Subject: Today's Headlines: Justices Say E.P.A. Has Power to Act on Harmful Gases

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Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:32:52 -0500

TODAY'S HEADLINES
The New York Times on the Web
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Compiled 2 AM ET

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- TOP STORIES -

Justices Say E.P.A. Has Power to Act on Harmful Gases
By LINDA GREENHOUSE
The Supreme Court's ruling that the Clean Air Act expressly
authorizes the E.P.A. to regulate carbon dioxide emissions
was a strong rebuke to the Bush administration.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/washington/03scotus.html?th&emc=th

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Obama Built Donor Network From Roots Up
By CHRISTOPHER DREW and MIKE McINTIRE
In his 2004 Senate race, Barack Obama systematically built
a sophisticated, and in many ways quite conventional, money
machine.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/us/politics/03obama.html?th&emc=th

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McCain Wrong on Iraq Security, Merchants Say
By KIRK SEMPLE
Iraqis disputed assertions by the senator's delegation that
a Baghdad market they visited was safe.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/world/middleeast/03mccain.html?th&emc=th

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- QUOTATION OF THE DAY -

"Music is hot in China."
- CHEN HUNG-KUAN, chairman of the piano department at the Shanghai
Conservatory.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/arts/music/03class1.html?th&emc=th

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- SCIENCE -
Audio Slide Show: The Climate Divide
Africa, India, The Netherlands and Australia will experience global warming in very different ways, Andrew C. Revkin reports.
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/science/20070403_CLIMATE_FEATURE/blocker.html?th&emc=th

- TIMESSELECT -
Wall Street Wired: It's a Profit Deal
Andy Kessler, a former hedge fund manager, explains in his new blog why maximizing profits is not evil. 
http://kessler.blogs.nytimes.com/?th&emc=th

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- WORLD -

Shiite Cleric Opposes U.S. Plan to Permit Former Baath
Party Members to Join Government
By EDWARD WONG
The rejection by the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani appears
certain to fuel hostility between the majority Shiites and
the former ruling Sunni Arabs.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/world/middleeast/03iraq.html?th&emc=th

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Ukrainian Leader Disbands Parliament
By ANDREW E. KRAMER
President Viktor A. Yushchenko accused his rival of
usurping power and ordered new elections for May 27.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/world/europe/03ukraine.html?th&emc=th

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Rebel Ambush in Darfur Kills 5 African Union Peacekeepers
in Deadliest Attack on the Force
By LYDIA POLGREEN
The latest attack will likely increase pressure on the
African Union to either strengthen the small,
under-equipped force or withdraw.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/world/africa/03darfur.html?th&emc=th

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- U.S. -

MIAMI BEACH JOURNAL
For Shtetl by the Sea, Only a Few Fading Signs Remain
By ABBY GOODNOUGH
The community that earned Miami Beach nicknames like Little
Jerusalem and Shtetl by the Sea is now largely gone.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/us/03vanish.html?th&emc=th

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Supreme Court Denies Guantanamo Appeal
By LINDA GREENHOUSE
The Supreme Court declined to hear urgent appeals from 45
detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who have been held for
more than five years and have not been charged.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/washington/03gitmo.html?th&emc=th

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Florida Governor Is Hoping to Restore Felon Voting Rights
By ABBY GOODNOUGH
Gov. Charlie Crist said Monday that he hoped to persuade
members of the Florida cabinet this week to end the
practice of stripping convicted felons of their right to
vote.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/us/03voting.html?th&emc=th

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- BUSINESS -

Chicagoan Puts Up $315 Million to Win $8.2 Billion Tribune
Co.
By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE and RICHARD SIKLOS
Tribune has joined forces with Samuel Zell to take the
company private and pay shareholders $34 a share.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/business/media/03tribune.html?th&emc=th

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For Tribune Buyer, a Storm to the West
By LAURA M. HOLSON  and SHARON WAXMAN
The Los Angeles Times, a problem for Tribune, may be even
more of a challenge for its new owner, Samuel Zell.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/business/media/03paper.html?th&emc=th

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THE MEDIA  EQUATION
A New Owner Who Is Hedging His Bets
By DAVID CARR
Taking Tribune private will ease quarterly earnings
pressures but operational challenges will remain.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/business/media/03carr.html?th&emc=th

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- SPORTS -

FLORIDA 84, OHIO STATE 75
Gators Repeat as National Champions
By PETE THAMEL
With an emphatic and definitive victory over Ohio State,
the Florida Gators left one final mark for their legacy as
one of the great teams in college basketball. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/sports/ncaabasketball/03men.html?th&emc=th

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Curtain Call for Rodriguez in Final Act of Melodrama
By JOHN BRANCH
Not counting the player introductions, it took six minutes
of the 2007 season for Yankees fans to boo Alex Rodriguez.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/sports/baseball/03branch.html?th&emc=th

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Mets' Randolph Takes Early Measure of Rookie's Nerve
By PAT BORZI
A 5-1 lead gave Manager Willie Randolph the chance to test
rookie reliever Joe Smith, the Mets' biggest pitching
surprise of spring training.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/sports/baseball/03mets.html?th&emc=th

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- ARTS -

THE CLASSICAL REVOLUTION
Classical Music Looks Toward China With Hope
By JOSEPH KAHN and DANIEL J. WAKIN
China has become a considerable force in Western classical
music as the art form declines in Europe and the U.S.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/arts/music/03class1.html?th&emc=th

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Atul Gawande Rocks in the O.R.
By CHARLES McGRATH
The accomplished surgeon is an equally accomplished writer,
whose second book, "Better: A Surgeon's Notes on
Performance," comes out this week.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/books/03atul.html?th&emc=th

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Provenance Still Unclear, Possible Pollocks Have Been Sold
By RANDY KENNEDY
A dispute about drip paintings extends into the art
marketplace.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/arts/design/03poll.html?th&emc=th

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- SCIENCE -

THE CLIMATE DIVIDE
Reports From Four Fronts in the War on Warming
By ANDREW C. REVKIN
There is a growing consensus that the first world owes the
third world a climate debt.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/science/earth/03clim.html?th&emc=th

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Time in the Animal Mind
By CARL ZIMMER
Several recent experiments suggest that animals can visit
the past and future in their minds, in ways similar to
humans.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/science/03time.html?th&emc=th

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BASICS
A Mutinous Group of Cells on a Greedy, Destructive Path
By NATALIE ANGIER
Metastatic cancer remains one of the grimmest conditions a
person can face, and a true understanding of ever-changing
metastases eludes researchers.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/health/03angi.html?th&emc=th

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- EDITORIALS -

The Court Rules on Warming
It would be hard to overstate the importance of the Supreme
Court's ruling that the federal government has the
authority to regulate the carbon dioxide and other
greenhouse gases produced by motor vehicles.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/opinion/03tues1.html?th&emc=th

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A Better New York Budget
New Yorkers who yearn for a government that works more for
its citizens than for the political subculture in Albany
should soon be able to recognize that Gov. Eliot Spitzer
has gotten off to a good start.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/opinion/03tues2.html?th&emc=th

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Finding Doomsday Asteroids
Before plunging ahead with an asteroid-deflector, let's
wait to see whether a real threat even exists.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/opinion/03tues3.html?th&emc=th

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- OP-ED -

OP-ED COLUMNIST
Sanctuary for Sex Slaves
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Neo-slavery is the plight of millions of girls and young
women (and smaller numbers of boys) around the world,
particularly in Asia.

http://select.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/opinion/03kristof.html?th&emc=th
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GUEST COLUMNIST
My Life in the Army
By ROBERT WRIGHT
People think of the Army as hierarchical, but compared with
the private sector it's a bastion of egalitarianism.

http://select.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/opinion/03wright.html?th&emc=th
(Available only to TimesSelect subscribers)

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OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR
Don't Forget the Astrolabe
By WILSON ROTHMAN
Global positioning - the ability to know exactly where you
are - has the potential to provide a false sense of
security.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/opinion/03rothman.html?th&emc=th

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OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR
Showing Mugabe the Door
By PETER GODWIN
Now is a good time to decide what the West can do to ease
the departure of Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/opinion/03godwin.html?th&emc=th

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- ON THIS DAY -

On April 3, 1948, President Truman signed the Marshall Plan, which allocated more than $5 billion in aid for 16 European countries. 

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