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

Sunday, September 30, 2007:
On This Day: September 30 (Etienne Bonnot Condillac 9/30/1715-8/2/1780, Antoine-Jerome Balard 9/30/1802-3/30/1876, Jean Perrin 9/30/1870-4/17/1942, Hans Geiger 9/30/1882-9/24/1945, Sir Nevill Mott 9/30/1905-8/8/1996, Deborah Kerr 1921, Angie Dickinson 1931, Johnny Mathis 1935, Deborah Allen 1953, Martina Hingis 1980)
Britain and Germany Make Anti-War Pact; Hitler Gets Less Than His Sudeten Demands (NY Times, Sept. 30, 1938)
Truman Capote is Dead at 59; Novelist of Style and Clarity [born 9/30/1924] (By ALBIN KREBS, August 26, 1984)

Saturday, September 29, 2007:
On This Day: September 29 (Francois Boucher 9/29/1703-5/30/1770, Horatio Nelson 9/29/1758-10/21/1805, Greer Garson 9/29/1904-4/6/1996, Trevor Howard 9/29/1916-1/7/1988, Michelangelo Antonioni 9/29/1912)
New York Giants: 1883-1957 Last Game at Polo Grounds (NY Times, September 29, 1957)
Enrico Fermi Dead at 53; Architect of Atomic Bomb [born 9/29/1901] (NY Times, November 29, 1954)

Friday, September 28, 2007:
On This Day: September 28 (Georges Clemenceau 9/28/1841-11/24/1929, William Paley 9/28/1901-10/26/1990, Al Capp 9/28/1909-11/5/1979, Marcello Mastroianni 9/28/1924-12/19/1996, Brigitte Bardot 9/28/1934)
Fliers At Seattle End World Flight of 27,000 Miles (NY Times, September 28, 1924)
Ed Sullivan Is Dead at 73; Charmed Millions on TV [born 9/28/1901] (NY Times, October 14, 1974)

Thursday, September 27, 2007:
On This Day: September 27 (Cosimo de Medici 9/27/1389-8/1/1464, Samuel Adams 9/27/1722-10/2/1803, Sir Harry Blackstone 9/27/1885-11/16/1965, Sir Martin Ryle 9/27/1918-10/14/1984)
Warren Commission Finds Oswald Guilty: Assassin & Ruby Acted Alone (By Anthony Lewis, Sept. 27, 1964)
Admiral Mahan, Naval Critic, Dies at 74 [born 9/26/1897] (NY Times, December 2, 1914)

* BASEBALL: Bonds Baseball to Be Branded With Asterisk (By JACK CURRY, Sep. 27, 2007)
* ON BASEBALL: Best Record Is One Thing; Division Title Another (By MURRAY CHASS, Sep. 27, 2007)
* TECHNOLOGY | State Of the Art: A Cellphone Without Borders (By DAVID POGUE, Sep. 27, 2007)

Wednesday, September 26, 2007:
On This Day: September 26 (Moses Mendelssohn 9/26/1729-1/4/1786, Jean-Louis Gericault 9/26/1791-1/26/1824, T.S. Eliot 9/26/1888-1/4/1965, Martin Heidegger 9/26/1889-5/26/1976, Charles Munch 9/26/1891-11/6/1968, George Gershwin 9/26/1898-7/11/1937)
Nixon & Kennedy Clash in TV Debate on Spending, Farms and Social Issues (By Russell Baker, September 26, 1960)
Pope Paul VI Is Dead of a Heart Attack at 80 [born 9/26/1897] (By KENNETH A. BRIGGS, August 7, 1978)

NATIONAL: Episcopal Bishops Reject Anglican Church's Orders (By NEELA BANERJEE, Sep. 26, 2007)
* NY REGION: Columbia Still Reeling Over Visit (By KAREN W. ARENSON, Sep. 26, 2007)
NY REGION: Towns Rethink Laws Against Illegal Immigrants (By KEN BELSON & JILL P. CAPUZZO, Sep. 26, 2007)
* NY REGION | About New York: Out of Sight, Till Now, and Giving Away Billions
(By JIM DWYER, Sep. 26, 2007)
* BASEBALL: Fans for Asterisk on Bonds' No. 756 Ball (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 26, 2007)
* EDITORIAL NOTEBOOK: The Hopper Landscape [Edward Hopper] (By VERLYN KLINKENBORG, Sep. 26, 2007)
OP-ED: 'Fruitbat' at Bat [Iran] (By MAUREEN DOWD, Sep. 26, 2007)
OP-ED: Justice in Jena (By REED WALTERS, Sep. 26, 2007)
OP-ED: Lead, Follow or Move Aside (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Sep. 26, 2007)
* BUSINESS | ECONOMIC SCENE: He's Happier, She's Less So (By DAVID LEONHARDT, Sep. 26, 2007)
BUSINESS: Reborn in the U.S.A. [denim jeans] (By MICHAEL BARBARO, Sep. 26, 2007)
TECHNOLOGY: Halo 3 Arrives, Rewarding Gamers, and Microsoft (By SETH SCHIESEL, Sep. 26, 2007)
FILM | Banished (2006): When Jim Crow Came to Town, With Eviction Notices
(By MANOHLA DARGIS, Sep. 26, 2007)
MUSIC: A Grand Opening at the Opera (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Sep. 26, 2007)
FOOD & DININIG: In Portland, a Golden Age of Dining and Drinking (By ERIC ASIMOV, Sep. 26, 2007)
FOOD | Recipe: Cornbread Cake (Adapted from Gabriel Rucker, Le Pigeon, Portland, Sep. 26, 2007)
FOOD | Recipe: Scallops With Cream and Basil NY TIMES, Sep. 26, 2007)

Tuesday, September 25, 2007:
On This Day: September 25 (Mark Rothko 9/25/1903-2/25/1970, Dmitry Shostakovich 9/25/1906-8/9/1975, Glenn Gould 9/25/1932-10/4/1982, Phil Rizzuto 9/25/1918, Barbara Walter, 9/25/1931, Michael Douglas 9/25/44)
President Eisenhower Sends Troops to Little Rock (By ANTHONY LEWIS, September 25, 1957)
Faulkner's Home, Family and Heritage Were Genesis of Yoknapatawpha County
[born 9/25/1897] (NY Times, July 7, 1962)

* Albert Fuller, Conductor and Champion of Early Music, Dies at 81 (By ALLAN KOZINN, Sep. 25, 2007)
* WORLD: Ahmadinejad, at Columbia, Parries and Puzzles (By HELENE COOPER, Sep. 25, 2007)
WORLD | Memo From New Delhi: If It's Hip, Fast and Furious, Is It Cricket?
(By SOMINI SENGUPTA, Sep. 25, 2007)
* NY REGION: Magna Carta Is Going on the Auction Block (By JAMES BARRON, Sep. 25, 2007)
OP-ED: The Ugly Side of the G.O.P. (By BOB HERBERT, Sep. 25, 2007)
OP-ED: Save the Day (By STEPHEN S. ROACH, Sep. 25, 2007)
* OP-ED: The Center Holds [Hilary Clinton] (By DAVID BROOKS, Sep. 25, 2007)
* BUSINESS: Outsourcing Works, So India Is Exporting Jobs (By ANAND GIRIDHARADAS, Sep. 25, 2007)
BUSINESS: Flying for the Holidays? Brace Yourself. (By JEFF BAILEY, Sep. 25, 2007)
* SCIENCE: With Fear and Wonder in Its Wake, Sputnik Lifted Us Into the Future
(By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Sep. 25, 2007)

Monday, September 24, 2007:
On This Day: September 24 (Albrecht Wallenstein 9/24/1583-2/25/1634, John Marshall 9/24/1755-7/6/1835, Mark Hanna 9/24/1837-2/15/1904, Sir A. P. Herbert 9/24/1890-11/11/1971, Stephen Bechtel 9/24/1900-3/14/1989, Severo Ochoa 9/24/1905-11/1/1993, Svetlana Beriosova 9/24/1932-11/10/1998, Jim Henson 9/24/1936-5/16/1990, Jim McKay 1921, Sheila MacRae 1924, Josph Kennedy II 1952)
Clinton, at U.N., Signs Treaty Banning All Nuclear Testing (By ALISON MITCHELL, September 24, 1996)
* Scott Fitzgerald, Author, Dies at 44 [9/24/1896-12/21/1940] (NY Times, December 23, 1940)

* Marcel Marceau, Renowned Mime, Dies at 84 (By JAMES F. CLARITY & ERIC PACE, Sep. 24, 2007)
* OP-ED: The New College Try (By JEROME KARABEL, Sep. 24, 2007)
OP-ED: Politics in Black and White (By PAUL KRUGMAN, Sep. 24, 2007)
BUSINESS: Buy a Laptop for a Child, Get Another Laptop Free (By STEVE LOHR, Sep. 24, 2007)

Sunday, September 23, 2007:
On This Day: September 23 (Caesar Augustus 9/23/63 BC-8/19/14 AD, Helen Almira Shafer 9/23/1839-1/20/1894, Emmuska Orczy 9/23/1865-11/12/1947, Walter Lippmann 9/23/1889-12/14/1974, Tom C. Clark 9/23/1899-6/13/1977, John Coltrane 9/23/1926-7/17/1967, Mickey Rooney 1920, Julio Iglesias 1943, Mary Kay Place 1947, Bruce Spingsteen 1949)
Nixon Leaves Fate To G.O.P. Chiefs; Eisenhower Calls Him To A Talk (By Gladwin Hill, Sept. 23, 1952)
Victoria Martin, Suffragist, Dies: Nominated for U. S. President as Mrs. Woodhull in 1872
[9/23/1838-6/10/1927] (June 11, 1927)

NATIONAL: Clinton Solidifies Edge as Rivals Take a Tougher Line (By ADAM NAGOURNEY & JEFF ZELENY, Sep. 23, 2007)
FILM: The No. 1 Botswana Movie Shoot (By MICHAEL WINES, Sep. 23, 2007)
TRAVEL | Weekend in New York | A City Hall Wedding: You May Now Kiss the Clerk
(By SETH KUGEL, Sep. 23, 2007)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 23, 2007)
THE NATION: They Cried Wolf. They Were Right. (By VIKAS BAJAJ, Sep. 23, 2007)
* Ideas & Trends: Don't Even Think of Touching That Cupcake (By SARAH KERSHAW, Sep. 23, 2007)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 23, 2007)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 23, 2007)

Saturday, September 22, 2007:
On This Day: September 22 (Michael Faraday 9/22/1791-8/25/1867, Erich von Stroheim 9/22/1885-5/12/1957, Babette Deutsch 9/22/1895-11/13/1982, Paul Muni 9/22/1895-8/25/1967, Charles Huggins 9/22/1901-1/12/1997, Martha Scott 1914, Tommy Lasorda 1927, Shari Belafonte 1954, Debby Boone 1956, Catherine Oxenberg 1961)
Highly Important: A Proclamation by the President of the United States (NY Times, Sept. 22, 1862)
John Houseman, Actor and Producer, 86, Dies [9/22/1902-10/31/1988] (By MARILYN BERGER, November 1, 1988)

Friday, September 21, 2007:
On This Day: September 21 (Charles Nicoole 9/21/1866-2/28/1936, H. G. Wells 9/21/1866-8/13/1946, Gustav Holst 9/21/1874-5/25/1934, Hans Hartung 9/21/1904-12/7/1989, Larry Hagman 1931, Stephen King 9/21/1947, Bill Murray 1950, Nancy Travis 1961, Rob Morrow 1962, Faith Hill 1967, Ricki Lake 1968)
Hurricane Sweeps Coast; 11 Dead, 71 Missing, L.I. Toll; 80 Die In New England Flood (NY Times, Sept. 21, 1938)
Henry L. Stimson Dies at 83 In His Home on Long Island [9/21/1867-10/20/1950] (NY Times, October 21, 1950)

Thursday, September 20, 2007:
On This Day: September 20 (Sir James Dewar 9/20/1842-3/27/1923, Herbert Putnam 9/20/1861-8/14/1955, Maxwell Perkins 9/20/1884-6/17/1947, Leo Strauss 9/20/1899-10/18/1973, Stevie Smith 9/20/1902-3/7/1971, Sid Chaplin 9/20/1916-1/11/1986, Red Auerbach 1916, Joyce Brothers 9/20/1928, Sophia Loren 9/20/1934, Guy LaFleur 1951)
Mrs. King Defeats Riggs, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3, Amid a Circus Atmosphere (By NEIL AMDUR, Sept. 20, 1973)
* Upton Sinclair, Author, Dead; Crusader for Social Justice, 90' [9/20/1878-11/25/1968] (NY TIMES, November 26, 1968)

Wednesday, September 19, 2007:
On This Day: September 19 (George Cadbury 9/19/1839-10/24/1922, William H. Lever 9/19/1851-5/7/1925, Bergen Evans 9/19/1904-2/4/1978)
The President Dead; Gen. Arthur Takes the Oath As President (NY Times, September 19, 1881)
* William Golding Is Dead at 81; The Author of 'Lord of the Flies' [born 9/19/1911] (By BRUCE LAMBERT, June 19, 1993)

WORLD: Migration Reshapes Iraq's Sectarian Landscape (By JAMES GLANZ & ALISSA J. RUBIN, Sep. 19, 2007)
BASEBALL: Red Sox Give Pitchers Time Off in Preparation for the Playoffs (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 19, 2007)
BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Francis Strikeouts Boost Rockies (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 19, 2007)
* BUSINESS: Fed Cuts Rate Half Point, and Stock Markets Soar (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Sep. 19, 2007)

Tuesday, September 18, 2007:
On This Day: September 18 (Samuel Johnson 9/18/1709-12/13/1784, Jean-Bernard Foucault 9/18/1819-2/11/1868, Agnes de Mille 9/18/1905-10/7/1993, Edwin McMillan 9/18/1907-9/7/1991)
Defense Command Filled As 2 More Take Service Oath (By ANTHONY LEVIERO, September 18, 1947)
* Greta Garbo, 84, Screen Icon Who Fled Her Stardom, Dies [born 9/18/1905] (NY Times, April 16, 1990)

NATIONAL: Wary of Past, Clinton Unveils a Health Plan (By PATRICK HEALY & ROBIN TONER, Sep. 18, 2007)
* WORLD: World's Languages Dying Off Rapidly (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Sep. 18, 2007)
WORLD: U.S. Contractor Banned by Iraq Over Shootings (By SABRINA TAVERNISE, Sep. 18, 2007)
NY REGION: From Staten Island Haven, Liberians Reveal Wars Scars (By ELLEN BARRY, Sep. 18, 2007)
EDUCATION: Furor Ends in Deanship for Liberal Scholar (By ADAM LIPTAK, Sep. 18, 2007)
BASEBALL | Yankees Notebook: Mysterious Toss at Fenway Adds Drama to Rivera's 9th
(By DAVID PICKER, Sep. 18, 2007)
EDITORIAL: Antibiotic Runoff (NY TIMES, Sep. 18, 2007)
OP-ED: G.O.P.'s Dirty Tricks Begin (By BOB HERBERT, Sep. 18, 2007)
* BUSINESS: Times to End Charges on Web Site (By RICHARD PÉlREZ-PEÑA, Sep. 18, 2007)
* BUSINESS: In Europe, Some Toy Makers Shun the China Label (By MARK LANDLER & IVAR EKMAN, Sep. 18, 2007)
BUSINESS: Lawyer Will Plead Guilty in Kickback Scheme (By BARRY MEIER, Sep. 18, 2007)
TECHNOLOGY: I.B.M. to Offer Office Software Free in Challenge to Microsoft's Line (By STEVE LOHR, Sep. 18, 2007)
* ART: A Golden Age, Gobbled Up by the Gilded Age (By HOLLAND COTTER, Sep. 18, 2007)
ARCHITECTURE: New French Museum Embraces Architecture (By ELAINE SCIOLINO, Sep. 18, 2007)
* SCIENCE: Is 'Do Unto Others' Written Into Our Genes? (By NICHOLAS WADE, Sep. 18, 2007)
* SCIENCE: Lost in a Million-Year Gap, Solid Clues to Human Origins (By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD, Sep. 18, 2007)
* SCIENCE | BASICS: Songs and Sojourns of the Season (By NATALIE ANGIER, Sep. 18, 2007)
Scientist at Work | Phung Tuu Boi: Through the Forest, a Clearer View of the Needs of a People
(By CHRISTIE ASCHWANDEN, Sep. 18, 2007)
HEALTH | CASES: Between Comfort and Care, a Blurry Line (By SANDEEP JAUHAR, M.D., Sep. 18, 2007)

Monday, September 17, 2007:
On This Day: September 17 (Frederick von Steuben 9/17/1730-11/28/1794, Mercy Jackson 9/17/1802-12/13/1877, David Dunbar Buick 9/17/1854-3/6/1929, Christian Lange 9/17/1869-12/11/1938, Rube Foster 9/17/1879-12/9/1930, William Carlos Williams 9/17/1883-3/4/1963, Sir Francis Chichester 9/17/1901-8/26/1972, Sir Frederick Ashton 9/17/1904-8/18/1988, Warren Burger 9/17/1907-6/25/1995, David Oistrakh 9/17/1908-19/24/1974, Hank Williams 9/17/1923-1/1/1953, David Huddleston 1930, Dorothy Loudon 1933, Ken Kesey 1935, David H. Souter 1939, John Ritter 1948, Cassandra Peterson 1951)
* Battle of Antietam Creek (NY Times, September 17, 1862)
Maureen Connolly, Tennis Star, Dies [9/17/1934-6/21/1969] (NY Times, June 22, 1969)

WORLD: Argentine Church Faces 'Dirty War' Past (By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO, Sep. 17, 2007)
* WORLD: Tiszakeszi Journal: Vatican Penance: Forgive Us Our Carbon Output
(By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL, Sep. 17, 2007)
WORLD: New Terrorism Case Confirms That Denmark Is a Target (By NICHOLAS KULISH, Sep. 17, 2007)
* NY REGION: Music Scholar Barred From U.S., but No One Will Tell Her Why (By NINA BERNSTEIN, Sep. 17, 2007)
EDUCATION: Alabama Plan Brings Out Cry of Resegregation (By SAM DILLON, Sep. 17, 2007)
EDITORIAL: The New Hampshire Phone Scam (NY TIMES, Sep. 17, 2007)
* OP-ED: This Is Your (Father's) Brain on Drugs (By MIKE MALES, Sep. 17, 2007)
* BUSINESS: A 'Disappointed' Greenspan Lashes Out at Bush's Economic Policies
(By EDMUND L. ANDREWS, Sep. 17, 2007)
* ARTS: Using Crayons to Exorcise Katrina (By SHAILA DEWAN, Sep. 17, 2007)
ARTS: Yale Officials Agree to Return Peruvian Artifacts (By RANDY KENNEDY, Sep. 17, 2007)

Sunday, September 16, 2007:
On This Day: September 16 (Squire Whipple 9/16/1804-3/15/1888, Albrecht Kossel 9/16/1853-7/5/1927, J. C. Penney 9/16/1875-2/12/1971, Clive Bell 9/16/1881-9/17/1964, Karen Horney 9/16/1885-12/4/1952, Jean Arp 9/16/1887-6/7/1966, Earl Carroll 9/16/1893-6/17/1948, Sir Alexander Korda 9/16/1893-1/23/1956, Laurence Peter 9/16/1919-1/12/1990, Janis Paige 1922, Lauren Bacall 1924, Rev. Robert Sculler 1926, Peter Falk 1927, George Chakiris 1933, Susan Ruttan 1948, Ed Begley Jr. 1949, Mickey Rourke 1956, David Copperfield 1956, Molly Shannon 1964)
Ford Offers Amnesty Program Requiring 2 Years Public Work; Defends His Nixon Pardon (By MARJORIE HUNTER, Sept. 16, 1974)
Railroad Man & "Empire Builder" J. J. Hill Dead At The Age of 77
[9/16/1838-5/29/1916] (NY Times, May 30, 1916)

NATIONAL: In Turnaround, Industries Seek U.S. Regulations (By ERIC LIPTON & GARDINER HARRIS, Sep. 16, 2007)
BASEBALL | Red Sox 10, Yankees 1: Collision at Plate Stops Yankees' Momentum
(By TYLER KEPNER, Sep. 16, 2007)
BASEBALL | Phillies 5, Mets 3: Martínez Does His Part, but Bullpen Falters
(By BEN SHPIGEL, Sep. 16, 2007)
BASEBALL: Papelbon Was on the Mound, but His Mind Was Somewhere Else (By JACK CURRY, Sep. 16, 2007)
BUSINESS: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 16, 2007)
* BUSINESS: Japanese Wives Sweat in Secret as Markets Reel (By MARTIN FACKLER, Sep. 16, 2007)
* BUSINESS: Age of Riches: Bye, Bye Business-School (By LOUISE STORY, Sep. 16, 2007)
ECONOMIC VIEW: One Answer to Global Warming: A New Tax (By N. GREGORY MANKIW, Sep. 16, 2007)
NOVELTIES: While in the Kitchen, Stir the Stew and Surf the Web (By ANNE EISENBERG, Sep. 16, 2007)
MARKET WEEK: Should Fed Tread Lightly on Rates? (By CONRAD DE AENLLE, Sep. 16, 2007)
MARKET MAKER: A Stock Caught in the Iraq Debate (By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ, Sep. 16, 2007)
* FUNDAMENTALLY: Why Haven't Investors Played It Safe With Blue Chips? (By PAUL J. LIM, Sep. 16, 2007)
* PLANNING: Navigating a Path Through a Turbulent Housing Market (By TIM GRAY, Sep. 16, 2007)
* THE FEED: Sugar Finds Its Way Back to the School Cafeteria (By ANDREW MARTIN, Sep. 16, 2007)
CAREER COUCH: Walking the Tightrope of Workspace D´cor (By EILENE ZIMMERMAN, Sep. 16, 2007)
THE BOSS: It's About the Journey [CEO & President, Expedia Inc] (By DARA KHOSROWSHAHI; as told to AMY ZIPKIN, Sep. 16, 2007)
* TECHNOLOGY | Digital Domain: A Window of Opportunity for Macs, Soon to Close
(By RANDALL STROSS, Sep. 16, 2007)
ARTS: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 16, 2007)
ARCHITECTURE: Where Progress Is Just a Walk in the Park (By PAULA DEITZ, Sep. 16, 2007)
DANCE: Baroque Holds Court for a New Age (By ROSLYN SULCAS, Sep. 16, 2007)
FILM: Mother Nature's Restless Sons (By CHARLES McGRATH, Sep. 16, 2007)
FILM: Jesse James, an Outlaw for All Seasons (By TERRENCE RAFFERTY, Sep. 16, 2007)
FILM: Exploring Humanity, Violence and All (By KATRINA ONSTAD, Sep. 16, 2007)
FILM: Imaginary Trips Beyond Reality (By CARYN JAMES, Sep. 16, 2007)
* MUSIC: Respect at Last for Grieg? (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Sep. 16, 2007)
MUSIC: Sonny Rollins Strips for Action (By BEN RATLIFF, Sep. 16, 2007)
* THEATER: The Aging of Aquarius (By CHARLES ISHERWOOD, Sep. 16, 2007)
THEATER: Sifting the Dustbin of Literary History (By ROBERT SIMONSON, Sep. 16, 2007)
TV: Another War, Another Epic From Ken Burns (By ELIZABETH JENSEN, Sep. 16, 2007)
TV: Happy to Be Neurotic, at Least Once a Week (By SUSAN STEWART, Sep. 16, 2007)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 16, 2007)
* STYLE: Living Your Dreams, in a Manner of Speaking (By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM, Sep. 16, 2007)
STYLE: A Microwave Recipe for Fame (By ALLEN SALKIN, Sep. 16, 2007)
My So-Called Gossipy Life (By RUTH LA FERLA, Sep. 16, 2007)
POSSESSED: Let the Music Play, or Maybe Not (By DAVID COLMAN, Sep. 16, 2007)
MODERN LOVE: How I Turned Into a Stepmonster (By MARIA DAHVANA HEADLEY, Sep. 16, 2007)
VOWS: Kay Lipper and Andy Anderson (By ERIC V. COPAGE, Sep. 16, 2007)
TRAVEL | Next Stop | Arizona: Sipping From a Utopian Well in the Desert (By CHRIS COLIN, Sep. 16, 2007)
TRAVEL | Choice Tables | Prague: Haute Czech: Cooking to Rival the Sightseeing
(By EVAN RAIL, Sep. 16, 2007)
TRAVEL | Hotels & Spas Issue: Into the Amazon (By LARRY ROHTER, Sep. 16, 2007)
WEEK IN REVIEW (NY TIMES, Sep. 16, 2007)
* PARROT POWER: Alex Wanted a Cracker, but Did He Want One? (By GEORGE JOHNSON, Sep. 16, 2007)
Elective Surgery: Unveiling Health Care 2.0, Again (By ROBIN TONER, Sep. 16, 2007)
THE WORLD | No Blowing Smoke: Poppies Fade in Southeast Asia (By THOMAS FULLER, Sep. 16, 2007)
THE WORLD | Required Reading in Moscow: Tea Leaves (By CLIFFORD J. LEVY, Sep. 16, 2007)
THE NATION: All Crime Is Local in '08 Politics (By SAM ROBERTS, Sep. 16, 2007)
* Britney? That's All She Rote [Memorization] (By JENNY LYN BADER, Sep. 16, 2007)
* How We Live, by the Numbers: Week of Sept. 9-15 (NY TIMES, Sep. 16, 2007)
* IDEAS & TRENDS: When the Limits Push Back [Steve Fossett]
(By WILLIAM YARDLEY, Sep. 16, 2007)
* THE BASICS: Searching by Land, Air and the Web (By STEVE FRIESS, Sep. 16, 2007)
* THE BASICS: Best in the World, for Barely a Year [56 phone books torn in 3 minutes]
(NY TIMES, Sep. 16, 2007)
LAUGH LINES: Jay Leno, David Letterman and Conan O'Brien (NY TIMES, Sep. 16, 2007)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 16, 2007)
* ON LANGUAGE: Schlep (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Sep. 16, 2007)
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Darkness Invisible [Owen Wilson's suicide bid] (By DAPHNE MERKIN, Sep. 16, 2007)
Questions for Ethan Hawke: Renaissance Man? (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, Sep. 16, 2007)
Freakonomics: The Jane Fonda Effect (By STEPHEN J. DUBNER & STEVEN D. LEVITT, Sep. 16, 2007)
Domains | Patrick J. Buchanan: Conservative Stronghold (Interview by EDWARD LEWINE, Sep. 16, 2007)
THE ETHICIST: Cellphone Naughtiness (By RANDY COHEN, Sep. 16, 2007)
* COVER ARTICLE: Do We Really Know What Makes Us Healthy? (By GARY TAUBES, Sep. 16, 2007)
* The Missionary Mogul [Israel's richest man Lev Leviev] (By ZEV CHAFETS, Sep. 16, 2007)
Being Rachel Zoe (By LYNN HIRSCHBERG, Sep. 16, 2007)
STYLE | SLIDE SHOW: Haute Wheels (NY TIMES, Sep. 16, 2007)
FOOD: The Way We Eat: Bless This Mess (By AMANDA HESSER, Sep. 16, 2007)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 16, 2007)
* BOOKS | ESSAY: Revisiting the Canon Wars [Allan Bloom] (By RACHEL DONADIO, Sep. 16, 2007)
* BOOKS: Lust for Numbers [The Indian Clerk By David Leavitt]
(By NELL FREUDENBERGER, Sep. 16, 2007)
* HEALTH: Cancer Free at Age 33, but Weighing a Mastectomy (By AMY HARMON, Sep. 16, 2007)

Saturday, September 15, 2007:
On This Day: September 15 (James Fenimore Cooper 9/15/1789-9/14/1851, Bruno Walter 9/15/1876-2/17/1962, Dame Agatha Christie 9/15/1890-1/12/1976, Jean Renoir 9/15/1894-2/12/1979, Norm Crosby 9/15/1927, Prince Harry 9/15/1984)
Birmingham Bomb Kills 4 Negro Girls In Church; Riots Flare; 2 Boys Slain
(By Claude Sitton, Sept. 15, 1963)
William Howard Taft Gained Peaks In Unusual Career, Dies at 72
[9/15/1857-3/8/1930] (NY Times, March 9, 1930)

NATIONAL: At the U.S. Border, the Desert Takes a Rising Toll (By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD, Sep. 15, 2007)
NATIONAL: Behind an Antiwar Ad, a Powerful Liberal Group (By MICHAEL LUO and JEFF ZELENY, Sep. 15, 2007)
NATIONAL: Antiwar Ad Prompts Dispute (By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE, Sep. 15, 2007)
NATIONAL: Net Watch: Giuliani Attacks Clinton on War (By MARC SANTORA, Sep. 15, 2007)
* NY REGION: Known for Famous Photos, Not All of Them His [Joe O'Donnell]
(By MICHAEL WILSON, Sep. 15, 2007)
BASEBALL | Yankees 8, Red Sox 7: Blistering Yankee Rally Sounds the Alarm in Boston
(By TYLER KEPNER, Sep. 15, 2007)
BASEBALL: With Confidence Soaring, A-Rod Caps a Thriller and Jeter Is Not Surprised
(By Tyler Kepner, Sep. 15, 2007)
FOOTBALL: Silence on Concussions Raises Risks of Injury (By ALAN SCHWARZ, Sep. 15, 2007)
* BUSINESS: Ayn Rand's Literature of Capitalism (By HARRIET RUBIN, Sep. 15, 2007)
* BUSINESS: Former Fed Chief Attacks Bush on Fiscal Role (By EDMUND L. ANDREWS & DAVID E. SANGER, Sep. 15, 2007)
* BUSINESS: Tell-All PCs and Phones Transforming Divorce (By BRAD STONE, Sep. 15, 2007)
* MARKET VALUES: What to Own if Economy Turns Sour (By CONRAD DE AENLLE, Sep. 15, 2007)
* BUSINESS: At Least on Wall Street, Wages of Sin Beat Those of Virtue (By JANET MORRISSEY, Sep. 15, 2007)

Friday, September 14, 2007:
On This Day: September 14 (Luigi Cherubini 9/14/1760-3/15/1842, Alexander von Humboldt 9/14/1769-5/6/1859, Ivan Pavlov 9/14/1849-2/27/1936, Jan Masaryk 9/14/1886-3/10/1948, Karl Compton 9/14/1887-6/22/1954, Alan Bloom 9/14/1930-10/7/1992)
* Soviet Rocket Hits Moon After 35 Hours (By MAX FRANKEL, Sept. 14, 1959)
Margaret Sanger Is Dead at 82; Led Campaign for Birth Control [born 9/14/1879]
NATIONAL: Bush Says Success Allows for Troop Cuts (By STEVEN LEE MYERS and CARL HULSE, Sep. 14, 2007)
NATIONAL: San Francisco to Offer Care for Uninsured Adults (By KEVIN SACK, Sep. 14, 2007)
BASEBALL | Blue Jays 2, Yankees 1: Stellar Outing for Kennedy Ends in a Loss
(By TYLER KEPNER, Sep. 14, 2007)
PRO FOOTBALL: Sideline Spying: N.F.L. Punishes Patriots' Taping (By JUDY BATTISTA, Sep. 14, 2007)
EDITORIAL: No Exit, No Strategy (NY TIMES, Sep. 14, 2007)
* TECHNOLOGY: Rental Building's Good Karma Nurtures Success [165 University Avenue]
(By MIGUEL HELFT, Sep. 14, 2007)
ARTS | Weekend Explorer: Paths of Resistance in the East Village (By JOHN STRAUSBAUGH, Sep. 14, 2007)
* FILM | Across the Universe: Lovers in the '60s Take a Magical Mystery Tour
(By STEPHEN HOLDEN, Sep. 14, 2007)
* TRAVEL ESCAPES: Dark Sky, Bright Lights Over Pennsylvania (By DAVE CALDWELL, Sep. 14, 2007)

Thursday, September 13, 2007:
On This Day: September 13 (Clara Schumann 9/13/1813-5/20/1896, Arnold Schoenberg 9/13/1874-7/13/1951, Sherwood Anderson 9/13/1876-3/8/1941)
Rabin and Arafat Seal Their Accord as Clinton Applauds 'Brave Gamble' (By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Sept. 13, 1993)
Leadership, Personal Courage, Devotion to Troops Won for Pershing Affection of Nation [9/13/1860] (July 16, 1948)

NATIONAL: Gangs Grow, but Hard Line Stirs Doubts (By SOLOMON MOORE, Sep. 13, 2007)
NATIONAL: U.S. Court Backs States' Measures to Cut Emissions (By FELICITY BARRINGER, Sep. 13, 2007)
NATIONAL: Tortured Woman Had Told of Abuse by One Suspect (By IAN URBINA, Sep. 13, 2007)
WORLD: Child Mortality at Record Low; Further Drop Seen (By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., Sep. 13, 2007)
WORLD: Compromise on Oil Law in Iraq Seems to Be Collapsing (By JAMES GLANZ, Sep. 13, 2007)
EDUCATION: University Fences In a Berkeley Protest, and a New One Arises
(By JESSE McKINLEY, Sep. 13, 2007)
NY REGION: Vacant Houses, Scourge of a Beaten-Down Buffalo (By KEN BELSON, Sep. 13, 2007)
EDITORIAL: The Next Attorney General (NY TIMES, Sep. 13, 2007)
* OP-ED: Mind Over Manual (By SALLY SATEL, Sep. 13, 2007)
TECHNOLOGY: Google Founders' Ultimate Perk: A NASA Runway
[For $1.3 million a year, Larry Page & Sergey Brin get to park their
customized wide-body Boeing 767-200, as well as two other jets used
by top Google executives, on Moffett Field, an airport run by NASA
that is generally closed to private aircraft.]
(By MIGUEL HELFT, Sep. 13, 2007)
TECHNOLOGY | State of the Art: Making Over the iPod Family (Again) (By DAVID POGUE, Sep. 13, 2007)
MUSIC: Led Zeppelin to Return for a Tribute Concert (By BEN SISARIO, Sep. 13, 2007)
MUSIC: Spears's Awards Fiasco Stirs Speculation About Her Future (By JEFF LEEDS, Sep. 13, 2007)
* STYLE | Cyberfamilias | Wanted: I.T. Experts (No Adults, Please) (By MICHELLE SLATALLA, Sep. 13, 2007)
HOME & GARDEN: Where the Good Life Demands Grape Views (BY SUZANNE GANNON, Sep. 13, 2007)
HOME & GARDEN: Life Changes, With a Latte to Go (By JOYCE WADLER, Sep. 13, 2007)
* Scientists' Good News: Earth May Survive Sun's Demise in 5 Billion Years (By DENNIS OVERBYE, Sep. 13, 2007)

Wednesday, September 12, 2007:
On This Day: September 12 (Lorenzo de Medici 9/12/1492-5/4/1519, H.L. Mencken 9/12/1880-1/29/1956, Maurice Chevalier 9/12/1888-1/1/1972, Alfred Knopf 9/12/1892-8/11/1984, Ben Shahn 9/12/1898-3/14/1969)
Steven Biko, Young Black Leader Dies in Detention in South Africa (By JOHN F. BURNS, Sept. 12, 1977)
Jesse Owens Dies of Cancer at 66; Hero of the 1936 Berlin Olympics [9/12/1913] (By FRANK LITSKY, April 1, 1980)

* EDUCATION: Master's Degrees Abound as Universities and Students See a Windfall
(By HANNAH FAIRFIELD, Sep. 12, 2007)
* TECHNOLOGY: New Social Sites Cater to People of a Certain Age (By MATT RICHTEL, Sep. 12, 2007)
TECH INNOVATION: A Special Section (NY TIMES, Sep. 16, 2007)
* Who Needs Hackers? (By JOHN SCHWARTZ, Sep. 12, 2007)
* Helping Computers to Search With Nuance, Like Us (By PETER WAYNER, Sep. 12, 2007)
Software That Can Track Your Performance Quickly (By DAVID S. JOACHIM, Sep. 12, 2007)
* For Networks, Thin Is In (By STEVE LOHR, Sep. 12, 2007)
Saving the Animals: New Ways to Test Products (By BARNABY J. FEDER, Sep. 12, 2007)
Cyberspace Trade Shows Bring Action to the Desktop (By HEATHER CLANCY, Sep. 12, 2007)
* How Do You Like Your Genes? Biofabs Take Orders (By ANDREW POLLACK, Sep. 12, 2007)
Outsourcing I.T. To Unlikely Places, Like America (By DAVID STROM, Sep. 12, 2007)
ART & DESIGN: Abroad: In Germany, Wild for Winnetou (By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, Sep. 12, 2007)
FOOD: To Burundi and Beyond for Coffee's Holy Grail (By PETER MEEHAN, Sep. 12, 2007)

Tuesday, September 11, 2007:
On This Day: September 11 (O. Henry 9/11/1862-6/5/1910, D.H. Lawrence 9/11/1885-3/2/1930, Vinoba Bhave 9//1/1895-11/15/1982)
Allende Out, Reported Suicide; Marxist Regime In Chile Falls In Army's Violent Coup (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sept. 11, 1973)
Ferdinand Marcos, Ousted Leader Of Philippines, Dies at 72 in Exile [9/11/1917] (By JANE GROSS, Sept. 29, 1989)

* Jane Wyman, 90, Star of Film and TV, Is Dead (By RICHARD SEVERO, Sep. 11, 2007)
* TECHNOLOGY: Redefining the Architecture of Memory (By JOHN MARKOFF, Sep. 11, 2007)
* SCIENCE: Brainy Parrot Dies, Emotive to the End (By BENEDICT CAREY, Sep. 11, 2007)
* SCIENCE: Low Technologies, High Aims [MIT] (By ANDREW C. REVKIN, Sep. 11, 2007)
* SCIENCE | FINDINGS: 'Feel Good' vs. 'Do Good' on Climate (By JOHN TIERNEY, Sep. 11, 2007)
* HEALTH: Not Autistic or Hyperactive. Just Seeing Double at Times
(By LAURA NOVAK, Sep. 11, 2007)
* HEALTH | No Relief: In India, a Quest to Ease the Pain of the Dying
(By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., Sep. 11, 2007)

Monday, September 10, 2007:
On This Day: September 10 (Sir John Soane 9/10/1753-1/20/1837, William T. Harris 9/10/1835-11/5/1909, Franz Werfel 9/10/1890-8/26/1945, Arthur Compton 9/10/1892-3/15/1962)
Troops Use Machine Gun on Boston Mob; 5,000 Guarding City as Riots Continue (NY Times, Sept. 10, 1919)
* Roger Maris is Dead at 51, Set Record Home Runs [9/10/1934-12/14/1985] (By JOSEPH DURSO, December 15, 1985)

NATIONAL: Prisons Purging Books on Faith From Libraries (By LAURIE GOODSTEIN, Sep. 10, 2007)
TECHNOLOGY: Fun, Tours and a $3,000 Bill for Hardly Using an iPhone
(By KATIE HAFNER, Sep. 10, 2007)
* SCIENCE: Alex, a Parrot Who Had a Way With Words, Dies (By BENEDICT CAREY, Sep. 10, 2007)
* HEALTH: Japanese Slowly Shedding Their Misgivings About the Use of Painkilling Drugs
(By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., Sep. 10, 2007)
HEALTH: Drugs Banned, Many of World's Poor Suffer in Pain (By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., Sep. 10, 2007)

Sunday, September 9, 2007:
On This Day: September 9 (Luigi Galvani 9/9/1737-12/4/1798, James Hilton 9/9/1900-12/20/1954, Otis Redding 9/9/1941-12/10/1967)
* Mao Tse-Tung Dies In Peking At 82; Leader Of Red China Revolution (By REUTERS, September 9, 1976)
Alf Landon, G.O.P. Stand-Bearer, Dies at 100
[9/9/1887-10/12/1987] (NY Times, October 13, 1987)

Jimmy Lee Sudduth, Folk Artist, Is Dead at 97 (By MARGALIT FOX, Sep. 9, 2007)
NATIONAL: Boys Cast Out by Polygamists Find Help (By ERIK ECKHOLM, Sep. 9, 2007)
* WORLD: Mali's Farmers Discover a Weed's Potential Power [Biofuel]
(By LYDIA POLGREEN, Sep. 9, 2007)
TRAVEL | Practical Traveler | Hotels: Finding Bargain Rooms at a Glance (By MICHELLE HIGGINS, Sep. 9, 2007)
Journeys | San Francisco Wine Bars: Snobless Sipping Where a Glassful Is Just a Glassful
(By GREGORY DICUM, Sep. 9, 2007)
* TRAVEL | Next Stop | Cappadocia, Turkey: A Moonscape Carved by Nature and Man (By GISELA WILLIAMS, Sep. 9, 2007)

Saturday, September 8, 2007:
On This Day: September 8 (Ludovico Ariosto 9/8/1474-7/6/1533, Marin Mersenne 9/8/1588-9/1/1648, Frederic Mistral 9/8/1830-3/25/1914, Antonin Dvorak 9/8/1841-5/1/1904, Jessie Willcox Smith 9/8/1863-5/3/1935, Robert A. Taft 9/8/1889-7/31/1953, Jimmie Rodgers 9/8/1897-5/26/1933, Buck Leonard 9/8/1907-11/27/1997, Patsy Cline 9/8/1932-3/5/1963, Sid Caesar 1922, Wendell Ford 1924, Ann Beattie 1947, Heather Thomas 1957)
* Ford Gives Pardon To Nixon, Who Regrets 'My Mistakes' (By Hon Herbers, Sept. 8, 1974)
Claude Pepper, Fiery Fighter For Elderly Rights, Dies at 88
[9/8/1900-5/30/1989] (By REGINALD THOMAS, May 31, 1989)

* Madeleine L'Engle, Author of the Classic 'A Wrinkle in Time,' Is Dead at 88 (By DOUGLAS MARTIN, Sep. 8, 2007)

Friday, September 7, 2007:
On This Day: September 7 (Elizabeth I 9/7/1533-3/24/1603, Elinor Wylie 9/7/1885-12/16/1928, Dame Edith Sitwell 9/7/1887-12/9/1964, David Packard 9/7/1912-3/26/1996, Sir Anthony Quayle 9/7/1913-10/20/1989)
* German Planes Raid London All Day; British Bomb Berlin, Starting Fires (By JAMES B. RESTON, Sept. 7, 1940)
* Grandma Moses Is Dead at 101; Primitive Artist 'Just Wore Out'
[9/7/1860-12/13/1961] (NY Times, December 14, 1961)

* Luciano Pavarotti, Charismatic Tenor Who Scaled Pop Heights, Dies at 71 (By BERNARD HOLLAND, Sep. 7, 2007)
WORLD | Border Crossings: Jobs Abroad Support 'Model' State in India (By JASON DePARLE, Sep. 7, 2007)
* OP-ED: America's Guardian Myths (By SUSAN FALUDI, Sep. 7, 2007)
* MUSIC: Italy Mourns 'an Expression of Our Culture' (By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO, Sep. 7, 2007)

Thursday, September 6, 2007:
On This Day: September 6 (Lafayette 9/6/1757-5/20/1834, Joseph P. Kennedy 9/6/1888-11/18/1969, Claire Chennault 9/6/1890-7/27/1958, Luis Leloir 9/6/1906-12/2/1987)
* President McKinley Shot at Buffalo Fair (NY Times, Sept. 6, 1901)
Jane Addams A Foe of War and Need [9/6/1860-5/21/1935] (NY Times, May 22, 1935)

Miyoshi Umeki, 78, Actress Who Won an Oscar in '57, Dies (By STUART LAVIETES, Sep. 6, 2007)
* BUSINESS| Age of Riches: Big Gifts, Tax Breaks and a Debate on Charity
(By STEPHANIE STROM, Sep. 6, 2007)
BOOKS: A Prosecutorial Brief Against Israel and Its Supporters
[The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy By John J. Mearsheimer & Stephen M. Walt]
(By WILLIAM GRIMES, Sep. 6, 2007)
* MUSIC | An Appraisal: A Master of Italian Operatic Artistry (By ANTHONY TOMMASINI, Sep. 6, 2007)
HOME & GARDEN: Romancing the Flat Pack: Ikea, Repurposed (By PENELOPE GREEN, Sep. 6, 2007)
* HEALTH: Some Food Additives Raise Hyperactivity, Study Finds (By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL, Sep. 6, 2007)

Wednesday, September 5, 2007:
On This Day: September 5 (Tommaso Campanella 9/5/1568-5/21/1639, Giacomo Meyerbeer 9/5/1791-5/2/1864, A.C. Nielsen 9/5/1897-6/1/1980, Darryl Zanuck 9/5/1902-12/22/1979, Arthur Koestler 9/5/1905-3/3/1983)
9 Israelis on Olympic Team Killed with 4 Arab Captors as Police Fight Band That Disrupted Munich Games
(By DAVID BINDER, Sept. 5, 1972)
* John Cage, 79, a Minimalist Enchanted With Sound, Dies
[9/5/1912-8/12/1992] (By ALLAN KOZINN, August 13, 1992)

* NATIONAL: No More Privies, So Hikers Add a Carry-Along (By FELICITY BARRINGER, Sep. 5, 2007)
TECHNOLOGY: Panel Rejects Microsoft's Open Format (By KEVIN J. O'BRIEN, Sep. 5, 2007)
* HEALTH: Doctor Links a Man's Illness to a Microwave Popcorn Habit (By GARDINER HARRIS, Sep. 5, 2007)

Tuesday, September 4, 2007:
On This Day: September 4 (Francois Chateaubriand 9/4/1768-7/4/1848, Anton Bruckner 9/4/1824-10/11/1896, Daniel Burnham 9/4/1846-6/1/1912, John Dillon 9/4/1851-8/4/1927, Simon Lake 9/4/1866-6/23/1945, La Argentina 9/4/1890-7/18/1936, Mary Renault 9/4/1905-12/13/1983, Edward Dmytryk 9/4/1908-7/1/1999, Henry Ford II 9/4/1917-9/29/1987, Paul Harvey 1918, Howard Morris 1919, Mitzi Gaynor 1931, Merald "Bubba" Knight 1942, Jennifer Salt 1944, Tom Watson 1949, Khandi Alexander 1957, Wes Bentley 1978)
Arkansas Troops Bar Negro Pupils; Governor Defiant (By BENJAMIN FINE, Sept. 4, 1957)
Richard Wright, Writer, 52, Dies [9/4/1908-11/28/1960] (NY Times, November 30, 1960)

* HEALTH: Bipolar Illness Soars as a Diagnosis for the Young (By BENEDICT CAREY, Sep. 4, 2007)

Monday, September 3, 2007:
On This Day: September 3 (Diane De Poitiers 9/3/1499-4/22/1566, Louis Sullivan 9/3/1856-4/14/1924, Sir Macfarlane Burnet 9/3/1899-8/31/1985, Loren Eiseley 9/3/1907-7/9/1977)
Viking 2 Lander Settles On Mars And Sends Signal (By WALTER SULLIVAN, Sept. 3, 1976)
Sarah Orne Jewett, Noted Writer, Dead [9/3/1849-6/24/1909] (NY Times, June 25, 1909)

* TECHNOLOGY: Software via the Internet: Microsoft in 'Cloud' Computing (By JOHN MARKOFF, Sep. 3, 2007)
* LINK BY LINK: Whiting Out the Ads, but at What Cost? (By NOAM COHEN, Sep. 3, 2007)

Sunday, September 2, 2007:
On This Day: September 2 (Ernst Curtius 9/2/1814-7/11/1896, Lucretia Hale 9/2/1820-6/12/1900, Giovanni Verga 9/2/1840-1/27/1922, A.G. Spalding 9/2/1850-9/9/1915, Wilhelm Ostwald 9/2/1853-4/4/1932, Frederick Soddy 9/2/1877-9/22/1956, Werner Blomberg 9/2/1878-3/22/1946, Cleveland Amory 9/2/1917-10/14/1998, Martha Mitchell 9/2/1918-5/31/1976, Horace Silver 1928, Alan K. Simpson 1931, Peter Ueberroth 1937, Sam Gooden 1939, Jimmy Clanton 1940, Terry Bradshaw 1948, Mark Harmon 1951, Jimmy Connors 1952, Linda Purl 1955, Keanu Reeves 1964)
Japan Surrenders To Allies On Warship; Truman Declares V-J Day (NY Times, Sept. 2, 1945)
Shuttle Explosion, Seven Who Perished in The Explosion of The Challenger
[Christa McAuliffe, 9/2/1948-1/28/1986] (NY Times, January 29, 1986)

OP-ED: America's Toe-Tapping Menace (By LAURA M. Mac DONALD, Sep. 2, 2007)
BUSINESS: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 2, 2007)
BUSINESS: Can the Mortgage Crisis Swallow a Town? (By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ, Sep. 2, 2007)
SPENDING: Catching the Bouquet, in a Dress You Bought Online (By ELIZABETH OLSON, Sep. 2, 2007)
* INVESTING: When Risk Is Home-Grown, Is It Time to Look Abroad? (By WILLIAM J. HOLSTEIN, Sep. 2, 2007)
NOVELTIES: Do the Mash (Even if You Don't Know All the Steps) (By ANNE EISENBERG, Sep. 2, 2007)
PROTOTYPE: A Tool to Organize Our Many Organizers (By MICHAEL FITZGERALD, Sep. 2, 2007)
MARKET WEEK: Awaiting Subprime's Fallout (By CONRAD DE AENLLE, Sep. 2, 2007)
* FUNDAMENTALLY: Count the Days, Not the Years, of Market Pullbacks (By PAUL J. LIM, Sep. 2, 2007)
MEDIA | Scene Stealer: For Studio Chiefs, the End of the Revolving Door? (By MICHAEL CIEPLY, Sep. 2, 2007)
CAREER COUCH: The Care and Feeding of References (By PHYLLIS KORKKI, Sep. 2, 2007)
THE BOSS: The Optimist Wins [President, Open Division, American Express]
(By SUSAN SOBBOTT; As told to PATRICIA R. OLSEN, Sep. 2, 2007)
ARTS: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 2, 2007)
ART | SLIDE SHOW: Sanctuary of Art (By, Sep. 2, 2007)
DANCE: Watching Every Step of the Joyce at 25 (By CLAUDIA LA ROCCO, Sep. 2, 2007)
FILM: Elmore Leonard's Men of Few Words, in a Few Words (By TERRENCE RAFFERTY, Sep. 2, 2007)
* MUSIC: Dead 40 Years, Woody Guthrie Stays Busy (By GEOFFREY HIMES, Sep. 2, 2007)
FASHION & STYLE: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 2, 2007)
FASHION: Admit It. You Love It. It Matters. (By GUY TREBAY, Sep. 2, 2007)
* The Author Will Take Q.'s Now (By KARA JESELLA, Sep. 2, 2007)
A Night Out With: Follow Me, Boys (By JAMIE DIAMOND, Sep. 2, 2007)
My Child's Divorce Is My Pain (By MIREYA NAVARRO, Sep. 2, 2007)
* MODERN LOVE: The People on the Bus Say 'Shame on You' (By HANA SCHANK, Sep. 2, 2007)
VOWS: Teresa Clarke and John Ellis (By LOIS SMITH BRADY, Sep. 2, 2007)
WEEK IN REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 2, 2007)
* Oh, Everyone Knows That (Except You) (By ABBY GOODNOUGH, Sep. 2, 2007)
* THE BASICS: Bat Boy Collapses in Checkout Lane! [Weekly World News]
(By THOMAS VINCIGUERRA, Sep. 2, 2007)
World View Podcast [Women in India] (Interview by GREG WINTER, Sep. 2, 2007)
The Traps in Turkey's Power Shift (By SABRINA TAVERNISE & SEBNEM ARSU, Sep. 2, 2007)
THE WORLD: In Cuba, a Politically Incorrect Love of the Frigidaire (By SIMON ROMERO, Sep. 2, 2007)
In the Money: Aug. 26-Sept. 1 [7000 carat diamond, Barry Bond baseballs]
(NY TIMES, Sep. 2, 2007)
Laugh Lines: Jay Leno, David Letterman and Conan O'Brien (NY TIMES, Sep. 2, 2007)
SUNDAY MAGAZINE: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 2, 2007)
* ON LANGUAGE: The Way Forward (By WILLIAM SAFIRE, Sep. 2, 2007)
The Way We Live Now: Subprime Time (By ROGER LOWENSTEIN, Sep. 2, 2007)
Questions for Mark Penn: The Adviser (Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON, Sep. 2, 2007)
THE ETHICIST: A Soldier's Gift (By RANDY COHEN, Sep. 2, 2007)
* COVER ARTICLE: The Music Man [Rick Rubin] (By LYNN HIRSCHBERG, Sep. 2, 2007)
The Former-Insurgent Counterinsurgency (By MICHAEL R. GORDON, Sep. 2, 2007)
BOOK REVIEW: Contents (NY TIMES, Sep. 2, 2007)

Saturday, September 1, 2007:
On This Day: September 1 (Giacomo Torelli 9/1/1608-6/17/1678, Engelbert Humperdinck 9/1/1854-9/27/1921, James Corbett 9/1/1866-2/18/1933, Edgar Burroughs 9/1/1875-3/19/1950, Francis Aston 9/1/1877-11/20/1945, Marilyn Miller 9/1/1898-4/7/1936, Carlo Gambino 9/1/1902-10/15/1976, Dame Peggy van Praagh 9/1/1910-1/15/1990, Rocky Marciano 9/1/1923-8/31/1969, Melvin R. Laird 1922, Yvonne DeCarlo 1922, Ann Richards 1933, Seiji Ozawa 1935, Ron O'Neal 1937, Don Stroud 1943, Archie Bell 1944, Barry Gibb 1946, Gloria Estefan 1957, Dee Dee Myers 1961)
German Army Attacks Poland; Danzig Is Accepted Into Reich (NY Times, Sept. 1, 1939)
Reuther Dies in Jet Crash With Wife and 4 Others [9/1/1907-5/9/1970] (NY Times, May 11, 1970)

BUSINESS: Soothing Words and a Big Gain
[Dow +119.01, Nasdaq +31.06] (ASSOCIATED PRESS, Sep. 1, 2007)
TECHNOLOGY: Google Shift on Handling of News
[Four news agencies— Press Association of Britain, Canadian Press,
Agence France-Presse and The Associated Press— now have their articles
featured with the organizations' own brands on Google News. The companies
have agreed to license news feeds to Google.]
(By REUTERS, Sep. 1, 2007)