NYTime, Friday, April 18, 2008

TOP STORIES

Workers Get Fewer Hours, Deepening the Downturn
Promise overtime pay without more work will "stimulate" the economy

Benedict Meets With the Victims of Sexual Abuse
Wears Extra Long Robe And Promises Special Vatican Treats

Across Globe, Empty Bellies Bring Rising Anger
U.S. Farmers Suggest Filling Them With Ethanol

WORLD

Past Deals by N. Korea May Face Less Study
U.S. Says Looking Too Closely At The Past Hinders Present Plans

U.S. Begins Erecting Wall in Sadr City
Study finds more erections sorely needed in humorless community

A British Leader’s Day With President No. 43 and 44
Brits abandon names for interchangeable U.S. leaders

U.S.

Raising the Ante With Liquor Sales Bid
N'Orleans natives say hard-liquor key to recovering from "Federal Aid"

Inquiry Stays as HUD Chief Is Set to Leave
Bush admits he should never have trusted someone named "Alphonso"

Busy Day at Court Handling Sect’s Children
Court decides 416 polygamist children should be sent to 208 monogamous foster homes.


BUSINESS

Google Defies the Economy and Reports a Profit Surge
Proves "virtual" dollars beat real dollars any day

Iceland, a Tiny Dynamo, Loses Steam
Volcanic growth cooled by oceanic isolation and Bjork fatigue.

Sticker Shock in the Organic Aisles
As predicted, Americans prefer to eat cheap crap.



ARTS

Record Stores Fight to Be Long-Playing
New marketing scheme claims listening to vinyl can increase sexual-longevity.



MOVIES

MOVIE REVIEW | 'FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL'
There’s Just No Getting Away From an Old Flame, Even in Hawaii
Another hilarious adventure featuring that fat little Jewish guy and some other Jewish guys doing, I dunno, funny Jewish stuff.

MOVIE REVIEW | 'THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM'
One More Time, Everybody Is Kung Fu Fighting
Jet Li vs Jackie Chan? I am SO there! Yo, tell everybody on the lacrosse team!


EDITORIALS

Whose Privilege?
Has congress finally grown some balls? Is Cheney finally too old to shoot straight? Stay tuned...

Still Waiting in Zimbabwe
...for the world to give a shit, or for Mugabe to kick it - whichever comes first.

Construction and Hard Times
You can't build it if they don't come.


OP-ED

Clinging to a Stereotype
Another spin-doctor tries to convince you working class Americans aren't bitter, bigoted or self-righteous when times get tough. Obama told it like it is, Yo.

OP-ED COLUMNIST
And another....That's right, this is a Hilary newspaper. Now I get it.

Our Neighbor, the Pope
How to warm-up to a Ratzenburger-meister-burger.