 | Democrats Oust Longtime Leader of House Panel |
Henry A. Waxman’s victory over John D. Dingell is expected to accelerate passage of energy, climate and health legislation backed by Barack Obama.
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| Music: How Axl Rose Spent All That Time |
“Chinese Democracy” is the Titanic ship of rock albums: It’s outsize, lavish, obsessive, technologically advanced and, all too clearly, the end of an era.
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| The New Old Mexico |
In San Miguel de Allende, a place beloved for its preserved Spanish colonial architecture and aura of timeless charm, new developments for expatriates may threaten the lifestyle that drew them there.
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| For Florida State Player and Scholar, Game Day Is Different |
Florida State safety Myron Rolle will risk missing all or part of a game against Maryland in order to be interviewed for the Rhodes Scholarship.
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| Failing Home Economics |
As Americans attempt to perform cost-benefit analyses of their needs and behaviors, some are practicing economies that may not deserve the name.
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| A New Wind Is Blowing in Chicago |
With Barack Obama’s election, the city is basking in a moment of triumph that goes well beyond politics.
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| After Losses, Pensions Ask For a Change |
Some of the nation’s biggest companies want Congress to roll back rules requiring them to put more money into pension funds.
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| Teenagers’ Internet Socializing Not a Bad Thing |
Hanging out online helps teenagers develop “technological skills and literacy,” a researcher on a new study said.
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| Web Sites Wage Holiday Price Wars |
As deserted malls and department stores struggle to court consumers with steep discounts, an even more ferocious price war is being waged online.
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| Op-Ed Columnist: Obama, Misha and the Bear |
President-elect Barack Obama needs a new approach to Russia if we want to avoid a new cold war, and we also need to get over our crush on Georgia’s president, Mikheil Saakashvili.
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| Op-Ed Contributor: What’s the Point of Daylight Time? |
Eliminating daylight time would accord with President-elect Barack Obama’s stated goals of conserving resources and reducing climate change.
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| Op-Ed Contributor: What’s the Value of a Big Bonus? |
If our tests mimic the real world, then higher bonuses may not only cost employers more but also discourage executives from working to the best of their ability.
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| Op-Ed Contributor: What’s So Special About a Team of Rivals? |
There’s more mythology than history in the idea that Lincoln showed exceptional political skill in offering cabinet positions to the men he had beaten in the race for the 1860 Republican nomination.
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| Editorial: Flunking the Electoral College |
The Electoral College is more than just an antiquated institution: it actively disenfranchises voters. American democracy would be far stronger without it.
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| Regenerating a Mammoth for $10 Million |
A new report suggests that a living mammoth could perhaps be regenerated from DNA extracted from clumps of the animal’s hair.
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| Stocks Are Hurt by Latest Fear: Declining Prices |
The Dow fell below 8,000 as concern spread that the economy might be facing a chronic and debilitating decline in prices.
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| PC Magazine, a Flagship for Ziff Davis, Will Cease Printing a Paper Version |
It is the latest of several magazine publishers to drop a print edition, as advertising plummets and the cost of printing a paper version rises.
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| Ouch, My Knee! Is There a Bike Fitter in the House? |
Bike fittings for recreational cyclists has mushroomed into a mainstream offering found at scores of bikes shops and training centers around the country.
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| What Happy People Don’t Do |
Happy people spend a lot of time socializing, going to church and reading newspapers — but they don’t spend a lot of time watching television, a new study finds.
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| Indian Navy Says It Sank Pirate Ship |
The Indian Navy said it battled would-be hijackers in the Gulf of Aden, sinking one vessel and forcing the pirates to abandon another.
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| Europeans Announce Pioneering Surgery |
Physicians transplanted a human windpipe, using stem cells from the recipient’s bone marrow to reline a donor trachea and prevent its rejection by her immune system.
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| Murder Suspect Has Witness: A MetroCard |
Electronic evidence, including records collected from a MetroCard use, validated a man’s alibi.
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| A Sea of Unwanted Imports |
Unwelcome by dealers and buyers, thousands of cars are being warehoused on crowded port property, creating a vivid picture of a paralyzed auto business.
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| Use of Antipsychotics in Children Is Criticized |
Powerful antipsychotic medicines are being used far too cavalierly in children, and regulators must do more to warn doctors of their risks, a panel of experts said.
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| The Dead Tell a Tale China Doesn’t Care to Listen To |
The Tarim mummies have become protagonists in a political dispute over who should control the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region.
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| AARP Orders Investigation Concerning Its Marketing |
After a Senate inquiry found evidence of deceptive marketing, AARP has hired an outside investigator to look into sales of some of its popular health insurance products.
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| Britain Grapples With Role for Islamic Justice |
Conservatives and liberals have denounced Islamic courts as poor substitutes for British jurisprudence.
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| Legal Tangles of ‘Project Runway’ Keep It Frozen on the Catwalk |
Producers have already shot segments for the series’s sixth season, but those new episodes are unlikely to be seen for several months, according to people involved in the case.
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| Movie Review | 'Harvard Beats Yale 29-29': Back in 1968, When a Tie Was No Tie |
Kevin Rafferty makes the case for remembrance and for the art of the story in his preposterously entertaining documentary “Harvard Beats Yale 29-29.”
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| Op-Ed Contributor: Let Detroit Go Bankrupt |
A managed bankruptcy may be the only path to the fundamental restructuring the auto industry needs.
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| Op-Ed Columnist: Two for the Price of Two |
If Hillary Clinton gets to be the Mistress of Foggy Bottom, Bill Clinton’s guilt over his primary tirades would be alleviated.
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| Op-Ed Columnist: Madam Secretary? |
Is Barack Obama considering Hillary Clinton for secretary of state in order to get her off his back or as a prelude to protecting her back?
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| On 5th Ave., Discounts Arrive Early |
Prices are dropping at stores where people usually wrinkle their noses at the mention of the word “sale.”
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| Now, the Side Dishes: Quick and Simple or a Bit More Complex |
Some cooks want a simpler game plan, while others are looking to trick out the meal with a few challenges and a little luxury.
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| Flavorful Gravy Makes Thanksgiving |
Make plenty of gravy, make it well, and it will lift up everything else on the table.
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| A British Lesson on Auto Bailouts |
In a classic example of a futile government intervention, British Leyland went through billions in taxpayer money before going out of business.
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| Findings: In Bias Test, Shades of Gray |
Are there problems with the way researchers have been using split-second reactions on a computer test to diagnose an epidemic of racial bias?
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| Clout Has Plunged for Automakers and Union, Too |
The Detroit automakers and the United Automobile Workers union face stiff headwinds of public opinion as they push for a bailout.
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| New Veterans Hit Hard by Economic Crisis |
A combination of factors including unemployment and injury has forced many veterans into foreclosure.
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| Well: A Call for Caution in the Rush to Statins |
Is it time to put cholesterol-lowering statin drugs in every medicine cabinet?
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| Bark Beetles Kill Millions of Acres of Trees in West |
From New Mexico to British Columbia, an infestation of mountain pine beetles is turning a blanket of green forest into a blanket of rust red.
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| Many Dealings of Bill Clinton Are Under Review |
Bill Clinton may have to make concessions to avoid any ethical conflicts if his wife joins the Obama administration.
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| Web Sites That Dig for News Rise as Watchdogs |
As newspapers shrink, rival operations have arisen in several cities, forcing the papers to follow their lead.
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| Mind: In Psychiatry, Can a Punch Line Be a Lifeline? |
When is it safe -- let alone useful -- to joke with a psychiatric patient?
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| Protests Over a Rule to Protect Health Providers |
A Bush administration proposal would protect health care providers who cite religious or moral objections.
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| No Mystery: Ratings Heat Up for ‘NCIS’ |
“NCIS,” a six-year-old series on CBS that lands on few magazine covers and enjoys almost no love from critics, is suddenly the hottest show on the air.
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| Op-Ed Contributor: Fighting the Financial Crisis, One Challenge at a Time |
If we have learned anything throughout this year, we have learned that this financial crisis is unpredictable and difficult to counteract.
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| Op-Ed Columnist: The Formerly Middle Class |
In this recession, maybe even more than other ones, the last ones to join the middle class will be the first ones out.
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| Op-Ed Contributor: The Test Passes, Colleges Fail |
College administrators who really seek to understand the value of the SAT would do well to learn from the varied experiences of New York’s state university campuses.
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| Editorial: The Wrong Place to Be Chronically Ill |
The care the chronically ill receive in this country — or more often did not receive — ought to be a cause for shame.
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| Saving the Story (the Film Version) |
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Laboratory plans to examine whether the old way of telling stories — particularly those delivered to the millions on screen — is in serious trouble.
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| Found: An Ancient Monument to the Soul |
A monument in Turkey may be the first written evidence that the people in the region held to the religious concept of the soul apart from the body.
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| Kidney Disease Takes a Growing Toll |
Chronic kidney disease is a killer that sneaks up on thousands of people with diabetes or untreated high blood pressure.
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| The Vampire of the Mall |
Robert Pattinson, the heartthrob star of the coming film adaptation of the vampire romance novel “Twilight,” meets his squealing fans.
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| Memo From Cairo: In the Shadow of a Long Past, Patiently Awaiting the Future |
Archaeologists have found evidence of the 138th pyramid in Cairo, but these monuments to Egypt’s early ingenuity are also an ever-present symbol of faded glory.
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| In Faltering Economy, Auction Houses Crash Back to Earth |
Recent art auctions seemed to signal a new era in sales, one that featured the return of the seasoned collector and more-sober business practices.
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| If Detroit Falls, Foreign Makers Could Be Buffer |
Experts say the foreign carmakers could take control of the industry and its supplier network more quickly than is understood.
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| Big City: 12-Year-Old’s a Food Critic, and the Chef Loves It |
An adventurous young foodie investigates a new Italian restaurant on the Upper West Side.
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| For More of Mexico’s Wealthy, Cost of Living Includes Guards |
As drug-related violence spirals out of control, security measures have become a way of life for Mexico’s affluent.
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| The Reckoning: Deregulator Looks Back, Unswayed |
Phil Gramm pushed laws that he says unshackled businesses from restraints but critics say contributed to the financial crisis.
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| Facing Deficits, States Get Out Sharper Knives |
Rising unemployment and sharp drops in tax revenue are forcing states to face service cuts, hiring freezes, tax increases, or all of these.
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| Clinton Vetting Includes Look at Mr. Clinton |
An examination of Bill Clinton by Obama aides suggests that his wife is a serious possibility as secretary of state.
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| Rather’s Lawsuit Shows Role of G.O.P. in Inquiry |
Dan Rather’s lawsuit seems to have unearthed evidence of political influence in an internal CBS investigation.
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| Op-Ed Columnist: George W. Hoover? |
If Republicans don’t come to grips with what’s happened over the last eight years and can’t develop an economic agenda moving forward, then they could be back, politically, in 1933.
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| Op-Ed Contributor: Our Home-Grown Melamine Problem |
For all the outrage about Chinese melamine, what the United States has failed to scrutinize is how much of the chemical has pervaded our own food system.
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| South Korea Joins Lucrative Practice of Inviting Medical Tourists to Its Hospitals |
Procedures that may cost tens of thousands of dollars in the United States can often be done for one-third or even one-tenth of the cost in Asia, with much shorter waiting times.
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| Editorial: Who Should Take a Statin? |
Doctors should not rush to prescribe cholesterol-lowering drugs to all patients until it is determined who might really benefit.
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| Study Abroad Flourishes, With China a Hot Spot |
The number of Americans studying in China increased by 25 percent last year, according to a new report.
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| The Joy of English |
A usage book from Roy Blount Jr. delights in language, “sonicky” and otherwise.
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| Downturn Drags More Consumers Into Bankruptcy |
With their credit cards drained, the latest bankruptcy filers are deeper in debt than those in previous downturns.
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| At Exxon, Making the Case for Oil |
As the world begins to shun dirty fuels, an undaunted Exxon Mobil says oil will power economies for decades.
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| The Spoils: Congo’s Riches, Looted by Renegade Troops |
The exploitation of a tin mine is emblematic of the deadly role that Congo’s natural wealth has played in its misery.
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| On the Farm: A Seafood Snob Ponders the Future of Fish |
With wild fish harder to catch, what is served up at your local market is often little better than swimming tofu.
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| Parents’ Night With the President |
Washington’s prestigious private schools are competing to have the Obama girls within their halls of power.
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| Practical Traveler: Unused Frequent-Flier Seats in a Flash |
Ever wish you could get an e-mail alert when frequent-flier seats opened up on planes? Yapta.com is testing a new service that will do just that.
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| Digital Domain: What Has Driven Women Out of Computer Science? |
Many computer science departments report that women now make up less than 10 percent of the newest undergraduates.
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| When Citi Lost Sallie |
Sallie L. Krawcheck’s departure from Citigroup was not related to the glass ceiling but the result of an old-fashioned corporate bar brawl.
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| Op-Ed Columnist: Talia for President |
Today’s young activists aren’t just protesters but rather are social entrepreneurs, pioneering ways to give back just as a business entrepreneur fills a market niche.
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| Op-Ed Contributor: What’s Good for G.M. Is Good for the Army |
Rescuing the American automobile industry is not only an economic imperative, but also a national security imperative.
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| Op-Ed Columnist: Team of Frenemies |
There are Obama aides and supporters who are upset that the man who vowed to deliver us from 28 years of Bushes and Clintons has been stocking up on Clintonites.
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| Op-Ed Columnist: The Moose Stops Here |
The post-election Republican soul searching has featured a convenient amnesia about the party’s race-based “Southern strategy.”
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| Op-Ed Columnist: Gonna Need a Bigger Boat |
To fight a global financial panic like this, you have to go at it with overwhelming force — an overwhelming stimulus that gets people shopping again.
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| Editorial: A Military for a Dangerous New World |
To protect the nation, the Obama administration will have the incredible task of rebuilding a military that is overtaxed and ill-equipped.
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| Say Goodbye to BlackBerry? Yes He Can, Maybe |
Due to security concerns and record-keeping laws, Barack Obama is unlikely to become the first e-mailing president.
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| Some See Big Problem in Wisconsin Drinking |
In a state that leads the nation in binge drinking and drunk driving, a new campaign assails lenient laws and a mindset that celebrates getting drunk.
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| Political Memo: Obama’s Talk With Clinton Starts Buzz |
For Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, there would be pros and cons to a partnership if she were secretary of state.
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| From Ashes, Reviving a Place of Wild Dreams |
A February fire destroyed most of Deyrolle, the legendary taxidermy store in Paris, but the shop’s supporters are vowing to rebuild.
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| Tech Companies, Long Insulated, Now Feel Slump |
In the span of a few weeks, orders for technology products have collapsed and workers have been laid off.
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| Mormons Tipped Scale in Ban on Gay Marriage |
Mormons played an extraordinary role in the passage of a California ballot measure that once seemed close to defeat.
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| The Unlikely Scrum |
For members of what is believed to be the nation’s first all-African-American high school rugby team, the sport has opened up new possibilities.
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| Packages You Won’t Need a Saw to Open |
Retailers are creating alternatives to infuriating “clamshell” packages and cruelly complex twist ties.
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| Welcome to My World, Barack |
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (and three other administration veterans) discuss what President Obama will inherit — and what to look out for.
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| Economy Is Only Issue for Michigan Governor |
Jennifer M. Granholm, whose state is at the leading edge of the financial crisis, is in the national spotlight.
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| Op-Ed Columnist: Hillary for Secretary? |
Barack Obama is talking about letting Hillary Clinton be the point person on foreign policy. What happened to the transformative change?
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| Israeli Candidate Borrows a (Web) Page From Obama |
The campaign Web site of Benjamin Netanyahu, the conservative Likud leader running for prime minister of Israel, looks suspiciously like Barack Obama’s.
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| Op-Ed Columnist: ‘Drop Dead’ Is Not an Option |
New York City’s fiscal crisis of the 1970s was in no way comparable in scale to the myriad crises facing the country right now. But it’s still instructive.
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| Editorial: Saving Detroit From Itself |
It makes no sense to give Detroit’s automakers billions if they don’t make sweeping changes in the way they do business.
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| Employers Offer Workers Fewer Health Care Plans |
Many workers are finding that the buffet of options in their medical plans has been trimmed to a very short menu.
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| Spam Turns Serious and Hormel Turns Out More |
The canned meat product has become the emblematic food for hard times as consumers look for ways to stretch their grocery budgets.
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| Architecture Review | Art Gallery of Ontario: Gehry Puts a Very Different Signature on His Old Hometown’s Museum |
The famed architect’s renovation of the Art Gallery of Ontario, his first commission in his native city of Toronto, balances exuberance with restraint.
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| A Killing in a Town Where Latinos Sense Hate |
The stabbing of a laborer has brought accusations of anti-immigrant hostility to a village in Suffolk County.
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| Havens | Ithaca, N.Y.: Homecomings Amid the Gorges |
Ithaca is the urban capital of the Finger Lakes, a region that lures second-home owners, retirees and tourists with the city’s sophistication, the area’s natural beauty and a thriving wine industry.
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| Crisis Hits Tech Sector With Layoffs as Sales Slump |
Sun Microsystems has started a restructuring that could see up to 6,000 employees lose their jobs as it joins a growing list of technology companies reeling from the crisis.
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| Change |
How political eras end and begin.
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| Op-Ed Contributor: Let’s Have Another Cup of Coffee |
American consumers, who have been steadily losing interest in buying things, would ideally now go on one last spending spree — and then start saving like mad.
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| Theater Review | Billy Elliot: In Hard Times, Born to Pirouette |
Much of the power of “Billy Elliot” as an honest tear-jerker lies in its ability to give equal weight to the sweet dreams of terpsichorean flight and the sourness of a dream-denying reality.
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| Rare Treatment Is Reported to Cure AIDS Patient |
Doctors reported curing a man of AIDS by giving him blood stem cells from a person resistant to the virus.
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| What Is Art For? |
The poet, philosopher, translator and scholar Lewis Hyde has spent his life trying to figure that out — and became a literary cult figure in the process.
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| Market Place: Worst May Be Yet to Come for Citigroup |
Once the most valuable financial company in America, Citigroup is experiencing a shrinking share price and work force.
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| Architecture: Saving Buffalo’s Untold Beauty |
For all its historic value, Buffalo’s architecture has for decades seemed strangely frozen in time.
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| For Obama and Family, a Personal Transition |
Life for the Obamas has changed forever under the constraints and security of the president-elect’s bubble.
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| Factories Shut, China Workers Are Suffering |
An export slowdown that has been magnified by the global financial crisis is hurting China’s coastal regions.
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| Op-Ed Columnist: Depression Economics Returns |
The United States economy has entered a state of affairs in which the usual tools of economic policy have lost all traction.
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| Google Is Taking Questions (Spoken, via iPhone) |
Users of the voice technology can ask any question, ranging from “Where’s the nearest Starbucks?” to “How tall is Mount Everest?”
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| At Haverford, Tossing It All in Name of Teaching |
Tom Donnelly has won dozens of championships as Haverford College’s men’s cross-country and track coach, and his habit of throwing his trophies away just adds to the mystique.
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| Seattle Bids Tuba Man a Sad Goodbye |
More than 1,000 people attended a memorial service for Edward Scott McMichael, a busker with perfect pitch and an improbable horn whom most people in Seattle knew as Tuba Man.
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| Op-Ed Columnist: Bailout to Nowhere |
The biggest threat to a healthy economy is the politically powerful capitalists who use their influence to create a stagnant corporate welfare state.
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| Editorial Observer: Democratic Pressure on Obama to Restore the Rule of Law |
An ardent defender of civil liberties, Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin is dedicated to putting the restoration of American legal traditions on the next president’s agenda.
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| U.N. Reports Pollution Threat in Asia |
“Brown clouds” made up of toxic chemicals are blotting out the sun in large parts of Asia, a U.N. report said.
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| American Journeys | Boston: A Science Lover’s Kind of Town |
Home of Harvard and M.I.T., the town is an inspiring place to spend a few days if your idea of fun is probing the structure of DNA or designing a faster toy bobsled.
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| Now in Sight: Far-Off Planets |
Images released on Thursday are believed to be the first pictures of planets orbiting stars other than the sun.
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| A Cabin Is Not a Shack |
Across the country, cabins are being reimagined in sustainable yet stylish ways and there’s nothing musty, creaky, saggy or squeaky about them.
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| News Analysis: G.M.’s Troubles Stir Question of Bankruptcy vs. a Bailout |
General Motors, with dire warnings, is seeking a bailout, but skeptics point to the benefits of bankruptcy, which can offer a new start.
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| Weekend in New York: Sheltering Under Grand Central’s Ceiling of Stars |
From an astrological ceiling mural to gleaming gold chandeliers and the famous information booth, there is plenty to gawk at in this landmark building.
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| Theater Director Resigns Amid Gay-Rights Ire |
The artistic director of the California Musical Theater resigned on Wednesday in the face of growing outrage over his support for Proposition 8.
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| The Golden Years, Tarnished |
With the economy and stocks in free fall, many retirees are now worried about having enough to carry them through.
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| For a Washington Job, Be Prepared to Tell All |
Those seeking top posts in the Obama administration must fill out an extensive -- some say invasive -- application.
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| Dartmouth Junior Wins County Election |
Vanessa Sievers was not content to wait tables or make coffee as a side job. Instead she ran for treasurer of Grafton County, N.H., and won.
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| Exploring Old Rome Without Air (or Time) Travel |
Google Earth has embraced a frontier dating back 17 centuries: ancient Rome under Constantine the Great.
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| A School Chief Takes On Tenure, Stirring a Fight |
The Washington, D.C., school chancellor has proposed spectacular raises for teachers willing to give up tenure.
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| For the Digitally Deceased, a Profitable Graveyard |
A company pledges to recycle unwanted electronic equipment with minimal environmental impact -- and makes money doing it.
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| The Return of the Interview Suit |
Pants or skirts? Opinions vary, but all agree on a more formal look for these sobering times.
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| Sinus Sufferer Turns Nasal Spray Project Into Sales Leader |
With a a little help from Oprah, an over-the-counter nasal irrigation product is enjoying success.
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| Baby, You’re Home |
A growing number of women have been opting to give birth in the intimate and familiar surroundings of home — even in small New York City apartments.
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| A Senior Fellow at the Institute of Nonexistence |
The claim of credit for the Sarah Palin-Africa anecdote is just the latest ruse by Martin Eisenstadt, who turns out to be a very elaborate hoax that has been going on for months.
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| Op-Ed Columnist: Obama and Our Schools |
President-elect Barack Obama ranked education fifth among his priorities, and if it is being downplayed, that’s a mistake.
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| Op-Ed Columnist: The Election Lives! |
The U.S. Senate race in Minnesota is up in the air. You may want to consider becoming totally obsessed with it.
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| Op-Ed Contributor: An English Lesson |
What might panicked Republicans learn from the Tory experience? That apparently the first response to electoral disaster is denial.
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| Basics: Pixels Are Like Cupcakes. Let Me Explain. |
Why ‘more is better’ isn’t necessarily true when it comes to megapixels and digital cameras.
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| Fitness: Learning How to Walk (Chewing Gum Not Included) |
A yoga instructor has incorporated walking lessons into his yoga classes, insisting that proper alignment helps keep you moving toward better health.
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| Carbo-Loading, Hawaiian Style |
A traditional Hawaiian meal might be poised to enter the consciousness of mainlanders in all of its fatty, greasy deliciousness.
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| Op-Ed Columnist: How to Fix a Flat |
Somebody ought to call Steve Jobs and ask him if he’d like to run a car company for a year. It wouldn’t take him long to come up with the G.M. iCar.
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| After U.S. Breakthrough, Europe Looks in Mirror |
Many Europeans are asking themselves if there could be a French, British, German or Italian Obama.
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| Op-Ed Columnist: Boxers, Briefs or Silks? |
Sarah Palin is now trying to unmake her McCain campaign makeover and morph from uptown cloistered girl back to down-home accessible girl.
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| School District Tries to Lure Asian Parents |
In Jericho, N.Y., the high school’s new diversity has revealed a cultural chasm over the meaning of parental involvement.
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| Economic Scene: Buying Binge Slams to Halt |
With Wall Street edging back from the brink, a consumer confidence crisis has become the biggest short-term economic issue.
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| Your Money: Negotiating Better Terms for Mortgage |
Banks may be willing to negotiate with borrowers who are current with their payments, even if they aren’t promoting it aggressively.
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| The TV Watch: Rehashing ’08 and Rehearsing, Perhaps, for ’12 |
In her many appearances this week, Sarah Palin is on a speed date with history, upending protocol as she goes.
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| Child Obesity Seen as Warning of Heart Disease |
A new study finds evidence that children who are obese or have high cholesterol show warning signs of heart disease.
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| Op-Ed Contributor: Anti-Gay, Anti-Family |
The potential implications of a proposed Arkansas law that bans people who are “cohabitating outside a valid marriage” from serving as foster parents or adopting children are terrifying.
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| Editorial Observer: Map Upon Map: New Dimensions in What Maps Can Do |
How the virtual planet becomes our index to what we know about the actual planet.
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| Google Uses Searches to Track Flu’s Spread |
Google is tracking the ebb and flow of Web queries like “flu symptoms” or “muscle aches” in an effort to identify outbreaks.
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| Law Firms Feel Strain of Layoffs and Cutbacks |
Some established firms have collapsed outright, others are laying off by the hundreds, and others still are seeking mergers with larger firms to try and weather the storm.
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| The Zing Starts Here |
To better understand the cranberry, often the neglected stepchild of the season, takes an understanding of cooking with one of the kitchen’s tartest ingredients.
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| The Oven Is Booked. Dessert’s in the Freezer. |
At Thanksgiving, when the amount of cooking to be done can overwhelm both human and oven capacity, some desserts can be made ahead of time.
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| Test Drug Does Well Against Hospital Infection |
The clinical trial results could represent a significant step in the fight against the bacterium, which is commonly spread in hospitals and is becoming more deadly.
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| From Tiny Sect, Weighty Issue for Justices |
A suit over a religious monument in a Utah park could produce the most important free speech decision of the term.
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| A Town Drowns in Debt as Home Values Plunge |
Almost 90 percent of homeowners in Mountain House, Calif., owe more on their mortgages than their houses are worth.
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| For South, a Waning Hold on National Politics |
The pattern of support for Barack Obama may signify that the centrality of the South to national politics has come to an end.
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| Now: The Rest of the Genome |
Only 1 percent of the genome is made up of classic genes. Scientists are exploring the other 99 percent and uncovering new secrets and new questions.
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| Obama Asks Bush to Provide Help for Automakers |
President Bush indicated he might support the aid if Democrats dropped their opposition to a free-trade pact with Colombia.
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| Op-Ed Contributor: A Holiday to End All Wars |
For Americans, Veterans Day celebrates the survivors of all the nation’s 20th and 21st century wars. In France and Britain, by contrast, the mood is altogether more somber.
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| In a Novel Theory of Mental Disorders, Parents’ Genes Are in Competition |
A new theory of brain development would change the way mental disorders like autism and schizophrenia are understood.
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| An Appraisal: Taking Africa With Her to the World |
To be the voice of a nation speaking to the wider world is a tough mission for any performer. To be the voice of an entire continent is exponentially more difficult. Both were mantles that the South African singer Miriam Makeba took on willingly and forcefully.
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| Op-Ed Columnist: Darkness at Dusk |
The battle lines between the Traditionalists and the Reformers have already been drawn in the fight over the future of conservatism.
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| Veterans Helped by Healing Paws |
Some who have suffered traumatic injuries gain a sense of independence with service dogs, who help provide a bridge back to society.
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| Recipes for Health: What to Do With the Rest of That Celery |
This Italian salad may seem plain, but there’s something about the combination of textures and the tart and savory flavors that really works.
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| Op-Ed Contributor: Goodbye, Reagan Democrats |
One of the most important new national changes in the electorate this year is how Barack Obama built up striking dominance in the country’s growing, more diverse and well-educated suburbs.
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| Op-Ed Columnist: Beyond the Fat Cats |
When the Champagne and caviar crowd is in trouble, taxpayer money can be found quickly. But the working poor and young are being clobbered in this downturn.
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| The Media Equation: How Obama Tapped Into Social Networks’ Power |
There’s every reason to believe that President-elect Barack Obama will use his network of supporters not just to campaign, but to govern.
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| Dance Review | New Generation Dance Company: Whiplash Footwork and Not a Moment of Hesitation |
Four guest artists of New Generation Dance Company swept the audience into the steps, rhythms, body language and music that are the tango’s essence in the program “Volver al Sur” at Symphony Space.
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| The Promise and Power of RNA |
| RNA interference, discovered only about 10 years ago, is attracting huge interest for its seeming ability to knock out disease-causing gene |
