WORLD
By DAMIEN CAVE A new property law announced Thursday is the most significant market reform yet approved by the government of Raúl Castro, and one that will likely reshape Cuba's cities and conceptions of class. By THOM SHANKER The allegations, made in a report to Congress, said the two governments pilfer corporate information to accelerate their own economic development. By ISABEL KERSHNER and DAVID E. SANGER Israeli officials would not confirm or deny Israeli news reports that top leaders were pressing for a decision on whether to strike nuclear-related sites in Iran. U.S.
By JESSE McKINLEY The rural, largely conservative Kern County, Calif., seems an unlikely battleground over the issue. By MALIA WOLLAN A small group of demonstrators faced off against the police early Thursday after a peaceful march by Occupy Oakland. By MONICA DAVEY Mayor Dave Bing's suggestion comes as the city faces a budget shortfall that is estimated to reach about $150 million early next year. POLITICS
By MIKE McINTIRE A group of well-heeled businessmen has effectively helped underwrite some of Rick Perry's activities as governor of Texas. By TRIP GABRIEL Mark Block, Herman Cain's chief of staff, faces challenges posed by sexual harassment allegations against the candidate and his own role in the early financing of the campaign. By JIM RUTENBERG and JEFF ZELENY Three people familiar with the woman's account said that after the incident she complained to higher-ups at the restaurant association and came to feel that there was a "change of attitude," from her bosses toward her. BUSINESS
By JACK EWING In Mario Draghi's first meeting as president, the bank lowered Europe's benchmark rate to 1.25 percent amid gloomy economic reports and tension over Greece. DealBook By DAVID JOLLY BNP Paribas, the largest French bank, said it was writing off 60 percent of the value of its Greek debt holdings, a belated acknowledgement that the loans were largely unrecoverable. Stocks & Bonds By GRAHAM BOWLEY The high interest rates Italy must pay on 3 billion euros in bonds last week reflect the difficulty European countries face in escaping their financial crises. TECHNOLOGY
DealBook By EVELYN M. RUSLI Following a high demand by investors for shares, Groupon priced its initial public offering at $20, above the expected range of $16 to $18. The stock sale values the company at $12.65 billion. Bits Blog By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER Google made an unusually wide-reaching change to its search algorithm to show more real-time results. DealBook By MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED and EVELYN M. RUSLI TPG Capital has signed a nondisclosure agreement with Yahoo, becoming one of the first private equity firms to begin formal due diligence as the Internet company weighs a sale of some or all of itself. SPORTS
By HOWARD BECK The players would act if labor negotiations scheduled for Saturday failed or if talks produced an unpalatable deal. By BEN SHPIGEL Ryan Fitzpatrick would rather talk about the Buffalo Bills and their 5-2 record instead of why he keeps his ring on for games - a rare move in the N.F.L. By SAM BORDEN Brandon Jacobs could become the Giants' featured back if Ahmad Bradshaw, who has a fractured right foot, is unable to play Sunday against New England. ARTS
Art Review By ROBERTA SMITH The Maurizio Cattelan retrospective at the Guggenheim contains an eye-catching arrangement of 128 works. Theater Review | 'Other Desert Cities' By BEN BRANTLEY Jon Robin Baitz's "Other Desert Cities" has moved to Broadway, where it has emerged as stronger, more sincere and more credible than in its previous incarnation. Movie Review | 'Tower Heist' By A. O. SCOTT In "Tower Heist," with Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy, some little guys seek revenge after a financial fraud. NEW YORK / REGION
By KATE TAYLOR Occupy Wall Street, with its unpredictable nature, has become a management dilemma for Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg late in his third term. By JOHN ELIGON The Occupy Wall Street movement reached a new phase on Thursday, as the first of hundreds of protesters arrested in Manhattan made their initial court appearances. By WINNIE HU The school district in Mount Vernon, N.Y., has sued the State Education Department and the Amani Public Charter School and has refused to forward government money the charter is due. MOVIES
Arts & Leisure By BROOKS BARNES Leonardo DiCaprio spends most of his screen time in Clint Eastwood's "J. Edgar" sweating and sneering, looking unhandsome and unheroic. Movie Review | 'Pianomania' By MANOHLA DARGIS "Pianomania" is a documentary about an extraordinarily gifted individual, a full-on geek, obsessed with the care of beautiful pianos. Movie Review | 'Charlotte Rampling: The Look' By STEPHEN HOLDEN A documentary portrait of the enigmatic Charlotte Rampling, with her scattered observations on her films and life, love and death. EDITORIALS
Editorial Republicans in the Senate have chosen to reject a vital infrastructure and jobs bill rather than raise taxes on a small elite. Editorial The European Central Bank made a sensible decision to cut the euro-zone's interest rate, but there is a lot more it can do to shore up the weak economies. Editorial The Supreme Court should maintain a focus on reliability and require that trial judges keep out unreliable identification that could prejudice a verdict. OP-ED
Op-Ed Contributor By ANDREY KURKOV From Chernobyl to village politics, Ukrainians are shrewd and skilled at adapting to the challenges their country throws at them. Op-Ed Columnist By PAUL KRUGMAN The stark reality is that we have a society in which money is increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few people. This threatens to make us a democracy in name only. Op-Ed Columnist By DAVID BROOKS The United States seems to possess a 100-year supply of natural gas, a cleaner, cheaper energy source than other fossil fuels. Will America blow this blessing? ON THIS DAY
On Nov. 4, 2008, Barack Hussein Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States, as the country chose him as its first black chief executive. | 
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