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Sunday, May 18, 2008
Compiled 2 AM E.T.
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Hezbollah’s Actions Ignite Sectarian Fuse in Lebanon
By ROBERT F. WORTH and NADA BAKRI
After almost a week of street battles, long-simmering Sunni-Shiite tensions have sharply worsened, in an ominous echo of the civil conflict in Iraq.
Chinese Flee Flood Threat From Quake
By EDWARD WONG
Thousands of earthquake survivors fled camps and villages after warnings that lakes and rivers were getting close to overflowing.
THE LONG RUN
Obama’s Story, Written by Obama
By JANNY SCOTT
Barack Obama has packaged his life story into two hugely successful books that have made him a best-selling millionaire.
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QUOTATION OF THE DAY
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"We have people out there that, realistically, this could be their job. Two or three arrests per week, you could make $700, $750 per week."
SGT. ZACHARY SELF,
who answers Crime Stoppers calls for the Macon, Ga., Police Department.
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WORLD
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THE FOOD CHAIN
World’s Poor Pay Price as Crop Research Is Cut
By KEITH BRADSHER and ANDREW MARTIN
Cuts in agricultural research continue even as the growth of the global food supply slows and the population increases.
International Pressure on Myanmar Junta Is Building
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain said a natural disaster “is being made into a man-made catastrophe.”
Chávez Seizes Greater Economic Power
By SIMON ROMERO
President Hugo Chávez is intensifying state control of Venezuela’s economy through new takeovers of private companies.
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U.S.
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Doctors Start to Say ‘I’m Sorry’ Long Before ‘See You in Court’
By KEVIN SACK
Doctors have long been advised not to admit fault in medical errors, but some prominent medical centers are now offering apologies and compensation to try to dilute patients’ anger.
As Prices Rise, Crime Tipsters Work Overtime
By SHAILA DEWAN and BRENDA GOODMAN
To gas prices, the cost of rice and foreclosure rates, add this economic indicator: the number of tips to the police from people hoping to collect reward money.
As Deaths Outpace Births, Cities Adjust
By SAM ROBERTS and SEAN D. HAMILL
Changing demographics, a new phenomenon in some areas, are forcing municipalities to rethink how to serve the needs of an older population.
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WASHINGTON
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POLITICAL MEMO
Gaining Seats, Democrats Find Their House Ideologically Divided
By CARL HULSE
By prevailing in conservative districts where it ordinarily would not have a chance, the Democratic Party is finding itself representing many with competing interests.
Senator Kennedy Is Hospitalized After a Seizure
By JOHN M. BRODER and JEFF ZELENY
A family spokeswoman said Senator Edward Kennedy was “conscious, talking and joking with family.”
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
The Middle East in the Year 2068? Some Presidential Prognostications
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
In a speech to the Israeli Parliament last week, President Bush painted a lovely vision of the Middle East 60 years from now.
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BUSINESS
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THE FOOD CHAIN
World’s Poor Pay Price as Crop Research Is Cut
By KEITH BRADSHER and ANDREW MARTIN
Cuts in agricultural research continue even as the growth of the global food supply slows and the population increases.
Tentative Agreement May End Strike That Disrupted Production at 32 G.M. Plants
By NICK BUNKLEY
It was the auto industry’s longest strike in more than 40 years.
An E-Commerce Empire, From Porn to Puppies
By BRAD STONE
Rooted in the sexual entertainment industry, the empire of Richard J. Gordon, who played a significant role in the birth of electronic commerce, also reaches more far-flung places.
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TECHNOLOGY
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An E-Commerce Empire, From Porn to Puppies
By BRAD STONE
Rooted in the sexual entertainment industry, the empire of Richard J. Gordon, who played a significant role in the birth of electronic commerce, also reaches more far-flung places.
DIGITAL DOMAIN
The Computer Industry Comes With Built-In Term Limits
By RANDALL STROSS
Since 1993, Microsoft has been struggling to maintain its leadership position as the Internet has grown ubiquitous.
CONSUMED
Shock Value
By ROB WALKER
How a stun gun’s makeover balances the desire for sleek techno-gadgets and awesome “takedown power.”
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ARTS
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The Ingénue Who Roared
By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
As Nellie in the smashing new revival of “South Pacific,” Kelli O’Hara deserves a medal for single-handedly rescuing the ingénue from extinction.
What Are Friends For? Power and Pain
By ALESSANDRA STANLEY
It is often said that Hollywood is “high school with money.” In “Gossip Girl,” a glossy, glamour-soaked CW series, high school is better than Hollywood.
FILM
Call Him the Worst Director (Then Duck)
By JOHN SCHWARTZ
Uwe Boll, the man who has been called the world’s worst filmmaker, wants respect. Is that too much to ask?
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NEW YORK/REGION
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Instead of Fistfights, Fashion at a Troubled High School
By KAREEM FAHIM
The founders of the Parish Nation clothing label engaged the often-neglected students at a Camden school in the production of a hip-hop fashion show.
State Development Agency Buffeted by Slowing Economy and Internal Rifts
By CHARLES V. BAGLI
For more than a year, New York State’s main economic development agency has been in disarray, plagued by turf battles, poor management and the political collapse of Gov. Eliot Spitzer.
Immigrants’ Children Find Better Lives, Study Shows
By SEWELL CHAN
Most are rapidly entering the mainstream and doing better than their parents in terms of education and earnings.
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MAGAZINE
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The McCain Doctrines
By MATT BAI
Senator John McCain’s support for the war in Iraq, informed by his experience, is lonely but unwavering.
The Return of the One-Man Band
By JOHN WRAY
How going solo while sounding like a group became the new indie sound.
Can a Dead Brand Live Again?
By ROB WALKER
After a brand is discontinued, what’s left is a name and the memories in consumers’ minds. To make money, maybe those memories — real or imagined — are all you need.
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EDITORIALS
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Fixing the Military
The next president and Congress will have to resist the demands of service chiefs and the blandishments of defense lobbyists and evaluate real needs.
Not Much Help for the Polar Bear
The Bush administration’s agreement last week to protect polar bears does not address the threats to them from oil and gas drilling and global warming.
Court Without a Quorum
Given the high honor of serving as a Supreme Court judge, sitting justices should order their financial affairs to avoid conflicts of interest requiring them to sit out cases.
The Horse, Familiar and Unfamiliar
At the American Museum of Natural History’s new exhibition about “The Horse,” it is hard not to marvel at the way the commonplaces of life simply vanish.
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OP-ED
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OP-ED COLUMNIST
McCain Can Run, but Bush Won’t Hide
By FRANK RICH
For all the Republican self-flagellation, it’s still not clear that the party understands the dimensions of its latest defeat and its full implications for John McCain in November.
Obama and the Jews
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
The notion that a President Barack Obama would have a desire or ability to walk away from America’s bipartisan consensus on Arab-Israeli peace is ludicrous.
OP-ED COLUMNIST
Fed Up With Peace
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
The recent uprising by Tibetans not only underscores the utter failure of Beijing’s policies in Tibet, but it also reflects the failure of the Dalai Lama and America.
The Birth of a Nation, 1948
By RUTH GRUBER
Memories of summer 1947, when the author visited German and Austrian camps for people displaced by the Holocaust, unwelcome in the countries they once lived in.
Israel’s ‘American Problem’
By JEFFREY GOLDBERG
Most American Jewish leaders are opposed, not without reason, to negotiations with Hamas, but if the moderates aren’t strengthened, Hamas will be the only party left.
For Israelis, an Anniversary. For Palestinians, a Nakba.
By ELIAS KHOURY
In establishing the state of Israel, the West had found a solution to its moral obligations and a release from the disastrous burden of Nazism. No one wishes to hear the Palestinian story.
Sacks, Lies and Videotape
By MARK BOWDEN
If winning is “the only thing,” as Vince Lombardi said, then playing by the rules is a lesser priority.
For Senate, Clinton (Bill)
By JACK BASS
Once the campaigns agree on an Obama-Clinton ticket, give Bill Clinton a real job with real power, a position that would be engaging, in part because it would be new.
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On May 18, 1980, the Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington state exploded, leaving 57 people dead or missing.
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