New York Times

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  NYT: Times Wire

• Michelle Obama Announces Anti-Obesity Drive

  By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:41 am

  Michelle Obama announces her child obesity initative.

• Globetrotters Show That Ice Is No Obstacle

  By BENJAMIN HOFFMAN

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:37 am

  Proven winners on hardwood courts, aircraft carriers, arena roofs and bull rings, the Harlem Globetrotters on Tuesday added outdoor ice rinks to their list of places where they have beaten the Washington Generals.

• What's the Best Age to Have Children?

  By LISA BELKIN

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:29 am

  A study published yesterday in the journal Autism Research suggests that an intricate equation may exist between autism in children and the age of both the mother and father.

• Kelley Blue Book Values for Toyota Prius Drop

  By CHERYL JENSEN

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:27 am

  Kelley Blue Book has seen a decline in the transaction prices on the new 2010 Prius in the last week and said the hybrid has been selling for $1,000 to $1,500 less (or closer to dealer invoice value than suggested retail price).

• Indie Distributor New Yorker Films Gets a Second Reel

  By DAVE ITZKOFF

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:23 am

  The company's catalog of more than 400 foreign and independent titles, including works by Jean-Luc Godard, Bernardo Bertolucci, Federico Fellini and Akira Kurosawa, has a new owner.

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  NYT: Front Page

• Expecting a Greek Bailout, Stocks Rise

  By JAVIER C. HERNANDEZ

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:28 am

  Stocks climbed on hopes that European officials would move to rescue Greece from its debt troubles.

• Obama Urges Setting Aside 'Petty Politics'

  By JEFF ZELENY and HELENE COOPER

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:22 am

  The president stopped into the White House briefing room to talk about his meetings with leaders of both parties.

• In Move to Contain Crisis, Toyota Details Hybrid Recall

  By HIROKO TABUCHI

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:19 am

  The worldwide recall will affect about 437,000 hybrid vehicles, including the 2010 Prius, according to the company’s filing.

• Iran Unleashes Wave of Arrests of Dissidents, Analysts Say

  By MICHAEL SLACKMAN

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:19 am

  Iranian security officials were believed to have arrested as many as 1,000 people in the past two months, a rights group said.

• Iran Is Said to Begin Nuclear Enrichment

  By ALAN COWELL and THOM SHANKER

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:15 am

  Brushing aside international threats of stricter sanctions, Iran reportedly began enriching its uranium on Tuesday.

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  NYT: Most E-Mailed

• Findings: Will You Be E-Mailing This Column? It’s Awesome

  By JOHN TIERNEY

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:00 am

  A University of Pennsylvania study found that readers of news in print and online had more exalted tastes than might be expected.

• Sinatra Song Often Strikes Deadly Chord

  By NORIMITSU ONISHI

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:50 am

  The murders of people warbling “My Way” in karaoke bars have spawned urban legends about the song and left Filipinos groping for answers.

• In City Real Estate, Old Clans Are Shrewd Again

  By CHARLES V. BAGLI

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:30 am

  Some families with deep roots in Manhattan kept their heads a few years ago when the market overheated.

• Skeptics Find Fault With U.N. Climate Panel

  By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:56 am

  Rajendra K. Pachauri and the U.N. panel he leads face accusations of scientific sloppiness and conflicts of interest.

• Op-Ed Contributor: Iran’s Two-Edged Bomb

  By ADAM B. LOWTHER

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:54 am

  Believe it or not, there are some potential benefits to the United States should Iran build a bomb.

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  NYT: Opinion

• How the First Amendment Works

  By STANLEY FISH

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:18 am

  A follow-up column on the First Amendment and the recent Supreme Court decision, with a discussion of readers’ comments.

• Editorial: Music Inc. Gets Bigger

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:08 am

  Antitrust regulation still suffers from an unwillingness to challenge “vertical integration” — as shown in the approval of the merger between Ticketmaster and Live Nation.

• Editorial: The Hudson Cleanup

  9 Feb 2010 | 4:44 am

  The Environmental Protection Agency must make sure that General Electric follows through on the second phase of dredging the Hudson River no matter how difficult.

• Op-Ed Columnist: The World’s Watchmaker

  By ROGER COHEN

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:11 pm

  China has America about where it wants it. You can make your own calculation of President Obama’s leverage over Beijing — and it’s heading south.

• Editorial: A New Space Program

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:40 pm

  President Obama is calling on NASA to develop “game-changing” technologies. For this to happen, the plan must be focused and adequately financed.

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  NYT: U.S. News

• Paperwork Hinders Airlifts of Ill Haitian Children

  By IAN URBINA

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:54 am

  Doctors and aid workers are wrestling with proving that they are not illegally transporting children, whose risk of dying is rising while the paperwork awaits.

• Optimism Persists in a Kentucky Town Where a Carmaker Brought Jobs

  By MICKEY MEECE

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:53 am

  As production resumes this week in Georgetown, Ky., and other American cities where Toyota builds cars, people are eager to see its recall problems blow over.

• Skeptics Find Fault With U.N. Climate Panel

  By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:56 am

  Rajendra K. Pachauri and the U.N. panel he leads face accusations of scientific sloppiness and conflicts of interest.

• Illinois Democrats Look to Fill Sudden Ticket Gap

  By SUSAN SAULNY

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:08 am

  Scott Lee Cohen, a political newcomer, won the nomination for lieutenant governor but stepped aside after an uproar over his past.

• On Health Bill, G.O.P.’s Road Is a New Map

  By ROBERT PEAR and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:05 am

  Republicans this month will bring President Obama a set of ideas and a more modest health care plan.

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  NYT: New York Region

• In City Real Estate, Old Clans Are Shrewd Again

  By CHARLES V. BAGLI

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:30 am

  Some families with deep roots in Manhattan kept their heads a few years ago when the market overheated.

• Two Men and Their Trans-Atlantic Taxi Swap

  By A. G. SULZBERGER

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:25 am

  Two collectors, one in England and one in Queens, swap vintage Checker and black cabs, but they’ve never met.

• East Coast Braces for Another Storm

  By JOSEPH BERGER

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:19 am

  The second major snowstorm in less than a week was churning towards Washington and New York on Tuesday.

• Big City: Seeing How Far $100 Can Go

  By SUSAN DOMINUS

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:40 am

  A Brooklyn writer is celebrating four years of giving her friends cash and asking them to find ways to donate.

• Survey Raises Questions on Data-Driven Policy

  By DAVID W. CHEN

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:49 pm

  Results of a crime data survey have made critics and admirers of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg wonder about the reliability of data underpinning policy decisions on the budget, education and other issues.

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  NYT: The City

• Second Wave of Snowfall Is in Forecast

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  While they dig out from a huge snowstorm, road crews across the Mid-Atlantic states may be faced with having to dig out all over again after another heavy snowfall forecast for Tuesday.

• Forget Police Data; New Yorkers Rely on Own Eyes

  7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  New York residents allowed that crime statistics might be a bit fudged, but said there was no dispute that their neighborhoods felt safer.

• Metropolitan Diary

  7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Romance warms the cold February air in New York City.

• As Gillibrand Gathers Endorsements, Ford Calls It ‘Underhanded’

  7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Harold E. Ford Jr. said Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand was trying to dissuade him from running against her.

• Push to Force Monserrate Expulsion Vote in the Senate

  7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  A consensus is emerging that Hiram Monserrate will face a vote on his fate censure, removal or no action at all by the full Senate by Tuesday.

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  NYT: World News

• In Move to Contain Crisis, Toyota Details Hybrid Recall

  By HIROKO TABUCHI

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:19 am

  The worldwide recall will affect about 437,000 hybrid vehicles, including the 2010 Prius, according to the company’s filing.

• Iran Unleashes Wave of Arrests of Dissidents, Analysts Say

  By MICHAEL SLACKMAN

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:19 am

  Iranian security officials were believed to have arrested as many as 1,000 people in the past two months, a rights group said.

• Japanese Split on Exposing Secret Pacts With U.S.

  By MARTIN FACKLER

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:11 am

  Agreements on U.S. bases and allowing nuclear-armed ships in Japanese ports date from the 1960s and 1970s.

• Americans Jailed in Haiti Plead for Help From U.S.

  By IAN URBINA

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:10 am

  The 10 Americans detained in Port-au-Prince on child trafficking charges say the U.S. government could be doing more.

• Man’s Story of Survival Four Weeks After Haiti Quake Confounds Doctors

  By IAN URBINA

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:02 am

  Evans Moussignac was discovered severely dehydrated but without traumatic injuries in the rubble of a market in Port-au-Prince on Monday night.

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  NYT: Business

• Opel’s Strategy Has Fewer Jobs and Less Capacity

  By JACK EWING

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:03 am

  Opel, G.M.’s European unit, says it plan to become profitable by 2012 by cutting its work force by 8,300 while introducing many new models.

• Findings: Will You Be E-Mailing This Column? It’s Awesome

  By JOHN TIERNEY

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:00 am

  A University of Pennsylvania study found that readers of news in print and online had more exalted tastes than might be expected.

• Overseas Sales Gave McDonald’s a Lift in January

  By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:58 am

  Sales for the restaurant chain rose 2.6 percent in the month but dropped slightly in the United States.

• Toyota Details Hybrid Recall in Attempt to Contain Crisis

  By HIROKO TABUCHI

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:57 am

  The worldwide recall will affect about 437,000 hybrid vehicles, including the 2010 Prius, according to the company’s filing.

• Businesses Reduced Inventories in December

  By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:57 am

  Wholesale inventories declined 0.8 percent in December; economists had expected an increase of 0.5 percent.

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  NYT: Media & Advertising

• Findings: Will You Be E-Mailing This Column? It’s Awesome

  By JOHN TIERNEY

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:00 am

  A University of Pennsylvania study found that readers of news in print and online had more exalted tastes than might be expected.

• Publishers Win a Bout in E-Book Price Fight

  By MOTOKO RICH

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:15 am

  Publishers have managed to take some control — at least temporarily — of how much consumers pay for their content.

• Advertising: Do-It-Yourself Super Ads

  By STUART ELLIOTT

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:36 am

  Some of the most-talked-about ads during the Super Bowl broadcast were those created or suggested by consumers, not advertising agencies.

• N.C.A.A. Fails to Stop Licensing Lawsuit

  By PETE THAMEL

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:08 pm

  A district court judge denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit headed by Ed O’Bannon and arguing that athletes should be compensated when their images are used.

• Newsstand Sales and Circulation Fall for Magazines

  By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:07 pm

  Newsstand sales of magazines plummeted in the last half of 2009, helping to send total circulation lower.

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  NYT: World Business

• Opel’s Strategy Has Fewer Jobs and Less Capacity

  By JACK EWING

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:03 am

  Opel, G.M.’s European unit, says it plan to become profitable by 2012 by cutting its work force by 8,300 while introducing many new models.

• Toyota Details Hybrid Recall in Attempt to Contain Crisis

  By HIROKO TABUCHI

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:57 am

  The worldwide recall will affect about 437,000 hybrid vehicles, including the 2010 Prius, according to the company’s filing.

• New European Leadership Takes on Economic Hurdles

  By STEPHEN CASTLE

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:43 am

  The European Parliament voted a new European Commission into power, endorsing Jose Manuel Barroso for a second five-year term as its president.

• Expecting a Greek Bailout, Stocks Rise

  By JAVIER C. HERNANDEZ

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:16 am

  Stocks climbed on hopes that European officials would move to rescue Greece from its debt troubles.

• With Shake-Up, SAP Seeks Better Customer Relations

  By DAVID JOLLY

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:21 am

  The chairman of SAP, the German software company, said a decision to raise maintenance fees was wrong and acknowledged that he had been partly responsible for the move.

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  NYT: Small Business

• Small-Business Guide: How to Sell Your Business

  By BARBARA TAYLOR

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:10 am

  Preparing a business for sale has a lot in common with starting it in the first place: The more you prepare, the more successful the outcome is likely to be.

• Case Study: Looking to Expand, but Fearing It, Too

  By ADRIANA GARDELLA

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:09 am

  Can Thinking Caps Tutoring of Manhattan, which employs 30 tutors and serves 300 students annually, expand while maintaining the quality of its services?

• Our Towns: To Survive, Dairy Farmers Go Co-op

  By PETER APPLEBOME

  7 Feb 2010 | 10:30 pm

  A former doctor’s effort to help small family farms in the Northeast stay in business by marketing and distributing their milk on their own.

• Preoccupations: When She’s Ready to Retire, She’ll Know

  By DIANNE FULLER DOHERTY

  6 Feb 2010 | 8:22 pm

  Dianne Fuller Doherty, who advises entrepreneurs and works to create jobs, says that “as long as I am doing something of value, why not continue doing it?”

• U.S. to Help Banks in Distressed Areas

  By SEWELL CHAN

  3 Feb 2010 | 10:41 pm

  The government has made changes in the Troubled Asset Relief Program to get more small-business lenders to sign up.

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  NYT: Your Money

• Could Now Be the Time to Buy a New Toyota?

  By JENNIFER SARANOW SCHULTZ

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:40 am

  Toyota appears to be offering more generous incentives to spur vehicle sales, according to Edmunds.com.

• Tuesday Reading

  By JENNIFER SARANOW SCHULTZ

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:57 am

  How much Americans really spend on services like Internet and cable, the price of an in-flight pillow and blanket and other consumer-focused items from Tuesday's Times.

• As Data Flows In, the Dollars Flow Out

  By JENNA WORTHAM

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:54 pm

  The average American is expected to spend nearly $1,000 this year on services like cable, Internet and video games.

• Patient Money: Fighting Denied Claims Requires Perseverance

  By WALECIA KONRAD

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:11 pm

  Following a few steps can make the process of appealing insurance denials easier and increase the likelihood of success.

• Paying People Not to Walk Away

  By JENNIFER SARANOW SCHULTZ

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:08 pm

  A company called Loan Value Group is working with mortgage providers to offer rewards for staying put to home owners likely to strategically default on their loans.

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  NYT: Deal Book

• S.&P. Issues Negative Outlooks for BofA and Citi

  By DEALBOOK

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:53 am

  Standard & Poor's lowered its credit rating outlooks on Bank of America and Citigroup to negative from stable on Tuesday, saying the government appears less likely to provide a further bailout if either bank needs it in the future.

• Opel's Strategy Has Fewer Jobs and Less Capacity

  By DEALBOOK

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:39 am

  Adam Opel, the European unit of General Motors, announced an ambitious turnaround plan Tuesday, vowing to become profitable in 2012 by cutting capacity by 20 percent and reducing its work force by 8,300.

• For Private Equity, a Time for Wary Optimism

  By RHEA WESSEL

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:30 am

  It's time for "paranoid optimism" about the economy as the world maneuvers its way into a new balance of power, John Micklethwait, editor in chief of The Economist, argued at the Super Return 2010 conference on Tuesday.

• Super Return: Black Sees Better Days Ahead

  By RHEA WESSEL

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:22 am

  Leon D. Black, the head of Apollo Management, seemed relieved to exhale as Super Return 2010, the giant private equity conference, began in Berlin on Tuesday.

• Warren: Banks' Sabotage of Overhaul Will Hurt Them

  By DEALBOOK

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:13 am

  In a scathing editorial, Elizabeth Warren, a professor of law at Harvard and the chair of the TARP Congressional Oversight Panel, denounces in The Wall Street Journal the deception that has become routine in the practices of U.S. banks, and renews the call for a consumer protection agency.

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  NYT: Education

• What Have You Been Taught About Sex and Abstinence?

  By HOLLY EPSTEIN OJALVO

  9 Feb 2010 | 1:36 am

  Student Opinion | Does sex education affect students' decisions about sex?

• N.C.A.A. Fails to Stop Licensing Lawsuit

  By PETE THAMEL

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:08 pm

  A district court judge denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit headed by Ed O’Bannon and arguing that athletes should be compensated when their images are used.

• National Briefing | New England: New Hampshire: Dartmouth Announces Layoffs

  By TAMAR LEWIN

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:00 pm

  Dartmouth College announced Monday that it would lay off 38 non-teaching staff members this week and “a similar number” in April.

• News Quiz | February 9, 2010

  By NICK CORASANITI

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:30 pm

  See what you know about the news of the day.

• A 'Dance of Beauty and Death'

  By KATHERINE SCHULTEN

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:13 pm

  6 Q's About the News | What makes driving through the Kabul Gorge a "complicated dance of beauty and death"?

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  NYT: Health

• On Health Bill, G.O.P.’s Road Is a New Map

  By ROBERT PEAR and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:05 am

  Republicans this month will bring President Obama a set of ideas and a more modest health care plan.

• Personal Health: Less Invasive Hip Surgeries Make Inroads

  By JANE E. BRODY

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:26 am

  Orthopedic surgeons across the country are using techniques for hip replacement that reduce complications and speed recovery in patients.

• Update: Recovery Matches a Marathon Operation

  By DENISE GRADY

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:49 pm

  After a surgeon removed a huge cancerous tumor from his abdomen, Robert Collison, 59, spent eight weeks in the hospital with infections and other complications.

• Vital Signs: Hazards: A Warning on Mixing Herbs and Medicine

  By RONI CARYN RABIN

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:48 pm

  A study found that products including St. John’s wort, ginger and garlic could be dangerous for people taking common medicines.

• Vital Signs: Risks: Study Looks at Serotonin and SIDS Deaths

  By RONI CARYN RABIN

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:48 pm

  Researchers are a step closer to understanding why babies who appear to be perfectly healthy may die suddenly.

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  NYT Health: Research

• Vital Signs: Hazards: A Warning on Mixing Herbs and Medicine

  By RONI CARYN RABIN

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:48 pm

  A study found that products including St. John’s wort, ginger and garlic could be dangerous for people taking common medicines.

• Vital Signs: Risks: Study Looks at Serotonin and SIDS Deaths

  By RONI CARYN RABIN

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:48 pm

  Researchers are a step closer to understanding why babies who appear to be perfectly healthy may die suddenly.

• Vital Signs: Perceptions: Doctors, Patients and a Clash of Priorities

  By RONI CARYN RABIN

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:47 pm

  High blood pressure is often a top priority for doctors, but pain and depression may be more pressing to their patients.

• Really?: The Claim: 3-D Movies Can Induce Headaches and Sickness

  By ANAHAD O’CONNOR

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:34 pm

  Can 3-D movies like “Avatar” cause motion sickness?

• Promising Results in Bone Drug Trial

  By REUTERS

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:24 pm

  A third trial of an experimental drug found that it worked better than a rival to delay the risk of bone complications in men with advanced prostate cancer.

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  NYT: Fitness & Nutrition

• Really?: The Claim: 3-D Movies Can Induce Headaches and Sickness

  By ANAHAD O’CONNOR

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:34 pm

  Can 3-D movies like “Avatar” cause motion sickness?

• Personal Health: Less Invasive Hip Surgeries Make Inroads

  By JANE E. BRODY

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:56 pm

  Orthopedic surgeons across the country are using techniques for hip replacement that reduce complications and speed recovery in patients.

• Patient Money: Fighting Denied Claims Requires Perseverance

  By WALECIA KONRAD

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:11 pm

  Following a few steps can make the process of appealing insurance denials easier and increase the likelihood of success.

• A Federal Effort to Push Junk Food Out of Schools

  By GARDINER HARRIS

  7 Feb 2010 | 11:01 pm

  To fight obesity, legislation would ban candy and sugary beverages, and many schools would be required to offer more nutritious fare.

• One Bowl = 2 Servings. F.D.A. May Fix That.

  By WILLIAM NEUMAN

  6 Feb 2010 | 12:05 pm

  The F.D.A. may update serving sizes for foods like chips, cookies and ice cream to reflect how Americans really eat.

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  NYT: Health: Money & Policy

• On Health Bill, G.O.P.’s Road Is a New Map

  By ROBERT PEAR and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:55 pm

  Republicans this month will bring President Obama a set of ideas and a more modest health care plan.

• Bills Stalled, Hospitals Fear Rising Unpaid Care

  By REED ABELSON

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:45 pm

  While the debate continues in Washington, health care systems nationwide struggle to offset money spent to treat patients who cannot afford to pay their bills.

• Really?: The Claim: 3-D Movies Can Induce Headaches and Sickness

  By ANAHAD O’CONNOR

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:34 pm

  Can 3-D movies like “Avatar” cause motion sickness?

• Personal Health: Less Invasive Hip Surgeries Make Inroads

  By JANE E. BRODY

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:56 pm

  Orthopedic surgeons across the country are using techniques for hip replacement that reduce complications and speed recovery in patients.

• News Analysis: Democrats Ask, Can Health Care Bill Be Saved?

  By ROBERT PEAR and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:56 pm

  President Obama is pushing for a final bill, but he didn’t say how he would resolve the questions of policy, procedure and politics facing Congress.

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  NYT: Science

• Findings: Will You Be E-Mailing This Column? It’s Awesome

  By JOHN TIERNEY

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:00 am

  A University of Pennsylvania study found that readers of news in print and online had more exalted tastes than might be expected.

• Skeptics Find Fault With U.N. Climate Panel

  By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:56 am

  Rajendra K. Pachauri and the U.N. panel he leads face accusations of scientific sloppiness and conflicts of interest.

• Thirty Knots, With the Wind at Your Wings

  By HENRY FOUNTAIN

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:48 am

  The sailboats competing in the America’s Cup are the fastest ever built but about as delicate as a house of cards.

• Personal Health: Less Invasive Hip Surgeries Make Inroads

  By JANE E. BRODY

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:26 am

  Orthopedic surgeons across the country are using techniques for hip replacement that reduce complications and speed recovery in patients.

• Update: Recovery Matches a Marathon Operation

  By DENISE GRADY

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:49 pm

  After a surgeon removed a huge cancerous tumor from his abdomen, Robert Collison, 59, spent eight weeks in the hospital with infections and other complications.

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  NYT: Environment

• Skeptics Find Fault With U.N. Climate Panel

  By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:56 am

  Rajendra K. Pachauri and the U.N. panel he leads face accusations of scientific sloppiness and conflicts of interest.

• U.S. Officials Plan $78.5 Million Effort to Keep Dangerous Carp Out of Great Lakes

  By MONICA DAVEY

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:45 pm

  Addressing a threat that has grown increasingly tense throughout the Midwest as genetic material from the fish was found in Lake Michigan.

• Researcher on Climate Is Cleared in Inquiry

  By JOHN M. BRODER

  7 Feb 2010 | 6:27 pm

  An academic board has largely cleared Dr. Michael E. Mann of misconduct arising from the unauthorized release of more than 1,000 e-mail messages.

• Whaler and Activist Ship Collide Off Antarctica

  By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  6 Feb 2010 | 11:05 pm

  The anti-whaling ship the Bob Barker and a Japanese harpoon boat collided in the icy waters off Antarctica in their second major clash this year.

• Hawaii Senate Says Cutting Back on Paper Has Saved $1.2 Million

  By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  6 Feb 2010 | 4:04 pm

  By eliminating the use of millions of sheets of paper, the lawmakers said they saved more than 800 trees.

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  NYT: Space & Cosmos

• Shuttle Blasts Off for Space Station

  By KENNETH CHANG

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:50 pm

  It was the second attempt to launch the Endeavour, 24 hours after Sunday’s attempt was scrubbed because of clouds over the launching pad.

• News Analysis: For Human Spaceflight, Can Measured Beat Bold?

  By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:17 pm

  The Obama administration is trying to keep humans flying in space, but will its measured proposals succeed?

• Geoffrey Burbidge, Who Traced Life to Stardust, Is Dead at 84

  By DENNIS OVERBYE

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:57 pm

  Dr. Burbidge was one of the last giants of the postwar era of astronomy, when big telescopes revealed a universe more diverse and violent than anybody had dreamed.

• Hadron Collider Set for Half Power

  By DENNIS OVERBYE

  5 Feb 2010 | 11:04 pm

  CERN’s Large Hadron Collider is going to operate at half power for the next two years and then shut down for a yearlong repair session.

• As Shuttle Flights Dwindle, a Series of ‘Lasts’ Begins

  By KENNETH CHANG

  5 Feb 2010 | 10:08 pm

  The final planned nighttime liftoff is scheduled for the early hours of Sunday with Endeavour carrying the last major piece of the International Space Station.

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  NYT: Technology

• Findings: Will You Be E-Mailing This Column? It’s Awesome

  By JOHN TIERNEY

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:00 am

  A University of Pennsylvania study found that readers of news in print and online had more exalted tastes than might be expected.

• Foursquare Signs a Deal With Zagat

  By JENNA WORTHAM

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:44 am

  Foursquare, the hip social network whose software is on the phones of many young urbanites, is branching out.

• More on Online Language Learning

  By ERIC A. TAUB

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:38 am

  In addition to the online language learning programs discussed in a recent Times article, here are several more that may be of interest.

• Samsung Gets the Amoled Out

  By STEPHEN WILLLIAMS

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:36 am

  Reports are that the Korean brand will bring devices with AMOLED (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode) displays to market in the next year.

• App of the Week: Weather for Everyone

  By ROY FURCHGOTT

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:34 am

  The Weather Underground mobile Web site works on most any Web-enabled phone, and on a smartphone you can set it up to work like an app.

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  NYT: Bits

• Google Offers Phone Help for Nexus One Owners

  By JENNA WORTHAM

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:03 am

  After mounting complaints about the lack of customer support for the Nexus One, Google is offering a phone hotline.

• Google Gets More Social With Buzz

  By ASHLEE VANCE

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:00 am

  Google's Buzz service, which ties into Gmail, is another way for people to tell others what they're doing, thinking and feeling.

• EBay Asks Its Users for Help Building New Search Tools

  By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:00 am

  EBay is rolling out new search tools on Garden by eBay, a new site where eBay will seek feedback from buyers and sellers on products that it is developing.

• Mobile Data Traffic Expected to Surge

  By JENNA WORTHAM

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:00 am

  Mobile data traffic is expected to increase 39-fold in the next five years, according to a new report from Cisco Systems.

• Foursquare Signs a Deal With Zagat

  By JENNA WORTHAM

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:12 pm

  Foursquare, the hip social network whose software is on the phones of many young urbanites, is branching out.

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  NYT: Personal Tech

• Video Game Review | Dante’s Inferno: You Read It in Class; Now You Can Play It on Your Console

  By SETH SCHIESEL

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:08 am

  Dante’s Inferno, the video game, is more reminiscent of the God of War games than it is of the “Divine Comedy,” the epic poem that inspired it.

• Super Bowl XLIV Apps to Load Before Kickoff

  By ROY FURCHGOTT

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:16 pm

  This Super Bowl weekend, whether you are rooting for the New Orleans Saints or that other team, there is a dog pile of apps to can enhance the game.

• For iPhone Users, TV Over 3G

  By ROY FURCHGOTT

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:50 am

  AT&T has cleared Slingbox to transmit your home TV signal over the 3G network, providing TV without a Wi-Fi connection. Now it needs Apple's approval.

• More on Online Language Learning

  By ERIC A. TAUB

  6 Feb 2010 | 10:21 am

  In addition to the online language learning programs discussed in a recent Times article, here are several more that may be of interest.

• The Cost of a $499 iPad: $290

  By STEPHEN WILLIAMS

  6 Feb 2010 | 10:16 am

  If a 43 percent profit margin sounds about right to you, then Apple Computer has priced its new iPad tablet fairly.

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  NYT: Pogue's Posts

• Why We Make Home Videos

  By DAVID POGUE

  4 Feb 2010 | 9:18 am

  As you may be aware, we're about to enter a whole new era of data rot, one of the biggest and most personal of all: consumer videotape is going away.

• A New Way to Comment on Pogue's Posts

  By DAVID POGUE

  3 Feb 2010 | 11:16 am

  Pogue's Posts has a new, updated comment system that is better for everyone.

• The Apple iPad: First Impressions

  By DAVID POGUE

  27 Jan 2010 | 12:54 pm

  Some wild speculations of a guy who's never even tried the iPad. Believe me, I'll review it when I get one. But I like what I'm seeing.

• Google Voice Is Back on the iPhone, Mostly

  By DAVID POGUE

  26 Jan 2010 | 12:27 pm

  Have an iPhone? Tired of waiting for a Google Voice app? There's a workaround from the folks in Mountainview.

• The Apple Guessing Game

  By DAVID POGUE

  23 Jan 2010 | 11:02 am

  What might Apple be announcing this week? It seems to be a tablet, but the mystery is in the details.

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  NYT: Arts

• Review: Natalie Dessay Reprises 'La Sonnambula' at the Opéra Bastille

  By GEORGE LOOMIS

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:55 am

  Ms. Dessay sings the melodies ravishingly, with beguiling tone, supple phrasing and lovely vocal colors.

• On the London Stage: First the Doldrums, Then Death

  By MATT WOLF

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:43 am

  Two plays — “Really Old, Like Forty Five” and a revival of Chekhov’s “Three Sisters” — have mixed success in relaying prickly problems of everyday life.

• TV Sports: Super Bowl Dethrones ‘M*A*S*H’ as Most-Watched Show in U.S. History

  By RICHARD SANDOMIR

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:33 am

  Sunday’s Super Bowl eclipsed the final episode of “M*A*S*H” to become the most watched television show in U.S. history.

• Publishers Win a Bout in E-Book Price Fight

  By MOTOKO RICH

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:15 am

  Publishers have managed to take some control — at least temporarily — of how much consumers pay for their content.

• Video Game Review | Dante’s Inferno: You Read It in Class; Now You Can Play It on Your Console

  By SETH SCHIESEL

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:08 am

  Dante’s Inferno, the video game, is more reminiscent of the God of War games than it is of the “Divine Comedy,” the epic poem that inspired it.

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  NYT: Art & Design

• Arts: Two Cities, One Lasting Cultural Exchange

  By CHLOE VELTMAN

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:32 am

  Organizations like the Chinese Culture Center have been working hard to demonstrate a sophisticated view of Chinese culture that challenges clichés.

• Iron Checkbook Shapes Cultural Los Angeles

  By JENNIFER STEINHAUER

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:19 am

  Eli Broad dominates the arts in Los Angeles with a force that has no parallel in any major city.

• Putting the Wrongs of History in Paint

  By DOROTHY SPEARS

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:54 am

  The Belgian painter Luc Tuymans has become known for examining the visual residue of trauma and the collective desire to forget.

• Inside Art: O! Say, You Can Bid on a Johns

  By CAROL VOGEL

  6 Feb 2010 | 1:19 am

  The public will be able to see four works owned by Michael Crichton that Christie’s is to sell on behalf of his estate in New York at the evening auctions in May.

• Art Review | Outsider Art Fair: A Survey of a Field Hard to Define

  By KEN JOHNSON

  5 Feb 2010 | 10:34 pm

  The Outsider Art Fair is running this weekend, which makes this as good a time as any to ask, what exactly is an outsider artist?

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  NYT: Music

• Sinatra Song Often Strikes Deadly Chord

  By NORIMITSU ONISHI

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:55 am

  The murders of people warbling “My Way” in karaoke bars have spawned urban legends about the song and left Filipinos groping for answers.

• Doctor Is Charged in Death of Jackson

  By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:46 pm

  A case like no other will be treated like any other case, a Los Angeles County judge says.

• Music Review: Imaginary Soundtracks for Two Silent Warhol Films

  By JON CARAMANICA

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:41 pm

  The Unsound Festival, an electronic-music smorgasbord that began last week and continues through Sunday, gave two Warhol shorts imaginary soundtracks.

• Music Review | Fireworks Ensemble: Lou Reed’s ‘Machine’: Now More Strings, Less Metal

  By JON PARELES

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:39 pm

  A real-time, chamber-music performance of an inhumanly generated composition: that was Lou Reed’s “Metal Machine Music” as played by the Fireworks Ensemble at Miller Theater.

• Music Review | George London Foundation: 2 Singers, One Experienced and One Not

  By VIVIEN SCHWEITZER

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:33 pm

  On Sunday the promising young tenor Sean Panikkar joined the coloratura soprano June Anderson for an eclectic program ranging from Beethoven to Weill.

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  NYT: Television

• TV Sports: Super Bowl Dethrones ‘M*A*S*H’ as Most-Watched Show in History

  By RICHARD SANDOMIR

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:48 pm

  Sunday’s Super Bowl eclipsed the final episode of “M*A*S*H” to become the most watched television show in history.

• Television Review | 'Frontline: Flying Cheap': Up in the Air, With Frayed Safety Nets

  By NEIL GENZLINGER

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:56 pm

  “Flying Cheap,” Tuesday’s “Frontline” on PBS, revisits the February 2009 crash of a commuter flight outside Buffalo and surveys problems within the regional airline system.

• Television Review | 'Past Life': Reincarnated, and Now the Detective Work Begins

  By MIKE HALE

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:11 pm

  “Past Life,” a Fox series that makes its debut on Tuesday night, is the latest drama to feature an empathetic heroine talking to the dead to help them with their unfinished business.

• Arts, Briefly: New ‘Hawaii Five-O’ Makes First Booking

  Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:03 pm

  While his “Lost” co-stars prepare to pack up and leave Hawaii, Daniel Dae Kim, can plan to remain there for at least a few more months.

• Arts, Briefly: Super Bowl Lifts ‘Undercover Boss’ Debut

  By BENJAMIN TOFF; Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:02 pm

  A preview episode of CBS’s new series “Undercover Boss” attracted a sizeable audience on Sunday with its coveted time slot after the Super Bowl.

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  NYT: Automobiles

• Toyota Details Recall of 2010 Prius for Brake Problems

  By HIROKO TABUCHI and NICK BUNKLEY

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:30 pm

  The worldwide recall will affect about 436,000 units of the 2010 Prius and other hybrid models, according to the company’s filing.

• E.U. Slow to React to Toyota Safety Problems

  By JAMES KANTER and LUKE BROWNE

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:44 pm

  The system for monitoring car safety across the European Union has appeared, like Toyota, opaque and slow to react.

• In Toyota Mess, Lesson for Japan

  By MARTIN FACKLER

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:44 pm

  Economists said that Toyota’s troubles show that economic change is urgently needed in Japan.

• BMW to Introduce the New X5 in Geneva

  By JERRY GARRETT

  8 Feb 2010 | 3:17 pm

  BMW will introduce its refreshed X5 lineup, featuring two turbocharged engine options, at the Geneva auto show next month.

• Danica Patrick to Make Nascar Debut at Daytona

  By RICHARD S. CHANG

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:07 am

  Motorsports news from around the Web.

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  NYT: Books

• Publishers Win a Bout in E-Book Price Fight

  By MOTOKO RICH

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:34 pm

  Publishers have managed to take some control — at least temporarily — of how much consumers pay for their content.

• Books of The Times: Delivering Bad News and Bearing It

  By JANET MASLIN

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:15 pm

  Sarah Blake has coaxed forth a book that hits hard and pushes buttons expertly.

• A World of Words Reinvented in Pictures

  By GEORGE GENE GUSTINES

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:52 pm

  The initial print runs for a graphic-novel adaptation of “Twilight” and a new graphic novel by Janet Evanovich are staggering.

• A Well-Written War, Told in the First Person

  By ELISABETH BUMILLER

  8 Feb 2010 | 3:25 pm

  A new group of soldier-writers explore the futility of war — but wars that they for the most part support.

• Justice Dept. Criticizes Latest Google Book Deal

  By MIGUEL HELFT

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:18 pm

  While the Justice Department did not explicitly urge a rejection of the deal, its opposition on copyright, class action and antitrust grounds is a setback for Google.

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  NYT: Book Reviews

• Tales Out of School

  By CLAUDIA GOLDIN

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:03 am

  A survey of the state of American research universities.

• Cruel Love

  By LEAH HAGER COHEN

  6 Feb 2010 | 2:02 pm

  Louise Erdrich’s new novel is a portrait of an “iconic” marriage on its way to dissolution, and it appears to be seeded with deliberate allusions to her own marriage with the writer Michael Dorris.

• From Russia, No Love

  By ELENA LAPPIN

  6 Feb 2010 | 12:30 pm

  English became a secret path to personal freedom for the author of this memoir, who escaped the confines of the Soviet Union at age 24.

• Moving the Deck Chairs

  By KEVIN PHILLIPS

  6 Feb 2010 | 12:08 am

  Joseph Stiglitz has harsh words for President Obama’s approach to the economic crisis.

• Drinking and Grieving

  By FRANCINE du PLESSIX GRAY

  5 Feb 2010 | 4:21 pm

  The characters in Amy Bloom’s erotically charged, linked stories struggle with love and its loss.

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  NYT: Dining & Wine

• Media Talk: For New and Healthy Recipes, a Magazine Turns to Leftovers

  By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:13 pm

  The editor of Health said cost concerns did not drive the decision to recycle recipes from Real Simple.

• The Pour: Hungarian Dry Whites? Forge Ahead

  By ERIC ASIMOV

  8 Feb 2010 | 4:27 pm

  Best known for lavishly sweet wines, Hungary is also making dry whites again, and some are stunningly delicious.

• A Federal Effort to Push Junk Food Out of Schools

  By GARDINER HARRIS

  7 Feb 2010 | 11:01 pm

  To fight obesity, legislation would ban candy and sugary beverages, and many schools would be required to offer more nutritious fare.

• New Albany Journal: A Voting Result That Faulkner Could Drink To

  By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON

  6 Feb 2010 | 10:40 pm

  In a couple of months, a person will be able to buy a beer legally in New Albany, Miss., William Faulkner’s birthplace, for the first time in more than 50 years.

• Food: Cooking With Dexter: Pretzel Logic

  By PETE WELLS

  6 Feb 2010 | 9:48 pm

  After decades of magical dietary thinking, a father finally gets the wisdom of whole grains.

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  NYT: Fashion & Style

• Wife/Mother/Worker/Spy: Beep! Chime! Buzz! Now, Juggle!

  By MICHELLE SLATALLA

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:03 pm

  The author explains how high-tech devices have helped her refocus instantly.

• Cult of the Living Doll in Tokyo

  By KAORI SHOJI

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:50 pm

  Some young Japanese women are turning fragility and artificiality into major fashion goals.

• Southern Discomfort

  By JAN HOFFMAN

  6 Feb 2010 | 6:42 pm

  Jenny Sanford, the first lady of South Carolina, is publishing her memoir and has filed for divorce from the governor, Mark Sanford, who ducked out of sight for five days last June.

• The New Math on Campus

  By ALEX WILLIAMS

  6 Feb 2010 | 6:07 pm

  When women outnumber men at a college, dating culture is skewed.

• O.K., Russia, Time to Work It

  By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ

  6 Feb 2010 | 1:40 am

  Western-style fitness is beginning to catch on among Russia’s wealthy.

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  NYT: Weddings/Celebrations

• Rebecca Mark and David Bernfeld

  6 Feb 2010 | 7:30 pm

  Rebecca Lee Mark, a daughter of Laurie B. Gelles of Brooklyn and Steven C. Mark of Manhattan, was married Saturday evening to David Nicholas Bernfeld, the son of Virginia Pepe and Lawrence D. Bernfeld of Manhattan.

• Field Notes: Put Some Pop in the Question

  By VINCENT M. MALLOZZI

  6 Feb 2010 | 1:38 pm

  Here are 10 of the most compelling proposals (all successful) submitted in 2009.

• Betsy Burton, Davidson Goldin

  6 Feb 2010 | 1:13 pm

  Betsy Burton, a daughter of Nancy J. Burton of New York and Robert M. Burton of Caledonia, Mich., was married Saturday evening to Davidson Gurston Goldin, a son of Marjorie B. Goldin and the late Dr. Gurston D. Goldin of New York.

• Caitlin Allen, Corey Wilson

  6 Feb 2010 | 1:05 pm

  Caitlin C. Allen and Corey P. Wilson were married Saturday in South Bend, Ind.

• Stacey Widlitz, Roger Thomson

  6 Feb 2010 | 1:03 pm

  Stacey Lynn Widlitz, a daughter of Patricia M. Widlitz and Gary Widlitz of Guilford, Conn., was married Saturday evening to Roger Murray Thomson, a son of Margaret and Murray Thomson of Dundee, Scotland.

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  NYT: Home & Garden

• Shopping With Granger and Robert Moorhead: Heartwarming

  By TIM McKEOUGH

  8 Feb 2010 | 4:14 pm

  The brothers and owners of the architecture and design firm Moorhead & Moorhead pick out gifts that say ‘be mine’ with simple materials and fresh ideas.

• Habitats: The House of Open Arms

  By CONSTANCE ROSENBLUM

  5 Feb 2010 | 12:35 pm

  Filipp and Raya Katz live in a red brick house in Bath Beach, Brooklyn, that Ms. Katz refers to as “my little palace.”

• The Puppy Diaries: The Tao of Temple

  By JILL ABRAMSON

  4 Feb 2010 | 11:17 pm

  According to Temple Grandin, the revered expert in animal behavior, it’s fine to treat your dog like a child.

• On the Cheap: A Pesky Bedroom, Tamed by Pattern

  By JULIE SCELFO

  3 Feb 2010 | 11:00 pm

  After frustrating attempts at fixing up the bedroom in their Brooklyn apartment, a couple turned the room over to a pair of designers who remade it on a budget of $1,500.

• On Location: The Clockmaker’s Retreat

  By GISELA WILLIAMS

  3 Feb 2010 | 10:30 pm

  In his apartment at the edge of Germany’s Black Forest, the artist Stefan Strumbel embraces the street.

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  NYT: Magazine

• Magazine Preview: Lindsey Vonn at the Summit

  By BILL PENNINGTON

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:58 am

  Getting to the top hasn’t been easy. But with her crashes both athletic and personal behind her, a dominant Lindsey Vonn is ready to embrace her Olympic moment.

• The Medium: Axels of Evil

  By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN

  7 Feb 2010 | 6:14 pm

  The morbid attraction of figure-skating crash videos.

• The Trailblazer: Shani Davis, on Edge

  By MICHAEL SOKOLOVE

  7 Feb 2010 | 11:29 am

  He won’t train with his teammates. He cultivates slights more than his public image. He doesn’t care about money. And that may be why Shani Davis is the best speed skater in the world.

• Food: Cooking With Dexter: Pretzel Logic

  By PETE WELLS

  6 Feb 2010 | 9:48 pm

  After decades of magical dietary thinking, a father finally gets the wisdom of whole grains.

• The Way We Live Now: Winter Wonder Brand

  By MICHAEL IGNATIEFF

  6 Feb 2010 | 8:36 pm

  Will the Olympics help Canada show the world that it’s not so laid back?

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  NYT: Movies

• ‘Blind Side’ Finds a Path to the Oscars by Running Up the Middle

  By MICHAEL CIEPLY and PAULA SCHWARTZ

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:32 pm

  The whoops and giggles, heard when “The Blind Side” was announced as a best picture nominee, were the sound of Hollywood surprising itself.

• Film: Cue the Director’s Adrenaline

  By TERRENCE RAFFERTY

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:39 pm

  With “Shutter Island,” Martin Scorsese finds his next “something else.”

• Arts, Briefly: Romance Overtakes ‘Avatar’

  By BROOKS BARNES; By RACHEL LEE HARRIS

  7 Feb 2010 | 9:42 pm

  Moviegoers turned their attention to a mushy Nicholas Sparks adaptation over the weekend as “Dear John” ended the seven-week run of “Avatar” as the No. 1 movie in North America.

• Apolitics and the War Film

  By A. O. SCOTT

  6 Feb 2010 | 3:00 pm

  The director of “The Hurt Locker” stakes a claim on neutrality. Given the agony of our current involvements, it is easy to see why.

• Film: His Hair’s Not Always Perfect

  By DAVE ITZKOFF

  5 Feb 2010 | 9:25 pm

  A field guide to the creatures whose hairy faces paved the way for the newest lupine film.

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  NYT: Real Estate

• Salt Lake City Journal: Project Renews Downtown, and Debate

  By KIRK JOHNSON

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:09 am

  A $1 billion Mormon church-financed redevelopment project and a wave of recent church purchases in Salt Lake City have put a new focus on the line between culture and economics.

• In City Real Estate, Old Clans Are Shrewd Again

  By CHARLES V. BAGLI

  9 Feb 2010 | 4:10 am

  Some families with deep roots in Manhattan kept their heads a few years ago when the market overheated.

• Developer Is Accused of Fleecing Investors

  By CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:40 pm

  Adam Hochfelder, a onetime real estate mogul, was charged with taking $2.5 million from clients and friends for hotel deals he never made.

• New York Plans to Topple Public Housing Towers

  By MANNY FERNANDEZ

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:43 pm

  For the first time in its 75-year history, the New York City Housing Authority wants to knock down an entire high-rise complex.

• Square Feet | The 30-Minute Interview: Cory Gubner

  By VIVIAN MARINO

  6 Feb 2010 | 7:20 pm

  Mr. Gubner is the president and chief executive of RHYS Commercial, a full-service commercial real estate company based in Stamford, Conn.

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  NYT: Theater

• On the London Stage: First the Doldrums, Then Death

  By MATT WOLF

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:43 am

  Two plays — “Really Old, Like Forty Five” and a revival of Chekhov’s “Three Sisters” — have mixed success in relaying prickly problems of everyday life.

• Shakespeare Troupe Plans Residency in New York

  By PATRICK HEALY

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:41 pm

  The Royal Shakespeare Company will hold court in Manhattan for an unprecedented six-week, five-play residency inside the Park Avenue Armory.

• Identity Found: On West Side via West Bank

  By FELICIA R. LEE

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:49 pm

  Najla Said’s “Palestine,” a one-woman Off Broadway show, is a coming-of-age story about Ms. Said’s journey to become an Arab-American on her own terms.

• Music Review | Christine Ebersole: Between the Musical Gems, Suburbs-vs.-Hollywood Asides

  By STEPHEN HOLDEN

  7 Feb 2010 | 9:51 pm

  Christine Ebersole materialized like a goddess formed out of the ectoplasm in screwball heaven at her new show at the Café Carlyle.

• Theater Review | 'Duet for Solo Voice': Just Me and My (Murderous Soviet Agent) Shadow

  By DANIEL M. GOLD

  7 Feb 2010 | 9:48 pm

  Jonathan Slaff uses an appealing fervor and franticness to wring what comedy he can find out of this one-character play.

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  NYT: Travel

• On the Road: A List No Hotel Wants to Be On

  By JOE SHARKEY

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:16 pm

  This year’s lists singled out the 10 "dirtiest" hotels in each of six regions — the United States, Asia, Canada, France, Italy and Britain.

• Frequent Flier: A Chef’s Ingredients, and His Hopes, Run Afoul of a Border Inspection

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:15 pm

  In the travels of the chef Susur Lee, recipe ingredients raise red flags for airport security agents.

• The Art of Being Santa Fe

  By HENRY SHUKMAN

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:20 am

  The city is celebrating its 400th anniversary, but its heart and soul are the result of constant renewal.

• Practical Traveler: Rolling Out the Yoga Mat

  By MICHELLE HIGGINS

  6 Feb 2010 | 5:29 pm

  Like Wi-Fi and on-demand movies, yoga is becoming an amenity many hotels just can’t do without.

• Local Stop | Morningside Heights: Finding College Spirit, Off the Quad

  By SARAH MASLIN NIR

  6 Feb 2010 | 12:22 am

  With a little resourcefulness, visitors to Morningside Heights, Columbia’s neighborhood, can relive their college days without any hefty tuition.

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  NYT: Connecticut

• Desperate Search for Victims of Explosion in Connecticut

  7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Efforts to find survivors were hindered by an absence of information about how many people were working at the site.

• 5 Dead, Dozens Hurt in Connecticut Power Plant Blast

  7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  A massive gas explosion rocked a power plant in Middletown, Conn., setting off tremors that were felt miles away.

• Before Blast, Few Safety Problems as Energy Project Rose at Abandoned Mine Site

  7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  The Kleen Energy Systems construction site had faced hurdles through the years, including the indictment of a partner in a price-fixing case involving trash.

• Portrayal of Ann Landers Captures Society’s Changes

  6 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  A one-woman play recounts the life of Eppie Lederer, better known as Ann Landers.

• Savory Routes From Taste Buds to the Heart

  6 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  A sampling of restaurants that offer good value, fine wines and romantic ambience.

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  NYT: Long Island

• Auspicious Entrees to Start the Year Right

  6 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Special dishes associated with the Lunar New Year at some Chinese restaurants on Long Island.

• The Melody and Lyrics of Black History

  6 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  An alliance of composers has put together music for the vocalist Tara Nova, using the texts of black poets like Langston Hughes.

• New Uses for Military âTreasuresâ

  2 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  AvalonBay Communities, the developer, is taking over Mitchel Field in East Garden City from the Navy.

• Surprising Strength in Long Islandâs Warehouse Market

  1 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  With the lowest vacancy rate of any industrial real estate market in the country, Long Islandâs 6,200 warehouses appear to be weathering the recession handily.

• Warming Up to Modern

  30 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  On an Island awash with traditional colonials and Capes, Thomas Mojo and Mark Stumer, partners in a design firm, build architecturally unusual contemporary homes

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  NYT: New Jersey

• Second Wave of Snowfall Is in Forecast

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  While they dig out from a huge snowstorm, road crews across the Mid-Atlantic states may be faced with having to dig out all over again after another heavy snowfall forecast for Tuesday.

• Officer Is Shot and Suspect Is Killed in Newark

  7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  The police said the circumstances of the shooting, which left a sheriff’s officer in critical but stable condition, were not clear.

• Charleston Chews and Sugar Babies: Fistfuls of Nostalgia

  6 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Retro-themed candy shops have been opening around the state, defying the difficult economy.

• Size, Scale and Detail in Creations of Steel

  6 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  An Albert Paley retrospective features some sculptures measuring 15 feet high, and others weigh up to a ton.

• U.S. Expands Medical Care for Haitians

  2 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Hospitals around the United States are preparing to take more patients who were injured in the earthquake.

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  NYT: Westchester

• Direct Latin Flavors With a Sweet Finish

  6 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  The owner of Café Barcel has roots in Puerto Rico, and Latin American influences are apparent in a handful of dishes.

• Sick and Tired of Treading Water

  2 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Last week in Yonkers, lenders came under heavy criticism for their apparent reluctance to negotiate or compromise on mortgages that are âunderwater.â

• Asking the Whole County to Embrace a War Story

  30 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  The Big Read program, prompted by research showing a decline in reading for pleasure, will begin this year with “The Things They Carried.”

• In Tough Times, Interesting Opportunities for Diners

  30 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Tough times that have led chefs, bakers and restaurateurs to share resources have also created interesting new opportunities for local dining.

• Tastes of Japan, in Many Flavors

  23 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Sazan, one of several Japanese restaurants in Ardsley, offers a mind-boggling number of zesty appetizers and small dishes.

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  NYT: Washington

• On Health Bill, G.O.P.’s Road Is a New Map

  By ROBERT PEAR and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:55 pm

  Republicans this month will bring President Obama a set of ideas and a more modest health care plan.

• Representative John P. Murtha Dies at 77; Ex-Marine Was Iraq War Critic

  By DAVID STOUT

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:51 pm

  Mr. Murtha, a Pennsylvania Democrat, served 35 years in Congress and was alternately respected and feared by colleagues.

• McCain, Facing G.O.P. Foe in Primary, Tilts to the Right

  By JENNIFER STEINHAUER

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:43 pm

  Challenged by J. D. Hayworth from the airwaves, and soon in a primary, John McCain has moved starkly, and often awkwardly, to the right.

• Gates Voices Concern About Warship Sale to Russia

  By THOM SHANKER

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:22 pm

  Robert M. Gates, the U.S. Defense Secretary, expressed concerns about a weapons deal that has raised alarm in the republic of Georgia.

• Senator Lifts Holds on Most Nominees

  By THE NEW YORK TIMES

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:55 pm

  Senator Richard C. Shelby, Republican of Alabama, on Monday night lifted most of the nearly 70 holds he had placed on President Obama’s nominations to posts that require Senate confirmation.

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  NYT: Africa

• Nigerian Parliament Names Acting President

  By ADAM NOSSITER

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:44 am

  The Nigerian Parliament Tuesday voted to make Vice President Goodluck Jonathan the acting president of Africa’s most populous nation, filling a power vacuum.

• Immigrants Claim Wal-Mart Fired Them to Provide Jobs for Local Residents

  By DAN FROSCH

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:49 pm

  Ten West Africans have filed federal complaints accusing Wal-Mart stores in Colorado of discrimination.

• World Briefing | Africa: International Judges Dismiss Charges Against a Sudanese Rebel

  By MARLISE SIMONS

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:30 pm

  International judges said there was not enough evidence to try a Sudanese rebel leader on charges that he played a key role in the killing of 12 African Union peacekeepers in Darfur in 2007.

• Many in Ivory Coast May Be Left Out From Vote

  By ADAM NOSSITER

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:47 pm

  As it stumbles toward an election, the country is wrestling with the question of who is Ivorian in a country that once attracted millions of migrants.

• After Massacre, Guinea Sees Hope of Lifted Chains

  By ADAM NOSSITER

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:50 pm

  A rare thing occurred in an area often given to autocracy: a peaceful transfer of power, months after a massacre.

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  NYT: Americas

• Americans Jailed in Haiti Plead for Help From U.S.

  By IAN URBINA

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:10 am

  The 10 Americans detained in Port-au-Prince on child trafficking charges say the U.S. government could be doing more.

• Man’s Story of Survival Four Weeks After Haiti Quake Confounds Doctors

  By IAN URBINA

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:02 am

  Evans Moussignac was discovered severely dehydrated but without traumatic injuries in the rubble of a market in Port-au-Prince on Monday night.

• Paperwork Hinders Airlifts of Ill Haitian Children

  By IAN URBINA

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:54 am

  Doctors and aid workers are wrestling with proving that they are not illegally transporting children, whose risk of dying is rising while the paperwork awaits.

• UN Slams Haitian Hospitals for Charging Patients

  By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:00 am

  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- The United Nations has warned that it will cut off shipments of free medicine beginning immediately to any Haitian hospitals that it finds are charging patients.

• 2nd German Traveler Camps Out in Brazil Airport

  By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:40 am

  BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) -- A German man who went to Brazil for a woman he met on the Internet has been camping out in an airport for more than a month after thieves took all his money and possessions, authorities said Tuesday.

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  NYT: Asia Pacific

• In Move to Contain Crisis, Toyota Details Hybrid Recall

  By HIROKO TABUCHI

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:19 am

  The worldwide recall will affect about 437,000 hybrid vehicles, including the 2010 Prius, according to the company’s filing.

• Japanese Split on Exposing Secret Pacts With U.S.

  By MARTIN FACKLER

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:11 am

  Agreements on U.S. bases and allowing nuclear-armed ships in Japanese ports date from the 1960s and 1970s.

• Dozens Buried in Afghan Avalanches

  By ROD NORDLAND

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:26 am

  Deadly avalanches buried hundreds cars along a high mountain pass that links Afghanistan’s capital to its north, killing at least two dozen people.

• China Report Shows More Pollution in Waterways

  By JONATHAN ANSFIELD and KEITH BRADSHER

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:17 am

  China revealed that water pollution in 2007 was more than twice as severe as had been reported in the past.

• Sinatra Song Often Strikes Deadly Chord

  By NORIMITSU ONISHI

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:50 am

  The murders of people warbling “My Way” in karaoke bars have spawned urban legends about the song and left Filipinos groping for answers.

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  NYT: Europe

• German Church Faces Child Abuse Charges

  By NICHOLAS KULISH

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:47 am

  The Roman Catholic Church faces yet another child abuse scandal, this time in Pope Benedict XVI’s native Germany.

• Ukraine's Voters Speak, in Two Voices

  By ROBERT MACKEY

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:29 am

  A presidential election in Ukraine shows a deep divide between the country's red and blue regions.

• Thirty Knots, With the Wind at Your Wings

  By HENRY FOUNTAIN

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:48 am

  The sailboats competing in the America’s Cup are the fastest ever built but about as delicate as a house of cards.

• World Briefing | Europe: Vatican: Child Abuse Condemned

  By GAIA PIANIGIANI

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:46 am

  Pope Benedict XVI on Monday condemned the abuse of children by members of the clergy.

• News Analysis: For Kremlin, Ukraine Election Cuts Two Ways

  By CLIFFORD J. LEVY

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:43 am

  Russia’s preferred candidate is the apparent winner, but the starkly contested presidential race contrasts sharply with Russia’s recent history.

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  NYT: Middle East

• Iran Unleashes Wave of Arrests of Dissidents, Analysts Say

  By MICHAEL SLACKMAN

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:19 am

  Iranian security officials were believed to have arrested as many as 1,000 people in the past two months, a rights group said.

• In Northern Iraq, a Vote Seems Likely to Split

  By STEVEN LEE MYERS

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:50 am

  In Nineveh Province, a parliamentary election considered crucial to Iraqi unity is highlighting conflicts among ethnic and religious groups.

• World Briefing | Middle East: Egypt: Police Arrest 3 Top Figures of a Powerful Opposition Group

  By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:36 pm

  The police arrested three top figures of the Muslim Brotherhood, the country’s most powerful opposition group, as part of a continuing crackdown since the group recently chose new leadership.

• World Briefing | Middle East: Yemen: Qaeda Affiliate Urges Joint Blockade of Red Sea

  By REUTERS

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:30 pm

  The Yemen-based wing of Al Qaeda called Monday for a regional holy war and a blockade of the Red Sea to cut off shipments to Israel.

• World Briefing | Middle East: Saudi Arabia: Rights Group Hires Lawyer in Child-Marriage Case

  By REUTERS

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:29 pm

  The state human rights body has hired a lawyer to review the case of a girl whose mother sought her divorce from an 80-year-old man.

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  NYT: Escapes

• An Inn Is an Oasis From Environmental Affronts

  By SARA RIMER

  5 Feb 2010 | 7:05 pm

  The Topia Inn in the Berkshires is a laboratory of sustainability with an artsy vibe.

• Breaking Ground: The Estates at Keswick Hall

  By NICK KAYE

  4 Feb 2010 | 10:50 pm

  A resort community with new design options, in Keswick, Va.

• Seeking Your Inner Federer, if the Muscles (Groan!) Allow

  By HARVEY ARATON

  4 Feb 2010 | 10:22 pm

  Why do some baby boomers subject themselves to adult tennis camp? Because they still can.

• Gettin’ a Glow On in Mercer’s Savannah

  By JAY ATKINSON

  4 Feb 2010 | 9:27 pm

  In his cadences and sensibility, the singer and songwriter Johnny Mercer never really departed from the quaint, colloquial melodic influences of his home city in Georgia.

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  NYT: Week in Review

• After Summer Olympics, Empty Shells in Beijing

  By MICHAEL WINES

  7 Feb 2010 | 6:40 am

  The spectacular stadiums built for the 2008 Olympics now stand empty. What this says about China.

• The Riddle of Consciousness

  By BENEDICT CAREY

  6 Feb 2010 | 8:20 pm

  Patients in a “vegetative” state showed some bright blips on brain scans, but there’s still no real answer to what’s behind blank eyes.

• Paragon Envy: Oh, What a Feeling: Watching Toyota Flunk for Once

  By DAVID SEGAL

  6 Feb 2010 | 7:34 pm

  After years of leading the class, Toyota has finally slipped up. Please excuse America while it gloats.

• Apolitics and the War Film

  By A. O. SCOTT

  6 Feb 2010 | 3:00 pm

  The director of “The Hurt Locker” stakes a claim on neutrality. Given the agony of our current involvements, it is easy to see why.

• The Debtor the World Still Bets On

  By DAVID E. SANGER

  6 Feb 2010 | 12:50 pm

  Why — despite projections of huge American deficits — the debt of the United States remains the gold standard of creditworthiness by which all nations are compared.

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  NYT: Sports

• Riding a Hurricane, Peterson Finds a Safe Landing

  By BILL PENNINGTON

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:35 am

  The freestyle aerialist Jeret Peterson found his way back into the air by taking time to find a firm footing for his personal life.

• Leading Off: Vancouver’s Warm Welcome

  By LYNN ZINSER

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:59 am

  Snow and winter are in short supply as Olympians arrive for the Winter Games.

• TV Sports: Super Bowl Dethrones ‘M*A*S*H’ as Most-Watched Show in U.S. History

  By RICHARD SANDOMIR

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:33 am

  Sunday’s Super Bowl eclipsed the final episode of “M*A*S*H” to become the most watched television show in U.S. history.

• Thirty Knots, With the Wind at Your Wings

  By HENRY FOUNTAIN

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:48 am

  The sailboats competing in the America’s Cup are the fastest ever built but about as delicate as a house of cards.

• After the Parade, Saints Face Many Decisions

  By JUDY BATTISTA

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:48 am

  The Super Bowl champion Saints have 29 free agents — 11 of them unrestricted — heading into next season.

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  NYT: College Basketball

• Bob Knight Named Trine University's Grad Speaker

  By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:20 am

  ANGOLA, Ind. (AP) -- Former Indiana basketball coach Bob Knight will return to the state this spring to be the commencement speaker at Trine University.

• N.C.A.A. Fails to Stop Licensing Lawsuit

  By PETE THAMEL

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:08 pm

  A district court judge denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit headed by Ed O’Bannon and arguing that athletes should be compensated when their images are used.

• South Carolina State Defeats Howard 77-64

  By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:40 pm

  ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) -- Arsenio Williams tallied his first career double-double with 11 points and 14 rebounds to help South Carolina State defeat Howard 77-64 on Monday night.

• College Basketball Roundup: Early Run by Kansas Keeps Texas in a Tailspin

  By THAYER EVANS

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:53 pm

  Marcus Morris scored 18 points to lead No. 1 Kansas to an impressive victory on the road against No. 14 Texas.

• Top-Ranked Kansas Stifles Sinking Texas 80-68

  By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:10 pm

  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Marcus Morris scored 18 points to lead No. 1 Kansas to an 80-68 victory over No. 14 Texas on Monday night and the Jayhawks easily handled an opponent that a few weeks ago was supposed to challenge them for the Big 12 title.

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  NYT: College Football

• N.C.A.A. Fails to Stop Licensing Lawsuit

  By PETE THAMEL

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:08 pm

  A district court judge denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit headed by Ed O’Bannon and arguing that athletes should be compensated when their images are used.

• Advertising: An Advocacy Ad Elevates Interest in All the Ads

  By STUART ELLIOTT

  5 Feb 2010 | 9:37 am

  The spot, featuring the college football star Tim Tebow and his mother, Pam, has been the subject of one of the most intense tugs of war over an ad in many years.

• Nation’s Top Recruit Commits to U.S.C., Then Thinks Again

  By THAYER EVANS

  3 Feb 2010 | 10:30 pm

  Seantrel Henderson, a 6-foot-8, 340-pound left tackle from Cretin-Derham Hall in St. Paul, is waiting to sign a letter of intent until the Trojans hear about possible N.C.A.A. sanctions.

• Experience in Sports Optional for New Leaders

  By KATIE THOMAS

  1 Feb 2010 | 11:18 pm

  The position of athletic director, once the realm of former coaches, is increasingly being populated by executives with little experience in college sports, but a mind for business.

• Forever Linked by One Play

  By JOHN BRANCH

  1 Feb 2010 | 12:15 pm

  Thirty-seven years after Duke quarterback Mark Johnson leveled Jim Santa, a Maryland linebacker, the two reconnected.

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  NYT: Golf

• McIlroy Has Sore Back, Will Play Match Play

  By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:20 am

  LONDON (AP) -- Rory McIlroy has stretched ligaments in his lower back, although it is not expected to affect his play or keep him from the Match Play Championship next week in Arizona.

• In a Young Season, It’s Younger Players Who Are Standing Out

  By LARRY DORMAN

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:15 pm

  Golf’s youth movement has broken the surface during the PGA Tour’s California swing and is showing staying power.

• Victory at Riviera Moves Stricker to No. 2 in World

  By LARRY DORMAN

  7 Feb 2010 | 11:23 pm

  Steve Stricker shot a one-under 70 for a two-shot victory over Luke Donald in the Northern Trust Open.

• Verplank, Na Play Themselves Into Match Play

  By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  7 Feb 2010 | 5:50 pm

  LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Ross McGowan of England might get the final spot in the 64-man Match Play Championship, but only if Tiger Woods doesn't return from his indefinite break.

• Stricker Wins at Riviera, Goes to No. 2 in World

  By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  7 Feb 2010 | 5:20 pm

  LOS ANGELES (AP) -- In a tournament everyone expected him to win, Steve Stricker was trying not to lose.

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  NYT: Hockey

• Ducks Snap Kings' Nine-Game Winning Streak

  By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:30 am

  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Although the longest winning streak in the Los Angeles Kings' history finally was stopped by their closest rivals, they hope the momentum from that confidence-building run will extend all the way into the spring.

• NHL Standings

  By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:10 am

  All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division.

• N.H.L. Roundup: Flyers Rally From 2-0 Deficit to Beat Devils

  By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:25 pm

  Mike Richards scored the go-ahead goal with less than eight minutes left in the third period, leading the Philadelphia Flyers to a 3-2 victory over the visiting Devils.

• Ducks' Getzlaf Sprains Left Ankle

  By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:30 pm

  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Ducks center Ryan Getzlaf sprained his left ankle during the second period of Anaheim's game against the Los Angeles Kings on Monday night.

• Stewart, Yip Lead Avalanche Over Blues 5-2

  By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:00 pm

  DENVER (AP) -- Brandon Yip scored two goals, Chris Stewart had a goal and two assists and the Colorado Avalanche beat the St. Louis Blues 5-2 on Monday night.

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  NYT: More Sports

• Riding a Hurricane, Peterson Finds a Safe Landing

  By BILL PENNINGTON

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:35 am

  The freestyle aerialist Jeret Peterson found his way back into the air by taking time to find a firm footing for his personal life.

• Leading Off: Vancouver’s Warm Welcome

  By LYNN ZINSER

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:59 am

  Snow and winter are in short supply as Olympians arrive for the Winter Games.

• TV Sports: Super Bowl Dethrones ‘M*A*S*H’ as Most-Watched Show in U.S. History

  By RICHARD SANDOMIR

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:33 am

  Sunday’s Super Bowl eclipsed the final episode of “M*A*S*H” to become the most watched television show in U.S. history.

• Thirty Knots, With the Wind at Your Wings

  By HENRY FOUNTAIN

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:48 am

  The sailboats competing in the America’s Cup are the fastest ever built but about as delicate as a house of cards.

• After the Parade, Saints Face Many Decisions

  By JUDY BATTISTA

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:48 am

  The Super Bowl champion Saints have 29 free agents — 11 of them unrestricted — heading into next season.

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  NYT: Baseball

• Baseball Roundup: Aparicio Lets White Sox Unretire His No. 11 So Vizquel Can Wear It in Tribute

  By BEN SHPIGEL

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:26 pm

  For Omar Vizquel, the opportunity to be linked on his new team with the Venezuelan Hall of Famer Luis Aparicio was the most alluring.

• Chicago News Cooperative | Sports: With Daughter’s Struggle, a New Role for Dempster

  By DAN McGRATH

  4 Feb 2010 | 10:43 pm

• Sports Business: A Manufacturer’s Debt to Haiti

  By RICHARD SANDOMIR

  3 Feb 2010 | 10:35 pm

  Two decades after it stopped making baseballs in Haiti, the sporting goods manufacturer Rawlings could help the devastated nation by reopening its assembly plant.

• Pinstriped Emissaries Seek Fans in China

  By XIYUN YANG

  3 Feb 2010 | 10:34 pm

  The Yankees took the World Series trophy to Beijing as part of baseball’s effort to develop fans in China.

• Reliever Putz Faults Mets’ Handling of His Elbow Injury

  By BEN SHPIGEL

  1 Feb 2010 | 11:08 pm

  J. J. Putz, now with the Chicago White Sox, said that he “never really had a physical with the Mets last season,” when he pitched poorly in 29 games and had surgery.

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  NYT: Pro Basketball

• Shock May Make Move Without 2 All-Stars

  By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:10 am

  TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- One of the last things the Detroit Shock did before they moved to Oklahoma was announce that All-Stars Deanna Nolan and Katie Smith had agreed to contract extensions.

• Lakers Down Spurs For Second Win Without Kobe

  By REUTERS

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:31 am

  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Los Angeles Lakers pulled together to win their second straight contest without Kobe Bryant with a 101-89 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Monday.

• Analysis: Dueling Priorities as the Knicks Rebuild

  By HOWARD BECK

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:10 am

  The Knicks’ present is gloomy, their future uncertain, and their short- and long-term goals in clear conflict. Call it an unfortunate but necessary side effect of rebuilding.

• NBA Standings

  By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:10 am

  All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division.

• Bryant Unsure About Playing in All-Star Game

  By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:40 pm

  LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Kobe Bryant isn't sure if he'll play in this weekend's NBA All-Star game in Dallas because of his sore left ankle.

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  NYT: Pro Football

• TV Sports: Super Bowl Dethrones ‘M*A*S*H’ as Most-Watched Show in U.S. History

  By RICHARD SANDOMIR

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:33 am

  Sunday’s Super Bowl eclipsed the final episode of “M*A*S*H” to become the most watched television show in U.S. history.

• Advertising: Do-It-Yourself Super Ads

  By STUART ELLIOTT

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:36 am

  Some of the most-talked-about ads during the Super Bowl broadcast were those created or suggested by consumers, not advertising agencies.

• After the Parade, Saints Face Many Decisions

  By JUDY BATTISTA

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:48 am

  The Super Bowl champion Saints have 29 free agents — 11 of them unrestricted — heading into next season.

• Peppers Doesn't Want Long-Term Deal With Panthers

  By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:00 am

  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Julius Peppers no longer wants a long-term contract with Carolina, saying the Panthers have ignored him this offseason.

• For New Orleans, Victory Is About More Than Football

  By REUTERS

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:41 am

  NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - To many residents of this storm-battered city, the New Orleans Saints carried more than a trophy when they came home on Monday after winning the first Super Bowl in their 42-year history.

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  NYT: Soccer

• Global Soccer: Two Returning Stars Find a Warm Welcome

  By ROB HUGHES

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:15 am

  Robinho and Roberto Carlos both shone as they played again in Brazil. These are significant homecomings. Brazilian fans deserve to see their fine performers in the flesh,

• Goal: In Midst of Recession, Bundesliga Thrives

  By JACK BELL

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:11 am

  The German Bundesliga wants the world to know that even in these trying economic times, it is solvent — a soccer island in that exudes diligence, growth and smart management.

• SOCCER: As AC Milan Sputters, Inter Able to Pad Its Lead

  By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:53 pm

  A 3-0 victory extended Inter's lead at the top of the Serie A table to 10 points after second-place AC Milan could only draw 0-0.

• Global Soccer: Vicious Fouls Bring Shame Upon Players

  By ROB HUGHES

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:27 am

  Dirty play, rather than just dubious morals, is a problem in the soccer millionaires' playground.

• Erica Woda’s Tenacity Helps to Get Children Off the Couch

  By CHUCK CULPEPPER

  7 Feb 2010 | 11:08 pm

  Erica Woda has willed to life the nascent program Level the Field, which brings sixth graders from a Washington Heights school into the mentorship of Columbia University athletes.

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  NYT: Jim Dwyer

• Toast of the Bronx Will Soon Be Toast

  6 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Within several months, Old London Foods will move its Melba toast bakery to North Carolina, and more than 200 well-paid jobs will vanish.

• Ethics Lapse? Welcome Aboard!

  2 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Maura Keaney’s appointment to an Education Department job is a bracing moment, even for people who have already seen the mayor stashing his former campaign workers on the city payroll.

• Judge, I’m Telling You, the Car Was Grandma’s

  30 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  At the Traffic Violations Bureau for Brooklyn North, a machine that prints money for the state, all of reality is a contraption.

• When a Grecian Urn Takes a Step Onto the Cosmic Banana Peel

  26 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Stumbling into and ripping a Picasso canvas is bad. But far more horrifying to art lovers is the story involving a De Chirico and a wrecking ball.

• Annoying a Politician and Ending Up in Cuffs

  23 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  The arrest of a man who defaced a campaign poster of a Staten Island official isn’t the first case of police there colliding with political dissent.

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  NYT: Susan Dominus

• Seeing How Far $100 Can Go

  7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  A Brooklyn writer is celebrating four years of giving her friends cash and asking them to find ways to donate.

• A Brooklyn Bar and Haven Teeters on the Edge of Extinction

  22 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  The Starlite Lounge, a hot spot that has been a quiet part of Brooklyn’s gay history since 1970, may be forced to close by the building’s management.

• What Lessons Those Carrots Are Teaching

  18 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Students being given cash rewards for academic achievements may result in another generation overloaded with people whose only ambition is money.

• A Facebook Movement, Against Mom and Dad

  15 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  A 15-year-old from Queens is seeking online support to protest her punishment for drinking at a party.

• Jobless, Homeless, and Now Known With a Sad Distinction

  11 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Luis Reyes died when 2010 was just a few days old, succumbing to the cold while seeking shelter in a run-down house on Staten Island.

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  NYT: Paul Krugman

• America Is Not Yet Lost

  7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  The way the Senate works is no longer consistent with a functioning government, and senators should change the rules to end obstructionism.

• Fiscal Scare Tactics

  4 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Fear-mongering on the deficit as part of the Republican political strategy could end up doing as much harm as the fear-mongering on weapons of mass destruction.

• Good and Boring

  31 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  We can learn from Canada’s regulatory habit of limiting the risk and leverage banks can accept, which helped protect that country from recessionary fallout.

• March of the Peacocks

  28 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Our budget problems won’t be solved with gimmicks like a temporary freeze in nondefense discretionary spending.

• The Bernanke Conundrum

  24 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Ben Bernanke should be reappointed as chairman of the Federal Reserve only because rejecting him could make the Fed’s policies worse.

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  NYT: Thomas L. Friedman

• Postcard From Yemen

  6 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Sana is not Kabul, and Yemen is not Afghanistan not yet. Yemenis have the resources to save themselves, but they need to be mobilized by better governance.

• When Economics Meets Politics

  2 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  The world needs 2010 to be a quiet year, but that will require our global problems to be defused with win-win compromises rather than win-lose confrontations.

• Never Heard That Before

  30 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  The two parties must work together to remove the pall of uncertainty the international community is feeling about our country’s political stability.

• Adults Only, Please

  26 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Are we home alone? If our elites do not behave with a greater sense of the common good, we could find our economy doing a double dip with a back flip.

• More (Steve) Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

  23 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  We need to start an Innovation Movement to create good jobs by spawning more Steve Jobs entrepreneurs who will invent new products and services.

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  NYT: Dan Barry

• In a Company’s Hometown, the Emptiness Echoes

  24 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  The reasons for a cash register manufacturer’s decision to leave Ohio after 125 years ring hollow in Dayton.

• THE YEAR IN PICTURES 2009; VII. Victories

  26 Dec 2009 | 9:00 pm

  The ballplayer is forever airborne, cleats sprung from the ground, right hand raised in triumph:Mark Teixeira of the New York Yankees, spare seconds after the team won the 2009 World Series. Not everyone likes the Yankees. But this freeze-frame moment of yes reminds us that in a year defined by loss and hardship, victories were still achieved, often on stages small and unexpected.

• From New Deal to New Hard Times, Eleanor Endures

  24 Dec 2009 | 9:00 pm

  For the town of Eleanor, which took its name from the first lady of the New Deal, government action still works.

• Dry Coffers Can Mean That Fires Burn Longer

  17 Dec 2009 | 9:00 pm

  The budget-challenged city of Sacramento has instituted rolling brownouts at fire stations to save money, at the risk of precious seconds during fires.

• In Prison, Playing Just to Kill Time and Just Maybe to Help Solve a Murder

  15 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  With every hand dealt in a prison courtyard, players see a kaleidoscope of names and pictures of victims of unsolved crimes.

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  NYT: David Carr

• Plentiful Content, So Cheap

  7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Demand Media pays $15 to $20 on average for an article -- videos are about $30 -- but the company has no trouble finding steady contributors.

• To Deliver, iPad Needs Media Deals

  31 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  The iPad is a device for consuming media, not creating it. So are the media providers ready to do business?

• Conjuring Up the Latest Buzz, Without a Word

  24 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Apple has said not a word about what it will introduce this week, and yet reporting about an expected tablet has gone on for months.

• THE MEDIA EQUATION; It's Not Jay Or Conan. It's Us.

  17 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  The other night, my daughter and I watched Jay Leno, talking about him and his soon-to-be-canceled show. We took in Conan O'Brien as well, dissecting the inside jokes and the implications of his walking away from ''The Tonight Show.'' As they did their thing, we talked about their performing styles, demographic appeal and remarkable hair. But even though the late-night fratricide has resulted in some must-see moments, I should point out that we were nowhere near a television. We were at the kit...

• In Leno Fiasco, a Window to the Midlife Crisis of NBC

  10 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Not since New Coke has a storied brand been so thoroughly maimed, and the situation suggests that networks mess with viewing habits at their peril.

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  NYT: Andrew Ross Sorkin

• Shareholders Deciding a Dividend

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  The dividend, which private equity firms routinely paid to themselves until the economy turned against them, is back.

• DEALBOOK; Bankers At Davos Seek Unity

  1 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  The breakthrough did not come until early Saturday morning at a closed-door meeting here in the Swiss Alps.

• Still Needed: A Sheriff of Finance

  25 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Efforts to rein in the world financial system will be no better than parochial without a global authority.

• A.I.G. Unit May Be Sold to MetLife

  19 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  The deal, if it goes through, would help pay off $9 billion of A.I.G.’s rescue debt to the government.

• Kraft Is Said to Reach Deal for Cadbury

  18 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Kraft tentatively agreed to pay about $19 billion in cash and stock for the confectioner, people briefed on the matter said on Monday.

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  NYT: David Leonhardt

• ECONOMIC SCENE; Centrist, And Yet Not Unified

  19 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  So what should happen with health reform now? The stunning victory of Scott Brown, the Massachusetts Republican who will have Ted Kennedy's old Senate seat, suggests that public opinion has turned against the proposal. It's hard to know exactly how Democrats will respond. But given the sudden uncertainty over health reform's fate, this does seem to be an important time to boil down its substance.

• SPENDING ON HEALTH; A $2.3 Trillion Bill

  13 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  The federal government released its latest estimates of health spending last week, and they allow for some telling comparisons. In 2008, the United States spent $2.3 trillion on medical care, or 16.2 percent of gross domestic product and $7,681 per person. Of this $2.3 trillion, the federal government spent $817 billion, while state and local governments spent $290 billion. The tax exclusion for employer-provided health insurance amounted to about $250 billion in lost federal revenue -- which i...

• Lack of Medicare Chief Is a Strike Against Reform

  12 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  President Obama has not chosen anyone to lead Medicare, but the chief would oversee big parts of the health reform.

• Fed Missed This Bubble. Will It See a New One?

  5 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  A lack of explanation for why the Fed failed to recognize the economic bubble is the weak link in its push for power.

• Health Cuts With Little Effect on Care

  29 Dec 2009 | 9:00 pm

  In Richmond, Va., where hospital beds are fewer, health care looks like the rest of the country’s, but cheaper.

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  NYT: David Pogue

• Why We Make Home Videos

  3 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  As you may be aware, we’re about to enter a whole new era of data rot, one of the biggest and most personal of all: consumer videotape is going away.

• Best Cameras for $300 or Less

  3 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  An experiment begun in 2001 continues: Which camera offers the most bang for relatively few bucks?

• Packing a Series of Pluses

  20 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  New versions of the Pre and Pixi can become personal Wi-Fi hot spots, at a price, of course.

• Want It or Not, TV Goes 3-D

  13 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  At the Consumer Electronics Show, some companies proclaim the coming of 3-D television whether you want it or not.

• Google Shakes but Doesn’t Upend the Cellphone Market

  5 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  The Nexus One has cool features and clunky ones, but in the end, we should root for the success of the Google Store.

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  NYT: Ron Lieber

• The Odds of a Disability Are Themselves Odd

  5 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  The disability insurance industry would love for you to buy a policy and has the scary numbers to sway you.

• The Unloved Annuity Gets a Hug From Obama

  29 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  With many employers pulling back from traditional pensions, the Obama administration said Americans should consider annuities.

• Free Checking Could Go the Way of Free Toasters

  22 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Overdraft fees had helped to subsidize free checking, but as those fees begin to fall, free checking may disappear.

• The Damage of Card Rewards

  8 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Fees that merchants build to cover rewards programs lead to higher prices, which are passed on to poorer consumers.

• Hotel Review: The Inn @ St. Botolph in Boston

  2 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  With suites that are reasonably large and plenty stylish, the best thing about the hotel is that it’s not hotel-y.

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  NYT: Gretchen Morgenson

• This Crisis Won’t Stop Moving

  6 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Investors should prepare for more market gyrations as painful deleveraging continues around the globe.

• Testy Conflict With Goldman Helped Push A.I.G. to Edge

  6 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  The bank’s demands for billions of dollars from the insurer bled it of cash, which the government later provided.

• All Those Little Stuyvesant Towns

  30 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  When credit was easy, many companies borrowed heavily to buy apartments in Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx. Now some of these deals may be in trouble.

• Two at Fed Had Doubts Over Payout by A.I.G.

  26 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  After rescuing the American International Group with a loan, federal officials rejected forcing trading partners to return $30 billion they had received from A.I.G.

• Resetting the Moral Compass

  23 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  President Obama’s plan wouldn’t prevent every bad bet on Wall Street, but it would remind banks of whose money they are gambling.

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  NYT: Editorial Columnists

• The House of Tranquillity

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Barack Obama and Joe Biden once had a Felix and Oscar air about them. But in recent months, Obama has found a way to use Biden’s skills, while Biden has found ways to be of use.

• The World’s Watchmaker

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  China has America about where it wants it. You can make your own calculation of President Obama’s leverage over Beijing and it’s heading south.

• The Worst of the Pain

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Those in the lower-income groups are in a much, much deeper hole than the general commentary on the recession would lead people to believe.

• America Is Not Yet Lost

  7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  The way the Senate works is no longer consistent with a functioning government, and senators should change the rules to end obstructionism.

• The Dream of Zero

  7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Linking the antiproliferation agenda to the dream of universal nuclear abolition, as President Obama seems intent on doing, is a naïve approach to a very difficult problem.

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  NYT: Charles M. Blow

• Obama Gets His Groove Back

  5 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  President Obama’s new sense of vigor comes as a welcome reprieve from a year in which he toddled about as if someone had slipped him an Ambien.

• Lost in Translation

  29 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  The president has yet to realize that people want clear goals, clearly defined and clearly (and concisely) conveyed.

• Mobs Rule

  22 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  It seems as if Obama and the Democrats made the mistake of believing that a heart once won was forever won. They were wrong. The mob is fickle.

• Lady BlahBlah

  15 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Sarah Palin’s decision to become a contributor to Fox News is a shrewd one. Touché, Barracuda.

• G.O.P. Grief and Grieving

  8 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Are the battles among establishment Republicans and the tea party folks the desperate thrashings of a dying movement or the labor pains of a new one?

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  NYT: David Brooks

• The House of Tranquillity

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Barack Obama and Joe Biden once had a Felix and Oscar air about them. But in recent months, Obama has found a way to use Biden’s skills, while Biden has found ways to be of use.

• The Sporting Mind

  4 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Big-time college sports, though absurd, have some virtues.

• The Geezers’ Crusade

  1 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  It now seems clear that the only way the U.S. is going to avoid an economic crisis is if the older generation takes it upon themselves to arise and force change.

• The Perot Option

  28 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Advisers to the president should remind him that though he may not be a billionaire with a huge ego, he has self-esteem and should use it.

• The Populist Addiction

  25 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Populists of both parties can’t seem to grasp that a politics based on punishing the elites won’t produce any of the things required for progress and growth.

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  NYT: Roger Cohen

• The World’s Watchmaker

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  China has America about where it wants it. You can make your own calculation of President Obama’s leverage over Beijing and it’s heading south.

• Dog Days in China

  4 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  There's nothing rational in the view that it's weird of the Chinese to eat dog. After all, in the West pet "micro pigs" are becoming fashionable.

• Obama’s Halfway House

  1 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  President Obama’s gut tells him the world demands new policies, but Washington politics keep him stuck in the conventional.

• Exit America

  28 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  The rise of China appears to be unstoppable, but let's try imagining a world in which Beijing no longer freeloads on a declining United States.

• A Woman Burns

  25 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  In China, reforms to real estate law are needed to bring development and individual rights into some balance and slow the fast-money corruption machine.

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  NYT: Gail Collins

• No Holds Barred

  5 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  There is a stupendous lack of real enthusiasm in the Senate for doing anything as dramatic as eliminating senators’ right to stop things.

• Florida, We Have a Problem

  3 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Cutting a federal program is next to impossible because there’s usually somebody who cares much more about keeping it than the White House does about making it go away.

• Illinois’s Daddy Problem

  31 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Illinois voters go to the polls Tuesday for primaries in which every candidate is looking to run as an outsider, regardless of family ties.

• Another Inconvenient Truth

  29 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  The Bloomberg rebellion against holding a terror trial in Lower Manhattan fits right into the sour, us-first mood that’s settled over the country.

• United We Rant

  27 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Seldom has a presidential address been delivered when so many Americans are so angry for so many different reasons.

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  NYT: Maureen Dowd

• A Scrubbed Toe in the Race

  6 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Harold Ford Jr., the transplant with the Tennessee driver’s license who was raised in Washington, D.C., professes that he loves, loves, loves, loves New York.

• Defending the Long Gay Line

  2 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  How many pragmatists does it take to change a law that asks soldiers who live by a code of honor to lie about who they are?

• Camus Fired Up

  30 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  For a moment in time, at the Q. and A. with the president at the annual retreat of House Republicans, each side realized that the other had something to say.

• Bringing Sexy Back

  26 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  President Obama’s Oneness has been one-upped. Everyone in Washington now wants to touch the hem of President-elect Scott Brown.

• The Naked and the Dead

  23 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has a new understanding of the rhythm of American politics and why leaders have struggled in their attempts at big changes.

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  NYT: Bob Herbert

• The Worst of the Pain

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Those in the lower-income groups are in a much, much deeper hole than the general commentary on the recession would lead people to believe.

• Time Is Running Out

  5 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Rescuing the U.S. economy will require a commitment, and undoubtedly sacrifices, that need to start now.

• Jim Crow Policing

  1 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  The fact that a certain percentage of crimes are committed by Hispanics or blacks is no reason for the police to increasingly harass individuals from those groups.

• A Radical Treasure

  29 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Think of what this country would be like if Howard Zinn and others like him never bothered to fight for what they believed in.

• Obama’s Credibility Gap

  25 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  President Obama is in danger of being perceived as someone whose skillful rhetoric cannot always be trusted, and Americans want to know what he stands for.

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  NYT: Nicholas D. Kristof

• The World Capital of Killing

  6 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Congo has become the world capital of rape, torture and mutilation in ways that sear the survivors of a war that appears to have claimed more lives than the Holocaust.

• From ‘Oprah’ to Building a Sisterhood in Congo

  3 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  In a land where so many “responsible” leaders eschew responsibility, an American has gone out of her way to assume responsibility and try to make a difference.

• Orphaned, Raped and Ignored

  30 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  The civil war in eastern Congo has claimed at least 30 times as many lives as the Haiti earthquake, yet no humanitarian crisis generates so little attention.

• Kids in Crisis (Behind Bars)

  27 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  A good starting point to rehabilitate young offenders is to stop the criminal abuse many of them endure in correctional facilities.

• What Could You Live Without?

  23 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  One family found that selling their home and donating half the proceeds to charity made a difference for themselves as much as the people they helped.

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  NYT: Frank Rich

• Smoke the Bigots Out of the Closet

  6 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  After Adm. Mike Mullen called for gay men and lesbians to serve openly in the military, a curious silence befell the right.

• The State of the Union Is Comatose

  30 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  The dysfunctional Congress needs shock therapy, not a talking cure from a president with large legislative majorities and powerful strings to pull.

• After the Massachusetts Massacre

  23 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Neither in action nor in message is Barack Obama in front of the anger roiling the country over the dysfunctional economy and corrupt business culture.

• OP-ED COLUMNIST; The Great Tea Party Rip-Off

  16 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Even given the low bar set by America's bogus conversations about race, the short-lived Harry Reid fracas was a most peculiar nonevent. For all the hyperventilation in cable news land, this supposed racial brawl didn't seem to generate any controversy whatsoever in what is known as the real world. Eugene Robinson, the liberal black columnist at The Washington Post, wrote that he was ''neither shocked nor outraged'' at Reid's less-than-articulate observation that Barack Obama benefited political...

• The Other Plot to Wreck America

  9 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  The financial crash precipitated by the failure of Lehman Brothers was the banking industry’s 9/11. Without reform, another massive attack on our economic security is guaranteed.

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  NYT: Obituaries

• K. Skubiszewski, Polish Minister, Dies at 83

  By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:18 pm

  Mr. Skubiszewski, Poland’s first foreign minister after Communism, helped the country chart a pro-Western course.

• John P. Murtha, War Critic in Congress, Dies at 77

  By DAVID STOUT

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:17 pm

  Mr. Murtha served 36 years in Congress, and was alternately respected and feared by colleagues.

• Margaret Dale, Director of Dance for the BBC, Dies at 87

  By ALASTAIR MACAULAY

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:51 pm

  Ms. Dale was an illustrious dancer who went on to become an important producer and director of dance for British television.

• Geoffrey Burbidge, Who Traced Life to Stardust, Is Dead at 84

  By DENNIS OVERBYE

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:57 pm

  Dr. Burbidge was one of the last giants of the postwar era of astronomy, when big telescopes revealed a universe more diverse and violent than anybody had dreamed.

• David V. Becker, Expert on Thyroid Disease, Is Dead at 86

  By MATTHEW L. WALD

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:25 am

  Dr. Becker was a pioneer in using radioactive materials to diagnose and treat thyroid disease and an expert on the thyroid damage caused by the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident.

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  NYT: ArtsBeat

• Air Force Reserve Responds to White Stripes

  By DAVE ITZKOFF

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:50 am

  In a statement, the Air Force Reserve said, "There was never any intention to utilize any existing music or to sound like any music by the band White Stripes or any other musical performer."

• White House Reschedules Concert to Beat the Snow

  By THE NEW YORK TIMES

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:49 am

  With another round of wintry weather threatening Washington, the White House announced that it would hold a concert featuring Bob Dylan, Smokey Robinson, Joan Baez and Jennifer Hudson on Tuesday night instead of Wednesday night.

• Indie Distributor New Yorker Films Gets a Second Reel

  By DAVE ITZKOFF

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:23 am

  The company's catalog of more than 400 foreign and independent titles, including works by Jean-Luc Godard, Bernardo Bertolucci, Federico Fellini and Akira Kurosawa, has a new owner.

• Salzburg Easter Festival Roiled by Financial Scandal

  By DAVE ITZKOFF

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:08 am

  State prosecutors are investigating eight people involved with the festival on suspicion of deception and embezzlement

• Clock Is Ticking on Possible '24' Movie

  By DAVE ITZKOFF

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:21 am

  The motion-picture division of 20th Century Fox is preparing a movie-length adventure for Jack Bauer, the secret agent on "24" whose world-saving exploits always take exactly one day to unfold.

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  NYT: At War

• Chuck Norris and Henry V in Port-a-Johns. With Armored Penguins.

  By WESLEY MORGAN

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:53 am

  Chuck Norris killed Zarqawi.

• A Well-Written War

  By THE NEW YORK TIMES

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:45 am

  A new group of soldier-writers explore the futility of war - but wars that they for the most part support.

• Video: A Front-Seat View of the Highway

  By STEPHEN FARRELL

  7 Feb 2010 | 5:58 pm

  Driving through Afghanistan's Pashtun heartland - a front seat view.

• Iraqis: Adjusting to America, or Not

  By SAHAR S. GABRIEL

  5 Feb 2010 | 11:49 am

  My Iraqi aunt makes faces when we order pizza, and calls it tasteless bread.

• Bring Back the Draft

  By MICHAEL R. GORDON

  4 Feb 2010 | 5:00 pm

  The all-volunteer military has placed an enormous burden for the fight in Iraq and Afghanistan upon the shoulders of a tiny sliver of the American population.

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  NYT: Bats

• Piniella Says He Forgives McGwire

  By JOE BRESCIA

  7 Feb 2010 | 9:07 pm

  Lou Piniella, among those honored at the 30th annual Thurman Munson Awards dinner, spoke of the Cardinals' new hitting coach, Mark McGwire.

• More Ways to Torture Mets Fans

  By KEN BELSON

  4 Feb 2010 | 8:17 pm

  The 2010 team calendar highlights many events that most Mets fans would like to forget.

• A Name Change in Brooklyn

  By RICHARD SANDOMIR

  4 Feb 2010 | 4:27 pm

  The Cyclones take a more local approach to the naming rights for their park.

• Phillips to Appear on 'Today'

  By RICHARD SANDOMIR

  4 Feb 2010 | 4:19 pm

  The former ESPN analyst and Mets general manager takes his first steps as he attempts a comeback.

• Mays Found Creative Ways to Avoid Ejection

  By BRUCE WEBER

  30 Jan 2010 | 1:44 pm

  Willie Mays is the subject of new biography, this first for which he has cooperated with the author. In a recent interview, many stories of his life came out, too many than could fit in an article about the book, including one about his relations with umpires.

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  NYT: Bitten

• Off of Antarctica

  By MARK BITTMAN

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 am

  Near Antarctica, the days are long, but the sun is largely absent, and the weather rarely warms up - when it goes over 60, it's cause for celebration. No gardens here.

• Layering On a New Flavor

  By EDWARD SCHNEIDER

  4 Feb 2010 | 1:05 pm

  For lasagne, hold the ricotta and béchamel, and try celery root instead.

• Super Bowl Snacks

  By MARK BITTMAN

  3 Feb 2010 | 9:15 am

  For a Super Bowl party, recipes for scallop gumbo and jambalaya.

• Banning Junk Food in Public Schools

  By MARK BITTMAN

  2 Feb 2010 | 8:20 am

  Jill Richardson notes some encouraging school lunch news from Massachusetts.

• Featured Recipe: Coconut-Braised Beef

  By MARK BITTMAN

  1 Feb 2010 | 9:13 am

  When it is braised, chuck becomes the most tender of meats, as in this version of Malaysian rendang, in which browned beef chunks are simmered in coconut milk until tender.

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  NYT: The Caucus

• Obama Urges Setting Aside 'Petty Politics'

  By JEFF ZELENY and HELENE COOPER

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:00 am

  The president stopped into the White House briefing room to talk about his meetings with leaders of both parties.

• Senate's Vote on Labor Nominee

  By KATE PHILLIPS

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:46 am

  Craig Becker, a well-known counsel to unions, runs into a flurry of opposition over his nomination to the National Labor Relations Board.

• Michelle Obama Leads Campaign Against Obesity

  By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:33 am

  The first lady takes on an initiative to reduce the weight of young people.

• The Early Word: More Snow?

  By BERNIE BECKER

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:42 am

  The weather continues to wreak a little havoc in Washington.

• Republican Senator Lifts Some Holds on Obama Nominees

  By KATE PHILLIPS

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:33 pm

  Senator Richard Shelby from Alabama still insists that the administration needs to address new projects.

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  NYT: The Choice

• You Got Deferred. Now What?

  By JACQUES STEINBERG

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:19 am

  Two veteran admissions officers provide advice on how to follow up in February with a college that might have deferred your application in December.

• Looking for Lessons in Others' Rejection Letters

  By CAREN OSTEN GERSZBERG

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:45 am

  A mother is troubled by the surprising college rejections of well-qualified applicants.

• Colleges Where Men Are in Short Supply

  By JACK KADDEN

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:43 pm

  A look at the social life on campuses where women outnumber men.

• An Approach That Draws Students Into the College World

  By JACK KADDEN

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:12 am

  A look at early college high schools, which are growing in numbers across the nation.

• A University President Advocates Tweaking Tenure

  By JACQUES STEINBERG

  5 Feb 2010 | 10:49 am

  The highest-paid public university president in the country asks whether the path to tenure for some professors might be eased.

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  NYT: City Room

• Digital Chirps in Subway Tunnels

  By J. DAVID GOODMAN

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:05 am

  The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's tweets are timely even, and sometimes especially, when its trains aren't.

• A Teacher Terror Alert Phenomenon?

  By SHARON OTTERMAN

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:27 am

  Every time there is something that could be construed as bad news for the city's Department of Education, the head of the teachers' union says, someone, somewhere leaks a story about teacher misconduct.

• Schools Closed Tomorrow

  By LIZ ROBBINS

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:55 am

  The day before a blizzard is expected, the city announced that schools would be closed Wednesday.

• A Smoothie That Hits the Spot

  By ANDREW ADAM NEWMAN

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:44 am

  Xoom, a smoothie shop in the East Village, offers a "paw shake," which blends peanut butter, oat bran, bananas and water, and is served in a bowl, a dog biscuit on the bottom.

• Pipe Fitters, Yes. Statesmen, Too.

  By ANDY NEWMAN

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:00 am

  Also in the Morning Buzz: the governor's veto of an ethics bill survives an override attempt; a Bronx block patrolled by feral chickens; and more regional news.

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  NYT: Diner's Journal

• Michelle Obama Announces Anti-Obesity Drive

  By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:41 am

  Michelle Obama announces her child obesity initative.

• Ketchup That Doesn't Need to Pour

  By KIM SEVERSON

  8 Feb 2010 | 3:21 pm

  Kim Severson and Julia Moskin assess Heinz's new ketchup packet.

• Joey Campanaro to Be Chef at Kenmare

  By FLORENCE FABRICANT

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:48 am

  Joey Campanaro, the owner of Little Owl, will be the chef at Kenmare, a new restaurant that will replace Civetta in SoHo in the spring.

• Eleven Madison Park Chef Will Compete at Bocuse d'Or

  By NICK FOX

  6 Feb 2010 | 7:45 pm

  James Kent, sous chef at Eleven Madison Park, will represent the United States in the Bocuse d'Or culinary competition next year.

• Some Super Bowl Winners Are Already Known

  By KIM SEVERSON

  5 Feb 2010 | 4:02 pm

  Winning Super Bowl recipes from allrecipes.com.

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  NYT: Dot Earth

• When Coal Flows Between Countries, Who 'Owns' the CO2?

  By ANDREW C. REVKIN

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:02 am

  When rich countries sell coal to poor countries and buy the resulting goods, who "owns" the resulting CO2 emissions?

• Exxon and the Climate Fight

  By ANDREW C. REVKIN

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:40 pm

  A British newspaper reports that oil companies direct money to climate skeptics.

• Reality Check on Old Ice, Climate and CO2

  By ANDREW C. REVKIN

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:36 pm

  An expert on glaciers and climate explains how ice records relate to global warming.

• Signs of Damage to Public Trust in Climate Findings

  By ANDREW C. REVKIN

  5 Feb 2010 | 1:27 pm

  CBS News has run a report summarizing fallout from the illegal distribution of climate scientists' email messages and files and problems with the 2007 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The conclusion is that missteps and mistakes are creating broader credibility problems for climate science. [UPDATE, 2/8: Elisabeth Rosenthal has filed a piece reviewing [...]

• If the Climate Accord Works, Will the Climate Notice?

  By JOHN M. BRODER

  5 Feb 2010 | 9:13 am

  A member of the American negotiating team in Copenhagen assesses whether the resulting accord can limit climate risks.

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  NYT: Economix

• What We're Reading...

  By CATHERINE RAMPELL

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:42 am

  Criminals are more likely to be ugly, and other links from around the Web.

• A New Norm for Unemployment?

  By CATHERINE RAMPELL

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:29 am

  The average length of time unemployed workers have been out of jobs is at an all-time high.

• Keeping China (Relatively) Green

  By EDWARD L. GLAESER

  9 Feb 2010 | 4:16 am

  Chinese cities are still a lot greener than American ones, but that may change as it modernizes.

• What We're Reading...

  By CATHERINE RAMPELL

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:44 am

  What to do with your Super Bowl winnings, and other links from around the Web.

• An Economist Walks Into a Bar

  By CATHERINE RAMPELL

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:05 am

  PBS Newshour had a segment last week on economic humor.

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  NYT: The Fifth Down

• Today's Jets Parade, and the Favorite in 2011

  By TONI MONKOVIC

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:00 am

  The Saints will celebrate in New Orleans today. It's easy to forget that Jets Coach Rex Ryan penciled in this date for the Jets' Super Bowl parade.

• Does the N.F.L.'s 'Going to the Ground' Rule Need to Be Changed?

  By GEORGE BRETHERTON

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:00 am

  Plays in which a receiver loses control of the ball while falling to the ground have led to confusion and controversy in the last year.

• Reviewing the 2010 Hall of Fame Selections

  By ANDY BARALL

  8 Feb 2010 | 4:49 pm

  The Fifth Down's expert on pro football history has some differences with the Hall of Fame committee's selections on Saturday. What do you think of the Class of 2010?

• Records Set in 44th Super Bowl

  By TONI MONKOVIC

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:04 pm

  A listing of the records set in the Super Bowl on Sunday ties a bow around the story lines discussed (rehashed) before the game.

• What They're Saying: The Aggressive Team Won

  By TONI MONKOVIC

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:00 am

  After falling behind, 10-0, the Saints were the aggressors in the Super Bowl. Was Colts Coach Jim Caldwell too passive?

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  NYT: Formula One

• Jean Todt, FIA President, Speaks

  By BRAD SPURGEON

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:00 am

  Jean Todt, the new president of the International Automobile Federation, spoke to journalists in Paris about his new job.

• Second Wave of F1 Testing

  By BRAD SPURGEON

  7 Feb 2010 | 9:55 am

  The F1 teams will return to testing in Jerez, Spain this week, with several teams joining the fray. But rain threatens turning the last 12 available test days before the season starts into even fewer.

• Ferrari Stays on Top in Valencia

  By BRAD SPURGEON

  3 Feb 2010 | 10:01 am

  First winter test session ends for Formula One teams with Ferrari having the strongest car.

• Testing, and F1 Season, Begin in Valencia

  By BRAD SPURGEON

  1 Feb 2010 | 9:37 am

  Formula One winter testing began in Spain. While Ferrari's Felipe Massa was fastest of the day in his first official test after an accident last year, Michael Schumacher got the better of his teammate in his return to the sport.

• Champions Spar as McLaren Mercedes Launches MP4-25

  By BRAD SPURGEON

  29 Jan 2010 | 3:38 am

  McLaren Mercedes launched its new car and presented its two back-to-back world champion drivers in Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button - the first time in F1 history that a team runs the last two consecutive champions together.

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  NYT: The Local - Fort-Greene

• Schools Closed Tomorrow

  By ANNALIESE GRIFFIN

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:12 am

  What are you planning on doing with the snow day tomorrow?

• The Day: Local Weatherman

  By DAN EHLKE

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:39 am

  Introducing the Local's new weatherman, Dan Ehlke.

• The Boys and Girls of Summer

  By ANNALIESE GRIFFIN

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:23 pm

  Inner City Little League sign-up this Saturday.

• Stand Up and Do the Counting

  By ANNALIESE GRIFFIN

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:03 pm

  There's a census employment test at Community Board 8 next week.

• Accident Update

  By ANNALIESE GRIFFIN

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:27 pm

  No fatalities in the car accident on Greene and St. James this weekend.

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  NYT: Frugal Traveler

• Foursquare: Share, and You Can Be the Mayor

  By MATT GROSS

  2 Feb 2010 | 8:00 pm

  Though it wasn't developed with bargain hunters in mind, the insider tips on Foursquare.com can help travelers find better deals.

• Slurping Through Tokyo

  By MATT GROSS

  29 Jan 2010 | 8:45 am

  This weekend's Travel section cover story, "One Noodle at a Time," was the fulfillment of a years-long dream.

• Q&A With Ben Nemtin From 'The Buried Life': Four Guys and a Bucket List

  By MATT GROSS

  26 Jan 2010 | 8:00 pm

  Four friends asked themselves, "What do you want to do before you die?," then they hit the road in search of low-budget adventure.

• Your Trip Is Ready for Its Close-Up

  By MATT GROSS

  19 Jan 2010 | 8:00 pm

  With a few tips and the right equipment, frugal travelers can now shoot decent videos at a fraction of what it cost just a few years ago.

• Rail to the Trails

  By MATT GROSS

  12 Jan 2010 | 9:01 pm

  Metro-North Railroad's one-day getaway to Thunder Ridge Ski Area, in Patterson, N.Y., may be the cheapest, easiest ski trip in the region.

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  NYT: Gadgetwise

• App of the Week: Weather for Everyone

  By ROY FURCHGOTT

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:18 am

  The Weather Underground mobile Web site works on most any Web-enabled phone, and on a smartphone you can set it up to work like an app.

• Samsung Gets the Amoled Out

  By STEPHEN WILLLIAMS

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:07 am

  Reports are that the Korean brand will bring devices with AMOLED (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode) displays to market in the next year.

• More on Online Language Learning

  By ERIC A. TAUB

  5 Feb 2010 | 3:38 pm

  In addition to the online language learning programs discussed in a recent Times article, here are several more that may be of interest.

• Super Bowl XLIV Apps to Load Before Kickoff

  By ROY FURCHGOTT

  5 Feb 2010 | 3:37 pm

  This Super Bowl weekend, whether you are rooting for the New Orleans Saints or that other team, there is a dog pile of apps to can enhance the game.

• For iPhone Users, TV Over 3G

  By ROY FURCHGOTT

  5 Feb 2010 | 3:15 pm

  AT&T has cleared Slingbox to transmit your home TV signal over the 3G network, providing TV without a Wi-Fi connection. Now it needs Apple's approval.

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  NYT: Gambit

• Carlsen Conquers Corus

  By DYLAN MCCLAIN

  1 Feb 2010 | 3:18 pm

  Magnus Carlsen, the world's No. 1 player, wins the first major tournament of the year.

• Washington Post Discontinues Chess Column

  By DYLAN LOEB MCCLAIN

  4 Jan 2010 | 5:44 pm

  The Washington Post's chess column is a victim of cost-savings measures.

• For Many People, Holidays Are a Time for Playing

  By DYLAN LOEB MCCLAIN

  2 Jan 2010 | 6:17 pm

  While most people spent the holidays with friends and family, a blizzard of tournaments attracted chess players around the world.

• Game of the Year

  By DYLAN LOEB MCCLAIN

  30 Dec 2009 | 2:16 pm

  A nominee for what was the most interesting/exciting/best-played game of the year.

• Another Dose of Nostalgia

  By DYLAN LOEB MCCLAIN

  20 Dec 2009 | 3:37 pm

  In a match in Russia between chess legends, Viktor Korchnoi leads Boris Spassky, 2 to 1.

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  NYT: Globespotters

• At Tate Modern, Gorky's Power and Poetry

  By VALERIE GLADSTONE

  9 Feb 2010 | 3:00 am

  Fans of Arshile Gorky should head straight to the Tate Modern, which is hosting the first major retrospective of the enormously influential artist to be seen in Europe in about 20 years.

• Surface to Air Flagship Shop Surfaces in Paris

  By SUZY EVANS

  8 Feb 2010 | 3:00 am

  Creativity equals capital. That's the vision of Surface to Air, a multidisciplinary company combining efforts in fashion, film, photography, music, film, and graphics. Now the group has a flagship retail location in the Marais, which opened late last month.

• Out With the Ox, in With the Tiger

  By JULIE MAKINEN

  7 Feb 2010 | 3:00 am

  The Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, will soon be upon us (and with it, the Year of the Tiger), and Hong Kong has one of the most elaborate celebrations in the world. Here's a quick guide to the festivities in the city.

• Parades, Horses and Art at Rome's Carnevale

  By GAIA PIANIGIANI

  5 Feb 2010 | 3:00 am

  Carnival, the festive season before Lent, is celebrated around the world, and Rome is no exception. In fact, over the last couple of years, the city has taken the revelry up a few notches.

• A Parisian Street Artist Comes Indoors

  By ALICE PFEIFFER

  4 Feb 2010 | 3:00 am

  It's a well known-fact: the French love to take graffiti off the avenues and put it into galleries. The Parisian street artist André Saraiva, a k a André, has decided to do the opposite, by presenting an exhibition of his non-graffiti works at Colette, a hip boutique on the rue Saint-Honoré.

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  NYT: The Lede

• Saints to March at Last in New Orleans

  By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON and ROBERT MACKEY

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:58 am

  Tuesday's Super Bowl victory parade for the New Orleans Saints, which will roll through their home city at 5 p.m. Central time, will be a hybrid homecoming celebration and Mardi Gras parade.

• Another Not So Great Moment in Chicago Politics

  By ROBERT MACKEY

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:38 am

  A candidate's expression of tearful regret while surrounded by supportive family members followed a familiar script but, the time and place chosen for the announcement, a bar during the Super Bowl, did not.

• Race to Avoid a 'Death by Red Tape' in Haiti

  By ROBERT MACKEY

  8 Feb 2010 | 3:41 pm

  An informal media campaign tries to save a young Haitian girl from "death by red tape."

• Video of the Shackleton Whisky Cache

  By ROBERT MACKEY

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:26 pm

  Video from Antarctica on the team that dug up five crates of whisky and brandy left beneath a hut there in 1909 by the explorer Ernest Shackleton.

• Ukraine's Voters Speak, in Two Voices

  By ROBERT MACKEY

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:57 pm

  A presidential election in Ukraine shows a deep divide between the country's red and blue regions.

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  NYT: Lens

• On Assignment: Minders, Fixers, Troubles

  By MICHAEL KAMBER

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:01 pm

  Yemen is a fascinating and daunting place for a Western photographer, as Michael Kamber learned. There are plenty of subjects; just not the ones you want.

• Pictures of the Day: Monday, Feb. 8

  By RAYMOND MCCREA JONES and DAVID W. DUNLAP

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:43 pm

  Beyond the grief expressed so keenly in the opening photograph, Monday's show offers some pleasures as well, in Slides 6 and 11.

• On Assignment: Haiti at the Homefront

  By MARIANA VASCONCELLOS and DAVID W. DUNLAP

  7 Feb 2010 | 9:01 pm

  "All of us would like to run to Haiti and photograph," said Michelle Agins. Instead, she went to Queens, where Mariana Vasconcellos filmed her at work.

• On Assignment: Sideline Scrimmage

  By BARTON SILVERMAN and JAMES ESTRIN

  5 Feb 2010 | 3:07 pm

  "It's like everybody's trying to jump on each other," said Barton Silverman of The Times, recalling past Super Bowls. He's talking about the photographers.

• Pictures of the Day: Friday, Feb. 5

  By MERRILL D. OLIVER and DAVID W. DUNLAP

  5 Feb 2010 | 1:23 pm

  Three photographs that stand out in Friday's show do so because of elements that dominate, while occupying only a small portion of the frame.

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  NYT: The Local - Maplewood

• Teens Abscond with Tips in Maplewood

  By THE LOCAL

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:54 am

  Thefts of a tip jar, a car, some electronic equipment in an apartment and a Heineken mini keg were among the crimes reported by the Maplewood police for the last week.

• Millburn Parents Turn Out Against Redistricting

  By MATTHEW DEMICCO

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:11 am

  Two hundred parents showed up last night at the Millburn Board of Education meeting to protest a plan to shift some students from Glenwood Elementary School to Deerfield Elementary.

• The Day: Sharing Time for South Orange, Maplewood

  By LOIS DESOCIO

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:41 am

  The South Orange Board of Trustees agreed at last night's meeting to move forward on a plan to share some municipal services with Maplewood. It also agreed to allow sidewalk sandwich boards for store owners.

• Millburn Police: Beware of Facebook Fraud

  By THE LOCAL

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:39 pm

  A 'friend' wrote that she was robbed at gunpoint in London, and asked that $900 be sent to a London address through Western Union. It was a hoax.

• Be the Journalist: Town Meetings, 'Bugsy Malone'

  By THE LOCAL

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:39 pm

  The Local needs journalists to cover the next two weeks of meetings in our three towns. Pick one that interests you.

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  NYT: Media Decoder

• Without Fanfare, Leno's Prime-Time Show Ends

  By BRIAN STELTER

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:05 am

  "The Jay Leno Show" ends quietly, only five months after it premiered to great fanfare in prime time on NBC.

• Speed Read for Tuesday, Feb. 9

  By THE EDITORS

  9 Feb 2010 | 4:56 am

  Highlights from today's media coverage.

• Leno on His 'Old Friend' Letterman

  By DERRICK HENRY and BILL CARTER

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:59 pm

  Jay Leno describes his rapprochement with David Letterman, saying for comedians, the joke matters most.

• VF Cover Creates Online Bonfire of Comments at Yahoo, Including a Threat

  By DAVID CARR

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:39 pm

  Debate over Vanity Fair cover kicks up over 18,000 responses at Yahoo site.

• Nooks Will Be Available at Barnes & Noble Stores Beginning Wednesday

  By MOTOKO RICH

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:36 pm

  Barnes & Noble says its Nook e-reader will be available in stores beginning Wednesday.

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  NYT: Motherlode

• What's the Best Age to Have Children?

  By LISA BELKIN

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:29 am

  A study published yesterday in the journal Autism Research suggests that an intricate equation may exist between autism in children and the age of both the mother and father.

• When to Worry if a Child Has Too Few Words

  By THE NEW YORK TIMES

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:40 am

  Every pediatrician knows the frustration of trying to quantify the speech and language skills of a screaming toddler.

• Two Stars: The QB, and His 'Little Man'

  By LISA BELKIN

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:31 am

  One-year-old Baylen Brees became a star at the Super Bowl, not just because he is adorable, but also because of the way his father, the winning quarterback, looked at him.

• How Do Parents Pay for College?

  By LISA BELKIN

  5 Feb 2010 | 8:16 am

  I got an e-mail from a reader asking how the average, hard-working, middle-class parent can possibly make high tuition payments with only an 18-year head start.

• Life After a Child Dies

  By LISA BELKIN

  4 Feb 2010 | 1:00 pm

  There is no word in the English language for a parent who loses a child. When our parents die we are orphans. When our spouse dies, we are widowed. When a child dies we are speechless.

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  NYT: The New Old Age

• Ask an Elder Law Attorney

  By PAULA SPAN and CRAIG REAVES

  5 Feb 2010 | 10:34 am

  Can a parent spend down for Medicaid eligibility and still keep her home?

• In Obama's Budget, Help for Caregivers

  By PAULA SPAN

  3 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am

  The president's proposed budget sets aside more than $100 million for services provided to caregivers.

• Underused Therapy for the Heart: The Gym

  By PAULA SPAN

  2 Feb 2010 | 12:50 pm

  New research shows that a program of cardiovascular rehabilitation is remarkably effective following heart surgery or a heart attack.

• Help for Hoarding

  By PAULA SPAN

  28 Jan 2010 | 12:30 pm

  Resources, though limited, are available for helping seniors who hoard.

• Schooling the Aging Brain

  By PAULA SPAN

  26 Jan 2010 | 9:37 am

  A new study adds to evidence that the aging brain needs novelty and stimulation.

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  NYT: Floyd Norris

• What's in a Name?

  By FLOYD NORRIS

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:42 am

  What's in a name? When it comes to an Inn in New York, a lot.

• Super Bowl by Decades

  By FLOYD NORRIS

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:08 pm

  When the A.F.C. is ascendant -- as it was in the 1970s and 2000s -- the decade is not a good one in the stock market. So the Saints' victory may herald good times ahead.

• Looking Up

  By FLOYD NORRIS

  5 Feb 2010 | 6:58 am

  At last, the number of people out of work because they lost their jobs is trending down. It looks as if some of those workers are now finding employment.

• Overstock Restates, Again

  By FLOYD NORRIS

  4 Feb 2010 | 3:44 pm

  Quietly, Overstock.com decides to restate its profits. Why did it not do that months ago?

• Crumbling Europe?

  By FLOYD NORRIS

  4 Feb 2010 | 8:50 am

  The euro core is solid. But at the fringes, it is crumbling. How the core countries deal with that will determine the future shape of Europe.

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  NYT: On the Runway

• Behind the Scenes: The Product Specialist

  By CATHY HORYN

  5 Feb 2010 | 3:33 pm

  Recently, over a meal at Ben's deli on W. 38th Street, I spoke to Cindy Ferrara, a veteran production specialist, about her job and how the work has changed. The wingspan of her career is enormous. Now manager of product development and production at Danskin, a Moret Group brand, Ms. Ferrara first came to New York in the early 70s to buy fabrics for a shirt company she started as an Iowa college student.

• Couture Warriors

  By CATHY HORYN

  29 Jan 2010 | 12:18 pm

  Here's a look at another idea from the spring couture: garments with exceptional three-dimensional texture.

• The Shining

  By CATHY HORYN

  29 Jan 2010 | 11:54 am

  Glistening fabrics gave the spring couture collections in Paris an extra quality of mystery.

• Paris Couture: Roses, Clouds, Spice

  By CATHY HORYN

  27 Jan 2010 | 5:56 pm

  I don't think anyone would bother to argue that Chanel was the best show of the spring haute couture collections, in a class by itself.

• Paris Couture: Dior's Many Icons

  By CATHY HORYN

  25 Jan 2010 | 11:20 am

  Outside the Dior haute couture show, held in the house, where the pale gray walls are lined with portraits of the famous and (mostly) departed, a throng of photographers and onlookers waited behind steel barricades.

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  NYT: Paper Cuts

• Chicken Soup for the Post-Salinger Soul

  By JENNIFER SCHUESSLER

  5 Feb 2010 | 1:27 pm

  In an essay just posted at Tablet, Marissa Brostoff argues that we don't quite know how to evaluate J. D. Salinger in relation to his notably libidinous Jewish contemporaries (Roth, Bellow, Mailer) in part because of his lack of what he himself, in "Franny and Zooey," called "testicularity."

• Book Review Podcast: Amy Bloom and Lee Siegel

  By THE NEW YORK TIMES

  5 Feb 2010 | 11:55 am

  This week: A conversation with Amy Bloom about her new story collection, "Where the God of Love Hangs Out"; Lee Siegel discusses Christopher Lasch's classic, "The Culture of Narcissism"; Motoko Rich has notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

• Stray Questions for: Elizabeth Hawes

  By GREGORY COWLES

  5 Feb 2010 | 4:00 am

  Elizabeth Hawes is the author of "New York, New York: How the Apartment House Transformed the Life of the City, 1869-1930" and, most recently, the biography/memoir "Camus: A Romance."

• Dangerous Books

  By GREGORY COWLES

  4 Feb 2010 | 10:36 am

  "The Dangerous Book for Boys" seemed nostalgic for a 1950s childhood - but even in the 1950s, people thought kids were missing out on the magic of youth, to judge from the newly reissued "How to Do Nothing With Nobody All Alone by Yourself."

• Living With Music: A Playlist by Lauren Grodstein

  By GREGORY COWLES

  3 Feb 2010 | 4:00 am

  Lauren Grodstein is the author of a story collection and two novels, most recently "A Friend of the Family." She teaches creative writing at Rutgers, where she helps administer the M.F.A. program.

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  NYT: The Pour

• The Case of the Fake Pinot, or Thousands of Cases of It

  By ERIC ASIMOV

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:41 am

  A French court is hearing the case of 13 people in the French wine trade who have been charged with selling Gallo 3.57 million gallons of wine from the Languedoc-Roussillon region that was labeled as pinot noir but was in fact made from cheaper grapes.

• History, Distilled

  By ERIC ASIMOV

  5 Feb 2010 | 9:02 am

  Century-old Scotch is found in Antarctica.

• A Bargain at Half the Price

  By ERIC ASIMOV

  3 Feb 2010 | 9:16 am

  Who needs $495 bargains?

• What Should $20 Get You?

  By ERIC ASIMOV

  2 Feb 2010 | 9:17 am

  Why are good values in American wines so hard to find?

• Another Push for Wine Sales in Groceries

  By ERIC ASIMOV

  29 Jan 2010 | 10:04 am

  Advocates of the legalization of wine sales in New York groceries try again.

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  NYT: Prescriptions

• Parties Feuding Over Cooperation

  By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:31 am

  Democrats and Republicans have something new to argue about: who's really interested in bipartisanship.

• Republicans Have Their Disagreements, Too

  By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:16 am

  Republicans have their differences, too. There is no agreement, for instance, on how to step back from an employee tax break that most experts agree is unfair.

• In Today's Times

  By THE NEW YORK TIMES

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:15 am

  The Times takes a look at Republican ideas and the poor prognosis for smaller hospitals.

• Weiner on Bipartisanship: 'Good Luck With That'

  By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN

  8 Feb 2010 | 3:43 pm

  A leading liberal remains skeptical of Republican cooperation.

• Gregg Proposes Starting Points for Bipartisan Talks

  By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN

  8 Feb 2010 | 3:37 pm

  The senior Republican on the Senate budget committee warns against using talks as an "arena for public theater."

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  NYT: The Quad

• Searching for Role Models

  By JOAH SPEARMAN

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:30 am

  Despite being looked up to by many, athletes often fall short of being quality role models.

• The Next Great Big Man?

  By PETE THAMEL

  7 Feb 2010 | 2:09 pm

  Andre Drummond is a 6-foot-11 17-year-old from Connecticut who is drawing early comparisons to Amar'e Stoudemire and Dwight Howard.

• College Sports as Emotional Hubs

  By CONNOR ENNIS

  5 Feb 2010 | 6:13 pm

  David Brooks of The New York Times addressed the subject of college sports in a column Friday.

• Bison Basketball: Fun on the Road

  By PATRICK BEHAN

  5 Feb 2010 | 2:38 pm

  As the Bison get ready to play Navy, they also remember the fun times they have had on other trips this season.

• The Eyes of Texas Weren't Upon Him

  By THAYER EVANS

  4 Feb 2010 | 8:30 pm

  The father of the nation's top recruit notes a curious omission.

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  NYT: Slap Shot

• Gainey Reportedly Resigning as Canadiens' General Manager

  By STU HACKEL

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:28 am

  The former Montreal star player has been in charge of the Canadiens since 2003.

• The Morning Skate: Capitals, Ovechkin Looking Good

  By STU HACKEL

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:38 am

  The streaking Capitals come from behind win over the rival Penguins Sunday was the best sports event of the day.

• N.H.L. Scoreboard: 3 From Ovechkin, and 14 for Caps

  By THE NEW YORK TIMES

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:00 am

  Results from games of Sunday, Feb. 7.

• N.H.L. Scoreboard: On Sad Night, Leafs Snap Senators' Streak

  By THE NEW YORK TIMES

  6 Feb 2010 | 8:59 pm

  Results from games of Saturday, Feb. 6.

• Brendan Burke, Son of Leafs and U.S. Olympic G.M., Dies in Car Crash

  By THE NEW YORK TIMES

  5 Feb 2010 | 10:38 pm

  The youngest son of Brian Burke, the general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs and the United States ice hockey team, has died in a car crash.

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  NYT: Straight Sets

• Federer Dismisses Notion of Taking a Long Break

  By NAILA-JEAN MEYERS

  2 Feb 2010 | 3:00 am

  Roger Federer said he thought it would be too hard to return to the men's game after an extended break. Is it more difficult to return to the game on the men's side than it is on the women's?

• A Rankings Shake-Up in Men's Tennis

  By NAILA-JEAN MEYERS

  1 Feb 2010 | 4:46 pm

  Rafael Nadal fell from No. 2 to No. 4, his lowest ranking since May 2005.

• Federer's Victory Was All in the Planning

  By GEOFF MACDONALD

  31 Jan 2010 | 2:00 pm

  The Australian Open men's final showcased the different game plans utilized by Roger Federer and Andy Murray.

• What They Said in Australia

  By THOMAS LIN

  31 Jan 2010 | 12:19 pm

  A look back at some of the memorable quotes over the past two weeks.

• Fernandes and Pliskova Earn Junior Titles

  By COLETTE LEWIS

  30 Jan 2010 | 12:13 pm

  At the Australian Open, Tiago Fernandes becomes the first Brazilian to win a junior Grand Slam title.

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  NYT: Tierney Lab

• Does Awe, or Something Else, Move You to E-Mail Articles?

  By JOHN TIERNEY

  8 Feb 2010 | 3:20 pm

  Dr. Berger and Dr. Milkman are interested in hearing directly from you about the stories you share.

• Monday Puzzle: Back to the Future

  By PRADEEP MUTALIK

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:39 am

  How many unique day/date combinations are there in a typical year?

• Why Do You E-Mail Times Articles?

  By JOHN TIERNEY

  7 Feb 2010 | 11:05 am

  Click here to take a brief survey by researching interested in your e-mailing habits. A

• Monday Puzzle: The Toiling Antomatons

  By PRADEEP MUTALIK

  1 Feb 2010 | 8:53 am

  "Avatar; poignantly reinforced a philosophical dilemma that I had first experienced many years ago while reading a science fiction story by the great Isaac Asimov, "That Thou Art Mindful of Him."

• Monkeys, Candy and Cognitive Dissonance

  By JOHN TIERNEY

  27 Jan 2010 | 4:13 am

  To rescue the theory of cognitive dissonance from the Monty Hall Problem, an economist argued that psychologists needed to redesign their experiments. Now the psychologists have done just that.

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  NYT: Goal

• Bundesliga Keeps Financial House in Order

  By JACK BELL

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:34 pm

  The German Bundesliga wants the world to know that even in these trying economic times, it is solvent and competitive -- a soccer island in Central Europe that exudes diligence, steady growth and smart management.

• UEFA Considers Politics in Euro Draw

  By BENJI LANYADO

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:19 pm

  By acknowledging the political issues, UEFA hoped to avoid them by keeping Azerbaijan from playing Armenia and separating Russia and Georgia in Euro 2012 qualifying.

• UEFA Sets Qualifying Groups for Euro 2012

  By ANDREW DAS

  7 Feb 2010 | 5:41 pm

  UEFA held the qualifying draw Sunday for the 2012 European Championship, which will be played in Poland and Ukraine.

• Altidore: 'A Tremendously Well-Taken Goal'

  By JACK BELL

  7 Feb 2010 | 2:46 pm

  With one well-timed swing of his right foot, Jozy Altidore helped to ease the pain in his personal life and the pressure in his professional.

• It's Official: FIFA Selects Gang of 30 for World Cup

  By JACK BELL

  6 Feb 2010 | 10:05 am

  The Seychelles has one. So does Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Saudi Arabia, Mali, Algeria and Hungary. And New Zealand has two. The United States? None. Zero. Zip.

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  NYT: Green Inc.

• The Rise of 'Green' Modular Homes

  By FRANCESCA LYMAN

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:05 am

  "Green and energy efficient homes are here to stay," said a manager Clayton Homes, a maker of solar-ready modular homes.

• K.K.R. Continues Greening Its Portfolio

  By TODD WOODY

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:57 am

  The private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is expanding an initiative it started with the Environmental Defense Fund to improve the sustainability of its portfolio companies.

• Siemens Touts Growth in Renewables and the Value of the American Market

  By LARS KROLDRUP

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:56 am

  "We want to be one of the leading companies on the American market," said Andreas Nauen, the chief executive of Siemens Wind Power, told Green Inc. on Monday.

• Good Energies Invests in Massachusetts Clean Energy Firm

  By JOHN LORINC

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:20 am

  Nexamp, a Massachusetts clean energy company, announced Tuesday that it has raised $6.5 million in venture financing from the Dutch-Swiss investment giant Good Energies and other investors.

• Nuclear Power Giant Buys Solar Firm

  By MATTHEW L. WALD

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:24 pm

  Areva, French nuclear power company, has bought Ausra, a small manufacturer of solar thermal systems that can be used for electricity production or industrial steam.

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  NYT: Well

• When Your Toddler Doesn't Talk

  By TARA PARKER-POPE

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:09 pm

  The earlier a speech-delayed child can get some help, the better the prospects, writes Dr. Perri Klass.

• Is 'Avatar' Giving You a Headache?

  By TARA PARKER-POPE

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:06 pm

  "Really?" columnist Anahad O'Connor explores the link between 3-D movies and headaches.

• Do You and Your Doctor Have the Same Priorities?

  By TARA PARKER-POPE

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:24 pm

  New research shows that doctors and patients often don't agree on which health issues are the most important.

• Retracting a Medical Journal's Autism Study

  By TARA PARKER-POPE

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:23 am

  The editor of The Lancet discusses responsibility for continuing fears about vaccines and autism, after the medical journal retracted its 1998 study's conclusions on the subject.

• Nurse on Trial After Reporting Doctor

  By TARA PARKER-POPE

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:07 am

  New York Times reporter Kevin Sack reports on the unlikely prosecution of a nurse who informed state regulators about a doctor she believed was practicing bad medicine.

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  NYT: Idea of the Day

• America's Wars Without Decisive End

  By TOM KUNTZ

  9 Feb 2010 | 3:27 am

  Tuesday | Today's idea: America has an impressive record of starting wars, but lately a dismal record of ending them well, a historian says -- so best to heed cautious generals. [The American Conservative]

• All in the Tyrannical Arab Family

  By ALAN LEE

  8 Feb 2010 | 3:32 am

  Monday | Today's idea: The problems of the Arab world lie as much with oppressive families as with authoritarian regimes, an author argues. [Al-Bab.com, Qantara]

• How to Survive a 6-Mile Fall

  By TOM KUNTZ

  5 Feb 2010 | 3:35 am

  Friday | Today's idea: If you're going to plummet 35,000 feet without a parachute and live to tell the tale, it's probably best to grab a piece of debris on the way down. [Popular Mechanics]

• Artificial-Limb Envy

  By TOM KUNTZ

  4 Feb 2010 | 3:42 am

  Thursday | Today's idea: Technology and the marketplace have transformed the artificial limb from emblem of hurt and loss into paradigm of the "sleek, modern and powerful," an article says. Prosthetics now provoke envy, and a desire for further tissue removal for self-enhancement. [Fast Company]

• Driver's Licenses for the Internet?

  By TOM KUNTZ

  3 Feb 2010 | 3:33 am

  Wednesday | Today's idea: Let's have "driver's licenses" for the Internet to counter online fraud, hackers and espionage, a Microsoft executive suggests. [The Curious Capitalist]

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  NYT: Wheels

• Kelley Blue Book Values for Toyota Prius Drop

  By CHERYL JENSEN

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:27 am

  Kelley Blue Book has seen a decline in the transaction prices on the new 2010 Prius in the last week and said the hybrid has been selling for $1,000 to $1,500 less (or closer to dealer invoice value than suggested retail price).

• Learning to Drive a Manual? Try the Dodge Ram 3500

  By EZRA DYER

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:11 am

  Knowing how to operate a manual transmission can be daunting for some, but it's a cinch to learn on a 2010 Dodge Ram 3500, which comes with so much torque that it's nearly impossible to stall.

• Ford Unveils New Transit Connect Electric and Taxi Version

  By STEPHEN WILLIAMS

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:17 am

  Ford says the Transit Connect Electric will appear in fleets later this year.

• Toyota Dealers Pull Ads on ABC for 'Excessive Stories' on Recalls

  By JIM MOTAVALLI

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:41 am

  More than 170 Toyota dealers in the Southeast region have pulled ads from ABC local affiliates. The dealers are calling the network's reporting on the Toyota recalls "excessive."

• The Most Dangerous Road?

  By RICHARD S. CHANG

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:26 pm

  The road from Kabul to Jalalabad in Afghanistan claims so many lives every year that the locals have stopped keeping count.

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  NYT: In Transit

• Q&A: A Southwest Itinerary for Two Friends

  By RUSHA HALJUCI

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:02 am

  "We are considering flying to Phoenix and spending time there, in Sedona and at the Grand Canyon. Can you suggest a basic itinerary and possibly hotels where we can relax but also explore those beautiful red rocks and canyons?"

• Today in Business Travel

  By THE NEW YORK TIMES

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:44 am

  This year's lists singled out the 10 "dirtiest" hotels in each of six regions - the United States, Asia, Canada, France, Italy and Britain.

• At Tate Modern, Gorky's Power and Poetry

  By VALERIE GLADSTONE

  9 Feb 2010 | 3:00 am

  Fans of Arshile Gorky should head straight to the Tate Modern, which is hosting the first major retrospective of the enormously influential artist to be seen in Europe in about 20 years.

• A Floating Safari in Bostwana

  By HUGH RYAN

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:30 pm

  The Zambezi Queen offers luxury river cruises down the Chobe River in Botswana.

• High Tech on the High Seas

  By ELAINE GLUSAC

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:00 pm

  Social media networks and mobile apps are popping up on cruises.

• 
  NYT: Wordplay

• 49 Down: Black Key Material

  By PATRICK MERRELL

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:00 pm

  You can say that again.

• 20 Across: Equipment in Craps

  By PATRICK MERRELL

  7 Feb 2010 | 3:00 pm

  What does she mean by that?

• The Football Fan

  By JIM HORNE

  6 Feb 2010 | 3:00 pm

  Patrick Berry tells a timely story.

• The Diagramless Top 40

  By JIM HORNE

  6 Feb 2010 | 9:00 am

  The key to success is finding the right Puccini title heroine.

• The Lady in Red

  By JIM HORNE

  5 Feb 2010 | 7:00 pm

  What opens easily? Try repeating some mysterious words.

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  NYT: Laugh Lines

• 'Headed to Jail'

  By ALAN LEE

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:19 am

  Monologue | Monday night on "The Jay Leno Show" on NBC: Well, congratulations to the world champion New Orleans Saints for winning the Super Bowl. That's the best thing to happen to New Orleans since George Bush left office.

• 'A Moving Ceremony'

  By ALAN LEE

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:17 am

  Monologue | Monday night on "The Late Show With David Letterman" on CBS: Congratulations to the New Orleans Saints. They defeated my Indianapolis Colts. So all I can say is, "Don't worry, Indianapolis, FEMA is on the way."

• 'Written on Her Hand'

  By ALAN LEE

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:13 am

  Monologue | Monday night on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" on NBC: Did everybody watch the Super Bowl? Everybody's happy for New Orleans. In fact, FEMA announced plans to congratulate them in about two weeks.

• Submit Your Funny Caption

  By TOM KUNTZ

  8 Feb 2010 | 4:52 am

  Bar-Focals | Tell us what's going on in the picture. It's the latest of the uncaptioned images we're posting each Monday. For your caption to be considered, follow the guidelines.

• '28 Pieces of Luggage'

  By TOM KUNTZ

  8 Feb 2010 | 4:26 am

  Your Jokes | "Days of Our Lives" star Frances Reid has died at age 95 after being on the soap opera for 40 years. She is survived by seven ex-husbands, six illegitimate children and an evil twin. -- Jim Barach, Charleston, W. Va.

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  NYT: You're the Boss

• Would You Pay $895,000 for This Business?

  By BARBARA TAYLOR

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:11 am

  A specialty manufacturer with seven full-time employees and profits right through the recession.

• Can't Employees and Bosses Get Along?

  By JAY GOLTZ

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:53 pm

  If you are a business owner and you complain about your employees, you should consider whether you are doing something wrong -- or not doing something right.

• Medical Technology Dominates at the Olin Cup

  By LORA KOLODNY

  7 Feb 2010 | 1:30 pm

  Quartzy, an eBay for academic research labs, takes the top prize.

• A Perfect Day to Name a Fish Restaurant

  By BRUCE BUSCHEL

  5 Feb 2010 | 4:00 am

  Below is a list of 20 candidates, each with a brief explanation of why we're considering it. My friends enjoy playing this name game, and you might, too.

• Back to the Grindstone

  By JENNIFER WALZER

  4 Feb 2010 | 2:11 pm

  I came back from my trip with a ton of energy, a great tan many wonderful memories -- and some unexpected realizations about my role as chief executive.

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  NYT: The Opinionator

• Home Fires: Shaking All Over

  By BRIAN TURNER

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:06 am

  A U.S. veteran's visit to Cambodia's killing fields rattles both body and mind.

• How the First Amendment Works

  By STANLEY FISH

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:30 pm

  A followup column on the First Amendment and the recent Supreme Court decision, with a discussion of readers' comments.

• Brian Turner in Home Fires

  By THE EDITORS

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:59 am

  Read posts by a Home Fires contributor featured in today's Times.

• Rock Groups

  By STEVEN STROGATZ

  7 Feb 2010 | 4:00 pm

  Treating numbers concretely - think rocks, for instance - can make calculations less baffling.

• Home Fires: The Two Worlds of the Citizen-Soldier

  By ERIK MALMSTROM

  6 Feb 2010 | 4:00 pm

  From Harvard Yard to National Guard one weekend a month is a journey into a different world.

• 
  NYT: Timothy Egan - Outposts

• Grifters' Tale

  By TIMOTHY EGAN

  3 Feb 2010 | 6:30 pm

  Sarah Palin wants to get in front of the same parade John Edwards wanted to lead, and the resemblance doesn't end there.

• A Jolt of Common Sense

  By TIMOTHY EGAN

  27 Jan 2010 | 8:17 pm

  A State of the Union address during which the fog of nonsense-politics lifted.

• iCountry News

  By TIMOTHY EGAN

  27 Jan 2010 | 3:18 pm

  The iPad might save, or doom, book publishing.

• Time to Cowboy Up

  By TIMOTHY EGAN

  20 Jan 2010 | 3:00 pm

  Following their Massachusetts debacle, will Democrats learn something from the Red Sox - or "just lay there and bleed," as the old t-shirt had it?

• Arnold's Last Yodel

  By TIMOTHY EGAN

  13 Jan 2010 | 6:30 pm

  Can California be saved, and can a beleaguered governor in his final year in office help?

• 
  NYT: Allison Arieff - By Design

• Space: It's Still a Frontier

  By ALLISON ARIEFF

  3 Feb 2010 | 3:45 pm

  The proliferation of empty space presents an opportunity to re-think urban infrastructure.

• A Breath of Fresh Air for Health Care

  By ALLISON ARIEFF

  13 Dec 2009 | 6:30 pm

  Solutions to health care's design problems.

• Not New, But Improved

  By ALLISON ARIEFF

  1 Nov 2009 | 5:30 pm

  A big step forward in product design simply involves using better materials.

• Pavement to Parks

  By ALLISON ARIEFF

  22 Sep 2009 | 7:00 pm

  Cities are trying innovative new approaches to turning empty space into park space.

• Competing for a Cause

  By ALLISON ARIEFF

  10 Sep 2009 | 6:30 pm

  At the intersection of design and education, an opportunity to improve school facilities through competitions and the involvement of students.

• 
  NYT: Room for Debate

• Will Americans Really Learn Chinese?

  By THE EDITORS

  7 Feb 2010 | 4:00 pm

  Is the boom in Mandarin classes a fad or a cultural turning point?

• Do We Need to Know What's in Junk Food?

  By THE EDITORS

  5 Feb 2010 | 3:50 pm

  Perhaps warning labels would be better than calorie counts on snack foods.

• How Toyota Can Find Its Way Back

  By THE EDITORS

  4 Feb 2010 | 3:28 pm

  What lessons should the carmaker have learned from recall fiascoes of decades past?

• Rising College Costs: A Federal Role?

  By THE EDITORS

  3 Feb 2010 | 4:11 pm

  Pell Grants have not made higher education more affordable. Why not?

• Opening the Door to Gays in the Military

  By THE EDITORS

  2 Feb 2010 | 4:29 pm

  The challenges of getting rid of "don't ask, don't tell."

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  NYT: The Conversation

• How Safe Is Safe Enough?

  By DAVID BROOKS AND GAIL COLLINS

  3 Feb 2010 | 10:40 am

  When it comes to trying Khalid Shaikh Mohammed in Lower Manhattan, dictating policy through security demands doesn't seem to be the right answer.

• What Obama Should Say Tonight

  By DAVID BROOKS AND GAIL COLLINS

  27 Jan 2010 | 10:26 am

  Should the president outline a shift in policy in his State of the Union speech, or should he stay the course?

• What the Results in Massachusetts Mean

  By DAVID BROOKS AND GAIL COLLINS

  20 Jan 2010 | 9:07 am

  Gail Collins wants the health care bill passed now; David Brooks thinks it's time for Democrats to show some humility.

• America vs. Europe

  By DAVID BROOKS AND GAIL COLLINS

  13 Jan 2010 | 12:00 pm

  Which model of capitalism is better?

• New Year's Resolutions

  By DAVID BROOKS AND GAIL COLLINS

  7 Jan 2010 | 9:47 am

  Why Gail Collins is willing to back nuclear power and David Brooks will support a cap on carbon emissions.

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  NYT: Schott's Vocab

• Splinternet

  By BEN SCHOTT

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:51 am

  A fragmented Internet - the consequence of proprietary hardware and software, private networks, and content gated behind logins. [Spl(inter)+Internet]

• The Tiger Recession

  By BEN SCHOTT

  9 Feb 2010 | 1:30 am

  The potential economic consequence of Tiger Woods' withdrawal from professional golf.

• All-Day Pajama Syndrome

  By BEN SCHOTT

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:00 am

  Dubiously scientific name for the trend of wearing pajamas all day long, and in public.

• Rest In Prose

  By BEN SCHOTT

  8 Feb 2010 | 3:06 am

  This weekend, in a bid for immortality, co-vocabularists have generously shared the last words they would like to have attributed to them.

• Weekend Competition: Famous Last Words

  By BEN SCHOTT

  5 Feb 2010 | 8:30 am

  The last words of the famous tend often to be suspiciously witty, elegiac or pithy. This weekend, co-vocabularists are offered the chance to pre-record their final words, on the off-chance that they die bereft of a good one-liner, or without the benefit of a competent stenographer.

• 
  NYT: Talk Show - Dick Cavett Speaks Again

• Oh, What a Lovely Mess!

  By DICK CAVETT

  5 Feb 2010 | 4:01 pm

  NBC's recent adventures in talk-show-host management remind one former talk-show host of his own adventures in prime time with another network.

• Awesome, and Then Some

  By DICK CAVETT

  22 Jan 2010 | 6:30 pm

  An on-set encounter with John Wayne revealed an unexpected side of the actor.

• Why, I Oughta . . . and I Did

  By DICK CAVETT

  8 Jan 2010 | 6:30 pm

  It took a local television host to bring a (professionally) even-tempered first-time author to the boiling point.

• Almost Nothing About Tiger Woods

  By DICK CAVETT

  18 Dec 2009 | 6:30 pm

  Fame can sometimes be a burden (ask Tiger Woods), and even as patient a soul as Jack Benny had his limits.

• The Ghost Ship 'W.W.'

  By DICK CAVETT

  4 Dec 2009 | 6:30 pm

  The far side of fame, as witnessed in a late-in-life Walter Winchell anecdote.

• 
  NYT: Freakonomics

• In Relationships, Are Men in the Driver's Seat?

  By ERIC A. MORRIS

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:30 am

  In the past, I've written on matters of high import for the future of our republic, and on literal questions of life and death. But clearly, nothing excites the Freakonomics readership more than the issue of why men tend to do the driving when a couple is in the car. The Times's server nearly melted down as more than 400 of you posted responses to my article on the subject.

• Freakonomics Radio: What Keeps Glenn Beck Up at Night?

  By STEPHEN J. DUBNER

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:15 am

  A few weeks back, I was a guest on Glenn Beck's radio show. Something interesting happened before we went on the air. He noticed the book I was carrying - Physics for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines, by the Berkeley physicist Richard A. Muller - and asked me about it. I endorsed it rather enthusiastically. He said it sounded like a book he'd like to read, so I went ahead and gave him my copy (and, yes, Dr. Muller, ordered another one for myself).

• Plan Colombia: A $5 Billion Failure?

  By FREAKONOMICS

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:30 am

  The U.S. has spent more than $5 billion on military and anti-narcotics aid for Colombia in recent years. In a new article for Slate, Ray Fisman points to a new paper that analyzes conflict and coca production in areas with and without Army bases to determine the impact of all that aid.

• Freakonomics Radio, Super Bowl Edition: What Happens to Your Head, Inside the Helmet, After a Nasty Hit?

  By STEPHEN J. DUBNER

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:33 am

  As mentioned yesterday, we are launching a podcast, Freakonomics Radio. In the first episode (subscribe at iTunes; or listen now in the player at right), we ask the question "What Do NASCAR Drivers, Glenn Beck, and the Hitmen of the NFL Have in Common?"

• "Better Biz" at the Whistle Stop Bakery

  By IAN AYRES

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:00 pm

  WSHU, a public radio station in Connecticut, is running a six-part "Better Biz" series, where Barry Nalebuff and I react to the challenges of specific businesses.

• 
  NYT: Stanley Fish - Think Again

• How the First Amendment Works

  By STANLEY FISH

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:30 pm

  A followup column on the First Amendment and the recent Supreme Court decision, with a discussion of readers' comments.

• What Is the First Amendment For?

  By STANLEY FISH

  1 Feb 2010 | 6:30 pm

  Two ways of looking at the First Amendment, as illuminated by the recent Supreme Court ruling.

• Showtime

  By STANLEY FISH

  27 Jan 2010 | 9:14 pm

  This time, the president not only soared but got specific.

• Science and Religion, Lives and Rocks

  By STANLEY FISH

  25 Jan 2010 | 6:30 pm

  Guest columnist Barbara Herrnstein Smith, author of a new book on science and religion, responds to last week's Stanley Fish column on her book and to readers' reactions to that column.

• Must There Be a Bottom Line?

  By STANLEY FISH

  18 Jan 2010 | 6:30 pm

  A new book argues that science and religion should not be seen as absolute opponents in a cosmic epistemological struggle.

• 
  NYT: Olivia Judson - The Wild Side

• Fearless

  By OLIVIA JUDSON

  2 Feb 2010 | 3:30 pm

  How did the animals of the Galápagos get so tame and fearless?

• 19 Jan 2010 | 2:25 pm

  By THE EDITORS

  19 Jan 2010 | 2:25 pm

  Olivia Judson is away this week.

• 13 Jan 2010 | 5:12 am

  By THE EDITORS

  13 Jan 2010 | 5:12 am

  Olivia Judson is away this week.

• A Tale of Two Flagella

  By OLIVIA JUDSON

  5 Jan 2010 | 6:30 pm

  Dinoflagellates are eccentric and weird organisms, creating both coral reefs and nerve poison.

• Memories in Nature

  By OLIVIA JUDSON

  29 Dec 2009 | 6:30 pm

  A year-end reflection on the memory found in nature, from the immune system to animals to plants.

• 
  NYT: Home Fires

• Home Fires: Shaking All Over

  By BRIAN TURNER

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:06 am

  A U.S. veteran's visit to Cambodia's killing fields rattles both body and mind.

• Brian Turner in Home Fires

  By THE EDITORS

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:59 am

  Read posts by a Home Fires contributor featured in today's Times.

• Home Fires: The Two Worlds of the Citizen-Soldier

  By ERIK MALMSTROM

  6 Feb 2010 | 4:00 pm

  From Harvard Yard to National Guard one weekend a month is a journey into a different world.

• A Loss of Faith in Afghanistan

  By ERIK MALMSTROM

  27 Jan 2010 | 9:19 pm

  President Obama's call for better governance ignores our own culpability for the sorry state of affairs in Afghanistan.

• Home Fires: In Balad, Smoke and Fire

  By DAN CLARE

  20 Jan 2010 | 7:00 pm

  After exposure to toxic burn pits in Iraq, a veteran to tries assess the health risks to himself and others.