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

Tuesday, October 31, 2006:
On This Day: October 31 (Jan Vermeer 10/31/1632-12/15/1675, John Keats 10/31/1795-2/23/1821, Juliette Low 10/31/1860-1/18/1927, Michael Landon 10/31/1936-7/1/1991, Norodom Sihanouk 1922, Michael Collins 1930, Dan Rather 1931, Sally Kirkland 1944, Deidre Hall 1948, Jane Pauley 1950)
Indira Gandhi Slain, Is Succeded by Son (By WILLIAM K. STEVENS, October 31, 1984)
Chiang Kai-shek: A Leader Who Was Thrust Aside by Revolution [10/31/1887-4/5/1975] (By ALDEN WHITMAN, April 6, 1975)

SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 31, 2006)
* ESSAY: Computing, 2016: What Won't Be Possible? (By STEVE LOHR, Oct. 31, 2006)
SCIENCE: Fossil Found of a Big Bird Kermit Wouldn't Like (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Oct. 31, 2006)
* OBSERVATORY: The Elephant in the Mirror (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Oct. 31, 2006)
* SCIENCE: When the Leaves Leave (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Oct. 31, 2006)
BOOKS ON SCIENCE: An Evolutionary Theory of Right and Wrong (By NICHOLAS WADE, Oct. 31, 2006)
* HEALTH: One for the Ages: A Prescription That May Extend Life (By MICHAEL MASON, Oct. 31, 2006)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: World Enough and Time for 'a Good Death' (By JANE E. BRODY, Oct. 31, 2006)
HEALTH: What Pilots Can Teach Hospitals About Patient Safety (By KATE MURPHY, Oct. 31, 2006)
HEALTH | REALLY?: The Claim: You Gain 5 to 10 Pounds During the Holidays (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Oct. 31, 2006)
HEALTH: Evolution and Those Baby Blues (By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, Oct. 31, 2006)
SCIENTIST AT WORK | CLAUDIA I. HENSCHKE:
When It Comes to Lung Cancer, She Doesn't Believe in Waiting (By DENISE GRADY, Oct. 31, 2006)
CASES: In Breast Cancer, There Is a Single Agenda: Stay Alive (By ALIYAH BARUCHIN, Oct. 31, 2006)
VITAL SIGNS | At Risk: Kidney Cancer Study: Too Much Bread and Pasta? (By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, Oct. 31, 2006)
VITAL SIGNS | Heart Health: Moderate Drinking Seen to Benefit Healthy Men (By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, Oct. 31, 2006)
VITAL SIGNS | Children: Antibiotics Unhelpful Against Many Ear Infections (By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, Oct. 31, 2006)
VITAL SIGNS | Nutrition: No Gain for Elderly From DHEA or Testosterone (By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, Oct. 31, 2006)

Monday, October 30, 2006:
On This Day: October 30 (John Adams 10/30/1735-7/4/1826, Alfred Sisley 10/30/1839-1/29/1899, Ezra Pound 10/30/1885-11/1/1972, Charles Atlas 10/30/1893-12/24/1972, Dickinson W. Richards 10/30/1895-2/23/1973, Ruth Gordon 10/30/1896-8/28/1985, Daniel Nathans 10/30/1928-11/16/1999, Louis Malle 10/30/1932-11/23/1995, Claude Leloouch 1937, Henry Winkler 1945, Kevin Pollak 1958)
Ali Regains Title, Flooring Foreman (By DAVE ANDERSON, October 30, 1974)
Fred W. Friendly, CBS Executive and Pioneer in TV News Coverage, Dies at 82 [10/30/1915-3/3/1998] (By ERIC PACE, March 5, 1998)

Sunday, October 29, 2006:
On This Day: October 29 (William Hayley 10/29/1745-11/12/1820, Fred Lazarus Jr. 10/29/1884-5/27/1973, Richard Dreyfuss 1947, Kate Jackson 1948)
BLACK TUESDAY: STOCKS COLLAPSE IN 16,410,030-SHARE DAY (NY Times, October 29, 1929)
Fanny Brice, Comedienne, Dies at the Age of 59 [born 10/29/1891-5/29/1951] (NY Times, May 30, 1951)

WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 29, 2006)
'Antiwar' and Other Fighting Words (By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, Oct. 29, 2006)
* THE BASICS: Waiting Even Longer Until Dark [Daylight Saving Time] (By MATTHEW L. WALD, Oct. 29, 2006)
THE BASICS: After Some Mean Seasons, a Quieter One (By CORNELIA DEAN, Oct. 29, 2006)
* SMOKE SHIFTERS: Learning to Love the Ban (By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL, Oct. 29, 2006)
Past War and Cruelty, Peru's Writers Bloom (By SIMON ROMERO, Oct. 29, 2006)
THE TV WATCH: Scary, Like Funny Scary (By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, Oct. 29, 2006)
* HEALTH: For a World of Woes, We Blame Cookie Monsters (By GINA KOLATA, Oct. 29, 2006)

Saturday, October 28, 2006:
On This Day: October 28 (Henry III 10/28/1017-10/5/1056, Eliphalet Remington 10/28/1793-8/12/1861, Gilbert Grosvenor 10/28/1875-2/4/1966, Edith Head 10/28/1897-10/24/1981, Evelyn Waugh 10/28/1903-4/10/1966, Francis Bacon 10/28/1909-4/28/1992, Suzy Parker 1933, Bruce Jenner 1949, Julia Roberts 1967)
Statue of Liberty Dedicated in New York Harbor by President Cleveland (NY Times, October 28, 1886)
Dr. Jonas Salk, Whose Vaccine Turned Tide on Polio, Dies at 80 [10/28/1914-6/23/1995] (By HAROLD M. SCHMECK Jr., June 24, 1995)

Friday, October 27, 2006:
On This Day: October 27 (Catherine of Valois 10/27/1401-1/3/1437, Desiderius Erasmus 10/27/1466-7/12/1536, James Cook 10/27/1728-2/14/1779, Niccolo Paganini 10/27/1782-5/27/1840, Isaac M. Singer 10/27/1811-7/23/1875, Marcellin Berthelot 10/27/1827-3/18/1907, Theodore Roosevelt 10/27/1858-1/6/1919, Dylan Thomas 10/27/1914-11/9/1953, Roy Liechtenstein 10/27/1923-9/29/1997, Teresa Wright 1918, Ralph Kiner 1922, Warren Christopher 1925)
IRT SUBWAY OPEN, 150,000 TRY IT (NY Times, October 27, 1904)
Sylvia Plath: Her Poetry, Not Her Death, Is Her Triumph [born 10/27/1932-2/11/1963] (By ROSALYN DREXLER, January 13, 1974)

Thursday, October 26, 2006:
On This Day: October 26 (Domenico Scarlatti 10/26/1685-7/23/1757, Georges Jacques Danton 10/26/1759-4/5/1794, Beryl Markham 10/26/1902-8/3/1986, Jackie Coogan 10/26/1914-3/1/1984, Pat Sajak 1946, Hillary Rodham Clinton 1947, Jaclyn Smith 1947)
Israel Prime Minister Rabin and Jordan Prime Minister Majali Signed Peace Treaty (By CLYDE HABERMAN, Oct. 26, 1994)
Mahalia Jackson, Gospel Singer, And a Civil Rights Symbol, Dies [born 10/26/1911] (By ALDEN WHITMAN, January 28, 1972)

Wednesday, October 25, 2006:
On This Day: October 25 (Evariste Galois 10/25/1811-5/31/1832, Johann Strauss, Jr. 10/25/1825-6/3/1899, Georges Bizet 10/25/1838-6/3/1875, Henry Steele Commager 10/25/1902-3/2/1998, Minnie Pearl 10/25/1912-3/4/1996, Bobby Thomson 1923, Helen Reddy 1941)
United Nations Admits Mainland China and Expels Taiwan (By TAD SZULC, Oct. 25, 1971)
Picasso: Protean and Prodigious, the Greatest Single Force in 70 Years of Art
[born 10/25/1881] (By ALDEN WHITMAN, April 9, 1973)

BASEBALL | World Series Game 3 - Cardinals 5, Tigers 0: Safe at Home, Cardinals in Control (By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 25, 2006)
BASEBALL | World Series, Game 3: Controversy Is in the Palm of His Hand (By JOE LAPOINTE, Oct. 25, 2006)
BASEBALL: Duncan Makes Trust His Best Pitch as a Coach (By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 25, 2006)
MEDIA & ADVERTISING: The Hidden Life of Paper and Its Impact on the Environment
(By LOUISE STORY, Oct. 25, 2006)
FOOD & DINING: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 25, 2006)
DINING: Just How Good Can Italy Get? (By FRANK BRUNI, Oct. 25, 2006)
SCIENCE: Pair of Satellites Will Document Sun in 3-D (By STEFANO S. COLEDAN, Oct. 25, 2006)

Tuesday, October 24, 2006:
On This Day: October 24 (Antoine van Leeuwenhoek 10/24/1632-8/26/1723, Sarah J. Hale 10/24/1788-4/30/1879, Moss Hart 10/24/1904-12/20/1961, Y.A. Tittle 1926, F. Murray Abraham 1939)
UN CHARTER BECOMES 'LAW OF NATIONS,' 29 RATIFYING IT (By BERTRAM D. HULEN, Oct. 24, 1945)
Bob Kane, 83, the Cartoonist Who Created 'Batman,' Is Dead [born 10/24/1915] (By SARAH BOXER, November 7, 1998)

NATIONAL: In Southwest, a Shifting Away From Party Ties (By KIRK JOHNSON, Oct. 24, 2006)
EDUCATION: Offering Perks, Lenders Court Colleges' Favor (By JONATHAN D. GLATER, Oct. 24, 2006)
WORLD: War in Sudan? Not Where the Oil Wealth Flows (By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, Oct. 24, 2006)
* WORLD | Gletsch Journal: Frozen in Memories, but Melting Before Their Eyes
(By JOHN TAGLIABUE, Oct. 24, 2006)
NY REGION: Medical Views of 9/11's Dust Show Big Gaps (By ANTHONY DePALMA, Oct. 24, 2006)
* BASEBALL: In Perry's Book, a Brown Smudge Is Not a Black Mark (By JACK CURRY, Oct. 24, 2006)
ON BASEBALL: No Sense Arguing With the Umpires: Rogers Was Clean (By MURRAY CHASS, Oct. 24, 2006)
BASEBALL BLOGS: Tony La Russa, Second Guessed
[On Kenny Rogers using pine tar in pitching]
(By Jeffrey Marcus, Oct. 24, 2006)
EDITORIAL: Trying to Contain the Iraq Disaster (NY TIMES, Oct. 24, 2006)
OP-ED: First, Rename All the Lawyers (By JOHN FABIAN WITT, Oct. 24, 2006)
OP-ED: Out of Our Gourds (By JAMES E. McWILLIAMS, Oct. 24, 2006)
BUSINESS: Meat Labels Hope to Lure the Sensitive Carnivore (By ANDREW MARTIN, Oct. 24, 2006)
BUSINESS | New Directions: Taking the Money (By JOHN LELAND, Oct. 24, 2006)
* TECHNOLOGY: Like Yahoo, Google Adds Customized Search Engine
[Called Google Custom Search Engine, the new product lets Web site owners choose
which pages they want to include in their index and rank the pages as they like.]
(By KATIE HAFNER, Oct. 24, 2006)
TECHNOLOGY: T-Mobile Tests Dual Wi-Fi and Cell Service (By KEN BELSON, Oct. 24, 2006)
ART | 'Société Anonyme': Lights From the Dawn of Modernism (By ROBERTA SMITH, Oct. 24, 2006)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 24, 2006)
* SCIENCE: Rays and Neutrons, for Art's Sake (By WILLIAM J. BROAD, Oct. 24, 2006)
* SCIENCE ESSAY: Knowing the Universe in Detail (Except for That Pesky 96% of It)
(By DENNIS OVERBYE, Oct. 24, 2006)
SCIENCE | Fishing With Carl Safina: The Biologist and the Sea:
Lessons in Marine-Life Restoration (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Oct. 24, 2006)
SCIENCE | San Rafael Journal: At This Gathering, the Only Alternative Is to Be Alternative
(By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN, Oct. 24, 2006)
SCIENCE: Artifacts Unearthed in Syria Hint at Ancient Burial Rituals of Elite (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Oct. 24, 2006)
FINDINGS: NASA Seeks Volunteers to Spend 3 Weeks in Bed (It's Tougher Than You Think)
(By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Oct. 24, 2006)
* OBSERVATORY: No Skating on the Moon, Apparently (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Oct. 24, 2006)
* SCIENCE Q & A: Fossils From the Far South (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Oct. 24, 2006)
* HEALTH: Self-Portraits Chronicle a Descent Into Alzheimer's (By DENISE GRADY, Oct. 24, 2006)
HEALTH: Worrisome New Link: AIDS Drugs and Leprosy (By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., Oct. 24, 2006)
HEALTH: Where the Doctors Recognize Leprosy (By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., Oct. 24, 2006)
PERSONAL HEALTH: Nausea? There's No Need to Suffer in Silence (By JANE E. BRODY, Oct. 24, 2006)
HEALTH CASES: Job Lost to Injury, and a Struggle for a Home (By ELISSA ELY, M.D., Oct. 24, 2006)
HEALTH: Tumor Types May Explain Survival Rates for Cancer (By NICHOLAS BAKALAR, Oct. 24, 2006)
THE CONSUMER: Is It Disease or Delusion? U.S. Takes on a Dilemma [Morgellons disease]
(By MICHAEL MASON, Oct. 24, 2006)
* REALLY | The Claim: Walking in the Rain Keeps You Drier Than Running (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Oct. 24, 2006)
VITAL SIGNS | Child Care: Infants, Acid Reflux and the Question of Drugs
(By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Oct. 24, 2006)
VITAL SIGNS | Hazards: A Study Gauges the Risks for Ears With iPods (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Oct. 24, 2006)
VITAL SIGNS | Performance: Researchers Test Meditation's Impact on Alertness
(By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Oct. 24, 2006)
VITAL SIGNS | Safety: ICE on Cellphones: An Acronym for Emergencies (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Oct. 24, 2006)

Monday, October 23, 2006:
On This Day: October 23 (Pierre Larousse 10/23/1817-1/3/1875, Adlai Ewing Stevenson 10/23/1835-6/15/1914, Felix Bloch 10/23/1905-9/10/1983, Pele 1940, Michael Crichton 1942)
Beirut Death Toll at 161 Americans; French Casualties Rise in Bombings (By Thomas E. Friedman, Oct. 23, 1983)
John W. Heisman, Noted Coach, Dies [born 10/23/1869] (NY Times, October 4, 1936)

NATIONAL: Fantasy Sports? Child's Play. Here, Politics Is the Game. (By CINDY CHANG, Oct. 23, 2006)
WORLD | São Paulo Journal: At Long Last, a Neglected Language Is Put on a Pedestal (By, Oct. 23, 2006)
BASEBALL: Reading of Rogers's Palm: Cheating or Dirt? (By JACK CURRY, Oct. 23, 2006)
ON BASEBALL: In Postseason Full of Surprises, Rogers Is the Biggest (By MURRAY CHASS, Oct. 23, 2006)
* BUSINESS: Researchers See Privacy Pitfalls in No-Swipe Credit Cards (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Oct. 23, 2006)

Sunday, October 22, 2006:
On This Day: October 22 (Franz Liszt 10/22/1811-7/31/1886, George Beadle 10/22/1903-6/9/1989, Constance Bennett 10//22/1904-7/24/1965, Jimmie Foxx 10/22/1907-7/21/1967, Joan Fontaine 1917, Annette Funicello 1942, Catherine Deneuve 1943, Jeff Goldblum 1952)
President Kennedy Announced Blockade of Cuba (By ANTHONY LEWIS, Oct. 22, 1968)
Timothy Leary, Pied Piper Of Psychedelic 60's, Dies at 75 [born 10/22/1920] (By LAURA MANSNERUS, June 1, 1996)

* ARTS: The Starbucks Aesthetic (By SUSAN DOMINUS, Oct. 22, 2006)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 22, 2006)
* THE BASICS | 'Earthquakes': No, One Quake Did Not Lead to Another (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Oct. 22, 2006)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 22, 2006)
* ON LANGUAGE: Dear Hunting (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Oct. 22, 2006)
The Way We Live Now: The Mere Midterms (By NOAH FELDMAN, Oct. 22, 2006)
* Questions for Harry G. Frankfurt: Fighting Bull (By DEBORAH SOLOMON, Oct. 22, 2006)
Phenomenon: Radioactive Nationalism (By PETER MAASS, Oct. 22, 2006)
CONSUMED: The Smell Test (By ROB WALKER, Oct. 22, 2006)
THE ETHICIST: A Suicidal Client? (By RANDY COHEN, Oct. 22, 2006)
COVER ARTICLE: In the Land of the Taliban (By ELIZABETH RUBIN, Oct. 22, 2006)
To Dance Beneath the Diamond Skies (By ALEX WITCHEL, Oct. 22, 2006)
* An Unwelcome Discovery (Science Fraud) (By JENEEN INTERLANDI, Oct. 22, 2006)
FOOD: Still Waters (By MATT LEE & TED LEE, Oct. 22, 2006)
LIVES: Walk With Me (By D. T. MAX, Oct. 22, 2006)

Saturday, October 21, 2006:
On This Day: October 21 (Samuel Taylor Coleridge 10/21/1772-7/25/1834, Alfred Nobel 10/21/1833-12/10/1896, Ted Shawn 10/21/1891-1/9/1972, Louis L'Amour 10/21/1908-6/10/1988, Sir George Solti 10/21/1912-9/5/1997, Whitey Ford 1928, Benjamin Netanyahu 1949)
Thomas Edison Invented Electric Light (NY Times, Oct. 21, 1879)
Dizzy Gillespie, Who Sounded Some of Modern Jazz's Earliest Notes, Dies at 75 [born 10/21/1917] (By PETER WATROUS, January 7, 1993)

* NY REGION: Where the Ancient Gods of China Are Remembered (By LILY KOPPEL, Oct. 21, 2006)
OP-ED | Puzzles: Ballpark Figuring (By AMY GOLDSTEIN, MIKE SHENK & ROBERT LEIGHTON, Oct. 21, 2006)
BUSINESS: Sunny Side Up (By CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH, Oct. 21, 2006)

Friday, October 20, 2006:
On This Day: October 20 (Andrea Della Robbia 10/20/1435-8/4/1525, Sir Christopher Wren 10/20/1632-2/25/1723, Arthur Rimbaud 10/20/1854-11/10/1891, Charles Edward Ives 10/20/1874-5/19/1954, Bela Lugosi 10/20/1884-8/16/1956, Sir James Chadwick 10/20/1891-7/24/1974, Dame Anna Neagle 10/20/1904-6/3/1986, Mickey Mantle 10/20/1931-8/13/1995, Art Buchwald 1925, Arlene Francis 1908)
Nixon Discharges Cox For Defiance; Abolishes Watergate Task Force; Richardson And Ruckelshaus Out
(By DOUGLAS E. KNEELAND, Oct. 20, 1973)
Dr. John Dewey Dead at 92; Philosopher a Noted Liberal [born 10/20/1859] (NY Times, June 2, 1952)

* EDUCATION: No Test Tubes? Debate on Virtual Science Classes (By SAM DILLON, Oct. 20, 2006)

Thursday, October 19, 2006:
On This Day: October 19 (Sir Thomas Brown 10/19/1605-10/19/1682, Leigh Hunt 10/19/1784-8/28/1859, Alfred Dreyfus 10/19/1859-7/12/1935, Auguste Lumiere 10/19/1862-4/10/1954, John Le Carre 1931, Peter Max 1937, Patricia Ireland 1945)
STOCKS PLUNGE 508 POINTS, A DROP OF 22.6%; 604 MILLION VOLUME NEARLY DOUBLES RECORD
(By LAWRENCE J. De MARIA, October 19, 1987)
Charles Merrill, Broker, Dies; Founder of Merrill Lynch Firm [born 10/19/1885] (By MICHAEL T. KAUFMAN, Oct. 7, 1986)

Wednesday, October 18, 2006:
On This Day: October 18 (Pope Pius II 10/18/1405-8/14/1464, Canaletto 10/18/1697-4/20/1768, Robert L. Stevens 10/18/1787-4/20/1856, Henri Bergson 10/18/1859-1/4/1941, Melina Mercouri 10/18/1925-3/6/1994, Chuck Berry 1926, Terry McMillan 1951, Martina Navratilova 1956, Wynton Marsalis 1961)
2 Black Power Advocates Ousted From Olympics (By JOSEPH M. SHEEHAN, Oct. 18, 1968)
Pierre Trudeau Is Dead at 80; Dashing Fighter for Canada [born 10/18/1919] (By MICHAEL T. KAUFMAN, September 29, 2000)

Tuesday, October 17, 2006:
On This Day: October 17 (Frederick Hassam 10/17/1859-8/27/1935, Jean Arthur 10/17/1900-6/19/1991, Nathanael West 10/17/1903-12/22/1940, Pope John Paul I 10/17/1912-9/28/1978, Montgomery Clift 10/17/1920-7/23/1966, Arthur Miller 1915, Jimmy Breslin 1930)
CAPONE CONVICTED OF DODGING TAXES; MAY GET 17 YEARS (By MEYER BERGER, Oct. 17, 1931)
Rita Hayworth, Movie Legend, Dies [born 10/17/1918] (By ALBIN KREBS, May 16, 1987)

Monday, October 16, 2006:
On This Day: October 16 (Noah Webster 10/16/1758-5/28/1843, Oscar Wilde 10/16/1854-11/30/1900,
David Ben-Gurion 10/16/1886-12/1/1973, William Douglas 10/16/1898-1/19/1980, Angela Lansbury 1925)
China Tests Atomic Bomb, Asks Summit Talk On Ban; Johnson Minimizes Peril (By SEYMOUR TOPPING, Oct. 16, 1964)
Eugene O'Neill Dies of Pneumonia; Playwright, 65, Won Nobel Prize [born 10/16/1888] (NY Times, November 28, 1953)

Sunday, October 15, 2006:
On This Day: October 15 (Virgil 10/15/70 BC-9/21/19 BC, Evangelista Torricelli 10/15/1608-10/25/1647, Allan Ramsay 10/15/1686-1/7/1758, Sir P.G. Wodehouse 10/15/1881-2/14/1975, Mervyn LeRoy 10/15/1900-9/13/1987, John Kenneth Galbraith 1908, Lee Iacocca 1924)
Khrushchev Ousted From Top Posts; Brezhnev Gets Chief Party Position (By HENRY TANNER, October 15, 1964)
German Philosopher Professor Nietzsche Dead [born 10/15/1844] (NY Times, August 26, 1900)

Saturday, October 14, 2006:
On This Day: October 14 (William Penn 10/14/1644-7/30/1718, Francis Lightfoot Lee 10/14/1784-9/29/1833,
Lillian Gish 10/14/1893-2/27/1993, e.e. cummings 10/14/1894-9/3/1962, Roger Moore 1927, Ralph Lauren 1939)
Martin Luther King Wins The Nobel Prize for Peace (NY Times, October 14, 1964)
Dwight David Eisenhower: A Leader in War and Peace [born 10/14/1890] (NY Times, March 29, 1969)

Friday, October 13, 2006:
On This Day: October 13 (Molly Pitcher 10/13/1753-1/22/1832, Rudolf Virchow 10/13/1821-9/5/1902,
Yves Montand 10/13/1921-11/9/1991, Margaret Thatcher 1925)
Biggest Pacific Air Fleet Bombs Rabaul; Wrecks 177 Planes, 123 Ships (By MILTON BRACKER, October 13, 1943)
Lenny Bruce, Uninhibited Comic, Found Dead in Hollywood Home [born 10/13/1925] (NY Times, August 4, 1966)

Thursday, October 12, 2006:
On This Day: October 12 (Johann Peter Melchior 10/12/1742-6/13/1825, Ralph Vaughan Williams 10/12/1872-8/26/1958,
Saint Edith Stein 10/12/1891-8/9/1942, Lucian Pavarotti 1935)
Robert E. Lee Dies [Oct. 12, 1870] (NY Times, October 14, 1870)
Elmer Sperry Dies; Famous Inventor [born 10/12/1860] (NY Times, June 17, 1930)

Wednesday, October 11, 2006:
On This Day: October 11 (Harlan Fisk Stone 10/11/1872-4/22/1946, Francois Mauriac 10/11/1885-9/1/1970,
Charles Revson 10/11/1906-8/24/1975, Joseph W. Alsop Jr. 10/11/1910-8/28/1989, Jerome Robbins 10/11/1918-7/29/1998)
Astronauts Carry Out Early Maneuvers on 163-Orbit Journey (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Oct. 11, 1968)
Mrs. Roosevelt, First Lady 12 Years, Often Called 'World's Most Admired Woman' [born 10/11/1884] (NY Times, November 8, 1962)

NATIONAL: Rice Asserts U.S. Plans No Attack on North Korea (By THOM SHANKER & WARREN HOGE, Oct. 11, 2006)
BASEBALL | A.L.C.S. Game 1: Tigers 5, Athletics 1:
Zito Gets a Showcase, but Tigers Are the Stars (By JACK CURRY, Oct. 11, 2006)
BASEBALL: Torre Keeps Job, but Stays on the Hot Seat (By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 11, 2006)
BASEBALL: Pujols Presents Daunting Task for Mets Pitchers (By BEN SHPIGEL, Oct. 11, 2006)
* TECHNOLOGY: Yahoo Feels Breath on Neck (By SAUL HANSELL, Oct. 11, 2006)
* BOOKS: A Cross-Cultural Saga Wins the Booker Prize (By SARAH LYALL, Oct. 11, 2006)

Tuesday, October 10, 2006:
On This Day: October 10 (Jean-Antoine Watteau 10/10/1684-7/18/1721, Henry Cavendish 10/10/1731-2/24/1810,
Benjamin West 10/10/1738-11/3/1820, Giuseppe Verdi 10/10/1813-1/27/1901, Maurice Prendergast 10/10/1859-2/1/1924,
Helen Hayes 10/10/1900-3/17/1993, Alberto Giacometti 10/10/1901-1/11/1966)
Agnew Quits Vice Presidency And Admits Tax Evasion In '67 (By JAMES M. NAUGHTON, Oct. 10, 1973)
Thelonious Monk, Created Wry Jazz Melodies and New Harmonies [born 10/10/1917] (By JOHN S. WILSON, February 18, 1982)

NATIONAL: F.B.I. Struggling to Reinvent Itself to Fight Terror (By SCOTT SHANE & LOWELL BERGMAN, Oct. 10, 2006)
NATIONAL: Foley Hurting Congress's Image, Poll Shows (By ADAM NAGOURNEY and JANET ELDER, Oct. 10, 2006)
WORLD | News Analysis: For U.S., a Strategic Jolt After North Korea's Test (By DAVID E. SANGER, Oct. 10, 2006)
NY REGION: A History of Sex With Students, Unchallenged (By DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI, Oct. 10, 2006)
BASEBALL: If It's the Hard Way, It's the Mets' Way (By BEN SHPIGEL, Oct. 10, 2006)
OP-ED: Will Work for School Supplies (By KAREN KARBO, Oct. 10, 2006)
* BUSINESS | In God's Name: Religious Programs Expand, So Do Tax Breaks (By DIANA B. HENRIQUES, Oct. 10, 2006)
* BUSINESS: American Wins Nobel in Economics
[Edmund S. Phelps, Columbia University professor] (By LOUIS UCHITELLE, Oct. 10, 2006)
* TECHNOLOGY: Dot-Com Boom Echoed in Deal to Buy YouTube
[The price tag Google paid ($1.65 billion in stock) may simply have been
the cost of beating its rivals Ñ Yahoo, Viacom and the News Corporation Ñ
to take control of the most sought-after Web site of the moment.]
(By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, Oct. 10, 2006)
TECHNOLOGY: Venture Firm Shares a YouTube Jackpot
[Only one venture capital firm Ñ Sequoia Capital Ñ got in on what has turned
out to be one of the hottest Internet deals since Google went public in 2004.]
(By MIGUEL HELFT and MATT RICHTEL, Oct. 10, 2006)
* TECHNOLOGY: Adding On to the House of Google [Google has not shied away from
buying rather than building. It has made more than 15 major acquisitions in areas
as diverse as blogging, personalized search, satellite imagery, image management and
cellular phone technology. Now, it made a $1.65 billion acquisition of YouTube.]
(By MIGUEL HELFT and MATT RICHTEL, Oct. 10, 2006)
* TECHNOLOGY: With YouTube, Google puts its competitors in a jam
[YouTube has a 45% share of the online video market, which is more than
its top four competitors combined, according to market trackers at Hitwise.]
(By Greg Sandoval, c|net, Oct. 10, 2006)
* TECHNOLOGY: Engineering Food at Level of Molecules (By BARNABY J. FEDER, Oct. 10, 2006)
ARCHITECTURE: Injecting a Bold Shot of the New on the Upper East Side (By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF, Oct. 10, 2006)
FILM CRITIC: New DVD's: From the Philippines (By DAVE KEHR, Oct. 10, 2006)
* MUSIC | Barbra Streisand: Music Overpowers Streisand's Many Missteps (By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Oct. 10, 2006)
SCIENCE NEWS: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 10, 2006)
* SCIENCE: Gone for Decades, Jaguars Steal Back to the Southwest
(By SANDRA BLAKESLEE, Oct. 10, 2006)
* Eye-Catching Images of Nature, Made With a Common Machine
[Thomas Eisner] (By JAMES GORMAN, Oct. 10, 2006)
SCIENCE: Surprises in a New Tally of Areas Vulnerable to Hurricanes (By CORNELIA DEAN, Oct. 10, 2006)
Flyweights, Yes, but Fighters Nonetheless: Fruit Flies Bred for Aggressiveness
(By NICHOLAS WADE, Oct. 10, 2006)
OBSERVATORY: Travels With Goats, and Their Humans (By HENRY FOUNTAIN, Oct. 10, 2006)
* FINDINGS: A $3 Water Purifier That Could Save Lives (By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., Oct. 10, 2006)
SCIENCE Q & A: Sizing Up Seeds (By C. CLAIBORNE RAY, Oct. 10, 2006)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: Strep Symptoms: When to Use Antibiotics (By JANE E. BRODY, Oct. 10, 2006)
* HEALTH: The Last Word on the Last Breath (By JAN HOFFMAN, Oct. 10, 2006)
* Really? | The Claim: A Plane's Back Row Is the Safest Place to Sit (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Oct. 10, 2006)
* HEALTH: A Conversation With Dr. Owen Renik
An Analyst Questions the Self-Perpetuating Side of Therapy (By BENEDICT CAREY, Oct. 10, 2006)
* HEALTH ESSAY | Friends for Life: An Emerging Biology of Emotional Healing (By DANIEL GOLEMAN, Oct. 10, 2006)
VITAL SIGNS | Awareness: The Unpleasant Facts of How Colds Are Spread (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Oct. 10, 2006)
VITAL SIGNS | Consequences: Study Says Menthol Makes Habit Tougher to Kick
(By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Oct. 10, 2006)
VITAL SIGNS | Exercise: In Fitness, a Third of Children Tested Fall Short
(By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Oct. 10, 2006)
VITAL SIGNS | Aging: One Area Where Women Age Faster Than Men
[skin collagen] (By ERIC NAGOURNEY, Oct. 10, 2006)
* SCIENCE: Hubble confirms planets are made from dust
[Immanuel Kant was right: planets are formed from disks of dusty debris
swirling around stars. NASA says images taken by the Hubble Space
Telescope finally confirm Kant's prediction, made over 200 years ago.]
(By Lucy Sherriff, The Register, UK, Oct. 10, 2006)

Monday, October 9, 2006:
On This Day: October 9 (King Charles X 10/9/1757-11/6/1836, Camille Saint-Saens 10/9/1835-12/16/1921,
Charles Walgreen 10/9/1873-12/11/1939, Aimee Semple McPherson 10/9/1890-9/27/1944, Walter O'Malley 10/9/1903-8/9/1979)
Bolivia Confirms Guevara's Death; Body Displayed (By REUTERS, Oct. 9, 1967)
Bruce Catton, Civil War Historian, Is Dead at 78 [born 10/9/1899] (NY Times, August 29, 1978)

NATIONAL | Santa Rosa Island Journal:
A Multipronged Tussle Over the Fate of Herds Living in an Island Park (By FELICITY BARRINGER, Oct. 9, 2006)
BUSINESS: Where Faith Abides, Employees Have Few Rights (By DIANA B. HENRIQUES, Oct. 9, 2006)
MUSIC: Operas for $20? New Audiences Hear Siren Song (By ROBIN POGREBIN, Oct. 9, 2006)
* SCIENCE: Colorful Bird Discovered in Colombia
[The bright yellow
and red-crowned Yariguies brush-finch was named for the indigenous tribe
that once inhabited the mountainous area where it was discovered]
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Oct. 9, 2006)

Sunday, October 8, 2006:
On This Day: October 8 (John M. Hay 10/8/1838-7/1/1905, Juan Peron 10/8/1895-7/1/1974,
Frank Herbert 10/8/1920-2/11/1986, Jesse Jackson 1941, Chevy Chase 1943, Stephanie Zimbalist 1956)
Warsaw Outlaws Solidarity (By JOHN KIFNER, Oct. 8, 1982)
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker Is Dead at 82 [born 10/8/1890] (NY Times, July 24, 1973)

BUSINESS | In God's Name: As Exemptions Grow, Religion Outweighs Regulation (By DIANA B. HENRIQUES, Oct. 8, 2006)
REAL ESTATE | GROUND RULES: Renting Out Your House (By VIVIAN S. TOY, Oct. 8, 2006)
TRAVEL | Frugal Traveler: Footloose in Spain's Capital of Style, Barcelona
(By MATT GROSS, Oct. 8, 2006)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 8, 2006)
* Oh, for the Simple Days of the Big Bang (By GEORGE JOHNSON, Oct. 8, 2006)
* Word for Word | Wikipedia Wars: Giving the Heave-Ho in an Online Who's Who
(By NOAM COHEN, Oct. 8, 2006)
THE BASICS: The 300 Millionth Footprint on U.S. Soil (By SAM ROBERTS, Oct. 8, 2006)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 8, 2006)
* COVER ARTICLE: An Elephant Crackup? (By CHARLES SIEBERT, Oct. 8, 2006)

Saturday, October 7, 2006:
On This Day: October 7 (James Witcomb Riley 10/7/1849-7/22/1916, Niels Bohr 10/7/1885-11/18/1962,
Henry Wallace 10/7/1888-11/18/1965, Desmond Tutu 1931)
Achille Lauro Ship Carrying 400 Hijacked (By JOHN TAGLIABUEL, Oct. 7, 1985)
Elijah Muhammad Dead; Black Muslim Leader, 77 [born 10/7/1897] (NY Times, February 26, 1975)

Friday, October 6, 2006:
On This Day: October 6 (Wenceslas III 10/6/1289-8/4/1306, Jenny Lind 10/6/1820-11/2/1887, George Westinghouse 10/6/1846-3/12/1914, Le Corbusier 10/6/1887-8/27/1965, Janet Gaynor 10/6/1906-9/14/1984, Carole Lombard 10/6/1908-1/16/1942)
Sadat Assassinated at Army Parade (By WILLIAM E. FARRELL, Oct. 6, 1981)
Helen Wills Moody, Dominant Champion Who Won 8 Wimbledon Titles, Dies at 92 [born 10/6/1905] (By ROBIN FINN, January 3, 1998)

* NATIONAL: Evangelicals Fear the Loss of Their Teenagers (By LAURIE GOODSTEIN, Oct. 6, 2006)
BASEBALL: Athletics Have a History to Remember and Forget (By PAT BORZI, Oct. 6, 2006)
OP-ED: Seize the Weight (By MARISHA PESSL, Oct. 6, 2006)
* SCIENCE: Cat Lovers Lining Up for No-Sneeze Kitties (By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL, Oct. 6, 2006)

Thursday, October 5, 2006:
On This Day: October 5 (Jonathan Edwards 10/5/1703-3/22/1758, Denis Diderot 10/5/1713-7/31/1784, Chester Allen Arthur 10/5/1829-11/18/1886, Louis Jean Lumiere 10/5/1864-6/6/1948, Robert H. Goddard 10/5/1882-8/10/1945, Joshua Logan 10/5/1908-7/12/1988, Vaclav Havel 1936)
Truman Calls On Nation To Forego Meat Tuesdays, Poultry, Eggs Thursdays (NY Times, Oct. 5, 1947)
Ray A. Kroc dies at 81; Built McDonald's Chain [born 10/5/1902] (By ERIC PACE, January 15, 1984)

R.W. Apple, a Times Journalist in Full, Dies at 71 (By TODD S. PURDUM, Oct. 5, 2006)
WORLD: Dead Bachelors in Remote China Still Find Wives (By JIM YARDLEY, Oct. 5, 2006)
FASHION & STYLE: A Simple Show of Hands (By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM, Oct. 5, 2006)
HOME & GARDEN: The Energy Diet (By ANDREW POSTMAN, Oct. 5, 2006)
* HEALTH | The New Age: Old but Not Frail: A Matter of Heart and Head (By GINA KOLATA, Oct. 5, 2006)
* SCIENCE: Hubble spies more extra-solar planets [The Hubble Space Telescope
has spied 16 candidate extra-solar planets during a survey of 180,000 stars in
the central bulge of the Milky Way galaxy. The findings suggest there could be
as many as six billion Jupiter-sized planets in our galaxy.
(By Lucy Sherriff, The Register, UK, Oct. 5, 2006)

Wednesday, October 4, 2006:
On This Day: October 4 (Louis X 10/4/1289-6/5/1316, Lord Richard Cromwell 10/4/1626-7/12/1712, Jean Francois Millet 10/4/1814-1/20/1875, Rutherford B. Hayes 10/4/1822-1/17/1893, Frederic Remington 10/4/1861-12/26/1909, Damon Runyon 10/4/1884-12/10/1946, Charlton Heston 1924, Anne Rice 1941)
Soviet Fires Satellite into Space: It is Circling the Globe at 18,000 MPH (By WILLIAM J. JORDEN, Oct. 4, 1957)
Buster Keaton, 70, Dies on Coast; Poker-Faced Comedian of Films [born 10/4/1895] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, September 27, 1960)

NATIONAL: In Bill's Fine Print, Millions to Celebrate Victory (By THOM SHANKER, Oct. 4, 2006)
* NY REGION: A Secret Society, Spilling a Few Secrets [Freemasons] (By JAMES BARRON, Oct. 4, 2006)
FOOD & DINING: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 4, 2006)
THE MINIMALIST: Eggs Take Their Place at the Dinner Table (By MARK BITTMAN, Oct. 4, 2006)

Tuesday, October 3, 2006:
On This Day: October 3 (George Bancroft 10/3/1800-1/17/1891, Eleonora Duse 10/3/1858-4/21/1924,
Pierre Bonnard 10/3/1867-1/23/1947, Thomas C. Wolfe 10/3/1900-9/15/1938, Gore Vidal 1925)
Two Germanys Unite After 45 Years With Jubilation and a Vow of Peace (By SERGE SCHMEMANN, Oct. 3, 1967)
* Emily Post Is Dead Here at 86; Writer was Arbiter of Etiquette [born 10/3/1873] (NY Times, September 27, 1960)

NATIONAL: A Racial Rift That Isn't Black and White (By RACHEL L. SWARNS, Oct. 3, 2006)
NY REGION: Across Nation, Housing Costs Rise as Burden (By JANNY SCOTT & RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD, Oct. 3, 2006)
* SCIENCE: Fly Away Home [Monarch butterflies] (By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., Oct. 3, 2006)
* SCIENCE Commentary: Numbers Are Male, Said Pythagoras, and the Idea Persists
(By MARGARET WERTHEIM, Oct. 3, 2006)
* HEALTH: Out-of-Body Experience? Your Brain Is to Blame (By SANDRA BLAKESLEE, Oct. 3, 2006)
HEALTH: In Europe It's Fish Oil After Heart Attacks, but Not in U.S. (By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL, Oct. 3, 2006)

Monday, October 2, 2006:
On This Day: October 2 (Richard III 10/2/1452-8/22/1485, Paul Von Hindenburg 10/2/1847-8/2/1934, Sir William Ramsay 10/2/1852-7/23/1916, Cordell Hull 10/2/1871-7/23/1955, Wallace Stevens 10/2/1879-8/2/1955, Groucho Marx 10/2/1890-8/19/1977, Graham Greene 10/2/1904-4/3/1991, Maury Wills 1927, Annie Leibovitz 1949)
President Johnson Sees Thurgood Marshall Take Supreme Court Seat (By FRED P. GRAHAM, Oct. 2, 1967)
* Mohandas K. Gandhi: The Indian Leader at Home and Abroad [born 10/2/1869] (NY Times, January 31, 1948)

* BUSINESS | On the Road: Colliding With Death at 37,000 Feet, and Living
(By JOE SHARKEY, Oct. 2, 2006)

Sunday, October 1, 2006:
On This Day: October 1 (Henry III 10/1/1207-11/16/1272, Annie Besant 10/1/1847-9/20/1933, Paul Abraham Dukas 10/1/1865-5/17/1935, William Boeing 10/1/1881-9/28/1956, Otto R. Frisch 10/1/1904-9/22/1979, Jimmy Carter 1924, Daniel J. Boorstin 1914, James Whitmore 1921, Julie Andrews 1935, Rod Carew 1945)
* Maris Hits 61st Homer in Final Game (By JON DREB, Oct. 1, 1961)
* Vladimir Horowitz, Titan of the Piano, Dies [born 10/1/1903] (By BERNARD HOLLAND, November 6, 1989)

* TRAVEL PARIS: Paris la Nuit (By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Oct. 1, 2006)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 1, 2006)
* ON LANGUAGE: Islamofascism (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Oct. 1, 2006)
* Questions for Warren Beatty: In the Picture (By DEBORAH SOLOMON, Oct. 1, 2006)
CONSUMED: Selling to Avatars (By ROB WALKER, Oct. 1, 2006)
* IDEA LAB: Last Words [disappearing languages] (By WALTER BENN MICHAELS, Oct. 1, 2006)
COVER ARTICLE: The Inside Agitator [Howard Dean] (By MATT BAI, Oct. 1, 2006)
* So the Torah Is a Parenting Guide? (By EMILY BAZELON, Oct. 1, 2006)
LIVES: The Rebuilder's Tale (By RAAD ALI ABDULAZIZ, as told to FRED HEEREN, Oct. 1, 2006)