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Copter Downed by Taliban
Fire; Elite U.S. Unit Among Dead
By RAY RIVERA, ALISSA J. RUBIN and THOM SHANKER
Among the dead were elite Navy Seal commandos from the broader unit that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, though none were involved in that raid.
Airstrike Reportedly Kills Civilians in Southern Afghanistan
Amid Criticism on Downgrade of U.S., S.&P. Fires Back
By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ and ERIC DASH
A day after Standard & Poor's downgraded the creditworthiness of the United States government, it defended its decision and warned that further downgrades may come.
Markets Expected Credit Ruling, but Risks Remain, Analysts Say
News Analysis: Rating Cut Echoes Nervousness of Global Markets
China Tells U.S. It Must 'Cure Its Addiction to Debt'
Markets Expected Credit Ruling, but Risks Remain, Analysts Say
By MOTOKO RICH and GRAHAM BOWLEY
With the United States economy on such fragile footing, anything that undermines already low confidence levels could create a ripple effect and further stall the recovery.
QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"The hardest part is that just to stay in the game, I have to scrutinize my every thought, every attitude, every emotion, everything, and ask, 'Is this real?'"
JOE HOLT, 50, of Lee's Summit, Mo., on his struggles with schizophrenia.
Science
Video: Living With Voices
Joe Holt, a computer consultant and entrepreneur who has a diagnosis of schizophrenia, describes how he's learned to manage the voices in his head.
Opinion
Windows on the World
Op-Art: Wild Kingdom
Nature's distractions allow a writer to pause and refocus.
WORLD
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| Mexican federal police agents training in Mexico City. The United States has trained nearly 4,500 new federal police agents. |
U.S. Widens Its Role in Battle Against Mexico's Drug Cartels
By GINGER THOMPSON
Officials on both sides of the border said that new efforts have been designed to get around Mexican laws that prohibit foreign military and police from operating on its soil.
Shabab Concede Control of Capital to Somalia Government
By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN and MOHAMMED IBRAHIM
Militants withdrew from Mogadishu, leaving the city under government control for the first time in years.
China Hopes to Bolster the Credentials of a Handpicked Lama
By ANDREW JACOBS
China wants to burnish the bona fides of a handpicked top-ranking Tibetan lama and is considering sending him to a Tibetan monastery to study.
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U.S.
Lives Restored
Learning to Cope With a Mind's Taunting Voices
By BENEDICT CAREY
Joe Holt spent years trying to determine the cause of his problems in life, before deciding that the question was only a distraction from the real issue he faced: finding a way to live with them.
Video: Living With Voices
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In State Capitals, Officials Take Recovery Into Their Own Hands
By KIRK JOHNSON
States are trying to create jobs on the cheap, as evidenced by hundreds of new laws aimed at economic recovery.
Perry Leads Prayer Rally for 'Nation in Crisis'
By MANNY FERNANDEZ
A prayer rally in a Houston stadium was seen as one of the biggest tests of Gov. Rick Perry's political career.
Video: Gov. Rick Perry Holds Prayer Rally
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POLITICS
Anger Over Credit Rating Resurfaces in Washington
By LOUISE STORY, JULIE CRESWELL and GRETCHEN MORGENSON
Lawmakers questioned whether the agencies had the competence to evaluate the country's finances, and whether it was appropriate for them to discuss fiscal politics.
Republicans Jockey as a Big Week Begins in Iowa
By JEFF ZELENY
Candidates are increasingly turning on one another as they try to overcome their own weaknesses and capitalize on the vulnerabilities of President Obama.
Slide Show: Republican Candidates Converge on Iowa
Obama Team Turns Its Focus to Tough Re-election Fight
By JACKIE CALMES and HELENE COOPER
Despite the advantages of incumbency and the absence so far of a strong opponent, President Obama's re-election is far from assured, analysts say.
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BUSINESS
News Analysis
Rating Cut of U.S. Debt Echoes the Nervousness of Global Markets
By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM
Governments on both sides of the Atlantic have been counting on renewed growth, but the global economy cannot seem to pick up steam.
Economix: A 'AAA' Q.&A.
China Tells U.S. It Must 'Cure Its Addiction to Debt'
By DAVID BARBOZA
China, the largest foreign holder of American debt, said Washington needed to "live within its means."
Some Concern Abroad About U.S. Downgrade
By LIZ ALDERMAN
Officials in Europe and Asia were taken aback Saturday by Standard & Poor's unprecedented decision to downgrade America's sterling sovereign credit rating.
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TECHNOLOGY
Digital Domain
One Site Fits All, Except for Advertisers
By RANDALL STROSS
As a something-for-everyone site, Yahoo has plenty of satisfied users. But that has not translated into strong ad revenue growth.
Group Hacks U.S. Law Enforcement Sites and Steals Data
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A group known as Anonymous said that it hacked into some 70 mostly rural law enforcement Web sites.
The Trivialities and Transcendence of Kickstarter
By ROB WALKER
Kickstarter leverages the free-for-all ethos of the Internet to turn unlikely ideas into reality. But someone still has to be in charge.
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SPORTS
Take a Knee or Take a Risk
By JUDY BATTISTA
The N.F.L.'s new rule that moves kickoffs from the 30- to the 35-yard line is likely to lead to fewer runbacks as the ball sails into the end zone.
N.F.L. Says Drug Testing Will Be Rigorous and Frequent
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
In an article in Saturday's editions of The New York Times, the testing plan for H.G.H. was inaccurately described as requiring only one test per year.
Red Sox 10, Yankees 4
Red Sox Batter Yankees' C. C. Sabathia Again
By DAVID WALDSTEIN
Jacoby Ellsbury drove in six runs as Boston beat the Yankees' ace for the fourth time this season and moved back into a tie for first place.
Box Score
Inning by Inning
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ARTS
Arts & Leisure
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| Left, Todd Duncan and Anne Brown in the title roles of the 1935 production of “Porgy and Bess"; right, Norm Lewis and Audra McDonald, who play the roles in a new version being staged by the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass. |
It Ain't Necessarily 'Porgy'
By PATRICK HEALY
Diane Paulus, who had success with "Hair," is working on a version of "Porgy and Bess" that she hopes will be more palatable to modern Broadway audiences.
Original Times Review of 'Porgy and Bess' (PDF, Oct. 11, 1935)
A Brazilian's Comic Mania: Social Media
By LARRY ROHTER
The comedian Rafinha Bastos, a popular pioneer of Brazil's burgeoning stand-up scene, has propelled his success with an enthusiastic embrace of the Internet and social media.
Q. and A.: Comedy Central in Brazil
ArtsBeat: Supplying Brazil's Laugh Track
The Woman Behind Lucy's Laughs (!)
By TOM GILBERT
Madelyn Pugh Davis was not only a TV pioneer but an anomaly: quietly elegant, yet the only female writer responsible for the big jokes on "I Love Lucy."
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NEW YORK / REGION
Williamsburg on the Hudson
By PETER APPLEBOME
The Hudson River Valley is emerging as a haven for city refugees seeking a life rich in culture without the city's hassles.
Slide Show: A Country Haven for Brooklynites
Pilfered Peppers in City Gardens; Tomatoes, Too
By ROBIN FINN
Theft, of a prize cucumber or several dozen ripe figs, is a fact of life in New York City's community gardens.
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Poetry Connections
Carried Away
The Ups and Downs of Attraction
By ALAN FEUER
Poems about elevators, and other modes of up-and-down conveyance, from the Missed Connections section of craigslist.org.
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MAGAZINE
A Movable Feast: Danny Meyer on a Roll
By SEAN WILSEY
For his next trick, the greatest restaurateur Manhattan has ever seen will try to replicate himself.
The Mad Scientist of Smut
By CHARLES McGRATH
The novelist Nicholson Baker lives a quiet life in Maine. But boy, does his mind wander.
The Phantom Menace of Sleep Deprived Doctors
By DARSHAK SANGHAVI
Young doctors are no longer working long, stupor-inducing hours. So why aren't hospitals any safer?
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EDITORIALS
Editorial
The Truth About Taxes
There is no credible budget fix without also increasing revenues and reforming the tax code.
Editorial
Race to the Right
The Republican mainstream, not just the Tea Party, drove the country's economy to the brink.
Editorial
Pssst. Wanna Know About the New Apple Store?
Apple plans a store in the balconies of Grand Central Terminal's great hall. But why the cloak-and-dagger? The public should have access to its plans.
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SUNDAY REVIEW
Opinion
Straight Outta Havana
By SUJATHA FERNANDES
Unlike other hip-hop fans around the world, young Cubans had little access to the latest trends in American rap, so they had to look inward for inspiration.
Op-Ed Columnist
Downgrade Blues
By MAUREEN DOWD
Maybe the new campaign slogan should be, "Change You Can Forget About."
Columnist Page
Op-Ed Columnist
Win Together or Lose Together
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Generating a national renewal is going to be long and complicated. Most important, it will take collective action required for an emergency.
Columnist Page
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ON THIS DAY
On Aug. 7, 1964, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, giving President Johnson broad powers in dealing with reported North Vietnamese attacks on United States forces.
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N Y TIMESThe Tonkin Gulf Resolution (officially, Asia Resolution, Public Law 88-408) was a joint resolutionwhich the United States Congress passed on August 7, 1964 in response to a sea battle between the North Vietnamese Navy's Torpedo Squadron 135 and the destroyer USS Maddox on August 2 and an alleged second naval engagement between North Vietnamese boats and the US destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy on August 4 in the Tonkin Gulf ; both naval actions are known collectively as the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. The Tonkin Gulf Resolution is of historical significance because it gave U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson authorization, without a formal declaration of war by Congress, for the use of conventional military force in Southeast Asia. Specifically, the resolution authorized the President to do whatever necessary in order to assist "any member or protocol state of the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty." This included involving armed forces. The unanimous affirmative vote in the House of Representatives was 416-0. (However, Congressman Eugene Siler of Kentucky, who was not present but opposed the measure, was "paired" with another member who favored the resolution — i.e., his opposition was not counted, but the vote in favor was one less than it would have been.) It was opposed in the Senate only by Senators Wayne Morse(D–OR) and Ernest Gruening (D–AK). Senator Gruening objected to "sending our American boys into combat in a war in which we have no business, which is not our war, into which we have been misguidedly drawn, which is steadily being escalated." The Johnson administration subsequently relied upon the resolution to begin its rapid escalation of U.S. military involvement in South Vietnam and open warfare between North Vietnam and the United States /Wikipedia
