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Findings: A Gift From the ’70s: Energy Lessons

3 hours 11 min ago
In the last few decades, there have been surprises on each side of the energy debate.

Treasury Sets Timetable to Pick Managers

3 hours 27 min ago
The Treasury Department asked companies to submit bids for running the system by Wednesday and announced its plan to select winners on Friday.

Senator Warned a Friend That Jail Was a Risk

October 6, 2008 - 11:31pm
In calls taped by the F.B.I., Senator Ted Stevens told an oil executive that their relationship might be investigated.

National Briefing | Midwest: Illinois: Delay Sought in Fund-Raiser’s Sentencing

October 6, 2008 - 11:31pm
Federal prosecutors have moved to delay the sentencing of Antoin Rezko, a top fund-raiser for Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich and other Illinois politicians who was convicted of influence peddling.

Campaigns Shift to Attack Mode on Eve of Debate

October 6, 2008 - 11:31pm
John McCain turned toward a more negative tone, and the Obama campaign signaled it would respond in kind.

Fed Considers Plan to Buy Companies’ Unsecured Debt

October 6, 2008 - 11:29pm
As stocks spiraled lower around the world, the Federal Reserve considered a radical plan to jump-start the ailing financial system.

Net Watch: An Online Shadow From the ’80s

October 6, 2008 - 11:26pm
The Obama campaign released a lengthy Internet video on Monday about Senator John McCain’s role in the Keating Five scandal.

Supreme Court Opens Term With a Tobacco Fraud Case

October 6, 2008 - 11:20pm
Smokers who say they were defrauded by tobacco companies that marketed “light” cigarettes faced a skeptical Supreme Court in the first argument of the court’s new term.

G.O.P. Query Involves 1% of Giving to Obama

October 6, 2008 - 11:10pm
The suggestion of money from overseas being funneled illegally to Senator Barack Obama’s campaign carries explosive implications.

Obama’s Personal Ties Are Subject of Program on Fox News Channel

October 6, 2008 - 11:03pm
Sean Hannity was the host of “Obama & Friends: The History of Radicalism,” which attacked the senator’s personal associations.

Financial Crisis Takes a Toll on Already-Squeezed Cities

October 6, 2008 - 10:54pm
City officials across the country say they are feeling increasingly helpless as the national economic crisis eats away at the core sources of municipal revenue.

National Briefing | Washington: Appeals Court Postpones Testimony by Miers

October 6, 2008 - 10:54pm
A federal appeals court postponed Congressional testimony by a former White House counsel, Harriet E. Miers, on the Bush administration’s firing of nine federal prosecutors in 2006.

National Briefing | West: California: Six Bodies Found in Los Angeles Home

October 6, 2008 - 10:54pm
An unemployed man who was despondent over his own financial problems shot and killed his wife, their three children, his mother-in-law and himself in their home in Los Angeles.

National Briefing | Mid-Atlantic: Pennsylvania: Judge Blocks New Tour Guide Tests

October 6, 2008 - 10:53pm
Lawyers for three tour guides who challenged the plan to test and license guides say a federal judge temporarily blocked the city from enforcing the testing law.

Jury Clears Way for New York Plaza in Las Vegas

October 6, 2008 - 10:22pm
A jury ruled that the owners of New York’s Plaza Hotel can use the Plaza name on a proposed resort-casino on the Las Vegas Strip, despite the existence nearby of another Plaza Hotel and Casino.

Transgender Candidate Who Ran as Woman Did Not Mislead Voters, Court Says

October 6, 2008 - 10:11pm
The court dismissed a lawsuit filed by two opponents of the politician, Michelle Bruce, that said she disguised her sex while seeking re-election last year in Riverdale, Ga.

Fan in Room Seems to Cut Infants’ Risk of Crib Death

October 6, 2008 - 10:09pm
The finding is the latest evidence to suggest that a baby’s sleep environment is a critical factor in the risk for sudden infant death syndrome.

Business Cool Toward McCain’s Health Coverage Plan

October 6, 2008 - 9:18pm
Business leaders fear that John McCain’s proposal to revamp taxation of health benefits would help to erode employer-sponsored health insurance.

In ‘Sweetie’ and ‘Dear,’ a Hurt Beyond Insult for the Elderly

October 6, 2008 - 9:12pm
Studies are finding that “elderspeak,” the sweetly belittling form of address that has always rankled older people, can have health consequences.

Names of the Dead

October 6, 2008 - 8:51pm
The Department of Defense has identified 4,173 American service members who have died since the start of the Iraq war and 604 who have died as a part of the Afghan war and related operations. It confirmed the deaths of the following Americans on Monday:.