Today's Headlines: The New York Times---Nov 15,2005 Tuesday, November 15, 2005
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Senate Republicans Pushing for a Plan on Ending the War in Iraq
By CARL HULSE
The Senate is also set to vote Tuesday on a compromise that would allow terror detainees some access to federal courts.
Report Details F.D.A. Rejection of Next-Day Pill
By GARDINER HARRIS
Congressional investigators found irregularities in the decision against over-the-counter sales of the morning-after pill.
Voters Showed Less Appetite for Tax Cuts
By JOHN M. BRODER
The rejection of ballot measures in three states that would have rolled back taxes or limited spending may indicate a cooling of American voters' ardor for tax cuts.
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| | QUOTATION OF THE DAY |
"The public sector did a lot of belt-tightening during the last recession, and the public now appears to be letting it out a few notches."
JOHN G. MATSUSAKA, president of the Initiative and Referendum Institute at the University of Southern California Law School, on reservations about tax cuts.
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| | INTERNATIONAL |
Pentagon's Fuel Deal Is Lesson in Risks of Graft-Prone Regions
By DAVID S. CLOUD
The former president of Kyrgyzstan may have pocketed hundreds of millions of dollars from Pentagon fuel contracts.
Woman in Jordan Bombing Linked to Iraqi Insurgents
By MICHAEL SLACKMAN and SOUAD MEKHENNET
The woman had volunteered to become a suicide bomber because three of her brothers had been killed during "operations" in Iraq, investigators said.
Blair Says a Troop Cut in Iraq Is a 'Possibility' Next Year
By SARAH LYALL
Prime Minister Tony Blair raised the possibility that British troops could begin leaving Iraq next year if they complete their mission.
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| | NATIONAL |
Parents Carry Burden of Proof in School Cases, Court Rules
By LINDA GREENHOUSE
Parents who challenge a special-education plan for their child must show the plan is inadequate, the Supreme Court ruled.
'85 Document Opens Window to Alito Views
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
Judge Samuel Alito Jr. wrote that "the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion," documents showed.
WASHINGTON MEMO
A Reminder of How Debate Over Prewar Intelligence Continues to Shadow Bush
By RICHARD W. STEVENSON and DOUGLAS JEHL
With President Bush politically weakened and public support for the war ebbing, the White House is building two lines of defense.
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| | BUSINESS |
Wal-Mart Forecasts Big Season
By MICHAEL BARBARO
Wal-Mart has sent an early Christmas card to Wall Street: stop worrying about the holidays.
Inflation Issue to Dominate Questioning of Fed Choice
By EDMUND L. ANDREWS
Ben S. Bernanke, President Bush's nominee to lead the Federal Reserve, will have to fend off concerns about his beliefs on inflation.
Awash in Petrodollars, Russia Frets About the Paradoxes of Bounty
By ANDREW KRAMER
Russia is taking in $500 million a day from crude oil exports, but the cash is gushing faster than the nation can absorb it without causing inflation.
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| | SPORTS |
COWBOYS 21, EAGLES 20
Victory in Hand, Eagles Throw It Away
By CLIFTON BROWN
Just when the Philadelphia Eagles hoped their season was getting better, it got worse - losing to Dallas as the Cowboys scored twice in the fourth quarter.
KNICKS 73, JAZZ 62
Knicks Hit a Low That They Can Enjoy
By HOWARD BECK
A night after handing Coach Larry Brown his first victory in his new job, the Knicks gave him his first winning streak with a victory against the Utah Jazz.
Edwards and Jets Not Ready to Give Up
By KAREN CROUSE
The Jets did not stop throwing the ball because they had quit, Coach Herman Edwards said. They stopped because he saw no reason to further traumatize his young quarterback.
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| | ARTS |
THE TV WATCH
Oh, Oprah, 20 Years of Talk, Causes and Self-Improvement
By ALESSANDRA STANLEY
Oprah's six-disc DVD collection of her greatest moments is a maudlin, self-congratulatory memoir that is entirely deserved and mesmerizing to watch.
Met Rarity: Barcarolle Simulated for a Movie
By DANIEL J. WAKIN
For the first time in nearly two decades, since the 1987 "Moonstruck" and its rhapsodic scene from "La Boh鋗e," a movie is being filmed at the Metropolitan Opera House.
Nicole Richie, Famous for Her Fame, and Now for a Book
By LOLA OGUNNAIKE
Her debut novel, "The Truth About Diamonds," is a thinly veiled roman ?clef about a socialite who stars in a reality television series.
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| | SCIENCE |
Louisiana's Marshes Fight for Their Lives
By CORNELIA DEAN
As the state struggles to recover from Hurricane Katrina, scientists are looking for clues to what ails the marshes.
Philosophers Notwithstanding, Kansas School Board Redefines Science
By DENNIS OVERBYE
In the course of revising the state's science standards to include criticism of evolution, the board promulgated a new definition of science itself.
SCIENTIST AT WORK | DAVID HEALY
A Self-Effacing Scholar Is Psychiatry's Gadfly
By BENEDICT CAREY
David Healy, a vocal critic of his profession's overselling of psychiatric drugs, is internationally known as both a scholar and a pariah.
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| | EDITORIALS |
Decoding Mr. Bush's Denials
It's obvious that the Bush administration misled Americans about prewar intelligence on Iraq. We need to know how that happened and why.
Strange Behavior at the F.D.A.
An investigation has revealed some highly suspect maneuvering behind the decision to reject over-the-counter sales of the contraceptive Plan B.
Congress's Threadbare Budget Politics
The moderates should continue to resist the House's plan to cut basic safety-net programs in the name of tax advantages for investors.
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| | OP-ED |
OP-ED COLUMNIST
 Iraq in the Rear-View Mirror
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
In order to end our nightmare in Iraq, we need to set target dates for withdrawing our troops.
OP-ED COLUMNIST
The Mansion Wars
By JOHN TIERNEY
The growing national message against mansionization is clear: most people want aesthetics to be regulated in their neighborhoods.
OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR
Prisoners of the Senate
By ANTHONY LEWIS
It's as wrong to deny habeas corpus now, to the detainees at Guant嫕amo Bay, Cuba, as it was in 1869.
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