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From the New York Times: September 18, 2009

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source:NYTimes.com, September 18, 2009.

Reference to selected articles:

NEWS ANALYSIS
Missile Defense Shifts From Star Wars Vision
By DAVID E. SANGER and WILLIAM J. BROAD
President Obama?s new missile defense plan is more about international politics than new military technology, a long way from the Star Wars shield pushed by Ronald Reagan.

On the Lookout for Stimulus Fraud
By MICHAEL COOPER
Investigators are bracing for the theft of stimulus money, as conventional wisdom is that about 7 percent of government spending is lost to waste, fraud or abuse.

Inmate Will Testify About Failed Execution
By BOB DRIEHAUS
A federal judge in Ohio ordered that a convicted rapist-murderer be deposed for a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state?s lethal injection procedure.

Google Aims to Wrest Display Ads From Yahoo
By MIGUEL HELFT and STEPHANIE CLIFFORD
The company will introduce a long-awaited system that will instantly match ad buyers with ad sellers when a customer visits a Web site.

Unemployment Hits 10.3% in New York City
By PATRICK McGEEHAN
Continuing layoffs on Wall Street drove the city?s jobless rate to a 16-year high in August.

Demanding Job in a Divided Lab, Then a Murder
By JAVIER C. HERNANDEZ and SERGE F. KOVALESKI
Raymond Clark III, 24, was arrested and charged on Thursday in the murder of Annie M. Le, the police said.

Editorial:

The Senate Brandishes a Gun at Amtrak
The Senate should stop genuflecting to the gun lobby. If it wants to allow guns on trains, it should provide the money for enhanced security.

OP-ED

Baucus and the Threshold
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Max Baucus?s plan for health care reform needs to change, and the direction in which it changes will determine whether it is a bill worth passing.

No, It?s Not About Race
By DAVID BROOKS
The backlash against President Obama is the latest iteration of a populist tendency against money being siphoned off by condescending elites and going to those who do not work.

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