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Ex-U.S. Official Cites Pakistani Training for India Attackers

American intelligence has concluded that former Pakistani military and intelligence officers helped train the gunmen, an ex-Pentagon official said.

Conservatives Expected to Split Episcopal Church

Conservatives disaffected over the ordination of an openly gay bishop are prepared to create a competing province.

The 44th President

Obama Names Richardson as Commerce Secretary

Barack Obama denied that the job was a “consolation” prize for Bill Richardson, considered a candidate to be secretary of state.

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10 Best Books of ’08

The editors of the Book Review select the best works from the last year.

United Automobile Workers representatives arrived at a meeting at General Motors headquarters in Detroit on Wednesday.
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Autoworkers’ Union Promises Concessions

United Automobile Workers representatives outside a meeting at G.M. headquarters in Detroit. The union is pledging contract changes in an effort to save carmakers.

Paterson Voices Support for M.T.A. Rescue Plan

New York’s governor expressed support for a plan that includes charging tolls on the East River bridges.

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The Last Word: Odetta
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An extended interview with the singer, whose voice wove together American folk music and the civil rights movement.

Odetta, Voice of Civil Rights Movement, Dies at 77

The singer, whose voice wove together American folk music and the civil rights movement, died Tuesday.

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Video The Last Word: Odetta

An extended interview with the singer, whose renditions of spirituals and blues were part of the soundtrack of the 1960s.

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Freakonomics: Risky Data
Freakonomics: Risky Data

Can an online calculator built by an economist accurately assess the risk of divorce?

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Eco-Farmers in Soggy Las Guacamayas

The Frugal Traveler explores one of Mexico’s most threatened biospheres.

A Slice of Italy Across the Sea

Experience the rolling vineyards and rich cuisine of Piran, Slovenia.

My Portfolios »

What You Get for ... $600,000

A two-bedroom house on Lopez Island, Wash., an apartment in Boston and a house in Sebastopol, Calif.

Aston Martin DBS
Just Think ‘007’ and Add $269,993
Just Think ‘007’ and Add $269,993

With 510 horsepower burbling from the V-12 engine, supervillains and angry stockholders quickly vanish in the rear-view mirror.

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That Digital Divide, Bridged in a Classroom
That Digital Divide, Bridged in a Classroom

Computer learning centers are helping seniors gain the computer skills necessary to return to work.

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