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Selasa, 05 April 2011

Today's Headlines: Unrest in Yemen Seen as Opening to Qaeda Branch

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TOP NEWS

Unrest in Yemen Seen as Opening to Qaeda Branch

By ERIC SCHMITT

With the unrest in Yemen, counterterrorism efforts there have halted, allowing Al Qaeda to increase plotting for possible attacks against Europe and the United States, officials say.

G.O.P. Blueprint Would Remake Health Policy

By ROBERT PEAR

A plan to rein in Medicaid and Medicare costs represents a fundamental rethinking of how the two programs work.

In a Reversal, Military Trials for 9/11 Cases

By CHARLIE SAVAGE

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. had wanted to prosecute Khalid Shaikh Mohammed before a civilian court, but Congress blocked his transfer from Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

QUOTATION OF THE DAY

"We must face a simple truth: those restrictions are unlikely to be repealed in the immediate future. And we simply cannot allow a trial to be delayed any longer for the victims of the 9/11 attacks or for their families who have waited nearly a decade for justice."
ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., announcing that he has cleared military prosecutors at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to file war-crime charges against the five detainees in the Sept. 11 case.


U.S.

Graphic: A Changed Landscape for Obama

A look at the challenges President Obama faces in many states, including those that he flipped from red to blue in 2008.

Opinion
Room For Debate

Can Private Insurers Fix Medicare?

The Republican budget proposal aims to replace traditional Medicare with private health plans. Will this reduce costs?

WORLD

Ivory Coast Leader Cornered After U.N. and France Strike

By ADAM NOSSITER

The United Nations and France went on the offensive against Laurent Gbagbo, who was negotiating a possible surrender from a bunker beneath his residence.

Clashes Escalate in Yemen; at Least 12 Protesters Are Killed

By LAURA KASINOF and J. DAVID GOODMAN

Security forces and government supporters opened fire on tens of thousands of protesters, witnesses said.

Libyan Rebels Complain of Deadly Delays Under NATO's Command

By C. J. CHIVERS and DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK

As rebel fighters made modest gains Monday in the oil town of Brega, a senior rebel leader criticized NATO for bureaucratic delays.

U.S.

No Party Rentals in Miami Beach? Really?

By LIZETTE ALVAREZ and DON VAN NATTA Jr.

A lavish birthday party for a billionaire's wife that almost wasn't shines a spotlight on the conflict between those for whom Miami Beach is a playground and those for whom it is home.

In Last-Minute Action, Texas Inmate Disputes Use of Execution Drug

By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS

Lawyers for Cleve Foster, a former Army recruiter scheduled to be executed on Tuesday, are challenging the state over substitution of pentobarbital for a drug that is in short supply.

Wisconsin Election Is Referendum on Governor

By MONICA DAVEY

Fights over the agenda of Wisconsin's Republicans have politicized a state Supreme Court election.

POLITICS

Obama Opens 2012 Campaign, With Eye on Money and Independent Voters

By JEFF ZELENY and JACKIE CALMES

The president's aides will focus on swing states and on surpassing the $750 million he raised in 2008.

Unions Rally, Linking Their Cause to Dr. King

By STEVEN GREENHOUSE

Labor unions and civil rights groups held hundreds of rallies and teach-ins to defend collective bargaining and to tie it to the cause the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was fighting for in the days before his death 43 years ago.

New Hurdles in Race to Avert Federal Shutdown

By CARL HULSE

The White House has scheduled a meeting for Tuesday to try to resolve the impasse as House Republicans demanded to additional federal spending cuts beyond $33 billion this year.

BUSINESS

To Cut Smog, Navistar Blazes Risky Path of Its Own

By TOM ZELLER Jr. and NORMAN MAYERSOHN

If Navistar's engine design works, it could be the simplest, most elegant way to reduce smog from truck exhaust.

Sokol's Ways Questioned in Past Suits

By GERALDINE FABRIKANT

David L. Sokol has been involved in lawsuits that suggest Berkshire had warnings about his rule-pushing ways.

F.A.A. to Order Airlines to Inspect 737s for Cracks

By JAD MOUAWAD and CHRISTOPHER DREW

The directive came after a five-foot hole ripped through the roof of a Southwest Airlines jet on Friday during a flight.

TECHNOLOGY

After Breach, Companies Warn of E-Mail Fraud

By MIGUEL HELFT

A security breach has exposed the e-mail addresses of millions of customers for major banks and retailers.

Texas Instruments to Buy National Semiconductor for $6.5 Billion

By MATT RICHTEL

Texas Instruments said it planned to acquire National Semiconductor in a deal that would create the world's third-largest semiconductor company.

Google Bids $900 Million for Nortel Patent Assets

By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER

The amount of money involved signals how fierce the patent wars have become, particularly in Silicon Valley.

SPORTS
Connecticut 53, Butler 41

UConn Men Top Butler to Capture Third Title

By PETE THAMEL

An 11-game postseason run, equal parts stunning and historic, ended with a championship as Connecticut beat Butler.

In Ragged Finale, Walker Proves Good Enough

By GREG BISHOP

Connecticut's Kemba Walker outplayed Butler's Matt Howard, if only by a little, in the Huskies' championship victory.

Lost Tape Is Found in Trial of Bonds

By JULIET MACUR

A recording between Steve Hoskins, Barry Bonds's former business manager, and Dr. Arthur Ting, his orthopedic surgeon, could resolve a discrepancy in the men's testimony.

ARTS
Exhibition Review

Behind the Wizard's Wand: Making the Harry Potter Films

By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN

"Harry Potter: The Exhibition," opening Tuesday at Discovery Times Square, demonstrates how an imagined world is brought to life by meticulous attention to detail.

Poised for Releases: 2 New Screens at Lincoln Center

By LARRY ROHTER

The Film Society of Lincoln Center is close to completing a theater complex that constitutes the first new uptown art house in decades.

Critic's Notebook

Lollapalooza Debut in Chile, Speaking Many Tongues

By JON PARELES

The Lollapalooza festival in Chile was not expected to break even, but that's not the point, its organizers say.

NEW YORK / REGION

A Cigarette for 75 Cents, 2 for $1: The Brisk, Shady Sale of 'Loosies'

By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN

Lonnie Warner sells Newports at two for a dollar; he says taxes and smoking bans are great for business.

Discovery of 3 More Sets of Remains Adds to L.I. Mystery

By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN and TIM STELLOH

Since the authorities began searching for a missing prostitute last year, the remains of eight people have been located.

City Room

Killer of L.I. Motivational Speaker Is Sentenced

By MANNY FERNANDEZ

Kenneth Minor, who claimed he was asked to "do a Kevorkian," was sentenced to 20 years to life in the death of Jeffrey Locker, who was in financial difficulty.

SCIENCE TIMES

Black-Market Trinkets From Space

By WILLIAM J. BROAD

As more meteorites have been discovered, an illegal sales market has emerged, to the dismay of those who want to study them.

Multitude of Species Face Climate Threat

By CARL ZIMMER

The conclusion that global warming can speed up extinctions is equally as strong as the difficulty in linking the fate of any single species to climate.

Basics

Paths of Discovery, Lighted by a Bug Man's Insights

By NATALIE ANGIER

A tribute to Thomas Eisner, the pioneer of chemical ecology and master photographer of insects, who died March 25.

EDITORIALS
Editorial

Cowardice Blocks the 9/11 Trial

The Obama administration gives in to Congress's baseless arguments, punting justice for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks offshore.

Editorial

Union-Bashing, Now in Ohio

A profoundly unfair and new anti-union law may help revive the labor movement.

Editorial

The Dollars and Cents of Bats and Farming

A study in Science magazine reveals just how important bats are to American agriculture.

Editorial

OMG!!! OED!!! LOL!!!!!

It's wonderful to experience the ongoing corruption and evolution of the English language.

OP-ED
Op-Ed Contributor

To Cut the Deficit, Look to Social Security

By ALICIA H. MUNNELL

Solving Social Security's problems would reassure Americans about their retirements and improve the country's creditworthiness.

Op-Ed Columnist

Who Could Blame G.E.?

By JOE NOCERA

Trying to lower the annual tax bill is as American as apple pie.

Op-Ed Columnist

Moment of Truth

By DAVID BROOKS

Paul Ryan, the House Budget Committee chairman, has his budget. Where's yours?

Op-Ed Columnist

Religion Does Its Worst

By ROGER COHEN

How can the Islamophobes justify their grotesque caricature of Islam in the thinly veiled pursuit of political gain?

Op-Ed Contributors

Unfair to Immigrants, Costly for Taxpayers

By SCOTT M. STRINGER and ANDREW FRIEDMAN

The federal government doesn't belong in New York City's jails.

ON THIS DAY

On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death for conspiring to commit espionage for the Soviet Union.

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