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

Wednesday, October 31, 2007:
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)

* Robert Goulet, the Suave Baritone, Is Dead at 73 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Oct. 31, 2007)
NATIONAL BLOG: Requiem for the Last American Soldier to Die in Iraq (By Brian Turner, Oct. 31, 2007)
OP-ED: Hillary la Française, Cherchez la Femme? (By MAUREEN DOWD, Oct. 31, 2007)
* BUSINESS: Hello, India? I Need Help With My Math (By STEVE LOHR, Oct. 31, 2007)
BUSINESS: Law Firm Is Giving Its Associates Two Year-End Bonuses (By ELLEN ROSEN, Oct. 31, 2007)

Tuesday, October 30, 2007:
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)

* HEALTH: Low Buzz May Give Mice Better Bones and Less Fat (By GINA KOLATA, Oct. 30, 2007)

Monday, October 29, 2007:
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)

* EDUCATION: Less Homework, More Yoga, From a Principal Who Hates Stress
(By SARA RIMER, Oct. 29, 2007)
* NY REGION | Metropolitan Diary: Dear Diary (NY TIMES, Oct. 29, 2007)

Sunday, October 28, 2007:
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)

SPORTS | PLAY MAGAZINE: The Kick Is Up and It's ... A Career Killer (By MICHAEL LEWIS, Oct. 28, 2007)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 28, 2007)
* What Did You Call It? [Vajayjay] (By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM, Oct. 28, 2007)
She's Famous (and So Can You) [Tila Tequila] (By GUY TREBAY, Oct. 28, 2007)
* Pay Up, Kid, or Your Igloo Melts (By MIREYA NAVARRO, Oct. 28, 2007)
* MODERN LOVE: Why We Needed a Prenup With Our Contractor (By DEBORAH DERRICKSON KOSSMANN, Oct. 28, 2007)
* POSSESSED: A Man Who's All Thumbs (and a Ring Finger) [Robert Thurman]
(By DAVID COLMAN, Oct. 28, 2007)
VOWS: Tamsen Fadal and Matt Titus (By DEVAN SIPHER, Oct. 28, 2007)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 28, 2007)
THE WORLD: A Tale of Tragic Love Cracks Calcutta's Mirror (By SOMINI SENGUPTA, Oct. 28, 2007)
The Special Relationship Tries to Swim the Channel (By DAN BILEFSKY, Oct. 28, 2007)
ESQS.: Attorneys at Politics: Would You Hire One to Represent You? (By ADAM LIPTAK, Oct. 28, 2007)
A (Sometimes) Deadly Scourge (By KEVIN SACK, Oct. 28, 2007)
THE NATION: Spies Do a Huge Volume of Work in Invisible Ink (By SCOTT SHANE, Oct. 28, 2007)
* AN APPRECIATION: A Taste of Liberation ["I Hate to Cook Book"] (By MARGALIT FOX, Oct. 28, 2007)
* WHOSE WORDS: I, Editor Author (By CHARLES McGRATH, Oct. 28, 2007)
* IDEAS & TRENDS: Bright Scientists, Dim Notions (By GEORGE JOHNSON, Oct. 28, 2007)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 28, 2007)
* ON LANGUAGE: And Now This (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Oct. 28, 2007)
* The Way We Live Now: What Every Child Needs (By ANN HULBERT, Oct. 28, 2007)
* Questions for Pierre Bayard: My Reader, My Double (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, Oct. 28, 2007)
CONSUMED: Timeless Object [The watch] (By ROB WALKER, Oct. 28, 2007)
THE MEDIUM: Varsity Video (By VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, Oct. 28, 2007)
* IDEA LAB: What's in a Name? (By SAM KEAN, Oct. 28, 2007)
THE ETHICIST: Wet Work (By RANDY COHEN, Oct. 28, 2007)
COVER ARTICLE: The Evangelical Crackup (By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, Oct. 28, 2007)
* Conductor of the People [Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic]
(By ARTHUR LUBOW, Oct. 28, 2007)
Looking for Their Children's Birth Mothers (By MAGGIE JONES, Oct. 28, 2007)
* FOOD, EAT, MEMORY: Panacea [gravy] (By DOROTHY ALLISON, Oct. 28, 2007)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents [Music Issue] (NY TIMES, Oct. 28, 2007)
* The Music Issue: Century's Playlist [Alex Ross, The Rest Is Noise]
(By GEOFF DYER, Oct. 28, 2007)
Slowhand [Eric Clapton, Clapton: The Autobiography] (By STEPHEN KING, Oct. 28, 2007)
* Take Five, and Call Me [Oliver Sacks, Musiophilia: Music and the Brain]
(By ANTHONY GOTTLIEB, Oct. 28, 2007)
* Nothing You Can Know That Isn't Known
[Jonathan Gould, Can't Buy Me Love: The Beatles, Britain, and America]
(By BRUCE HANDY, Oct. 28, 2007)

Saturday, October 27, 2007:
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)

Friday, October 26, 2007:
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)

Thursday, October 25, 2007:
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)

Wednesday, October 24, 2007:
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)

Tuesday, October 23, 2007:
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: New to Being Dry, the South Struggles to Adapt (By SHAILA DEWAN and BRENDA GOODMAN, Oct. 23, 2007)
NATIONAL: Audit Assails State Dept. Role on Iraq Security (By ERIC SCHMITT and DAVID ROHDE, Oct. 23, 2007)
SPORTS: No Time Like the Present for Boston Fans (By WILLIAM C. RHODEN, Oct. 23, 2007)
* BASEBALL: Rockies Place Their Faith in God, and One Another (By BEN SHPIGEL, Oct. 23, 2007)
BASEBALL: Pedroia and Youkilis Make Things Happen for Red Sox (By JACK CURRY, Oct. 23, 2007)
ON BASEBALL: The Young Steinbrenners Join the Search Party (By MURRAY CHASS, Oct. 23, 2007)
BASEBALL: Boras Says He's Not Ready to Talk About Money Yet [Alex Rodriguez]
(By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 23, 2007)
* TECHNOLOGY | Privacy Lost: These Phones Can Find You (By LAURA M. HOLSON, Oct. 23, 2007)
* ART: One Person's Trash Is Another Person's Lost Masterpiece (By CAROL VOGEL, Oct. 23, 2007)
* HEALTH: An Active, Purposeful Machine That Comes Out at Night to Play
(By BENEDICT CAREY, Oct. 23, 2007)
* HEALTH: The Elderly Always Sleep Worse, and Other Myths of Aging
(By GINA KOLATA, Oct. 23, 2007)
* HEALTH: Sleep Drugs Found Only Mildly Effective, but Wildly Popular (By STEPHANIE SAUL, Oct. 23, 2007)
* HEALTH BLOGS | Drug-Resistant Staph: What You Need to Know (By TARA PARKER-POPE, Oct. 23, 2007)

Monday, October 22, 2007:
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)

NATIONAL: Buyers Pounce on Deals as Homes Go on the Block (By JOHN LELAND, Oct. 22, 2007)
NATIONAL | Man In the News: A Son of Immigrants Rises in a Southern State
(By ADAM NOSSITER, Oct. 22, 2007)
WORLD | Calcutta Journal: A 10-Armed Goddess Charms a Frenetic Megalopolis
(By SOMINI SENGUPTA, Oct. 22, 2007)
* EDUCATION: College Costs Rising at Double the Inflation Rate (By JONATHAN D. GLATER, Oct. 22, 2007)
NY REGION: Inch by Inch, Great Lakes Shrink, and Cargo Carriers Face Losses
(By FERNANDA SANTOS, Oct. 22, 2007)
* NY REGION | Metropolitan Diary: Dear Diary (NY TIMES, Oct. 22, 2007)
* BASEBALL | Red Sox 11, Indians 2: Red Sox' Comeback Lands Them in World Series
(By JACK CURRY, Oct. 22, 2007)
ON BASEBALL: Yankees Face One Quandary After Another (By MURRAY CHASS, Oct. 22, 2007)
BASEBALL: A Team of Destiny and Teflon (By SELENA ROBERTS, Oct. 22, 2007)
BASEBALL BLOG: Death to the Underdog [Red Sox] (By Will Leitch, Oct. 22, 2007)
BASEBALL: AIndians' Byrd Admits Use of H.G.H. to Treat Tumor (By JACK CURRY, Oct. 22, 2007)
EDITORIAL: Ain't That America (NY TIMES, Oct. 22, 2007)
* OP-ED: Gone Baby Gone [Greenspan on housing] (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Oct. 22, 2007)
OP-ED: A Two-Cigarette Society (By DAVID G. ADAMS, Oct. 22, 2007)
* MEDIA | The Media Equation: The Gospel According to Mr. Colbert (By DAVID CARR, Oct. 22, 2007)
MEDIA & ADVERTISING | Sure, He Can Direct Hit Movies, but Can He Do Commercials?
(By CLAIRE ATKINSON, Oct. 22, 2007)
* TECHNOLOGY: Libraries Shun Deals to Place Books on Web (By KATIE HAFNER, Oct. 22, 2007)
* TECHNOLOGY: How Many Site Hits? Depends Who's Counting (By LOUISE STORY, Oct. 22, 2007)
* TECHNOLOGY: As Apple Gains PC Market Share, Jobs Talks of a Decade of Upgrades (By JOHN MARKOFF, Oct. 22, 2007)
ARTS: Hoist the Curtain, Prepare the Pool, It's Almost Showtime (By MELENA RYZIK, Oct. 22, 2007)
* HEALTH: Five Easy Ways to Go Organic (By TONY CENICOLA, Oct. 22, 2007)

Sunday, October 21, 2007:
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)

SPORTS: Are the Red Sox Ready to Become the Yankees? (By WILLIAM C. RHODEN, Oct. 21, 2007)
BASEBALL | Red Sox 12, Indians 2: Desperate for a Win, Boston Forces Game 7
(By JACK CURRY, Oct. 21, 2007)
BASEBALL: Helton Hopes He Has Some Celebrations Left (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Oct. 21, 2007)
BASEBALL | Keeping Score: Cold Comfort for a Hot Team (By DAVID LEONHARDT, Oct. 21, 2007)
ON BASEBALL: Making Commercials for Seats and for Love (By MURRAY CHASS, Oct. 21, 2007)
OP-ED: Suicide Is Not Painless (By FRANK RICH, Oct. 21, 2007)
OP-ED: Save the Planet: Vote Smart (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Oct. 21, 2007)
* BUSINESS | Everybody's Business: The Gloomsayers Should Look Up (By BEN STEIN, Oct. 21, 2007)
* TRAVEL: Where a Tycoon Made It Just to Give It Away [Andrew Carnegie's Pittsburgh]
(By DAVID LASKIN, Oct. 21, 2007)
TRAVEL: Backcountry Belize (By DWIGHT GARNER , Oct. 21, 2007)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 21, 2007)
* ON LANGUAGE: Articulable (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Oct. 21, 2007)
COVER ARTICLE: The Future Is Drying Up (By JON GERTNER, Oct. 21, 2007)
A Counter History (By ALEX WITCHEL, Oct. 21, 2007)

Saturday, October 20, 2007:
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)

* WORLD: Fearing Crime, Japanese Wear the Hiding Place (By MARTIN FACKLER, Oct. 20, 2007)
SPORTS: Torre Could Manage Yankees and Steinbrenner (By DAVE ANDERSON, Oct. 20, 2007)
BASEBALL: Time Off Gives the Rockies a Chance to Meet Their Match
(By BEN SHPIGEL, Oct. 20, 2007)
BASEBALL: With the Series a Little Tighter, the Red Sox Are Feeling Loose
(By JACK CURRY, Oct. 20, 2007)

Friday, October 19, 2007:
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)

* Deborah Kerr Is Dead at 86 (By RICHARD SEVERO, Oct. 19, 2007)
NATIONAL: Schools in Several States Report Staph Infections, and Deaths Raise the Alarm
(By IAN URBINA, Oct. 19, 2007)
OP-ED: Don't Fear Big Beer (By GARRETT OLIVER, Oct. 19, 2007)
BASEBALL: Red Sox 7, Indians 1: Beckett Rules Indians Again as Red Sox Inch Back
(By JACK CURRY, Oct. 19, 2007)
BASEBALL: Torre Says No to Yankees' Offer and Ends 12-Year Era (By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 19, 2007)

Thursday, October 18, 2007:
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)

NATIONAL BLOG: The Clinton Surprise (By JUDITH WARNER, Oct. 18, 2007)
BASEBALL: Yanks Risk Losing Rodriguez (By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 18, 2007)
BASEBALL: Keeping Torre Could Hinge on Cost (By TYLER KEPNER and BEN SHPIGEL, Oct. 18, 2007)
* OP-ED: 'The American' in France (By ROGER COHEN, Oct. 18, 2007)
TECHNOLOGY: Apple to Open iPhone Programming to Outsiders (By MATT RICHTEL, Oct. 18, 2007)

Wednesday, October 17, 2007:
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)

NATIONAL: Lifers as Teenagers, Now Seeking Second Chance (By ADAM LIPTAK, Oct. 17, 2007)
BASEBALL | Indians 7, Red Sox 3: Big Inning by Indians Puts Red Sox on Brink
(By JACK CURRY, Oct. 17, 2007)
BASEBALL: Yankees Meet; Torre Dangles (By TYLER KEPNER and BEN SHPIGEL, Oct. 17, 2007)
OP-ED: The Green-Collar Solution (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Oct. 17, 2007)
* MEDIA: Silicon Valley Start-Ups Awash in Dollars, Again (By BRAD STONE and MATT RICHTEL, Oct. 17, 2007)
MEDIA: Apple Is Cutting Price of Some Online Songs (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Oct. 17, 2007)
FOOD | The Minimalist: Serving Pasta? Forget What You Learned (By MARK BITTMAN, Oct. 17, 2007)
FOOD | Recipe: Pasta With Winter Squash and Tomatoes (By MARK BITTMAN, Oct. 17, 2007)
* HEALTH: Deadly Bacteria Found to Be More Common (By KEVIN SACK, Oct. 17, 2007)

Tuesday, October 16, 2007:
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)

NATIONAL: Drought-Stricken South Facing Tough Choices (By BRENDA GOODMAN, Oct. 16, 2007)
EDUCATION: Failing Schools Strain to Meet U.S. Standard (By DIANA JEAN SCHEMO, Oct. 16, 2007)
* SPORTS: Pride of Yankees? It's Torre (By HARVEY ARATON, Oct. 16, 2007)
BASEBALL | Indians 4, Red Sox 2: Westbrook Shines and So Does Cleveland
(By JACK CURRY, Oct. 16, 2007)
BASEBALL: Despite Layoff, Wakefield Gets Nod (By JACK CURRY, Oct. 16, 2007)
ON BASEBALL: Pitcher Outfoxes a Patient Boston Lineup (By MURRAY CHASS, Oct. 16, 2007)
* OP-ED: Tough, Sad and Smart [Bill Cosby] (By BOB HERBERT, Oct. 16, 2007)
* PERSONAL HEALTH: Despite Strides, Listeria Needs Vigilance (By JANE E. BRODY, Oct. 16, 2007)
* HEALTH: In Diabetes, a Complex of Causes (By AMANDA SCHAFFER, Oct. 16, 2007)

Monday, October 15, 2007:
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)

* NY REGION | Metropolitan Diary: Dear Diary (NY TIMES, Oct. 15, 2007)
OP-ED: Gore Derangement Syndrome (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Oct. 15, 2007)
* HEALTH BLOGS: Unlocking the Benefits of Garlic (By TARA PARKER-POPE, Oct. 15, 2007)

Sunday, October 14, 2007:
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)

* NATIONAL: A Clinton-Obama Quandary for Many Black Women (By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, Oct. 14, 2007)
BASEBALL | Indians 13, Red Sox 6, 11 Innings: Big Push in the 11th Pulls the Indians Even
(By JACK CURRY, Oct. 14, 2007)
* BASEBALL: Boston's Jewel Is Polished and Nearly Flawless (By HARVEY ARATON, Oct. 14, 2007)
BASEBALL: Another Road Stop in Rockies' Journey (By BEN SHPIGEL, Oct. 14, 2007)
ON BASEBALL: G.M. Moves: Old School vs. New Thinking (By MURRAY CHASS, Oct. 14, 2007)
OP-ED: A Mock Columnist, Amok (By MAUREEN DOWD, Oct. 14, 2007)
* OP-ED: The 'Good Germans' Among Us (By FRANK RICH, Oct. 14, 2007)
* BUSINESS: Banks May Pool Billions to Avert Securities Sell-off (By ERIC DASH, Oct. 14, 2007)
TRAVEL | Journeys | Paris: Finding Liberté on Two Wheels (By ERIC RAYMAN, Oct. 14, 2007)
TRAVEL | BRAZIL: 36 Hours in São Paulo (By SETH KUGEL, Oct. 14, 2007)
* NINE LIVES: What Cats Know About War (By JOHN F. BURNS, Oct. 14, 2007)
* THE BASICS: Will the Best Team Win? Maybe (By ALAN SCHWARZ, Oct. 14, 2007)
* Money in New York: The Capital of Capital No More? (By DANIEL GROSS, Oct. 14, 2007)

Saturday, October 13, 2007:
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)

* NATIONAL: With Prize, Gore Is Vindicated Without Having to Add President to Résumé (By ELISABETH BUMILLER & JIM RUTENBERG, Oct. 13, 2007)
NATIONAL | Public Lands: As Logging Fades, Rich Carve Up Open Land in West
(By KIRK JOHNSON, Oct. 13, 2007)
NATIONAL: Ex-Commander Says Iraq Effort Is 'a Nightmare' (By DAVID S. CLOUD, Oct. 13, 2007)
NATIONAL: Voting Machines Giving Florida New Headache (By ABBY GOODNOUGH, Oct. 13, 2007)
* WORLD: Gore Shares Peace Prize for Climate Change Work (By WALTER GIBBS & SARAH LYALL, Oct. 13, 2007)
NY REGION: Change Blurs Memories in a Famous Suburb (By COREY KILGANNON, Oct. 13, 2007)
SPORTS | FOOTBALL: Georgetown Gets Serious About Football... Seriously
(By BILL PENNINGTON, Oct. 13, 2007)
* BASEBALL | Red Sox 10, Indians 3: Red Sox Bats Go to Work and Give Beckett a Rest
(By JACK CURRY, Oct. 13, 2007)
BASEBALL: Battle Lines Drawn if Rodriguez Opts Out (By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 13, 2007)
BASEBALL: Deciding Torre's Fate and Yanks' Future (By WILLIAM C. RHODEN, Oct. 13, 2007)
BASEBALL: Rockies Are Winning Everything but Respect (By BEN SHPIGEL, Oct. 13, 2007)
BASEBALL: A Postseason Fixture, Lofton Is Well Traveled Off the Basepaths, Too
(By JACK CURRY, Oct. 13, 2007)
* EDITORIAL: A Prize for Mr. Gore and Science (NY TIMES, Oct. 13, 2007)
* OP-ED: Questions You Should Never Ask a Writer (By DORIS LESSING, Oct. 13, 2007)
OP-ED: The Campaign-So-Far Quiz (By GAIL COLLINS, Oct. 13, 2007)
* BUSINESS: The Man Who Won as Others Lost [Paul Tudor Jones II on stock market crash]
(By LANDON THOMAS Jr., Oct. 13, 2007)
* BUSINESS | Your Money: Rate Chasers Are Online and Moving Cash Quickly
(By JANE BIRNBAUM, Oct. 13, 2007)
* TECHNOLOGY: As Its Stock Tops $600, Google Faces Growing Risks
[Google closed the week at $637.39, more than 50 times its earnings, giving it
a market capitalization that nearly equals the total value of the three largest
traditional media companies: Time Warner, Walt Disney and the News Corporation.
Even at Google's current stock price, 34 of the 38 analysts following
the company have buy recommendations, according to Thomson Financial.]
(By STEVE LOHR, Oct. 13, 2007)
* ARTS ABROAD: A Symbol of Freedom and a Target for Terrorists
[Picasso's Guernica] (By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, Oct. 13, 2007)

Friday, October 12, 2007:
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)

NATIONAL: Former Top General in Iraq Faults Bush Administration (By DAVID S. CLOUD, Oct. 12, 2007)
WORLD: Death Reveals Harsh Side of a 'Model' in Japan (By NORIMITSU ONISHI, Oct. 12, 2007)
* WORLD: Nobel to Lessing, Incisive Voice of Women's Fate (By MOTOKO RICH & SARAH LYALL, Oct. 12, 2007)
* OP-ED: The Trivial Pursuit [Al Gore] (By BOB HERBERT, Oct. 12, 2007)
OP-ED: Sliming Graeme Frost (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Oct. 12, 2007)
* OP-ED: Running Into Trouble [Hot Marathon race] (By FRANK SHORTER, Oct. 12, 2007)
OP-ED: The Hamiltonian Ground (By DAVID BROOKS, Oct. 12, 2007)
* BASEBALL: David Ortiz Is a Scientific Hitter in the Computer Age (By JACK CURRY, Oct. 12, 2007)
ARTS | Antiques: Capturing Yosemite, Shot by Shot, Before the Tourists Did
(By WENDY MOONAN, Oct. 12, 2007)
* BOOKS | An Appraisal: Tracing the Internal Tug of War at the Heart of Human Life
(By MICHIKO KAKUTANI, Oct. 12, 2007)

Thursday, October 11, 2007:
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: Candidate Has an Eye on Edging Up to No. 3 [Gov. Bill Richardson]
(By LESLIE WAYNE, Oct. 11, 2007)
* BASEBALL: Red Sox in the Sky With Diamonds (By GEORGE VECSEY, Oct. 11, 2007)
BASEBALL: The Yanks Are in Flux, Starting at the Top (By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 11, 2007)
BASEBALL: In Red Sox Nation, It's Still Fun to Kick Yanks (By JOE LAPOINTE, Oct. 11, 2007)
BASEBALL: Rivera Puts Some Spin on Plans for Future (By JACK CURRY, Oct. 11, 2007)
BASEBALL: Torre's Pursuers in News Media Are Brushed Back (By RICHARD SANDOMIR, Oct. 11, 2007)
BASEBALL: Diamondback Fans Are Still Waiting to Catch the Fever (By BEN SHPIGEL, Oct. 11, 2007)
* BUSINESS: Boom Times for Dentists, but Not for Teeth (By ALEX BERENSON, Oct. 11, 2007)

Wednesday, October 10, 2007:
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: Seattle's Recycling Success Is Being Measured in Scraps (By J. MICHAEL KENNEDY, Oct. 10, 2007)
NATIONAL: An Israeli Strike on Syria Kindles Debate in the U.S. (By MARK MAZZETTI & HELENE COOPER, Oct. 10, 2007)
NATIONAL: In Mississippi, Democrat Runs in G.O.P. Lane (By ADAM NOSSITER, Oct. 10, 2007)
NATIONAL: House Panel Votes to Condemn Armenian Killings as Genocide (By STEVEN LEE MYERS & CARL HULSE, Oct. 10, 2007)
WORLD: In Africa, Prosperity From Seeds Falls Short (By CELIA W. DUGGER, Oct. 10, 2007)
NY REGION: Hate-Crime Investigation at Columbia (By ANAHAD O'CONNOR, Oct. 10, 2007)
BASEBALL: Yankees to Debate on Future of Torre (By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 10, 2007)
* ON BASEBALL: The Red Sox Move On, the Yanks Don't (By MURRAY CHASS, Oct. 10, 2007)
BASEBALL: Decision on Manager Reflects on Captain (By SELENA ROBERTS, Oct. 10, 2007)
BASEBALL | TV Sports: There Is Crying in Baseball (and It's O.K.) (By RICHARD SANDOMIR, Oct. 10, 2007)
* OP-ED: Generation Q (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Oct. 10, 2007)
OP-ED: Nice Shot (By JESSICA SNYDER SACHS, Oct. 10, 2007)
OP-ED: Bomb, Bomb Iran (By MAUREEN DOWD, Oct. 10, 2007)
* ART | Abroad: Arcimboldo's Feast for the Eyes (By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, Oct. 10, 2007)
* ARTS: An Artist's Grant That Even Pays for Glasses (By STEPHANIE STROM, Oct. 10, 2007)
TV: 'The Desert Has Lost Its Favorite Rose': Death Comes to the Whiskers Family
(By GINIA BELLAFANTE, Oct. 10, 2007)
FOOD & DINING: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 10, 2007)
* FOOD & DINING: Picky Eaters? They Get It From You (By KIM SEVERSON, Oct. 10, 2007)
* FOOD | Test Kitchen: Having the Fizz Without the Guilt (By MARIAN BURROS, Oct. 10, 2007)
* FOOD: The Experts Suggest [Getting kids to try new food] (By KIM SEVERSON, Oct. 10, 2007)
* FOOD: Versatile Carrots, Respectfully Braised (By MARK BITTMAN, Oct. 10, 2007)
* FOOD | A Good Appetite: The Urban Farmer's Autumn Ritual (By MELISSA CLARK, Oct. 10, 2007)
DINING: Seasonal Menu, Seasonal Room (By FRANK BRUNI, Oct. 10, 2007)

Tuesday, October 9, 2007:
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: Aging and Gay, and Facing Prejudice in Twilight (By JANE GROSS, Oct. 9, 2007)
NATIONAL: Democrats Seem Ready to Extend Wiretap Powers (By ERIC LICHTBLAU & CARL HULSE, Oct. 9, 2007)
NATIONAL: In the Battle Against Cancer, Researchers Find Hope in a Toxic Wasteland
(By CHRISTOPHER MAAG, Oct. 9, 2007)
* WORLD: Physics of Hard Drives Wins Nobel (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Oct. 9, 2007)
WORLD: A Revolutionary Icon, and Now, a Bikini (By MARC LACEY, Oct. 9, 2007)
WORLD: Immigration, Black Sheep and Swiss Rage (By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Oct. 9, 2007)
* EDUCATION: Thank-You Note Enters College Admission Game (By KAREN W. ARENSON, Oct. 9, 2007)
EDUCATION: In Some Schools, iPods Are Required Listening (By WINNIE HU, Oct. 9, 2007)
BASEBALL | Indians 6, Yankees 4: End of a Season and Maybe an Era (By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 9, 2007)
BASEBALL: Rodriguez's Agent Votes to Opt Out (By JACK CURRY, Oct. 9, 2007)
BASEBALL: Ever a Class Act, Yankees' Torre Faces Final Curtain (By HARVEY ARATON, Oct. 9, 2007)
BASEBALL: Jeter Defends Manager, Hopes He'll Be Back (By JOE LAPOINTE, Oct. 9, 2007)
FOOTBALL | Cowboys 25, Bills 24: Cowboys Steal Last - Second Win Over Bills (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Oct. 9, 2007)
* OP-ED: The Odyssey Years (By DAVID BROOKS, Oct. 9, 2007)
OP-ED: High-Stakes Flimflam (By BOB HERBERT, Oct. 9, 2007)
OP-ED: Captives of the Supply Side (By JONATHAN CHAIT, Oct. 9, 2007)
BUSINESS: A Bank Bet on Condos, but Buyers Want Out (By CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY, Oct. 9, 2007)
BUSINESS: A Quest for Energy in the Globe's Remote Places (By JAD MOUAWAD, Oct. 9, 2007)
* TECHNOLOGY: Google to Put YouTube Videos on Its Ad Network
[Google will allow Web sites in its ad network to embed relevant videos
from some YouTube content creators. A Web site or blog specializing in
hiking, for instance, might choose to embed hiking videos from YouTube.]
(By MIGUEL HELFT, Oct. 9, 2007)
* SCIENCE: 3 Win Nobel in Medicine for Gene Technology (By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, Oct. 9, 2007)
* SCIENCE: Physics of Hard Drives Wins Nobel (By DENNIS OVERBYE, Oct. 9, 2007)
* SCIENCE: How Baboons Think (Yes, Think) (By NICHOLAS WADE, Oct. 9, 2007)
FINDINGS | Diet and Fat: A Severe Case of Mistaken Consensus (By JOHN TIERNEY, Oct. 9, 2007)
HEALTH: Blood Vessels Grown From Patient's Skin (By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, Oct. 9, 2007)
HEALTH: Distribution of Nets Splits Malaria Fighters (By REUBEN KYAMA & DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., Oct. 9, 2007)

Monday, October 8, 2007:
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)

* NY REGION | Metropolitan Diary: Dear Diary (NY TIMES, Oct. 8, 2007)
WORLD: U.S. Renews Bid to Destroy Opium Poppies in Afghanistan (By KIRK SEMPLE & TIM GOLDEN, Oct. 8, 2007)
WORLD: Killer of Russian Journalist is Known, Editor Says (By C. J. CHIVERS, Oct. 8, 2007)
BASEBALL: Red Sox 9, Angels 1: Red Sox Sweep Angels and Head to the A.L.C.S.
(By PAT BORZI, Oct. 8, 2007)
BASEBALL: The Rockies' Unlikely Juggernaut Keeps on Rolling (By BEN SHPIGEL, Oct. 8, 2007)
BASEBALL: His Job at Stake, Torre Stays Focused (By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 8, 2007)
BASEBALL: Tightening the Screws on Torre (By GEORGE VECSEY, Oct. 8, 2007)
ON BASEBALL: Relief Is Found in the Postseason (By MURRAY CHASS, Oct. 8, 2007)
FOOTBALL: Stanford Adds to a Season of Upsets (By PETE THAMEL, Oct. 8, 2007)
OP-ED: Same Old Party (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Oct. 8, 2007)
MEDIA & ADVERTISING: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 8, 2007)
* MEDIA & ADVERTISING: Acquisitive Craigslist Post Reddens Faces All Around
(By ANDREW ADAM NEWMAN, Oct. 8, 2007)
* MEDIA: For Google, Advertising and Phones Go Together
[The GPhone will help Google with distribution for their online services.
At the core of Google's phone efforts is an operating system for mobile
phones that will be based on open-source Linux software]
(By MIGUEL HELFT, Oct. 8, 2007)
* MEDIA & ADVERTISING: The Battle for the Consumer Online (By RICHARD PÉlREZ-PEÑA , Oct. 8, 2007)
* MEDIA & ADVERTISING: When Reality TV Gets Too Real (By JEREMY W. PETERS, Oct. 8, 2007)

Sunday, October 7, 2007:
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)

NATIONAL: Medicare Audits Show Problems in Private Plans (By ROBERT PEAR, Oct. 7, 2007)
NATIONAL: Thou Shalt Not Kill, Except in a Popular Video Game at Church
(By MATT RICHTEL, Oct. 7, 2007)
WORLD: A Look at the Opposition in Myanmar (By THOMAS FULLER, Oct. 7, 2007)
WORLD | News Analysis: Myanmar's Military Is the Nation's Driving Force
(By SETH MYDANS, Oct. 7, 2007)
WORLD: Savage Rapes Stoke Trauma of Congo War (By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, Oct. 7, 2007)
* SPORTS: Athletes Cheat Peers and Fans by Scamming for Dollars (By GEORGE VECSEY, Oct. 7, 2007)
BASEBALL: In the Ninth, Ramírez's Timing Was Right On (By JACK CURRY, Oct. 7, 2007)
BASEBALL: Stage Is Set for Schilling to Try Out His New Act (By PAT BORZI, Oct. 7, 2007)
BASEBALL: Cubs' Success Recalls A Song (By BILLY ALTMAN, Oct. 7, 2007)
BASEBALL: Hurdle's Patience Is Finally Rewarded (By BEN SHPIGEL, Oct. 7, 2007)
BASEBALL: Must-Win Games Aren't New to Yankees (By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 7, 2007)
ON BASEBALL: While Steinbrenner Spends, Yankees Can't Buy a Win (By MURRAY CHASS, Oct. 7, 2007)
BASEBALL: Babe and Josh Together, on Canvas (By HARVEY ARATON, Oct. 7, 2007)
FOOTBALL: Stanford 24, No. 2 U.S.C. 23: Stanford Scores in Final Minute to Stun U.S.C.
(ASSOCIATED PRESS, Oct. 7, 2007)
* OP-ED: I Did Do It [Clarence Thomas] (By MAUREEN DOWD, Oct. 7, 2007)
* OP-ED: Nobody Knows the Lynchings He's Seen [Clarence Thomas] (By FRANK RICH, Oct. 7, 2007)
* OP-ED: A Nation of Christians Is Not a Christian Nation (By JON MEACHAM, Oct. 7, 2007)
* BLOG: Why Democracy? (By STANLEY FISH, Oct. 7, 2007)
BUSINESS: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 7, 2007)
BUSINESS: For Schools, Lottery Payoffs Fall Short of Promises (By RON STODGHILL & RON NIXON, Oct. 7, 2007)
* STRATEGIES: At Some Funds, a Gender Communication Gap (By MARK HULBERT, Oct. 7, 2007)
MARKET WEEK: Seeking Patterns in Corporate Profits (By CONRAD DE AENLLE, Oct. 7, 2007)
Economic View: Why Not Shift the Burden to Big Spenders? (By ROBERT H. FRANK, Oct. 7, 2007)
* JOB MARKET: Preoccupations: E-Mail Is Easy to Write (and to Misread) (By DANIEL GOLEMAN, Oct. 7, 2007)
* OFF THE SHELF: The Boy Behind the Global Theories [Alan Greenspan] (By STEPHEN KOTKIN, Oct. 7, 2007)
MEDIA | Fair Game: A Taskmaster Who Changed Business News
[James Walker Michaels, Forbes Editor of 40 years] (By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, Oct. 7, 2007)
MEDIA: A Made-for-TV Boss Helps Revive ABC [Stephen McPherson] (By BROOKS BARNES, Oct. 7, 2007)
* TECHNOLOGY | Slipstream: A Way to Find Your Corner of the Internet Sky (By MIGUEL HELFT, Oct. 7, 2007)
* TECHNOLOGY | Re:Framing: Securing Very Important Data: Your Own (By DENISE CARUSO, Oct. 7, 2007)
MUTUAL FUNDS (3rd Quarter 2007): Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 7, 2007)
* MUTUAL FUNDS: A White-Knuckle Ride, but Is It Over? (By CONRAD DE AENLLE, Oct. 7, 2007)
* MARKET VIEW: If Everyone Knows It, Someone Is Wrong (By PETER L. BERNSTEIN, Oct. 7, 2007)
* Three Strategies That Kept Sizzling (By TIM GRAY, Oct. 7, 2007)
Suddenly, It's All Greenspan, All the Time (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Oct. 7, 2007)
As Real Estate Sags, REITs Cool Down (By VIVIAN MARINO, Oct. 7, 2007)
LONG-SHORT FUNDS: Those Who Play the Ups and Downs (By NORM ALSTER, Oct. 7, 2007)
INVESTING: In the Dividend Hunt, What's in a Name? (By J. ALEX TARQUINIO, Oct. 7, 2007)
* OFF THE SHELF: A Practical Strategy for Growth Investing (By PAUL B. BROWN, Oct. 7, 2007)
ARTS: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 7, 2007)
* ART: Intruders Damage a Monet in Paris Museum (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Oct. 7, 2007)
ART: India's Art, Booming and Shaking (By STEVEN HENRY MADOFF, Oct. 7, 2007)
ART: Karl Benjamin's Colorful Resurgence (By JORI FINKEL, Oct. 7, 2007)
* BOOKS: A Shaper of the Canon Gets His Place in It [Edmund Wilson] (By CHARLES McGRATH, Oct. 7, 2007)
* DANCE: Cambodia's Spirits Stir, Toe to Spine (By ERIKA KINETZ, Oct. 7, 2007)
* DANCE: Rodin Show Visits Home Of Artist's Muses (By ERIKA KINETZ, Dec. 27, 2006)
* FILM: Still Pinteresque [Harold Pinter] (By SARAH LYALL, Oct. 7, 2007)
FILM: The Cult of the Lads From Manchester (By DENNIS LIM, Oct. 7, 2007)
* MUSIC: Forged in Sweden, Bound for New York [Alan Gilbert of NY Philharmonic]
(By DANIEL J. WAKIN, Oct. 7, 2007)
MUSIC: A Guitar God's Memories, Demons and All [Eric Clapton] (By ALAN LIGHT, Oct. 7, 2007)
THEATER: If You Discount It, Will They Come? (By CHARLES ISHERWOOD, Oct. 7, 2007)
TV: A Newsman's Legacy: Filmmaking (By JACQUES STEINBERG, Oct. 7, 2007)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 7, 2007)
STYLE: Just One More Before Bedtime! [youngest paparazzi] (By MAYRAV SAAR, Oct. 7, 2007)
FASHION: Britney's Loss, Their Gain (By MIREYA NAVARRO, Oct. 7, 2007)
FASHION DIARY: In Paris, a Fevered Pursuit of 'It' (By GUY TREBAY, Oct. 7, 2007)
* MODERN LOVE: Close Enough to Touch Was Too Far Apart (By SABA ALI, Oct. 7, 2007)
* The Age of Dissonance: Labor Talks (By BOB MORRIS, Oct. 7, 2007)
POSSESSED: A Small Bottle of Calm in a World Gone Mad (By DAVID COLMAN, Oct. 7, 2007)
VOWS: Amy Edelman and Phil Leo (By ERIC V. COPAGE, Oct. 7, 2007)
TRAVEL: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 7, 2007)
TRAVEL | FRANCE: Worshiping Paris (By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Oct. 7, 2007)
TRAVEL | FARO, SWEDEN: The Enchanted Island That Bergman Called Home (By DANIELLE PERGAMENT, Oct. 7, 2007)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 7, 2007)
* CHINA CALLING: Look Who's Mr. Fixit for a Fraught Age (By STEVEN LEE MYERS, Oct. 7, 2007)
* Death-Knell. Or Death Knell. {Oxford English Dictionary] (By CHARLES McGRATH, Oct. 7, 2007)
THE NATION: For a Trusty Voting Bloc, a Faith Shaken (By LAURIE GOODSTEIN, Oct. 7, 2007)
* Managing Up, Down and Sideways [Presidential advisers] (By MICHAEL POWELL, Oct. 7, 2007)
THE WORLD: Living in Exile Isn't What It Used to Be (By SIMON ROMERO, Oct. 7, 2007)
THE BASICS: A Big Award, Yes, but Not Quite So (By CHARLES DELAFUENTE, Oct. 7, 2007)
The Basics: Taking Flight Despite the Turbulence (By LESLIE WAYNE, Oct. 7, 2007)
GRAPHIC | WEEK OF SEPT. 30-OCT. 6: Price Tags (NY TIMES, Oct. 7, 2007)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 7, 2007)
* ON LANGUAGE: Suspension of Disbelief (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Oct. 7, 2007)
The Way We Live Now: Democratosis (By NOAH FELDMAN, Oct. 7, 2007)
* Questions for Mario Vargas Llosa: The Storyteller (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, Oct. 7, 2007)
PHENOMENON: The New B Movie (By ROLF POTTS, Oct. 7, 2007)
* CONSUMED: Jesus Christ Superhero (By ROB WALKER, Oct. 7, 2007)
THE ETHICIST: Patient Prejudice (By RANDY COHEN, Oct. 7, 2007)
COVER ARTICLE: This Is Not a Bob Dylan Movie (By ROBERT SULLIVAN, Oct. 7, 2007)
Regrets Only? [Kanan Makiya on's second thoughts on Iraq] (By DEXTER FILKINS, Oct. 7, 2007)
The Squirrel Wars (By D.T. MAX, Oct. 7, 2007)
STYLE: Exit Lines (By GUY TREBAY, Oct. 7, 2007)
FOOD | Eat, Memory: The Squeamish American (By TOM PERROTTA, Oct. 7, 2007)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Oct. 7, 2007)

Saturday, October 6, 2007:
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: Sun Belt Growth Is Playing Out on Campus (By ALAN FINDER, Oct. 6, 2007)
NATIONAL: Bush Says Interrogation Methods Aren't Torture (By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG, Oct. 6, 2007)
NATIONAL: U.S. Prosecutor Held in a Child Sex Sting Kills Himself (By ABBY GOODNOUGH, Oct. 6, 2007)
WORLD: Christian Split in Lebanon Raises Specter of Civil War (By THANASSIS CAMBANIS, Oct. 6, 2007)
WORLD | Saturday Profile: A Priest Methodically Reveals Ukrainian Jews' Fate
(By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Oct. 6, 2007)
NY REGION: Life of Comfort and Pain Ends in an Airport Cell (By ERIC KONIGSBERG, Oct. 6, 2007)
BASEBALL | Indians 2, Yankees 1, 11 Innings: Again, the Indians Create the Buzz
(By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 6, 2007)
BASEBALL: Vintage Performance by Pettitte Is Derailed (By SELENA ROBERTS, Oct. 6, 2007)
BASEBALL: Down by 2-0, Cubs Look for Offensive Stars to Start Producing (By PAT BORZI, Oct. 6, 2007)
BASEBALL: New October, but Same Old A-Rod (By MURRAY CHASS, Oct. 6, 2007)
BASEBALL: Against Angels, Red Sox Come Face to Face With Past [Orlando Cabrera]
(By JACK CURRY, Oct. 6, 2007)
EDITORIAL: Out of Prison and Deep in Debt (NY TIMES, Oct. 6, 2007)
* OP-ED: Save the Gnostics (By NATHANIEL DEUTSCH, Oct. 6, 2007)
* OP-ED: The Fakebook Generation (By ALICE MATHIAS, Oct. 6, 2007)
OP-ED: Rudy Finds a New Topic (By GAIL COLLINS, Oct. 6, 2007)
OP-ED: Send in the Clowns (By BOB HERBERT, Oct. 6, 2007)
BUSINESS: A Big Loss at Merrill Stirs Unease [$5 billion loss] (By JENNY ANDERSON, Oct. 6, 2007)
BUSINESS: Age of Riches: $6 Million for the Co-op, Then Start to Renovate (By CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY, Oct. 6, 2007)
* BUSINESS: In the Race to Buy Concert Tickets, Fans Keep Losing (By ELLEN ROSEN, Oct. 6, 2007)
* Brit takes 13 years for 46,000-mile, human-powered journey (By Raphael G. Satter, USA Today, Oct. 6, 2007)

Friday, October 5, 2007:
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)

NATIONAL: More Doctors in Texas After Malpractice Caps (By RALPH BLUMENTHAL, Oct. 5, 2007)
NATIONAL: Paintball Accident Made Him a Widower, and Then a Crusader (By MICHAEL PARRISH, Oct. 5, 2007)
WORLD: Army Enlists Anthropology in War Zones (By DAVID ROHDE, Oct. 5, 2007)
SPORTS: Olympic Champion Acknowledges Use of Steroids (By DUFF WILSON & MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT, Oct. 5, 2007)
SPORTS: A Tarnished Golden Girl Can't Outrun the Truth (By HARVEY ARATON, Oct. 5, 2007)
BASEBALL | Indians 12, Yankees 3: Yankees' Season of Catch-Up Continues
(By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 5, 2007)
BASEBALL: No Longer Trying, Rodriguez Positions Himself for Success (By SELENA ROBERTS, Oct. 5, 2007)
BASEBALL | Rockies 10, Phillies 5: Matsui's Game to Remember Is One Phillies Want to Forget
(By BEN SHPIGEL, Oct. 5, 2007)
BASEBALL | Diamondbacks 8, Cubs 4: Diamondbacks Topple Cubs to Claim 2-0 Lead
(By PAT BORZI, Oct. 5, 2007)
BASEBALL | Mirror, (Cracked) Mirror: Seeing Boston's Youkilis as a Reflection of O'Neill
(By JACK CURRY, Oct. 5, 2007)
OP-ED: Conservatives Are Such Jokers (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Oct. 5, 2007)
OP-ED: The Republican Collapse (By DAVID BROOKS, Oct. 5, 2007)

Thursday, October 4, 2007:
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)

* BASEBALL | Red Sox 4, Angels 0: Beckett Makes an Opening Statement (By JACK CURRY, Oct. 4, 2007)
BASEBALL | Rockies 4, Phillies 2: Rockies, in New World, Enjoy Familiar Result
(By BEN SHPIGEL, Oct. 4, 2007)
FILM: 'The Kite Runner' Is Delayed to Protect Child Stars (By DAVID M. HALBFINGER, Oct. 4, 2007)

Wednesday, October 3, 2007:
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)

* ON EDUCATION: Exploring Ways to Shorten the Ascent to a Ph.D. (By JOSEPH BERGER, Oct. 3, 2007)
BASEBALL: Last Year's Quick Ouster Is This Year's Motivation for Yankees (By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 3, 2007)
ON BASEBALL: Teams Have to Play All the Games. Just Ask the Mets. (By MURRAY CHASS, Oct. 3, 2007)
BASEBALL: Rockies Are Hottest Team, and They Showed It (By PAT BORZI, Oct. 3, 2007)
* TECHNOLOGY: Microsoft Updates Its iPod Competitor (By JEFF LEEDS, Oct. 3, 2007)
* TECHNOLOGY: Microsoft to Increase Ad Business (By VICTORIA SHANNON, Oct. 3, 2007)

Tuesday, October 2, 2007:
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)

SPORTS: Girls Are Often Neglected Victims of Concussions (By ALAN SCHWARZ, Oct. 2, 2007)
BASEBALL: Rodriguez Looking to Deliver in Playoffs After an Inspired Season (By TYLER KEPNER, Oct. 2, 2007)
BASEBALL: Red Sox Have Heart of Lineup Good to Go (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Oct. 2, 2007)
BASEBALL: Mets' Leadership Arrives at Crucial Crossroads (By HARVEY ARATON, Oct. 2, 2007)
ON BASEBALL: It's No Consolation, but Brewers Know How the Mets Feel (By MURRAY CHASS, Oct. 2, 2007)
On 42nd Street, Selling the Mets Turns Into a Grim Business (By JOSHUA ROBINSON, Oct. 2, 2007)
* HEALTH: Marital Spats, Taken to Heart (By TARA PARKER-POPE, Oct. 2, 2007)

Monday, October 1, 2007:
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)

NATIONAL: U.S. Is Top Arms Seller to Developing World (By THOM SHANKER, Oct. 1, 2007)
WORLD: The Everyman Who Exposed Tainted Toothpaste (By WALT BOGDANICH, Oct. 1, 2007)
WORLD | Bulawayo Journal: In a Land of Homemade Names, Tiffany Doesn't Cut It
(By MICHAEL WINES, Oct. 1, 2007)
NY REGION: At Reborn Plaza Hotel, a Party to Mark 100 Years (By JAMES BARRON, Oct. 1, 2007)
NY REGION: Now, a Dollar (Canadian) Is Really Worth a Dollar (U.S.) (By PATRICK McGEEHAN, Oct. 1, 2007)
* Metropolitan Diary: DEAR DIARY (NY TIMES, Oct. 1, 2007)
BASEBALL: After a Crushing Defeat, Realizing What Was Lost (By JACK CURRY, Oct. 1, 2007)
OP-ED: Enron's Second Coming? (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Oct. 1, 2007)
OP-ED: The Politics of Confidence (By ROGER COHEN, Oct. 1, 2007)
* BUSINESS: Wall Street Rallies to Record Close (By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM, Oct. 1, 2007)
BUSINESS: Fatal Airplane Crashes Drop 65% (By MATTHEW L. WALD, Oct. 1, 2007)
* MEDIA & ADVERTISING: Why Big Newspapers Applaud Some Declines in Circulation (By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA, Oct. 1, 2007)
TECHNOLOGY: At Starbucks, Songs of Instant Gratification (By MATT RICHTEL, Oct. 1, 2007)
MUSIC | Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: A Baton Leads Baltimore Into a New Era
(By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Oct. 1, 2007)