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December 16, 2005 06:50 AM

What's the most significant news in your world today? If, perhaps, it is that yesterday's first-ever parliamentary elections in Iraq produced an extraordinary turnout, a rebuke to local bullies and jihadists and much-improved prospects for democratic reformers in the Arab world... you probably don't read the New York Times. On the other hand, if you are impressed by advances in digital camera picture-quality, or turned on by the prospect of tasty champagne at asti spumante prices, you probably do!

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1. TECHNOLOGY / CIRCUITS | December 15, 2005
David Pogue: Digital Photos Even a Miser Can Enjoy
By DAVID POGUE
Among sub-$300 cameras, it's clear that picture quality is improving and that screens are bigger, too.

2. OPINION | December 15, 2005
Op-Ed Contributor: The Rock Star's Burden
By PAUL THEROUX
Money and celebrity gestures won't solve Africa’s problems.

3. FASHION & STYLE / THURSDAY STYLES | December 15, 2005
A Happy Hipster Hanukkah
By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM
An increasing amount of irreverent and sometimes R-rated Hanukkah productions are popping up, largely in reaction to what many Jews say is an overwhelming amount of Christmas hoopla.

4. NATIONAL | December 15, 2005
See Baby Touch a Screen. but Does Baby Get It?
By TAMAR LEWIN
More parents are buying electronics for their young children, but there is little evidence that the devices are educational.

5. NEW YORK REGION | December 15, 2005
The Furry, 4-Legged Centerpiece of a Custody Battle in Court
By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS
The legal fight over a cat may be important to the vast system in New York that handles tens of thousands of stray and lost pets.

6. OPINION | December 15, 2005
The City Life: A Convenient Amnesia About Slavery
By BRENT STAPLES
By conveniently "forgetting" slavery, Northerners have historically absolved themselves of complicity while heaping blame onto the shoulders of the plantation South.

7. FASHION & STYLE / THURSDAY STYLES | December 15, 2005
Chronically Ill Patients Turn to Yoga for Relief
By CAROL E. LEE
People with chronic illnesses from AIDS and cancer to osteoporosis are increasingly turning to yoga classes that single out their specific ailments.

8. DINING & WINE | December 14, 2005
Wines of The Times: Champagne: How Low Can You Go?
By ERIC ASIMOV
The tasting panel was relieved and happy to find some cheap Champagnes that it could recommend enthusiastically.

9. HOME & GARDEN | December 15, 2005
House Proud: Glossy Skin, Vinyl-Clad Heart
By PAIGE WILLIAMS
The architect Charles Rose merged old and new by wrapping an old colonial house inside a cedar box and adding a modern wing.

10. BOOKS | December 15, 2005
After a Century, an American Writer's Library Will Go to America
By ALAN COWELL
The 2,600-volume Edith Wharton library has been sold to the custodians of the Mount, the writer's estate in Lenox, Mass., for $2.6 million.

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11. ARTS / MUSIC | December 15, 2005
Lost in Bitter Legal Battle: Chamber Players' Instruments
By DANIEL J. WAKIN
A federal bankruptcy court has ruled that two members of the Audubon Quartet must hand over their instruments.

12. INTERNATIONAL / MIDDLE EAST | December 15, 2005
Iran's President Clarifies Stand on Holocaust: It's a European Myth
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called the Holocaust a "myth" used by Europeans to create a Jewish state in the heart of the Islamic world.

13. WASHINGTON | December 16, 2005
Bush Lets U.S. Spy on Callers Without Courts
By JAMES RISEN and ERIC LICHTBLAU
Under a presidential order signed in 2002, the National Security Agency has spied on hundreds of people inside the U.S.

14. BUSINESS | December 15, 2005
Market Place: Sandwich Chain Decides It's Time to Sell
By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN
Quiznos is on the auction block and could fetch as much as $2 billion, according to people involved in the process.

15. BUSINESS | December 15, 2005
Report Says Ex-A.I.G. Chief Defrauded Foundation 35 Years Ago
By GRETCHEN MORGENSON
According to the report, estate executors cheated the Starr Foundation by selling assets that were worth more than $30 million for just $2 million.

16. TECHNOLOGY / CIRCUITS | December 15, 2005
Basics: Getting Around, Made Easier
By MICHEL MARRIOTT
G.P.S. technology, cheaper yet more sophisticated than ever, is increasingly finding its way into the palms of everyday users.

17. OPINION | December 15, 2005
Op-Ed Columnist: The Holy Capitalists
By DAVID BROOKS
The Catholic Church nurtured one of the most impressive economic takeoffs in human history.

18. SCIENCE | December 13, 2005
Essay: Children Learn by Monkey See, Monkey Do. Chimps Don't.
By CARL ZIMMER
Humans may be hard-wired to learn by imitation, even when that is clearly not the best way to learn.

19. FASHION & STYLE / THURSDAY STYLES | December 15, 2005
Online Shopper: Travel Light, but Well
By MICHELLE SLATALLA
Internet sites -- like Packinglight.com, Orvis.com and Travelessentials.com -- sell a wide array of travel gear.

20. SCIENCE | December 15, 2005
Scientist Faked Stem Cell Study, Associate Says
By NICHOLAS WADE
Hwang Woo Suk faked a landmark research paper, one of his South Korean co-authors said today in television and newspaper interviews.

21. TRAVEL | December 11, 2005
Next Stop: Zanzibar: Of Sultans, Spices and White-Sand Beaches
By EDWARD WONG
Zanzibar, part of the exotic Spice Islands, is redolent of the glories of old Islamic empires.

22. TECHNOLOGY / CIRCUITS | December 14, 2005
Comparing Cameras Under $300
A list of features, prices and performance for 12 cameras.

23. WASHINGTON | December 15, 2005
Bush Secretly Lifted Some Limits on Spying in U.S. After 9/11, Officials Say
By JAMES RISEN and ERIC LICHTBLAU
Months after 9/11, President Bush secretly authorized the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on Americans without court-approved warrants.

24. HEALTH | December 15, 2005
Restrictions on Meth Ingredients Are Sought
By GARDINER HARRIS
Sudafed and similar medicines would have to be under lock and key in stores and buyers would have to show a driver's license.

25. OPINION | December 15, 2005
Editorial: Protecting Public Lands
The sudden death of a destructive mining provision that could have opened up millions of acres of public land to commercial exploitation is cause for celebration.

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