WORLD
By WILLIAM YONG
Iran has embarked on a sweeping program of cuts in its inefficient system of subsidies on fuel and other goods that has held back economic progress for years.
By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD
Jean-Claude Duvalier returned to Haiti after 25 years in exile, but his reason was not immediately clear.
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
New battle lines appeared to take shape in Tunisia as the military backed the nascent interim government.
U.S.
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Mark Kelly, the husband of Representative Gabrielle Giffords, said she was “improving a little bit each day” as he spoke publicly for the first time since the shootings in Tucson. Her condition was upgraded.
By SAM DOLNICK
Members of the victim services division of the Pima County attorney’s office, mostly volunteers, rush to crime scenes and police incidents to help people cope with crisis.
By JENNA WORTHAM
Among the many traces left on the Internet by Jared L. Loughner, the man charged with the shooting spree in Tucson, were postings that reveal a deeply troubled individual.
POLITICS
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN and CARL HULSE
Some Democrats and Republicans say they are working to make the tone in Congress more civil.
News Analysis
By JEREMY W. PETERS and BRIAN STELTER
A debate on who may have inspired Jared Loughner leveled accusations at conservative pundits. But most came from people online, not the mainstream media.
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Jared L. Loughner was described as a curious teenager and talented saxophonist. But when he was arrested after the Tucson shooting, a deputy detected no remorse.
BUSINESS
Betting on Justice
By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM
Lending to plaintiffs is usually unregulated, leaving the industry free to ignore laws that protect borrowers.
By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD
Stores known for selling clothes or aspirin, like Walgreens, CVS and Target, are expanding into the grocery business.
By LIZ ALDERMAN
Weaker euro zone members are taking hard steps to stabilize their finances, but the strains on a currency that must serve both solvent and wavering economies are visible.
TECHNOLOGY
By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER
Four business school friends are trying to persuade people to buy glasses online, with a mix of fashion, low prices, technology and customer service.
By JEREMY W. PETERS
The magazine industry is discovering that although Apple may offer new opportunities with its devices, it exacts a heavy toll.
By VERNE G. KOPYTOFF
Patch.com has spent millions of dollars to start news sites in almost a thousand towns, but the model built on local ads remains uncertain.
SPORTS
Jets 28, Patriots 21
By GREG BISHOP
The Jets avenged their loss at New England and set up an A.F.C. championship matchup with Pittsburgh.
Bears 35, Seahawks 24
By JOHN BRANCH
On a snowy day in Chicago, the Bears dominated and set up a matchup with their rival, Green Bay, in the N.F.C. championship.
By MIKE TIERNEY
A 13-3 record gave the Falcons home-field advantage, but mistakes cost them dearly in their first playoff game.
ARTS
By MICHAEL CIEPLY and BROOKS BARNES
“The Social Network” took the prize for best drama, Colin Firth was named best dramatic actor for “The King’s Speech” and Natalie Portman danced away with the award for best actress.
The TV Watch
By ALESSANDRA STANLEY
Ricky Gervais, host of the Golden Globe ceremony, was merciless from the start, mocking actors and the event’s sponsor, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
Television Review
By GINIA BELLAFANTE
Two new television shows, “Harry’s Law” and “Fairly Legal,” feature female lawyers leaving the flavorless soup kettle of big-firm casework for odder pastures.
NEW YORK / REGION
By MICHAEL WILSON
Restoring a 1770 map, found at the Brooklyn Historical Society, entailed boiling old books to get the right aged color.
By COLIN MOYNIHAN
After a fraudulent sale in 2003, an artist lost the house in Brownsville, Brooklyn, that he had been using as an art studio, and he says he has yet to get the deed back.
By AL BAKER
Josephine Harris’s death in Brooklyn was keenly felt by men from Ladder Company Six who paused to rescue her as the north tower collapsed around them.
MEDIA & ADVERTISING
By BRIAN STELTER
Piers Morgan, whose CNN talk show begins on Monday, is different from Larry King in many ways: obnoxious, obsessively prepared and a big self-promoter.
By BRIAN STELTER
After being canceled by the CW network, the faltering sitcom found its niche and high ratings on BET.
By VERNE G. KOPYTOFF
Michael Arrington, founder of the TechCrunch blog, started a two-day sparring session with Engadget, a sister blog on AOL.
EDITORIALS
Editorial
The states cannot fill their huge budget shortfalls by either cutting or taxing alone. Illinois is finally figuring that out, but too many other states are in denial.
Editorial
Parents and educators should resist the new state law that restricts ethnic studies classes.
Editorial
The case of a Dallas man exonerated after 30 years in prison cries out for mandating long-term storage of DNA evidence nationwide.
Editorial
Banks could, of course, try to improve their public relations. But what’s really needed is accountability.
OP-ED
Op-Ed Columnist
By PAUL KRUGMAN
A Republican report about the “cost” of health care reform points to spending that would occur even if we didn’t have reform.
Op-Ed Columnist
By ROSS DOUTHAT
Why Sarah Palin and the media may need a trial separation.
Op-Ed Contributor
By ADAM HOCHSCHILD
The one thread leading to the past 50 years of human suffering in Congo begins with the assassination of Patrice Lumumba.
ON THIS DAY
On Jan. 17, 1893, Hawaii’s monarchy was overthrown as a group of businessmen and sugar planters forced Queen Liliuokalani to abdicate.
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