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Friday, February 11, 2011 

Today's Headlines: Mubarak Refuses to Step Down, Stoking Revolt's Fury and Resolve

TOP NEWS Mubarak Refuses to Step Down, Stoking Revolt's Fury and Resolve By ANTHONY SHADID and DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt told the Egyptian people Thursday that he would delegate more authority to his vice president, Omar Suleiman, but that he would not resign his post.   Interactive Text and Video: President Mubarak's Speech   Video: Mubarak's Speech   Graphic: Egypt's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces   Text: President Obama's Statement on Egypt   Photographs Obama Tested on Whether to Break With Mubarak By MARK LANDLER and MARK MAZZETTI The Obama administration can choose to break decisively with President Hosni Mubarak or stick to its call for an "orderly transition" that may no longer be tenable. G.O.P. Leaders Yield to a Push for More Cuts By CARL HULSE House Republican leaders said that they would accede to demands from conservatives and dig deeper for additional savings, exhibiting the power of the Tea Party. • NYTimes.com Home Page » QUOTATION OF THE DAY "It's not about me. " HOSNI MUBARAK, president of Egypt, refusing to step down.

Travel that teaches life lessons ALSO IN BUSINESS » Finding the next big stock Mobile apps for economics MULTIMEDIA VIDEO:TimesCast | February 10, 2011 David Kirkpatrick assesses what Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's refusal to step down means for the thousands of protesters in the streets. OPINION ROOM FOR DEBATE What Will the Egyptian Military Do? Anger rises after Mubarak's refusal to step down. Will the army intervene?

WORLD Mubarak Refuses to Step Down, Stoking Revolt's Fury and Resolve By ANTHONY SHADID and DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK President Hosni Mubarak told the Egyptian people Thursday that he would delegate more authority to his vice president, Omar Suleiman, but that he would not resign his post.   Interactive Text and Video: President Mubarak's Speech   Graphic: Egypt's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces   Text: President Obama's Statement on Egypt   Photographs Hopes Dashed, Protesters' Anger Spills Over By KAREEM FAHIM and THANASSIS CAMBANIS Elation turned to anger as Egyptians listened, shocked, to President Mubarak's speech on Thursday.   TimesCast Video: Reaction to Mubarak's Speech   Timeline: A Day of Whiplash Military Caught Between Mubarak and Protesters By SCOTT SHANE and DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK The Egyptian military finds itself in an unfamiliar role, navigating between swelling protests and civilian leaders who appear reluctant to cede real power. • More World News » U.S. No 'Moby-Dick': A Real Captain, Twice Doomed By JESSE McKINLEY Researchers say they have found the wreck of the Two Brothers, which went down west of Hawaii exactly 188 years ago. Hospitals Shift Smoking Bans to Smoker Ban By A. G. SULZBERGER More hospitals and medical businesses in many states are adopting strict policies that make smoking a reason to turn away job applicants. Ex-C.I.A. Agent Goes Public With Story of Mistreatment on the Job By CHARLIE SAVAGE Kevin M. Shipp said his family was sickened when the government put them in a Texas house where the water was contaminated, and then tried to cover it up. • More U.S. News » POLITICS Obama Unveils Wireless Expansion Plan By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG Saying tomorrow's economy cannot take root in yesterday's infrastructure, the president made his case at a Michigan university that gives a laptop to every student. In Montana, A Bid to End Medical Use Of Marijuana By KIRK JOHNSON The 63-to-37 vote by the Montana House pushed the state to the front lines of a national debate about social policy, economics and health as medical marijuana use has surged. U.S. Proposes New Forest Management Plan By LESLIE KAUFMAN While mining and timber groups took a wait-and-see attitude, several environmental advocacy groups quickly expressed deep disappointment. • More Political News » BUSINESS In China, Tentative Steps Toward Global Currency By DAVID BARBOZA Beijing has begun to loosen currency controls, which could strengthen China's influence in financial markets. Search Engine Optimization to Lure Readers By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER The sale of the Huffington Post has drawn new attention to the use of behind-the-scenes tactics to get search engine users to visit Web sites. Search for Low Airfares Gets More Competitive By JAD MOUAWAD and CLAIRE CAIN MILLER Google is looking to enter air travel search, and American Airlines wants to bypass online agents like Expedia. • More Business News » TECHNOLOGY Sprint Adds Subscribers For First Time Since 2007 By REUTERS Sprint Nextel added 58,000 subscribers in the fourth quarter, far above expectations, and also reported that it had narrowed it loss from a year ago. Playing Catch-Up, Nokia and H.P. Try to Innovate By STEVE LOHR The companies in some ways have fallen behind rivals like Apple and Google, and analysts say closing the gap will be difficult.  DealBook: In Nokia's Overhaul, an Opportunity for Deals Hackers Breach Tech Systems of Oil Companies By JOHN MARKOFF McAfee, the Internet security company, said the attacks were similar to but less sophisticated than those Google suffered last year. • More Technology News » SPORTS Farewell Tour Brings Jackson to the Garden By HOWARD BECK Phil Jackson, the Lakers' coach, will visit Madison Square Garden on Friday, probably for the last time in a storied career.  Knicks' D'Antoni Counts Differences With Lakers  Abdul-Jabbar Says His Cancer Is at 'Absolute Minimum' N.B.A. Dean of Coaches Resigns Abruptly By JONATHAN ABRAMS Jerry Sloan, the Utah Jazz's coach, resigned midway through his 23rd season, the longest tenure of any coach in the four major professional sports. LAKERS 92, CELTICS 86 For Celtics' Allen, a Moment to Cherish; for the Lakers, a Victory to Savor By HOWARD BECK Ray Allen passed Reggie Miller for the career 3-point record, but Kobe Bryant and the Lakers prevailed in Boston. • More Sports News » ARTS MOVIE REVIEW | 'POETRY' Consider an Apple, Consider the World By MANOHLA DARGIS The South Korean director Lee Chang-dong's devastating, humanistic film "Poetry" is about the importance of looking closely at the world. ART REVIEW When Picasso Changed His Tune By HOLLAND COTTER A new exhibition at MoMA, "Picasso: Guitars 1912-1914," looks at his brief but revolutionary foray into Cubism.   Slide Show THEATER REVIEW | 'WHEN I COME TO DIE' When the Final Curtain Doesn't Fall By CHARLES ISHERWOOD Nathan Louis Jackson's drama "When I Come to Die," about a prisoner who doesn't die from his lethal injections, is remarkably free of sensation and sentimentality. • More Arts News » NEW YORK / REGION Privately, Public Employees See Cuts as Inevitable By DAVID M. HALBFINGER In New Jersey, government workers are coping with a more treacherous terrain in which many voters support a variety of cutbacks to union benefits and pay Assisting Suicide to Be Focus of Trial in Motivational Speaker's Death By JOHN ELIGON A defendant who is about to go on trial told the police that, for a payment, he had held a knife as a stranger thrust himself at it. Yeshiva Fair Is a Bastion for Jewish Books of the Printed Variety By JOSEPH BERGER The fair has mushroomed into a highlight of the New York region's Orthodox calendar and has become a must-do social event. • More New York / Region News » MOVIES MOVIE REVIEW | 'JUSTIN BIEBER: NEVER SAY NEVER' That Hair! Those Eyes! His Fans! By MIKE HALE "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never" is billed as a concert documentary, but attention is also paid to that pop star's legion of screaming fans as well as prefame home-movie snippets and segments with his handlers. MOVIE REVIEW | 'CEDAR RAPIDS' An Innocent Abroad, at a Convention in Iowa By MANOHLA DARGIS In "Cedar Rapids," an insurance salesman leaves his hometown for the first time to attend a convention, where he plunges into the reality of the world outside his tiny one. MOVIE REVIEW | 'THE OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS' An Oscar Film Festival, All in One Screening By A. O. SCOTT "The Oscar Nominated Short Films" provide a chance to see the shorts nominated for animation, live action and documentary.   Slide Show: Oscar-Nominated Shorts • More Movies News » EDITORIALS EDITORIAL Beyond Reason on the Budget House Republican leaders have revealed their real vision of small government: tens of billions in ideologically driven cuts.   Graphic: First Round of Republican Cuts EDITORIAL Judge Fogel and the Death Penalty A case presents yet another reason to reject the death penalty as a barbaric punishment. EDITORIAL Protecting the Whistle-Blowers Revival of a whistle-blower protection bill should be a top priority. EDITORIAL Marriage Equality in New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's pledge to push for legislation to legalize same-sex marriage in New York is a promising development. • More Opinion » OP-ED OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR The Next Step for Egypt's Opposition By MOHAMED ELBARADEI After Mubarak's speech, the people must act.  Room for Debate: What Will Egypt's Military Do?  Roger Cohen: The Mubarak Muddle OP-ED COLUMNIST Out of Touch, Out of Time By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN In one speech on Thursday evening, Hosni Mubarak shifted this Egyptian democracy drama from mildly hopeful, even thrilling, to dangerous.  Columnist Page OP-ED COLUMNIST The Freedom Alliance By DAVID BROOKS For every program concerned about budget cuts, the strategy should be less about proving merit and more about partnering with like-minded groups for offense. OP-ED COLUMNIST Abraham Lincoln, Inflationist By PAUL KRUGMAN Why does it seem as if Republicans have refrained from referring to themselves as "the party of Lincoln" these days?  Columnist Page | Blog • More Opinion » ON THIS DAY On Feb. 11, 1945, President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin signed the Yalta Agreement during World War II.