WORLD 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. 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. 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. By KIRK JOHNSON For all its well-worn ruts, the Christmas season can create new traditions when you least expect them. Supreme Court Memo By ADAM LIPTAK Justice John Paul Stevens said he found the death penalty unconstitutional because of racism, politics and hysteria. By JENNIFER STEINHAUER Senator Richard G. Lugar of Indiana is standing against his party on significant issues at a politically dangerous time. POLITICS By JESSE McKINLEY When Gavin Newsom takes his new job, it will be up to the Board of Supervisors to pick a successor. By A. G. SULZBERGER The former Republican vice presidential nominee greeted hundreds of fans but had nothing to say about her plans. 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 By DAVID SEGAL Vitaly Borker welcomes customer complaints, saying they vault his business higher in Internet search results. By JOHN F. BURNS Protesters voiced dismay and outrage over planned cuts to jobs and welfare spending. Scene Stealer 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 By RANDALL STROSS A network of Web sites devoted to men's college basketball offers news stories written entirely by software. Prototype 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. By SETH SCHIESEL As video games swap controllers for players' bodies, the experience edges closer to art. SPORTS Analysis By PETE THAMEL If Auburn wins the SEC championship, and Oregon wins at Oregon State, they will play for the national title. National Roundup 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. 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 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." 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. 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 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. By PAUL VITELLO A small foundation has generated buzz with a campaign asserting that "Hinduism has lost control of the brand." 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 By DAVID LEONHARDT Building a consumer society in China won't be easy, but the health of the world economy depends on it. By BRUCE GRIERSON Olga Kotelko, 91, is shattering track-and-field records - in her age group - and testing theories about aging. 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 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 Republican senators apparently failed to notice the breakthrough on European missile defense at the recent NATO meeting in Lisbon. Editorial Pennsylvania's highest court, and the nation's, should hold themselves to higher ethical standards. Editorial Notebook By LAWRENCE DOWNES A little self-help wisdom, before self-help became a way of life in America. OP-ED Frank Rich 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 By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Americans understand that we need nation-building at home, and we need it now. Nicholas D. Kristof By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF The odyssey of a Chinese-Korean woman shows how human trafficking survives, even in Midtown Manhattan. Op-Ed Contributors 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 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 By JACK HEDIN The unexpected forces that reshaped my farm. Op-Ed Contributor 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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