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The Next War
Panetta to Offer Strategy for Cutting Military Budget
By ELISABETH BUMILLER and THOM SHANKER
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta is set to present a strategy for $450 billion in cuts over the next 10 years - and an outline of a carefully shrunk military.
Interactive : The Future Military: Your Budget Strategy
Frenetic Push as Campaign in Iowa Ends
By JEFF ZELENY and JIM RUTENBERG
The Republican presidential candidates made a frenetic final push to woo Iowa's fickle voters before the caucuses on Tuesday kick off the Republican nominating contest.
(Nice! [as NYT-usual] /Stig) An Imperfect Political Weather Vane >> http://www.nytimes.com/review/20120101_Iowa_Caucus.html?ref=politics
Push for Votes as Iowa Campaign Wraps Up >>
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/01/02/us/politics/20120102_Iowa_ss.html?ref=politics
Romney Fights for First-Place Showing in Iowa Caucuses
FiveThirtyEight: Lunchtime Polling Update
Bachmann Returns to Iowa Airwaves
Kinshasa Journal
For Congo Children, Food Today Means None Tomorrow
By ADAM NOSSITER
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the French term délestage is used to describe power cutoffs, but when applied to food shortages, it illustrates a stark reality.
QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"Yes, sure, they ask for food, but we don't have any. At night they will be weak. Sure, they complain. But there is nothing we can do."
GHISLAINE BERBOK, a police officer in the Democratic Republic of Congo who can afford to feed her children only every other day.
Multimedia
The Election 2012 iPhone App
Get live election results from the Iowa caucuses on Tuesday night - plus news, opinion, polls and video around the clock.
Opinion
Opinionator
It Costs More, but Is It Worth More?
By EZEKIEL J. EMANUEL and STEVEN D. PEARSON
Before paying for an expensive cancer treatment, Medicare should demand evidence that it's more effective than cheaper options.
WORLD
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| Lt. Gen. Muhammad Ahmed al-Dabi of Sudan leads the observer mission. |
Chief of Arab League's Mission in Syria Is Lightning Rod for Criticism
By KAREEM FAHIM
Critics say Lt. Gen. Muhammad Ahmed al-Dabi presided over the same kind of deadly and heavy-handed tactics in Sudan that the Arab League mission is seeking to curb in Syria.
Opposition Protests Constitution in Hungary
By PALKO KARASZ and MELISSA EDDY
The demonstration - a day after the country's new "majoritarian" Constitution took effect - marked the first time that opposition forces joined together to rally against a new constitution.
In Euro Zone's Crisis, Technocrat in Paris Works Behind the Scenes
By LIZ ALDERMAN
As President Nicolas Sarkozy heads into a tough re-election fight, he is increasingly relying on Ramon Fernandez, a civil servant few people outside France have ever heard of.
Austerity Reigns Over Euro Zone as Crisis Deepens
• More World News
U.S.
Man Believed to Have Killed Park Ranger Is Found Dead
By WILLIAM YARDLEY and ISOLDE RAFTERY
Law enforcement officials said they found the body of a man suspected of shooting a ranger at Mount Rainier National Park on Sunday morning
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| An arson fire in the Sherman Oaks area of Los Angeles was one of dozens throughout the city over the last few days. A suspect was taken into custody around 3 a.m. Monday. |
Los Angeles Police Arrest Suspect in Car Arsons
By ADAM NAGOURNEY
After another night of fires, officials said a man had been arrested in connection with the case.
Snow Site Lets Chicago See if Plows Are Really in a Rut
By MONICA DAVEY
ChicagoShovels.org will track the clearing of streets and encourage residents to pitch in after storms.
• More U.S. News
POLITICS
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Mitt Romney signing photos on his campaign bus.
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On Eve of First Voting of '12, a Last Pitch in Iowa
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
On the last full day of campaigning before the caucuses, six Republican candidates implored Iowans to turn out for them.
Iowa, the Early Decider, Still Hasn't
By SUSAN SAULNY
Many Republicans in Iowa have strong feelings about the candidate they are supporting for president, but many others just can't make up their mind. "--- DES MOINES — In an election in which waves of support have come and gone for candidates, one thing has remained near constant: the percentage of voters who have been undecided, or who have indicated that they could easily change their minds on Tuesday at the Iowa caucuses. According to recent polls, 41 percent of likely Republican caucusgoers considered themselves undecided just days before votes are to be counted.---".
The Caucus
Davenport Becomes a Magnet for Candidates
By A. G. SULZBERGER
An eastern Iowa city known for its moderate politics draws three presidential candidates in one day.
• More Political News
BUSINESS
For 2012, Signs Point to Tepid Consumer Spending
By MOTOKO RICH and STEPHANIE CLIFFORD
Although retail sales have remained relatively strong, high levels of consumer debt make it unlikely that rapid growth will help power economic expansion.
A Gathering Storm Over 'Right to Work' in Indiana
By STEVEN GREENHOUSE
Indiana Republicans want to prohibit mandatory dues for private-sector workers, and to spur other states' efforts.
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| A completed solar power tower at the SolarReserve Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Plant, Tonopah, Nev., expected to be in service in 2013. |
Storehouses for Solar Energy Can Step In When the Sun Goes Down
By MATTHEW L. WALD
Two California companies are planning to deploy a new form of solar storage technology to power tens of thousands of households throughout a summer evening.
• More Business News
TECHNOLOGY
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| In the lounge at Google's Zeitgeist conference in Arizona, white “poofs” echoed the beanbags that its software engineers use. |
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.
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.
Novelties
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.
• More Technology News
SPORTS
Analysis
Coughlin Is Set in His Ways, Because They Work
By SAM BORDEN
The Giants' second-half swoons under Tom Coughlin have been well chronicled. Still, the coach weathered it all to lead the team to the N.F.C. East title.
Analysis
For Jets, Anger and Issues Linger
By BEN SHPIGEL
After a disappointing season that ended in three straight losses, Jets Coach Rex Ryan blamed himself for not realizing that players were not getting along.
Citing Need for Change After Dismal Season, Colts Part Ways With Polians
By JUDY BATTISTA
With Peyton Manning's absence laying bare the holes in the Colts' roster, the owner, Jim Irsay, fired the team president, Bill Polian, and his son Chris, the general manager.
• More Sports News
ARTS
Critic's Notebook
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| The view south from Park Avenue and 94th Street around 1882. |
The Grid at 200: Lines That Shaped Manhattan
By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN
As "The Greatest Grid: The Master Plan of Manhattan, 1811-2011" at the Museum of the City of New York demonstrates, an 1811 map turned an island into a city that works and walks.
Slide Show: Manhattan's Master Plan
'Glee' Star Gets His Broadway Turn
By PATRICK HEALY
Darren Criss has his Broadway opening on Tuesday night, the start of a three-week run in "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying."
ArtsBeat
Theater Talkback: Honorable Mention for the Dishonorably Unmentioned
By BEN BRANTLEY
Ben Brantley discusses those who may have been overlooked in 2011 theater reviews.
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NEW YORK / REGION
Nowhere to Go, Patients Linger in Hospitals, at a High Cost
By SAM ROBERTS
Hundreds of patients, including illegal immigrants, who are well enough to be discharged have languished in city hospitals for months or years because there is nowhere to send them.
Queens Libraries Speak the Mother Tongue
By JOSEPH BERGER
The 62 Queens Library branches, like other libraries serving large immigrant populations, have increased their collections in foreign languages.
Suspect in Firebombings Is Seen in Security Video
By COREY KILGANNON and NOAH ROSENBERG
Among the targets of what police are investigating as possible bias attacks on Sunday night were an Islamic center and a Hindu temple in Queens.
• More New York / Region News
SCIENCE TIMES
Profiles In Science - Eric Lander
Power in Numbers
By GINA KOLATA
Eric Lander, the head of the Broad Institute, went from the most solitary of sciences (math) to forging collaborations on the leading edge of biology, a field he never formally studied.
A Collaboration That Began With a Disastrous Lunch
Video: Eric Lander
Animal Studies Cross Campus to Lecture Hall
By JAMES GORMAN
Literature professors, sociologists, theologians and others who have studied humans and their doings are joining a growing, but still undefined, field.
Genome Study Points to Adaptation in Early African-Americans
By NICHOLAS WADE
Certain disease-causing variant genes became more common in African-Americans after their ancestors reached American shores, scientists report.
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EDITORIALS
Editorial
The Slush Funds of Iowa
New and unlimited reserves of cash from so-called independent groups are bankrolling a constant stream of negative political ads. "--- Turning on the television in Iowa recently has meant getting hit by an unrelenting arctic blast of campaign ads stunning in volume and ferocity. Residents here say they have never seen anything like the constant negativity in decades of witnessing the quadrennial combat of the state presidential caucuses. The ads have transformed the Republican race for a simple reason: a new landscape of unlimited contributions to “independent” groups that was created by the Supreme Court ---".
Editorial
Irrationality in Deportation Law
In a stinging opinion, the Supreme Court rebukes an arbitrary ruling by an immigration court.
Editorial
Falling Behind
A few states raised their minimum wages on New Year's Day. At a time of increasing inequality, the federal minimum needs a boost, too.
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OP-ED
Op-Ed Columnist
Workers of the World, Unite!
By DAVID BROOKS
The largest slice of the Republican Party may have found a champion in Rick Santorum.
Columnist Page
Blog
Op-Ed Columnist
The Central Falls Success
By JOE NOCERA
In one of Rhode Island's poorer cities, a reading experiment flourishes.
Columnist Page
Op-Ed Columnist
Mitt, the Paisley Tiger
By FRANK BRUNI
Mitt Romney likes to use the song "Eye of the Tiger" at his campaign events. But "Karma Chameleon" might be a better tune for him.
Columnist Page
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ON THIS DAY
On Jan. 3, 1959, President Eisenhower signed a proclamation admitting Alaska to the Union as the 49th state.
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