TOP NEWS
Dismal Jobs Report Puts Policy Makers on the Spot
By SHAILA DEWAN
The unemployment
rate stayed constant at 9.1 percent in August, the first time in 11
months that there has been no job growth in the United States.
Obama Administration Abandons Stricter Air-Quality Rules
By JOHN M. BRODER
After intense
lobbying by industry, the White House overruled a plan by the
Environmental Protection Agency to adopt a stricter standard for
ground-level ozone.
Files Note Close C.I.A. Ties to Qaddafi Spy Unit
By ROD NORDLAND
Documents at an
abandoned office in Tripoli show Libya's cooperation with the C.I.A. and
its British equivalent, MI-6, was much more extensive than generally
known.
QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"Somehow we need to get back the president we thought we elected in 2008."
BILL MCKIBBEN, an environmental activist, reacting after President Obama abandoned a plan for stricter air pollution guidelines.
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Pre-Emptive Moves
By PETER CATAPANO
A cross-party squabble over the scheduling of the president's next speech turned out to be no small matter.
WORLD
E.U. Bans Syrian Oil as Protests Continue
By NADA BAKRI and STEVEN ERLANGER
The European
Union escalated pressure on Syria's government Friday by banning all oil
imports in response to its violent suppression of the nearly six-month
uprising.
Protesters in Yemen Vow to Stay on Streets
By LAURA KASINOF
Antigovernment gatherings after Friday Prayer have drawn thousands to the streets of the capital, Sana.
In Libya, Former Enemy Is Recast in Role of Ally
By ROD NORDLAND
Abdel Hakim
Belhaj, in charge of the military committee responsible for keeping
order in Tripoli, says he was tortured by C.I.A. agents in his former
life as emir of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group.
U.S.
Battered Vermont Looks First to Its Roads
By MICHAEL COOPER
Officials
determined that many roads and bridges must be repaired before heavy
equipment can come in to do other crucial rebuilding work.
Rain From Gulf Storm Expected to Cause Flooding
By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON
The slow-moving storm, which is not expected to become a hurricane, has gathered moisture from the Gulf of Mexico.
Perry's Blunt Views in Books Get New Scrutiny as He Joins Race
By MICHAEL D. SHEAR
When Rick Perry,
the governor of Texas and a presidential hopeful, debates his rivals,
his assertions on climate change, Social Security and health care could
put him to the test.
BUSINESS
Fiat's Retro Return
By NICK BUNKLEY
A remake of the
postwar Fiat will have to get Americans to forget the low quality of its
first incarnation on these shores. So far, it's working.
New Urgency in the Battle for Stimulus
By JACKIE CALMES
President Obama and Congress on Friday each confronted increasing pressure to shift their focus to job creation.
White House Expects Persistently High Unemployment - Common Sense: Lots of Vitriol for Fed Chief, Despite Facts
Wall St. Tumbles After Bleak Jobs Report
By CHRISTINE HAUSER
The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 2.2 percent after the government reported no job growth in August.
SPORTS
Priest Officiates Play From Above
By GREG BISHOP
By day, Father Paul Arinze works for the Diocese of Madison, Wis. At tournaments, he trades his altar for the umpire's chair.
- Beliefs: Doing Unto Others, Off and on the Tennis Court
- A Future for the Used-Up Tools of the Tennis Trade
With Win, Young Provides Delayed Glimpse of Future
By GREG BISHOP
Donald Young,
once hailed as the future of American tennis, beat 14th-seeded Stanislas
Wawrinka to advance at the United States Open.
Going to the Mat for Ohio State
By PETE THAMEL
Those who know
Luke Fickell, who took over the Ohio State football team after Jim
Tressel's departure, say he will approach this season the only way he
knows - straight on, without blinking.
ARTS
Critic's Notebook
Amid the Memorials, Ambiguity and Ambivalence
By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN
An impulse of self-blame runs through many cultural commemorations of 9/11.
Struggling to Keep Up With Those Mormons
By PATRICK HEALY
While "The Book of Mormon" sets records, lesser-known musicals are seeking ways to draw an audience.
Critic's Notebook
Brian Dennehy as a Troublemaker, Times Two
By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
Brian Dennehy is
appearing in Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" and Harold Pinter's
"Homecoming" at this summer's Stratford Shakespeare Festival.
TRAVEL
My Kailua
By LAWRENCE DOWNES
A native son returns to the windward side of Oahu, a greener, quieter world away from Honolulu.
Slide Show36 Hours on the Mendocino Coast
By FREDA MOON
What makes this
stretch of small towns, hamlets and coastal ridges so alluring is its
profound natural beauty and fierce independence.
Practical Traveler
Elite for a Day, in Coach, for a Fee
By MICHELLE HIGGINS
How to be treated like a V.I.P., even if you're flying coach.
EDITORIALS
Editorial
The Truth Behind Stop-and-Frisk
A court needs to take a very hard look at this police tactic.
Editorial
Turkey, Israel and the Flotilla
A United Nations
report on the 2010 attack of a ship bound for Gaza should have been a
chance for reconciliation. Instead, both sides dug in their heels.
Editorial
A Bad Call on Ozone
President
Obama's decision not to proceed with stronger air-quality standards
governing ozone is a setback for public health and the environment.
OP-ED
Op-Ed Contributor
When Doctors Become Patients
By ERIC D. MANHEIMER
When it comes to their own health, doctors are as irrational as everyone else.
Op-Ed Columnist
In Honor of Teachers
By CHARLES M. BLOW
To get our best and brightest to teach, we need to stop maligning the profession and start showing it some respect.
Op-Ed Contributors
On Race, the Silence Is Bipartisan
By DESMOND S. KING and ROGERS M. SMITH
Political leaders must recognize that we cannot progress either by ignoring race or focusing exclusively on it.
