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| When NATO bombs hit an apartment building in Surt, Libya, on Sept. 16, Mahmoud Zarog Massoud's wife was killed |
Libya's Civilian Toll From Strikes, Denied by NATO
By C. J. CHIVERS and ERIC SCHMITT
NATO airstrikes killed and wounded dozens of civilians in Libya, but the alliance has largely refused to investigate the casualties.
Interactive: Errant NATO Airstrikes in Libya
Video: NATO Airstrikes
Photographs: The Civilian Toll
For Senate Tax Cut Stopgap, Odds in House Are Uncertain
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER
A two-month extension to the payroll-tax holiday - should it get through the House - adds to a series of 11th-hour Congressional deals that simply pushed the issues involved forward.
Senate Roll Call
Tax Bill Can Stall Oil Pipeline, Officials Say
Economy Rules G.O.P. Message, but Iowa Differs
By A.G. SULZBERGER
This election cycle, there is another way in which Iowa does not represent the nation as a whole: it is too economically healthy.
Interactive Feature: State Jobless Rates, in Order of Primary Dates
QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"I'm not necessarily convinced that they have great marketable skills. If you train someone to be a sniper, those are not necessarily skills that are transferable."
RACHEL FELDSTEIN, associate director of a veterans services group in San Diego, on high unemployment among young war veterans.
World
Errant NATO Airstrikes in Libya: 13 Cases
Evidence from 13 cases in which NATO airstrikes in Libya killed civilians or did not hit their intended targets.
Opinion
The Visible Apps of the Free Market
Amazon's retail-undercutting "price check" app has inspired other online companies.
WORLD
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| A protester celebrated in front of a government building on Saturday in Cairo. |
Leader Denies Use of Violence as Cairo Crackdown Persists
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
Egypt's military rulers escalated bloody clashes with street protesters, even as the prime minister denied that security forces were using any force.
Photographs
The Lede: Egyptian Soldiers Attack Protesters
Large Bloc of Lawmakers Boycotts Iraqi Parliament
By JACK HEALY and MICHAEL R. GORDON
The boycott signaled fresh political dysfunction that threatens to unravel Iraq's year-old governing coalition.
Floods in Southern Philippines Leave Hundreds Dead
By FLOYD WHALEY
Flash floods triggered by a tropical storm sent water gushing into homes, killing more than 500 and surprising families who fled to rooftops.
Video: Flash Floods Tear Through Philippines (Reuters)
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U.S.
Gingrich Survives Glare to Exploit the Spotlight
By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE
Abandoned by top aides, Newt Gingrich used the Republican debates, and a good deal of luck, to climb back into the primary race.
Interactive Feature: A New Favorite in the Republican Field
News Analysis
Reframing the Debate Over Using Phones Behind the Wheel
By MATT RICHTEL
In an emotional call for states to ban all phone use by drivers, the chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board compared the deadly habit to smoking.
New England Asks: Who Has Fairest Lobster Trap Tree of All?
By JESS BIDGOOD
Along the northern New England Coast, festive monuments of engineering and local pride mark the Christmas season and guarantee bragging rights for the towns.
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POLITICS
A Lightning Rod Undeterred by G.O.P. Thunder
By CHARLIE SAVAGE
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. says he believes most critics have genuine philosophical disagreements, but that some extreme critics see him as a stand-in for President Obama.
Republican Candidates Cram in Events With Voters Before Break for the Holidays
By MICHAEL D. SHEAR
The Republican presidential hopefuls stepped up their campaigns before the holiday break, while the Des Moines Register endorsed Mitt Romney on Saturday.
Gingrich Survives Glare to Exploit Spotlight
Dole Backs Romney
A New iPhone App: Campaign News and More
Panetta Is First U.S. Defense Secretary to Visit Libya
By THOM SHANKER and LIAM STACK
Early Saturday, Leon E. Panetta became the first U.S. defense secretary to visit Libya, arriving to assess a government trying to unite rebel groups that ousted Col. Qaddafi.
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BUSINESS
As Wars End, Young Veterans Return to Scant Jobs
By SHAILA DEWAN
The unemployment rate for veterans aged 20 to 24 has averaged 30 percent this year, in part because managers have difficulty translating military accomplishments to the civilian world.
Rules to Stop Pupil and Teacher From Getting Too Social Online
By JENNIFER PRESTON
Guidelines banning conversations between teachers and students on Facebook and Twitter are meeting resistance because of the increasing importance of technology in the classroom.
The Price to Play Its Way
By DAVID SEGAL
A law school in Tennessee reflects the problems many such schools face: meeting stringent, and costly, American Bar Association rules, while also trying to be affordable to students.
Ask the Reporter a Question
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TECHNOLOGY
Rebooting Philanthropy in Silicon Valley
By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, wife of the Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen, wants all tech titans to be famous for their charitable work, too.
Novelties
Making Science Leap From the Page
By ANNE EISENBERG
"Principles of Biology," a digital-only textbook, includes interactive features that take it beyond early e-textbooks that were static reprises of the print versions.
The Boss
Journey of a Bookworm
By SEAN DEVINE
The chief executive of CourseSmart loved books (and rugby) while growing up, and has been a pioneer in electronic books during his career.
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SPORTS
Organized Chaos on the Jets' Sidelines
By BEN SHPIGEL
During an N.F.L. game the sideline is the team's nerve center, a hub of continuous activity, and as befitting a sport ruled by routine, nothing is left to chance.
The Fifth Down: Week 15 Matchups: A Game of Toddler Chess
Fantasy Football: Favorable and Unfavorable Matchups
Toughest Picks
N.F.L. Roundup: Romo and Cowboys Rout Bucs and Edge Ahead of Giants
Behind the Scenes, Haymon Is Shaking Up the Fight Game
By GREG BISHOP
Al Haymon, a former music promoter, quickly became a force in boxing and, despite being unpopular with some in the business, his influence is clear.
Knicks 92, Nets 83
Test Drive for Two Teams Still Tinkering
By HOWARD BECK
In a predictably ragged first game, the Knicks held off the Nets and got a pleasant surprise in the play of rookie guard Iman Shumpert, who had 16 points in 25 minutes off the bench.
Box Score
Play-by-Play
N.B.A. Roundup: Celtics' Green Will Miss Season With an Aneurysm
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ARTS
Complacency Butts Up Against Game Changers
By HOLLAND COTTER
Museums in New York City offered some potent fare this year, and at least two museums with national interest opened in 2011, but many gallery shows were dull, all about cash and caution.
Slide Show
Substance and Spectacle
By ROBERTA SMITH
As artworks get bigger and shinier, and spectacle grabs the spotlight at museum's contemporary-art shows, substance is still venerated in the New York art world.
Slide Show
From the Past, but Looking Forward
By BEN BRANTLEY
It has been a year in the theater for putting new and explosive life into classic vessels.
Slide Show: Ben Brantley's Top 10 of 2011
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NEW YORK / REGION
Woman Is Burned Alive in an Elevator in Brooklyn
By SARAH MASLIN NIR and AL BAKER
Detectives and fire marshals were reviewing video surveillance footage of a woman being burned alive in the elevator of an apartment building.
Arrests as Occupy Protest Turns to Church
By AL BAKER and COLIN MOYNIHAN
Several hundred demonstrators poured into Duarte Square in Lower Manhattan after Trinity Wall Street refused to give space for a new encampment. At least 50 were arrested.
Body Found on Long Island Is Identified as Missing Woman's
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bones found in a coastal wetland on Long Island last week are the remains of Shannan Gilbert, a missing woman who worked as a prostitute, investigators confirmed.
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MAGAZINE
Now That the Factories Are Closed, It's Tee Time in Benton Harbor, Mich.
By JONATHAN MAHLER
The strange second life of a Michigan factory town that lost its factories.
Slide Show: The Key Players in Benton Harbor's Revival
The Pakistanis Have a Point
By BILL KELLER
Sure, they can be infuriating, not to mention duplicitous, paranoid and self-pitying. But you try being a U.S. ally.
One Hundred Artists Rolled Into One Man
By SARA CORBETT
In his obscure art exhibition, Shea Hembrey takes on the role of 100 artists. And not one of them is any less real than another.
Slide Show: Shea Hembrey's 'Artists'
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EDITORIALS
Editorial
Working With Medicare
Medicare reforms could save hundreds of billions of dollars without scrapping the system.
Editorial
Alabama's Second Thoughts
Alabama's stance on its extremist immigration law is shifting from defiance tdamage control, as Gov. Robert Bentley admits that the law needs fixing.
Editorial
Sunday Observer
Inside the Euro Zone, Bracing for Austerity
By DAVID C. UNGER
As Italy's emergency economic plan heads toward approval, many residents are worried that the biggest sacrifices will fall on the working and middle classes.
SUNDAY REVIEW
Why Is the N.Y.P.D. After Me?
By NICHOLAS K. PEART
As a black man in my 20s, I've incorporated into my daily life the sense that I might be pushed against a wall or thrown to the ground by a police officer at any time.
Op-Ed Columnist
The Pungent Aroma of Paranoia
By MAUREEN DOWD
Art reflecting life or life reflecting art? The end of the Iraq war and Season 1 of "Homeland" have everyone on edge.
Columnist Page
Op-Ed Columnist
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| Clouds of tear gas have become a daily endurance for Bahrainis, like this woman at a highway protest west of Manama. |
Repressing Democracy, With American Arms
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Should President Obama sell $53 million worth of arms to Bahrain when it continues to violently repress its citizens?
Columnist Page
Blog
Video: The Death of a Boy in Bahrain
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ON THIS DAY
On Dec. 18, 1957, the Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania, the first civilian nuclear facility to generate electricity in the United States, went online.
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