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| Protesters in Yemen chanted slogans during a demonstration demanding the prosecution of President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Monday. |
Path Is Cleared for Yemeni Leader to Get Care in U.S.
By MARK LANDLER and ERIC SCHMITT
The Obama administration has decided in principle to allow President Ali Abdullah Saleh to enter the United States for medical treatment, subject to certain assurances, two officials said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/27/world/middleeast/saleh-yemen-leader-to-be-admitted-into-us-for-medical-care.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha2
Economic Downturn Took a Detour at Capitol Hill
By ERIC LICHTBLAU
Rarely has the financial divide appeared so wide, or the public contrast so stark, between lawmakers and those they represent.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/27/us/politics/economic-slide-took-a-detour-at-capitol-hill.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha2
Graphic: A Growing Divide
Debate Persists on Deadly Flu Made Airborne
By DENISE GRADY and DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
An experiment that took a dangerous flu virus and made it more so has raised fears of terrorism and questions about whether the experiment should have been done.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/27/science/debate-persists-on-deadly-flu-made-airborne.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha2
QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"To say that I'm enjoying a millionaire's lifestyle - well, I can tell you, I guess a millionaire's income doesn't go very far these days."
ED PASTOR (X) , an Arizona Democrat who is among 250 members of Congress with a net worth of $1 million or more.
U.S.
The live training exercises that take place on a nearly two-million-acre bombing range prepare military pilots for battle, but can be halted by illegal immigrants trying to cross the nearby border from Mexico. http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2011/12/27/us/range-6.html
Opinion
Campaign Stops
Whose Tea Party Is It?
By THEDA SKOCPOL and VANESSA WILLIAMSON
Tensions within the Tea Party help explain the volatility of the Republican primary campaign.
WORLD
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| Jacob Eilon, evening news anchor of Channel 10 in Israel, preparing for a broadcast. The station is struggling to stay in business. |
Israel TV Station's Troubles Reflect a Larger Political Battleground
By ETHAN BRONNER
Channel 10's defenders see the agenda of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at work, but those around him deny any motive of revenge for negative coverage.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/27/world/middleeast/struggle-of-israels-channel-10-tied-to-political-wars.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha22
Genocide Debate Risks New Rift for Israel and Turkey
Syria Observers Urged to Hurry to Homs, Where Death Toll Keeps Rising
By KAREEM FAHIM
At least 20 people were killed in fighting in the rebellious Syrian city of Homs on Monday, as human rights activists urged Arab League observers to visit the city.
Fiscal Crisis Takes Toll on Health of Greeks
By SUZANNE DALEY
A 13 percent cut in health care spending as part of widespread austerity measures has left public hospitals lacking personnel and supplies, and many Greeks without care. "--- Greece used to have an extensive public health care system that pretty much ensured that everybody was covered for everything. But in the last two years, the nation’s creditors have pushed hard for dramatic cost savings to cut back the deficit. These measures are taking a brutal toll on the system and on the country’s growing numbers of poor and unemployed who cannot afford the new fees and co-payments instituted at public hospitals as part of the far-reaching austerity drive. At public hospitals, doctors report shortages of all kinds of supplies, from toilet paper to catheters to syringes. Computerized equipment has gone unrepaired and is no longer in use. Nurses are handling ..." >> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/27/world/europe/greeks-reeling-from-health-care-cutbacks.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha22
Video: Greece's Dangerous Cuts
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U.S.
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| Alan Simons and his family were riding their bikes in Asheville, N.C., when a driver, Charles Diez pulled up next to him and started berating him. Mr. Diez, who had a concealed weapon permit, shot at Mr. Simons. |
Guns in Public, and Out of Sight
By MICHAEL LUO
As states ease concealed weapon laws, some of the permits are ending up in the wrong hands.
Graphic: Easing Restrictions on Gun Permits
Political Struggle in Congress Delayed, Not Resolved
By ROBERT PEAR
Agreements on issues that divided Democrats and Republicans could be even more elusive when Congress returns for an election-year session.
Strafing Mock Targets, but Holding Fire, Too
By MARC LACEY
The military training exercises at an Arizona bombing range are as realistic as can be, but migrants, animals and smugglers can sometimes halt operations.
Slide Show: A Range With Unwelcome Moving Targets
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POLITICS
Iowa Caucus Near, Race Is Still Up in the Air
By JEFF ZELENY
With a little over a week to go, it is an unusually fluid contest, with various factors that could tip the scales in favor of one or another candidate.
The Caucus
Documents Appear to Contradict Gingrich's Account of First Divorce
By TRIP GABRIEL
It is unclear whether the latest twist on this account will damage Mr. Gingrich, who has been married three times, with voters.
The Caucus
Twofold Goal in Iowa for G.O.P. Hopefuls
By MICHAEL D. SHEAR
The window for changing minds is closing fast, and the campaigns must now focus on making sure that their supporters show up at their caucus locations.
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BUSINESS
TV Prices Fall, Squeezing Most Makers and Sellers
By ANDREW MARTIN
Television sets are much less expensive now because of an oversupply and continued pressure on prices from low-cost manufacturers and online retailers.
Sony to Cease Its Flat-Screen Partnership With Samsung
By HIROKO TABUCHI
In a bid to streamline its money-losing television business, the Japanese technology giant is turning over production capacity to its South Korean partner, Samsung.
Law to Find Tax Evaders Denounced
By DAVID JOLLY and BRIAN KNOWLTON
The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act is causing alarm among businesses outside the United States that fear they will have to spend billions of dollars a year to meet increased reporting burdens.
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TECHNOLOGY
Business Briefing
Company News
Hacked Intelligence Company Is a Target Again
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Victims of a data breach at the intelligence analysis firm Stratfor apparently are targets for a second time after speaking out about the hacking.
Keith W. Tantlinger, b. 1919
By DAVID LEONHARDT
Tantlinger's lock that connected the corners of shipping containers deserves a place on any list of economically significant inventions of the 20th century.
App City
For Me, a Beer. For My Phone, Some Juice.
By JOSHUA BRUSTEIN
An app lets users find the nearest bar that has a charging station.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/25/nyregion/grab-a-pint-and-some-juice-for-your-phone.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha26
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SPORTS
2011 Scrapbook
Memories From the Year in Sports
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Every day this week, reporters and editors for The Times will recall the people, teams and moments that made the past year memorable.
Slide Show: The Year in Sports
N.F.L. Roundup
With Last Throw of Big Night, Brees Breaks Marino's Mark
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees set a single-season passing record on Monday night, surpassing Dan Marino's mark from 1984.
Romo Is Feeling Better, So Dallas Is, Too
N.F.L. Fast Forward
Playoffs? Some Battling for No. 1 Pick
By JUDY BATTISTA
Three playoff spots, and a slew of seedings, will be determined on the final day of the regular season. But for a longer-term effect on the N.F.L., look to the otherwise meaningless game between Jacksonville and Indianapolis.
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ARTS
In Madrid's Heart, Park Blooms Where a Freeway Once Blighted
By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN
In this and other cities, parks now flourish, and neighborhoods with them, in place of aboveground highways.
Slide Show: Madrid Río
Crystal Bridges, the Art Museum Walmart Money Built, Opens
By ROBERTA SMITH
Crystal Bridges, a museum of American art built by a Walmart heir, has opened in Arkansas.
Slide Show: Crystal Bridges
Books of The Times
'Death Comes to Pemberley'
By CHARLES McGRATH
P. D. James's latest mystery revisits the world of "Pride and Prejudice," as a murder intrudes on the proper, manored lives of Elizabeth and Darcy. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/27/books/death-comes-to-pemberley-by-p-d-james-review.html
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NEW YORK / REGION
In Fire's Rubble, Signs of Grandfather's Last Heroic Act
By SARAH MASLIN NIR and KRISTIN HUSSEY
Lomer Johnson, one of five people who died in a fire on Christmas morning in Stamford, Conn., had tried in vain to help one of his three grandchildren escape the blaze.
Woman's Daughters and Parents Killed in Connecticut Fire
As Inquiry Widens, Comptroller Is Busy Showing That All Is Calm
By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ and DAVID W. CHEN
John C. Liu, the New York City comptroller, may have been badly damaged by the inquiry into his campaign donations. But one would never know it watching him.
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| The cables on the Giulio Verne were made to survive for decades beneath the Hudson. |
Ship's Espresso-Fueled Mission: Laying Cables Beneath the Hudson
By PATRICK McGEEHAN
The crew of the Giulio Verne, from Naples, Italy, is laying cable beneath the Hudson River to carry electricity to Manhattan from the power grid serving New Jersey and other states.
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SCIENCE TIMES
Basics
The Hormone Surge of Middle Childhood
By NATALIE ANGIER
Around 5 or 6, children experience an endocrinological event that propels them toward the ability to control impulses, to reason, to focus, to plan for the future.
Well: What quote do you think best captures the grade-school years?
Related: Little Rascals in a Secret Garden
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Graceful Moves, for a Boy Made of Metal
By HENRY FOUNTAIN
How does an automaton that helped to inspire the one in the Martin Scorsese film "Hugo" really work?
Graphic: Mechanical Memory
Science and Censorship: A Duel Lasting Centuries
By WILLIAM J. BROAD
When a federal panel asked two journals last week to withhold details on bird flu experiments, it was only the latest example of an ages-old conflict often rooted in issues of war and advanced weaponry.
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EDITORIALS
Editorial
Keeping Students From the Polls
To limit Democratic turnout on Election Day, Republican lawmakers are making it harder for students and other liberal-leaning groups to vote.
Editorial
Dealing With China's Troubles
Beijing and the West must realize that a trade war with the world's largest exporting nation would be a disaster for everyone.
Editorial
Million-Dollar Visas
Congress needs to amend the law that created the investor visa to tighten the rules on what qualifies as a high-unemployment area.
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OP-ED
Op-Ed Contributor
Want a New You? Change Your Name
By ALINA SIMONE
What's in a name? Plenty. A new one can change your life.
Op-Ed Columnist
Midlife Crisis Economics
By DAVID BROOKS
The Obama administration used to like to compare today's problems to those that led to the Great Depression. But they differ in many ways. "--- Moreover, the information economy widens inequality for deep and varied reasons that were unknown a century ago. Inequality is growing in nearly every developed country. According to a report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, over the past 30 years, inequality in Sweden, Germany, Israel, Finland and New Zealand has grown as fast or faster than inequality in the United States, even though these countries have very different welfare systems. ---"
Columnist Page
Blog
Op-Ed Columnist
Glass's Road to Redemption
By JOE NOCERA
After years of making amends for his former career as a fabulist at The New Republic, Stephen Glass has earned the right to practice law.
Columnist Page
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ON THIS DAY
On Dec. 27, 1979, Soviet forces seized control of Afghanistan. President Hafizullah Amin, who was overthrown and executed, was replaced by Babrak Karmal
Edward Lopez "Ed" Pastor (born June 28, 1943) is the U.S. Representative for Arizona's 4th congressional district, serving since 1991. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes most of southern, western, and downtown Phoenix, along with a portion of Glendale./Wikipedia
