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• Musharraf Says Emergency Rule Will End on Dec. 16
  Questions remained about the effects of the announcement, which Pervez Musharraf made after being sworn into a second term as president of Pakistan today.
• From Smoking Boom, a Major Killer of Women
  Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which is usually caused by smoking, has become a major killer in women.
• Strike Settled, Broadway Races to Reopen Shows
  The theater district buzzed today as Broadway prepared to revive a season interrupted by a 19-day strike by stagehands.
• Concussions Put College Players in Murky World
  While the N.F.L. has adopted guidelines for concussions, no rules govern how they are treated in college football.
• Former Rep. Henry Hyde Is Dead at 83
  The Illinois Republican was an opponent of abortion and a leader of the impeachment effort against Bill Clinton.
• U.S. Says China Agrees to End Some Subsidies
  Bowing to U.S. pressure on the eve of economic talks, China agreed today to end a dozen trade subsidies.
• Senator Rejects Bush Privilege Claim
  WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Senate chairman acknowledged explicitly on Thursday that President Bush was not involved in the firings of U.S. attorneys last winter and therefore ruled illegal the president's executive privilege claims protecting his chief of staff, John Bolten, and former adviser Karl Rove.
• Rebel Officers Surrender in Manila
  Philippine SWAT teams stormed a five-star hotel commandeered by dissident army officers today.
• Sudan Trial on Naming Toy Begins
  Riot police surrounded a Sudanese court as proceedings began against a British teacher charged with inciting religious hatred by letting her pupils name a teddy bear Muhammad.
• The Iraqi Spy Who Did Nothing
  A judge sentences Sami Khoshaba Latchin, an Iraqi sleeper agent who "wasn't very effective.".
• City Room: A Milestone for Raymond Kelly
  At year's end, Raymond W. Kelly will become the longest-serving police commissioner in more than half a century. The post has had a profound influence on the reputations and legacies of New York's mayors.
• Christmas Trees Go Green
  New York City’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, illuminated last night, shines this year not with old-style incandescent bulbs but with 30,000 electricity-sipping light-emitting diodes, powered in part with solar panels. And there are signs of spreading green tree envy.