Selected Articles from The New York Times—
December 2007 (* denotes news of special interest)

Monday, December 31, 2007:
On This Day: December 31 (Jacques Cartier 12/31/1491-9/1/1557, Charles Cornwallis 12/31/1738-10/5/1805, Robert Aitken 12/31/1864-10/29/1951, George C. Marshall 12/31/1880-10/16/1959, Elizabeth Arden 12/31/1884-10/18/1966, Nathan Milstein 12/31/1903-12/21/1992, Jules Stynes 12/31/1905-9/20/1994, Simon Wiesenthal 1908, Odetta 1930, Sir Anthony Hopkins 1937, Sarah Miles 1941, Diane Von Furstenberg 1946, Donna Summer 1948, Val Kilmer 1959)
Truman Declares Hostilities Ended, Terminating Many Wartime Laws (By BERTRAM D. HULEN, December 31, 1946)
* Art World Mourns Henri Matisse, Dead at Home in Nice at Age of 84 [12/31/1869-11/3/1954] (NY Times, November 4, 1954)

* NY REGION | Metropolitan Diary: Dear Diary (NY TIMES, Dec. 31, 2007)
EDITORIAL: Looking at America (NY TIMES, Dec. 31, 2007)

Sunday, December 30, 2007:
On This Day: December 30 (John Milne 12/30/1850-7/30/1913, Asa Griggs Candler 12/30/1851-3/12/1929, Rudyard Kipling 12/30/1865-1/18/1936, Ramana Maharshi 12/30/1879-4/14/1950, Alfred Einstein 12/30/1880-2/13/1952, Sir Carol Reed 12/30/1906-4/25/1976, Bert Parks 12/30/1914-2/2/1992, Bo Diddley 1928, Paul Stookey 1937, Davy Jones 1945, Patti Smith 1946, Matt Lauer 1957, Tracey Ullman 1959, Tiger Woods 1975)
Nixon Orders a Halt In Bombing of North Above 20th Parallel (By BERNARD GWERTZMAN, December 30, 1972)
Alfred E. Smith Dies Here at 70; 4 Times Governor [12/30/1873-10/4/1944] (NY Times, October 4, 1944)

* BUSINESS | Bright Ideas: Innovative Minds Don't Think Alike (By JANET RAE-DUPREE, Dec. 30, 2007)

Saturday, December 29, 2007:
On This Day: December 29 (Jeanne-Antoinette Pompadour 12/29/1721-4/15/1764, Charles Macintosh 12/29/1766-7/25/1843, Charles Goodyear 12/29/1800-7/1/1860, William Gladstone 12/29/1809-5/19/1898, Pablo Casals 12/29/1876-10/22/1973, Jess Willard 12/29/1881-12/15/1968, William Gaddis 12/29/1922-12/16/1998, Tom Jarriel 1934, Mary Tyler Moore 1937, Jon Voight 1938, Marianne Faithfull 1946, Ted Danson 1947)
Nazis Bombings Set Big London Fires: Flames Leap High (By RAYMOND DANIELL, December 29, 1940)
Andrew Johnson Dead at 66 [12/29/1808-7/31/1875] (NY Times, August 1, 1875)

OP-ED: The Hangover That Lasts (By PAUL STEINBerg, Dec. 29, 2007)

Friday, December 28, 2007:
On This Day: December 28 (Thomas Henderson 12/28/1798-11/23/1844, Edward Burnham 12/28/1833-1/9/1916, Woodrow Wilson 12/28/1856-2/3/1924, William Draper Harkins 12/28/1873-3/7/1951, Sir Arthur Eddington 12/28/1882-11/22/1944, Lew Ayres 12/28/1908-12/30/1996, Manuel Puig 12/28/1932-7/22/1990, Lou Jacobi 1913, Johnny Otis 1921, Maggie Smith 1934, Denzel Washington 1954)
First 'Test-Tube' Baby Born in U.S., Joining Successes Around World (By WALTER SULLIVAN, December 28, 1981)
Earl Hines, 77, Father of Modern Jazz Piano, Dies [12/28/1905-4/22/1983] (By JON PARELES, April 24, 1983)

Thursday, December 27, 2007:
On This Day: December 27 (Johannes Kepler 12/27/1571-11/15/1630, Sir George Cayley 12/27/1773-12/15/1857, Louis Pasteur 12/27/1822-9/28/1895, Cyrus Eaton 12/27/1883-5/9/1949, Louis Bromfield 12/27/1896-3/18/1956, Inga Swenson 1932, Cokie Roberts 1943, Tracy Nelson 1944, Gerard Depardieu 1948, Arthur Kent 1953)
Afghan President Is Ousted and Executed in Kabul Coup, Reportedly With Soviet Help (By BERNARD GWERTZMAN, December 27, 1979)
* Marlene Dietrich, 90, Symbol of Glamour, Dies [12/27/1901-5/6/1992] (By PETER B. FLINT, May 7, 1992)

* FASHION | Skin Deep: Fountain of Youth? Go Wash Your Face (By NATASHA SINGER, Dec. 27, 2007)

Wednesday, December 26, 2007:
On This Day: December 26 (Thomas Gray 12/26/1716-7/30/1771, Charles Babbage 12/26/1791-10/18/1871, Sir Norman Angell 12/26/1873-10/7/1967, George Dewey 12/26/1837-1/16/1917, Henry Miller 12/26/1891-6/7/1980, Robert Ripley 12/26/1893-5/27/1949, Leopold Mannes 12/26/1899-8/11/1964, Richard Widmark 1914, Alan King 1927, Carlton Fisk 1947, Chris Chambliss 1948, Lars Ulrich 1963, Jared Leto 1971)
Churchill Predicts Huge Allied Drive In 1943: Congress Thrilled (By FRANK L. KLUCKHOHN, December 26, 1941)
* Mao Tse-Tung: Father of Chinese Revolution Dies at 82 [12/26/1893-9/9/1976] (By FOX BUTTERFIELD, September 10, 1976)

* HEALTH | Six Killers: Alzheimer's Disease
Finding Alzheimer's Before a Mind Fails (By DENISE GRADY, Dec. 26, 2007)

Tuesday, December 25, 2007:
On This Day: December 25 (Sir Isaac Newton 12/25/1642-3/20/1727, Clara Barton 12/25/1821-4/12/1912, Louis Chevrolet 12/25/1878-6/6/1941, Maurice Utrillo 12/25/1883-11/5/1955, Franz Rosenzweig 12/25/1886-12/10/1929, Conrad Hilton 12/25/1887-1/3/1979, Humphrey Bogart 12/25/1899-1/14/1957, Cab Calloway 12/25/1907-11/18/1994, Rod Serling 12/25/1924-6/28/1975, Tony Martin 1923, Dick Miller 1928, Jimmy Buffet 1946, Larry Csonka 1946, Barbara Mandrell 1948, Sissy Spacek 1949, Annie Lennox 1954)
Gorbachev, Last Soviet Leader, Resigns; U.S. Recognizes Republics' Independence (By FRANCIS X. CLINES, December 25, 1991)

Monday, December 24, 2007:
On This Day: December 24 (Kit Carson 12/24/1809-5/23/1868, Matthew Arnold 12/24/1822-4/15/1888, Michael Curtiz 12/24/1888-4/10/1962, Howard Hughes 12/24/1905-4/5/1976, Anthony S. Fauci 1940, Sharon Farrel 1946, Ricky Martin 1971)
Bush Pardons 6 in Iran Affair, Aborting a Weinberger Trial (By DAVID JOHNSTON, December 24, 1992)
I.F. Stone, Iconoclast of Journalism, Is Dead at 81 [12/24/1907-6/18/1989] (By PETER B. FLINT, June 19, 1989)

* NY REGION | Metropolitan Diary: Dear Diary (NY TIMES, Dec. 24, 2007)

Sunday, December 23, 2007:
On This Day: December 23 (James Gibbs 12/23/1682-8/5/1754, Jean-Francois Champollion 12/23/1790-3/4/1832, Joseph Smith 12/23/1805-6/27/1844, Emil Brunner 12/23/1889-4/6/1966, Yosuf Karsh 1908, James Gregory 1911, Emperor Akihito 1933)
Experimental Plane Voyager Completes First Non-Stop, Around-the-World Flight Without Refueling (By SANDRA BLAKESLEE, December 23, 1986)
* Wealthiest Negress Dead at 51: Mrs. C. J. Walker, Real Estate Operator, Made Fortune in Few Years [12/23/1867-5/25/1919] (NY Times, May 26, 1919)

Saturday, December 22, 2007:
On This Day: December 22 (James Oglethorpe 12/22/1696-1785, Jean Henri Fabre 12/22/1823-10/11/1915, Frank Kellogg 12/22/1856-12/21/1937, Giacomo Puccini 12/22/1858-11/29/1924, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti 12/22/1876-12/2/1944, Giacomo Manzu 12/22/1908-1/17/1991, Lady Bird Johnson 1912, Jim Wright 1922, Steve Carlton 1944, Diane Sawyer 1945, Steve Garvey 1948, Jan Stephenson 1951)
SAVANNAH OURS: General Sherman's Christmas Gift to Lincoln (NY Times, December 22, 1864)
Dame Peggy Ashcroft, Acclaimed British Actress, Is Dead at 83 [12/22/1907-6/14/1991] (By PETER B. FLINT, June 15, 1991)

Friday, December 21, 2007:
On This Day: December 21 (Masaccio 12/21/1401-1428, Benjamin Disraeli 12/21/1804-4/19/1881, Dame Rebecca West 12/21/1892-3/15/1983, Josh Gibson 12/21/1911-1/20/1947, Heinrich Boll 12/21/1917-7/16/1985, Kurt Waldheim 1918, Paul Winchell 1922, Ed Nelson 1928, Phil Donahue 1935, Jane Fonda 1937, Carla Thomas 1942, Michael Tilson Thomas 1944, Chris Evert 1954)
Terrorist bomb exploded on Pan Am 747 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 (By CRAIG R. WHITNEY, December 21, 1988)
Joseph Stalin, Soviet Dictator, Dead at 72 [12/20/1881-12/9/1965] (NY Times, March 6, 1953)

Thursday, December 20, 2007:
On This Day: December 20 (Harvey Firestone 12/20/1868-2/7/1938, Irene Dunne 12/20/1898-9/4/1990, Robert Van de Graaff 12/20/1901-1/16/1967, Max Lerner 12/20/1902-6/5/1992, Sidney Hook 12/20/1902-7/12/1989, George Roy Hill 1922, Peter Criss 1945)
United States sends troops to Panama to topple General Manuel Noriega (By MICHAEL R. GORDON, December 20, 1989)
Branch Rickey, 83, Dies in Missouri; Leading Figure in Baseball for 50 Years [12/20/1881-12/9/1965] (By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL, December 10, 1965)

Wednesday, December 19, 2007:
On This Day: December 19 (Edwin Stanton 12/19/1814-12/24/1869, A.A. Michelson 12/19/1852-5/9/1931, Fritz Reiner 12/19/1888-11/15/1963, Sir Ralph Richardson 12/19/1902-10/10/1983, George Davis Snell 12/19/1903-6/6/1996, Jean Genet 12/19/1910-4/15/1986, Edith Piaf 12/19/1915-10/11/1963, Cicely Tyson 1933, Richard E. Leakey 1944, Robert Urich 1946, Jennifer Beals 1963, Alyssa Milano 1972)
Britain and China Sign Agreement on Hong Kong (By JOHN F. BURNS, December 19, 1984)
Brezhnev Dead at 85; Attempted to Advance Soviet Goals Through Detente

* EDUCATION: At 71, Physics Professor Is a Web Star [MIT Prof. Walter H. G. Lewin]
(By SARA RIMER, Dec. 19, 2007)
* FOOD | THE MINIMALIST: 101 Simple Appetizers in 20 Minutes or Less
(By MARK BITTMAN, Dec. 19, 2006)

Tuesday, December 18, 2007:
On This Day: December 18 (Sir J.J. Thompson 12/18/1856-8/30/1940, Francis Ferdinand 12/18/1863-6/28/1914, Paul Klee 12/18/1879-6/29/1940, Ty Cobb 12/18/1886-7/17/1961, Dame Gladys Cooper 12/18/1888-11/17/1971, George Stevens 12/18/1904-3/8/1975, Willy Brandt 12/18/1913-10/8/1992, Betty Grable 12/18/1916-7/2/1973, Ramsey Clark 1927, Lonnie Brooks 1933, Keith Richards 1943, Leonard Maltin 1950, Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 1971, Christina Aguilera 1980)
Big Atomic Plant near Pittsburgh Supplying Power (By JOHN W. FINNEY, December 18, 1957)
Robert Moses, Master Builder, is Dead at 92 [12/18/1888-7/29/1981] (By PAUL GOLDBERGER, July 30, 1981)

* OP-ED: The Obama-Clinton Issue (By DAVID BROOKS, Dec. 18, 2007)

Monday, December 17, 2007:
On This Day: December 17 (Ludwig Beethoven 12/17/1770-3/26/1827, Joseph Henry 12/17/1797-5/13/1878, John Greenleaf Whittier 12/17/1807-9/7/1892, Ford Madox Ford 12/17/1873-6/26/1939, Mackenzie King 12/17/1874-7/22/1950, Edwin Cohn 12/17/1892-10/1/1953, Erskine Caldwell 12/17/1903-4/11/1987, William Safire 1929, Bob Guccione 1930, Tommy Steele 1936)
* Orville & Wilbur Wright had first successful man-powered airplane flights near Kitty Hawk, NC (NY Times, December 17, 1903)
* Arthur Fiedler, 84, Conductor Of Boston Pops 50 Years, Dies [12/17/1894-7/10/1979] (By ALLEN HUGHES, July 11, 1979)

NATIONAL | Political Memo: In '08 Race, the Other Clinton Steps Up Publicly
(By PATRICK HEALY, Dec. 17, 2007)
* NY REGION | Metropolitan Diary: Dear Diary (NY TIMES, Dec. 17, 2007)

Sunday, December 16, 2007:
On This Day: December 16 (Catherine of Aragon 12/16/1485-1/7/1536, Jane Austen 12/16/1775-7/18/1817, Francois Boieldieu 12/16/1775-10/8/1834, George Santayana 12/16/1863-9/26/1952, Sir Noel Coward 12/16/1899-3/26/1973, V.S. Pritchett 12/16/1900-3/20/1997, Arthur C. Clarke 1917, Liv Ullmann 1939, Lesley Stahl 1941, Sam Robards 1961)
President Truman proclaimed a state of emergency to fight Communist imperialism (By ANTHONY LEVIERO, December 16, 1950)
* Margaret Mead Is Dead of Cancer at 76 [12/16/1901-11/15/1978] (By ALDEN WHITMAN, November 16, 1978)

Saturday, December 15, 2007:
On This Day: December 15 (Nero 12/15/37 AD-6/9/68 AD, George Romney 12/15/1734-11/15/1802, Joseph Moses Levy 12/15/1812-10/12/1888, Gustave Eiffel 12/15/1832-12/28/1923, Niels Ryberg Finsen 12/15/1860-9/24/1904, Maxwell Anderson 12/15/1888-2/28/1959, Tim Conway 1933, Cindy Birdsong 1939, Dave Clark 1942, Don Johnson 1949)
* French Capture 7,500 in Big Verdun Drive; Smash Six-Mile Front (NY Times, December 15, 1916)
* J. Paul Getty Dead at 83; Amassed Billions From Oil [12/15/1892-6/6/1976] (By ALDEN WHITMAN, June 6, 1976)

Friday, December 14, 2007:
On This Day: December 14 (Nostradamus 12/14/1503-7/2/1566, Tycho Brahe 12/14/1546-10/24/1601, Roger Fry 12/14/1866-9/9/1934, James Doolittle 12/14/1896-9/27/1993, Lee Remick 12/14/1935-7/2/1991, Clark Terry 1920, Don Hewiit 1922, Patty Duke 1946)
Israel annexed the Golan Heights, seized from Syria in 1967 (By JOHN DARNTON, December 14, 1981)
* Shirley Jackson, Author of Horror Classic, Dies [12/14/1919-8/8/1965] (NY Times, August 10, 1965)

* BASEBALL: Steroid Report Implicates Top Players (By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT & DUFF WILSON, Dec. 14, 2007)

Thursday, December 13, 2007:
On This Day: December 13 (Carlos Gozzi 12/13/1720-4/4/1806, Sir William Hamilton 12/13/1730-4/6/1803, Lawrence Lowell 12/13/1856-1/6/1943, Emily Carr 12/13/1871-3/2/1945, Archie Moore 12/13/1913-12/9/1998, George P. Shultz 1920, Dick Van Dyke 1925, Christopher Plummer 1929, Richard Zanuck 1934, John Davidson 1941)
Poland Restricts Civil and Union Rights; Solidarity Activists Urge General Strike (By JOHN DARNTON, December 13, 1981)
* Carlos Montoya, 89, Flamenco Guitarist, Is Dead [12/13/1903-3/3/1993] (By ALLAN KOZINN, March 5, 1993)

Wednesday, December 12, 2007:
On This Day: December 12 (Alvaro de Bazan Santa Cruz 12/12/1526-2/9/1588, John Jay 12/12/1745-5/17/1829, William Lloyd Garrison 12/12/1805-5/24/1879, Gustave Flaubert 12/12/1821-5/8/1889, Edvard Munch 12/12/1863-1/23/1944, Alvin Kraenzlein 12/12/1876-1/6/1928, Edward G. Robinson 12/12/1893-1/26/1973, Bob Barke 1923, Ed Koch 1924, Connie Francis 1938, Dionne Warwick 1940, Cathy Rigby 1952)
Joyful Kenya Gets Independence From Britain (By Robert Conley, December 12, 1963)
* Frank Sinatra Dies at 82; Matchless Stylist of Pop [12/12/1915-5/14/1998] (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, May 16, 1998)

WORLD: Twin Bombs Kill Dozens in Algiers (By KATRIN BENNHOLD & CRAIG S. SMITH, Dec. 12, 2007)
BASEBALL: Mitchell Report Expected to Name About 50 Major Leaguers (By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT, Dec. 12, 2007)
BASEBALL: Pavano, New Agent Says, May Stay With Yankees (By TYLER KEPNER, Dec. 12, 2007)
EDITORIAL OBSERVER: Bill and Hillary Clinton's Pitch in Iowa: 'I Love the '90s'
(By ADAM COHEN, Dec. 12, 2007)
OP-ED: The Dream Is Dead [Iraq misadventure] (By MAUREEN DOWD, Dec. 12, 2007)
OP-ED: Losing Weight in the Gulf (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Dec. 12, 2007)
BUSINESS: Shares Fall on a Rate Cut Considered a Disappointment to Fed Watchers
[Dow -294.26, Nasdaq -66.60] (By VIKAS BAJAJ, Dec. 12, 2007)
* MARKET PLACE: Bankers Face Grim Truth: Worst Is Yet to Come (By MICHAEL J. de la MERCED, Dec. 12, 2007)
BUSINESS: Credit Crisis Prompts Fed to Roll Back Rates Again (By LOUIS UCHITELLE, Dec. 12, 2007)
* BUSINESS: Seeking Leaders, U.S. Companies Think Globally (By LOUISE STORY, Dec. 12, 2007)
* SCIENCE: DNA Pioneer's Genome Blurs Race Lines [James D. Watson]
(By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Dec. 12, 2007)
SCIENCE: Mars Rover Finding Suggests Once Habitable Environment (By KENNETH CHANG, Dec. 12, 2007)

Tuesday, December 11, 2007:
On This Day: December 11 (Leo X 12/11/1475-12/1/1521, Hector Berlioz 12/11/1803-3/8/1869, Alfred de Musset 12/11/1810-5/2/1857, Robert Koch 12/11/1843-5/27/1910, Max Born 12/11/1882-1/5/1970, Sir Kenneth MacMillan 12/11/1929-10/29/1992, Alexander Solzhenitsyn 1918, Jean-Louis Trintignant 1930, Rita Moreno 1931, Donna Mills 1943, Brenda Lee 1944, Lynda Day George 1946, Teri Garr 1948, Jermaine Jackson 1954)
U.S. NOW AT WAR WITH GERMANY AND ITALY (By Frank L. Kluckhohn, December 11, 1941)
La Guardia Is Dead at 64; City Pays Homage To 3-Time Mayor [12/11/1882-9/20/1947] (NY Times, September 21, 1947)

NATIONAL: Poll Finds G.O.P. Field Isn't Touching Voters (By ADAM NAGOURNEY & MEGAN THEE, Dec. 11, 2007)
NATIONAL: Lawyers Cleared Destroying Tapes (By MARK MAZZETTI & SCOTT SHANE, Dec. 11, 2007)
NATIONAL | Warming Trends: In Duck Blinds, Visions of Global Warming
(By WILLIAM YARDLEY, Dec. 11, 2007)
* EDUCATION: Harvard to Aid Students High in Middle Class (By SARA RIMER & ALAN FINDER, Dec. 11, 2007)
* WORLD: Gore Urges Bold Moves in Nobel Speech (By SARAH LYALL, Dec. 11, 2007)
* ON BASKETBALL: Winning When They Shouldn't [Boston Celtics]
(By STEPHEN DANLEY, Dec. 11, 2007)
EDITORIAL: Disabled, and Waiting for Justice (NY TIMES, Dec. 11, 2007)
OP-ED: The Postwar Election (By DAVID BROOKS, Dec. 11, 2007)
BUSINESS: Shares Rise on Anticipation of a Rate Cut
[Dow +101.45, Nasdaq +12.79] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 11, 2007)
BUSINESS: Mortgage Crisis Forces the Closing of a Fund
[Bank of America fund— Columbia Strategic Cash Portfolio] (By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM, Dec. 11, 2007)
* TECHNOLOGY: Ask.com Puts a Bet on Privacy (By MIGUEL HELFT, Dec. 11, 2007)
* ART: Caution: Art Afoot
[Doris Salcedo's "Shibboleth"— floor crack at Tate Gallery]
(By SARAH LYALL, Dec. 11, 2007)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, Dec. 11, 2007)
* SCIENCE | BASICS: An Ancient Medicine (Enjoy in Moderation)
(By NATALIE ANGIER, Dec. 11, 2007)
SCIENCE | Fin Whale at Feeding Time: Dive Deep, Stop Short, Open Wide
(By CARL ZIMMER, Dec. 11, 2007)
* SCIENTIST AT WORK | Shinya Yamanaka: Risk Taking Is in His Genes
(By MARTIN FACKLER, Dec. 11, 2007)
SCIENCE: Selection Spurred Recent Evolution, Researchers Say (By NICHOLAS WADE, Dec. 11, 2007)
SCIENCE: From a Japanese Satellite, Here Comes the Sun (NY TIMES, Dec. 11, 2007)
* OBSERVATORY: When Removing One Predator Harms the Prey
[New Zealand's bird Cook's petrel] (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Dec. 11, 2007)
OBSERVATORY: Scientists Blend Materials to Create Oil-Repellent Surfaces
(By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Dec. 11, 2007)
OBSERVATORY: The Gene That Tells Planaria Worms Which End Is Up
(By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Dec. 11, 2007)
* SCIENCE Q & A: Always On (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Dec. 11, 2007)
* HEALTH: A Gift That Gives Right Back? The Giving Itself (By TARA PARKER-POPE, Dec. 11, 2007)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: Mental Reserves Keep Brains Agile (By JANE E. BRODY, Dec. 11, 2007)
HEALTH: The Soul of a New Vaccine (By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., Dec. 11, 2007)
* HEALTH BLOG: The Rights of Baby Boys [Circumcision] (By Tara Parker-Pope, Dec. 11, 2007)
HEALTH: Onscreen Villain Makes Doctors Wince (By MELISSA LAFSKY, Dec. 11, 2007)
CASES: Counting Calories, but Not to Shed Pounds (By HARRIET BROWN, Dec. 11, 2007)
* HEALTH | Really?: The Claim: Don't Eat the Mistletoe. It Can Be Deadly
(By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Dec. 11, 2007)
VITAL SIGNS | In the Lab: Gene Study Helps Explain Link to Breast Cancer
(By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, Dec. 11, 2007)
VITAL SIGNS | Insights: Anorexia May Be Tied to Hormones in Womb
(By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, Dec. 11, 2007)
VITAL SIGNS | Patterns: Parkinson's Raises Risk of Depression in Relatives
(By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, Dec. 11, 2007)
VITAL SIGNS | Nostrums: Tame a Child's Cough With a Touch of Honey
(By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, Dec. 11, 2007)
* HEALTH LETTERS: Cures for Forgetfulness (2 Letters) (By Ellen C. Schwartz & Bart Holland, Dec. 11, 2007)
* HEALTH LETTERS: Living With Perfection (1 Letter) (By Hillary Rettig, Dec. 11, 2007)
* HEALTH LETTERS: The Eyes of an Artist (1 Letter) (By John Whelan, Dec. 11, 2007)

Monday, December 10, 2007:
On This Day: December 10 (Battista Guarini 12/10/1538-10/7/1612, Adriaen von Ostade 12/10/1610-?/2/1685, César Franck 12/10/1822-11/8/1890, George Macdnald 12/10/1824-9/18/1905, Emily Dickinson 12/10/1830-5/15/1886, Nelly Sachs 12/10/1891-5/12/1970, Mary Norton 12/10/1903-8/29/1992, Morton Gould 12/10/1913-2/21/1996, Mako 1933, Gloria Loring 1946, Susan Dey 1952, Kenneth Branagh 1960, Sarah Chang 1980)
U.N. General Assembly adopted its Universal Declaration on Human Rights (By JOHN KENTON, December 10, 1948)
* Dr. Melvil Dewey, Library Expert and Educator, Dead at 80 In Florida [12/10/1851-12/26/1931] (NY Times, December 27, 1931)

NATIONAL: Disability Cases Last Longer as Backlog Rises (By ERIK ECKHOLM, Dec. 10, 2007)
NATIONAL: Western States Agree to Water-Sharing Pact (By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD, Dec. 10, 2007)
NATIONAL | The Long Run: Crime Buster With Eye on the Future [Rudolph Giuliani]
(By MICHAEL POWELL, Dec. 10, 2007)
NATIONAL: A Starring Role for Drivers Who Drink (By JENNIFER STEINHAUER, Dec. 10, 2007)
* NATIONAL: Harvard University Boosts Financial Aid (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 10, 2007)
* EDUCATION: Harvard Steps Up Financial Aid (By SARA RIMER & ALAN FINDER, Dec. 10, 2007)
WORLD: Roles Swap in Argentina's Palace as First Lady Takes Over
(By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO, Dec. 10, 2007)
NY REGION: No Longer the City of 'Bonfire' in Flames (By ANNE BARNARD, Dec. 10, 2007)
* NY REGION | Metropolitan Diary: Dear Diary (NY TIMES, Dec. 10, 2007)
BASEBALL: Yankees Find Bullpen Help, Landing Hawkins for a Year
(By TYLER KEPNER, Dec. 10, 2007)
FOOTBALL | Patriots 34, Steelers 13: Patriots Send a Message by Spoiling a Guarantee
(By, Dec. 10, 2007)
* SPORTS: Flying Humans, Hoping to Land With No Chute (By MATT HIGGINS, Dec. 10, 2007)
EDITORIAL OBSERVER: Showdown in Arizona, Where Mariachis and Minutemen Collide
(By LAWRENCE DOWNES, Dec. 10, 2007)
* OP-ED: Obama's American Idea (By ROGER COHEN, Dec. 10, 2007)
OP-ED: Henry Paulson's Priorities (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Dec. 10, 2007)
* BUSINESS: Slot Machines for the Young and Active (By GARY RIVLIN, Dec. 10, 2007)
* MEDIA & ADVERTISING: The '60s as the Good Old Days (By STUART ELLIOTT, Dec. 10, 2007)
MUSIC: Philharmonic Agrees to Play in North Korea (By DANIEL J. WAKIN, Dec. 10, 2007)
MUSIC: Led Zeppelin Finds Its Old Power (By BEN RATLIFF, Dec. 10, 2007)
TV: 'Masterpiece Theater,' Now in 3 Flavors: Classic, Mystery, Contemporary
(By ELIZABETH JENSEN, Dec. 10, 2007)

Sunday, December 9, 2007:
On This Day: December 9 (John Milton 12/9/1608-1/5/1674, Carl Wilhelm Scheele 12/9/1742-5/21/1786, Comete Claude-Louis Berthollet 12/9/1748-11/6/1822, Clarence Birdseye 12/9/1886-10/7/1956, Emmett Kelly 12/9/1898-3/28/1979, Grace Murray Hopper 12/9/1906-1/1/1992, John Cassavetes 12/9/1929-2/3/1989, Kirk Douglas 1916, Dina Merrill 1925, Dick Van Patten 1928, Morton Downey Jr. 1933, Beau Bridges 1941, Dick Butkus 1942, John Malkovich 1953, Donny Osmond 1957)
Charles and Diana Are Separating 'Amicably' (By WILLIAM E. SCHMIDT, December 9, 1992)
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr., a Democratic Power in the House for Decades, Dies at 81 [12/9/1912-1/5/1994] (By MARTIN TOLCHIN, January 7, 1994)

NATIONAL: Episcopal Diocese Votes to Secede (By NEELA BANERJEE, Dec. 9, 2007)
NY REGION: Teenagers and Cars: A Deadly Mix (By GERRI HIRSHEY, Dec. 9, 2007)
* BASEBALL: Larsen's Feat Lives in Amateur Movies (By RICHARD SANDOMIR, Dec. 9, 2007)
BASEBALL: Bonds's Trusted Inner Circle Remains Fiercely Loyal (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 9, 2007)
OP-ED: Mitt's No J.F.K. (By MAUREEN DOWD, Dec. 9, 2007)
* OP-ED: All Brains Are the Same Color (By RICHARD E. NISBETT, Dec. 9, 2007)
OP-ED: The Republicans Find Their Obama (By FRANK RICH, Dec. 9, 2007)
* OPINION BLOG: Integrity or Craft: The Leadership Question
(By STANLEY FISH, Dec. 9, 2007)
BUSINESS: Contents (NY TIMES, Dec. 9, 2007)
BUSINESS: Oil-Rich Nations Use More Energy, Cutting Exports (By CLIFFORD KRAUSS, Dec. 9, 2007)
* BUSINESS | The Feed: If It's Fresh and Local, Is It Always Greener?
(By ANDREW MARTIN, Dec. 9, 2007)
BUSINESS: How to Solve a Subprime Mess? An Iowan Says, Let's Caucus
(By VIKAS BAJAJ, Dec. 9, 2007)
Everybody's Business: Lessons From the Pits of Travel and Investment
(By BEN STEIN, Dec. 9, 2007)
MARKET WEEK: How Much of a Rate Cut? (By CONRAD DE AENLLE, Dec. 9, 2007)
BUSINESS: Stocks Climb on Optimism for Lenders
[Weekly Dow: +253.86, Nasdaq +45.20] (By JEFF SOMMER, Dec. 9, 2007)
ECONIMC VIEW: Reshaping the Debate on Raising Taxes (By ROBERT H. FRANK, Dec. 9, 2007)
FUNDAMENTALLY: The 'R' Word Doesn't Have to Be So Scary (By PAUL J. LIM, Dec. 9, 2007)
* NOVELTIES: What Did the Professor Say? Check Your iPod (By ANNE EISENBERG, Dec. 9, 2007)
* THE FEED: If It's Fresh and Local, Is It Always Greener? (By ANDREW MARTIN, Dec. 9, 2007)
* INVESTING: Teaching Teamwork, but With Real Money (By GERALDINE FABRIKANT, Dec. 9, 2007)
SLIPSTREAM: The Team That Put the Net in Orbit (By JOHN MARKOFF, Dec. 9, 2007)
* MEDIA | MARKET MAKER: So That's Why They Drink Coke on TV (By LOUISE STORY, Dec. 9, 2007)
* THE COUNT: A Tip Sheet to Help the Odds of Landing a Job (By PHYLLIS KORKKI, Dec. 9, 2007)
* JOB MARKET | Fresh Starts: A Field That Interprets the Language of Genes (By BARBARA WHITAKER, Dec. 9, 2007)
THE BOSS: A Sporting Chance [CEO of Vertitude] (By ROBERT A. LOPES; as told to AMY ZIPKIN, Dec. 9, 2007)
CARS | Greentech: Hydrogen Car Is Here, a Bit Ahead of Its Time (By NORMAN MAYERSOHN, Dec. 9, 2007)
ARTS: Contents (NY TIMES, Dec. 9, 2007)
* MUSIC: Pay What You Want for This Article (By JON PARELES, Dec. 9, 2007)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, Dec. 9, 2007)
* STYLE: Your Child's Disorder May Be Yours, Too (By BENEDICT CAREY, Dec. 9, 2007)
STYLE: And for Sports, Kid, Put Down 'Squash' (By ALEX WILLIAMS, Dec. 9, 2007)
* MODERN LOVE: Divorce and a Haircut, Two Bits (By SCOTT SMALLWOOD, Dec. 9, 2007)
* POSSESSED: Artistically, Light Years Ahead (By DAVID COLMAN, Dec. 9, 2007)
VOWS: Jeanne Conway and Douglas O'Connor (By LOIS SMITH BRADY, Dec. 9, 2007)
TRAVEL: Contents (NY TIMES, Dec. 9, 2007)
TRAVEL: The 53 Places to Go in 2008 (Compiled by DENNY LEE, Dec. 9, 2007)
TRAVEL | ARGENTINA: Where a Buck's Still Worth a Buck (By MICHELLE HIGGINS, Dec. 9, 2007)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Dec. 9, 2007)
* IDEAS & TRENDS: No, We Don't Want to Kiss and Make Up (By ABBY GOODNOUGH, Dec. 9, 2007)
THE NATION: A Hail of Bullets, a Heap of Uncertainty [police shooting]
(By AL BAKER, Dec. 9, 2007)
* THE NATION: When the Price Isn't Right [Real Estate, A-Rod] (By PETER S. GOODMAN, Dec. 9, 2007)
THE WORLD: Look Who's Still Standing in Russia (By CLIFFORD J. LEVY, Dec. 9, 2007)
RETURN ENGAGEMENTS: Week of Dec. 2-8, 2007 (NY TIMES, Dec. 9, 2007)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Dec. 9, 2007)
* ON LANGUAGE: Cliché Crunch (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Dec. 9, 2007)
* The Way We Live Now: The Web Users' Campaign (By MATT BAI, Dec. 9, 2007)
* IDEA LAB: The New New Philosophy (By KWAME ANTHONY APPIAH, Dec. 9, 2007)
* The 7th Annual Year in Ideas (NY TIMES, Dec. 9, 2007)
Craigslist Vengeance (By JOEL LOVELL, Dec. 9, 2007)
Digital Search Parties {Steve Fossett] (By CLAY RISEN, Dec. 9, 2007)
* Hope Can Be Worse Than Hopelessness (By MARINA KRAKOVSKY, Dec. 9, 2007)
* Quitting Can Be Good for You (By CLAY RISEN, Dec. 9, 2007)
* Wikiscanning (By EMILY BIUSO, Dec. 9, 2007)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Dec. 9, 2007)
* BOOKS: The 10 Best Books of 2007 (NY TIMES, Dec. 9, 2007)
* BOOKS: The Fixer-Upper [Philip Davis, Bernard Malamud: A Writer's Life]
(By LEE SIEGEL, Dec. 9, 2007)
BOOKS: City on a Hill [Garry Wills, Head and Heart: American Christianities]
(By PATRICK ALLITT, Dec. 9, 2007)
BOOKS: Industrial Evolution
[By Gregory Clark, A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World]
(By BENJAMIN M. FRIEDMAN, Dec. 9, 2007)
BOOKS: Access to Tools
[Andrew G. Kirk, Counterculture Green: The Whole Earth Catalog & American Environmentalism]
(By JANE & MICHAEL STERN, Dec. 9, 2007)
BOOKS: The Shock of the Old
[By Nina Burleigh, Mirage: Napoleon's Scientists and the Unveiling of Egypt]
(By KATHERINE BOUTON, Dec. 9, 2007)
BOOKS: Studs's Place [Studs Terkel with Sydney Lewis, Touch and Go: A Memoir]
(By DAN BARRY, Dec. 9, 2007)
BOOKS | ESSAY: Soviet Deadpan [Daniil Kharms] (By GEORGE SAUNDERS, Dec. 9, 2007)
* ON POETRY: Words of the World [Michael O'Brien, Sleeping and Waking]
(Review by DAVID ORR, Dec. 9, 2007)

Saturday, December 8, 2007:
On This Day: December 8 (Queen of Scots Mary 12/8/1542-2/8/1587, Queen Christina 12/8/1626-4/19/1689, Eli Whitney 12/8/1765-1/8/1825, Aristide Maillol 12/8/1861-9/27/1944, Camille Claudel 12/8/1864-10/19/1943, Jean Sibelius 12/8/1865-9/20/1957, Diego Rivera 12/8/1886-11/2/1961, James Thurber 12/8/1894-11/2/1961, Elzie Segar 12/8/1894-10/13/1938, Josephine Bell 12/8/1897-4/24/1987, Maximilian Schell 1930, David Carradine 1936, James MacArthur 1937, James Galway 1939, Gregg Allman 1947, Kim Basinger 1953, Teri Hatcher 1964)
U.S. DECLARES WAR, PACIFIC BATTLE WIDENS (By FRANK L. KLUCKHOHN, December 8, 1941)
* Sammy Davis Jr. Dies at 64; Top Showman Broke Barriers [12/8/1925-5/16/1990] (By PETER B. FLINT, May 17, 1990)

WORLD | News Analysis: Months After Protests, Myanmar Junta in Control
(By SETH MYDANS, Dec. 8, 2007)
* BUSINESS | Gold's Quirk: It's Volatile, but Holders Feel Secure
(By JANE BIRNBAUM, Dec. 8, 2007)
* MARKET VALUES: Maybe a Way to Get Rich Off the Rich (By CONRAD DE AENLLE, Dec. 8, 2007)
BUSINESS | Short Cuts: Stocks, Sure, but Trading Places Can Be Enriching, Too (By ALINA TUGEND, Dec. 8, 2007)
* BUSINESS: Growing Big, Staying Fresh (By PAUL B. BROWN, 53, Dec. 8, 2007)

Friday, December 7, 2007:
On This Day: December 7 (Gian Lorenzo Bernini 12/7/1598-11/28/1680, Allan Cunningham 12/7/1784-10/30/1842, Pietro Mascagni 12/7/1863-8/2/1945, R.W. Sears 12/7/1863-9/28/1914, Joyce Cary 12/7/1888-12/18/1939, Eli Walach 1915, Ellen Burstyn 1932, Carole Simpson 1940, Johnny Bench 1947, Larry Bird 1956)
* Japan Wars on U.S. and Britain; Makes Sudden Attack On Hawaii (By FRANK L. KLUCKHOHN, December 7, 1941)
* Willa Cather Dies at 73; Author of 'Lost Lady' Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1922 [12/7/1873-4/24/1947] (NY Times, April 25, 1947)

NATIONAL: Romney, Eye on Evangelicals, Defends His Faith (By MICHAEL LUO, Dec. 7, 2007)
WORLD: Bush Writes to North Korean Leader (By HELENE COOPER, Dec. 7, 2007)
WORLD: 105 Killed in China Mine Explosion (By DAVID BARBOZA, Dec. 7, 2007)
SPORTS: A-Rod's Properties and Charity Suggest Some Stinginess (By SELENA ROBERTS, Dec. 7, 2007)

Thursday, December 6, 2007:
On This Day: December 6 (Baldassare Castiglione 12/6/1478-2/2/1529, Niccolo Zucchi 12/6/1586-5/21/1670, Sophie von LaRoche 12/6/1731-2/18/1807, Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin 12/6/1805-6/13/1861, Max Müller 12/6/1823-10/28/1900, Evelyn Underhill 12/6/1875-6/15/1941, Joyce Kilmer 12/6/7/30/1918, Sir Osbert Sitwell 12/6/1892-5/4/1969, Ira Gershwin 12/6/1896-8/17/1983, Dave Brubeck 1920, Wil Shriner 1953, JoBeth Williams 1953, Steven Wright 1955)
A Million Persons Will Hear Coolidge's Voice When He Addresses Congress [more than any man in history] (NY Times, December 6, 1923)
* Alfred Eisenstaedt, Photographer of the Defining Moment, Is Dead at 96 [12/6/1898-8/23/1995] (By CHARLES HAGEN, August 25, 1995)

WORLD: For Chávez, Reflection and Anger After Defeat (By SIMON ROMERO, Dec. 6, 2007)
WORLD: Old Havana Gets a Lift, but Cubans Don't Benefit (By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr., Dec. 6, 2007)
OP-ED: Democracy in the Americas (By ROGER COHEN, Dec. 6, 2007)
OP-ED: Born-Yesterday Candidates (By GAIL COLLINS, Dec. 6, 2007)
* BUSINESS: Tracing Business Acumen to Dyslexia (By BRENT BOWERS, Dec. 6, 2007)
* STYLE: A Bundle of Joy Isn't Enough? (By THOMAS VINCIGUERRA, Dec. 6, 2007)
* STYLE | Cyberfamilias: Hey Spot, You've Got Mail (By MICHELLE SLATALLA, Dec. 6, 2007)
HOME & GARDEN: A Holiday Medley, Off Key [interfaith marriages]
(By JULIE SCELFO, Dec. 6, 2007)
* HEALTH: I'm Not Really Running, I'm Not Really Running... (By GINA KOLATA, Dec. 6, 2007)

Wednesday, December 5, 2007:
On This Day: December 5 (Pope Julius II 12/5/1443-2/21/1513, Martin Van Buren 12/5/1782-7/24/1862, Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz 12/5/1822-6/27/1907, Christina Rossetti 12/5/1830-12/29/1894, George Armstrong Custer 12/5/1839-6/25/1876, Marcus Daly 12/5/1841-11/12/1900, Clyde V. Cessna 12/5/1879-11/20/1954, Fritz Lang 12/5/1890-8/2/1976, Werner Heisenberg 12/5/1901-2/1/1976, Kate Simon 12/5/1912-2/4/1990, Strom Thurmond 1902, Little Richard 1932, Joan Didion 1934, Calvin Trillin 1935, Morgan Brittany 1951)
Prohibition Repeal Is Ratified at 5:32 PM; Roosevelt Asks Nation to Bar the Saloon (NY Times, December 5, 1933)
* Walt Disney, 65, Dies on Coast; Founded an Empire on a Mouse [12/5/1901-12/15/1966] (NY Times, December 16, 1966)

WORLD: China's Endangered Turtles, Emblems of a Worsening Biodiversity Crisis (By JIM YARDLEY, Dec. 5, 2007)
BASEBALL: Santana Deal Dead, Say Yankees (By TYLER KEPNER, Dec. 5, 2007)
BASEBALL: Marlins to Trade Cabrera and Willis to Tigers (By JACK CURRY, Dec. 5, 2007)
* FOOD: A Liquor of Legend Makes a Comeback [absinthe] (By PETE WELLS, Dec. 5, 2007)
* HEALTH: Study Shows Why the Flu Likes Winter (By GINA KOLATA, Dec. 5, 2007)

Tuesday, December 4, 2007:
On This Day: December 4 (Thomas Carlyle 12/4/1795-2/5/1881, Crazy Horse 12/4/1849-9/5/1877, Lillian Russell 12/4/1861-6/6/1922, Wassily Kandinsky 12/4/1866-12/13/1944, Rainer Maria Rilke 12/4/1875-12/29/1926, Fung Yu-lan 12/4/1875-11/26/1990, Alfred Hershey 12/4/1908-5/22/1997, Jeff Bridges 1949, Tyra Banks 1973)
UNO Bill Approved By Senate, 65 to 7, With One Change (By C. P. TRUSSELL, December 4, 1945)
Out of the Crucible of Civil War, Franco's Iron Hand Forged a Modern Spain [12/4/1892-11/20/1975] (By ALDEN WHITMAN, November 20, 1975)

NATIONAL | American Exception: Serving Life for Providing Car to Killers
(By ADAM LIPTAK, Dec. 4, 2007)
NATIONAL | News Analysis: An Assessment Jars a Foreign Policy Debate About Iran
(By STEVEN LEE MYERS, Dec. 4, 2007)
WORLD | Wedmore Journal: Turn Back. Exit Village. Truck Shortcut Hitting Barrier.
(By SARAH LYALL, Dec. 4, 2007)
WORLD: U.S. Finds Iran Halted Its Nuclear Arms Effort in 2003 (By MARK MAZZETTI, Dec. 4, 2007)
NY REGION: Brazilians Giving Up Their American Dream (By NINA BERNSTEIN & ELIZABETH DWOSKIN, Dec. 4, 2007)
* NY REGION: Girls Make History by Sweeping Top Honors at a Science Contest
(By AMANDA MILLNER-FAIRBANKS, Dec. 4, 2007)
FOOTBALL | Patriots 27, Ravens 24: Late Gaffes by the Ravens Give Brady and Pats an Opening
(By JUDY BATTISTA, Dec. 4, 2007)
* EDITORIAL: Evolution and Texas [Intelligent Design] (NY TIMES, Dec. 4, 2007)
OP-ED: Now and Forever [bottomless pit war] (By BOB HERBERT, Dec. 4, 2007)
* OP-ED: The Dictatorship of Talent [China's students] (By DAVID BROOKS, Dec. 4, 2007)
BUSINESS: A Lurid Aftermath to a Hedge Fund Manager's Life (By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, Dec. 4, 2007)
* BUSINESS: In Alaska's Far North, Two Cultures Collide (By JAD MOUAWAD, Dec. 4, 2007)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, Dec. 4, 2007)
* SCIENCE: Simulations of Ailing Artists' Eyes Yield New Insights on Style
[Monet & Cassatt's cataracts] (By GUY GUGLIOTTA, Dec. 4, 2007)
SCIENCE: One Last Ride to the Hubble (By DENNIS OVERBYE, Dec. 4, 2007)
SCIENCE FINDINGS: In the Future, Smart People Will Let Cars Take Control
(By JOHN TIERNEY, Dec. 4, 2007)
* HEALTH | WELL: Asperger's Syndrome Gets a Very Public Face (By TARA PARKER-POPE, Dec. 4, 2007)
* HEALTH | MIND: Unhappy? Self-Critical? Maybe You're Just a Perfectionist
(By BENEDICT CAREY, Dec. 4, 2007)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: Cracking the Code to the Memory Vault (By JANE E. BRODY, Dec. 4, 2007)

Monday, December 3, 2007:
On This Day: December 3 (Gilbert Stuart 12/3/1755-7/9/1828, George B. McClellan 12/3/1826-10/29/1885, Cleveland Abbe 12/3/1838-10/28/1916, Charles A. Pillsbury 12/3/1842-9/17/1899, Ellen Swallow Richards 12/3/1842-3/30/1911, Joseph Conrad 12/3/1857-8/1924, Anton von Werbern 12/3/1883-9/15/1945, Richard Kuhn 12/3/1900-8/1/1967, John von Neumann 12/3/1903-2/8/1957, Andy Williams 1927, Jean-Luc Godard 1930)
Gas Leak in Bhopal India Kills More Than 4000 (By ANJOY HAZARIKA, December 3, 1984)
* Anna Freud, Psychoanalyst, Dies in London at 86 [12/3/1895-10/9/1982] (By REUTERS, October 10, 1982)

WORLD: Party's Triumph Raises Question of Putin's Plans (By CLIFFORD J. LEVY, Dec. 3, 2007)
WORLD: For Venezuela, Tension Mounts With Close Vote (By SIMON ROMERO, Dec. 3, 2007)
WORLD | Buenos Aires Journal: In Macho Argentina, a New Beacon for Gay Tourists (By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO, Dec. 3, 2007)
* NY REGION | Metropolitan Diary: DEAR DIARY (NY TIMES, Dec. 3, 2007)
BASEBALL: Boras Not Looking Out Only for the Superstars (By TYLER KEPNER, Dec. 3, 2007)
FOOTBALL: Patriots Keep Focus on Beating Ravens (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 3, 2007)
FOOTBALL | Giants 21, Bears 16: Manning's Turnaround Lifts Giants
(By JOHN BRANCH, Dec. 3, 2007)
* OP-ED: A Vote for Latin (By HARRY MOUNT, Dec. 3, 2007)
* OP-ED: Innovating Our Way to Financial Crisis (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Dec. 3, 2007)
ARTS: Brad Pitt Commissions Designs for New Orleans (By ROBIN POGREBIN, Dec. 3, 2007)

Sunday, December 2, 2007:
On This Day: December 2 (Georges Seurat 12/2/1859-3/29/1891, Charles Ringling 12/2/1863-12/3/1926, George Richards Minot 12/2/1885-2/25/1950, Sir John Barbirolli 12/2/1899-7/29/1970, Gianni Versace 12/2/1946-7/15/1997, Adolp Green 1915, Alexander Haig 1924, Julie Harris 1925, Stone Phillips 1954, Tracy Austin 1962, Britney Spears 1981)
Final Vote Condemns M'Carthy, 67-22, For Abusing Senate and Committee (By ANTHONY LEVIERO, December 2, 1954)
Maria Callas, 53, Is Dead of Heart Attack in Paris [12/2/1923-9/16/1977] (By RAYMOND ERICSON, September 17, 1977)

* NATIONAL: Feminist Pitch for a Democrat Named Obama (By ROBIN TONER, Dec. 2, 2007)
NATIONAL: Business Lobby Presses Agenda Before '08 Vote (By ROBERT PEAR, Dec. 2, 2007)
NATIONAL: San Francisco Fleet Is All Biodiesel (By CAROLYN MARSHALL, Dec. 2, 2007)
WORLD: Iranian Pushes Nuclear Talks Back to Square 1 (By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Dec. 2, 2007)
* WORLD: Nonstop Theft and Bribery Stagger Iraq (By DAMIEN CAVE, Dec. 2, 2007)
* WORLD: U.S. Credit Crisis Adds to Gloom in Norway (By MARK LANDLER, Dec. 2, 2007)
* WORLD: Dark One-Liners Shine a Light on the Mood of Serbs (By DAN BILEFSKY, Dec. 2, 2007)
WORLD: Ending Famine, Simply by Ignoring the Experts (By CELIA W. DUGGER, Dec. 2, 2007)
BASEBALL: Twins Look for Yanks to Up Ante for Santana (By TYLER KEPNER, Dec. 2, 2007)
* OP-ED: Who's Afraid of Barack Obama? (By FRANK RICH, Dec. 2, 2007)
* OP-ED: O Brother, Where Art Thou? [Barack Obama] (By MAUREEN DOWD, Dec. 2, 2007)
OP-ED: The People We Have Been Waiting For [weather] (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Dec. 2, 2007)
BUSINESS: Contents (NY TIMES, Dec. 2, 2007)
* BUSINESS | Everybody's Business: The Long and Short of It at Goldman Sachs
(By BEN STEIN, Dec. 2, 2007)
BUSINESS: Housing Crisis? Try Mobile McMansions (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Dec. 2, 2007)
SPENDING: If the Shoe Fits, Wear It. If Not, Design One That Does.
(By ELIZABETH OLSON, Dec. 2, 2007)
BUSINESS: Hope for Helping Hands Fuels a Rally
[Dow +390.84, Nasdaq +64.36] (By JEFF SOMMER, Dec. 2, 2007)
* BUSINESS: Meteorologists Shape Fashion Trends (By MICHAEL BARBARO, Dec. 2, 2007)
BUSINESS | Dealbook: Lawyers Compete, Except in Bonuses (By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, Dec. 2, 2007)
* BUSINESS | THE COUNT: New Tradition: Eat the Turkey, Then Go Online
(By PHYLLIS KORKKI, Dec. 2, 2007)
ECONOMIC VIEW: The Dollar Is Falling, and That's Good News (By TYLER COWEN, Dec. 2, 2007)
* STRATEGIES: Contrarians Make a Case for Gains in the Recent Turmoil
(By MARK HULBERT, Dec. 2, 2007)
INVESTING: From the Heights of $100 Oil, Most Stocks Look Vulnerable
(By J. ALEX TARQUINIO, Dec. 2, 2007)
MARKET WEEK: Jobs Picture May Not Be So Grim (By CONRAD de AENLLE, Dec. 2, 2007)
* DIGITAL DOMAIN: For the 2008 Race, Google Is a Crucial Constituency
[Last century, General Motors assembly plants were a regular stop on
the itineraries of presidential candidates. This election cycle, Google
headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., has become a favorite destination.]
(By RANDALL STROSS, Dec. 2, 2007)
* CAREER COUCH: Hobbies Are Rich in Psychic Rewards (By EILENE ZIMMERMAN, Dec. 2, 2007)
* THE BOSS: Treating What Ails [CEO, Medco Health Solutions]
(By DAVID B. SNOW Jr.; as told to PATRICIA R. OLSEN, Dec. 2, 2007)
ARTS: Contents (NY TIMES, Dec. 2, 2007)
ART & DESIGN: A Broken City. A Tree. Evening. (By HOLLAND COTTER, Dec. 2, 2007)
* FILM: Unholy Production With a Fairy-Tale Ending (By CHARLES McGRATH, Dec. 2, 2007)
FILM: Off the Stripper Pole and Into the Movies (By DAVID CARR, Dec. 2, 2007)
MUSIC: Transformed by the Tonic of 'Einstein' (By BERNARD HOLLAND, Dec. 2, 2007)
* MUSIC: Adding Notes to a Folklorist's Tunes (By BILL FRISKICS-WARREN, Dec. 2, 2007)
TV: The Classless Utopia of Reality TV (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Dec. 2, 2007)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, Dec. 2, 2007)
* STYLE: The Oprah Party Wants You [supports Barack Obama] (By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, Dec. 2, 2007)
FASHION & STYLE: Pout and Shout (By MIREYA NAVARRO, Dec. 2, 2007)
* STYLE: Is Hello Kitty Turning Feral? (By AZADEH ENSHA, Dec. 2, 2007)
* MODERN LOVE: My Sorority Pledge? I Swore Off Sisterhood (By KELLY VALEN, Dec. 2, 2007)
VOWS: Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly (By JUDITH ANDERSON, Dec. 2, 2007)
* WEDDINGS | Field Notes: To Be Safe, Call the Bride by Her First Name
(By ANNA JANE GROSSMAN, Dec. 2, 2007)
T STYLE MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Dec. 2, 2007)
TRAVEL: Contents (NY TIMES, Dec. 2, 2007)
TRAVEL | Weekend in New York | Hot Chocolate: A Sip for Après-Whatever
(By SETH KUGEL, Dec. 2, 2007)
TRAVEL: 36 Hours in Park City, Utah (By CHRISTOPHER SOLOMON, Dec. 2, 2007)
TRAVEL | SKI ISSUE: Is Bulgaria Really Skiing's Next Hot Spot? (By MATT GROSS, Dec. 2, 2007)
TRAVEL | SKI ISSUE | Global Warming: Resorts Prepare for a Future Without Skis
(By GISELA WILLIAMS, Dec. 2, 2007)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Dec. 2, 2007)
THE WORLD | Chilled: Where Living in Fear Starts at the Top [Lebanon]
(By JOHN KIFNER, Dec. 2, 2007)
THE WORLD: Peace? Sure, I'll See What I Can Do (By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG, Dec. 2, 2007)
Critic's Notebook: Few Moved the Scenery, or Even Chewed It (By CHARLES ISHERWOOD, Dec. 2, 2007)
IDEAS & TRENDS: Putting a Price on a Wrongful Conviction
(By FERNANDA SANTOS & JANET ROBERTS, Dec. 2, 2007)
IDEAS & TRENDS: Where the White-Tail Roam [Deer hunting] (NY TIMES, Dec. 2, 2007)
THE NATION: How the Filibuster Became the Rule (By DAVID HERSZENHORN, Dec. 2, 2007)
GRAPHIC | REBELLIONS: Week of Nov. 25-Dec. 1, 2007 (NY TIMES, Dec. 2, 2007)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Dec. 2, 2007)
* ON LANGUAGE: Bibliogifts (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Dec. 2, 2007)
The Way We Live Now: I am America. (And So?) (By WYATT MASON, Dec. 2, 2007)
* Questions for Ian McEwan: A Sinner's Tale (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, Dec. 2, 2007)
* BOOKS: Ian McEwan's True Tale Led Him to a Long-Lost Brother (By ALAN COWELL, Jan. 18, 2007)
* THE MEDIUM: Masterpiece Home Theater
[Monet's "Water Lilies" & Leonardo's "Last Supper"] (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Dec. 2, 2007)
* CONSUMED: Recycled Phrases: Spam Art (By ROB WALKER, Dec. 2, 2007)
THE ETHICIST: Minding the Store (By RANDY COHEN, Dec. 2, 2007)
COVER ARTICLE: Death in the Family (By DANIEL BERGNER, Dec. 2, 2007)
A New Kind of Diva [Anna Netrebko] (By CHARLES McGRATH, Dec. 2, 2007)
Kill the Cat That Kills the Bird? (By BRUCE BARCOTT, Dec. 2, 2007)
STYLE: Insider Art [architect-designed art gallery] (By PILAR VILADAS, Dec. 2, 2007)
FOOD: The Way We Eat: Simon Says (By ALEKSANDRA CRAPANZANO, Dec. 2, 2007)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Dec. 2, 2007)
* BOOKS | Holiday Books: Art by Writers [Goethe, Faulkner, Yeats, Proust]
(Review by LEAH HAGER COHEN, Dec. 2, 2007)
BOOKS | Holiday Books: Ashcan School [painter John Sloan]
(Review by PHILLIP LOPATE, Dec. 2, 2007)
BOOKS | Holiday Books: The Greeks [21 archaeologists' essays]
(Review by STEVE COATES, Dec. 2, 2007)
BOOKS | Holiday Books: Weather [Storm Chaser]
(Review by HOLLY MORRIS, Dec. 2, 2007)
BOOKS: The Brando of Ballet [Julie Kavanagh, Nureyev]
(By TONI BENTLEY, Dec. 2, 2007)
* BOOKS: The Decade That Won't Die [Thomas Hine, The Great Funk]
(By JOE QUEENAN, Dec. 2, 2007)
* BOOKS: When the Future Looked Brave and New [Aldous Huxley: Selected Letters]
(By JAMES CAMPBELL, Dec. 2, 2007)
* BOOKS: Robo Love [David Levy, Love and Sex with Robots]
(By ROBIN MARANTZ HENIG, Dec. 2, 2007)
* BOOKS | Holiday Books: 100 Notable Books of 2007 (NY TIMES, Dec. 9, 2007)

Saturday, December 1, 2007:
On This Day: December 1 (Étienne-Maurice Falconet 12/1/1716-1/24/1791, Martin Klaproth 12/1/1743-1/1/1817, Marie Tussaud 12/1/1761-4/16/1850, Red Stout 12/1/1886-10/27/1975, Walter Alston 12/1/1911-10/1/1984, Minoru Yamasaki 12/1/1912-2/6/1986, Mary Martin 12/1/1913-11/3/1990, Stansfield Turner 1923, Lou Rawls 1935, Lee Trevino 1939, Dianne Lennon 1939, Richard Pryor 1940, Bette Midler 1945, Charlene Tilton 1958, Carol Alt 1960)
12-Nation Pact Makes Antarctic Science Reserve (By WALTER SULLIVAN, December 1, 1959)
Gerard Swope, 84, Ex-General Electric Head, Dies [12/1/1872-11/20/1957] (NY Times, November 21, 1957)

* Richard Leigh, 64, Writer Who Challenged 'Da Vinci Code,' Is Dead
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Dec. 1, 2007)
Roger B. Smith, 82, Ex-Chief of G.M., Dies (By MICHELINE MAYNARD, Dec. 1, 2007)
NATIONAL: Mothers Scrimp as States Take Child Support (By ERIK ECKHOLM, Dec. 1, 2007)
NATIONAL: Lawmakers Set Deal on Raising Fuel Efficiency
(By JOHN M. BRODER & MICHELINE MAYNARD, Dec. 1, 2007)
WORLD: Nigeria Turns From Harsher Side of Islamic Law (By LYDIA POLGREEN, Dec. 1, 2007)
BASEBALL: Twins Insist on Hughes for Santana (By TYLER KEPNER, Dec. 1, 2007)
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Plucked From a Prep Powerhouse (By THAYER EVANS, Dec. 1, 2007)
* OP-ED: Gospel Truth [tGospel of Judas mistranslated] (By APRIL D. DECONICK, Dec. 1, 2007)
OP-ED: Rambo and the G.O.P. (By BOB HERBERT, Dec. 1, 2007)
OP-ED: Rudy's Security Blanket (By GAIL COLLINS, Dec. 1, 2007)
* OP-ED: Why I Parted Ways With Chávez (By RAÚL ISAÍAS BADUEL, Dec. 1, 2007)
BUSINESS | News Analysis: Wall St. Sees Silver Lining in Economy
(By PETER S. GOODMAN, Dec. 1, 2007)
* BUSINESS: Is It Healthy? Food Rating Systems Battle It Out
(By ANDREW MARTIN, Dec. 1, 2007)
BUSINESS | Talking Business: Short Seller Sinks Teeth Into Insurer (By JOE NOCERA, Dec. 1, 2007)
ARTS: Return of a Long-Dormant Island of Grace (By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN, Dec. 1, 2007)
* ARTS | ABROAD: Putin's Last Realm to Conquer: Russian Culture
(By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, Dec. 1, 2007)
* SCIENCE: I.Q. Debate Adds a Chapter Online [James D. Watson]
(By PATRICIA COHEN, Dec. 1, 2007)