Selected Articles from The New York Times—
February 2006 (* denotes news of special interest)

Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2006:
On This Day: February 28 (Michel de Montaigne 2/28/1533-9/23/1592, Gabriele Rossetti 2/28/1783-4/24/1854, Sir John Tenniel 2/28/1820-2/25/1914, Geraldine Farrar 2/28/1882-3/11/1967, Ben Hecht 2/28/1894-4/18/1964, Bugsy Siegel 2/28/1906-6/20/1947, Milton Caniff 2/28/1907-4/3/1988, Stephen Spender 2/28/1909-7/16/1995, Vincente Minnelli 2/28/1910-7/25/1986, Denis Parsons Burkitt 2/28/1911-3/23/1993, Zero Mostel 2/28/1915-9/8/1977, Billie Bird 1908, Charles Durning 1923, Svetlana Alliluyeva 1926, Gavin MacLeod 1931, Tommy Tune 1939, Mario Andretti 1940, Bubba Smith 1945, Bernadette Peters 1948, John Turturro 1957, Rae Dawn Chong 1961)
4 U.S. Agents Killed in Texas Shootout With Cult (By Sam Howe Verhovek, February 28, 1993)
* Linus C. Pauling Dies at 93; Chemist and Voice for Peace
[2/28/1901-8/19/1994] (By RICHARD SEVERO, August 21, 1994)

NATIONAL: Short on Drivers, Truckers Offer Perks (By IAN URBINA, Feb. 28, 2006)
* TECHNOLOGY: Google's Shares Drop After Warning of Slowing Growth
Google's share price tumbled by $52, or 13%, after comments by CFO,
George Reyes. They rose to close at $362.62, down $27.76 or 7%.]
(By SAUL HANSELL, Feb. 28, 2006)
* HEALTH: Beyond Rivalry, a Hidden World of Sibling Violence (By KATY BUTLER, Feb. 28, 2006)
* NATURE IN SHORT: Learning from the spirit mountain
[The 929-meter Mt. Mitake located in western Tokyo is a well-known reizan, or "spirit mountain,"
that has been worshiped as a sacred peak for well over 1,000 years. According to legend,
Yamato-takeru, the great hero-prince sent by Emperor Keiko to subdue rebellious tribes in
the southern and eastern provinces, is said to have buried his weapons on the mountain.
When wandering in the forest, the hero was guided by a wolf, and even today a wolf-spirit
is identified as the familiar of the local deity. The kami deities of Mt. Mitake offer
long life, abundant children, and protection against disaster, ill luck, and thievery.]
(By Kevin Short, The Daily Yomiuri - Osaka, Japan, Feb. 28, 2006)

Monday, Feb. 27, 2006:
On This Day: February 27 (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 2/27/1807-3/24/1882, Ellen Terry 2/27/1847-7/21/1928, Alice Hamilton 2/27/1869-9/22/1970, Lotte Lehmann 2/27/1888-8/26/1976, David Sarnoff 2/27/1891-12/12/1971, Marino Marini 2/27/1901-8/6/1980, John Steinbeck 2/27/1902-12/20/1968, Peter DeVries 2/27/1910-9/28/1993, Lawrence Durrell 2/27/1912-11/7/1990, Irwin Shaw 2/27/1913-5/16/1984, Joanne Woodward 1930, Elizabeth Taylor 1932, Ralph Nader 1934, Barbara Babcock 1937, Howard Hesseman 1940, Debra Monk 1949, Adam Baldwin 1962, Grant Show 1962, Chelsea Clinton 1980)
Bush Halts Offensive Combat; Kuwait Freed, Iraqis Crushed
(By Andrew Rosenthal, February 27, 1991)
Justice Hugo Black Dies at 85; Served on Court 34 Years
[2/27/1886-9/25/1971] (United Press International, September 25, 1971)

* NATIONAL: In California, New Kind of Commune for Elderly (By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN, Feb. 27, 2006)
SPORTS | OLYMPICS: Italians End Up Treating the Games Like Their Own (By LYNN ZINSER, Feb. 27, 2006)
* TECHNOLOGY: Cyberthieves Silently Copy Your Passwords as You Type (By TOM ZELLER Jr., Feb. 27, 2006)
* TECHNOLOGY: Protecting Yourself From Keylogging Thieves (By TOM ZELLER Jr., Feb. 27, 2006)
* Securing Your Web Browser (By Will Dormann & Jason Rafail, Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute)
* SCIENCE: 1st 3-D image of coelacanth produced [The fish's name means "hollow spine"
in ancient Greek. Tokyo Institute of Technology has successfully produced the world's
first 3-D image of a coelacanth that has survived unchanged in 400 million years.]
(The Daily Yomiuri - Osaka, Japan, Feb. 27, 2006)

Sunday, Feb. 26, 2006:
On This Day: February 26 (Wenceslas 2/26/1361-8/16/1419, Victor Hugo 2/26/1802-5/22/1885, William F. Cody 2/26/1846-1/10/1917, Herbert H. Dow 2/26/1866-10/15/1930, Grover Cleveland Alexander 2/26/1887-11/4/1950, Margaret Leighton 2/26/1922-1/13/1976, Mason Adams 1919, Tony Randall 1920, Betty Hutton 1921, Fats Domino 1928, Robert Novak 1931, Johnny Cash 1932, Bill Duke 1943, Mitch Ryder 1945, Michael Bolton 1953, Jennifer Grant 1966, Erykah Badu 1971)
Blast Hits Trade Center, Bomb Suspected; 5 Killed, Thousands Flee Smoke in Towers
(By Robert D. McFadden, February 26, 1993)
* John Harvey Kellogg Dies at 91; Health Expert & Founder of Breakfast Food
[2/26/1852-12/14/1943] (NY TIMES, December 16, 1943)

* OP-ED: A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Measure (By ADAM PHILLIPS, Feb. 26, 2006)
FILM: Careful, These Cartoons Pack a Punch (By CHARLES SOLOMON, Feb. 26, 2006)
VOWS: Madeleine Kunin and John Hennessey (By MARIALISA CALTA, Feb. 26, 2006)

Saturday, Feb. 25, 2006:
On This Day: February 25 (Johann Philipp Krieger 2/25/1649-2/7/1725, Carlo Goldoni 2/25/1707-2/6/1793, Pierre-Auguste Renoir 2/25/1841-12/3/1919, Benedetto Croce 2/25/1866-11/20/1952, Enrico Caruso 2/25/1873-8/2/1921, Vyacheslav M. Molotov 2/25/1890-11/8/1986, Dame Myra Hess 2/25/1890-11/25/1965, Marcel Paul Pagnol 2/25/1895-4/18/1974, Anthony Burgess 2/25/1917-11/22/1993, Larry Gelbart 1928, Tommy Newsom 1929, Tom Courtenay 1937, Bob Shieffer 1937, Diane Baker 1938, George Harrison 1943, Sally Jessy Raphael 1943, Neil Jordan 1950, Veronica Webb 1965, Tea Leoni 1966)
Hiram R. Revels, First Colored Member Admitted to the Senate (NY TIMES, February 25, 1870)
Dulles Dies at 71; Formulated & Conducted U.S. Foreign Policy for More Than Six Years
[2/25/1888-5/24/1959] (NY TIMES, May 25, 1959)

Friday, Feb. 24, 2006:
On This Day: February 24 (Giovanni Pico della Mirandola 2/24/1463-11/17/1494, Charles Le Brun 2/24/1619-2/12/1690, Johann Clauberg 2/24/1622-1/31/1665, George Curtis 2/24/1824-8/31/1892, Winslow Homer 2/24/1836-9/29/1910, Arrigo Boito 2/24/1842-6/10/1918, Honus Wagner 2/24/1874-12/6/1955, Mary Elloen Chase 2/24/1887-7/28/1973, Henri Frankfort 2/24/1897-7/16/1954, Abe Vigoda 1921, Michel Legrand 1932, Zell Miller 1932, Renata Scotto 1935, James Farentino 1938, Barry Bostwick 1945, Paula Zahn 1956)
President Andrew Johnson Impeached by House (NY TIMES, February 24, 1868)
Admiral Nimitz Dead at 80; Built Pacific Fleet That Fought Japan
[2/24/1885-2/20/1966] (United Press International, February 21, 1966)

* OLMPICS: A Night of Nerves Is Settled on a Turn of Elegance (By LYNN ZINSER, Feb. 24, 2006)
OLMPICS: No Medal, but Feeling as Good as Gold (By JULIET MACUR, Feb. 24, 2006)

Thursday, Feb. 23, 2006:
On This Day: February 23 (Samuel Pepys 2/23/1633-5/26/1703, George Frederick Handel 2/23/1685-4/14/1759, George Watts 2/23/1817-7/1/1904, Cesar Ritz 2/23/1850-10/26/1918, Norman Lindsay 2/23/1879-10/29/1969, Karl Jaspers 2/23/1881-2/26/1969, Victor Fleming 2/23/1883-1/6/1949, William Shirer 2/23/1904-12/28/1993, Allan MacLeod Cormack 2/23/1924-5/7/1998, Peter Fonda 1940, Patricia Richardson 1951, Kristin Davis 1965)
Lasting Prevention of Polio Reported in Salk Vaccine Tests (By William L. Laurence, February 23, 1954)
* W. E. B. DuBois Dies in Ghana; Negro Leader and Author, 95
[2/23/1868-8/27/1963] (NY TIMES, August 28, 1963)

* NATIONAL: 8 Win Record U.S. Lottery Jackpot, $365 Million
[Winning numbers were 15, 17, 43, 44 and 48, with a Powerball number of 29.
The odds of picking the winning combination of numbers: 1 in 146 million.]
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 23, 2006)

Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006:
On This Day: February 22 (Charles VII 2/22/1403-7/22/1461, George Washington 2/22/1732-12/14/1799, Rembrandt Peale 2/22/1778-10/3/1860, Arthur Schopenhauer 2/22/1788-9/21/1860, James Russell Lowell 2/22/1819-8/12/1891, Bill Klem 2/22/1874-9/16/1951, David Dubinsky 2/22/1892-9/17/1982, Luis Bunuel 2/22/1900-7/29/1983, Sean O'Faolain 2/22/1900-4/20/1991, Peter Hurd 2/22/1904-7/9/1984, John Mills 1908, Marni Nixon 1930, Edward M. Kennedy 1932, Jonathan Demme 1944, Hohn Ashton 1948, Julius Erving 1950, Julie Walters 1950, Michael Chang 1972)
U.S. Defeats Soviet Squad In Olympic Hockey by 4-3 (By Gerald Eskenazi, February 22, 1980)
* Edna St. V. Millay Found Dead At 58, Poet Succumbs of Heart Attack
[2/22/1892-10/19/1950] (NY TIMES, October 20, 1950)

NATIONAL: Bush Would Veto Any Bill Halting Dubai Port Deal (By DAVID E. SANGER and ERIC LIPTON, Feb. 22, 2006)
President of Harvard Resigns, Ending Stormy 5-Year Tenure (By ALAN FINDER, PATRICK D. HEALY and KATE ZERNIKE, Feb. 22, 2006)
* WORLD: Furor Over Cartoons Pits Muslim Against Muslim (By MICHAEL SLACKMAN & HASSAN M. FATTAH, Feb. 22, 2006)
* OLYMPICS: Cohen Ends a Long Night by Edging Ahead of Slutskaya (By LYNN ZINSER, Feb. 22, 2006)
* SLIDE SHOW: Winter Olympics (NY TIMES, Feb. 22, 2006)
EDITORIAL: The President and the Ports (NY TIMES, Feb. 22, 2006)
OP-ED: Don't Stop Bugging Me (By KEVIN NEALON, Feb. 22, 2006)
FOOD & DINING: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 22, 2006)
* FOOD: Soul for the Chicken Soup (By ED LEVINE, Feb. 22, 2006)
* HEALTH: Why Doctors So Often Get It Wrong (By DAVID LEONHARDT, Feb. 22, 2006)

Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2006:
On This Day: February 21 (Antonio Lopez Santa Anna 2/21/1794-6/21/1876, John Henry Newman 2/21/1801-8/11/1890, Pierre Laffitte 2/21/1823-1/4/1903, Leo Delibes 2/21/1836-1/16/1891, Constantin Brancusi 2/21/1876-3/16/1957, Harry Stack Sullivan 2/21/1892-1/14/1949, Anais Nin 2/21/1903-1/14/1977, Tom Yawkey 2/21/1903-7/9/1976, W. H. Auden 2/21/1907-9/29/1973, Kelsey Grammer 1955, Mary Chapin Carpenter 1958, Christopher Atkins 1961, William Baldwin 1963, Jennifer Love Hewitt 1979)
Malcolm X Shot to Death at Rally Here (By Theodore Jones, February 21, 1965)
* Andres Segovie Is Dead at 94; His Crusade Elevated Guitar
[2/21/1893-6/2/1987] (By DONAL HENAHAN, June 4, 1987)

* NATIONAL: Which Cut Is Older? (It's a Trick Question) (By MARIAN BURROS, Feb. 21, 2006)
* EDUCATION: To: Professor@University.edu Subject: Why It's All About Me (By JONATHAN D. GLATER, Feb. 21, 2006)
* SMALL BUSINESS SECTION: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 21, 2006)
* A Cyberfueled Growth Spurt: Web Services Upend Old Ideas About the Little Guy's Role
(By STEVE LOHR, Feb. 21, 2006)
* Running a Hatchery for Replicant Hackers (By JENNIFER 8. LEE, Feb. 21, 2006)
* BIG IDEAS: When One or Two Companies Are Not Enough (By MICHAELE WEISSMAN, Feb. 21, 2006)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 21, 2006)
* SCIENCE: Explaining Ice: The Answers Are Slippery (By KENNETH CHANG, Feb. 21, 2006)
* HEALTH | Stem Cells May Be Key to Cancer (By NICHOLAS WADE, Feb. 21, 2006)
* HEALTH | The Unconscious Mind: A Great Decision Maker (By BENEDICT CAREY, Feb. 21, 2006)
* REALLY? | The Claim: Skipping Breakfast Can Affect Your Mood and Energy Levels During the Day (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Feb. 21, 2006)

Monday, Feb. 20, 2006:
On This Day: February 20 (Honore Daumier 2/20/1808-2/11/1879, Georges Bernanos 2/20/1888-7/5/1948, Bill Tilden 2/20/1893-6/5/1953, Jimmy Yancey 2/20/1898-9/17/1951, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney 2/20/1899-12/13/1992, Rene Dubos 2/20/1901-2/20/1982, Louis Kahn 2/20/1901-3/17/1974, Aleksey Kosygin 2/20/1904-12/18/1980, Konstantin Sergeyev 2/20/1910-4/1992, Gloria Vanderbilt 1924, Robert Altman 1925, Sidney Poitier 1927, Nancy Wilson 1937, Buffy Sainte-Marie 1941, Phil Esposito 1942, Mike Leigh 1943, Sandy Duncan 1946, Peter Strauss 1947, Edward Albert 1951, Patricia Hearst 1954, Charles Barkley 1963, Cindy Crawford 1966, Andrew Shue 1967)
Glenn Orbits Earth 3 Times Safely (By Richard Witkin, February 20, 1962)
* Ansel Adams, Photographer, Is Dead at 82
[2/20/1902-2/11/1984] (By JOHN RUSSELL, April 24, 1984)

* ARTS | Connections: History Illuminates the Rage of Muslims (By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN, Feb. 20, 2006)
FILM: A First-Time Oscar Host in Search of That Fine Line (By JACQUES STEINBERG, Feb. 20, 2006)

Sunday, Feb. 19, 2006:
On This Day: February 19 (Nicolaus Copernicus 2/19/1473-5/24/1543, David Garrick 2/19/1717-1/20/1779, Luigi Boccherini 1/19/1743-5/28/1805, Elie Ducommun 2/19/1833-12/7/1906, Svante Arrhenius 2/19/1859-10/2/1927, Merle Oberon 2/19/1911-11/23/1979, Eddie Arcaro 2/19/1916-11/14/1997, Carson McCullers 2/19/1917-9/29/1967, John Frankenheimer 1930, Smokey Robinson 1940, Bobby Rogers 1940, Prince Andrew 1960)
U. S. Marines Storm Ashore on Iwo Island (ASSOCIATED PRESS, February 19, 1945)
Stan Kenton, Band Leader, Dies AT 67; Was Center of Jazz Controversies
[2/19/1912-8/25/1979] (By JOHN S. WILSON, August 27, 1979)

NATIONAL: Board Said to Be Seeking Faculty Views on Harvard President (By ALAN FINDER, Feb. 19, 2006)
FILM: Robert Altman's Long Goodbye (By TERRENCE RAFFERTY, Feb. 19, 2006)
FILM: Steering a Lost Career Back to the 'Hood (By LEWIS BEALE, Feb. 19, 2006)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 19, 2006)
* ON LANGUAGE: Blargon (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Feb. 19, 2006)
* Questions for Philippe de Montebello: Stolen Art? (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, Feb. 19, 2006)
* COVER ARTICLE: Great Performers [Photos of 26 Actors in 2005 films] (By LYNN HIRSCHBERG, Feb. 19, 2006)
* After Neoconservatism (By FRANCIS FUKUYAMA, Feb. 19, 2006)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 19, 2006)
* BOOKS: 'Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon,'
by Daniel C. Dennett: The God Genome (Review by LEON WIESELTIER, Feb. 19, 2006)

Saturday, Feb. 18, 2006:
On This Day: February 18 (Mary Tudor 2/18/1516-11/17/1558, Alessandro Volta 2/18/1745-3/5/1827, Ramakrishna 2/18/1836-8/16/1886, Max Klinger 2/18/1857-7/5/1920, Charles M. Schwab 2/18/1862-9/18/1939, Wendell Willkie 2/18/1892-10/8/1944, George Gipp 2/18/1895-12/14/1920, Enzo Ferrari 2/18/1898-8/14/1988, Sir Arthur Bryant 2/18/1899-1/2/1985, Wallace Stegner 2/18/1909-4/13/1993, Jack Palance 1921, Helen Gurley Brown 1922, George Kennedy 1925, John Warner 1927, Toni Morrison 1931, Milos Forman 1932, Yoko Ono 1933, John Hughes 1950, Cybill Shepherd 1950, Juice Newton 1952, John Travolta 1954, Vanna White 1957, Matt Dillon 1968, Molly Ringwald 1968)
The Inauguration of the President of the Southern Confederacy
(NY TIMES, February 18, 1861)
Louis C. Tiffany, Noted Artist, Dies at 84 [2/18/1848-1/17/1933] (NY TIMES, January 18, 1933)

Friday, Feb. 17, 2006:
On This Day: February 17 (Arcangelo Corelli 2/17/1653-1/8/1713, Gustavo Adolfo Becquer 2/17/1836-12/22/1870, A. Montgomery Ward 2/17/1844-12/7/1913, Andrew B. Paterson 2/17/1864-2/5/1941, Andre Maginot 2/17/1877-1/7/1932, H. L. Hunt 2/17/1904-7/19/1980, Hans Morgenthau 2/17/1904-7/19/1980, Red Barber 2/17/1914-1/5/1990, Huey Newton 2/17/1942-8/22/1989, Kathleen Freeman 1919, Margaret Truman Daniel 1924, Hal Holbrook 1925, Alan Bates 1934, Jim Brown 1936, Mary Ann Mobley 1939, Rene Russo 1954, Michael Jordan 1963, Michael Bay 1964, Michelle Forbes 1967, Jerry O'Connell 1974)
* President Nixon Leaves on Trip to China (By Tad Szulc, February 17, 1972)
* Thomas J. Watson Sr. Is Dead; I.B.M. Board Chairman Was 82 [2/17/1874-6/19/1956] (NY TIMES, June 20, 1956)

* ART | Edvard Munch: There's More to Life Than Screaming (By GRACE GLUECK, Feb. 17, 2006)

Thursday, Feb. 16, 2006:
On This Day: February 16 (Giambattista Bodoni 2/16/1740-11/29/1813, Nikolay Leskov 2/16/1831-3/5/1895, Henry Adams 2/16/1838-3/27/1918, Robert Flaherty 2/16/1884-7/23/1951, Edgar Bergen 2/16/1903, Patty Andrews 1920, John Schlesinger 1926, LeVar Burton 1957, John McEnroe 1959)
* Tut-ankh-Amen's Inner Tomb is Opened Revealing Undreamed of Splendors, Still Untouched After 3,400 Years
(NY TIMES, February 16, 1923)
Katharine Cornell Is Dead at 81 [2/16/1893-6/9/1974] (By ALDEN WHITMAN, June 10, 1974)

NATIONAL: Silence Broken as Cheney Points Only to Himself (By DAVID E. SANGER & ANNE E. KORNBLUT, Feb. 16, 2006)
The TV Watch: A TV Ritual, Longstanding, Adds Cheney (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Feb. 16, 2006)
NATIONAL: Trying a New Tack, Fed Chief Is Brief, Clear and Also Upbeat [Ben S. Bernanke]
(By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Feb. 16, 2006)
SPORTS: After a Sleepless Night, Dorfmeister Takes Gold and Kildow Ties for 8th (By BILL PENNINGTON, Feb. 16, 2006)
EDITORIAL OBSERVER: For Pakistan, American Aid Is All Guns, No Butter (By HELENE COOPER, Feb. 16, 2006)
OP-ED: All Clones Are Not the Same (By MICHAEL GAZZANIGA, Feb. 16, 2006)
LETTERS: When Democracy Led to ... Hamas (6 Letters) (By Chris Cowperthwait, et. al., Feb. 16, 2006)
LETTERS: Mr. Cheney Meets The Press (Sort Of) (4 Letters) (By Scott Henry, et. al., Feb. 16, 2006)
* BUSINESS: Outsourcing Is Climbing Skills Ladder (By STEVE LOHR, Feb. 16, 2006)
* TECHNOLOGY: Web Firms Are Grilled on Dealings in China (By TOM ZELLER Jr., Feb. 16, 2006)
* ART: Art Experts Protest Sale of Rare Set of Blakes (By CAROL VOGEL, Feb. 16, 2006)
* ART SLIDE SHOW: The Grave Watercolors by William Blake (Sotheby's New York, Feb. 16, 2006)
* TV: 'Dancing' Bumps 'Survivor' (By BILL CARTER, Feb. 16, 2006)

Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2006:
On This Day: February 15 (Pedro Menendez de Aviles 2/15/1519-9/17/1574, Galileo Galilei 2/15/1564-1/8/1642, Jeremy Bentham 2/15/1748-6/6/1832, Henry Steinway 2/15/1797-2/7/1871, Alfred North Whitehead 2/15/1861-12/30/1947, John Barrymore 2/15/1882-5/29/1942, Earl Henry Blaik 2/15/1897-5/6/1989, Harold Arlen 2/15/1905-4/23/1986, Graham Hill 2/15/1929-11/29/1975, Roger Chaffee 2/15/1935-1/27/1967, Kevin McCarthy 1914, John Anderson 1922, Claire Bloom 1931, Susan Brownmiller 1935, Melissa Manchester 1951, Jane Seymour 1951, Matt Groening 1954, Renee O'Connor 1971)
U.S. Battleship Maine Blown Up in Havana Harbor Killing 260 (NY TIMES, February 15, 1898)
Miss Susan B. Anthony Died This Morning at 86 [2/15/1820-3/13/1906] (NY TIMES, March 13, 1906)

NATIONAL: Fellow Hunter Shot by Cheney Suffers Setback (By ELISABETH BUMILLER & ANNE E. KORNBLUT, Feb. 15, 2006)
Political Memo: Handling of Mishap Creates Strain in the White House (By DAVID E. SANGER, Feb. 15, 2006)
* WORLD: Beijing Censors Taken to Task in Party Circles (By JOSEPH KAHN, Feb. 15, 2006)
* OP-ED: The Islam Gap (By KARIM RASLAN, Feb. 15, 2006)
* BUSINESS: Investors Are Tilting Toward Windmills (By CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH, Feb. 15, 2006)
* TECHNOLOGY: Online Firms Facing Questions About Censoring Internet Searches in China
(By TOM ZELLER Jr., Feb. 15, 2006)
FILM | THE TEASE: From Russia, With All Kinds of Weird Stuff (By CARYN JAMES, Feb. 15, 2006)
TV: Dobbs's Outspokenness Draws Fans and Fire (By RACHEL L. SWARNS, Feb. 15, 2006)
* TRAVEL | Letter From Tokyo: Attention Avid Shoppers: A High-End Complex Opens Its Doors
(By MATTHEW RUSLING, Feb. 15, 2006)
FOOD & DINING: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 15, 2006)
* FOOD: Must Be Something in the Water (By JULIA MOSKIN, Feb. 15, 2006)
THE MINIMALIST: Burgers With Lots of Sizzle and None of the Guilt (By MARK BITTMAN, Feb. 15, 2006)
THE CHEF: Butter, Brown and Nutty, a Homage to New Orleans (By FLORENCE FABRICANT, Feb. 15, 2006)
HEALTH: A Cancer Drug Shows Promise, at a Price That Many Can't Pay (By ALEX BERENSON, Feb. 15, 2006)
* HEALTH: Study Finds Calcium Supplements Don't Prevent Broken Bones (By GINA KOLATA, Feb. 15, 2006)

Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2006:
On This Day: February 14 (Francesco Cavalli 2/14/1602-1/14/1676, Thomas Robert Malthus 2/14/1766-12/1766-12/23/1834, Christopher Sholes 2/14/1819-2/17/1890, Frank Harris 2/14/1856-8/26/1931, C.T.R. Wilson 2/14/1869-11/15/1959, George Jean Nathan 2/14/1882-4/8/1958, Jack Benny 2/14/1894-12/27/1974, Woody Hayes 2/14/1913-3/12/1987, Hugh Downs 1921, Florence Henderson 1934, Carl Berstein 1944, Gregory Hines 1946, Pat O'Brien 1948, Ken Wahl 1957, Meg Tilly 1960)
7 Chicago Gangsters Slain by Firing Squad of Rivals (NY TIMES, February 14, 1929)
Dr. Anna H. Shaw, Suffragist, Dies at 72 [2/14/1847-7/2/1919] (NY TIMES, July 3, 1919)

NATIONAL | WHITE HOUSE MEMO: Groans at Home Re: (Cheney Joke Here) (By ELISABETH BUMILLER, Feb. 14, 2006)
EDITORIAL: White House Shoots Foot (NY TIMES, Feb. 14, 2006)
* OP-ED: The Kiss of Life (By JOSHUA FOER, Feb. 14, 2006)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 14, 2006)
* SCIENCE: A Conversation With Deborah Tannen:
Author Applies Tools of Linguistics to Mend Mother-Daughter Divide
(By CLAUDIA DREIFUS, Feb. 14, 2006)
* COMMENTARY: Someday the Sun Will Go Out and the World Will End (but Don't Tell Anyone)
(By DENNIS OVERBYE, Feb. 14, 2006)
* SCIENTIST AT PLAY | Daniel Wilson: If Robots Ever Get Too Smart,
He'll Know How to Stop Them [Wilson says, "If popular culture has
taught us anything, it is that someday mankind must face and destroy
the growing robot menace."] (By CORNELIA DEAN, Feb. 14, 2006)
OBSERVATORY: There's Nothing Like a Sympathetic Primate (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Feb. 14, 2006)
* HEALTH: In Music, Others' Tastes May Help Shape Your Own (By BENEDICT CAREY, Feb. 14, 2006)
* NEWS ANALYSIS: Maybe You're Not What You Eat (By GINA KOLATA, Feb. 14, 2006)
* REALLY?: The Claim: High Intake of Sodas Increases the Risk of Esophageal Cancer
(By By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Feb. 14, 2006)
* HEALTH: More and More, Favored Psychotherapy Lets Bygones Be Bygones (By ALIX SPIEGEL, Feb. 14, 2006)

Monday, Feb. 13, 2006:
On This Day: February 13 (Giovanni Battista Piazzetta 2/13/1682-4/28/1754, John Hunter 2/13/1728-10/16/1793, Lord Randolph Churchill 2/13/1849-1/24/1895, Georgios Papandreou 2/13/1888-11/1/1968, Grant Wood 2/13/1892-2/12/1942, Georges Simenon 2/13/1903-9/4/1989, Pauline Frederick 2/13/1906-5/9/1990, Eileen Farrell 1920, Chuck Yeager 1923, Kim Novak 1933, George Segal 1934, Bo Svenson 1941, Carol Lynley 1942, Jerry Springer 1944, Mena Suvari 1979)
Hauptmann Guilty, Sentenced to Death for the Murder of the Lindbergh Baby (By Russell B. Porter, February 13, 1935)
* William B. Shockley, 79, Creator of Transistor and Theory on Race
[2/13/1910-8/12/1989] (By WOLFGANG SAXON, August 14, 1989)

* BUSINESS: Challenging a Rival, Viewer by Viewer [CNN's Jonathan Klein] (By JACQUES STEINBERG, Feb. 13, 2006)

Sunday, Feb. 12, 2006:
On This Day: February 12 (Thomas Campion 2/12/1567-3/1/1620, Cotton Mather 2/12/1663-2/13/1728, Peter Cooper 2/12/1791-4/4/1883, Abraham Lincoln 2/12/1809-4/15/1865, John L. Lewis 2/12/1880-6/11/1969, Alice Roosevelt Longworth 2/12/1884-2/20/1980, Max Beckmann 2/12/1884-12/27/1950, Omar Bradley 2/12/1893-4/8/1981, Roy Harris 2/12/1898-10/1/1979, Franco Zeffirelli 1923, Joe Garagiola 1926, Arlen Specter 1930, Bill Russell 1934, Joe Don Baker 1936, Judy Blume 1938, Ray Manzarek 1939, Maud Adams 1945, Arsenio Hall 1955)
First Prisoner Release Completed from Vietnam (By James P. Sterba, February 12, 1973)
* Death Of Charles Darwin at 73; Published Theory of Evolution
[2/12/1809-4/19/1882] (NY TIMES, April 21, 1882)

* NATIONAL: Eats Shoots, Leaves and Much of Zoos' Budgets (By BRENDA GOODMAN, Feb. 12, 2006)
After 26,389 Miles, Adventurer Steve Fosset Sets Nonstop Flight Mark (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 12, 2006)
THE WOUNDED: Healing, With New Limbs and Fragile Dreams (By JULIET MACUR, Feb. 12, 2006)
Rice Warns Cartoon Protests Could 'Spin Out of Control' (By BRIAN KNOWLTON,, Feb. 12, 2006)
Voodoo Head Can't Ward Off U.S. Customs (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 12, 2006)
EDUCATION: Tutor Program Offered by Law Is Going Unused (By SUSAN SAULNY, Feb. 12, 2006)
WORLD: Bird Flu Spreads to European Union for First Time (By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL, Feb. 12, 2006)
In Japan, Justice Is Not Only Blind, It Holds a Stopwatch (By NORIMITSU ONISHI, Feb. 12, 2006)
Iran Says It Is Still Committed to Nuclear Treaty (By NAZILA FATHI, Feb. 12, 2006)
NY REGION: Reform Jews Hope to Unmix Mixed Marriages (By MICHAEL LUO, Feb. 12, 2006)
SPORTS: Michelle Kwan Pulls Out of Olympics (By LYNN ZINSER, Feb. 12, 2006)
OLYMPICS: Bumpy Start for Americans Is Opening for Canada (By JULIET MACUR, Feb. 12, 2006)
EDITORIAL: The Trust Gap [Bush] (NY TIMES, Feb. 12, 2006)
EDITORIAL: A Surprising Warning on Stimulants (NY TIMES, Feb. 12, 2006)
EDITORIAL OBSERVER: According to Webster: One Man's Attempt to Define 'America' (By ADAM COHEN, Feb. 12, 2006)
* OP-ED: The Islam the Riots Drowned Out (By EMRAN QURESHI, Feb. 12, 2006)
* OP-ED: Capture the Flag (By MARTIN BURCHARTH, Feb. 12, 2006)
* OP-ED: Our Faith in Letting It All Hang Out (By STANLEY FISH, Feb. 12, 2006)
LETTERS: 'The Feminine Mystique': A Sequel (7 Letters) (By Danielle Friedman, et. al., Feb. 12, 2006)
LETTERS: Sending E-Mail? Pay the Toll (3 Letters) (By John Philip Mason, et. al., Feb. 12, 2006)
BUSINESS: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 12, 2006)
* BUSINESS: The Lowdown on Sweet? [aspartame] (By MELANIE WARNER, Feb. 12, 2006)
* Digital Domain: Trying to Get a Read on Amazon's Books (By RANDALL STROSS, Feb. 12, 2006)
Cracking the Tax Code (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Feb. 12, 2006)
STRATEGIES: Uh-Oh. Something Else Is Stale at Mutual Funds. (By MARK HULBERT, Feb. 12, 2006)
INVESTING: Coupon Clipping, the Old-Fashioned Way (By KEN BELSON, Feb. 12, 2006)
MARKET WEEK: Good News May Land With a Thud (By CONRAD DE AENLLE, Feb. 12, 2006)
YOUR MONEY: Waiting for Just the Right Moment to Take Out the Wallet (By DAMON DARLIN, Feb. 12, 2006)
Mutual Funds Seem Simple, Until It's Time to Sell (By ROBERT D. HERSHEY Jr., Feb. 12, 2006)
THE GOODS: True Imitations of Real McCoys (By BRENDAN I. KOERNER, Feb. 12, 2006)
* THE BOSS: J. D. Power III: From Ship to Shore [Senior thesis: Don Quixote]
(As told to AMY ZIPKIN, Feb. 12, 2006)
ARTS: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 12, 2006)
* ART: The Case of the Missing Munchs (By SARAH LYALL, Feb. 12, 2006)
ARTS: Costume Shop Boy Makes Good [Dürer's "Coat of Arms With a Skull"] (By DOROTHY SPEARS, Feb. 12, 2006)
DANCE: The Bare Essentials of Dance (By GIA KOURLAS, Feb. 12, 2006)
* FILM: I'd Really Like to Thank My Pal at the Auction House [Oscars] (By HEATHCLIFF ROTHMAN, Feb. 12, 2006)
MUSIC | Classical Recordings: Two Scarce 20th-Century Commodities, Beauty and Serenity
(NY TIMES, Feb. 12, 2006)
TV: Even Those 70's Kids Should Have Seen It Coming (By DAVID HOCHMAN, Feb. 12, 2006)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 12, 2006)
FASHION: Evolution on the Runway: Room to Grow (By CATHY HORYN, Feb. 12, 2006)
STYLE: School, Sleepovers, Red Carpet Dreams (By JESSICA PRESSLER, Feb. 12, 2006)
FASHION: Fashion Week's Big Tent (By GUY TREBAY, Feb. 12, 2006)
* MODERN LOVE: You're Not Sick, You're Just in Love (By DANIEL JONES, Feb. 12, 2006)
* Is the Right Chemistry a Click Nearer? [love is brain chemistry] (By RACHEL LEHMANN-HAUPT, Feb. 12, 2006)
The Age of Dissonance: Don't Sing Me That Song (By BOB MORRIS, Feb. 12, 2006)
Possessed: A Clinical View of the World (By DAVID COLMAN, Feb. 12, 2006)
VOWS: Arielle Tepper and Ian Madover (By JESSE McKINLEY, Feb. 12, 2006)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 12, 2006)
* THE NATION: So Many Men, So Few Women (By SAM ROBERTS, Feb. 12, 2006)
THE NATION: Thinning the Milk Does Not Mean Thinning the Child (By GINA KOLATA, Feb. 12, 2006)
THE NATION: All (Puff) in Favor (Puff) Say Aye (Wheeze) (By ANNE E. KORNBLUT, Feb. 12, 2006)
THE WORLD: Beneath the Rage in the Mideast (By MICHAEL SLACKMAN, Feb. 12, 2006)
* Greetings Kill: Primer for a Pandemic [Avian flu] (By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., Feb. 12, 2006)
* So Long, Dalai Lama: Google Adapts to China (By JOSEPH KAHN, Feb. 12, 2006)
* BASICS: A Trillion, Triumphant [Bush's budget & higher numbers] (By HENRY FOUNTAIN & BILL MARSH, Feb. 12, 2006)
WORD FOR WORD | The Rest Is Silence: Dot-Dot-Dot, Dash-Dash-Dash, No More (By SAM ROBERTS, Feb. 12, 2006)
* IDEAS & TRENDS: A Drip by Any Other Name (By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, Feb. 12, 2006)
IDEAS & TRENDS: Going Heedlessly for Olympic Gold (By CHARLES McGRATH, Feb. 12, 2006)
* IDEAS & TRENDS: Time to Come Home, Zhivago [Russian version] (By STEVEN LEE MYERS, Feb. 12, 2006)
READING FILE: Your Brain on Super Bowl Ads (NY TIMES, Feb. 12, 2006)
READING FILE: Panning for Terrorists (NY TIMES, Feb. 12, 2006)
READING FILE: On Friedan, a Feminist Critique (NY TIMES, Feb. 12, 2006)
LAUGH LINES: Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien (NY TIMES, Feb. 12, 2006)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 12, 2006)
* ON LANGUAGE: Tarnation Heck! (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Feb. 12, 2006)
* The Way We Live Now: What's So Hot About 50? (By DAPHNE MERKIN, Feb. 12, 2006)
* Questions for David Frost: Bye-Bye, BBC (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, Feb. 12, 2006)
* IDEA LAB: What Carried the Girls Away [hepatitis B] (By EVE CONANT, Feb. 12, 2006)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 12, 2006)
* 'World as Laboratory: Experiments With Mice, Mazes, and Men,' by Rebecca Lemov: Control Freaks
(Review by DAVID BROOKS, Feb. 12, 2006)

Saturday, Feb. 11, 2006:
On This Day: February 11 (Bernard Le Bovier Fontenelle 2/11/1657-1/9/1757, William Talbot 2/11/1800-9/17/1877, Otto Ludwig 2/11/1813-2/25/1865, Max Baer 2//1/1909-11/21/1959, Joseph Alioto 2/11/1916-1/29/1998, Farouk I 2//11/1920-3/18/1965, Eva Gabor 2/11/1921-7/4/1995, Sidney Sheldon 1917, Lloyd Bentsen 1921, Kim Stanley 1925, Leslie Nielsen 1926, Tina Louise 1934, Burt Reynolds 1936, Shery Crow 1962, Jennifer Aniston 1969)
YALTA PARLEY ENDS: Big 3 Doom Nazism and Reich Militarism (By Lansing Warren, February 11, 1945)
* Edison Dies at 82, prolific inventor with 1,093 patents
[2/11/1847-10/18/1931] (By BRUCE RAE, October 18, 1931)

* HEALTH: Another Fad Hits the Wall (By MELANIE WARNER and JULIE BOSMAN, Feb. 11, 2006)

Friday, Feb. 10, 2006:
On This Day: February 10 (Charles Lamb 2/10/1775-12/27/1834, William Allen White 2/10/1868-1/29/1944, Jimmy Durante 2/10/1893-1/29/1980, Harold Macmillan 2/10/1894-12/29/1986, Dame Judith Anderson 2/10/1898-1/3/1992, Bertolt Brecht 2/10/1898-8/14/1956, Stella Adler 2/10/1901-12/21/1992, Leontyne Price 1927, Robert Wagner 1930, Roberta Flack 1939, Mark Spitz 1950, George Stephanopoulos 1961)
U-2 Pilot Powers is Freed by Soviet in an Exchange for Abel (By Tom Wicker, February 10, 1962)
* Pasternak Is Dead at 70; Wrote 'Dr. Zhivago'
[2/10/1890-5/30/1960] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 31, 1960)

WORLD: Dane Sees Greed and Politics in the Crisis (By JOHN VINOCUR & DAN BILEFSKY, Feb. 10, 2006)
OP-ED: Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Ex-Gay Cowboys (By DAN SAVAGE, Feb. 10, 2006)
FILM | THE TEASE: The Tin Men of Hollywood (By CARYN JAMES, Feb. 10, 2006)
SCIENCE: NASA Aide Who Resigned Over Warming Offers Defense (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Feb. 10, 2006)

Thursday, Feb. 9, 2006:
On This Day: February 9 (Gasparo Angiolini 2/9/1731-2/6/1803, William Henry Harrison 2/9/1773-4/4/1841, Samuel Tilden 2/9/1814-8/4/1886, Amy Lowell 2/9/1874-5/12/1925, Ronald Colman 2/9/1891-5/19/1958, Dean Rusk 2/9/1909-12/20/1994, Bill Veeck 2/9/1914-1/2/1986, Kathryn Grayson 1922, Roger Mudd 1928, Carol King 1942, Joe Pesci 1943, Alice Walker 1944, Mia Farrow 1945)
Guadalcanal Is Ours; Japan Abandons Island (By Charles Hurd, February 9, 1943)
* Jacques Monod, Nobel Biologist, Dies; Thought Existence Is Based on Chance
[2/9/1910-5/31/1976] (By FRANK J. PRIAL, June 1, 1976)

WORLD | Diplomacy: Bush Urges Nations to End Violence; Rice Accuses Syria and Iran
(By DAVID E. SANGER, Feb. 9, 2006)
WORLD | The Protests: At Mecca Meeting, Cartoon Outrage Crystallized (By HASSAN M. FATTAH, Feb. 9, 2006)
* EDITORIAL: Censoring Truth (NY TIMES, Feb. 9, 2006)
* BUSINESS: Google Offers Transfer Tool for Computers
[Besides empowering computer-to-computer searches, the improved software allows
users to set up an array of mini-applications, sometimes called "widgets,"
to monitor topical information such as weather, stock quotes or news stories.]
(Associated Press, Feb. 9, 2006)

Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2006:
On This Day: February 8 (Il Guercino 2/8/1591-12/22/1666, Jacques Cassini 2/8/1677-4/18/1756, Daniel Bernoulli 2/8/1700-3/17/1782, John Ruskin 2/8/1819-1/20/1900, William T. Sherman 2/8/1820-2/14/1891, Jules Verne 2/8/1828-3/24/1905, Dame Edith Evans 2/8/1888-10/14/1976, King Vidor 2/8/1894-11/1/1982, Chester Carlson 2/8/1906-9/19/1968, Elizabeth Bishop 2/8/1911-10/6/1979, Lana Turner 6/29/1995, Jack Lemmon 1925, John Williams 1932, Ted Koppel 1940, Nick Nolte 1941, Robert Klein 1942, Brooke Adams 1949, Mary Steenburgen 1953, John Grisham 1955, Gary Coleman 1968)
Communications Bill Signed, and the Battles Begin Anew (By Edmund L. Andrews, February 8, 1996)
* Martin Buber, 87, Dies in Israel; Renowned Jewish Philosopher
[2/8/1878-6/13/1965] (NY TIMES, June 14, 1965)

* NATIONAL: A Young Bush Appointee Resigns His Post at NASA (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Feb. 8, 2006)
* BUSINESS: 2 Web Sites Push Further Into Services Real Estate Agents Offer (By DAMON DARLIN, Feb. 8, 2006)
* HEALTH: Low-Fat Diet Does Not Cut Health Risks, Study Finds (By GINA KOLATA, Feb. 8, 2006)

Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006:
On This Day: February 7 (Thomas More 2/7/1477-7/6/1535, John Deere 2/7/1804-5/17/1886, Charles Dickens 2/7/1812-6/9/1870, Sir James Murray 2/7/1837-7/26/1915, Laura Ingalls Wilder 2/7/1867-2/10/1957, Alfred Adler 2/7/1870-5/28/1937, Eubie Blake 2/7/1883-2/12/1983, Sinclair Lewis 2/7/1885-1/10/1951, Buster Crabbe 2/7/1910-4/23/1983, Gay Talese 1932, Garth Brooks 1962, Chris Rock 1966)
2 Astronauts Float Free in Space, 170 Miles Up (By John Noble, February 7, 1984)
Death Of Fred Douglass at 78 [2/7/1817-2/20/1895] (NY TIMES, February 21, 1895)

Google Imposes a Ban on BMW Web Site
[Pages on the Web site, BMW.de, included hidden software that moved visitors
from a page that Google had found to another page with flashier graphics.]
(By BLOOMBERG NEWS, Feb. 7, 2006)
New Google Service to Blend the Gmail and Chat Features
(By LAURIE J. FLYNN, Feb. 7, 2006)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 7, 2006)
* Search for New Birds of Paradise Also Yields Strange Frogs and Giant Flowers (By CORNELIA DEAN, Feb. 7, 2006)
* HEALTH: Record Sales of Sleeping Pills Are Causing Worries (By STEPHANIE SAUL, Feb. 7, 2006)

Monday, Feb. 6, 2006:
On This Day: February 6 (Aaron Burr 2/6/1756-9/14/1836, Sir Charles Wheatstone 2/6/1802-10/19/1875, F.W.H. Myers 2/6/1843-1/17/1901, George Tyrrell 2/6/1861-7/15/1909, Melvin Tolson 2/6/1898-8/29/1966, Eva Braun 2/6/1913-12/9/1996, Mary D. Leakey 2/6/1913-12/9/1996, Francois Truffaut 2/6/1932-10/21/1984, Ronald Reagan 1911, Zsa Zsa Gabor 1917, Rip Torn 1931, Tom Brokaw 1940, Fabian Forte 1943, Natalie Cole 1950)
* King George VI Dies in Sleep at 56; Succeeded by Daughter Elizabeth II
(By Raymond Daniell, February 6, 1952)
* Babe Ruth Dies at 53, Baseball's Great Star and Idol of Children
[2/6/1895-8/16/1948] (By MURRAY SCHUMACH, August 17, 1948)

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Sunday, Feb. 5, 2006:
On This Day: February 5 (Marie Sevigne 2/5/1626-4/17/1696, John Carradine 2/5/1906-11/27/1988, William Burroughs 2/5/1914-8/2/1997, Robert Hofstadter 2/5/1915-11/17/1990, Red Buttons 1919, Hank Aaron 1934, Jane Bryant 1939, Stephen J. Cannell 1941, Roger Staubach 1942, Barbara Hershey 1948, Jennifer Jason Leigh 1962)
Roosevelt Asks Power to Reform Courts, Increasing the Supreme Bench to 15 Judges
(By Arthur Krock, February 5, 1937)
* Adlai Ewing Stevenson: An Urbane, Witty, Articulate Politician and Diplomat
[2/5/1900-7/14/1965] (By ALDEN WHITMAN, July 15, 1965)

* EDUCATION: A Hot Trend on Campus: Majoring in Health Care (By ALAN FINDER, Feb. 5, 2006)
* NY REGION: Diabetic Brothers Beat Odds With 8 Decades of Discipline (By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA, Feb. 5, 2006)
* TECHNOLOGY: Postage Is Due for Companies Sending E-Mail (By SAUL HANSELL, Feb. 5, 2006)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 5, 2006)
* ON LANGUAGE: Working the Seam (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Feb. 5, 2006)
* COVER ARTICLE: Looking for the Lie (By ROBIN MARANTZ HENIG, Feb. 5, 2006)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 5, 2006)
* 'The Fated Sky: Astrology in History,' by Benson Bobrick: The Stars Can't Help It
(Review by DICK TERESI, Feb. 5, 2006)
* PROFILE: The Gladwell Effect [Tipping Point & Blink]
(By RACHEL DONADIO, Feb. 5, 2006)
* 'State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration,'
by James Risen: Spies and Spymasters (Review by WALTER ISAACSON, Feb. 5, 2006)

Saturday, Feb. 4, 2006:
On This Day: February 4 (Clement Ader 2/4/1841-3/5/1926, Ludwig Prandtl 2/4/1875-8/15/1953, Fernand Leger 2/4/1881-8/17/1955, Dietrich Bonhoeffer 2/4/1906-4/9/1945, Clyde W. Tombaugh 2/4/1906-1/17/1997, Rosa Parks 1913, Betty Friedan 1921, Conrad Bain 1923, David Brenner 1945, Dan Quayle 1947, Alice Cooper 1948, Pamela Franklin 1950)
Patricia Hearst, Granddaughter of Hearst Abducted by 3 (By Wallace Turner, February 4, 1974)
* Daring Lindbergh Dies at 72; Attained the Unattainable With Historic Flight Across Atlantic
[2/4/1902-8/26/1974] (By ALDEN WHITMAN, August 27, 1974)

* Betty Friedan, Philosopher of Feminism, Dies at 85 (By MARGALIT FOX, Feb. 4, 2006)
* Feminist Author Betty Friedan Dies at 85 on her Birthday (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Feb. 4, 2006)
* Henry S. Coleman, 79, Dies; Hostage at Columbia in '68 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Feb. 4, 2006)
Romano Mussolini, 79, a Son of the Dictator, and a Musician, Dies (By PETER KIEFER, Feb. 4, 2006)
NATIONAL: Bush to Propose Curbing Growth in Medicare Cost (By ROBERT PEAR, Feb. 4, 2006)
OP-ED: Gridiron City [Pittsburgh & Super Bowl] (By HOLLY BRUBACH, Feb. 4, 2006)
OP-ED: Russia Inc. [richer but not freer] (By ANDREI ILLARIONOV, Feb. 4, 2006)
* LETTERS: The Muhammad Cartoon Furor (5 Letters) (By John Smith, et. al., Feb. 4, 2006)
LETTERS: Must We Say Goodbye to the Grecian Urn? (3 Letters) (By Harold P. Brent, et. al., Feb. 4, 2006)
LETTERS: The True Cost of the Iraq War (By David R. Fluhrer, Feb. 4, 2006)
LETTERS: The President We Have (By Deepak Doraiswamy, Feb. 4, 2006)
LETTERS: Wanted: Fact-Checkers (By Christopher Maurer, Feb. 4, 2006)
* TECHNOLOGY: Increasingly, Internet's Data Trail Leads to Court (By SAUL HANSELL, Feb. 4, 2006)
* SCIENCE: NASA Chief Backs Agency Openness (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Feb. 4, 2006)

Friday, Feb. 3, 2006:
On This Day: February 3 (Felix Mendelssohn 2/3/1809-11/4/1847, Horace Greeley 2/3/1811-11/29/1872, Norman Rockwell 2/3/1894-11/8/1978, Alvar Aalto 2/3/1898-5/11/1976, James Michener 2/3/1907-10/16/1997, Simone Weil 2/3/1909-8/24/1943, Joey Bishop 1918, Shelley Berman 1925, Paul Sarbanes 1933, Fran Tarkenton 1940, Bob Griese 1945, Morgan Fairchild 1950)
Relations With Germany Are Broken Off (ASSOCIATED PRESS, February 3, 1917)
* Gertrude Stein Dies In France, 72 [2/3/1874-7/27/1946] (NY TIMES, July 28, 1946)

Rebecca Wright, 58, Dancer Who Starred With the Joffrey, Is Dead (By JENNIFER DUNNING, Feb. 3, 2006)
WORLD: Temperatures Rise Over Cartoons Mocking Muhammad (By CRAIG S. SMITH & IAN FISHER, Feb. 3, 2006)
NY REGION: Talk About Renting a Hole in the Wall (By JANNY SCOTT, Feb. 3, 2006)
* ART: The Met, Ending 30-Year Stance, Is Set to Yield Prized Vase to Italy (By RANDY KENNEDY & HUGH EAKIN, Feb. 3, 2006)
HEALTH | Being a Patient: When Trust in Doctors Erodes, Other Treatments Fill the Void
(By BENEDICT CAREY, Feb. 3, 2006)

Thursday, Feb. 2, 2006:
On This Day: February 2 (Lodovico Ferrari 2/2/1522-10/5/1565, Talleyrand 2/2/1754-5/17/1838, Havelock Ellis 2/2/1859-7/8/1939, Fritz Kreisler 2/2/1875-1/29/1962, George Halas 2/2/1895-10/31/1983, Jascha Heifetz 2/2/1901-12/10/1987, Ayn Rand 2/2/1905-3/6/1982, James Dickey 2/2/1923-1/19/1997, Tom Smothers 1937, Barry Diller 1942, Graham Nash 1942, Bo Hopkins 1942, Farrah Fawcett 1947, Christie Brinkley 1954)
Russians Liquidate Last Stalingrad Pocket; Nazi Army Beaten (ASSOCIATED PRESS, February 2, 1943)
* James Joyce Dies at 58; Wrote 'Ulysses' [2/2/1882-1/3/1941] (NY TIMES, January 13, 1941)

* Moira Shearer, Ballerina in 'The Red Shoes,' Dies at 80 (By ANNA KISSELGOFF, Feb. 2, 2006)
WORLD: More European Papers Print Cartoons of Muhammad, Fueling Dispute With Muslims
(By ALAN COWELL, Feb. 2, 2006)
NY REGION | Boldface: The Phony, Made-Up Gift That Keeps on Giving
[James Frey] (By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON, Feb. 2, 2006)
ARCHITECTURE: High-Rises That Have Low Impact on Nature (By ROBIN POGREBIN, Feb. 2, 2006)
* BOOKS: Frey Says Falsehoods Improved His Tale (By EDWARD WYATT, Feb. 2, 2006)
* BOOKS: Frey's Note to the Reader (NY TIMES, Feb. 2, 2006)
* DANCE: China's Bold 'Swan,' Ready for Export (By DAVID BARBOZA, Feb. 2, 2006)
FILM | THE TEASE: Films From All Over (By CARYN JAMES, Feb. 2, 2006)
MUSIC: When All the 'Greatest Hits' Are Too Many to Download (By JEFF LEEDS, Feb. 2, 2006)
STYLE | Online Shopper: A Fitting Conclusion to Long Jeans (By MICHELLE SLATALLA, Feb. 2, 2006)

Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2006:
On This Day: February 1 (John Philip Kemble 2/1/1757-2/26/1823, Thomas Cole 2/1/1801-2/11/1848, Stanley Granville Hall 2/1/1844-4/24/1924, Victor Herbert 2/1/1859-3/26/1924, John Ford 2/1/1895-8/31/1973, Clark Gable 2/1/1901-11/16/1960, S.J. Perelman 2/1/1904-10/17/1979, Emilio Segrè 2/1/1905-4/22/1989, Stuart Whitman 1928, Boris Yeltsin 1931, Don Everly 1937, Princess Stephanie 1965, Lisa Marie Presley 1968)
Negro Sitdowns Stir Fear Of Wider Unrest in South (By Claude Sitton, February 1, 1960)
* Langston Hughes, Writer, 65, Dead [2/1/1902-3/22/1967] (By DAVE ANDERSON, May 23, 1967)

NATIONAL: Congress Narrowly Approves $39 Billion in Budget Cuts (By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG, Feb. 1, 2006)
WORLD: Former U.S. Official in Iraq to Plead Guilty to Corruption (By JAMES GLANZ, Feb. 1, 2006)
Dane Defends Press Freedom as Muslims Protest Cartoons (By ALAN COWELL, Feb. 1, 2006)
European Papers Publish Cartoons in Stand for Press Freedom (By ALAN COWELL, Feb. 1, 2006)
* SPORTS | FOOTBALL: All the Numerals Fit to Print (at Least Until It's 2054) (By JOHN BRANCH, Feb. 1, 2006)
* Editorial Observer: Westward Into War With the Soviet Novelist and Reporter Vasily Grossman
(By VERLYN KLINKENBORG, Feb. 1, 2006)
OP-ED: The Replacements (By DANIEL L. SHAPIRO & MOLLY DUNHAM, Feb. 1, 2006)
OP-ED: Russia's Sweetheart Deal for Iran (By VALERIE LINCY & GARY MILHOLLIN, Feb. 1, 2006)
LETTERS: 9/11 in History: How Big a Tremor? (9 Letters) (By Frank E. McKenzie, et. al., Feb. 1, 2006)
LETTERS: Suppressed on Climate Change (3 Letters) (By John A. Cigliano, et. al., Feb. 1, 2006)
BUSINESS: Fed Comments About Rates Send Major Indexes Lower
[Dow -35.06, Nasdaq -0.96] (By REUTERS, Feb. 1, 2006)
BUSINESS: Exit Greenspan, Amid Questions on Economy (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Feb. 1, 2006)
* How Bernanke Could Outshine Greenspan (By DAVID LEONHARDT, Feb. 1, 2006)
New Money, New Ideas [Saudi Arabia's Economic City] (By JAD MOUAWAD & EDUARDO PORTER, Feb. 1, 2006)
* ABC Looks at Fill-Ins for Anchor [Diane Sawyer & Charles Gibson] (By JACQUES STEINBERG & BILL CARTER, Feb. 1, 2006)
Time Warner Speeds Up Stock Buyback as Profit Rises 21% (By RICHARD SIKLOS, Feb. 1, 2006)
TECHNOLOGY | CIRCUITS: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 1, 2006)
* DAVID POGUE: Pixel Counting Joins Film in Obsolete Bin [digital cameras]
(By DAVID POGUE, Feb. 1, 2006)
BASICS: Lights. Mood. Video. All at the Touch of a Screen (By MICHEL MARRIOTT, Feb. 1, 2006)
Cycling by the Numbers: New Devices Have the Stats (By ROY FURCHGOTT, Feb. 1, 2006)
A Fuji Camera That Offers Games as Well as Pictures (By JOHN BIGGS, Feb. 1, 2006)
No Hands? Snakes Are Naturals for That (By IVAN BERGER, Feb. 1, 2006)
To Get a Lens for an Old Nikon, Go to Zeiss and Buy a Cosina (By IAN AUSTEN, Feb. 1, 2006)
'Are We There Yet?' No, but This Gadget Could Ease the Ride (By JOHN BIGGS, Feb. 1, 2006)
* Q & A: Crushing Cookies That Snoop (By J.D. BIERSDORFER, Feb. 1, 2006)
ARTS: Inca Show Pits Yale Against Peru (By HUGH EAKIN, Feb. 1, 2006)
BOOKS | 'Curry': How Curry, Stirred in India, Became a World Conqueror (By WILLIAM GRIMES, Feb. 1, 2006)
TV | 'African American Lives': Taking Black Family Trees Out of Slavery's Shadow
(By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Feb. 1, 2006)
FOOD & DINING: Contents (NY TIMES, Feb. 1, 2006)
FOOD: A Taste of Ghana (By LYDIA POLGREEN, Feb. 1, 2006)
TEMPTATION: Refined but Ready for the Big Game (By FLORENCE FABRICANT, Feb. 1, 2006)
THE MINIMALIST: A Fruit That's Good to Eat Before It's Sweet (By MARK BITTMAN, Feb. 1, 2006)
FOOD STUFF: Imported From Spain, via Queens and SoHo (By FLORENCE FABRICANT, Feb. 1, 2006)
* HEALTH: Women Are Said to Face Hidden Heart Disease Risk (By DENISE GRADY, Feb. 1, 2006)