The Tech - MIT's Student Newspaper http://tech.mit.edu Headlines from The Tech, MIT's Student Newspaper en-us Copyright The Tech 1881-2008 With High Stakes and Low Expectations, Palin Survives http://tech.mit.edu/V128/N44/long1.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V128/N44/long1.htmlBy Adam Nagourney
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Gov. Sarah Palin made it through the vice-presidential debate on Thursday without doing any obvious damage to the Republican presidential ticket. By surviving her encounter with Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. and quelling some of the talk about her basic qualifications for high office, she may even have done Sen. John McCain a bit of good, freeing him to focus on the other troubles shadowing his campaign.]]>Fri, 3 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400World and Nation House GOP Leaders Wrangle Balky Caucus on Bailouthttp://tech.mit.edu/V128/N44/long2.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V128/N44/long2.htmlBy David M. Herszenhorn and Robert Pear
THE NEW YORK TIMES
House Republican leaders struggled Thursday to persuade some of their members to reverse course and support the $700 billion economic bailout package, but both parties said that they were guardedly optimistic about winning final passage of the measure in a vote expected early Friday afternoon.]]>Fri, 3 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400World and Nation Bloomberg Finds Ally for Extending Term Limitshttp://tech.mit.edu/V128/N44/long3.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V128/N44/long3.htmlBy David W. Chen
THE NEW YORK TIMES
City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn said on Thursday that legislation to alter the city’s term limits law would be introduced on Tuesday, paving the way for Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Quinn and more than 40 other elected officials to stay in office four more years.]]>Fri, 3 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400World and Nation Nebraska’s Safe Haven Law Becomes License to Abandonhttp://tech.mit.edu/V128/N44/long4.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V128/N44/long4.htmlBy Erik Eckholm
THE NEW YORK TIMES
The abandonments began Sept. 1, when a mother left her 14-year-old son in a police station here.]]>Fri, 3 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400World and Nation Pakistan’s Fight With Taliban Widens Into Full-Scale Warhttp://tech.mit.edu/V128/N44/long5.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V128/N44/long5.htmlBy Jane Perlez and Pir Zubair Shah
THE NEW YORK TIMES
War has come to Pakistan, not just as terrorist bombings, but as full-scale battles, leaving Pakistanis angry and dismayed as the dead, wounded and displaced turn up right on their doorstep.]]>Fri, 3 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400World and Nation Shorts (left)http://tech.mit.edu/V128/N44/shorts1.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V128/N44/shorts1.htmlBy Michael M. GrynbaumNeil A. LewisJesse Mckinley and Steve FriessInvestors drove stocks sharply lower on Thursday as signs of the economy’s worsening health and a continued choking of credit unnerved investors ahead of a crucial vote in Washington on a financial rescue plan.]]>Fri, 3 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400World and Nation Shorts (right)http://tech.mit.edu/V128/N44/shorts2.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V128/N44/shorts2.htmlBy Eric PfannerErica Goode and Mohammed HusseinKenneth ChangElisabeth Malkin and Marc LaceyMicrosoft said Thursday that it would set up research centers in Britain, France and Germany to improve its Internet search technology, describing the move as a vote of confidence in the European economy and in the company’s ability to close the gap with Google.]]>Fri, 3 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400World and Nation Fall Getting In Shapehttp://tech.mit.edu/V128/N44/weather.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V128/N44/weather.htmlBy Roberto Rondanelli
STAFF METEOROLOGIST
New England has a few days in the year that we, people from more template climates, can properly call fall. These are those days, and they are the fair warning of the winter that comes ahead. Be quick to see the foliage as it will be a few weeks before snow comes in!]]>Fri, 3 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400World and Nation Dow Plunges 777 Points as Bailout Plan Fails to Passhttp://tech.mit.edu/V128/N43/long1.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V128/N43/long1.htmlBy Vikas Bajaj and Michael M. Grynbaum
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Even before the opening bell, Monday looked ugly.]]>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400World and Nation With Bill Stalled, Fed and Treasury Have Other Optionshttp://tech.mit.edu/V128/N43/long2.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V128/N43/long2.htmlBy Edmund L. Andrews and Mark Landler
THE NEW YORK TIMES
For the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department, it is crunch time.]]>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400World and Nation Justice Department Inquiry Ties Prosecutor Firings to Politicshttp://tech.mit.edu/V128/N43/long3.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V128/N43/long3.htmlBy Eric Lichtblau
THE NEW YORK TIMES
An internal Justice Department investigation concluded on Monday that political pressure drove the dismissals of at least three federal prosecutors in a controversial 2006 purge, but the White House’s refusal to cooperate in the high-profile investigation produced significant “gaps” in the understanding of who was to blame.]]>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400World and Nation Concerns About Palin’s Candidacy As She Crams for Thursday Debatehttp://tech.mit.edu/V128/N43/long4.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V128/N43/long4.htmlBy Adam Nagourney
THE NEW YORK TIMES
A month after Gov. Sarah Palin joined Sen. John McCain’s ticket to a burst of excitement and anticipation among Republicans, she is heading into a critical debate facing challenges from conservatives about her credentials, signs that her popularity is slipping and evidence that Republicans are worried about how much help she will be for McCain in November.]]>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400World and Nation Shorts (left)http://tech.mit.edu/V128/N43/shorts1.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V128/N43/shorts1.htmlBy Eric DashJeffrey GettlemanEthan BronnerThe crisis gripping the nation’s banks took a dangerous turn on Thursday as investors’ confidence in even the largest and strongest institutions spiraled lower.]]>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400World and Nation Shorts (right)http://tech.mit.edu/V128/N43/shorts2.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V128/N43/shorts2.htmlBy David BarbozaNeil A. LewisTara Parker-PopeDennis OverbyeChina said Monday that it had detained 22 people suspected of operating an underground network that intentionally adulterated milk with an industrial chemical, melamine. The contamination has led to the nation’s worst food safety crisis in decades.]]>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400World and Nation October Skyhttp://tech.mit.edu/V128/N43/weather.htmlhttp://tech.mit.edu/V128/N43/weather.htmlBy Garrett P. Marino
STAFF METEOROLOGIST
On Sunday, Hurricane Kyle passed quietly off to our east by only 200 miles, bringing no more than a few showers to the Boston area during its passage. As we enter October tomorrow, weather phenomena such as hurricanes and thunderstorms in our vicinity become even a more remote possibility as the ocean cools and the solar angle rapidly decreases. October in Boston can still be very pleasant — combine fall foliage with average high temps in the mid 50s (13°C) to mid 60s (18°C) and it’s not hard to see why.]]>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400World and Nation