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• Steroid Report Cites “Collective Failure”
  Dozens of baseball stars, including seven M.V.P.’s, were named in a report on the use of illegal, performance-enhancing drugs during the sport’s “steroids era.”
• 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.
• Arizona Is Split Over Hard Line on Immigrants
  Arizona’s law to address illegal immigration could test states’ ability to crack down on the countless businesses that have relied on illegal workers.
• The Long Run: Biden Campaigning With Ease After Hardships
  Past personal and political catastrophe has become part of the narrative of Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s campaign.
• Exiled to a War Zone, for His Safety
  A refugee mother made the extraordinary decision to send her son back to war-torn Liberia to stay out of trouble.
• Money Rubs Off for City Aides Close to Mayor
  Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has doled out pay increases to those who work for him, despite a hiring freeze.
• Economy Holding Up, Reports Find
  Government reports released Thursday showed surprising resilience in the broader economy, even as the financial system and the housing market continue to weaken.
• Industry Flexes Muscle, Weaker Energy Bill Passes
  The oil industry and utilities succeeded in stripping out provisions that would have cost them billions of dollars.
• U.S. Falters in Terror Case Against 7 in Miami
  One of seven indigent men charged with plotting to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago as part of an Islamic jihad was acquitted on Thursday, and a mistrial was declared in the prosecution of the six others.
• Gore Joins Chorus Chiding U.S. at Climate Talks
  Former Vice President Al Gore told delegates in Bali, “My own country, the United States, is principally responsible for obstructing progress here.”
• ‘Atonement’ Leads Field of Golden Globe Nominees
  The love-and-war drama “Atonement” got seven nominations, and Denzel Washington also had a big day.
• TV Decoder Blog: Writers Guild Files Labor Complaint
  "Union officials representing striking Hollywood writers said Thursday they have filed an unfair labor practices complaint claiming studios violated federal law by breaking off negotiations," the Associated Press reports: The guild said in its statement that it was "a clear violation of federal law for the AMPTP to issue an ultimatum and break off negotiations if [...].
• Floyd Norris Blog: Can Things Get Worse?
  Since the subprime crisis erupted, the repeated hope has been that it would get no worse, and spread no further. Three things I read this week — two essays and a report from the European Central Bank — help us to understand how we got into this mess, and why it could get worse. The [...].
• The Lede Blog: The Lede: Some Puzzled by Word of the Year
  Readers of Merriam-Webster selected one with two numbers for letters: w00t.