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• Iran Suggests It Is Building 2nd Nuclear Plant
  The revelation came as Iran received the first fuel shipment from Russia for the nuclear power plant it is building at Bushehr.
• Telecom Industry Wins a Round on Eavesdropping
  A bill to protect companies from lawsuits for cooperating with the N.S.A. eavesdropping program advanced in the Senate.
• Leno and O’Brien to Resume Their Late-Night Shows
  NBC announced that the two hosts will return to the air on Jan. 2, even if the writers’ strike has not been resolved by then.
• McCain Seeks to Capitalize on New Endorsements
  Senator John McCain is making a push to attract independent voters in New Hampshire and plans to restart his Iowa campaign.
• Stocks Fall Amid Economic Worries
  The Dow Jones industrial average fell nearly 175 points and all the major indexes lost at least 1 percent.
• $7.4 Billion Pledged for Palestinians
  The pledges were part of the most ambitious fund-raising effort to help Palestinians in more than a decade.
• Judge Says White House Logs Public
  WASHINGTON (AP) -- White House visitor logs are public documents, a federal judge ruled Monday, rejecting a legal strategy that the Bush administration had hoped would get around public records laws and let them keep their guests a secret.
• Iraq Angered by Turkish Bombing
  Iraqi leaders complained that they were not consulted on the largest known cross-border attack since 2003.
• N.Y. Couple Convicted in Slave Case
  A jury found a wealthy couple guilty of forcing their two Indonesian domestic workers into involuntary servitude.
• City Room: An (Un)easy Guide to Holiday Tipping
  The custom of holiday tipping raises behavioral, practical and even ethical issues for millions of New Yorkers.
• DealBook Blog: Who Is the Bank of the Year?
  This has been a defining year for investment banks, whose fortunes — and in some cases, chief executives — were made or lost according to how well they weathered the mortgage debacle. But which bank best symbolized the roller-coaster year that was? DealBook is casting around for suggestions for investment bank of the year, on the [...].
• The Lede Blog: Giant Rat of Sumatra, Alive and Well
  The species found in the mountains of Indonesia may be new to science, but not to Sherlock Holmes.
• Bits : The Depth of eBay’s Problems
  Readers revolt with a litany of complaints about eBay. The site, they say, has such bad customer service and is so riddled with fraud that Amazon should stay away.
• Diner's Journal Blog: Menus as Literature
  Verbose menus.
• Death Penalty Repealed in New Jersey
  Gov. Jon S. Corzine signed into law a measure repealing New Jersey’s death penalty, making the state the first in a generation to abolish capital punishment.