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 September 11 Health Bill Stalls; One Backer Blames City Hall
By RUSSELL BERMAN
September 30, 2008
A leading backer of the push to secure nearly $11 billion for survivors of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks is blaming the Bloomberg administration for opposing a federal bill that stalled in the House of Representatives. The mayor's office…
Low-Price Laptops Tested at City Schools
By ELIZABETH GREEN
New Policy Is Sought in Albany After Report on Silver's Travel
By JACOB GERSHMAN
Bed Bug Boom Is a Boost To One Sector
By E.B. SOLOMONT
Solons Busy Outside Office, New Income Report Shows
By ROSS GOLDBERG
Atlantic Yard Project Suffers a Setback
By PETER KIEFER
St. Hope Board Member Steps Down
By JOSH GERSTEIN
Comptroller: Meltdown May Cost N.Y. $3.5B in Revenue
Captain Fined for Having Officers Remodel Home
 Feingold Bill Would Limit Searches of Travelers' Laptops
By JOSH GERSTEIN
September 30, 2008
Senator Feingold of Wisconsin is offering the most detailed legislative proposal yet to rein in the essentially unfettered authority customs officials have claimed to search laptops, cell phones, and other electronic devices travelers bring into or…
Palin, McCain Decry 'Gotcha' Journalism
Gates Calls for a Balanced Military
Dispute Over Witness Disrupts Stevens Trial
Heart Patients Need Screening For Depression
Little Progress Made in Effort To Restore Everglades
'Rockefeller' Impostor Enters Plea
Rail Safety Bill Advances in Senate
At Debate, Biden Told: Ignore Palin
By RUSSELL BERMAN
Ohio Supreme Court Upholds Early Voting Window
Bailout Plan Would Shift Capital Power
Treasury Secretary Expects To Spend About $50 Billion a Month
By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN
Passed by Congress, $25B Automaker Loan Bill Heads to Bush
By RUSSELL BERMAN
McCain Defends Palin Over Pakistan Comment
Palin: 'Only Flag in My Office' Is Israeli
McCain Sets Off a High-Stakes Gamble
By RUSSELL BERMAN
President Asserts That 'Our Entire Economy Is in Danger'
Makes Case for Bailout to the Nation
By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN
Hmong Heroes May Have Seen CIA Nod for Coup
Allegedly Planned Overthrow of Government of Laos
By JOSH GERSTEIN
Palin: U.S. Could Be Headed for Depression
 Russia Accuses U.N. Agency of Funding Georgian President
By BENNY AVNI
September 30, 2008
UNITED NATIONS — Russia's confrontation with the West is escalating, with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accusing the U.N. Development Program of collaborating with the financier George Soros to fund Mikheil Saakashvili's rise to the Georgian…
5th U.S. Fleet Seeks Action Over Piracy
By ELI LAKE
IAEA Head Calls for Iran To End Its Nuclear Secrecy
20,000 Flee Pakistan Clashes With Taliban
ANC Split Widens as Leader of S. African Province Resigns
China Marks Olympics, Spacewalk for National Day
Al-Maliki: Security Pact Is in U.S., Iraqi Interest
Egypt Press Union To Appeal Journalist's Arrest
11 Europeans Freed After Being Kidnapped in Egypt
12 Bodies Found Near Mexican School
Afghan Policeman Fires on U.S. Troops, Killing One
Bin Laden's Son Makes Return to Pakistan
Could Signal a New Phase of Iran's Relationship With Al Qaeda
By ELI LAKE
Ex-CIA Man Casts Doubt on Hmong Trial
By JOSH GERSTEIN
Obama's Man on the Middle East
Turtle Bay
By BENNY AVNI
Financial Crisis Casts Pall on U.N. Poverty Goals
By BENNY AVNI
Bomb Threat Clears U.S. Embassy in Brussels
Pirates Seize Ukrainian Ship Off Somalia
Bailout Failure Puts McCain on the Spot
By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN
September 30, 2008
The surprise defeat of the $700 billion bailout plan before the House of Representatives will soon show what downside, if any, Senator McCain faces for his bold gambit last week declaring his campaign suspended as he briefly jumped into the thick of…
Citigroup Rescues Wachovia's Bank Unit
After the Congressional Failure
By JULIE SATOW
Fed Pumps $630 Billion Into System
Talent Flight Feared by City Firms
'You can start a hedge fund anywhere'
By JULIE SATOW
Markets Tumble as Bailout Fails
Largest One Day Point Drop — 777.68 — in Dow History
Oil Falls on Demand Outlook
Bailout Could Spur a New Gold Rush
By DAN DORFMAN
Derivatives Pose New Wrinkle in Lehman Case
'A Huge Amount of Uncertainty'
By JULIE SATOW
Why Wall Street Is Ready To Rise Again
By LIZ PEEK
Bernanke, Paulson Face Tough Audience
Senate Banking Committee Members Stand Against $700B Bailout
By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN
Cox Says Congress Should Regulate Credit-Default Swaps
 Bored by Everyday Yoga? Exotic Options Abound in City
By GABRIELLE BIRKNER
September 29, 2008
The many options available under the umbrella of yoga include not only widely accepted forms, but more avant-garde ones: nude yoga and yoga for canines, among others detailed below. While some practitioners find certain of the newest varieties to be…
Salt Is Next on City's Hit List
By E.B. SOLOMONT
With Ovarian Cancer, Awareness Can Be a Key
Founding Dean Named for CUNY School of Public Health
On Health
By E.B. SOLOMONT
Dramatic Rise In Childhood Diabetes Found
A Brooklyn Gym Offers Authenticity, Not Amenities
Picking Up the Flag of the Sun
By STEPHEN MILLER
September 30, 2008
'From its name to its headlines, it was devoted to the people, events, and concerns of our city.' -- Mayor Bloomberg
Elinor Guggenheimer, 96, Consumer Advocate
By STEPHEN MILLER
Osborn Elliott, 83, Former Newsweek Editor
Paul Newman, Actor, Succumbs to Cancer at 83
Osborne Elliott, 83, Editor of Newsweek
Dick Lynch, 72, Giants Cornerback Turned Announcer
James Crumley, 68, Poetic Crime Novelist
Norman Whitfield, 67, Stalwart Motown Songwriter
Rick Wright, 65, Pink Floyd Keyboardist
By STEPHEN MILLER
David Foster Wallace, 46, 'Infinite Jest' Writer
Ralph Plaisted, 80, North Pole Adventurer
By STEPHEN MILLER
W.D. Mohammed, 74, Transformed Nation of Islam
By STEPHEN MILLER
Bill Melendez, 91, Peanuts Animator
Tommy Bolt, 92, Temperamental Golf Champ
Jerry Reed, 71, Country Guitarist and Genial Actor
By STEPHEN MILLER
Don LaFontaine, 68, Movie Trailer Voice-Over King
Edwin Guthman, 89, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist
Manny Farber, 91, 'Eccentric' Film Critic
Pervis Jackson, 70, Sang Bass for the Spinners
Daniel Neal Heller, 83, Lawyer Who 'Beat the IRS'
Dorival Caymmi, 94, Brazilian Composer
Jerry Wexler, Legendary Record Producer
Sandy Allen, 53, World's Tallest Woman
Eva Reich, 84, Lectured on Reichian Psychology
Soul Singer Isaac Hayes, 1942-2008
Erik Darling, 74, Leader in Folk Revival
By STEPHEN MILLER
Nicola Rescigno, 92, Co-Founded Dallas Opera
By STEPHEN MILLER
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