Bargain

    9 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Heads are still being scratched over the way Barclays managed to scoop up the remains of Lehman Brothers. Barclays, it turns out, cut itself a remarkably good deal.

  • Buffett Bets Big on Railroads’ Future

    3 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    In buying Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Warren E. Buffett is hoping that the demand for shipping by train will remain strong or even grow.

  • Comcast Said to Be Close To Gaining NBC Universal

    1 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    General Electric and the cable giant Comcast have moved closer to a deal giving control of NBC Universal to Comcast, and a formal announcement could be made sometime next week, people briefed on the talks said Sunday. After a series of meetings last week, the two companies reached a tentative agreement on Friday over the main points of a deal, these people said. Comcast would own about 51 percent of NBC Universal, contributing several billions of dollars in cash and its own stable of cable netw...

  • The Race to Save Lehman Brothers

    19 Oct 2009 | 9:00 pm
    In this excerpt from a new book, Lehman’s chairman reaches out in several directions to find relief for his sinking firm.
 
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    NYT: David Pogue

  • No ‘System,’ but Music Housewide

    18 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Sonos’s ZonePlayer S5 wireless speaker console plays music with an iPhone or iPod Touch as a touch-screen remote control.

  • A $25 App Phone? That’s Crazy Talk.

    18 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    This week, Palm released a follow up to the Pre, a cheaper, thinner, lesser phone called the Pixi. The official price is $100 with a two-year Sprint contract, but Amazon is selling the thing for are you sitting down? $25.

  • Big Sensors, Shrinking Cameras

    11 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Canon and Panasonic introduce two cameras that take giant technological steps.

  • A Place to Put Your Apps

    4 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Motorola offers the Droid, a mobile device that defies categories. It’s not exactly a smartphone, not exactly an iPhone. It’s...

  • New Models From Motorola, HTC and BlackBerry

    28 Oct 2009 | 9:00 pm
    All three companies are back with much more impressive, much more refined new smartphones.
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    NYT: Joe Nocera

  • Warming to the Yankees: A Story of Betrayal

    31 Oct 2009 | 9:00 pm
    The other night, watching the New York Yankees pitcher A. J. Burnett spin his four-hit masterpiece to tie the World Series, I was suddenly struck by a horrifying realization: I was rooting for the Yankees. Of the many things I never thought I would do in this life, rooting for the Yankees had to rank at the top. You see, for as long as I can remember, I have been a card-carrying member of Red Sox Nation. Growing up in Providence, R.I., in the 1950s and 1960s, my siblings and I had to choose ear...

  • CliffsNotes of Columns to Come

    30 Oct 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Hockey and lotteries are among the topics Joe Nocera plans to write about more fully after he returns from his book leave.

  • Short Memories at Goldman

    23 Oct 2009 | 9:00 pm
    It is uncertain how much of the $16 billion Goldman Sachs has set aside for bonuses can be attributed to government assistance, but it has got to be a substantial amount, which leads to a question: Where’s our bonus?

  • Pay Cuts, but Little Headway on Larger Goals

    22 Oct 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Kenneth R. Feinberg may succeed in trimming back executive pay, but only shareholders can curtail greed in the corner offices.

  • The View From Inside a Depression

    16 Oct 2009 | 9:00 pm
    A lawyer chronicling the Depression in the ’30s concluded that the only proper course was to “use your own judgment and do your own thinking.”
 
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    NYT: Editorial Columnists

  • What Makes Cities Live

    20 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    The fight for the genuine in the world's great cities is also a fight for jobs, workers and creativity.

  • The Big Squander

    19 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    By not extracting concessions from bankers during the rescue of A.I.G., policy makers undermined their own credibility and put the broader economy at risk.

  • What Geithner Got Right

    19 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Timothy F. Geithner, like others on the White House economic team, is pragmatic and responds flexibly to situations, and that approach has paid off during the economic crisis.

  • The Breast Brouhaha

    18 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Describing the last 10 years as the Terror Era sounds too much like a downer. How about the Decade of Medical Backtracking?

  • The Wrong Side of History

    18 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Attempts to discredit the health reform proposals now before Congress resemble the flawed arguments made in the 1960s.
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    NYT: Charles M. Blow

  • The Passion of the Right

    13 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Republicans are likely to gain in 2010, not because of their anachronous tenets, but because of historical patterns and an electorate exasperated with seeming Democratic ineptitude.

  • Obama’s to Fix

    6 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    The financial crisis may have begun on George W. Bush’s watch, but the lack of jobs is now President Obama’s problem, and he needs to act quickly to solve it.

  • The Magic of Michelle

    23 Oct 2009 | 9:00 pm
    This is America. We respect fearlessness, regardless of what we feel about the person who embodies it. With Michelle Obama, we have it both ways.

  • OP-ED COLUMNIST; Impatiently Waiting

    16 Oct 2009 | 9:00 pm
    When, Mr. President? When will your deeds catch up to your words? The people who worked tirelessly to get you elected are getting tired of waiting. According to a Gallup poll released on Wednesday, Americans' satisfaction with the way things are going in the country has hit a six-month low, and those decreases were led, in both percentage and percentage-point decreases, by Democrats and independents, not by Republicans. The fierce urgency of now has melted into the maddening wait for whenever.

  • No More Suffering in Silence

    9 Oct 2009 | 9:00 pm
    We must do a better job of helping children who are sexually assaulted realize they are not alone, not at fault and not powerless.
 
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    NYT: David Brooks

  • What Geithner Got Right

    19 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Timothy F. Geithner, like others on the White House economic team, is pragmatic and responds flexibly to situations, and that approach has paid off during the economic crisis.

  • The Nation of Futurity

    16 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    It would be nice if Americans regained their faith in the future. China seems to possess the optimism that once defined the U.S.

  • Meet John Thune

    12 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    The junior senator from South Dakota has conservative roots but is pragmatic at the surface, and may be a strong Republican candidate in 2012.

  • The Rush to Therapy

    9 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    The well-intentioned public commentary that followed Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan’s rampage at Fort Hood denied any possibility of evil in his actions.

  • What Independents Want

    5 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Independents can’t always articulate what they want, but they withdraw from any party that threatens turmoil and risk.
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    NYT: Roger Cohen

  • What Makes Cities Live

    20 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    The fight for the genuine in the world's great cities is also a fight for jobs, workers and creativity.

  • A Mideast Truce

    16 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Peace between Israelis and Palestinians is unattainable. The wounds of the past decade are too deep.

  • Of Fruit Flies and Drones

    12 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    President Obama has shown a quiet predilection for drone warfare, but the U.S. should not be targeting people for killing without a public debate.

  • In This Together

    9 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    The U.S. economic recovery has accentuated rather than eased inequalities, another reason why health reform is so important.

  • Bunkers or Breakthrough?

    5 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    With Mohamed ElBaradei in his last month at the International Atomic Energy Agency, now is the time for a deal on Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
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    NYT: Gail Collins

  • The Breast Brouhaha

    18 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Describing the last 10 years as the Terror Era sounds too much like a downer. How about the Decade of Medical Backtracking?

  • Once Again, Into the Apocalypse

    13 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    A lot of people are worrying about the world coming to an end in 2012, and several books, Web sites and movies are tackling the subject.

  • Take a Deep Breath

    11 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Right now we citizens have quite a lot on our plate and there is no reason to go completely crazy about the least little thing.

  • Weekend Sports Lineup

    6 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    If the House health care vote happens this weekend, perhaps you will want to flip back and forth between the football games.

  • Hark! The Voters Speak!

    4 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Endorsements don’t work if they’re oblique and half-hearted, as if they had been sent via Candygram.
 
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    NYT: Maureen Dowd

  • Rogue American Woman

    17 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Poring over Sarah Palin’s book to find anything in common with this apotheosis of traditional American values.

  • Virtuous Bankers? Really!?!

    10 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    The saying used to be, whatever happens, the lawyers win. But with bankers getting obscene bonuses again, now it’s whatever happens, the bankers win.

  • Ballet’s Mean Streets

    7 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    “The Red Shoes,” a classic 1948 film directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, is a gorgeously haunting work of art.

  • Who Are You Calling a Narcissist, Rush?

    3 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Rush Limbaugh is more than ever the face of the Republican Party. He’s also the mouth.

  • Port Mortuary’s Pull

    31 Oct 2009 | 9:00 pm
    President Obama promised to renovate American society, but is trapped in the money pits of a recession and two wars.
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    NYT: Bob Herbert

  • What the Future May Hold

    16 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    For future generations, we need to remember that infrastructure is linked to the health of the economy, the environment and the viability of the nation as a whole.

  • A Recovery for Some

    13 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    The government has been on the side of elites in recent decades. The president’s employment summit will provide an opportunity to show whether that has changed.

  • A Word, Mr. President

    9 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Health care reform is important, but President Obama’s priorities should be putting Americans back to work and ending the war in Afghanistan.

  • Stress Beyond Belief

    6 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Sending service members on numerous combat tours exacts a horrendous price on their mental health and the readiness of our armed forces.

  • A Glimpse of the Future?

    2 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    President Obama gave a stirring speech on the crucial issue of energy last week, but it lacked the excitement that should accompany an important national mission.
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    NYT: Nicholas D. Kristof

  • The Wrong Side of History

    18 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Attempts to discredit the health reform proposals now before Congress resemble the flawed arguments made in the 1960s.

  • Triumph of a Dreamer

    14 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Of all the people earning university degrees this year, perhaps the most remarkable story belongs a one-time impoverished cattle-herd from Zimbabwe.

  • America’s Defining Choice

    11 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    What’s the best way to spend $100 billion per year? Health reform or troops for Afghanistan? Simple, because lack of insurance kills far more Americans than the Taliban does.

  • Chemicals in Our Food, and Bodies

    7 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Bisphenol A, or BPA, is linked to things like cancer, obesity, attention deficit disorder and genital abnormalities, and it’s been found in our food.

  • Unhealthy America

    4 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    The greatest distortion about the health care debate is that reform will destroy the best health care system in the world.
 
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    NYT: Frank Rich

  • The Missing Link From Killeen to Kabul

    14 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    If something has been learned from the massacre at Fort Hood, it’s that our hawks are utterly confused about who it is we’re fighting in Afghanistan.

  • The Night They Drove the Tea Partiers Down

    7 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Democrats need to realize they appear overly sympathetic to fat-cat bankers, particularly because Republicans may not self-destruct.

  • OP-ED COLUMNIST; The G.O.P. Stalinists Invade Upstate New York

    31 Oct 2009 | 9:00 pm
    BARACK OBAMA'S most devilish political move since the 2008 campaign was to appoint a Republican congressman from upstate New York as secretary of the Army. This week's election to fill that vacant seat has set off nothing less than a riotous and bloody national G.O.P. civil war. No matter what the results in that race on Tuesday, the Republicans are the sure losers. This could be a gift that keeps on giving to the Democrats through 2010, and perhaps beyond. The governors' races in New Jersey an...

  • In Defense of the ‘Balloon Boy’ Dad

    24 Oct 2009 | 9:00 pm
    To see what “balloon boy” says about 2009, you have to look past the sentimental moral absolutes.

  • Goldman Can Spare You a Dime

    17 Oct 2009 | 9:00 pm
    The less we know about Goldman Sachs, the easier it is for reckless gambling to return to capitalism’s casino.
 
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    NYT: Bitten

  • A Dinner to Make Even Futurists Happy

    By MARK BITTMAN
    19 Nov 2009 | 1:03 pm
    The food at a dinner celebrating the Futurists was interesting in the best possible sense of the word. I mean, how can you rate a bubble gum infusion served in a dropper?

  • Before the Turkey Goes in the Oven

    By MARK BITTMAN
    17 Nov 2009 | 5:27 pm
    I'll bet the collective efforts of the Bitten community could generate another several hundred make-ahead recipes before Thanksgiving.

  • Meatballs, Chinese-Style

    By EDWARD SCHNEIDER
    17 Nov 2009 | 10:30 am
    You will be amazed at the lightness of these meatballs - there's a lot of vegetable in them, hence a lot of water, so they're about as close to ethereal as something called a meatball can be.

  • In My Pantry

    By KERRI CONAN
    16 Nov 2009 | 9:57 am
    Home preservation is an extreme craft. The element of danger keeps cavalier cooks like me honest.

  • The Last Tuna?

    By MARK BITTMAN
    13 Nov 2009 | 9:33 am
    I can envision a mad scramble among gastronomes to eat bluefin while it's still possible, making extinction even more likely.
 
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    NYT: The Choice

  • Answers on Community Colleges, Part 5

    By KAY M. MCCLENNEY
    20 Nov 2009 | 9:00 am
    In the fifth installment of a Q&A, a community college expert counsels a parent wondering about the wisdom of her son transferring to a four-year college, and muses about what two-year institutions might teach four-year colleges.

  • Fears for the Future of the University of California

    By JACK KADDEN
    20 Nov 2009 | 7:27 am
    With costs to students rising and budgets being cut, many are worried about the future of the University of California system.

  • Answers on Community Colleges, Part 4

    By KAY M. MCCLENNEY
    19 Nov 2009 | 9:00 am
    In the fourth part of a series, an expert on community colleges acknowledges the difficulties some students encounter in attempting to transfer to four-year colleges.

  • An Expert's View of College Costs

    By JACK KADDEN
    19 Nov 2009 | 6:47 am
    An economist with the College Board answers questions about the cost of higher education.

  • Leaving College to Start a Business

    By JACK KADDEN
    18 Nov 2009 | 1:56 pm
    A look at two college dropouts who have started a business focusing on college admissions.
 
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    NYT: Economix

  • What We're Reading...

    By R.M. SCHNEIDERMAN
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:47 pm
    Visualizing the decline of empires and other economics coverage from around the Web.

  • Bernanke's Confirmation Hearing Scheduled

    By EDMUND L. ANDREWS
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:25 pm
    Ben S. Bernanke has finally been scheduled for confirmation hearing for a second four-year term as Federal Reserve chairman.

  • Michigan Again Has Highest Jobless Rate

    By CATHERINE RAMPELL
    20 Nov 2009 | 9:42 am
    Fourteen states and the District of Columbia had a least a tenth of their labor force unemployed in October.

  • EconoQuiz

    By R.M. SCHNEIDERMAN
    20 Nov 2009 | 9:05 am
    A quiz on economic issues in the news.

  • The Uproar Over Mammography

    By UWE E. REINHARDT
    20 Nov 2009 | 4:49 am
    An economist asks whether the new breast-exam guidelines were really about saving money.
 
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    NYT: Executive Suite

  • When Will the S.E.C. Ever Admit They Made a Mistake?

    By JOE NOCERA
    5 Nov 2009 | 4:00 am
    That's the question from a lawyer whose client was acquitted in a stock scheme and won an order for the S.E.C. to pay legal fees -- a ruling the agency is contesting.

  • My Shocking Secret — Revealed

    By JOE NOCERA
    30 Oct 2009 | 3:57 pm
    But before the revelation, and a hiatus, a look at how the business media have become the new watchdogs of Wall Street.

  • Goldman Sachs: Hey, We're the Good Guys!

    By JOE NOCERA
    27 Oct 2009 | 9:20 am
    Goldman Sachs responds to a column suggesting that it has the taxpayers to thank for its recent profits.

  • Bailouts and Bonuses

    By JOE NOCERA
    23 Oct 2009 | 4:43 pm
    No other segment of industry pays out 50 percent of its revenues in bonuses, only Wall Street.

  • Clearing a Name at Lehman

    By JOE NOCERA
    21 Oct 2009 | 5:31 pm
    Revisiting the circumstances surrounding an analyst's departure from Lehman Brothers.
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    NYT: The Fifth Down

  • Jets Q. and A. With Greg Bishop

    By THE NEW YORK TIMES
    20 Nov 2009 | 8:00 am
    Greg Bishop will answer readers' questions about the Jets.

  • Week 11 N.F.L. Matchups

    By MIKE TANIER
    20 Nov 2009 | 4:00 am
    Week 11 N.F.L. matchups.

  • Brees to Obama, Touchdown

    By JUDY BATTISTA
    19 Nov 2009 | 2:24 pm
    President Obama will appear in a public service announcement with Troy Polamalu, quarterback Drew Brees and linebacker DeMarcus Ware to promote the fight against childhood obesity by encouraging children to be active for 60 minutes each day.

  • Leon Washington on Road to Recovery

    By GREG BISHOP
    19 Nov 2009 | 11:37 am
    The Jets' Leon Washington addressed the local news media for the first time since he broke his leg.

  • Weighing the Toll of Contact in Practice

    By JUDY BATTISTA
    19 Nov 2009 | 7:45 am
    A group led by John Madden has discussed the idea of teams sometimes practicing without contact.
 
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    NYT: The Local - Fort-Greene

  • Flower Show in Standard Time

    By THE LOCAL
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:28 pm
    Until the frost comes, the flowers will abide. Here are a few dozen of them.

  • Scary

    By THE LOCAL
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:02 pm
    Semi-exclusive footage of destruction and carnage at the hands of Godzilla, King Kong and King Ghidorah on Waverly Avenue. Not safe for children.

  • An Autumn Festival of Linkage

    By ANDY NEWMAN
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:46 pm
    An anti-crime rally in honor of murder victim Moses Harrell, a cameo by the gals from Harriet's Alter Ego, a Benetton in the oddest possible location, and more.

  • Send Flowers

    By THE LOCAL
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:23 pm
    Mums on the roofdeck, Carlton and Myrtle.

  • Diary of a Near-Train Queen

    By ANNE SZUSTEK
    20 Nov 2009 | 11:28 am
    An inside view of a subway beauty pageant.
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    NYT: Frugal Traveler

  • Finder's Keepers: Souvenirs on the Road

    By MATT GROSS
    17 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    What makes a great souvenir, especially when you don't want to spend a lot of money? And how do you find unique items of real value?

  • Sailing the Caribbean, the Frugal Way

    By MATT GROSS
    13 Nov 2009 | 8:13 am
    With no boat to call my own, or budget to rent one of the many luxurious yachts that trawl the Caribbean each winter, I shelled out $55 a day to join the crew of the 75-foot schooner S.V. Illusion. For two weeks, I plied the waters between St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, making stops at small islands along the way.

  • Q&A With Jeanne Dee, the Nomadic Family Traveler

    By MATT GROSS
    11 Nov 2009 | 3:30 am
    Living off savings and investments, the Dee family - Jeanne, 57, Vince, 56, and their 9-year-old daughter - has been traveling the world and chronicling their adventures since 2006.

  • Inside the Beltway, With Baby Aboard

    By MATT GROSS
    4 Nov 2009 | 4:00 am
    Dad, daughter and 20 pounds of baby gear go to Washington.

  • Staying With Newfound Friends, for a Fee

    By MATT GROSS
    28 Oct 2009 | 4:00 am
    AirBnB.com is a Web site that connects budget travelers with locals who are offering anything from an air mattress in their living room to a private bedroom in a luxury loft.
 
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    NYT: Globespotters

  • Lunch in Mumbai, Packed and Delivered

    By LINDSAY CLINTON
    20 Nov 2009 | 5:10 am
    LoveLunch has transformed the tiffin into art, bringing gourmet meals to expatriates and foodies across Mumbai each day.

  • Amsterdam's Seedier Side Lands in London

    By PAM KENT
    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 pm
    An uninformed visitor entering London's National Gallery might be a bit confused upon finding a dimly lit street with rubbish scattered about and bicycles on racks.

  • Learning to Cook the Amsterdam Way

    By VICKY HAMPTON
    19 Nov 2009 | 3:00 am
    The Okura Hotel is already something of a gastronomic landmark in Amsterdam. On Dec. 9, the hotel hopes to firm up that status when it officially opens its new culinary center, Taste of Okura.

  • Jazzing Up a Mumbai Park

    By KAVITHA RAO
    18 Nov 2009 | 12:00 pm
    Listening to great music outdoors is one of life's small pleasures, but one that cramped Mumbaikars don't often get to enjoy. This weekend, they will, as the Jazz Utsav (Utsav is Hindi for festival) kicks off on Nov. 21 and 22 in Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore.

  • Filling a Hole in the Middle of Berlin

    By KIMBERLY BRADLEY
    18 Nov 2009 | 3:00 am
    Smack in the middle of eastern Berlin is a grassy lawn measuring nearly five acres. Near it is a huge billboard showing a castle. What gives?
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    NYT: The Lede

  • Video Plea From Kidnapped British Couple

    By ROBERT MACKEY
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:42 pm
    On Friday Britain's Channel 4 News broadcast a video appeal for help by Paul and Rachel Chandler, a British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates last month. The tape was apparently filmed this week in Somalia.

  • Accepting Defeat in Egypt and Ireland

    By ROBERT MACKEY
    20 Nov 2009 | 10:02 am
    International relations continued to suffer on Friday from the reverberations over two soccer matches played on Wednesday.

  • Can Soldiers Be Victims of Terrorism?

    By ROBERT MACKEY
    20 Nov 2009 | 5:35 am
    Given that it is obviously important to some people to call the atrocity at Fort Hood an act of terrorism, it seems worth asking both if most people can agree on what the word means and why it matters what we call such brutal acts.

  • Cuban Blogger Posts Interview With Obama

    By ROBERT MACKEY
    19 Nov 2009 | 12:42 pm
    In what seems like one step forward for freedom of expression on the island of Cuba, on Wednesday a blogger in Havana named Yoani Sánchez published President Barack Obama's replies to seven questions she put to him on relations between the two countries.

  • South Africa Says Gender Controversy Is Over

    By ROBERT MACKEY
    19 Nov 2009 | 7:30 am
    The South African government has attempted to end the controversy over the gender of Caster Semenya, the runner who was crowned the women's 800-meter world champion in August, by declaring that an agreement had been reached to not release the results of gender tests.
 
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    NYT: Lens

  • Showcase: Framed by Imagination

    By KRISTEN JOY WATTS
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:49 pm
    Roger Ballen's style may bring to mind painters like Jean Dubuffet and Francis Bacon rather than the work of other photographers. His haunting, cramped images, as Kristen Joy Watts reports, thwart any expectations of a clear narrative.

  • Pictures of the Day: Friday, Nov. 20

    By MICHELE MCNALLY and DAVID W. DUNLAP
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:48 pm
    Almost every account of bloodshed focuses on death. That misses the stories of survivors whose lives are forever changed in one instant (Slide 4).

  • Must See: Ancient and Imperiled

    By ERIK OLSEN and KASSIE BRACKEN
    20 Nov 2009 | 10:30 am
    Former poachers save sea turtle eggs, a financial adviser turns shaman and filmmakers capture Egypt, Lebanon and South Africa.

  • Pictures of the Day: Thursday, Nov. 19

    By KRISTEN JOY WATTS and KAYNE ROGERS
    19 Nov 2009 | 1:59 pm
    The American president, nearing the end of his first year in office, visited Japan, Singapore, China and South Korea during a weeklong tour of Asia.

  • On Assignment: While Thousands Gather

    By TYLER HICKS
    18 Nov 2009 | 9:01 pm
    There is a challenge to covering the annual convention of Tabligh Jamaat in Pakistan, as Tyler Hicks learned. By and large, photography is forbidden.
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    NYT: The Local - Maplewood

  • Today on The Fridge: Polar Bear

    By THE LOCAL
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:09 pm
    Today on The Local's virtual refrigerator, Hannah Goad's interpretation of a polar bear. Elegant!

  • Be the Journalist: Hear the Trustees

    By TINA KELLEY
    20 Nov 2009 | 10:56 am
    Want to hear what's in store for South Orange from the school district and SOPAC? Attend Monday's meeting, and let us know what you learn. Thanks!

  • Should I Say Something? The Recommendation

    By ALISA DEITZ and GINA BRUCE
    20 Nov 2009 | 10:04 am
    I just received a request to write a recommendation for someone I worked with 20 years ago. I'm not in the same field and I haven't been for a long time, so I feel like I can't comment on anything like her current work or business. What to do?

  • The Old Man: How to Be a Patient

    By HILDING LINDQUIST
    20 Nov 2009 | 9:25 am
    A successful hospitalization calls for exercise, patience, a firm hand and, above all, active participation in your care.

  • The Day: Talking About Train Talking

    By BRIAN GLASER
    20 Nov 2009 | 3:10 am
    Most weekday mornings, in the second car from the back of the 7:39 am train, my wife is in a four-seater with three other people doing something extremely controversial: talking.
 
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    NYT: Motherlode

  • Are Sleepless Parents More Creative?

    By LISA BELKIN
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:43 pm
    Is it possible that there's at least one upshot to the sleeplessness that comes with being a parent?

  • A Bully at Age 4?

    By LISA BELKIN
    20 Nov 2009 | 8:00 am
    At what age do children know they are hurting each other? How young is too young to be a bully?

  • A New Look at Overparenting

    By LISA BELKIN
    19 Nov 2009 | 12:45 pm
    Less is more; hovering is dangerous. Do you worry that you are overparenting, or is all this hand-wringing merely a new outlet for the same obsessiveness?

  • Going to Battle Against Autism

    By LISA BELKIN
    18 Nov 2009 | 1:39 pm
    Research shows that the levels of chronic stress experienced by mothers of children with autism are similar to those of combat soldiers.

  • Defining What Makes a Father

    By LISA BELKIN
    18 Nov 2009 | 9:19 am
    What makes a father? DNA? Devotion? How would you feel about your child (and yourself ) if you were to discover they were not really "yours"?
 
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    NYT: On the Runway

  • Sophie Theallet Wins CFDA/Vogue Fund

    By CATHY HORYN
    17 Nov 2009 | 6:14 am
    The latest cash prize for talent has gone to Sophie Theallet, who won the $200,000 CFDA/Vogue Fund award last night.

  • Audrey's Frocks, Another Pop-Up

    By CATHY HORYN
    12 Nov 2009 | 6:29 am
    While I prepare to trot off to the Manolo Blahnik sample sale (the notices are coming fast and furious), I thought I'd mention one or two strange and fantastic things. Some of you may have heard of the upcoming Audrey Hepburn sale.

  • Fine-Spun Leaves and Other New Clothes

    By CATHY HORYN
    6 Nov 2009 | 6:09 pm
    A fairly comprehensive article on sustainable fashion ran in the current issue of Audubon magazine.

  • More Than McCardell

    By CATHY HORYN
    5 Nov 2009 | 7:01 am
    Resort collections have become such a big part of the fashion scene, almost losing their original purpose, that I was struck by the novelty of Caroline Rennolds Milbank's new book, "Resort Fashion, Style in Sun-Drenched Climates" (Rizzoli: $65).

  • The Ivanka Factor

    By CATHY HORYN
    27 Oct 2009 | 12:37 pm
    "I was driving around Hoboken at nine-thirty on Sunday night," said Vera Wang, when I called to ask about Ivanka Trump's wedding dress. No, Ms. Wang did not miss the wedding on Sunday, at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., but apparently she and her husband, Arthur Becker, missed a turn on their way back to Manhattan.
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    NYT: Paper Cuts

  • Book Review Podcast: Andre Agassi and Stephen King

    By THE NEW YORK TIMES
    20 Nov 2009 | 11:57 am
    This week: Andre Agassi on his memoir, "Open"; Stephen King on a new biography of the short story writer Raymond Carver; Motoko Rich with notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler with best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

  • Stray Questions for: Jennifer Gilmore

    By GREGORY COWLES
    20 Nov 2009 | 8:49 am
    Jennifer Gilmore is the author of a novel, "Golden Country."

  • Malcolm Gladwell Responds to Steven Pinker

    By JENNIFER SCHUESSLER
    19 Nov 2009 | 12:48 pm
    An exchange of letters between Malcolm Gladwell and Steven Pinker on the subject of Pinker's recent review of Malcolm Gladwell's "What the Dog Saw."

  • Living With Music: Bill Cotter

    By GREGORY COWLES
    17 Nov 2009 | 1:53 pm
    Bill Cotter is the author of a novel, "Fever Chart."

  • A Century of Bugaboos

    By JENNIFER B. MCDONALD
    17 Nov 2009 | 12:38 pm
    Language may change, but pedantry is forever. And as Jan Freeman demonstrates in "Ambrose Bierce's 'Write It Right': The Celebrated Cynic's Language Peeves Deciphered, Appraised, and Annotated for 21st-Century Readers," so too is the tradition of modern-day pedants' picking apart the outmoded irritants of the quibblers who came before them.
 
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    NYT: The Pour

  • Guilty Plea in Multimillion-Dollar Wine Arson

    By ERIC ASIMOV
    18 Nov 2009 | 2:12 pm
    A wine entrepreneur pleaded guilty today to setting a fire at a California wine storage facility that destroyed some six million bottles, valued at from $100 million to $400 million.

  • False Demons

    By ERIC ASIMOV
    17 Nov 2009 | 3:04 pm
    In "Liquid Memory: Why Wine Matters, '' Jonathan Nossiter says wine is a battleground of good against evil. It's not.

  • The Roots of Fine Wine

    By ERIC ASIMOV
    13 Nov 2009 | 9:55 am
    Is wine from grapes grown on ungrafted vines like cheese made from unpasteurized milk?

  • Six Years of Thanksgiving Wisdom

    By ERIC ASIMOV
    9 Nov 2009 | 2:47 pm
    The distilled wisdom of six years of Thanksgiving wine tastings.

  • Vintage Baseball

    By ERIC ASIMOV
    5 Nov 2009 | 10:12 am
    Some baseball announcers are like fine wine, others are like plonk.
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    NYT: The Quad

  • Weekly Matchups: Digging Deep

    By FRED BIERMAN
    20 Nov 2009 | 8:41 am
    College football matchups for Nov. 21

  • Mangino's Seat Gets Hotter in Kansas

    By CONNOR ENNIS
    19 Nov 2009 | 11:38 am
    Kansas officials are looking into allegations that Coach Mark Mangino has verbally abused players.

  • The Role of Student Fees in Athletic Budgets

    By KATIE THOMAS
    18 Nov 2009 | 6:47 am
    When taken together, student fees and university subsidies accounted for more than half of all athletic revenues at every SUNY university in Division I during the 2007-8 school year, according to data that the universities report to the N.C.A.A.

  • A Checklist for College Recruits

    By ZACH HILLESLAND
    17 Nov 2009 | 8:30 am
    There is a checklist of tangible reasons for college recruits to choose one university over another.

  • A Familiar Stop on the Road

    By PATRICK BEHAN
    17 Nov 2009 | 5:00 am
    When the team bus rides the same route on most of the trips, players begin to recognize towns and convenience stores.
 
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    NYT: Straight Sets

  • Q. & A. With Stacey Allaster: Reform in Women's Game

    By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY
    24 Oct 2009 | 2:50 pm
    Stacey Allaster, the new chairwoman and chief executive of the WTA Tour, had a tough act to follow but has acted decisively on several fronts.

  • Henin Joins List of Notable Comebacks

    By JEFFREY MARCUS
    22 Sep 2009 | 1:41 pm
    By announcing her comeback, former No. 1 Justine Henin adds herself to a list of women who have left tennis, only to return

  • Op-Ed: Challenge, Anyone?

    By THE NEW YORK TIMES
    21 Sep 2009 | 7:58 am
    Statistics show that professional tennis players could benefit substantially by questioning more calls.

  • One Word Costs Federer $1,500

    By JEFFREY MARCUS
    17 Sep 2009 | 1:54 pm
    Roger Federer was fined less than one-hundredth of a percent of his earnings.

  • 'Can I Speak in Spanish?'

    By THE NEW YORK TIMES
    15 Sep 2009 | 8:54 am
    Juan Martín del Potro's upset of Roger Federer at the United States Open on Monday has prompted a strong reaction among tennis fans, not only because he dethroned a five-time champion, but also because of the awkward moments after the match.
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    NYT: Tierney Lab

  • How Will Religion Evolve?

    By JOHN TIERNEY
    19 Nov 2009 | 10:06 am
    Is some sort of compromise coming in the future of religion? And if so, where?

  • Who Should Own the Rosetta Stone?

    By JOHN TIERNEY
    16 Nov 2009 | 2:57 pm
    Should the British Museum return the Rosetta Stone to Egypt? Should the export of a nation's "cultural property" be banned? Should there be laws giving national governments ownership of any antiquity unearthed today within their borders?

  • Monday Puzzle: Conversion Factors

    By PRADEEP MUTALIK
    16 Nov 2009 | 8:37 am
    In a last desperate cry, a technician on an Antarctic expedition yelled out a temperature measurement he made as he fell into a crevasse. The number he shouted out was clearly heard, but not the units. It turned out not to make a difference. What was the temperature?

  • Thursday Puzzle: What's Wrong (or Right) With This Picture?

    By JOHN TIERNEY
    12 Nov 2009 | 4:51 am
    Does the picture above look natural to you? If you were standing in a lodge at Glacier National Park, is this how a jigsaw puzzle and the scenery would appear to your eye?

  • Stars of the Astronomy Quiz

    By JOHN TIERNEY
    10 Nov 2009 | 3:49 pm
    We have a winner -- two winners, actually-- of the prize for the Lab's Beautiful Universe Astronomy Quiz.
 
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    NYT: Times Traveler

  • Labor Denounces Judge in Gompers Case

    By WILLIAM S. NIEDERKORN
    19 Nov 2009 | 9:01 pm
    An American Federation of Labor convention denounced the judge that sentenced Samuel Gompers and two other officials to jail for violating an injunction against boycotts, and set as goals an eight-hour work day and the establishment of a Department of Labor.

  • Zelaya Has Two Americans Shot in Nicaragua

    By WILLIAM S. NIEDERKORN
    18 Nov 2009 | 9:01 pm
    Two Americans who were aiding revolutionaries in Nicaragua were executed by the order of President José Santos Zelaya, and the United States is now allowing the insurgents to enforce a blockade.

  • Harvard Officials Are Fossilized Mollusks, Suffragist Says

    By WILLIAM S. NIEDERKORN
    17 Nov 2009 | 9:01 pm
    In her opening address to a mass meeting for women's suffrage last night at Carnegie Hall, Frances Squire Potter compared Harvard officials to fossilized mollusks for blocking admission last month to Inez Milholland, a Vassar graduate who had been accepted into Harvard Law.

  • A.T.&T. Buys Dominant Stake in Western Union

    By WILLIAM S. NIEDERKORN
    16 Nov 2009 | 9:01 pm
    The American Telephone and Telegraph Company announced yesterday that it had acquired the only concentrated holding of the Western Union Telegraph Company, "a long stride toward complete control by one corporation of all wire communication in the United States."

  • Caruso Is Back and So Is the Met

    By WILLIAM S. NIEDERKORN
    15 Nov 2009 | 9:01 pm
    The Metropolitan Opera opened its season brilliantly last night, with Enrico Caruso back and in excellent voice as Enzo in "La Gioconda" under the direction of Arturo Toscanini.
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    NYT: Green Inc.

  • On Our Radar...

    By R.M. SCHNEIDERMAN
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:13 pm
    Climate change and national security, and other energy and environment coverage on the Web.

  • India to Spend $900 Million on Solar

    By VIKAS BAJAJ
    20 Nov 2009 | 11:28 am
    The Indian cabinet approved a plan on Thursday that would vastly increase the amount of solar power produced by the country.

  • Green Builders' Study Forecasts Job Growth

    By COLIN MINER
    20 Nov 2009 | 10:57 am
    Building green could add hundreds of billions of dollars to the economy, according to a new report released by the United States Green Building Council.

  • Study Says Air Cars are Inefficient

    By JIM MOTAVALLI
    20 Nov 2009 | 10:21 am
    A paper from the University of California, Berkeley, concludes that compressed-air energy storage is a relatively inefficient technology when it comes to personal transportation.

  • Siemens Chief Discusses Green Initiatives

    By ROBERT P. WALZER
    20 Nov 2009 | 9:10 am
    Peter Löscher, chief executive of the German engineering conglomerate, answers questions about his solar and wind business and the American clean-tech market.
 
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    NYT: Idea of the Day

  • Satchmo, Blacks and Jews

    By TOM KUNTZ
    20 Nov 2009 | 3:35 am
    Friday | Today's idea: Louis Armstrong's bluntest written views on black individual responsibility "are the source of considerable disquiet among his admirers, many of whom prefer to ignore them altogether," a biographer says. [Commentary]

  • The Importance of Silly Research

    By TOM KUNTZ
    19 Nov 2009 | 3:33 am
    Thursday | Today's idea: "Frivolous" academic research is serious business, its defenders say. It popularizes science, attracts new funding with the publicity it generates and thereby advances knowledge. Even if monkeys can't write like Shakespeare. [BBC News Magazine]

  • The Rise of 'Algorithmic Authority'

    By TOM KUNTZ
    18 Nov 2009 | 3:35 am
    Wednesday | Today's idea: More and more, we place our trust in "algorithmic authority," a new-media professor writes. We "regard as authoritative an unmanaged process of extracting value from diverse, untrustworthy sources." [Clay Shirky]

  • Did Zach Braff Kill American Music?

    By TOM KUNTZ
    17 Nov 2009 | 3:30 am
    Tuesday | Today's idea: Ever since Natalie Portman popped headphones onto Zach Braff's head and said, "This song will change your life," American music has been dying a slow death, an essay says. [Pop Matters]

  • Planes, Trains and Personal Porn

    By TOM KUNTZ
    16 Nov 2009 | 3:31 am
    Monday | Today's idea: Pornography displayed on personal devices for all to see (or hear) is becoming a nuisance on planes and trains and in other public spaces, an article says. [Washington Post]
 
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    NYT: In Transit

  • Sunday Preview

    By THE NEW YORK TIMES
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:38 pm
    Following in the footsteps of a food-obsessed writer by the name of Alexandre-Balthazar-Laurent Grimod de la Reynière.

  • Jumbo A380 Makes Trans-Atlantic Debut to Paris

    By HILARY HOWARD
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:23 pm
    At a time when many airlines are postponing costly deliveries of the jumbo-size Airbus A380, Air France is ready for liftoff.

  • Travel Deals: European Hotels from $74

    By ALLISON BUSACCA
    20 Nov 2009 | 9:00 am
    400 Best Western hotels throughout Europe and Egypt are offering rooms starting at 49 euros a night.

  • Brush with Olympic Glory

    By ELAINE GLUSAC
    20 Nov 2009 | 6:00 am
    Resorts are offering close encounters with former Olympic medalists.

  • A New Westin Each Week

    By DAN SALTZSTEIN
    19 Nov 2009 | 1:09 pm
    The hotel industry may be suffering, but you wouldn't know it by looking at the lineup of new Westin Hotels. Starting today, the upscale chain is planning to open about one hotel a week for the rest of the year.
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    NYT: Wordplay

  • Rush Hour Restriction

    By PATRICK MERRELL
    19 Nov 2009 | 7:00 pm
    Stake out a corner and work your way around today's puzzle.

  • El Paso Neighbor

    By PATRICK MERRELL
    18 Nov 2009 | 7:00 pm
    You never know what to expect with a Thursday puzzle.

  • Like Some Cheddar

    By PATRICK MERRELL
    17 Nov 2009 | 7:00 pm
    Wednesday's puzzle plus some thoughts from Will Shortz on clue length.

  • All Systems Go

    By PATRICK MERRELL
    16 Nov 2009 | 7:00 pm
    A fun puzzle to brighten your Tuesday.

  • And the Answer Is ...

    By PATRICK MERRELL
    15 Nov 2009 | 3:00 pm
    A New York Times debut by a puzzling team.
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    NYT: Laugh Lines

  • Loafing

    By TOM KUNTZ
    20 Nov 2009 | 10:52 am
    Video Classic | Abbott and Costello discuss the job market in a Laugh Lines recession special.

  • 'The Geezer Bandit'

    By ALAN LEE
    20 Nov 2009 | 10:04 am
    Monologue | Aired Thursday night on "The Jay Leno Show": One week 'til Thanksgiving. Very excited about that. Back in Washington, our Congressional leaders all preparing for the big Thanksgiving meal. I read today Nancy Pelosi already taking her turkey in to have its neck tightened up.

  • 'Confusing and Clumsy'

    By ALAN LEE
    20 Nov 2009 | 10:01 am
    Monologue | Aired Thursday night on "The Late Show With David Letterman": Welcome to New York City. Beginning Monday, you know who's going to be here? Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be here. He's going on trial. And the time that he's in New York City, he's going to be very busy. Monday, for example -- Monday morning -- he'll be on the "Today Show," singing "I Dreamed a Dream." Very busy schedule.

  • 'The Country's First'

    By ALAN LEE
    20 Nov 2009 | 9:57 am
    Monologue | Aired Thursday night on "The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien": President Obama has lifted his ban on doing interviews with Fox News. Well, yesterday, President Obama was interviewed by a reporter from Fox News. Yeah. And you could tell the reporter was from Fox News because the first question was, "How do you think you're doing as president on a scale from minus one to minus 10?"

  • 'She'll Sell Enough'

    By ALAN LEE
    20 Nov 2009 | 9:54 am
    Monologue | Aired Thursday night on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon": President Obama said he probably won't read Sarah Palin's new book, because she'll sell enough copies without him. Meanwhile, President Bush said he probably won't read Sarah Palin's book, because it's a book.
 
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    NYT: Abstract City

  • Bio-Diversity

    By CHRISTOPH NIEMANN
    17 Nov 2009 | 6:30 pm
    Turning autumn leaves take some strange turns indeed.

  • Good Night and Tough Luck

    By CHRISTOPH NIEMANN
    14 Sep 2009 | 6:15 pm
    Between hypochondria and mosquitoes, sleep can be elusive.

  • Master of the Universe

    By CHRISTOPH NIEMANN
    14 Jul 2009 | 6:10 pm
    Once you discover that you have the ability, using only household objects, to affect the outcome of elections and Super Bowls, you must use your power wisely.

  • Over the Wall

    By CHRISTOPH NIEMANN
    18 May 2009 | 7:23 pm
    Working with woven paper, an artist examines his own history with the Berlin Wall.

  • My Life With Cables

    By CHRISTOPH NIEMANN
    16 Mar 2009 | 7:30 pm
    An artist reviews a sad history of entanglements.
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    NYT: And the Pursuit of Happiness

  • E Pluribus Unum

    By MAIRA KALMAN
    29 Oct 2009 | 6:24 pm
    A walk through the bicameral and bipartisan halls of Congress.

  • For Goodness' Sake

    By MAIRA KALMAN
    24 Sep 2009 | 3:47 pm
    Maira Kalman visits City Hall, the marriage bureau and a pretty sewage treatment plant.

  • 'I Lift My Lamp Beside the Golden Door'

    By MAIRA KALMAN
    27 Aug 2009 | 6:02 pm
    Maira Kalman explains how everyone got to America.

  • Can Do

    By MAIRA KALMAN
    30 Jul 2009 | 6:58 pm
    How Benjamin Franklin turned America into the land of invention.

  • Time Wastes Too Fast

    By MAIRA KALMAN
    25 Jun 2009 | 6:08 pm
    If you want to understand the United States and its people, says Maira Kalman, you need to visit Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home in Virginia.
 
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    NYT: The Opinionator

  • Introducing Opinionator

    By THE EDITORS
    19 Nov 2009 | 1:15 pm
    Introducing a new Opinionator, a site for exclusive online commentary from The Times, with columns today from Linda Greenhouse and Timothy Egan and The Conversation with Gail Collins and David Brooks.

  • Western Men Are Doomed

    By DAVID BROOKS AND GAIL COLLINS
    19 Nov 2009 | 1:11 pm
    Are certain groups of people better suited to a changing world?

  • iPols

    By TIMOTHY EGAN
    19 Nov 2009 | 1:11 pm
    Two women, both rich, accomplished, confident and full of ideas, are trying to become the fresh face of the G.O.P.

  • What the Law Commands

    By LINDA GREENHOUSE
    19 Nov 2009 | 10:55 am
    The surprising similarities between Chief Justice John Roberts and his newest colleague, Sonia Sotomayor.

  • Fed Busting

    By ERIC ETHERIDGE
    17 Nov 2009 | 2:43 pm
    Timothy Geithner is coming under fire for paying A.I.G.'s partners 100 cents on the dollar.
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    NYT: Timothy Egan - Outposts

  • Introducing Opinionator

    By THE EDITORS
    19 Nov 2009 | 1:15 pm
    Introducing a new Opinionator, a site for exclusive online commentary from The Times, with columns today from Linda Greenhouse and Timothy Egan and The Conversation with Gail Collins and David Brooks.

  • Western Men Are Doomed

    By DAVID BROOKS AND GAIL COLLINS
    19 Nov 2009 | 1:11 pm
    Are certain groups of people better suited to a changing world?

  • iPols

    By TIMOTHY EGAN
    19 Nov 2009 | 1:11 pm
    Two women, both rich, accomplished, confident and full of ideas, are trying to become the fresh face of the G.O.P.

  • What the Law Commands

    By LINDA GREENHOUSE
    19 Nov 2009 | 10:55 am
    The surprising similarities between Chief Justice John Roberts and his newest colleague, Sonia Sotomayor.

  • Fed Busting

    By ERIC ETHERIDGE
    17 Nov 2009 | 2:43 pm
    Timothy Geithner is coming under fire for paying A.I.G.'s partners 100 cents on the dollar.
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    NYT: Allison Arieff - By Design

  • Introducing Opinionator

    By THE EDITORS
    19 Nov 2009 | 1:15 pm
    Introducing a new Opinionator, a site for exclusive online commentary from The Times, with columns today from Linda Greenhouse and Timothy Egan and The Conversation with Gail Collins and David Brooks.

  • Western Men Are Doomed

    By DAVID BROOKS AND GAIL COLLINS
    19 Nov 2009 | 1:11 pm
    Are certain groups of people better suited to a changing world?

  • iPols

    By TIMOTHY EGAN
    19 Nov 2009 | 1:11 pm
    Two women, both rich, accomplished, confident and full of ideas, are trying to become the fresh face of the G.O.P.

  • What the Law Commands

    By LINDA GREENHOUSE
    19 Nov 2009 | 10:55 am
    The surprising similarities between Chief Justice John Roberts and his newest colleague, Sonia Sotomayor.

  • Fed Busting

    By ERIC ETHERIDGE
    17 Nov 2009 | 2:43 pm
    Timothy Geithner is coming under fire for paying A.I.G.'s partners 100 cents on the dollar.
 
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    NYT: The Conversation

  • Introducing Opinionator

    By THE EDITORS
    19 Nov 2009 | 1:15 pm
    Introducing a new Opinionator, a site for exclusive online commentary from The Times, with columns today from Linda Greenhouse and Timothy Egan and The Conversation with Gail Collins and David Brooks.

  • Western Men Are Doomed

    By DAVID BROOKS AND GAIL COLLINS
    19 Nov 2009 | 1:11 pm
    Are certain groups of people better suited to a changing world?

  • iPols

    By TIMOTHY EGAN
    19 Nov 2009 | 1:11 pm
    Two women, both rich, accomplished, confident and full of ideas, are trying to become the fresh face of the G.O.P.

  • What the Law Commands

    By LINDA GREENHOUSE
    19 Nov 2009 | 10:55 am
    The surprising similarities between Chief Justice John Roberts and his newest colleague, Sonia Sotomayor.

  • Fed Busting

    By ERIC ETHERIDGE
    17 Nov 2009 | 2:43 pm
    Timothy Geithner is coming under fire for paying A.I.G.'s partners 100 cents on the dollar.
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    NYT: Schott's Vocab

  • Weekend Competition: Thingummyjig

    By BEN SCHOTT
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 pm
    This weekend, co-vocabularists are invited to submit the its-on-the-tip-of-my-tongue words they use when they can't think of the word they want to use. For example, oojamaflip.

  • Schottcast: Oulipo

    By BEN SCHOTT
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:51 am
    Co-vocabularists may be interested to know that the promised BBC documentary on Oulipo is now available online.

  • Psalm 109:8 'Let His Days Be Few'

    By BEN SCHOTT
    19 Nov 2009 | 7:30 am
    An anti-Obama bumper-sticker slogan which seems to urge people to pray for an end to the President's days (in office?).

  • Koodie

    By BEN SCHOTT
    19 Nov 2009 | 1:17 am
    A kid who is a foodie.

  • Reverse Remittances

    By BEN SCHOTT
    18 Nov 2009 | 9:33 am
    Money sent to help immigrants struggling in rich countries (such as the U.S.) by friends and family in less-developed countries (such as Mexico).
 
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    NYT: Judith Warner - Domestic Disturbances

  • Introducing Opinionator

    By THE EDITORS
    19 Nov 2009 | 1:15 pm
    Introducing a new Opinionator, a site for exclusive online commentary from The Times, with columns today from Linda Greenhouse and Timothy Egan and The Conversation with Gail Collins and David Brooks.

  • Western Men Are Doomed

    By DAVID BROOKS AND GAIL COLLINS
    19 Nov 2009 | 1:11 pm
    Are certain groups of people better suited to a changing world?

  • iPols

    By TIMOTHY EGAN
    19 Nov 2009 | 1:11 pm
    Two women, both rich, accomplished, confident and full of ideas, are trying to become the fresh face of the G.O.P.

  • What the Law Commands

    By LINDA GREENHOUSE
    19 Nov 2009 | 10:55 am
    The surprising similarities between Chief Justice John Roberts and his newest colleague, Sonia Sotomayor.

  • Fed Busting

    By ERIC ETHERIDGE
    17 Nov 2009 | 2:43 pm
    Timothy Geithner is coming under fire for paying A.I.G.'s partners 100 cents on the dollar.
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    NYT: Talk Show - Dick Cavett Speaks Again

  • Introducing Opinionator

    By THE EDITORS
    19 Nov 2009 | 1:15 pm
    Introducing a new Opinionator, a site for exclusive online commentary from The Times, with columns today from Linda Greenhouse and Timothy Egan and The Conversation with Gail Collins and David Brooks.

  • Western Men Are Doomed

    By DAVID BROOKS AND GAIL COLLINS
    19 Nov 2009 | 1:11 pm
    Are certain groups of people better suited to a changing world?

  • iPols

    By TIMOTHY EGAN
    19 Nov 2009 | 1:11 pm
    Two women, both rich, accomplished, confident and full of ideas, are trying to become the fresh face of the G.O.P.

  • What the Law Commands

    By LINDA GREENHOUSE
    19 Nov 2009 | 10:55 am
    The surprising similarities between Chief Justice John Roberts and his newest colleague, Sonia Sotomayor.

  • Fed Busting

    By ERIC ETHERIDGE
    17 Nov 2009 | 2:43 pm
    Timothy Geithner is coming under fire for paying A.I.G.'s partners 100 cents on the dollar.
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    NYT: Freakonomics

  • Of God and Money

    By FREAKONOMICS
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:29 pm
    A priest, a minister, and a rabbi walk into an economics lab. Which one is most likely to increase contributions to the public good?

  • A Few Questions for Belle de Jour, Call Girl and Scientist

    By RYAN HAGEN
    20 Nov 2009 | 10:30 am
    In 2003, a young American woman in London studying for her PhD. ran into money trouble. To support herself while writing her thesis, she joined an escort service. Under the assumed name Belle de Jour, she started to blog her experiences. That blog led to a series of successful, jaunty memoirs beginning with 2005's The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl. The books were adapted for television in the U.K. (where she is portrayed by Billie Piper) and later in the U.S.

  • Why Do We Hate?

    By FREAKONOMICS
    20 Nov 2009 | 9:21 am
    "What makes hate tick? How can we stop it?" These are the questions that Jim Mohr, director of Gonzaga University's Institute for Action Against Hate, asks himself every day as he develops a new field of study around hate. Mohr believes that despite all the devastating examples of hate in the world, no one really understands why one person hates another.

  • Introducing "Applied Freakonomics"

    By STEVEN D. LEVITT
    20 Nov 2009 | 7:50 am
    When blog reader Kyle contacted us with his story of how thinking "freakonomically" first netted - then lost - him significant amounts of incremental income, we had what we'd call an "aha moment," if Oprah hadn't apparently patented that phrase. Here's Kyle's story - and if you have a tale of "applied Freakonomics," we'd love to hear it, too, and possibly feature it on the blog.

  • When Football Violence Turns Real

    By FREAKONOMICS
    20 Nov 2009 | 6:42 am
    It's well-established that domestic violence is bad for the children directly exposed to it (and possibly their classmates as well) but experts still debate the drivers of family violence. Economists have traditionally characterized violence as a signal to outside parties or as part of an incentive contract between family members.
 
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    NYT: Stanley Fish - Think Again

  • Introducing Opinionator

    By THE EDITORS
    19 Nov 2009 | 1:15 pm
    Introducing a new Opinionator, a site for exclusive online commentary from The Times, with columns today from Linda Greenhouse and Timothy Egan and The Conversation with Gail Collins and David Brooks.

  • Western Men Are Doomed

    By DAVID BROOKS AND GAIL COLLINS
    19 Nov 2009 | 1:11 pm
    Are certain groups of people better suited to a changing world?

  • iPols

    By TIMOTHY EGAN
    19 Nov 2009 | 1:11 pm
    Two women, both rich, accomplished, confident and full of ideas, are trying to become the fresh face of the G.O.P.

  • What the Law Commands

    By LINDA GREENHOUSE
    19 Nov 2009 | 10:55 am
    The surprising similarities between Chief Justice John Roberts and his newest colleague, Sonia Sotomayor.

  • Fed Busting

    By ERIC ETHERIDGE
    17 Nov 2009 | 2:43 pm
    Timothy Geithner is coming under fire for paying A.I.G.'s partners 100 cents on the dollar.
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    NYT: Happy Days

  • Introducing Opinionator

    By THE EDITORS
    19 Nov 2009 | 1:15 pm
    Introducing a new Opinionator, a site for exclusive online commentary from The Times, with columns today from Linda Greenhouse and Timothy Egan and The Conversation with Gail Collins and David Brooks.

  • Western Men Are Doomed

    By DAVID BROOKS AND GAIL COLLINS
    19 Nov 2009 | 1:11 pm
    Are certain groups of people better suited to a changing world?

  • iPols

    By TIMOTHY EGAN
    19 Nov 2009 | 1:11 pm
    Two women, both rich, accomplished, confident and full of ideas, are trying to become the fresh face of the G.O.P.

  • What the Law Commands

    By LINDA GREENHOUSE
    19 Nov 2009 | 10:55 am
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