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• Poll Finds G.O.P. Field Isn’t Touching Voters
  Mike Huckabee is now locked in a tight three-way contest nationally, but most Republican voters say they haven’t made a final choice, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll.
• Justices Restore Judges’ Control Over Sentencing
  The Supreme Court said Monday that federal district judges had broad discretion to impose what they think are reasonable sentences, even if federal guidelines call for different sentences.
• Lawyers Cleared Destroying Tapes
  A clandestine branch of the CIA gave written approval in advance to the destruction in 2005 of hundreds of hours of videotapes documenting interrogations.
• Concert Review: Led Zeppelin Finds Its Old Power
  In its first concert since 1980 — without John Bonham, who died that year, but with Bonham’s son Jason as a natural substitute — the band performed in tempos that were more graceful than their old live recordings.
• Putin Backs Deputy Prime Minister as Successor
  With the endorsement, Dmitri A. Medvedev becomes the clear favorite to succeed President Vladimir V. Putin.
• Warming Trends: In Midwest Duck Blinds, Visions of Global Warming
  Because of warmer weather, state wildlife agencies are re-examining some longstanding conservation approaches to cultivating waterfowl populations.
• Man Committed Both Colo. Shootings, Police Say
  The police in Colorado Springs have identified a young man who they say shot and killed two people at an evangelical megachurch there.
• Harvard’s Aid to Reach High in Middle Class
  Expanding on efforts to help low-income students, Harvard on Monday announced aid increases for students from middle-class and upper-middle-class families.
• Black Given Prison Term Over Fraud
  Conrad M. Black was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison for fleecing shareholders of Hollinger International out of millions of dollars.
• Ways to Cut City Traffic? Well, Maybe
  Some of the proposals under consideration by the state commission evaluating how best to combat traffic in Manhattan seem fanciful, futuristic or simply far-fetched.
• New Jersey Nears Repeal of Death Penalty
  The New Jersey Senate voted Monday to make the state the first in the country to repeal the death penalty since 1976.
• A Battle Fought in the Factories
  To the ire of Chinese steel workers, the United States is set to impose new tariffs on Chinese steel pipe imports early next year.
• Garden Settles Harassment Case for $11.5 Million
  Three days before a federal judge was to hear testimony into Anucha Browne Sanders’s claim for compensatory damages against Madison Square Garden, the parties settled.
• TV Decoder Blog: Freelancers Walk Out at MTV
  Scores of workers from MTV Networks walked off the job Monday afternoon, filling the sidewalk outside the headquarters of its corporate parent, Viacom, to protest recent changes in benefits. The walkout highlighted the concerns of a category of workers who are sometimes called permalancers: permanent freelancers who work like full-time employees but do not receive the [...].
• The Caucus Blog: Giuliani on Homosexuality
  Rudolph W. Giuliani’s comments Sunday on “Meet the Press” puzzled and concerned some gay rights groups.
• The Lede Blog: Who Wears a Winter Coat in Djibouti?
  Tales from a trip abroad with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates.
• The Pour Blog: A Wine and Cheese Extravaganza
  A wine and cheese extravaganza.