Selected Articles from The New York Times—
March 2008
(* denotes news of special interest)

Monday, March 31, 2008:
On This Day: March 31 (René Descartes 3/31/1596-2/11/1650, Franz Joseph Haydn 3/31/1732-5/31/1809, Edward Fitzgerald 3/31/1809-6/14/1883, James M. Cox 3/31/1870-7/15/1957, Arthur Griffith 3/31/1872-8/12/1922, Srge Diaghilev 3/31/1872-8/19/1929, Jack Johnson 3/31/1878-6/10/1946, Sir Lawrence Bragg 3/31/1890-7/1/1971, John McCloy 3/31/1895-3/11/1989, Octavio Paz 3/31/1914-4/19/1998, William Daniels 1927, Gordie Howe 1928, Shirley Jones 1934, Herb Alpert 1935, Richard Chamberlain 1935, Patrick Leahy 1940, Gabe Kaplan 1945, Al Gore 1948, Rhea Perlman 1948, Ed Marinaro 1950)
President Johnson Says He Won't Run for Another Term (By Tom Wicker, March 31, 1968)
Cesar Chavez, 66, Organizer of Union For Migrants, Dies
[3/31/1927-4/23/1993] (By ROBERT LINDSEY, April 24, 1993)

NATIONAL: Rosy Words for Clinton by '90s Nemesis [Richard Mellon Scaife]
(By MICHAEL BARBARO, Mar. 31, 2008)
NATIONAL: Who Are We? New Dialogue on Mixed Race (By MIREYA NAVARRO, Mar. 31, 2008)
* NY REGION | Metropolitan Diary: Dear Diary (NY TIMES, Mar. 31, 2008)
OP-ED: The Dilbert Strategy (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Mar. 31, 2008)
OP-ED: The Baton Passes to Asia (By ROGER COHEN, Mar. 31, 2008)
* ARTS: French Architect Wins Pritzker Prize (By ROBIN POGREBIN, Mar. 31, 2008)

Sunday, March 30, 2008:
On This Day: March 30 (Moses Maimonides 3/30/1135-12/13/1204, Francisco de Goya 3/30/1746-4/16/1828, Anna Sweell 3/30/1820-4/25/1878, Vincent van Gogh 3/30/1853-7/29/1890, Melanie Klein 3/30/1882-9/22/1960, McGeorge Bundy 3/30/1919-9/16/1996, Richard Helms 1913, Frankie Laine 1913, Richard Dysart 1929, John Astin 1930, Warren Beatty 1937, Eric Clapton 1945, Paul Reiser 1957, MC Hammer 1963, Tracy Chapman 1964, Celine Dion 1968)
Reagan Wounded In Chest By Gunman; Outlook 'Good' After 2-Hour Surgery (By Howell Raines, March 30, 1981)
* Sean O'Casey, Irish Playwright, Is Dead at 84
[3/30/1880-9/18/1964] (NY TIMES, September 19, 1964)

NATIONAL | Campaign Notebook: The Game's Not Over, Clinton Backers Agree
(By JEFF ZELENY, Mar. 30, 2008)
NY REGION: For a Temporary Best-Friend Fix, Rent a Dog (Kibble Included) for a Day
(By VINCENT M. MALLOZZI, Mar. 30, 2008)
* SPORTS | BASEBALL: From Reggie to Chub: One Last Roll Call (By DAVE ANDERSON, Mar. 30, 2008)
* BASEBALL: Ballparks Come, Ballparks Go, the Memories Are Forever (By GEORGE VECSEY, Mar. 30, 2008)
* BASEBALL: Looking Out My Window Into the Past and the Future (By WILLIAM C. RHODEN, Mar. 30, 2008)
* BASEBALL: In a Heart, Mind and Notebook, the Bronx Will Always Be Up
(By HARVEY ARATON, Mar. 30, 2008)
OP-ED: Did Your Shopping List Kill a Songbird? (By BRIDGET STUTCHBURY, Mar. 30, 2008)
OP-ED: 'With a Few More Brains...' (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Mar. 30, 2008)
OP-ED: Hillary's St. Patrick's Day Massacre (By FRANK RICH, Mar. 30, 2008)
BUSINESS: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 30, 2008)
BUSINESS | News Analysis: In Treasury Plan, a Reluctant Eye Over Wall Street
(By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ & FLOYD NORRIS, Mar. 30, 2008)
* MARKET MAKER: What 'the Bear' Meant for the Street (By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ, Mar. 30, 2008)
BUSINESS | SUITS: A Google Friend Is Now Facebook's
(By ELIZABETH OLSON, ANDREW E. KRAMER, MICHELLE LEDER & PATRICK McGEEHAN, Mar. 30, 2008)
BUSINESS | THE COUNT: Does Recession Mean Doom for Restaurants? (By PHYLLIS KORKKI, Mar. 30, 2008)
ARTS: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 30, 2008)
* ART: Schooling the Artists' Republic of China (By DAVID BARBOZA, Mar. 30, 2008)
* ARTS: A Veteran Mad Man Remains in the Fold [Al Jaffee] (By NEIL GENZLINGER, Mar. 30, 2008)
DANCE: Take Them Out, and Let Them Shake That Stuff (By CLAUDIA LA ROCCO, Mar. 30, 2008)
* FILM: The Bold and the Bad and the Bumpy Nights [Bette Davis]
(By TERRENCE RAFFERTY, Mar. 30, 2008)
FILM: Another Red Balloon Alights in Paris (By DENNIS LIM, Mar. 30, 2008)
FILM: Tackling Directing and George Clooney (By DAVE ITZKOFF, Mar. 30, 2008)
* MUSIC| Metropolitan Opera: A 'Tristan und Isolde' Well Worth the Wait
(By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Mar. 30, 2008)
TV: One New American, Imitating Many (By EDWARD WYATT, Mar. 30, 2008)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 30, 2008)
FASHION: Sisters in Idiosyncrasy (By NOAM COHEN, Mar. 30, 2008)
* STYLE: Gatekeepers to the Art World (By JAN HOFFMAN, Mar. 30, 2008)
STYLE: Why Blog? Reason No. 92: Book Deal (By ALLEN SALKIN, Mar. 30, 2008)
MODERN LOVE: How We Got From Grief to Pancakes (By PATTY DANN, Mar. 30, 2008)
VOWS: Lisa Sette and Peter Shikany (By LEW SERVISS, Mar. 30, 2008)
TRAVEL: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 30, 2008)
* TRAVEL | Footsteps | Milan Kundera's Prague: Trumping the Unbearable Darkness of History
(By NICHOLAS KULISH, Mar. 30, 2008)
TRAVEL: 36 Hours in Berkeley, California (By JOSHUA KURLANTZICK, Mar. 30, 2008)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 30, 2008)
BAD DREAMS: Alley Fighters (By JAMES GLANZ, Mar. 30, 2008)
* INSURE ME, PLEASE: The Murky Politics of Mind-Body (By SARAH KERSHAW, Mar. 30, 2008)
* Edison... Wasn't He the Guy Who Invented Everything? (By MATT RICHTEL, Mar. 30, 2008)
* IDEAS & TRENDS: Ode to an Onion Ring, and Other Fast Food in the Slower Lane
(By DAVE ITZKOFF, Mar. 30, 2008)
WORD FOR WORD | Viagra: Recalling the Madness (By CHRIS CONWAY, Mar. 30, 2008)
WEEK OF MARCH 23-29: Traveling by Air (NY TIMES, Mar. 30, 2008)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 30, 2008)
* ON LANGUAGE: Kitchen Sink (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Mar. 30, 2008)
* The Way We Live Now: Bleakonomics [Bear Stearns] (By ROGER LOWENSTEIN, Mar. 30, 2008)
Questions for Paul O'Neill: Market Leader (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, Mar. 30, 2008)
THE MEDIUM: Lost and Found (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Mar. 30, 2008)
DOMAINS | Dita Von Teese: Show Stopper (Interview by EDWARD LEWINE, Mar. 30, 2008)
* IDEA LAB: The Case for Fitting In (By DAVID BERREBY, Mar. 30, 2008)
CONSUMED: Style Decoder (By ROB WALKER, Mar. 30, 2008)
THE ETHICIST: Doctor, Bully (By RANDY COHEN, Mar. 30, 2008)
COVER ARTICLE: A Case of the Blues (By BENJAMIN WALLACE-WELLS, Mar. 30, 2008)
Students of Virginity (By RANDALL PATTERSON, Mar. 30, 2008)
Changing the Rules of the Games [Beijing Olympics & human rights]
(By ILAN GREENBERG, Mar. 30, 2008)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 30, 2008)
* BOOKS ESSAY: It's Not You, It's Your Books (By RACHEL DONADIO, Mar. 30, 2008)
BOOKS: In Memoriam [Mary Jo Bang, Elegy: Poems for dead son]
(By DAVID ORR, Mar. 30, 2008)
BOOKS: Death in the Pacific [Max Hastings, Retribution: Battle for Japan, 1944-45]
(By EVAN THOMAS, Mar. 30, 2008)
BOOKS: Climb Every Mountain [Julie Andrews, Home: A Memoir of My Early Years
& Richard Stirling, Julie Andrews: An Intimate Biography]
(By EMMA BROCKES, Mar. 30, 2008)
BOOKS: Frankly, My Dear... [David Bret, Clark Gable: Tormented Star]
(By ADA CALHOUN, Mar. 30, 2008)

Saturday, March 29, 2008:
On This Day: March 29 (Santorio Santorio 3/29/1561-2/22/1636, John Tyler 3/29/1790-1/18/1862, Elihu Thomson 3/29/1853-3/13/1937, Howard Lindsay 3/29/1889-2/11/1968, Jozsef Mindszenty 3/29/1892-5/6/1975, Lavrenty Beria 3/29/1899-12/23/1953, Sir William Walton 3/29/1902-3/8/1983, E. Power Biggs 3/29/1906-3/10/1977, Pearl Bailey 3/29/1918-8/17/1990, Samuel Moore Walton 3/29/1918-4/5/1992, Eugene McCarthy 1916, Eileen Heckart 1919, John Major 1943, Vangelis 1943, Kurt Thomas 1956, Christopher Lambert 1957, Elle MacPherson 1963, Lucy Lawless 1968, Jennifer Capriati 1976)
U.S. Forces Out of Vietnam; Hanoi Frees the Last P.O.W. (By Joseph B. Treaster, March 29, 1973)
* Cy Young Is Dead at 88; Famed Pitcher, Record of 511 Victories
[3/29/1867-11/4/1955] (NY TIMES, November 5, 1955)

Surprise Backing From Senator Casey Reflected Frustration and Desire for Healing
(By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE & MICHAEL POWELL, Mar. 29, 2008)
NATIONAL: Endorsement of Obama Points Up Clinton Obstacles (By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Mar. 29, 2008)
* SCIENCE: Asking a Judge to Save the World, and Maybe a Whole Lot More
(By DENNIS OVERBYE, Mar. 29, 2008)

Friday, March 28, 2008:
On This Day: March 28 (William Byrd 3/28/1674-8/26/1744, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft 3/28/1793-12/10/1864, St. John Neumann 3/28/1811-1/5/1860, Wade Hampton 3/28/1818-4/11/1902, Aristide Briand 3/28/1862-3/7/1932, Paul Whiteman 3/28/1890-12/29/1967, Rudolf Serkin 3/28/1903-5/8/1991, Onoe Shoroku II 3/28/1913-6/25/1989, Freddie Bartholomew 3/28/1924-1/23/1992, Zbigniew Brzezinski 1928, Charlie McCoy 1941, Mike Newell 1942, Ken Howard 1944, Reba McEntire 1955, Julia Stiles 1981)
Radiation Is Released in Accident at Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant in Pennsylvania (By Donald Janson, March 28, 1979)
August A. Busch Jr. Dies at 90; Built Largest Brewing Company
[3/28/1899-9/29/1989] (By ROBERT McG. THOMAS Jr., September 30, 1989)

OP-ED: Loans and Leadership (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Mar. 28, 2008)
BUSINESS | News Analysis: Parties Differ on Whom Economic Aid Should Help
(By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Mar. 28, 2008)

Thursday, March 27, 2008:
On This Day: March 27 (Andrew Bell 3/27/1753-1/27/1832, Alfred-Victor Vigny 3/27/1797-9/17/1863, Otto Wallach 3/27/1847-2/26/1931, Sir Henry Royce 3/27/1863-4/22/1933, Patty Smith Hill 3/27/1868-5/25/1946, Edward Steichen 3/27/1879-3/25/1973, Sata Eisaku 3/27/1901-6/3/1975, Pee Wee Russell 3/27/1906-2/15/1969, Denton Welch 3/27/1915-12/30/1948, Sarah Vaughan 3/27/1924-4/3/1990, Lord Callaghan 1912, Cyrus R. Vance 1917, Anthony Lewis 1927, Arthur Mitchell 1934, Julian Glover 1935, Michael York 1942, Tony Banks 1950, Maria Schneider 1952, Quentin Tarantino 1963, Mariah Carey 1970)
Khrushchev Takes Full Control, Replacing Bulganin as Premier (By Max Frankel, March 27, 1958)
* Mies van der Rohe Dies at 83; Leader of Modern Architecture
[3/27/1886-8/17/1969] (NY TIMES, August 19, 1969)

* NATIONAL: Finding Political News Online, the Young Pass It On (By BRIAN STELTER, Mar. 27, 2008)
WORLD: Salmon Virus Indicts Chile's Fishing Methods (By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO, Mar. 27, 2008)
WORLD: Supplier Under Scrutiny on Arms for Afghans (By C. J. CHIVERS, Mar. 27, 2008)
BUSINESS | Shifting Careers: Finding Health Insurance if You Are Self-Employed
(By MARCI ALBOHER, Mar. 27, 2008)
BUSINESS: Equity Loans as Next Round in Credit Crisis (By VIKAS BAJAJ, Mar. 27, 2008)
* CIRCUITS: A One-Stop Site Offers All the Photo Functions, From Posting Online to Red-Eye Removal
(By J .D. BIERSDORFER, Mar. 27, 2008)
* HEALTH | Personal Best: Yes, Running Can Make You High (By GINA KOLATA, Mar. 27, 2008)

Wednesday, March 26, 2008:
On This Day: March 26 (Herman Haupt 3/26/1817-12/14/1905, Edward Bellamy 3/26/1850-5/22/1898, A. E. Housman 3/26/1859-4/30/1936, Syngman Rhee 3/26/1875-7/19/1965, Othmar Ammann 3/26/1879-9/22/1965, James Conant 3/26/1893-2/11/1978, Joseph Campbell 3/26/1904-10/31/1987, Tennessee Williams 3/26/1911-2/25/1983, William C. Westmoreland 1914, Rufus Thomas 1917, Pierre Boulez 1925, Sandra Day O'Connor 1930, Leonard Nimoy 1931, Alan Arkin 1934, James Cann 1940, Erica Jong 1942, Bob Woodward 1943, Diana Ross 1944, Vicki Lawrence 1949, Ronnie McDowell 1950, Teddy Pendergrass 1950, Martin Short 1950, Elaine Chao 1953, Leeza Gibbons 1957, Jennifer Grey 1960)
Egypt & Israel Sign Formal Treaty, Ending a State of War After 30 Years; Sadat & Begin Praise Carter's Role
(By Bernard Gwertzman, March 26, 1979)
* Robert Frost Dies at 88; Kennedy Leads in Tribute
[3/26/1874-1/29/1963] (NY TIMES, January 30, 1963)

OP-ED | Heading Home: The Boys of Spring [Baseball] (By DOUG GLANVILLE, Mar. 26, 2008)
FOOD & DINING: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 26, 2008)
FOOD: A Secret Staple Begging to Be Used [Shrimp & Black Beans]
(By MARK BITTMAN, Mar. 26, 2008)
FOOD & DINING: How to Survive in New York on 99 Cents (By HENRY ALFORD, Mar. 26, 2008)

Tuesday, March 25, 2008:
On This Day: March 25 (Saint Catherine of Siena 3/25/1347-4/29/1380, Matilda Gage 3/25/1826-3/18/1898, Arturo Toscanini 3/25/1867-1/16/1957, William Knudsen 3/25/1879-4/27/1948, Sir David Lean 3/25/1908-4/16/1991, Simone Signoret 3/25/1921-9/30/1985, Flannery O'Connor 3/25/1925-8/3/1964, Penelope Gilliatt 3/25/1932-5/9/1993, Eileen Ford 1922, Jim Lovell 1928, Gene Shalit 1932, Gloria Steinem 1934, Anita Bryant 1940, Aretha Franklin 1942, Paul Michael Glaser 1943, Elton John 1947, John Stockwell 1961, Sarah Jessica Parker 1965, Debi Thomas 1967)
25,000 Go to Alabama's Capitol; Wallace Rebuffs Petitioners; White Rights Worker is Slain
(By Roy Reed, March 25, 1965)
* Bela Bartok Dies at 64 In Hospital Here
[3/25/1881-9/26/1945] (NY TIMES, September 27, 1945)

SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 25, 2008)
* SCIENCE ESSAY: A Boy's Life, Guided by the Voice of Cosmic Wonder (By DENNIS OVERBYE, Mar. 25, 2008)
* SCIENCE: Star's Dust May Hold Clue to New Planet [AB Auigae] (By DENNIS OVERBYE, Mar. 25, 2008)
OBSERVATORY: Theory on Dinosaurs and Volcanic Activity 65 Million Years Ago
(By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Mar. 25, 2008)
HEALTH: Skipping Cereal and Eggs, and Packing on Pounds (By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, Mar. 25, 2008)
* REALLY | The Claim: Grapefruit Can Increase the Risk of Breast Cancer
(By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Mar. 25, 2008)
HEALTH: When the Bully Sits in the Next Cubicle (By TARA PARKER-POPE, Mar. 25, 2008)

Monday, March 24, 2008:
On This Day: March 24 (Georgius Agricola 3/24/1494-11/21/1555, Rufus King 3/24/1755-4/29/1827, Thos. Spencer Baynes 3/24/1823-5/31/1887, William Morris 3/24/1834-10/3/1896, Andrew Mellon 3/24/1855-8/26/1937, Emile Fabre 3/24/1869-9/25/1955, Edward Weston 3/24/1886-1/1/1958, Fatty Arbuckle 3/24/1887-6/30/1933, Wilhelm Reich 3/24/1897-11/3/1957, Thomas E. Dewey 3/24/1902-3/16/1971, Bob Mackie 1940, Curtis Hanson 1945, Louie Anderson 1953, Robet Carradine 1954, Alyson Hannigan 1974)
Largest U.S. Tanker Spill Spews 270,000 Barrels Of Oil Off Alaska (By Philip Shabecoff, March 24, 1989)
* Harry Houdini Dies at 52 After Operations
[3/24/1874-10/31/1926] (NY TIMES, November 1, 1926)

* NY REGION | Metropolitan Diary: Dear Diary (NY TIMES, Mar. 24, 2008)

Sunday, March 23, 2008:
On This Day: March 23 (Margaret of Anjou 3/23/1430-8/25/1482, Pierre-Simon Laplace 3/23/1749-3/5/1827, Roger Martin du Gard 3/23/1881-8/22/1958, Juan Gris 3/23/1887-5/11/1927, Sidney Hillman 3/23/1887-7/10/1946, Cedric Gibbons 3/23/1893-7/26/1960, Erich Fromm 3/23/1900-3/18/1980, Marty Allen 1922, Mark Rydell 1934, Chaka Khan 1953, Amanda Plummer 1957, Keri Russell 1976)
Grissom Maneuvers the Gemini as He and Young Make 3 Orbits in Test for a Space Rendezvous
(By Evert Clark, March 23, 1965)
Joan Crawford, Screen Star, Dies at 69 in Manhattan Home
[3/23/1908-5/10/1977] (By PETER B. FLINT, May 11, 1977)

NATIONAL: Worried Missouri Residents Watch as Floods Rise (By MALCOLM GAY, Mar. 23, 2008)
NATIONAL: McCain Offers Soothing Tones in Trip Abroad (By MICHAEL COOPER, Mar. 23, 2008)
WORLD: Taiwan Elects Leader Who Seeks Closer Mainland Ties (By KEITH BRADSHER, Mar. 23, 2008)
The Saturday Profile: A Dutch Antagonist of Islam Waits for His Premiere
{Geert Wilders] (By GREGORY CROUCH, Mar. 23, 2008)
BUSINESS: In Washington, a Split Over Regulation of Wall Street
(By EDMUND L. ANDREWS & STEPHEN LABATON, Mar. 23, 2008)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 23, 2008)
* STYLE: You Say Recession, I Say 'Reservations!' (By MICHAEL BARBARO & CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY, Mar. 23, 2008)
* STYLE: The Wisdom of the Ages, for Now Anyway [Eckhart Tolle]
(By JESSE McKINLEY, Mar. 23, 2008)
STYLE: Perfect Tone, in a Key That's Mostly Minor (By MICKEY RAPKIN, Mar. 23, 2008)
MODERN LOVE: Mom, It's Me, Your Son, Finally (By PETE MacDONALD, Mar. 23, 2008)
POSSESSED: Just a Few Favorite Indulgences (By DAVID COLMAN, Mar. 23, 2008)
FASHION & STYLE: Guys and Dolls: An Ugly Remake (By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., Mar. 23, 2008)
VOWS: Diane Cole and Philip Barnett (By SANDEE BRAWARSKY, Mar. 23, 2008)
TRAVEL: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 23, 2008)
TRAVEL | INDIA: 36 Hours in New Delhi (By SOMINI SENGUPTA, Mar. 23, 2008)
* TRAVEL | Rome House Museums: Intimate Palaces to Suit Every Taste
(By ANDREW FERREN, Mar. 23, 2008)
* TRAVEL | MANZANILLO: In Mexico, on the Lam With Ken Kesey (By LAWRENCE DOWNES, Mar. 23, 2008)
TRAVEL | Trans-Atlantic Flights: Getting to Europe Is About to Get Easier
(By MICHELLE HIGGINS, Mar. 23, 2008)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 23, 2008)
* IDEAS & TRENDS: The Fuzzier Crystal Ball [Arthur C. Clarke] (By DAVE ITZKOFF, Mar. 23, 2008)
* IDEAS & TRENDS: A Sage for Our Time [Larry David] (By ADAM BRYANT, Mar. 23, 2008)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 23, 2008)

Saturday, March 22, 2008:
On This Day: March 22 (Maximilian I 3/22/1459-1/12/1519, Sir Anthony Van Dyck 3/22/1599-12/9/1641, Anton Raphael Mengs 3/22/1728-6/29/1779, Thomas Crawford 3/22/1814-10/10/1857, Robert Millikan 3/22/1868-12/19/1953, Arthur Vandenberg 3/22/1884-4/18/1951, Joseph Schildkraut 3/22/1895-1/21/1964, Ruth Page 3/22/1899-4/7/1991, Johannes Brinkman 3/22/1902-5/6/1949, James Gavin 3/22/1907-2/23/1990, Karl Malden 1912, Marcel Marceau 1923, Allen H. Neuharth 1924, Stephen Sondheim 1930, William Shatner 1931, Orrin Hatch 1934, M. Emmet Walsh 1935, Andrew Lloyd Webber 1948, Fanny Ardant 1949, Bob Costas 1952, Stephanie Mills 1957)
Equal Rights Amendment is Approved by Congress (By Eileen Shanahan, March 22, 1972)
Louis L'Amour, Writer, Is Dead; Famed Chronicler of West Was 80
[3/22/1908-6/10/1988] (By JAMES BARRON, June 13, 1988)

* NATIONAL: Hopes for Wireless Cities Fade as Internet Providers Pull Out
(By IAN URBINA, Mar. 22, 2008)
NATIONAL: Leading Obama Adviser Attacks Ex-President for Remarks (By JEFF ZELENY, Mar. 22, 2008)
NATIONAL: First a Tense Talk With Clinton, Then Richardson Backs Obama
(By ADAM NAGOURNEY & JEFF ZELENY, Mar. 22, 2008)
NY REGION: Military Kin Struggle With Loss and a Windfall (By LISA W. FODERARO, Mar. 22, 2008)
OP-ED: Donner Party Democrats (By TIMOTHY EGAN, Mar. 22, 2008)
OP-ED: A Catered Affair (By GAIL COLLINS, Mar. 22, 2008)
* OP-ED: He May Be a God, but He's No Politician [Dalai Lama]
(By PATRICK FRENCH, Mar. 22, 2008)
* OP-ED: The Royalty Scam [musicians deserves dividends] (By BILLY BRAGG, Mar. 22, 2008)
* BUSINESS | Your Money: Resist the Impulse to Panic Over Finances
(By ALINA TUGEND, Mar. 22, 2008)
BUSINESS: New Focus of Inquiry Into Bribes: Doctors (By BARNABY J. FEDER, Mar. 22, 2008)
BUSINESS: Debt-Gorged British Start to Worry That the Party Is Ending
(By JULIA WERDIGIER, Mar. 22, 2008)
* BUSINESS: Corner of Finance Where Women Are Climbing [endowments & foundations]
(By GERALDINE FABRIKANT, Mar. 22, 2008)
* ART: Fleeting Pleasures of Life in Vibrant Woodcut Prints (By KEN JOHNSON, Mar. 22, 2008)

Friday, March 21, 2008:
On This Day: March 21 (St. Nicholas of Flue 3/21/1417-3/21/1487, Johann S. Bach 3/21/1685-7/28/1750, Benito Juarez 3/21/1806-7/18/1872, Alice Henry 3/21/1857-2/14/1943, Phyllis McGinley 3/21/1905-2/22/1978, John D. Rockefeller III 3/21/1906-7/10/1978, Nizar Qabbani 3/21/1923-4/30/1998, Al Freeman Jr. 1934, Kathleen Widdoes 1939, Marie-Christine Barrault 1944, Timothy Dalton 1944, Gary Oldman 1958, Matthew Broderick 1962, Rosie O'Donnell 1962
The Big Parade: On the Road to Montgomery [9 photos]
(By Roy Reed, March 21, 1965)
Florenz Ziegfeld Dies at 63 in Hollywood After Long Illness
[3/21/1869-7/22/1932] (Associated Press, July 23, 1932)

NATIONAL: Passport Files of 3 Candidates Breached, Officials Say
(By HELENE COOPER & MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM, Mar. 21, 2008)
NATIONAL: Public Health Risk Seen as Parents Reject Vaccines (By JENNIFER STEINHAUER, Mar. 21, 2008)
NATIONAL: Richardson Endorses Obama (By JEFF ZELENY, Mar. 21, 2008)
NATIONAL: Obama Links Effects of War Costs to Fragility in the Economy
(By JEFF ZELENY & MICHAEL COOPER, Mar. 21, 2008)
* POLITICAL MEMO: Clinton Treats Obama Pastor With Extreme Caution (By PATRICK HEALY, Mar. 21, 2008)
* WORLD: Some Tibetan Exiles Reject 'Middle Way' (By SOMINI SENGUPTA, Mar. 21, 2008)
WORLD: China Tensions Could Sway Vote in Taiwan (By KEITH BRADSHER, Mar. 21, 2008)
* NY REGION: An Agent, a Green Card, and a Demand for Sex (By NINA BERNSTEIN, Mar. 21, 2008)
NY REGION: U.S. Defends Tough Tactics on Spitzer (By DAVID JOHNSTON & PHILIP SHENON, Mar. 21, 2008)
NY REGION: Slow Economy Likely to Stall Atlantic Yards (By CHARLES V. BAGLI, Mar. 21, 2008)
EDITORIAL: Socialized Compensation (NY TIMES, Mar. 21, 2008)
* OP-ED: Partying Like It's 1929 (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Mar. 21, 2008)
OP-ED: Thoroughly Modern Do-Gooders (By DAVID BROOKS, Mar. 21, 2008)
OP-ED: After the End of the Affair (By PAMELA DRUCKERMAN, Mar. 21, 2008)
LETTERS | Repression in Tibet: The World Must Speak Up (By Roberta Cohen, et. al., Mar. 21, 2008)
BUSINESS: Slump Moves From Wall St. to Main St. (By PETER S. GOODMAN, Mar. 21, 2008)
* TECHNOLOGY: Storming the Campuses (By BRAD STONE, Mar. 21, 2008)
ARTS | Asia Week: Monkey Gods to Textiles: Far East on the East Side (By ROBERTA SMITH, Mar. 21, 2008)
ARCHITECTURE: What Will Be Left of Gehry's Vision for Brooklyn? (By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF, Mar. 21, 2008)
THEATER | My Manhattan: Broadway for Big Kids, Beyond Spoonfuls of Sugar
(By ROBIN POGREBIN, Mar. 21, 2008)
* TRAVEL ESCAPES | American Journeys: Monet Meets the Colt .45 in Hartford
(By NANCY M. BETTER, Mar. 21, 2008)

Thursday, March 20, 2008:
On This Day: March 20 (Ovid 3/20/43 BC-17 AD, Jean-Antoine Houdon 3/20/1741-7/15/1828, George Caleb Bingham 3/20/1811-7/7/1879, Henrik Ibsen 3/20/1828-5/23/1906, Charles William Eliot 3/20/1834-8/22/1926, B. F. Skinner 3/20/1904-8/18/1990, Sir Michael Redgrave 3/20/1908-3/21/1985, Alfonso Garcia Robles 3/20/1911-9/2/1991, John Ehrlichman 3/20/1925-2/14/1999, Carl Reiner 1922, Fred Rogers 1928, Hal Linden 1931, Don Edwards 1939, Brian Mulroney 1929, Bobby Orr 1948, William Hurt 1950, Spike Lee 1957, Theresa Russell 1957, Holly Hunter 1958, Kathy Ireland 1963)
Terror In Tokyo: Hundreds In Japan Hunt Gas Attackers After 8 Die
(By Nicholas D. Kristof, March 20, 1995)
F. W. Taylor, Expert in Efficiency, Dies at 59
[3/20/1856-3/21/1915] (NY TIMES, March 22, 1915)

NATIONAL | Political Memo: Clinton Facing Narrower Path to Nomination
(By ADAM NAGOURNEY, Mar. 20, 2008)
POLITICS: From Clinton, New Pressure for a Revote in Michigan (By PATRICK HEALY, Mar. 20, 2008)
NATIONAL: Washington's Grand Experiment to Rehouse the Poor (By ERIK ECKHOLM, Mar. 20, 2008)
* NATIONAL: Idaho Turns to Chess as Education Strategy (By DYLAN LOEB McCLAIN, Mar. 20, 2008)
THE 2008 CAMPAIGN | The Race Issue: Groups Respond to Obama's Call for National Discussion About Race
(By LARRY ROHTER & MICHAEL LUO, Mar. 20, 2008)
* CAUCUS BLOGS: Photograph of Bill Clinton and Rev. Wright Surfaces
(By KATE PHILLIPS, Mar. 20, 2008)
WORLD: McCain Visits Israeli Town That Rockets Often Strike (By MICHAEL COOPER, Mar. 20, 2008)
WORLD: In Mosul, New Test of Rebuilt Iraqi Army (By SOLOMON MOORE, Mar. 20, 2008)
WORLD: China Won't Alter Olympic Torch Path (By JULIET MACUR & DAVID LAGUE, Mar. 20, 2008)
* OP-ED: Beyond America's Original Sin (By ROGER COHEN, Mar. 20, 2008)
* OP-ED: Obama and Race (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Mar. 20, 2008)
BUSINESS: Dow Gives Up 293 Points; Gold and Oil Plunge
[Dow -293.00, Nasdaq -58.30] (By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM, Mar. 20, 2008)
* BUSINESS: Commodities: Latest Boom, Plentiful Risk (By DIANA B. HENRIQUES, Mar. 20, 2008)
* ENTREPRENEURIAL EDGE: Small Businesses Offer Alternatives to Gang Life
(By JAMES FLANIGAN, Mar. 20, 2008)
* BOOKS | An Appraisal: For Clarke, Issues of Faith, but Tackled Scientifically
(By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN, Mar. 20, 2008)
MUSIC: Many Nights at the Opera Involve Emergency Room (By ROBIN POGREBIN, Mar. 20, 2008)
MUSIC: Tristan and the Furious Stage (By BERNARD HOLLAND, Mar. 20, 2008)
* STYLE | Faster, Higher, Stronger: A Swimmer's Different Strokes for Success
[Ryan Lochte] (By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS, Mar. 20, 2008)
* STYLE: The Professor as Open Book (By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM, Mar. 20, 2008)

Wednesday, March 19, 2008:
On This Day: March 19 (Johannes Magnus 3/19/1488-3/22/1544, Alonso Cano 3/19/1601-9/3/1667, Nikolay Gogol 3/19/1809-2/21/1852, David Livingstone 3/19/1813-5/1/1873, Sir Richard Burton 3/19/1821-10/20/1890, Wyatt Earp 3/19/1848-1/13/1929, William Jennings Bryan 3/19/1860-7/26/1925, James Van Fleet 3/19/1892-9/23/1992, Brent Scowcroft 1925, Patrick McGoohan 1928, Hans Kung 1928, Philip Roth 1933, Phyllis Newman 1935, Ursula Andress 1936, Ruth Pointer 1946, Glenn Close 1947)
Senate Defeats Treaty, Vote 49 to 35; Orders it Returned to the President
(NY TIMES, March 19, 1920)
Earl Warren, 83, Who Led High Court In Time of Vast Social Change, Is Dead
[3/19/1891-7/9/1974] (By ALDEN WHITMAN, July 10, 1974)

* Arthur C. Clarke, 90, Science Fiction Writer, Dies (By GERALD JONAS, Mar. 19, 2008)
Anthony Minghella, 54, Director, Dies [The English Patient]
(By DAVID CARR, Mar. 19, 2008)
NATIONAL: Obama Urges U.S. to Grapple With Race Issue (By JEFF ZELENY, Mar. 19, 2008)
POLITICS | News Analysis: Obama Chooses Reconciliation Over Rancor
(By JANNY SCOTT, Mar. 19, 2008)
POLITICS: In Chicago, More Talk About Race After Speech (By SUSAN SAULNY, Mar. 19, 2008)
NATIONAL: U.S. Eases 'No Child' Law as Applied to Some States (By SAM DILLON, Mar. 19, 2008)
NATIONAL: Estimates of Iraq War Cost Were Not Close to Ballpark (By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN, Mar. 19, 2008)
NATIONAL: Court Weighs Right to Guns, and Its Limits (By LINDA GREENHOUSE, Mar. 19, 2008)
* WORLD: Dalai Lama Threatens to Resign (By SOMINI SENGUPTA, Mar. 19, 2008)
* WORLD | Chandigarh Journal: A City That Sat on Its Treasures, but Didn't See Them
(By AMELIA GENTLEMAN, Mar. 19, 2008)
BASEBALL: For Yanks and Hokies, a Game to Remember [Virginia Tech] (By TYLER KEPNER, Mar. 19, 2008)
BASKETBALL | Celtics 94, Rockets 74: Rockets' Surprising Streak Runs Out of Fuel Against Celtics' Star Power
(By HOWARD BECK, Mar. 19, 2008)
* EDITORIAL: Mr. Obama's Profile in Courage (NY TIMES, Mar. 19, 2008)
* OP-ED: Black, White & Gray (By MAUREEN DOWD, Mar. 19, 2008)
OP-ED: Choose, or Lose in November (By PHILIP BREDESEN, Mar. 19, 2008)
OP-ED: New Hampshire Cheated, Too (By CARL LEVIN & DEBBIE DINGELL, Mar. 19, 2008)
OP-ED: Rules Count (By CARRIE GIDDINS, Mar. 19, 2008)
OPINION BLOGS: What Obama Said (NY TIMES, Mar. 19, 2008)
LETTERS: The Way Out of the Financial Ditch [8 letters] (By Bruce Ehrlich, et. al., Mar. 19, 2008)
BUSINESS: Wall St. Embraces the Fed's Relief Efforts
[Dow +420.41, Nasdaq +91.25] (By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM, Mar. 19, 2008)
BUSINESS: Stocks Rally as Fed Cuts Key Interest Rate (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Mar. 19, 2008)
* ECONOMIC SCENE: Can't Grasp Credit Crisis? Join the Club (By DAVID LEONHARDT, Mar. 19, 2008)
BUSINESS: It's Bondholders vs. Shareholders in a Race to Buy Bear Stearns Stock
(By LANDON THOMAS Jr., Mar. 19, 2008)
BUSINESS: Big Payday for Wall St. In Visa's Public Offering
[$18 billion @ $44 each] (By ERIC DASH, Mar. 19, 2008)
ARTS: Whitney Museum to Receive $131 Million Gift (By CAROL VOGEL, Mar. 19, 2008)
BOOKS: Neurotic Who Makes Scary World Her Banquet
[Patricia Pearson, A Brief History of Anxiety] (By WILLIAM GRIMES, Mar. 19, 2008)
FILM | Love Songs (2007): Parisians Singing From Bed to Bed (By A. O. SCOTT, Mar. 19, 2008)
FILM | Ling Yi Ban (2007): On Other Side of the World, Life Is Still Upside Down
(By NEIL GENZLINGER, Mar. 19, 2008)
THEATER | 'BRIDE': God as the Old Puppeteer and Other Creation Myths
(By JENNIFER DUNNING, Mar. 19, 2008)
TV: Facing the Horrors of Distant Battlefields With a TV and Console (By SETH SCHIESEL, Mar. 19, 2008)
* FASHION | The Price of Beauty: For Top Medical Students, an Attractive Field
(By NATASHA SINGER, Mar. 19, 2008)
FOOD & DINING: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 19, 2008)
FOOD: The Fat Pack Wonders if the Party's Over (By KIM SEVERSON, Mar. 19, 2008)
FOOD CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK: Two Survive. Now, to Choose (By FRANK BRUNI, Mar. 19, 2008)
THE MINIMALIST: Apple Cake, Gloriously Soused (By MARK BITTMAN, Mar. 19, 2008)
DINING: La Sirène's Menu Is at the Will of the Web (By FRANK BRUNI, Mar. 19, 2008)
SCIENCE: A Bid to Lure Wolves With a Digital Call of the Wild (By KIRK JOHNSON, Mar. 19, 2008)

Tuesday, March 18, 2008:
On This Day: March 18 (Friedrich Nicolai 3/18/1733-1/8/1811, John C. Calhoun 3/18/1782-3/31/1850, Antonio Salviati 3/18/1816-1/25/1890, Rudolf Diesel 3/18/1858-9/29/1913, Neville Chamberlain 3/18/1869-11/9/1940, Chiang Ching-kuo 3/18/1910-1/13/1988, Peter Graves 1926, John Kander 1927, George Plimpton 1927, John Updike 1932, F.W. de Klerk 1936, Charley Pride 1938, Wilson Pickett 1941, Kevin Dobson 1943, Irene Cara 1959, Vanessa Williams 1963, Bonnie Blair 1964, Queen Latifah 1970)
Russian Floats in Space for 10 Minutes; Leaves Orbiting Craft With a Lifeline
(By Henry Tanner, March 18, 1965)
Grover Cleveland Dies at 71; only U.S. president who served two non-concurrent terms
[3/18/1837-6/24/1908] (NY TIMES, June 24, 1908)

* NATIONAL: Criticizing Pastor, Obama Assesses Race in America (By JEFF ZELENY, Mar. 18, 2008)
POLITICAL MEMO: An Effort to Bridge a Divide (By JODI KANTOR, Mar. 18, 2008)
NATIONAL: On Defensive, Obama Plans Talk on Race (By JODI KANTOR & JEFF ZELENY, Mar. 18, 2008)
NATIONAL | TRANSCRIPT: Barack Obamas Speech on Race (NY TIMES, Mar. 18, 2008)
NATIONAL: Harvard Law, Hoping Students Will Consider Public Service, Offers Tuition Break
(By JONATHAN D. GLATER, Mar. 18, 2008)
NATIONAL: U.S. Adapts Cold-War Idea to Fight Terrorists (By ERIC SCHMITT & THOM SHANKER, Mar. 18, 2008)
WORLD | IRAQ BLOGS: In Firefighters' Glee at U.S. Deaths, Insurgency Blooms (By DEXTER FILKINS, Mar. 18, 2008)
NY REGION: Paterson Discusses Past Extramarital Affairs (By JEREMY W. PETERS, Mar. 18, 2008)
SPORTS: Figure Skating Rivalry Pits Athleticism Against Artistry (By ALAN SCHWARZ, Mar. 18, 2008)
BASEBALL | Yankees 8, Red Sox 4: Yankees and Red Sox Reserve Some Fanfare
(By TYLER KEPNER, Mar. 18, 2008)
* EDITORIAL: Mr. Obamas Profile in Courage (NY TIMES, Mar. 18, 2008)
EDITORIAL: China Terrorizes Tibet (NY TIMES, Mar. 18, 2008)
* OP-ED: The Lords of Higher Learning (By TIMOTHY EGAN, Mar. 18, 2008)
OP-ED: The Bailout Artists [housing bubble] (By DAVID BROOKS, Mar. 18, 2008)
OP-ED: Home Sweet Investment [housing collapse] (By ALEX TABARROK, Mar. 18, 2008)
* OPINION BLOG: Best Speech This Year (By Nicholas D. Kristof, Mar. 18, 2008)
* OPINION BLOG: A Speech to Remember (By Ron Klain, Mar. 18, 2008)
* OPINION BLOG: Unanswered Questions (By Dan Schnur, Mar. 18, 2008)
* OPINION BLOG: Pineapple Dreams [scientific journey of wonder] (By OLIVIA JUDSON, Mar. 18, 2008)
LETTERS: The Iraq War: 5 Years and Counting [6 letters] (By William Bronson, et. al., Mar. 18, 2008)
* BUSINESS: Breaking the Silence [leaving wealth to children]
(By JOHN LELAND, Mar. 18, 2008)
* BUSINESS: Aftershocks of a Collapse, With a Bank at the Epicenter
[Bear Stearns] (By LANDON THOMAS Jr., Mar. 18, 2008)
* BUSINESS | DEALBOOK: Saving Wall St. (For Now) [Bear Stearns]
(By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, Mar. 18, 2008)
BUSINESS: Bush Backs Fed's Actions, but Critics Quickly Find Fault (By STEVEN LEE MYERS, Mar. 18, 2008)
BUSINESS: When a Safety Net Can Lead to Risky Behavior (By DAVID LEONHARDT, Mar. 18, 2008)
BUSINESS: Umbrella Coverage for Preventing Your Ruin (By JOSEPH B. TREASTER, Mar. 18, 2008)
TECHNOLOGY | Itineraries: Paper Is Out, Cellphones Are In (By SUSAN STELLIN, Mar. 18, 2008)
ARTS: Animated Repatriation: Disney Art Returns (By CHARLES SOLOMON, Mar. 18, 2008)
ARTS, BRIEFLY: An East Asian Library [UC Berkeley] (NY TIMES, Mar. 18, 2008)
BOOKS: Global Strategy or Grand Illusion? [American power wrecked]
[Fred Kaplan, Daydream Believers] (By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Mar. 18, 2008)
FILM CRITIC'S CHOICE | New DVDs: Georges Méliès (By DAVE KEHR, Mar. 18, 2008)
THEATER | 'FIGHT GIRL BATTLE WORLD': Odyssey to a Far-Off Galaxy to Save the Human Race
(By JASON ZINOMAN, Mar. 18, 2008)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 18, 2008)
* SCIENCE | BASICS: In Most Species, Faithfulness Is a Fantasy (By NATALIE ANGIER, Mar. 18, 2008)
SCIENCE: Queenfish: A Cold War Tale [polar submarine] (By WILLIAM J. BROAD, Mar. 18, 2008)
SCIENCE: Debate Over Little People Intensifies After Recent Island Discovery
(By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Mar. 18, 2008)
CONVERSATION With Dr. Terri Brentnall: One Gene Closer to Understanding Pancreatic Cancer
(By CLAUDIA DREIFUS, Mar. 18, 2008)
SCIENCE: A Warmer Yellowstone Park, a Shifting Environmental Balance (By JIM ROBBINS, Mar. 18, 2008)
SCIENCE: Melting Pace of Glaciers Is Accelerating, Report Says (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Mar. 18, 2008)
SCIENCE BLOG: A Farewell to Ice (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Mar. 18, 2008)
* SCIENCE: For Scientists, a Beer Test Shows Results as a Litmus Test (By CAROL KAESUK YOON, Mar. 18, 2008)
OBSERVATORY: When a Sticky Gecko Starts to Slip, Its Tail Comes to the Rescue
(By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Mar. 18, 2008)
OBSERVATORY: They May Not Use Gasoline, but They Sure Burn Through Water
(By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Mar. 18, 2008)
OBSERVATORY: The Secret of DEET? It Masks Odors That Usually Attract Bugs
(By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Mar. 18, 2008)
SCIENCE LETTERS: Whats in a Name? (2 Letters) (By Mr. Dorian de Wind & Laurel Hall, Mar. 18, 2008)
* SCIENCE Q & A: Late to Rise [oversleeping] (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Mar. 18, 2008)
HEALTH: Teenage Suicides Bewilder an Island, and the Experts (By BENEDICT CAREY, Mar. 18, 2008)
HEALTH | Second Opinion: A Daring Treatment, a Little Girls Survival
(By DENISE GRADY, Mar. 18, 2008)
* HEALTH: In Sisters, Love and an Urge to Wring Her Neck (By TARA PARKER-POPE, Mar. 18, 2008)
* HEALTH BLOG: The Worst Foods in America (By TARA PARKER-POPE, Mar. 18, 2008)
* HEALTH: East and West Part Ways in Test of Facial Expressions (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Mar. 18, 2008)
HEALTH | The Tropics: Why a Genetic Blood Disorder Seems to Protect Against Malaria
[Alpha thalassemia] (By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., Mar. 18, 2008)
* REALLY | The Claim: Cold Water Boils More Quickly than Hot Water. (By ANAHAD OCONNOR, Mar. 18, 2008)
VITAL SIGNS | Prevention: At Middle Age, Add Alcohol to the Diet?
(By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, Mar. 18, 2008)
VITAL SIGNS | Patterns: Bacterium May Reduce Kidney Stone Risk
(By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, Mar. 18, 2008)
VITAL SIGNS | Disparities: Men Likelier to Be Told to Replace a Knee
(By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, Mar. 18, 2008)

Monday, March 17, 2008:
On This Day: March 17 (Jean-Baptiste Oudry 3/17/1686-4/30/1755, Roger Brooke Taney 3/17/1777-10/12/1864, Kate Greenaway 3/17/1846-11/6/1901, Walter Rudolf Hess 3/17/1881-8/12/1973, Gloria Swanson 3/17/1899-4/4/1983, Nat King Cole 3/17/1919-2/15/1965, Rudolf Nureyev 3/17/1938-1/6/1993, Mercedes McCambridge 1918, Paul Kantner 1941, Jim Weatherly 1943, John Sebastian 1944, Patrick Duffy 1949, Kurt Russell 1951, Lesley-Anne Down 1954, Rob Lowe 1964)
MacArthur in Australia as Allied Commander; Move Hailed as Foreshadowing Turn of Tide (By Charles Hurd, March 17, 1942)
Bobby Jones, Golf Master, Dies at 69; Only Player to Win Grand Slam
[3/17/1902-12/18/1971] (NY TIMES, December 19, 1971)

NATIONAL | CAUCAS BLOG: Obama to Give Speech on Race Tomorrow (By Brian Knowlton, Mar. 17, 2008)
* WORLD: Curbs on Protest in Tibet Lashed by Dalai Lama (By SOMINI SENGUPTA, Mar. 17, 2008)
WORLD: Iraqis See a Candidates Agenda in McCains Visit (By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. & MICHAEL LUO, Mar. 17, 2008)
* NY REGION | Metropolitan Diary: Dear Diary (NY TIMES, Mar. 17, 2008)
BASEBALL | Yankees Notebook: Sabathia Isn't Trying On Pinstripes (By TYLER KEPNER, Mar. 17, 2008)
BASEBALL: An Accident With One Door Opens Another [Scott Patterson]
(By TYLER KEPNER, Mar. 17, 2008)
BASKETBALL | Rockets 104, Lakers 92: Rockets Top Lakers to Extend Streak to 22
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 17, 2008)
* OP-ED: Obamas Brother in China (By ROGER COHEN, Mar. 17, 2008)
* OP-ED: The B Word [Bailout] (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Mar. 17, 2008)
* OP-ED: Bobby on Parade (By JAMES STEVENSON, Mar. 17, 2008)
* OP-ED: The Fungus That Conquered Europe [Great Potato Famine of 1845-6]
(By JOHN READER, Mar. 17, 2008)
* OP-ED: Generation Obama? Perhaps Not. (By WILLIAM KRISTOL, Mar. 17, 2008)
BUSINESS: Fed Acts to Rescue Financial Markets (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Mar. 17, 2008)
BUSINESS: JP Morgan Pays $2 a Share for Bear Stearns (By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, Mar. 17, 2008)
BUSINESS: Fears That Bear Stearns's Downfall May Spread (By LANDON THOMAS Jr., Mar. 17, 2008)
* SCIENCE: Chinook Salmon Vanish Without a Trace (By FELICITY BARRINGER, Mar. 17, 2008)

Sunday, March 16, 2008:
On This Day: March 16 (Giuseppe Crespi 3/16/1665-7/16/1747, Caroline Herschel 3/16/1750-1/9/1848, James Madison 3/16/1751-6/28/1836, Antoine-Jean Gros 3/16/1771-6/26/1835, Reza Khan Pahlavi 3/16/1878-7/26/1944, Alberto Gainza Paz 3/16/1899-12/26/1977, Josef Mengele 3/16/1911-2/7/1979, Vladimir Komarov 3/16/1911-2/7/1979, Mike Mansfield 1903, Leo McKern 1920, Jerry Lewis 1926, Daniel Patrick Moynihan 1927, Bernardo Bertolucci 1940, Robin Williams 1947, Erik Estrada 1949, Kate Nelligan 1951)
Vietnamese Say G.I.'s Slew 567 in Town (By Henry Kamm, March 16, 1968)
* Maxim Gorky Dies At Moscow Villa at 68 [3/16/1868-6/14/1936] (NY TIMES, June 19, 1936)

NATIONAL: Black Rabbi Reaches Out to Mainstream of His Faith (By NIKO KOPPEL, Mar. 16, 2008)
WORLD: Tibetans Clash With Chinese Police in Second City (By JIM YARDLEY, Mar. 16, 2008)
NY REGION: The Double Lives of High-Priced Call Girls (By CARA BUCKLEY & ANDREW JACOBS, Mar. 16, 2008)
OP-ED: Soft Shoe in Hard Times [George W. Bush] (By MAUREEN DOWD, Mar. 16, 2008)
OP-ED: Driving Miss Chloe (By CAITLIN FLANAGAN, Mar. 16, 2008)
* OP-ED: The Undercover Parent [spyware on their kids] (By HARLAN COBEN, Mar. 16, 2008)
OP-ED: Worries Over Being Slimed [Iraq War] (By NATHANIEL FICK, Mar. 16, 2008)
BUSINESS: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 16, 2008)
BUSINESS: Fed Chief Shifts Path, Inventing Policy in Crisis (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Mar. 16, 2008)
BUSINESS | Backdrop: Measuring Wealth by the Foot [yacht size]
(By PATRICIA KRANZ, Mar. 16, 2008)
BUSINESS: Barry Diller Conquered. Now He Tries to Divide. (By GERALDINE FABRIKANT & MIGUEL HELFT, Mar. 16, 2008)
MARKET MAKER: Wait, Weren't These the Safer Bets? (By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ, Mar. 16, 2008)
* FAIR GAME | Rescue Me: A Fed Bailout Crosses a Line (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Mar. 16, 2008)
ECONOMIC VIEW: Beyond the Noise on Free Trade (By N. GREGORY MANKIW, Mar. 16, 2008)
FUNDAMENTALLY: Look Deeper. Youll See a Bright Side. (By PAUL J. LIM, Mar. 16, 2008)
BUSINESS: The Cash Advantage (Even When Rates Are Low) (By J. ALEX TARQUINIO, Mar. 16, 2008)
* BUSINESS | Off the Shelf: A Proposed Diet for the U.S. Budget (By HARRY HURT III, Mar. 16, 2008)
CAREER COUCH: Dipping Carefully Into the Betting Pool (By MATT VILLANO, Mar. 16, 2008)
THE BOSS: Flowers, via Social Work [CEO, 1-800-Flowers.com]
(By JIM McCANN; As told to PATRICIA R. OLSEN, Mar. 16, 2008)
* TECHNOLOGY | Novelties: An Assistant Who May Need the Occasional Battery
(By ANNE EISENBERG, Mar. 16, 2008)
TECHNOLOGY | PING: 'The Amazing Race' as Played in the Lab (By G. PASCAL ZACHARY, Mar. 16, 2008)
ARTS: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 16, 2008)
ARTS ABROAD: Cy Twombly in the Land of Michelangelo (By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN , Mar. 16, 2008)
FILM: When Omaha Met Cinema (By ERIC KONIGSBERG, Mar. 16, 2008)
MUSIC: Rattle's Mahler, Vivaldi Vocals and a Tippett Revelation (By JAMES R. OESTREICH , Mar. 16, 2008)
TV: The Housewives Are Now Desesperadas (By ELIZABETH JENSEN, Mar. 16, 2008)
TV: Eddie Izzards Master Plan (By CARYN JAMES, Mar. 16, 2008)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 16, 2008)
FASHION: Leaving Behind the Trucker Hat (By ALLEN SALKIN, Mar. 16, 2008)
STYLE: A Monster of a Slip [Samantha Power, Obama's Advisor]
(By CARA BUCKLEY, Mar. 16, 2008)
* Public Infidelity, Private Debate: Not My Husband (Right?) (By JAN HOFFMAN, Mar. 16, 2008)
MODERN LOVE: The Steep Price of Our Forbidden Kiss (By KAYLA RACHLIN SMALL, Mar. 16, 2008)
* A Crash Course in Online Gossip (By RICHARD MORGAN, Mar. 16, 2008)
POSSESSED: Softly Treading Between Taste and Art (By DAVID COLMAN, Mar. 16, 2008)
VOWS: Megyn Kelly and Douglas Brunt (By LINDA SASLOW, Mar. 16, 2008)
TRAVEL: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 16, 2008)
TRAVEL | Buenos Aires: Argentine Nights (By DENNY LEE, Mar. 16, 2008)
TRAVEL: 36 Hours in Pasadena, California (By JENNIFER STEINHAUER, Mar. 16, 2008)
TRAVEL | Zermatt, Switzerland: A Famed Alps Resort Schusses Into the Future
(By BONNIE TSUI, Mar. 16, 2008)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 16, 2008)
WAR TORN: Five Years [Iraqi War] (By JOHN F. BURNS, Mar. 16, 2008)
* THE NATION: Postfeminism and Other Fairy Tales (By KATE ZERNIKE, Mar. 16, 2008)
* THE NATION: In the Clinton-Obama Race, Its the Pollster vs. the Ad Man
(By MATT BAI, Mar. 16, 2008)
* THE NATION: Thinking Twice About the No. 2 (By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG, Mar. 16, 2008)
THE WORLD: Aloft, With a Silent Companion (By ALISSA J. RUBIN, Mar. 16, 2008)
* IDEAS & TRENDS: Start Writing the Eulogies for Print Encyclopedias
(By NOAM COHEN, Mar. 16, 2008)
GRAPHIC: WEEK OF MARCH 9-15: The Week of, Well, You Know (NY TIMES, Mar. 16, 2008)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 16, 2008)
* ON LANGUAGE: Salutations (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Mar. 16, 2008)
* The Way We Live Now: What's the Real Racial Divide? (By MATT BAI, Mar. 16, 2008)
Questions for Laura Linney: Dear(est) Abby [Abigail Adams] (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, Mar. 16, 2008)
DIAGNOSIS: When Is a Heart Attack Not a Heart Attack? (By LISA SANDERS, M.D., Mar. 16, 2008)
* IDEA LAB: Rumors Reasons (By FARHAD MANJOO, Mar. 16, 2008)
THE MEDIUM: Good Vibrations (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Mar. 16, 2008)
THE ETHICIST: Too Much Homework (By RANDY COHEN, Mar. 16, 2008)
COVER ARTICLE: Supreme Court Inc. (By JEFFREY ROSEN, Mar. 16, 2008)
When Girls Will Be Boys (By ALISSA QUART, Mar. 16, 2008)
Why Shariah? [Muslim rule of law] (By NOAH FELDMAN, Mar. 16, 2008)
FOOD | The Way We Eat: The Book of James (By ALEKSANDRA CRAPANZANO, Mar. 16, 2008)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 16, 2008)
BOOKS: Woe Be Gone [Eric G. Wilson, Against Happiness: In Praise of Melancholy]
(By GARRISON KEILLOR, Mar. 16, 2008)
* ESSAY: Admission Impossible (By KEITH GESSEN, Mar. 16, 2008)

Saturday, March 15, 2008:
On This Day: March 15 (Franciscus Sylvius 3/15/1614-11/15/1672, Andrew Jackson 3/15/1767-6/8/1845, William Lamb Melbourne 3/15/1779-11/24/1848, Jules Chevalier 3/15/1824-10/21/1907, Emil von Behring 3/15/1854-3/31/1917, Christian Michelsen 3/15/1857-6/28/1925, Harold Ickes 3/15/1874-2/3/1952, Henri Saint Cyr 3/15/1902-7/27/1979, Harry James 3/15/1916-7/5/1983, Alan L. Bean 1932, Ruth Bader Ginsburg 1933, Cecil Taylor 1933, Judd Hirsch 1935, Phil Lesh 1940, Mike Love 1941, Sly Stone 1944, Fabio 1961)
Johnson Urges Congress at Joint Session to Pass Law Insuring Negro Vote (By Tom Wicker, March 15, 1965)
* Liberty H. Bailey, Cornell Botanist, Is Dead at 96
[3/15/1858-12/25/1954] (NY TIMES, December 27, 1954)

NATIONAL: Obama Denounces Statements of His Pastor as Inflammatory
(By JODI KANTOR, Mar. 15, 2008)
NATIONAL: Obama Describes Developer Deal as a Mistake (By JEFF ZELENY, Mar. 15, 2008)
NATIONAL: In Alabama, a Crackdown on Pregnant Drug Users (By ADAM NOSSITER, Mar. 15, 2008)
WORLD: Violence in Tibet as Monks Clash With the Police (By, Mar. 15, 2008)
NY REGION: Crane Topples in Manhattan, Killing at Least 4 People (By CARLA BARANAUCKAS, Mar. 15, 2008)
EDITORIAL: Leaving Musharraf Behind (NY TIMES, Mar. 15, 2008)
OP-ED: George Speaks, Badly (By GAIL COLLINS, Mar. 15, 2008)
OP-ED: The Winds of Albany (By BOB HERBERT, Mar. 15, 2008)
OP-ED: A Movement, a Plan, a Canal (By ADAM CLYMER, Mar. 15, 2008)
OP-ED: Want to Buy Some Pollution? (By IAN BOWLES, Mar. 15, 2008)
LETTERS: Can Democrats Stop Their Squabbling? (By Jeffrey Ainis, et. al., Mar. 15, 2008)
* BUSINESS | News Analysis: A Wall Street Domino Theory (By JENNY ANDERSON & VIKAS BAJAJ, Mar. 15, 2008)
BUSINESS: President Acknowledges Strains on the Economy (By STEVEN LEE MYERS and PETER S. GOODMAN, Mar. 15, 2008)
BUSINESS: Run on Big Wall St. Bank Spurs Rescue Backed by U.S. (By LANDON THOMAS Jr., Mar. 15, 2008)
BUSINESS | News Analysis: F.D.R.s Safety Net Gets a Big Stretch (By FLOYD NORRIS, Mar. 15, 2008)
* TALKING BUSINESS: Credit Cards Are Frothy, Not Bubbly (By JOE NOCERA, Mar. 15, 2008)
BUSINESS | Saturday Interview: Expedia's Path to Expansion Passes Through India
(By JANE L. LEVERE, Mar. 15, 2008)
ARTS: Fair Goes From Feast to Tasting Menu [Asian Art Fair] (By ROBERTA SMITH, Mar. 15, 2008)
MUSIC: 1,700 Bands, Rocking as the CD Industry Reels (By JON PARELES, Mar. 15, 2008)

Friday, March 14, 2008:
On This Day: March 14 (Georg Philipp Telemann 3/14/1681-6/25/1767, Johann elder Strauss 3/14/1804-9/24/1849, Victor Emmanuel II 3/14/1820-1/9/1878, Giovanni Schiaparelli 3/14/1835-7/4/1910, Paul Ehrlich 3/14/1854-8/20/1915, Casey Jones 3/14/1864-4/30/1900, Algernon Blackwood 3/14/1869-12/10/1951, Sylvia Beach 3/14/1887-10/5/1962, Adolph Gottlieb 3/14/1903-3/4/1974, Raymond Aron 3/14/1905-10/17/1983, Diane Arbus 3/14/1923-7/26/1971, Hank Ketcham 1920, Frank Borman 1928, Michael Caine 1933, Quincy Jones 1933, Wolfgang Petersen 1941, Steve Kanaly 1946, Billy Crystal 1948, Prince Albert 1958)
Gold Now the Standard: President McKinley Signs the Financial Bill (NY TIMES, March 14, 1900)
* Dr. Albert Einstein Dies in Sleep at 76; World Mourns Loss of Great Scientist
[3/14/1879-4/18/1955] (NY TIMES, April 19, 1955)

* NATIONAL | The Long Run: A Free-Spirited Wanderer Who Set Obama's Path
[Stanley Ann Dunham Soetoro, Obama's Mom] (By JANNY SCOTT, Mar. 14, 2008)
NATIONAL: Obama Lists His Earmarks, Asking Clinton for Hers (By CHRISTOPHER DREW and JO BECKER, Mar. 14, 2008)
NATIONAL: Bush Sees a Tough Time on Economy (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 14, 2008)
POLITICS: Architect of Florida Mail-In Vote Says Its Chances Are Poor
(By ABBY GOODNOUGH & JOHN M. BRODER, Mar. 14, 2008)
EDUCATION: Report Urges Changes in Teaching Math (By TAMAR LEWIN, Mar. 14, 2008)
WORLD: Monk Protests in Tibet Draw Chinese Security (By JIM YARDLEY, Mar. 14, 2008)
NY REGION: For Bronx Schools Dancers, the Moves Are Irish (By ELISSA GOOTMAN, Mar. 14, 2008)
NY REGION: Reaching Out, Paterson Offers Different Tone (By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE, Mar. 14, 2008)
NY REGION: Legally Blind, but Confident in His Best Adaptive Skills
[Lt. Gov. David A. Paterson] (By JAMES BARRON, Mar. 14, 2008)
SPORTS: 900 Feet Up With Nowhere to Go but Down (By JERÉ LONGMAN, Mar. 14, 2008)
BASEBALL: A Comedian in the Lineup: Is That Any Way to Play the Game?
[Billy Crystal] (By GEORGE VECSEY, Mar. 14, 2008)
ON BASEBALL: Is a Night Devoted to Faith Really About the Money?
(By MURRAY CHASS, Mar. 14, 2008)
EDITORIAL: Not Too Early? [Ailing economy] (NY TIMES, Mar. 14, 2008)
OP-ED: Betting the Bank (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Mar. 14, 2008)
OP-ED: The Rank-Link Imbalance [social misfits] (By DAVID BROOKS, Mar. 14, 2008)
OP-ED: The Vision Thing [blindness] (By STEPHEN KUUSISTO, Mar. 14, 2008)
* OPINION BLOG: Uncommoner Than Thou: Buckley, Part Two
(By DICK CAVETT, Mar. 14, 2008)
BUSINESS: Economy Hammered by Toxic Blend of Ailments (By VIKAS BAJAJ, Mar. 14, 2008)
* BUSINESS: Gold Glitters, Dollar Loses Its Luster (By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM, Mar. 14, 2008)
BUSINESS: The Dollar Reaches New Lows, and Overseas Investors Look Elsewhere
(By STEVEN R. WEISMAN, Mar. 14, 2008)
TECHNOLOGY: AOL Buying No. 3 Social Networking Site (By BRIAN STELTER, Mar. 14, 2008)
ARTS | Weekend Explorer: Coin. Smile. Click! (By JOHN STRAUSBAUGH, Mar. 14, 2008)
TRAVEL | FLORIDA: Catching the History of Key West (By CINDY PRICE, Mar. 14, 2008)

Thursday, March 13, 2008:
On This Day: March 13 (Montdory 3/13/1594-11/10/1653, Charles Bonnet 3/13/1720-5/20/1793, Karl Schinkel 3/13/1781-10/9/1841, William Glackens 3/13/1870-5/22/1938, Albert Stevens 3/13/1886-3/26/1949, Janet Flanner 3/13/1892-11/7/1978, George Seferis 3/13/1900-9/20/1971, William J. Casey 3/13/1913-5/6/1987, Liz Anderson 1930, Jan Howard 1930, Rosalind Elias 1931, Neil Sedaka 1939, William H. Macy 1950, Deborah Raffin 1953, Bobin Duke 1954, Dana Delany 1956, John Hoeven 1957, Adam Clayton 1960, Christopher Collet 1968, Tracy Wells 1971)
Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson (NY TIMES, March 13, 1868)
* Professor Percival Lowell Dies; Martian Theory His
[3/13/1855-11/12/1916] (NY TIMES, November 14, 1916)

* Lazare Ponticelli, France's Last Veteran of World War I, Is Dead at 110 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Mar. 13, 2008)
* Joseph Weizenbaum, Famed Programmer of Eliza, Is Dead at 85 (By JOHN MARKOFF, Mar. 13, 2008)
NATIONAL: Collapse of Salmon Stocks Endangers Pacific Fishery (By FELICITY BARRINGER, Mar. 13, 2008)
EDUCATION: Panel Proposes Streamlining Math (By TAMAR LEWIN, Mar. 13, 2008)
NATIONAL: Racial Issue Bubbles Up Again for Democrats (By PATRICK HEALY & JEFF ZELENY, Mar. 13, 2008)
WORLD: U.S. Image Abroad Hard to Fix, Longtime Ally Says (By ALISON SMALE, Mar. 13, 2008)
NY REGION: Spitzer Resigns in Sex Scandal and Turns His Attention to Healing His Family
(By DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI & DANNY HAKIM, Mar. 13, 2008)
NY REGION: Woman at the Center of Governor's Downfall (By SERGE F. KOVALESKI & IAN URBINA, Mar. 13, 2008)
NY REGION: 6 Tumultuous Days That Ended in a Resignation (By MICHAEL POWELL & NICHOLAS CONFESSORE, Mar. 13, 2008)
BASEBALL: A Slide Leads to a Cut and a Festering Wound (By TYLER KEPNER, Mar. 13, 2008)
BASEBALL: Buchholz Progresses; Liriano Hit (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 13, 2008)
BASKETBALL: Rockets Tie 2nd-Longest Win Streak [Houston wins 20 straight]
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 13, 2008)
GOLF | Bridging Eras: What Palmer Did, Woods Is Doing (By LARRY DORMAN, Mar. 13, 2008)
EDITORIAL: After Eliot Spitzer (NY TIMES, Mar. 13, 2008)
EDITORIAL: The Road to Dystopia [illegal immigration] (NY TIMES, Mar. 13, 2008)
EDITORIAL: New Hope for the Rich (NY TIMES, Mar. 13, 2008)
OP-ED: Unwelcome Surprises [Governor Spitzer] (By GAIL COLLINS, Mar. 13, 2008)
OP-ED: Do as He Said [prostitution] (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Mar. 13, 2008)
OP-ED: The Global Rose as Social Tool (By ROGER COHEN, Mar. 13, 2008)
OP-ED: This Defense Won't Rest (By JOHN FARMER, Mar. 13, 2008)
OPINION BLOG: A Sermon's Echoes Threaten Obama (By Chris Suellentrop, Mar. 13, 2008)
LETTERS: The 'Red Phone' Ad: A Rorschach Test [4 letters] (By Alexandra Moshen, et. al., Mar. 13, 2008)
LETTERS: Lessons From the Fall of Spitzer [6 letters] (By Donald Nawi, et. al., Mar. 13, 2008)
* TECHNOLOGY: Video Road Hogs Stir Fear of Internet Traffic Jam (By STEVE LOHR, Mar. 13, 2008)
TECHNOLOGY: Childrens Games and Shows by Subscription, From PBS
(By WARREN BUCKLEITNER, Mar. 13, 2008)
TV: Pro-Clinton? 'SNL' Says You're Joking (By BILL CARTER, Mar. 13, 2008)
HOME & GARDEN: Backyards, Beware: An Orchard Wants Your Spot (By STEVEN KURUTZ, Mar. 13, 2008)
FASHION: Be a Fashion Insider or Just Look Like One (By ERIC WILSON, Mar. 13, 2008)
STYLE: Skin Deep: Lasik Surgery: When the Fine Print Applies to You
(By ABBY ELLIN, Mar. 13, 2008)
* SCIENCE: Million-Dollar Prize Given to Cosmologist Priest
[Michael Heller] (By BRENDA GOODMAN, Mar. 13, 2008)
* HEALTH | PERSONAL BEST: To Stretch or Not to Stretch? The Answer Is Elastic
(By GINA KOLATA, Mar. 13, 2008)

Wednesday, March 12, 2008:
On This Day: March 12 (André Le Notre 3/12/1613-9/15/1700, Beorge Berkeley 3/12/1685-1/14/1753, Clement Studebaker 3/12/1831-11/27/1901, Gabriele D'Annunzio 3/12/1863-3/1/1938, Vaslav Nijinsky 3/12/1890-4/8/1950, Elaine de Kooning 3/12/1920-2/1/1989, Jack Kerouac 3/12/1922-10/21/1969, Wally Schirra 1923, Edward Albee 1928, Andrew Yound 1932, Lloyd Dobyns 1936, Al Jarreau 1940, Liza Minnelli 1946, James Taylor 1948, Jon Provost 1950, Marlon Jackson 1957, Courtney B. Vance 1960, Darryl Strawberry 1962)
Truman Acts to Save Nations From Red Rule (By Felix Belair Jr., March 12, 1947)
* Adolph S. Ochs Dead at 77; Publisher of Times Since 1896
[3/12/1858-4/8/1935] (NY TIMES, March 12, 1947)

NATIONAL: Adding to Southern Support, Obama Wins Primary in Mississippi (By JEFF ZELENY, Mar. 12, 2008)
POLITICAL MEMO: Clawing for Edge, Democrats Fight Over Defining 'Winner' (By PATRICK HEALY, Mar. 12, 2008)
POLITICS: Ferraro's Obama Remarks Become Talk of Campaign (By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE & JULIE BOSMAN, Mar. 12, 2008)
WORLD | Mungyong Journal: Controversial Canal Tests South Korea's New Leader
(By CHOE SANG-HUN, Mar. 12, 2008)
WORLD: Taiwan's Independence Movement Likely to Wane (By EDWARD WONG, Mar. 12, 2008)
NY REGION: Spitzer Wrestles Over Response, Paralyzing Albany (By DANNY HAKIM & IAN URBINA, Mar. 12, 2008)
NY REGION | Silda Wall Spitzer: Public Ordeal of Private Person (By ERIC KONIGSBERG, Mar. 12, 2008)
NY REGION: Foes of Sex Trade Are Stung by the Fall of an Ally (By NINA BERNSTEIN, Mar. 12, 2008)
NY REGION: The Reports That Drew Federal Eyes to Spitzer (By DAVID JOHNSTON & STEPHEN LABATON, Mar. 12, 2008)
NY REGION: Despite Constant Security, Politicians Still Find Trouble (By DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI, Mar. 12, 2008)
SPORTS BUSINESS: Ruth Might Have Built It, but Many Have Used It
[Yankee Stadium] (By RICHARD SANDOMIR, Mar. 12, 2008)
EDITORIAL: Waiting for Mr. Spitzer (NY TIMES, Mar. 12, 2008)
OP-ED: Ways of the Wayward (By MAUREEN DOWD, Mar. 12, 2008)
OP-ED: Stand by Yourself (By DINA MATOS McGREEVEY, Mar. 12, 2008)
OP-ED: The Myth of the Victimless Crime (By MELISSA FARLEY & VICTOR MALAREK, Mar. 12, 2008)
OP-ED: Really Dangerous Liaisons (By TRACY QUAN, Mar. 12, 2008)
OPINION BLOG: Big States, Big Deal (By CHRIS SUELLENTROP, Mar. 12, 2008)
OPINION BLOG: True Irish (By TIMOTHY EGAN, Mar. 12, 2008)
* BUSINESS: Fed Hopes to Ease Strain on Economic Activity (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Mar. 12, 2008)
* BUSINESS: Dow Climbs 416.66 for Its Biggest Gain in Over 5 Years
(By VIKAS BAJAJ & MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM, Mar. 12, 2008)
* TECHNOLOGY: Tech's Late Adopters Prefer the Tried and True (By MIGUEL HELFT, Mar. 12, 2008)
ARTS: The Natural World, Up Close and Personal (By FRED A. BERNSTEIN, Mar. 12, 2008)
ARTS: A Fond Look at Lennon's 'Lost Weekend' (By ALLAN KOZINN, Mar. 12, 2008)
* TV WATCH: Mars and Venus Dissect the Spitzer Scandal on the TV Talk Shows (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Mar. 12, 2008)
FOOD & DINING: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 12, 2008)
* DINING: Your Waiter Tonight... Will Be the Chef (By JULIA MOSKIN, Mar. 12, 2008)
A GOOD APPETITE: A Lunch That Provides Its Own Box (By MELISSA CLARK, Mar. 12, 2008)
FOOD CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK: Three More Standout Meals (By FRANK BRUNI, Mar. 12, 2008)
THE MINIMALIST: Sauté and Sauce, Green and Greener (By MARK BITTMAN, Mar. 12, 2008)
SCIENCE: Shuttle Is Carrying Laboratory and Robot to Space Station (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Mar. 12, 2008)
SCIENCE: Government Reports Warn Planners on Sea-Rise Threat to U.S. Coasts
(By CORNELIA DEAN, Mar. 12, 2008)
SCIENCE: Sex Infections Found in Quarter of Teenage Girls (By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, Mar. 12, 2008)

Tuesday, March 11, 2008:
On This Day: March 11 (Torquato Tasso 3/11/1544-4/25/1595, Joseph Bertrand 3/11/1822-4/5/1900, Charles Eastlake 3/11/1836-11/20/1906, Vannevar Bush 3/11/1890-6/28/1974, Dorothy Gish 3/11/1898-6/4/1968, Frederick IX 3/11/1899-1/14/1972, Lawrence Welk 3/11/1903-5/17/1992, Harold Wilson 3/11/1916-5/24/1995, Terence Alexander 1923, Rupert Murdoch 1931, Sam Donaldson 1934, Tricia O'Neil 1945, Jerry Zucker 1950, Susan Richardson 1952, Cheryl Lynn 1957)
President Roosevelt Signs, Starts War Aid; To Ask $7,000,000,000 Fund (By Turner Catledge, March 11, 1941)
Ralph David Abernathy, Rights Pioneer, Is Dead at 64
[3/11/1926-4/17/1990] (By RICHARD SEVERO, April 18, 1990)

NATIONAL: Pollution Is Called a Byproduct of a 'Clean' Fuel (By BRENDA GOODMAN, Mar. 11, 2008)
NY REGION: Spitzer Said to Be Weighing Resignation (By DANNY HAKIM & WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM, Mar. 11, 2008)
NY REGION: Spitzer Allegations Send Wave of Shock (By JAMES BARRON, Mar. 11, 2008)
NY REGION: A Fall From White Knight to Client 9 (By MICHAEL POWELL & MIKE McINTIRE, Mar. 11, 2008)
NY REGION: Politics, and Scandal, as Usual (By N. R. KLEINFIELD, Mar. 11, 2008)
NY REGION: Revelations Began in Routine Tax Inquiry (By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM, Mar. 11, 2008)
NY REGION | Affidavit: Client 9 and Room 871 (By ALAN FEUER & IAN URBINA, Mar. 11, 2008)
NY REGION: The Method of Payment May Decide Any Charges (By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM, Mar. 11, 2008)
NYC: Long a Public Scold, Now Facing Life as a Punch Line (By CLYDE HABERMAN, Mar. 11, 2008)
SPORTS | The Scholarship Divide: Recruits Clamor for More From Coaches With Less
(By BILL PENNINGTON, Mar. 11, 2008)
EDITORIAL: Mr. Spitzer's 'Private Matter' (NY TIMES, Mar. 11, 2008)
EDITORIAL OBSERVER: Medvedev. Mehd-V(y)EHD-yehf. Whatever. (By SERGE SCHMEMANN, Mar. 11, 2008)
* OP-ED: The Red Phone in Black and White (By ORLANDO PATTERSON, Mar. 11, 2008)
OP-ED: Sharing the Pain (By BOB HERBERT, Mar. 11, 2008)
BUSINESS: Buyout Industry Staggers Under Weight of Debt (By MICHAEL J. de la MERCED, Mar. 11, 2008)
BUSINESS: Paying at the Pump, in a Big Way (By CHRISTOPHER MAAG, Mar. 11, 2008)
* BUSINESS: Pace of Change Too Slow to Keep Entrepreneurs in France (By JOHN TAGLIABUE, Mar. 11, 2008)
* MEDIA & ADVERTISING: Testing Over, Hulu.com to Open Its TV and Film Offerings This Week
(By BRAD STONE, Mar. 11, 2008)
* ARTS: A $100 Million Donation to the N.Y. Public Library (By ROBIN POGREBIN, Mar. 11, 2008)
TV | News Analysis: Formula for 'Idol': Popular Yet Predictable (By EDWARD WYATT, Mar. 11, 2008)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 11, 2008)
* SCIENCE FINDINGS: A Boy Named Sue, and a Theory of Names (By J. MARION TIERNEY, Mar. 11, 2008)
* SCIENCE: Kissing the Earth Goodbye in About 7.59 Billion Years (By DENNIS OVERBYE, Mar. 11, 2008)
OBSERVATORY: Sea Levels Are Falling Over the Long Term Because of Lower Basins
(By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Mar. 11, 2008)
* OBSERVATORY: From Sea Cucumbers, an Idea for a Material That Can Soften Up
(By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Mar. 11, 2008)
* OBSERVATORY: When Bringing Back the Mangoes, Ants Specialize for the Job
(By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Mar. 11, 2008)
Geometry explains the benefits of division of labour in a leafcutter ant
By Heikki Helanterä & Francis L.W. Ratnieks
(Proceedings of The Royal Society B, Mar. 4, 2008)
SCIENCE: Long Ocean Voyage Set for Vessel That Runs on Wave Power (By JOHN GEOGHEGAN, Mar. 11, 2008)
SCIENCE: Discovery Challenges Finding of a Separate Human Species (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Mar. 11, 2008)
SPACE & COSMOS: A Space Robot With Arms to Make R2D2 Jealous (By WARREN E. LEARY, Mar. 11, 2008)
SCIENCE: A World of Data to Help Your Plans to Go Skiing (By HILLARY ROSNER, Mar. 11, 2008)
* SCIENCE BLOG: We Are What We Drink Is What We Are (By Andrew C. Revkin, Mar. 11, 2008)
* SCIENCE: Drugs in Water Hurt [Pharmaceuticals in drinking water]
(By JEFF DONN, MARTHA MENDOZA & JUSTIN PRITCHARD, Associated Press, Mar. 11, 2008)
* SCIENCE Q & A: The Planet Club (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Mar. 11, 2008)
* HEALTH: An Enduring Measure of Fitness: The Simple Push-Up (By TARA PARKER-POPE, Mar. 11, 2008)
* HEALTH ESSAY: Many Doctors, Many Tests, No Rhyme or Reason (By SANDEEP JAUHAR, M.D., Mar. 11, 2008)
HEALTH | Cases Without Borders: Psychotherapy for All: An Experiment
(By DAVID KOHN, Mar. 11, 2008)
HEALTH: Reminder to Smokers: Your Lungs Are Aging (By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, Mar. 11, 2008)
PERSONAL HEALTH: Some With MS Put Their Hopes in a Diet (By JANE E. BRODY, Mar. 11, 2008)
* REALLY? | The Claim: Identical Twins Have Identical DNA (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Mar. 11, 2008)
VITAL SIGNS | Nostrums: Aromatherapy Rarely Stands Up to Testing
(By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Mar. 11, 2008)
VITAL SIGNS | Hazards: Rise in Car Fatality Rates Seen at Age 12
(By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Mar. 11, 2008)
VITAL SIGNS | Safety: A Health Benefit to Playing by the Rules
(By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Mar. 11, 2008)

Monday, March 10, 2008:
On This Day: March 10 (Friedrich von Schlegel 3/10/1772-1/12/1829, Alexander III 3/10/1845-11/1/1894, Henryt W. Fowler 3/10/1858-12/26/1933, Hector Guimard 3/10/1867-5/20/1942, Lillian Wald 3/10/1867-9/1/1940, Bix Beiderbecke 3/10/1903-8/7/1931, Harry Bertoia 3/10/1915-11/6/1978, Ralph Emery 1933, Chuck Norris 1940, Dave Rabe 1940, Dean Torrence 1940, Bob Greene 1947, Sharon Stone 1958, Prince Edward 1964, Shannon Miller 1977)
Chernenko Is Dead in Moscow at 73; Gorbachev Succeeds Him and Urges Arms Control and Economic Vigor
(By Serge Schmemann, March 10, 1985)
* Clare Boothe Luce Dies at 84: Playwright, Politician, Envoy
[3/10/1903-10/9/1987] (By ALBIN KREBS, October 10, 1987)

NATIONAL: Sniping Within Campaign Tarnishes Clinton's Image
(By ADAM NAGOURNEY, PATRICK HEALY & KATE ZERNIKE, Mar. 10, 2008)
NATIONAL: McCain Uses Breathing Room to Focus on Coffers (By MICHAEL COOPER & MICHAEL LUO, Mar. 10, 2008)
POLITICS BLOG: Obama Hits Back on V.P. Chatter (By JEFF ZELENY, Mar. 10, 2008)
WORLD: India Nurtures Business of Surrogate Motherhood (By AMELIA GENTLEMAN, Mar. 10, 2008)
WORLD: China Reports Suspected Terrorist Activity (By JIM YARDLEY & JAKE HOOKER, Mar. 10, 2008)
WORLD: Pakistan Rivals Join to Fight Musharraf (By JANE PERLEZ, Mar. 10, 2008)
NY REGION: Spitzer Is Linked to Prostitution Ring (By DANNY HAKIM & WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM, Mar. 10, 2008)
* NY REGION | Metropolitan Diary: Dear Diary (NY TIMES, Mar. 10, 2008)
SPORTS: For Church, Concussion Reveals Baseball's Hazards (By BEN SHPIGEL, Mar. 10, 2008)
SPORTS: The Scholarship Divide: Expectations Lose to Reality of Sports Scholarships
(By BILL PENNINGTON, Mar. 10, 2008)
* OP-ED: The Face-Slap Theory [financial meltdown] (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Mar. 10, 2008)
OP-ED: McCain's Daunting Task (By WILLIAM KRISTOL, Mar. 10, 2008)
OP-ED: Tribalism Here, and There (By ROGER COHEN, Mar. 10, 2008)
OPINION BLOG: 'Postcards from Warren' (By JEFF SCHER, Mar. 10, 2008)
* TECHNOLOGY: To Aim Ads, Web Is Keeping Closer Eye on You (By LOUISE STORY, Mar. 10, 2008)

Sunday, March 9, 2008:
On This Day: March 9 (Modest Mussorgsky 3/9/1839-3/16/1881, Eddie Foy 3/9/1856-2/16/1928, Ernest Bevin 3/9/1881-4/14/1951, Tamara Karsavina 3/9/1885-5/26/1978, Victoria M. Sackville-West Victoia 3/9/1892-6/2/1962, Rex Warner 3/9/1905-6/24/1986, Samuel Barber 3/9/1910-1/23/1981, Mickey Spillane 1918, Lloyd Price 1933, Joyce Van Patten 1934, Marty Ingels 1936, Mickey Gilley 1936, Bobby Fischer 1943, Charles Gibson 1943, Trish Van Devere 1945, Jeffrey Osborne 1948, Michael Kinsley 1951, Linda Fiorentino 1960, Juliette Binoche 1964, Emmanuel Lewis 1971)
* Monitor vs. Merrimac: Desperate Naval Engagements in Hampton Roads (NY TIMES, March 9, 1862)
Yuri Gagarin Killed As Test Plane Falls, Russian 1st Cosmonaut Dies at 34
[3/9/1934-3/27/1968] (NY TIMES, March 28, 1968)

NATIONAL: The Long Run: Obama in Senate: Star Power, Minor Role (By KATE ZERNIKE & JEFF ZELENY, Mar. 9, 2008)
NATIONAL: Scrutiny for Puerto Rico Over Animal Treatment (By KIRK SEMPLE, Mar. 9, 2008)
NATIONAL: Veto of Bill on C.I.A. Tactics Affirms Bush's Legacy (By STEVEN LEE MYERS, Mar. 9, 2008)
* EDUCATION: Math Suggests College Frenzy Will Soon Ease (By ALAN FINDER, Mar. 9, 2008)
* NY REGION | Connecticut: Writer's Block [F. Scott Fitzgerald]
(By ALAN BISBORT, Nov. 28, 2004)
NY REGION: After a Fight to Survive, One to Succeed [Jewish history]
(By NINA BERNSTEIN, Mar. 9, 2008)
NY REGION: A Science Prodigy in an Unlikely Place (By JOSEPH BERGER, Mar. 9, 2008)
EDITORIAL: When Ben Bernanke Speaks... (NY TIMES, Mar. 9, 2008)
* OP-ED: The Monster Mash (By MAUREEN DOWD, Mar. 9, 2008)
* OP-ED: Obama and the Bigots (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Mar. 9, 2008)
OP-ED: And the Band Played Badly (By ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH, Mar. 9, 2008)
* OP-ED: A Bug's Life. Really. [Franz Kafka] (By MARK LEYNER, Mar. 9, 2008)
* OP-ED: Geek Love [Gary Gygax & Dungeons & Dragons] (By ADAM ROGERS, Mar. 9, 2008)
OP-ED: Stolen Suffering (By DANIEL MENDELSOHN, Mar. 9, 2008)
* OPINION BLOG: Why I Write These Columns (By STANLEY FISH, Mar. 9, 2008)
* OPINION BLOG: Is Religion Man-Made [Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens]
(By STANLEY FISH, June 24, 2007)
BUSINESS: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 9, 2008)
* BUSINESS | Digital Domain: They Criticized Vista. And They Should Know.
(By RANDALL STROSS, Mar. 9, 2008)
* BUSINESS: Text Generation Gap: U R 2 Old (JK) (By LAURA M. HOLSON, Mar. 9, 2008)
* BUSINESS | THE FOOD CHAIN: A Global Need for Grain That Farms Can't Fill
(By DAVID STREITFELD, Mar. 9, 2008)
* BUSINESS | Fair Game: As Good as Cash, Until It's Not (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Mar. 9, 2008)
* BUSINESS | Slipstream | Coming Soon: Nothing Between You and Your Machine
(By JOHN MARKOFF, Mar. 9, 2008)
BUSINESS: Big Names in Retail Fashion Are Trading Teams (By ERIC WILSON & MICHAEL BARBARO, Mar. 9, 2008)
* BUSINESS: Downturn Tests the Fed's Ability to Avert a Crisis (By VIKAS BAJAJ, Mar. 9, 2008)
* STRATEGIES: Can You Beat the Market? It's a $100 Billion Question
(By MARK HULBERT, Mar. 9, 2008)
* BUSINESS: Book Lovers Ask, What's Seattle's Secret? (By JULIE BICK, Mar. 9, 2008)
* ECONOMIC VIEW: Income and Happiness: An Imperfect Link (By ROBERT H. FRANK, Mar. 9, 2008)
THE BOSS: Out of the Raspberry Patch [CEO, F.A.O. Schwarz]
(By ED SCHMULTS; As told to ABBY ELIN, Mar. 9, 2008)
ARTS: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 9, 2008)
FILM | Batman's Burden: A Director Confronts Darkness and Death (By DAVID M. HALBFINGER, Mar. 9, 2008)
* FILM: Man, Godard and Nature (and Bardot, Too) (By TERRENCE RAFFERTY, Mar. 9, 2008)
* MUSIC: Cold War, Hot Pianist. Now Add 50 Years. [Van Cliburn] (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Mar. 9, 2008)
TV: Heat Some Tea. Look at the Ceiling. Now, That's Acting. (By SUSAN STEWART, Mar. 9, 2008)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 9, 2008)
STYLE: Washington Doesn't Sleep Here (By ASHLEY PARKER, Mar. 9, 2008)
FASHION: A Glossy Rehab for Tattered Careers (By RUTH LA FERLA, Mar. 9, 2008)
STYLE: A Cure for the College-Bound Blues (By ALEX WILLIAMS, Mar. 9, 2008)
* MODERN LOVE: A Signal in the Sky Said: Marry Her (By BEN KARLIN, Mar. 9, 2008)
VOWS: Carol Turner and Avi Klein (By DEVAN SIPHER, Mar. 9, 2008)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 9, 2008)
* SMARTENING UP: Brain Enhancement Is Wrong, Right? (By BENEDICT CAREY, Mar. 9, 2008)
* SOOTHSAYING: A Scorecard on Conventional Wisdom (By MARK LEIBOVICH, Mar. 9, 2008)
THE NATION: So a Senior Citizen Walks Into a Bar... [McCain] (By JULIE BOSMAN, Mar. 9, 2008)
IDEAS & TRENDS: The Unstudied Art of Interrogation (By SCOTT SHANE, Mar. 9, 2008)
THE WORLD | Look Out Below. The Arms Race in Space May Be On. (By STEVEN LEE MYERS, Mar. 9, 2008)
THE WORLD: Take Aid From China and Take a Pass on Human Rights (By SOMINI SENGUPTA, Mar. 9, 2008)
GRAPHIC | WEEK OF MARCH 2-8: Murky Mischief (NY TIMES, Mar. 9, 2008)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 9, 2008)
* ON LANGUAGE: Waterboarding (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Mar. 9, 2008)
The Way We Live Now: Good Instincts (By JIM HOLT, Mar. 9, 2008)
Questions for Larry Brilliant: Corporate Giver (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, Mar. 9, 2008)
IDEA LAB: Watching the Rich Give (By DAVE DENISON, Mar. 9, 2008)
Freakonomics: Bottom-Line Philanthropy (By STEPHEN J. DUBNER and STEVEN D. LEVITT, Mar. 9, 2008)
CONSUMED: Lexicographical Beneficence (By ROB WALKER, Mar. 9, 2008)
THE ETHICIST: Tuition Break (By RANDY COHEN, Mar. 9, 2008)
COVER ARTICLE | The Money Issue: The Celebrity Solution (By JAMES TRAUB, Mar. 9, 2008)
THE MONEY ISSUE: What Makes People Give? (By DAVID LEONHARDT, Mar. 9, 2008)
How Many Billionaires Does It Take to Fix a School System? (NY TIMES, Mar. 9, 2008)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Mar. 9, 2008)
BOOKS: Hormones, Genes and the Corner Office [Susan Pinker, Sexual Paradox]
(By EMILY BAZELON, Mar. 9, 2008)
* BOOKS: Formalities [Mary Jo Salter, A Phone Call to the Future]
(By JAMES LONGENBACH, Mar. 9, 2008)
* BOOKS: Be Mine, Mine, Mine [Ted Kooser, Valentines] (By EMILY NUSSBAUM, Mar. 9, 2008)
* BOOKS ESSAY: Amis and Islam (By RACHEL DONADIO, Mar. 9, 2008)
BOOKS: Birder of Paradise [Jonathan Rosen, Life of the Skies] (By ROBERT SULLIVAN, Mar. 9, 2008)
BOOKS: Wok On [Jennifer 8. Lee, Fortune Cookie Chronicles] (By JANE & MICHAEL STERN, Mar. 9, 2008)
* SPACE & COSMOS: Gauging Age of Universe Becomes More Precise
(By KENNETH CHANG, Mar. 9, 2008)

Saturday, March 8, 2008:
On This Day: March 8 (Giovanni Rosso 3/8/1495-11/14/1540, Carl P.E. Bach 3/8/1714-12/14/1788, William B. Booth 3/8/1856-6/16/1929, Ruggero Leoncavallo 3/8/1857-8/9/1919, Frederic Goudy 3/8/1865-5/11/1947, Otto Hahn 3/8/1879-7/28/1968, Edward Calvin Kendall 3/8/1886-5/4/1972, Louise Beavers 3/8/1902-10/26/1962, Sue Ane Langdon 1936, Jim Bouton 1939, Lynn Redgrave 1943, Andrea Parker 1969)
Hunger Causes Petrograd Riots (NY TIMES, March 8, 1917)
* Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Dies Near 94
[3/8/1841-3/6/1935] (NY TIMES, March 6, 1935)

NATIONAL: Deal in an Autism Case Fuels Debate on Vaccine (By GARDINER HARRIS, Mar. 8, 2008)
OP-ED: Confronting the Kitchen Sink [Obama & Hillary] (By BOB HERBERT, Mar. 8, 2008)

Friday, March 7, 2008:
On This Day: March 7 (Alessandro Manzoni 3/7/1785-5/22/1873, Sir John Herschel 3/7/1792-5/11/1871, Giuseppe Ferrari 3/7/1811-6/2/1876, Henry Draper 3/7/1837-11/20/1882, Tomas Masaryk 3/7/1850-9/14/1937, Julius Wagner-Jauregg 3/7/1857-9/27/1940, Piet Mondrian 3/7/1872-2/1/1944, Helen Parkhurst 3/7/1887-6/1/1973, Anna Magnani 3/7/1908-9/26/1973, Lord Snowdon 1930, Willard Scott 1934, Daniel J. Travanti 1940, Michael Eisner 1942, John Heard 1946, Franco Harris 1950, Lynn Swann 1952, Ivan Lendl 1960)
Alabama Police Use Gas and Clubs to Rout Negroes (By Roy Reed, March 7, 1965)
* Maurice Ravel, 62, Composer, Is Dead [3/7/1875-12/28/1937] (NY TIMES, December 29, 1937)

NATIONAL: Democrats Try to End Impasse Over Delegates (By JOHN M. BRODER, Mar. 7, 2008)
NATIONAL: Party Donations Show G.O.P. Edge (By LESLIE WAYNE, Mar. 7, 2008)
* NY REGION: At Charter School, Higher Teacher Pay [$125,000] (By ELISSA GOOTMAN, Mar. 7, 2008)
NY REGION: Four Charged With Running Online Prostitution Ring (By ALAN FEUER, Mar. 7, 2008)
* OPINION BLOG: A Most Uncommon Man [William F. Buckley] (By DICK CAVETT, Mar. 7, 2008)
* BUSINESS: In California, a Generational Tale of Real Estate Boom and Bankruptcy
(By KATIE HAFNER, Mar. 7, 2008)

Thursday, March 6, 2008:
On This Day: March 6 (John II 3/6/1405-7/21/1454, Michelangelo 3/6/1475-2/18/1564, Cyrano de Bergerac Savinien 3/6/1619-7/28/1655, Henry Laurens 3/6/1724-12/8/1792, Elizabeth Barrett Browning 3/6/1806-6/29/1861, George duMaurier 3/6/1834-10/6/1896, Rimsky-Korsakov Nikolay 3/6/1844-6/8/1908, Oscar Straus 3/6/1870-1/11/1954, Ed McMahon 1923, Sarah Caldwell 1924, William Webster 1924, Alan Greenspan 1926, Doug Dillard 1937, Valentina Tereshkova 1937, Joanna Miles 1940, Ben Murphy 1942, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa 1944, Mary Wilson 1944, Tom Arnold 1959, Moira Kelly 1968)
Decision of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott Case (NY TIMES, March 6, 1857)
Ring Lardner Dies at 48; Noted as Writer
[3/6/1885-9/25/1933] (By ERIC PACE, September 26, 1933)

Frederick Seitz, Physicist Who Led Skeptics of Global Warming, Dies at 96 (By DENNIS HEVESI, Mar. 6, 2008)
NATIONAL: Clinton Success Alters Delegate Race's Dynamic (By ADAM NAGOURNEY & CARL HULSE, Mar. 6, 2008)
NATIONAL | Political Memo: Lesson of Defeat: Obama Comes Out Punching
(By MICHAEL POWELL & JEFF ZELENY, Mar. 6, 2008)
EDUCATION: Gift to Teach Business to Third-World Women (By STEPHANIE STROM, Mar. 6, 2008)
BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Colón on Target to Pitch for Boston (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 6, 2008)
OP-ED: Hillary's Edge (By GAIL COLLINS, Mar. 6, 2008)
OP-ED: The Obamas of the World (By ROGER COHEN, Mar. 6, 2008)
OP-ED: Good News: Karlo Will Live (By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Mar. 6, 2008)
OP-ED: Grand Old Protectionists (By ROBERT E. LIGHTHIZER, Mar. 6, 2008)
BUSINESS: Data and Disappointment Don't Prevent Market Rise
[Dow +41.19, Nasdaq +12.53] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mar. 6, 2008)
* STYLE | Fitness: On the Other End of the Line, Discipline (By BRAD MELEKIAN, Mar. 6, 2008)
STYLE: Talking Points [Fitness coach] (By BRAD MELEKIAN, Mar. 6, 2008)
* RELIGION: Moses saw God 'because he was stoned— again' (By Nathan Jeffay, The Guardian, UK, Mar. 6, 2008)

Wednesday, March 5, 2008:
On This Day: March 5 (Gerardus Mercator 3/5/1512-12/2/1594, Jan van der Heyden 3/5/1637-3/28/1712, Giovanni Tiepolo 3/5/1696-3/27/1770, Lady Augusta Gregory 3/5/1852-5/22/1932, Howard Pyle 3/5/1853-11/9/1911, Rosa Luxemburg 3/5/1871-1/15/1919, Arthur Schendel 3/5/1874-9/11/1946, Edouard Belin 3/5/1876-3/4/1963, Heitor Villa-Lobos 3/5/1887-11/17/1959, James Noble 1922, Dean Stockwell 1936, Fred Williamson 1938, Eugene Fodor 1950, Niki Taylor 1975, Jake Lloyd 1989)