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lördag, december 10, 2011

New York Times - Todays's Headlines



TOP NEWS


Prime Minister David Cameron,
 center, and Chancellor Angela Merkel,
 left, at the European Union
 talks in Brussels on Friday.



German Vision Prevails as Leaders Agree on Fiscal Pact
By STEVEN ERLANGER and STEPHEN CASTLE
Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany persuaded every current member of the European Union except Britain to endorse tighter regional oversight of government spending.
"BRUSSELS — Europe’s worst financial crisis in generations is forging a new European Union, pushing Britain to the sidelines and creating a more integrated, fiscally disciplined core of nations under the auspices of a resurgent Germany.".

Gauging the Strength of a European Firewall
Tracking Europe's Debt Crisis
Video: TimesCast
Euro Treaty to Take New Shape

With Lobbying Blitz, For-Profit Colleges Diluted New Rules
By ERIC LICHTBLAU
A ferocious pushback led Education Department and White House officials to relax an effort to cut off the huge flow of federal financial aid to unfit educational programs.

Graphic: Top For-Profit College Spenders

The Saturday Profile
Rousing Russia With a Phrase
By ELLEN BARRY
Aleksei Navalny has aroused Russians angry over what they say were fraudulent parliamentary elections, rebranding Vladimir V. Putin's United Russia party as "the party of swindlers and thieves."
"MOSCOW — The man most responsible for the extraordinary burst of antigovernment activism here over the past week will not speak at a rally planned for Saturday, or even attend it, because he is in prison."


QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"What would an apology do for me? You don't know what my kids were going to be. You don't know what kids God was going to give me."
NIAL RAMIREZ, who was sterilized under North Carolina's eugenics program in the 1960s, when she was 18.

Travel


Slide Show:
Vintage Skiing
From Vermont to Colorado to New Mexico, a photo essay on skiing from another era.

Go to The Ski Issue from Travel

Opinion

Op-Ed Contributor
My Mother-in-Law's One High Day
By MARIE MYUNG-OK LEE
The blessings of a bong: a single gorgeous meal after weeks of chemotherapy and nausea.

WORLD

94 People Die as Private Hospital in India Burns
By LYDIA POLGREEN and HARI KUMAR
A smoldering blaze in a plush 180-bed hospital in Kolkata, formerly Calcutta, started in the basement early Friday and took more than 12 hours to subdue.

Slide Show
India Ink: 'What Can the Government Do?'

Congo Leader Is Declared Winner in Disputed Vote
By ADAM NOSSITER
Many residents in the sprawling dilapidated capital of Kinshasa feared the outcome would stoke new spasms of political violence.

Waiting to Leave, Last U.S. Troops in Iraq Stay Vigilant
By JACK HEALY
The American forces still in Iraq are continuing their patrols, scouring for explosives and trying to ensure that departing convoys leave safely.
"Since the war began in 2003, 4,485 American service members have been killed in Iraq, though none from this unit on this tour. Still, some of the soldiers said they worried about what could happen in their remaining days"

• More World News

U.S.

Thousands Sterilized, a State Weighs Restitution
By KIM SEVERSON
A task force is calculating North Carolina's obligation to the estimated 7,600 victims of its eugenics program from 1933 to 1977, many of them poor and uneducated.

Document: View From the Inside

The Long Run
Perry Survived Even as His Big Plan for Texas Failed
By DEBORAH SONTAG
A public-private transit project unveiled in 2002 was meant to be a centerpiece of Rick Perry's governorship.

Tracing a Mother's Vagabond Path to Murder and Suicide in Texas
By MANNY FERNANDEZ
Denied food stamps, Rachelle Grimmer, who had lived a wandering existence in recent months, took a hostage at gunpoint at a social services office before shooting her two children and herself.

• More U.S. News

POLITICS

News Analysis


Reality and Re-election Sharpen Obama's Zigzags
By JOHN HARWOOD
Every president must make decisions that please or infuriate the base, but Obama's turns look all the harsher because he rose on a campaign that had aspired to change Washington.


Gingrich Suggests a Reversal of Mideast Policy
By TRIP GABRIEL
Newt Gingrich's statements go beyond what other conservative Israeli leadership and Republican candidates have said, with experts noting that they might be counterproductive to establishing peace.


The TV Watch
The Republican Primary Campaign in Iowa Is Right at Home on Fox News
By ALESSANDRA STANLEY
All the networks, broadcast and cable, are closely covering the Republican primary campaign, but Fox News practically owns and operates it.

• More Political News



BUSINESS


Swatch, Supplier to Rivals, Now Aims to Cut Them Off
By RAPHAEL MINDER
In January, Swatch, the Swiss timepiece maker, will cut back its sales of watch components to competitors, a move that is fanning resentment of Swatch's clout and size in the industry.

Latest Plan for Europe Fails to Wow Investors
By GRAHAM BOWLEY
Investors said a new fiscal plan among the 17 European Union nations using the euro would forestall a new crisis, but they worried that it did little to ease current or long-term problems.

An A.T.V. With Extra Room, and Maybe More Risks, Too
By ANDREW MARTIN
The ability to carry passengers has sent the popularity of side-by-side off-road vehicles soaring, but despite roll bars and seat belts, safety concerns are rising.

• More Business News

TECHNOLOGY

On Ledge and Online: Solitary Sport Turns Social
By ALEX LOWTHER
Posting online about ascents in real time is now an accepted practice, but a vocal minority worries about the purity of the sport of rock climbing.
"Last month the climber Tommy Caldwell lived on a nylon ledge hung 1,200 feet up El Capitan, the massive sweep of granite that stands sentinel over Yosemite Valley, for more than two weeks. One of the world’s best all-around rock climbers, Caldwell slept on the ledge, cooked on the ledge and went to the bathroom into a receptacle hanging below the ledge. And at the top of this solitary, silent sport, he was being watched by thousands of spectators around the world".


Bits Blog

Meg Whitman, left, chief of Hewlett-Packard,
Marissa Mayer, center, head of local products at Google,
 and Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer at Facebook.


Where Are the Women Executives in Silicon Valley?
By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER
Technology companies have the lowest percentages of women board members and highest-paid executives among the biggest public companies in California, according to a new study.

Ventures

Everyone Speaks Text Message
By TINA ROSENBERG
Is technology killing indigenous languages or saving them? Well, you may soon be able to text in N'Ko.

• More Technology News

SPORTS

N.B.A. Reopens to Business as Unusual
By HOWARD BECK
As training camps opened and players began signing contracts, the main topic of discussion was David Stern's decision to veto the trade that would have sent Chris Paul to the Lakers.

Trade Rejected, Lakers Begin on Subdued Note

Off the Dribble

With Trade Voided, Score One for the Laker Haters
By HARVEY ARATON
The vetoing of the Chris Paul trade seemed to have more to do with the Lakers than the Hornets and did nothing but reinforce old conspiratorial notions that the N.B.A. is a rigged sport.

Stern Says Owners Did Not Influence Veto of Trade
Post a Comment: Should the Trade Have Been Approved?

Nearly a Knick, Chandler Will Fill a Big Need in the Team's Middle
By STEVE ADAMEK
Tyson Chandler is on his way to New York in a deal that will give the Knicks a major defensive boost while leaving them with a gaping hole at point guard.

Mavericks Open Camp With Many Missing Pieces
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ARTS

Critic's Notebook

The rapper eXquire at
 Glasslands Gallery in Williamsburg,
Brooklyn, on Tuesday night,
part of a showcase of three
independent hip-hop acts.



Hip-Hop Universe, Expanding
By JON CARAMANICA
Three rap acts - G-Side, Cities Aviv and eXquire - showcased their differing styles at Brooklyn's Glasslands Gallery on Tuesday night.

ArtsBeat Blog

James Levine Withdraws From Conducting at the Met, Until at Least 2013
By DANIEL J. WAKIN
Mr. Levine cancelled the last remaining dates on his schedule and withdrew from all productions he had planned to lead next season.

A Word With: Jane Birkin

French Songwriter's British Muse, Onstage Again
By MAÏA DE LA BAUME
Jane Birkin takes Serge Gainsbourg on the road with Nobu in honor of the 20th anniversary of Gainsbourg's death and the 40th anniversary of the album "Melody Nelson."

• More Arts News

NEW YORK / REGION

In Bags at J.F.K., Handlers Found Niche for Crime
By MOSI SECRET
A baggage handler at Kennedy Airport was the leader of a drug-smuggling ring, and his associates were other airline workers.

With Jury Deadlocked, Mistrial Is Declared in Councilman's Corruption Case
By BENJAMIN WEISER and COLIN MOYNIHAN
A federal jury could not reach a verdict in the corruption case of Councilman Larry B. Seabrook, charged in a scheme to direct taxpayer money to a network of nonprofit organizations he controlled.

Cuomo, Praised for Tax Deal, Takes Victory Lap to City
By THOMAS KAPLAN
An appearance in Brooklyn gave the governor an opportunity to drive home the message that while Washington is paralyzed by political gridlock, Albany is functioning effectively.

• More New York / Region News »

TRAVEL

Reaching for the Sky in Utah
By TIM NEVILLE
For years the neglected cousin of more popular Utah resorts, the Canyons has been reborn as Canyons Resort, complete with a snow "beach" and a heated chairlift.

Slide Show: In Utah, the Canyons Resorts Gets a Facelift
In Transit: Share your #MyWipeOut story

Practical Traveler

How to Find Lift Tickets for Less
By MICHELLE HIGGINS
There are more options now, but timing your purchase has become important.

36 Hours: Lake Placid, N.Y.
By LIONEL BEEHNER
Lake Placid has quietly been adding non-Olympic attractions, including farm-to-table restaurants, classier lodgings and a gleaming convention center.

Slide Show: 36 Hours: Lake Placid, N.Y.
• More Travel News

EDITORIALS

Editorial

Europe's Latest Try
We are not optimistic about Friday's new fiscal pact. More discipline and coordination make sense, but first economies have to start growing.

Editorial

Expanding the Fight Against AIDS
The Obama administration and New York City have raised treatment goals. Progress in preventing infections has stagnated, so the push is clearly needed.
"An estimated 1.2 million Americans were infected with the virus at latest count, of whom 240,000 people are unaware. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention started a campaign  last week to increase testing with special emphasis on warning ...". 
Editorial

Rescue for the Gulf
The federal government plans to reverse decades of man-made degradation in the Gulf of Mexico. But the question is where will the big money come from.
"The Obama administration this week officially began what it hopes will be a sustained push to reverse decades of man-made degradation in the Gulf of Mexico. The trigger for this effort is last year’s disastrous BP oil spill. But the administration’s strategy goes beyond repairing immediate damages, to the task of restoring the entire ecosystem to good health."


• More Opinion

OP-ED

Op-Ed Columnist

The Brutal Side of Hazing
By CHARLES M. BLOW
We must end hazing, and the "conspiracy of silence" that shrouds the widespread practice in secrecy and shame.

Columnist Page

Op-Ed Columnist

The Ghosts of Boyfriends Past
By GAIL COLLINS
After a nominee for an ambassador's post was grilled over a boyfriend she had lived with almost 20 years ago, it might be time to adopt a statute of limitations on this sort of thing.

Columnist Page

Op-Ed Contributor

For 29 Dead Miners, No Justice
By DAVID M. UHLMANN
Despite its questionable practices, Massey Energy will not be criminally prosecuted for a mine explosion that killed 29 workers in West Virginia.

More Opinion

ON THIS DAY
On Dec. 10, 1948, the U.N. General Assembly adopted its Universal Declaration on Human Rights.

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