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A $700 Billion Rescue Plan for Wall St., but Will It Work?

By PETER S. GOODMAN

Some are skeptical of the Treasury plan, despite wide agreement on the need for a broad intervention.

Proposed Bailout Could Set a Record
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN

The Bush administration is requesting virtually unfettered authority for the Treasury to buy mortgage-related assets.

Burying Old Dogma: The Fed chairman and the Treasury secretary cast aside long-held views about government intervention.

Lost and Saved: Why Merrill was rescued but Lehman was left on its own.

Bubblenomics: It’s been a long period of excess, and the hangover could be long, David Leonhardt writes.

Week in Review
Back in Baghdad, Jarred by the Calm
By DEXTER FILKINS

Back in Iraq, Jarred by the Calm A war reporter rediscovers a social fabric he thought was lost forever.

2008 Campaign

Elbows in Check, Making a Pitch to Women
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Elbows in Check, Making a Pitch to Women
By PATRICK HEALY

Michelle Obama, seen at a roundtable in Richmond, Va., faces the challenge of acting as a critic of the G.O.P. ticket while projecting an affable, ladylike persona.

A Disability Epidemic Among a Railroad’s Retirees
By WALT BOGDANICH

Almost every career employee of the Long Island Rail Road applies for and gets disability payments after retirement.

Bombing at Hotel in Pakistan Kills at Least 53
By CARLOTTA GALL 8:57 AM ET

A huge truck bombing at Islamabad’s Marriott Hotel was one of the worst acts of terrorism in Pakistan’s history.

Israeli Prime Minister to Resign Sunday Evening
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 10:40 AM ET

Ehud Olmert’s resignation clears the way for his foreign minister to form a coalition to try to succeed him.


 

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N.F.L. Week 3

The Giants are playing the Bengals. The Fifth Down blog has updates from around the N.F.L.

Echoes in the Bronx

Yankee Stadium FarewellMemories of Yankee Stadium as the Yankees prepare for their final game there.

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Your Money at Work, Fixing Others’ Mistakes

A new bailout could bloat taxpayers’ bill for the mess in finance and benefit the institutions that caused it, Gretchen Morgenson writes.

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