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Monday, May 4, 2009
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Pakistan Strife Raises U.S. Doubts on Nuclear Arms
By DAVID E. SANGER
As the insurgency spreads in Pakistan, senior U.S. officials say they are increasingly concerned about new vulnerabilities for Pakistan’s arsenal.
Tests of Banks May Bring Hope More Than Fear
By DAVID LEONHARDT
The Obama administration seems prepared to say that while a few of the biggest 19 banks may need more cash, the system is more solid than analysts fear.
Pakistan’s Islamic Schools Fill Void, but Fuel Militancy
By SABRINA TAVERNISE
Pakistan’s poorest families have turned to Islamic schools that feed and house children while pushing a militant brand of Islam.
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| | QUOTATION OF THE DAY |
"Averages don’t tell you very much. You could have a student transmitting to 15 others, while the average in Queens is 0.1. It’s like putting Bill Gates down in Ethiopia and saying the country has a pretty high average income."
DR. DIRK BROCKMANN, leader of the epidemic-modeling team at Northwestern University.
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NEWS ANALYSIS
Israel Faces a Hard Sell in Bid to Shift Policy
By ETHAN BRONNER
The new government wants to reorient Israeli foreign policy away from a prospective Palestinian state and toward the rising threat from Iran.
Predicting Flu With the Aid of (George) Washington
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
The routes taken by millions of dollar bills are at the core of a computer model that is predicting the swine flu epidemic’s future.
Flu, Mostly Mild, Has Spread Across U.S., Officials Say
By DENISE GRADY
Health officials said there were 226 cases of swine flu in 30 states, with more expected to turn up in additional states in the next few days.
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| | U.S. |
THIS LAND
After Lifetimes Spent Selling Pontiacs, Feeling Sold Out
By DAN BARRY
For the family dealerships that have tied their names to Pontiac for generations, the closing of the brand hits like a kinsman’s betrayal.
Flu, Mostly Mild, Has Spread Across U.S., Officials Say
By DENISE GRADY
Health officials said there were 226 cases of swine flu in 30 states, with more expected to turn up in additional states in the next few days.
Interrogation Debate Sharply Divided Bush White House
By MARK MAZZETTI and SCOTT SHANE
Interviews with more than a dozen former Bush administration officials shed new light on a battle over C.I.A. methods.
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| | BUSINESS |
U.S. Media See a Path to India in China’s Snub
By TIM ARANGO
After years of the cold shoulder from Chinese censors and regulators, entertainment giants are shifting their efforts to a regional rival.
Despite Obama’s Talk, Little Bump for Chrysler Sales
By NICK BUNKLEY
Slow sales of Chrysler vehicles around the country suggest that few were moved by the president’s plea to help Detroit’s automakers by buying an American car.
Worries Rise on the Size of U.S. Debt
By GRAHAM BOWLEY and JACK HEALY
The government is digging itself deeper into debt, but the market for Treasuries is not infinite and interest payments are expected to balloon.
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| | TECHNOLOGY |
Looking to Big-Screen E-Readers to Help Save the Daily Press
By BRAD STONE
Several companies are on the verge of introducing devices about the size of a standard sheet of paper, which could carry updated news and ads in a format similar to that of a newspaper.
Mini-Links to Web Sites Are Multiplying
By JENNA WORTHAM
Services that abbreviate long Web addresses are growing and may have commercial value because of their ability to track Internet use.
LINK BY LINK
The Hunt for Insights in the Online Chatter About Swine Flu
By NOAM COHEN
Data from the Web can provide tools that can save lives and money, as the authorities can schedule inoculations and staff up hospitals.
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| | ARTS |
MUSIC
From Shaky Start to Enduring Tradition
By JON PARELES
This year’s New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival largely stuck to business as usual.
ARCHITECTURE
Tracing the Threads That Join America and Africa
By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF
The reaction to the announcement that the team of Freelon Adjaye Bond/SmithGroup has been selected to design the National Museum of African American History and Culture should be a round of applause.
THEATER REVIEW | 'EVERYDAY RAPTURE'
Story of a Semi-Star, From Kansas to Broadway
By BEN BRANTLEY
Sherie Rene Scott’s sensational diva-as-trash-goddess show qualifies as one of the year’s most extravagantly entertaining new musicals.
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| | MEDIA & ADVERTISING |
U.S. Media See a Path to India in China’s Snub
By TIM ARANGO
After years of the cold shoulder from Chinese censors and regulators, entertainment giants are shifting their efforts to a regional rival.
Looking to Big-Screen E-Readers to Help Save the Daily Press
By BRAD STONE
Several companies are on the verge of introducing devices about the size of a standard sheet of paper, which could carry updated news and ads in a format similar to that of a newspaper.
An Upstart Gossip Site With a Gentler Tone Is Making a Big Splash
By BROOKS BARNES
In three months, Wonderwall has jumped to the top tier of celebrity-news sites, occupying a middle ground that’s not too tame, but not too rancorous.
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| | EDITORIALS |
Still Unfinished Business
Washington needs to be pressing the Shiite-led government a lot harder to make the political changes necessary to hold the country together.
As Foreclosures Surge ...
Even if lenders rework bad loans, without bankruptcy reform, many Americans will still be at risk of losing their homes.
Counting Votes, Kremlin Style
What the Kremlin wants, the Kremlin gets, except when the Kremlin’s man chooses to go his own way.
Political Reform, Springfield Style
With Illinois’s knack for enacting hollow reforms, a public vote on a civic commission’s prescription for fighting corruption is a good idea.
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| | OP-ED |
Falling Wage Syndrome
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Even if the recession is declared over, there still are not enough jobs which is a recipe for continuing wage cuts, which will in turn keep the economy weak.
The Mellow Doctrine
By ROGER COHEN
Foes of the United States have been disarmed by Barack Obama’s no-drama diplomacy. It is neither idealistic nor classic realpolitik.
Inflation Nation
By ALLAN H. MELTZER
Why the Federal Reserve must start to demonstrate the kind of courage and independence it has not recently shown.
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