New York Times

Bats: Teixeira Is Introduced as Yankee

19 min 5 sec ago
Mark Teixeira seemed like the happiest guy in the room, grinning ear to ear as the Yankees introduced him on Tuesday as their latest big-ticket free agent.

The Caucus: Let the 111th Congress Begin

19 min 56 sec ago
New senators and those re-elected were sworn in today.

The Lede: Rap of Grief From Bhutto Daughter

19 min 56 sec ago
Bakhtawar Bhutto, the 18-year-old daughter of the assassinated former prime minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto, has posted a rap song on YouTube expressing her anguish over her mother's death.

Green Inc.: Cities Target Lending to Speed Energy Projects

19 min 56 sec ago
A number of municipalities across the country are getting creative and experimenting with incremental, neighborhood- or district-based lending programs that help homeowners pay the up-front capital costs for efficiency or renewable energy projects.

Israeli Strike Hits Refugees Near a U.N. School in Gaza

21 min 46 sec ago
At least 30 people were reported killed at a school where refugees had gathered, and Israeli troops were said to be moving toward the south of Gaza.

Apple Drops Anticopying Measures in iTunes

23 min 51 sec ago
Apple said it would begin selling song downloads without anticopying measures and change its pricing structure.

Minutes Show Depth of Fed’s Concern

28 min 42 sec ago
The Fed feared that the economy would be stuck in a painful rut for some time despite its decision to slash rates to record lows.

Burris Is Blocked From Taking Senate Seat

39 min 10 sec ago
The secretary of the Senate turned away Roland W. Burris, who was named by the embattled Illinois governor.

City Room: The Man With Keys to Cabs

39 min 59 sec ago
As the man who hands out the keys for 165 yellow cabs for a fleet company on West 44th Street, Enrique Sandoval has an interesting take on the New York City cab scene.

Israel Puts Media Clamp on Gaza

44 min 18 sec ago
Journalists have been barred from the battle zone in Gaza, but they are given full access to sites in Israel hit by Hamas rockets.

City Room: Theft Charges Filed in Ground Zero Project

49 min 57 sec ago
An executive with the John Galt Corporation, the subcontractor responsible for demolition and asbestos abatement at the former Deutsche Bank building, was indicted for stealing $1.2 million.

Bits: Apple to Change iTunes Pricing and Make More Songs Rights-Free

1 hour 9 min ago
At MacWorld, an Apple executive said more songs would be offered free of the encoding that limits how they can be copied.

Gazprom Dispute Entangles Europe

1 hour 42 min ago
Russia’s gas price dispute with Ukraine escalated, disrupting deliveries to the European Union in the midst of a bitter cold spell.

Toyota to Shut Factories for 11 Days

1 hour 51 min ago
Toyota Motor will idle its plants in Japan for 11 days in February and March to reduce output in the face of steeply declining global vehicle sales, the company said Tuesday.

New Voices in Congress Will Change the Tone of the Democratic Majority

1 hour 54 min ago
New members of Congress are sworn in on Tuesday, broadening the moderate coalition of an expanded Democratic majority.

Motherlode: Dads in the PTA

2 hours 4 min ago
In 2009, for the first time in U.S. history, the parent in charge of the PTA will be a father.

Markets Struggle Amid Latest Economic Reports

2 hours 26 min ago
Crude oil prices rose above $50 a barrel, their highest levels in more than a month, and Wall Street rose in early trading.

Service Sector Eased Somewhat in December

2 hours 29 min ago
The Institute for Supply Management said its services sector index rose as new orders and employment picked up. Another report showed pending home sales fell to a 7-year low.

Dossier From India Gives New Details of Mumbai Attacks

2 hours 49 min ago
The document compiled by Indian authorities and seen by The Times seems designed to demonstrate that the attackers were sent from Pakistan.

An Ex-Detainee of the U.S. Describes a 6-Year Ordeal

2 hours 51 min ago
Though never charged with a crime, Muhammad Saad Iqbal spent six years in American custody, during which he says he was taken to Egypt and tortured.