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    • Democrats Call for Inquiry in Destruction of Tapes by C.I.A.
      Democratic lawmakers reacted with anger today to the disclosure that the C.I.A. in 2005 destroyed at least two videotapes showing the interrogation of two Qaeda operatives.
    • The Lede: Blogger Roundup: The C.I.A. Tape Affair
      New and old questions erupt over a Times report, creating a complex stew of opinion and analysis.
    • Senate Blocks Energy Bill
      A bill that would have drastically increased fuel economy standards stalled as expected in the Senate.
    • With a Nod, Bonds Pleads Not Guilty
      Barry Bonds pleaded not guilty to five felony charges of perjury and obstruction of justice today.
    • Trucks Power China’s Economy, at a Suffocating Cost
      Every night, columns of hulking freight trucks invade China’s major cities with a reverberating roar and dark clouds of diesel exhaust so thick it dims headlights.
    • Supreme Court to Consider Courts’ Wartime Reach
      The court today accepted two cases testing whether federal judges can bar the military in Iraq from turning U.S. citizens over to the Iraqis for criminal prosecution.
    • Months After Protests, Myanmar Junta in Control
      Myanmar’s generals seem to have ridden out their most difficult challenge in two decades.
    • Employers Added 94,000 Jobs in November
      The Labor Department report may ease fears of a recession but open the door for more rate cuts from the Fed.
    • Defying Critics, Italy’s Leader Endures
      Romano Prodi has survived bad poll numbers and daily predictions that his fractious coalition will collapse.
    • Karlheinz Stockhausen, Composer, Is Dead at 79
      Karlheinz Stockhausen’s innovative electronic works made him one of the most important composers of the postwar era.
    • Floyd Norris Blog: The F.B.I. as Hedge Fund Manager
      The government is filing charges after the F.B.I. found that some stock promoters had paid kickbacks to a supposed hedge fund manager.
    • The Lede Blog: State Dept. Inspector General Resigning
      Howard Krongard held one end of a much-decried brother-to-brother connection between the State Department and Blackwater, the security contractor.
    • City Room: In Search of Bloomberg’s Next Deputy
      John H. Banks III, a Con Edison lobbyist, and Marvin Markus, a Goldman Sachs executive, are among the names being mentioned as possible candidates for the deputy mayor's job opening.
    • Dot Earth: Warming Takes Out Defense Radars
      The Pentagon is closing down 3 of the 20 Norad early-warning radar sites in northern Alaska because they are in danger of falling into the ocean.