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TOP NEWS Hardship Strains Emotions in New York By JAMES BARRON and KEN BELSON The region approached a breaking point on Friday as the collective spirit that prevailed in the first few days after Hurricane Sandy gave way to angry complaints of neglect and unequal treatment. More Photographs In New York's Public Housing, Fear Creeps in With the Dark By CARA BUCKLEY and MICHAEL WILSON Perhaps more so than in any other place in the city, the loss of power for people living in public housing projects has forced a return to a basic existence.  Slide Show: When the Power Goes Out Petraeus's Quieter Style at C.I.A. Leaves Void on Libya Furor By SCOTT SHANE The Benghazi crisis has been the biggest challenge in the first civilian job held by David H. Petraeus, who has gotten high marks in a markedly different culture from that of the military. C.I.A. Played Major Role Fighting Militants in Libya Attack • NYTimes.com Home Page » QUOTATION OF THE DAY "There's a sense of community. Neighbors I usually don't talk to, I talk to now." DARRYL MACCULLUM, 24, who lives at the Jacob Riis Houses in the East Village, where power has been out for days.

Harvey Weinstein is getting serious about Broadway. Also in Theater » Paula Wagner has come to Broadway as a producer. Anthony LaPaglia as Nixon in "Checkers" U.S. Interactive Feature: 512 Paths to the White House Explore the routes through the electoral battleground and plot victory for either side. Opinion Op-Ed Contributor My Jersey Shore, Now in Ruins By KEVIN COYNE Habits die hard, and it's painful to imagine not going back to Manasquan next summer, no matter how much of it may be gone.

WORLD U.N. Says Execution Video From Syria Shows Apparent War Crime By NICK CUMMING-BRUCE and RICK GLADSTONE A new video that seems to show Syrian rebels summarily executing a group of captured soldiers or militiamen could, if verified, represent evidence of a war crime, the United Nations said on Friday. China Presents a Four-Point Proposal for Resolving the Civil War in Syria Iran Sanctions Take Unexpected Toll on Medical Imports By THOMAS ERDBRINK A ban on financial transactions with Iran has inadvertently affected critical supplies that are exempted from Western sanctions. The Saturday Profile Lifelong Scholar of the Japanese Becomes One of Them By MARTIN FACKLER This year, when Donald Keene, 90, a New York native and retired professor, became a citizen of Japan, he gained what eludes many Westerners who live there: acceptance. • More World News » U.S. For Some After the Storm, No Work Means No Pay By SHAILA DEWAN and ANDREW MARTIN Thousands of hourly workers took extreme measures to get to work following Hurricane Sandy with the fear that if they did not go to work , they probably would not be paid. Second Illness Is Infecting Those Struck by Meningitis By DENISE GRADY People recovering from meningitis in a national outbreak are now being diagnosed with epidural abscesses. Campaigns Have Strategy for Couples Who Disagree By JOHN HARWOOD Discussions between spouses are considered as persuasive as television ads for undecided voters in the presidential campaign's final weekend. When Parents Disagree About Politics, Will Children Learn to See Both Sides? • More U.S. News » BUSINESS Military to Deliver Fuel to Storm-Ravaged Region By ERIC LIPTON and CLIFFORD KRAUSS With lines at Northeast gas stations persisting, the government turned to the Pentagon for help and eased limits on foreign tankers. Latest Jobs Report Shows Persistent Economic Growth By CATHERINE RAMPELL The Labor Department's last pre-election figures showed 171,000 jobs added in October. Unemployment edged up to 7.9 percent. Economix: Yes, Teachers Are Being Hired | The Recovery Spreads Wall Street Unimpressed After Jobs Data A Promising Drug With a Flaw By KATIE THOMAS The anticlotting drug Pradaxa, on the market only two years, is growing in popularity for its ease of use, but it has been associated with hemorrhaging, and it has no antidote to reverse its blood-thinning effects. • More Business News » SPORTS Runners Express Shock, Anger and Relief After Months of Training By JERÉ LONGMAN Thousands of runners learned Friday that the New York City Marathon had been canceled after a public backlash had mounted against putting on the race in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Marathon Is Canceled as Hardship Strains Emotions in New York Sports of The Times Wisely Stepping Aside in a Bombarded City By GEORGE VECSEY New York has nothing to prove, and officials made the right decision to cancel the marathon after Hurricane Sandy, although it was 72 hours too late. Knicks 104, Heat 84 Anthony Sets Tone as Knicks Provide a Reason to Cheer By NATE TAYLOR After their season opener had been delayed by Hurricane Sandy, Carmelo Anthony and the Knicks were fueled by the home crowd as they took an early lead against the Heat and never looked back. Box Score • More Sports News » ARTS Critic's Notebook Chelsea Art Galleries Struggle to Restore and Reopen By ROBERTA SMITH An hour in Chelsea last Saturday was a final look at what could become the old, pre-Sandy gallery scene. Critic's Notebook Country Nudges Its Elders Away By JON CARAMANICA The 46th edition of the Country Music Association Awards showed that the genre has become as ruthless as any other, displaying an almost complete blindness toward its past. Critic's Notebook On Point, in Their Jeans and Sneakers By ALASTAIR MACAULAY To an outsider watching a jookin "battle," a kind of virtuoso dancing that's a relative of hip-hop, the evening comes as a revelation. • More Arts News » TRAVEL Single for the Holidays By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM Being alone doesn't mean being lonely. Not when you can discover a new city, bask in the sun or learn a new language, all without family in tow. Pursuits Twists and Turns Along a Kentucky Doughnut Trail By WILLIAM GRIMES Picking up the scent of fried dough around Louisville, the author hunts glazed, cake, jelly and even maple bacon doughnuts through central Kentucky. Bites Restaurant Report: Seasonal Pantry in Washington By AUDREY HOFFER Four nights a week this food shop turns into an intimate dining space, serving a single menu to a handful of diners. • More Travel News » EDITORIALS Editorial Jobs Are Growing, Not Stagnating The trend in unemployment is promising, but the politics of job creation remain clouded. Editorial Syria's Misery The latest proposal by the Obama administration to strengthen anti-Assad forces is a pragmatic one. Editorial Oklahomans Packing Heat Macho enthusiasts display the intimidating power of the gun. • More Opinion » OP-ED Op-Ed Contributor Learning to Bounce Back By ANDREW ZOLLI A new dialogue is emerging around the idea of resilience: how to help vulnerable people, organizations and systems persist, perhaps even thrive, amid unforeseeable disruptions. Op-Ed Contributor Nocturne By ALLEN HIRSCH For one artist, the blackout offered a rare illumination of the unplugged world around him. Op-Ed Contributor Our Latest High-Water Mark By CRAIG CHILDS Hurricane Sandy was not a fluke. High-water marks are consistently climbing. • More Opinion » ON THIS DAY On Nov. 3, 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was re-elected in a landslide over Republican Alfred M. ''Alf'' Landon. • See This Front Page • Buy This Front Page