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Selections from the New York Times: March 31, 2009

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NYTimes.com, March 31, 2009.

President Gives U.S. Carmakers a Short Lifeline
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and BILL VLASIC
President Obama on Monday set out strict standards that the carmakers must meet to get more government aid.

Paying in Full as the Ticket Into Colleges
By KATE ZERNIKE
Many colleges are looking more favorably on wealthier applicants as they make their admissions decisions.

N. Korea to Try U.S. Journalists
By SANG-HUN CHOE
Two journalists will face charges of perpetrating ?hostile acts? against the Communist state, North Korea?s state-run news agency reported.

A River Prone to Flooding, and Misunderstanding
By KIRK JOHNSON
Over the last week, the Red River in North Dakota has emerged as perhaps even more maddeningly complex, and in some ways harder to predict, than before.

Alleged Gunman?s Wife Worked at Nursing Home
By SHAILA DEWAN
The motive for Sunday?s shooting, which killed seven elderly patients, remained unclear.

 For U.S. and Carmakers, a Path Strewn With Pitfalls
By DAVID E. SANGER
President Obama?s decision to reshape the automakers inverts the relationship that helped define the rise of manufacturing in the U.S.

Enthusiasm Builds for Helping a Shift to Fuel-Efficient Cars
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN and CLIFFORD KRAUSS
A concept embraced by President Obama would provide cash to buyers of new fuel-efficient cars ? if they trade in a clunker.

Contracts Now Seen as Being Rewritable
By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH and JONATHAN GLATER
The depth of the recession and the use of taxpayer dollars to bail out companies have made it politically acceptable for overseers to tinker with employment agreements.

Google Offers Free Downloads in China
By DAVID BARBOZA
With the music service, which it offers nowhere else, Google is trying to gain market share.

A WORLD OF HURT
For Injured Workers, a Costly Legal Swamp
By N. R. KLEINFIELD and STEVEN GREENHOUSE
The N.Y. State Workers? Compensation Board remains mired in dysfunction and inefficiency, despite changes.

NEWS ANALYSIS
Albany?s Big 3 Is Cut to One as Silver Flexes Might
By DANNY HAKIM
Sheldon Silver?s recent policy victories have cemented his newfound role as the capital?s center of gravity.

Settlement for Man Wrongly Convicted in Nightclub Killing
By BENJAMIN WEISER
The city will pay $2 million to Olmedo Hidalgo to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit he filed against the Manhattan district attorney?s office.

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