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Selections from the New York Times March 17-18, 2008

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NYTimes.com, March 17-18, 2008.

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March 17:

JP Morgan Pays $2 a Share for Bear Stearns
By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN
"The $270 million deal was about one-tenth the firm?s market price on Friday."

FIVE YEARS IN
Fateful Choice on Iraq Army Bypassed Debate
By MICHAEL R. GORDON
"The decision by L. Paul Bremer III to dissolve Iraq?s Army was a reversal from a plan the White House had approved."

As the Economy Falters, So Do State Budgets
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER
"State officials are being forced to make difficult financial decisions, with few programs being spared from cuts."

New Home in Space for a Nearly Assembled Robotic Device
By JOHN SCHWARTZ
"Building Dextre, the new robotic grappling device for the International Space Station, has brought out a love of schlocky science fiction and bad jokes."

Open-Source Troubles in Wiki World
By NOAM COHEN
"A shoestring operation stunned by its own success faces growing pains."

Looming Above New York With a New Aura of Fear
By MANNY FERNANDEZ
"Saturday?s disaster exposed the often-uneasy relationship cranes have with the New Yorkers who walk below them."

From the Editorial Page:

Science at Risk
"A proposal to rewrite the Clean Air Act last week was one last cry of frustration from an administration that has been largely unsuccessful in undoing three decades of environmental law."

Governor Paterson?s Tests
"David Paterson is smart and savvy, but his previous experience will provide little help for what lies ahead."

March 18:

New Governor for New York, Pledging Unity
By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE
"Gov. David A. Paterson offered wisecracks to an audience that clearly ached to move beyond a sordid ordeal."

Justices Take Up On-Air Vulgarity Again

"The justices agreed to give the F.C.C. a chance to defend its decision to start punishing broadcasters for the isolated and fleeting on-air use of expletives."

Court Rebuffs Georgian on Death Row

"The Georgia Supreme Court declined to order a new trial for a man sentenced to death in the 1989 murder of an off-duty police officer, despite recantations by witnesses."

Report Finds Flaws in Terrorist Watch List

"A report cites failures by the F.B.I. and its sister agencies to update information about suspects on the list and to remove names of others found to pose no threat."

Court Hands Setback to Microsoft
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
"The Supreme Court handed Microsoft a defeat on Monday by refusing to rule on its request to halt an antitrust suit against it."

New Trial Is Ordered for Qwest Ex-Chief
By DAN FROSCH
"A federal appeals court panel reversed the insider-trading conviction of Joseph P. Nacchio, ruling that a federal district court judge had wrongly excluded a witness."

REPORTER?S NOTEBOOK
For a Day, at Least, an Era of Good Feeling, Even Unlikely Hugs
By JEREMY W. PETERS
"When New York?s political establishment arrived for Gov. David A. Paterson?s swearing in on Monday, they came ready to move on."

Paterson Takes an Oath of Leadership, Then a Turn in the Spotlight
By JAMES BARRON
"In his first address as New York State?s top official, Gov. David A. Paterson spent more time tossing off one-liners than on the serious subjects he eventually got around to."

Swearing-In Resonates at a School for the Blind
By TRYMAINE LEE and SUSHIL CHEEMA
"The new governor?s speech expands students? ideas of what is possible, said Bernadette Kappen, executive director of the New York Institute for Special Education."

"Barrage of Bullets Into Bell?s Car Is Outlined "

"Photos tracking the paths of 20 bullets that pierced Sean Bell?s car when police fired at it outside a Queens nightclub were admitted into evidence."

Jurors Inquire About Charges in Death of Girl

"Jurors? questions indicate they may be weighing the three most serious charges against Cesar Rodriguez, accused of fatally beating his stepdaughter, Nixzmary Brown."

From the editorial page:

Who Will Come to the Rescue?
"If the U.S. government doesn?t stabilize the markets, foreign governments increasingly will, in exchange for an ever larger stake in the American financial system."

The Court Considers Gun Control
"For the Supreme Court to choose this moment to strike down reasonable gun rules would defy common sense, and needlessly put innocent people at risk."

 

 

 

 

 

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on March 18, 2008 (boomark / email).