Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Sunday 23 September 2012

TOP NEWS

Egypt's New Leader Spells Out Terms for U.S.-Arab Ties

By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and STEVEN ERLANGER
On the eve of his first trip to the United States as Egypt's president, Mohamed Morsi said the United States must fundamentally change its approach to the Arab world.

An Evangelical Back From Exile, Lifting Romney

By JO BECKER
Ralph Reed, who turned the Christian Coalition into a powerful political force, is planning a sophisticated, microtargeted get-out-the-evangelical-vote operation for Mitt Romney.
The Cloud Factories

Power, Pollution and the Internet

By JAMES GLANZ
Helping to process the staggering amount of Internet activity that occurs, data centers waste vast amounts of energy, belying the information industry's image of environmental friendliness.
QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"Successive American administrations essentially purchased with American taxpayer money the dislike, if not the hatred, of the peoples of the region."
MOHAMED MORSI, Egypt's president, referring to support for dictatorial governments in the Mideast and opposition to Palestinian goals.

Travel

Slide Show: Baltimore Scenes

A museum for outsiders, the original Washington Monument and a diner are stops on this tour.
Opinion
Opinion

Rethinking Sleep

It's not the quantity of sleep that restores and refreshes, but the quality.
WORLD

Failed Efforts and Challenges of America's Last Months in Iraq

By MICHAEL R. GORDON
With Iraq, the goal has been to leave a stable, representative government, avoid a power vacuum and maintain sufficient influence, but the Obama administration has fallen short of some of those objectives.

Pakistani Minister Offers Bounty Over Anti-Islam Video

By DECLAN WALSH
A cabinet minister on Saturday offered a $100,000 reward for the death of the person behind the anti-Islam video made in the United States that has roiled Muslims around the world.

A Tiny Mediterranean Nation, Awash in Immigrants With Nowhere to Go

By SUZANNE DALEY
Malta has the highest ratio of immigrants per capita of any European Union member, but it lacks the resources to house them and by law cannot let them move off the island.
U.S.

Double Payments Bedevil Veterans' Pension System

By JAMES DAO
Technology and practices at the Department of Veterans Affairs that make it hard for some people to collect benefits apparently also result in overpayments.

In Kennedy Recordings, History's Raw Materials

By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE
Secret recordings made by President Kennedy, which include Oval Office discussions about Cuba and space exploration, will now be made accessible to the general public.

University Is Uneasy as Court Ruling Allows Guns on Campus

By DAN FROSCH
Some faculty members warn of a climate of fear and intimidation if concealed weapons are permitted on the University of Colorado campus after a State Supreme Court ruling.
BUSINESS

The Man Who Would Be Redstone

By AMY CHOZICK
Philippe P. Dauman, Viacom's chief executive, has been chosen by its chairman, Sumner M. Redstone, as his successor. But Mr. Dauman faces a test in maintaining the company as a huge creative force.

There's Something About Richard

By LAURA M. HOLSON
Richard Plepler, the new chief executive of HBO, occupies a role that goes well beyond television and extends into New York's political, media and entertainment cliques.
Fair Game

C.E.O.'s and the Pay-'Em-or-Lose-'Em Myth

By GRETCHEN MORGENSON
The argument that C.E.O.'s will leave if they aren't compensated well, perhaps even lavishly, is bogus, according to a new study.
SPORTS

Middle Schools Add a Team Rule: Get a Drug Test

By MARY PILON
Required screening for participation in athletics or other activities can begin early, despite debate over whether it deters abuse.

In N.F.L., the Show Goes On and On

By SAM BORDEN
With two weeks of sluggish games already played, a question that strikes at the core of the N.F.L.'s appeal is being raised: Are the replacement officials diminishing the entertainment value?
Florida State 49, Clemson 37

Seminoles Stand Atop A.C.C. After Offense vs. Offense Duel

By TIM ROHAN
Florida State amassed 667 yards on offense, rallying from a two-touchdown deficit, and beat Clemson in a matchup of top-10 teams to remain the only unbeaten team in the A.C.C.
ARTS
The Visionaries

Tim Burton, at Home in His Own Head

By DAVE ITZKOFF
The director of "Beetlejuice," "Batman" and the new "Frankenweenie" may be cinema's most widely embraced loner.

A Violin Once Owned by Goebbels Keeps Its Secrets

By CARLA SHAPREAU
A trail of whispers has followed the Japanese violinist Nejiko Suwa and her violin, a gift from Hitler's propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels.

Smile and Be a Villain; Despair and Be One, Too

By PATRICK HEALY
Experienced with Shakespeare's antagonists, Patrick Page also brings to his current bad guy, in "Cyrano de Bergerac," personal insight into unhappiness and depression.
MAGAZINE

Where Is Cuba Going?

By JOHN JEREMIAH SULLIVAN
Not long ago, there were smart people who doubted that such a thing as a post-Fidel Cuba could even exist. What comes after the Castros is as much of a mystery as ever.

How 'Silent Spring' Ignited the Environmental Movement

By ELIZA GRISWOLD
What was it that allowed Rachel Carson to capture the public imagination and to forge America's environmental consciousness?

Neil Young Comes Clean

By DAVID CARR
'The straighter I am, the more alert I am, the less I know myself.'
EDITORIALS
Editorial

California Takes On the Retirement Crisis

Gov. Jerry Brown could put his state, and the nation, on a path to greater economic security if he signs a new retirement plan.
Editorial

Avoiding Student Loan Default

The government needs to do a better job of getting out the word about federal programs that help students in debt.
Editorial

When GPS Tracking Violates Privacy Rights

A damaging court ruling would obliterate privacy rights and the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement.
OP-ED
Op-Ed Columnist

The Son Also Sets

By MAUREEN DOWD
For whom the bell tolls? Mitt, if his Hemingway wannabe strategist doesn't stop the moveable feast of mistakes.
Op-Ed Columnist

Exploiting the Prophet

By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Christians didn't riot after seeing a photograph of Jesus steeped in urine, so why are Muslims up in arms about insults to the Prophet Muhammad?
SUNDAY REVIEW
News Analysis

Free Speech in the Age of YouTube

By SOMINI SENGUPTA
The storm over an incendiary anti-Islamic video has stirred fresh debate on Internet free speech.
ON THIS DAY
On Sept. 23, 1952, Republican vice-presidential candidate Richard M. Nixon went on television to deliver what came to be known as the "Checkers'' speech as he denied allegations of improper campaign financing.