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Today's Headlines: F.B.I. Says Oregon Suspect Planned 'Grand' Attack

Written By Anonymous on November 28, 2010 | 3:12 AM

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TOP NEWS

F.B.I. Says Oregon Suspect Planned 'Grand' Attack

By COLIN MINER, LIZ ROBBINS and ERIK ECKHOLM

F.B.I. officials said that a Somali-born suspect thought he was detonating a car bomb in a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Portland, when in fact he had been set up in a sting.

New Chairman Seeks More Power for U.S. Watchdogs

By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN

Representative Darrell Issa, the Republican who will lead House's chief investigative committee plans to vastly expand scrutiny of the Obama administration.

Smarter Than You Think

War Machines: Recruiting Robots for Combat

By JOHN MARKOFF

New robots - none of them very human-looking - are being designed to handle a broad range of tasks, despite controversy about the impact on future warfare.

QUOTATION OF THE DAY

"We want to be in Sudan to feel that connection, to look at the graves, to think about the fallen."
VALENTINO ACHAK DENG, one of many young men who fled civil war in Sudan decades ago, and are returning to vote in a referendum on splitting the country.


U.S.

Interactive Graphic: A New Generation of Robotic Weapons

Several manufacturers and research facilities are changing the face of the battlefield with robots designed to help transport equipment, gather intelligence and attack enemy forces. Distinguishing friend from foe is especially challenging.

Opinion
Drawings by D'aira Roberts, age 10 of Washington, and Luna Gonzaga, age 9 of Brooklyn.
Op-Ed Contributors

Dear First Lady Michelle,

A collection of children's letters to Michelle Obama.

WORLD

U.S. and South Korea Begin Joint Naval Exercises

By MARTIN FACKLER

During the planned exercises, which were meant as a warning to North Korea, artillery was heard on an island the North attacked last week, although no shells landed.

South Korea Experiences a Stirring for Revenge

By MARTIN FACKLER

The ferocity of the attack on Yeonpyeong Island appears to have started a shift in South Koreans' conflicted emotions about their countrymen in the North.

For 'Lost Boy,' Vote in Sudan Is Homecoming

By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN

Southern Sudanese will soon hold a referendum to decide if they will split from the north. On the occasion of the vote, Joseph Gatyoung Khan came home.

U.S.

This Holiday Season, Traditions With a Twist

By KIRK JOHNSON

For all its well-worn ruts, the Christmas season can create new traditions when you least expect them.

Supreme Court Memo

Ex-Justice Explains Changed Death Penalty Stance

By ADAM LIPTAK

Justice John Paul Stevens said he found the death penalty unconstitutional because of racism, politics and hysteria.

Senator Lugar Charts His Course Against the Winds

By JENNIFER STEINHAUER

Senator Richard G. Lugar of Indiana is standing against his party on significant issues at a politically dangerous time.

POLITICS

As San Francisco's Mayor Departs, a Handful of Votes Will Usher In a New One

By JESSE McKINLEY

When Gavin Newsom takes his new job, it will be up to the Board of Supervisors to pick a successor.

Palin Sidesteps Politics at Iowa Book Signing

By A. G. SULZBERGER

The former Republican vice presidential nominee greeted hundreds of fans but had nothing to say about her plans.

Health Law Faces Threat of Undercut From Courts

By KEVIN SACK and ROBERT PEAR

If state challenges to the constitutionality of the insurance mandate are successful, it may stall the health care overhaul, officials say.

BUSINESS

A Bully Finds a Pulpit on the Web

By DAVID SEGAL

Vitaly Borker welcomes customer complaints, saying they vault his business higher in Internet search results.

Demonstrators in Ireland Protest Austerity Plan

By JOHN F. BURNS

Protesters voiced dismay and outrage over planned cuts to jobs and welfare spending.

Scene Stealer

A Casting Call for Hollywood's Chief Lobbyist

By BROOKS BARNES

Hollywood has been searching for almost a year for a new chairman for the Motion Picture Association of America.

TECHNOLOGY
Digital Domain

When the Software Is the Sportswriter

By RANDALL STROSS

A network of Web sites devoted to men's college basketball offers news stories written entirely by software.

Prototype

Farewell, Digital World. (It's All for a Cause.)

By AMY WALLACE

In a benefit for World AIDS Day, fund-raiser, celebrities will stop posting to Twitter and Facebook and ask their fans to buy back their digital lives.

Motion, Sensitive

By SETH SCHIESEL

As video games swap controllers for players' bodies, the experience edges closer to art.

SPORTS
Analysis

Boise State Drops Out of Race as Season Nears Finish Line

By PETE THAMEL

If Auburn wins the SEC championship, and Oregon wins at Oregon State, they will play for the national title.

National Roundup

Oklahoma Has Surprise Shot at Big 12 Title

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

No. 4 Texas Christian capped its second straight undefeated regular season with a second consecutive Mountain West Conference championship, beating host New Mexico, 66-17.

Assault on a Formidable Passing Peak

By JUDY BATTISTA

Through 10 games, quarterback Philip Rivers is on pace for 5,083 passing yards, a mere yard short of the record.

ARTS
Film

That's Me on Screen, but I Still Didn't Do It

By CHARLES V. BAGLI and KEVIN FLYNN

The real estate millionaire Robert Durst, the women he may have killed and the man he did are examined in Andrew Jarecki's film "All Good Things."

Cult of Motherhood: The Confessional

By ALESSANDRA STANLEY

"The Talk," a new daytime show on CBS, is the other woman of daytime television, a fresher model of "The View," now in its 14th year on ABC.

Those Undulating Swan Arms? Not So Easy to Do

By JULIE BLOOM

Natalie Portman trained hard for the role of lead ballerina in Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan," a psychological thriller centered on a performance of "Swan Lake."

NEW YORK / REGION

Bingo in the Blood

By N. R. KLEINFIELD

The game may be fading, but to its devotees, it can be an addiction and a delight, though with a tragic dimension.

Hindu Group Stirs a Debate Over Yoga's Soul

By PAUL VITELLO

A small foundation has generated buzz with a campaign asserting that "Hinduism has lost control of the brand."

Suspicious Fire in Bronx Leaves 1 Dead and 7 Injured

By NOAH ROSENBERG

The cause of the fire in an apartment building was under investigation Saturday night, and a Fire Department official said the blaze was "suspicious."

MAGAZINE

In China, Cultivating the Urge to Splurge

By DAVID LEONHARDT

Building a consumer society in China won't be easy, but the health of the world economy depends on it.

The Incredible Flying Nonagenarian

By BRUCE GRIERSON

Olga Kotelko, 91, is shattering track-and-field records - in her age group - and testing theories about aging.

The Professor of Micropopularity

By CARLO ROTELLA

James Schamus of Focus Features makes the most successful "small" movies around. His secret? Spiking the mainstream with just a touch of weird.

EDITORIALS
Editorial

The Unemployed Held Hostage, Again

President Obama should excoriate phony deficit hawks who say that jobless benefits are too costly, even as they pass expensive tax cuts for the rich.

Editorial

What the G.O.P. Missed

Republican senators apparently failed to notice the breakthrough on European missile defense at the recent NATO meeting in Lisbon.

Editorial

Untenable Judicial Ethics

Pennsylvania's highest court, and the nation's, should hold themselves to higher ethical standards.

Editorial Notebook

Note to Hugh Prather

By LAWRENCE DOWNES

A little self-help wisdom, before self-help became a way of life in America.

OP-ED
Frank Rich

Still the Best Congress Money Can Buy

By FRANK RICH

Two years after the economic meltdown, most Americans now recognize a caste system where everyone remains (at best) mired in economic stasis except the very wealthiest sliver.

Thomas L. Friedman

Got to Get This Right

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN

Americans understand that we need nation-building at home, and we need it now.

Nicholas D. Kristof

A Woman. A Prostitute. A Slave.

By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF

The odyssey of a Chinese-Korean woman shows how human trafficking survives, even in Midtown Manhattan.

Op-Ed Contributors

To Fight Climate Change, Clear the Air

By VEERABHADRAN RAMANATHAN and DAVID G. VICTOR

To speed progress against global warming, diplomats at the climate conference should look beyond carbon dioxide and reduce emissions of soot, ozone, methane and HFCs.

Op-Ed Contributor

On Global Warming, Start Small

By BRUCE USHER

Rather than wait for international diplomacy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, America should build on the efforts that many states are making to develop cleaner sources of energy.

Op-Ed Contributor

An Almanac of Extreme Weather

By JACK HEDIN

The unexpected forces that reshaped my farm.

Op-Ed Contributor

The Remains of the Day

By ABIGAIL CARROLL

Thanksgiving reminds us that turning Thursday's dinner into Friday's breakfast was once an American way of life.

ON THIS DAY

On Nov. 28, 1943, President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin met in Tehran during World War II.

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