Romney Fights for First-Place Showing in Iowa Caucuses
By JIM RUTENBERG and JEFF ZELENY
Just as confidence had been rising among Mitt Romney and his aides that they could pull off a win in Iowa, Rick Santorum emerged as the latest in a rotating cast of surging alternatives.
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| In Athens, homeless people have a New Year’s Day meal. Prime Minister Lucas Papademos has warned of a “very difficult year.” |
Austerity Reigns Over Euro Zone as Crisis Deepens
By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ
Beleaguered European economies are braced for a turbulent year, as widening deficits force more borrowing and added belt-tightening puts growth further out of reach.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/02/business/global/in-euro-zone-austerity-seems-to-hit-its-limits.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha2
Future in Mind, E.U. Plans for Less Unanimity
No Fireworks for Euro as It Reaches the 10-Year Mark
The Hard Road Back - Unseen Injury
Acting Out War's Inner Wounds
By JAMES DAO
Matthew Pennington has learned to live with the physical wounds of war, but a role as a soldier in a movie is helping him cope with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Video: Unseen Injury
QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"Every government in Europe with the exception of Germany is bending over backwards to prove to the market that they won't hesitate to do what it takes. We're going straight into a wall with this kind of policy. It's sheer madness."
CHARLES WYPLOSZ, a professor of economics at the Graduate Institute of Geneva, on the austerity measures now being imposed by several debt-laden European countries.
U.S.
Video: Unseen Injury
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2012/01/01/us/100000001189010/unseen-injury.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=thab1
After his third deployment, Sgt. Matthew Pennington, 28, returned to his home in Dexter, Me., where he is recovering from both physical and psychological traumas.
Opinion
Opinionator - The Stone
On Modern Time
By ESPEN HAMMER
Even in this frenetic age, we can experience our lives beyond the limitations of the calendar and the clock.
WORLD
In Afghanistan, Poppy Growing Proves Resilient
By ALISSA J. RUBIN
Vigorous efforts to get farmers to grow something else had results, but the crop is returning, and with it, the influence of the Taliban.
Palestinians and Israelis Will Talk This Week
By ETHAN BRONNER
Palestinian and Israeli negotiators will meet in Jordan on Tuesday in an effort to revive moribund peace talks, although none of the sides involved suggested any reason to view the meeting as a sign of significant progress.
Police Inquiry Prompts New Speculation on Who Leaked Climate-Change E-Mails
By LESLIE KAUFMAN
The original e-mails, released in 2009, sowed doubts about scientists' research and integrity, and galvanized skeptics of global warming.
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U.S.
Cars Set on Fire, and Los Angeles Set on Edge
By ADAM NAGOURNEY
On this holiday weekend, Los Angeles was dealing with a new plague, this time an arsonist (or arsonists) who in the course of three days firebombed at least 39 cars in the metropolitan area.
In Iowa, a Time to Vote, and, for Many, to Settle
By MARK LEIBOVICH
As the Iowa caucuses near, voters are preparing to choose their candidates. Just don't ask them to sound happy about it.
Santorum's Challenge: Broaden His Appeal Beyond Evangelical Christians
Embattled but Confident, Bachmann Says She Is the 'Complete Package'
The TV Watch
A Relentless On-Screen Bid to Sell Candidates in Iowa
By ALESSANDRA STANLEY
Campaign ads praise candidates, attack their rivals and have come with ever greater frequency as the caucuses approach.
• More U.S. News
POLITICS
Santorum's Challenge: Broaden His Appeal Beyond Evangelical Christians
By JEREMY W. PETERS
Rick Santorum is rejoicing in his recent rise in the polls, yet confronting some stark realities that his underdog campaign cannot ignore.
Embattled but Confident, Bachmann Says She Is the 'Complete Package'
By SUSAN SAULNY
Michele Bachmann, whose campaign has run into difficulties, makes a last appeal to Iowa caucusgoers.
The Caucus
At Church Sunday Morning, Thoughts of Tuesday Night
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Times reporters visited several Iowa churches to take the pulse of worshipers as they prepare to caucus.
• More Political News
BUSINESS
In Flop of H.P. TouchPad, an Object Lesson for the Tech Sector
By BRIAN X. CHEN
WebOS, the TouchPad tablet's core software, was developed by Palm in about nine months, and former employees said the software was deeply flawed because of the way it was built.
PBS Takes On the Premium Channels
By AMY CHOZICK
The success of the British drama "Downton Abbey" prompted the organization to change its programming and marketing tactics, and aim at viewers more attuned to HBO and Showtime.
In Speaking for TLC, the Least Said Is Best
By BRIAN STELTER
Laurie Goldberg of the cable channel TLC has deftly handled a flurry of reality-show crises surrounding series like "All-American Muslim" and "Jon & Kate Plus 8."
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TECHNOLOGY
Google Bases a Campaign on Emotions, Not Terms
By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER
The company is embracing advertising and promoting new businesses like the Chrome browser and the Google Plus social network in order to find revenue beyond search ads.
Novelties
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| Mark Davies, a professor at Brigham Young, has amassed a database called the Corpus of Contemporary American English. |
--> Defining Words, Without the Arbiters
By ANNE EISENBERG
Wordnik, the online dictionary, brings some of the Web's vox populi to the definition of words. It shows "what's out there right now," one of its founders says.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/01/business/wordniks-online-dictionary-no-arbiters-please.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha26
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| From the net http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/x.asp?w=1034&h=646: |
Unboxed
Even a Giant Can Learn to Run
By STEVE LOHR
Samuel J. Palmisano, who is departing as I.B.M.'s chief executive, devised four questions that pushed his huge company to stay a step ahead of its rivals.
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SPORTS
Giants 31, Cowboys 14
Giants Rout the Cowboys and Win the N.F.C. East
By SAM BORDEN
The Giants rushed to a 21-0 lead in the first half and hung on to beat the Cowboys in a winner-take-all clash for the division title and the last spot in the playoffs.
Slide Show
Box Score
Sudden Health of Defense Empowers the Pass Rush
By MARK VIERA
With Osi Umenyiora returning from a sprained ankle, the Giants chased Tony Romo all around the field.
From City Park to Stadium: A Giant's Unlikely Return
Dolphins 19, Jets 17
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| The Jets' Plaxico Burress, left, had four catches for 57 yards against the Dolphins, but he did not score. |
Jets' Chances End Early as Offense Fights Itself
By BEN SHPIGEL
Mark Sanchez threw three interceptions, and the Jets completed one of the most disappointing seasons in team history with a loss to the Dolphins.
Slide Show
Box Score
Holmes Ends His Season on Sideline
The Fifth Down: What Are Jets' Biggest Off-Season Needs?
• More Sports News >> ( Among other things: Malaga Ambition Faces Cup Test at Real Madrid >>
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2012/01/02/sports/soccer/sports-us-soccer-spain-cup.html?ref=sports )
ARTS
Music Review
Shiny Bibelot From Shakespeare, Handel & Co.
By ANTHONY TOMMASINI
"The Enchanted Island," a pastiche incorporating elements from Shakespeare and Baroque works by Handel, Vivaldi and others, had its premiere Saturday at the Metropolitan Opera.
Slide Show
Video: Metropolitan Pastiche
Music Review
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| Alan Gilbert conducting the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall on New Year's Eve. |
Gilbert Puts His Stamp on a Lively Celebration
By ALLAN KOZINN
In conducting the New York Philharmonic on New Year's Eve, Alan Gilbert made a point about works with a distinctly American style.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/02/arts/music/new-york-philharmonic-at-avery-fisher-hall-review.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha28
Books of The Times
'Distrust That Particular Flavor'
By DWIGHT GARNER
William Gibson, the novelist who coined the term cyberspace, offers a collection of nonfiction pieces.
• More Arts News »
NEW YORK / REGION
Routine Drugstore Run Turns Deadly for Federal Agent
By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN and TIM STELLOH
Police in Nassau County are trying to determine how John Capano, an off-duty agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, died after intervening in a robbery.
Obscuring a Muslim Name, and an American's Sacrifice
By SHARON OTTERMAN
The location of Mohammad Salman Hamdani's name on the Sept. 11 memorial suggests "loose connections," despite his death as an early responder. " --- He was buried after the Sept. 11 attacks with full honors from the New York Police Department, and proclaimed a hero by the city’s police commissioner. He is cited by name in the Patriot Act as an example of Muslim-American valor. And Representative Keith Ellison of Minnesota, one of two Muslim members of Congress, was brought to tears during a Congressional hearing in March while describing how the man, a Pakistani-American from Queens, had wrongly been suspected of involvement in the attacks, before he was lionized as a young police cadet who had died trying to save lives. ---"
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/02/nyregion/sept-11-memorial-obscures-a-police-cadets-bravery.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha29
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| The subway platform at Times Square on Thursday. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority reduced service because the day traditionally has low peak-hour ridership. |
Less Service in the Subway? It May Be a 'Minor Holiday'
By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is running fewer trains during the morning and evening rush on a group of weekdays with traditionally low peak-hour ridership.
From readers comments:
"NYC's mass transit has never been properly funded/subsidized - that is the problem. Riders pay high fares and there is insufficient money for capital needs because in the U.S., government (at all levels) subsidizes highways and footbal stadiums. Moreover, as others have noted, the filth is created by the riders. (NYC is filthy in general, because too many of its residents think it is OK to litter everywhere...) Transit in European and other countries works because the cental governments fund it and its citizens adhere to some sort of civic manners."/Anne NYC (Anne har tydligen inte provat att åka tåg i Sverige, eller ens vintertid åkt buss i Sundsvall)
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/02/nyregion/mta-reduces-subway-service-on-a-few-minor-holidays.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha29
• More New York / Region News
MEDIA & ADVERTISING
In New York and Elsewhere, Disputes Over Television Fees Lead to a Few Blackouts
By BRIAN STELTER
Negotiations over fees paid by cable and satellite distributors to TV stations were largely successful, but in New York a dispute led to a blackout of the sports channel MSG.
Time Warner Replaces MSG Network With NBA TV
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| Jeremy Renner grips a dangling Tom Cruise in the hit “Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol.” |
Tom Cruise Is Again a Box-Office Draw
Movie-ticket sales this past weekend totaled $164 million, a 3 percent increase over the same period last year, with "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol," starring Tom Cruise, topping the rankings.
The Media Equation
The Danger of an Attack on Piracy Online
By DAVID CARR
Antipiracy legislation before both chambers of Congress has bipartisan support, but online content providers are concerned it goes too far. They are right to be alarmed.
• More Media & Advertising News
EDITORIALS
Editorial
Where the Real Jobs Are
The Keystone pipeline is bad energy policy and doesn't do enough for the economy. President Obama should argue for alternative fuel sources and clean energy jobs.
Editorial
'Essential Benefits' and Health Reform
Flexibility on state requirements may lessen opposition, but a national standard where all Americans enjoy the same benefits is still best.
Editorial
Stigmatizing Food Stamps
The Bloomberg administration should drop the requirement that all applicants for food stamps be electronically fingerprinted, which leads too many New Yorkers to forgo help.
• More Opinion
OP-ED
Op-Ed Contributor
In China, the Grievances Keep Coming
By YU HUA
Victims of corruption and injustice have no faith in the law, and yet they bring complaints, dreaming that an upright official will emerge to right their wrongs.
Op-Ed Columnist
Nobody Understands Debt
By PAUL KRUGMAN
The obsession with deficit reduction is wrongheaded and ill-informed. "---In 2011, as in 2010, America was in a technical recovery but continued to suffer from disastrously high unemployment. And through most of 2011, as in 2010, almost all the conversation in Washington was about something else: the allegedly urgent issue of reducing the budget deficit.This misplaced focus said a lot about our political culture, in particular about how disconnected Congress is from the suffering of ordinary Americans. But it also revealed something else: when people in D.C. talk about deficits and debt, by and large they have no idea what they’re talking about — and the people who talk the most understand the least ---".
Columnist Page
Blog
Op-Ed Contributor
How Iraq Can Define Its Destiny
By ALI A. ALLAWI
Iraq must create new economic, security and political structures that weave Middle Eastern countries closer together while peacefully accommodating the region's ethnic and religious diversity.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/02/opinion/how-iraq-can-define-its-destiny.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha212
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ON THIS DAY
On Jan. 2, 1905, Japanese Gen. Nogi received from Russian Gen. Stoessel at 9 o'clock P.M. a letter formally offering to surrender, ending the Russo-Japanese War.
Russo-Japanese War. From YouTube:
The Russo-Japanese War (8 February 1904 – 5 September 1905) was "the first great war of the 20th century."It grew out of rival imperial ambitions of the Russian Empire and Japanese Empire over Manchuria and Korea. The major theatres of operations were Southern Manchuria, specifically the area around the Liaodong Peninsula and Mukden, the seas around Korea, Japan, and the Yellow Sea.
The Russians sought a warm water port on the Pacific Ocean, for their navy as well as for maritime trade. Vladivostok was only operational during the summer season, but Port Arthur would be operational all year. From the end of the First Sino-Japanese War and 1903, negotiations between Russia and Japan had proved impractical. Japan chose war to maintain dominance in Korea.
The resulting campaigns, in which the Japanese military attained victory over the Russian forces arrayed against them, were unexpected by world observers. As time transpired, these victories would transform the balance of power in East Asia, resulting in a reassessment of Japan's recent entry onto the world stage. /Wikipedia
