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• Steroid Report Implicates Top Players
  Dozens of baseball stars including seven M.V.P.’s were named in the former Senator George Mitchell’s report on the use of performance-enhancing drugs.
• British Inquiry of Failed Plots Points to Iraq’s Qaeda Group
  The bungled attacks in London and Glasgow six months ago would be the first attacks that the group has been involved in outside of the Middle East.
• Senate Approves Energy Bill Without Tax Increase
  The vote came only after Senator Harry Reid of Nevada agreed to remove provisions that would have meant hefty tax increases for oil companies.
• Democrats Soften Tone for Final Debate in Iowa
  In a sharp departure from past debates, not one of the six Democratic candidates attacked another one by name.
• Reports Find Economy Holding Up
  Government reports released Thursday showed surprising resilience in the broader economy, even as the financial system and the housing market continue to weaken.
• With Contract in Hand, Rodriguez Knocks Boras
  Alex Rodriguez signed with the Yankees on Thursday, and said negotiations turned into a “huge debacle” when his agent claimed the team had no interest in re-signing him.
• House Votes to Ban Harsh C.I.A. Methods
  The House approved an intelligence bill that bans the C.I.A. from using waterboarding, mock executions and other harsh interrogation methods.
• Clinton Aide Resigns Over Obama Drug Comment
  Hillary Clinton personally apologized to Barack Obama after Bill Shaheen’s comments about Mr. Obama’s past drug use set off a huge blowback in the blogosphere.
• New Jersey Assembly Votes to End Death Penalty
  The General Assembly approved a bill eliminating capital punishment, a move that clears the way for Gov. Jon S. Corzine to sign the measure as early as Monday.
• Jurors Deadlock on 6 of 7 in Sears Plot
  A jury in the trial of seven indigent men accused of plotting to wage an armed jihad against the government acquitted one of the defendants but said they could not reach verdicts for the other six.
• The Lede Blog: The Lede: Some Puzzled by Word of the Year
  Readers of Merriam-Webster selected one with two numbers for letters: w00t.
• City Room: Flaws at the M.T.A.’s Lost-and-Found
  Because of poor security, inefficient management and inadequate staff, only 18 percent of the roughly 8,000 items left each year on the city's subways and buses is recovered, according to a new report by the M.T.A. inspector general.