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The New York Times said Monday it will cut 100 newsroom jobs and an unspecified number elsewhere amid industrywide declines in advertising revenue.
The New York Times Co. is cutting pay for most employees by 5 percent for a nine-month period and laying off 100 people.
Climate deal likely to cost trillions of dollarsIf negotiators reach an accord at the climate talks in Copenhagen it will entail profound shifts in many areas of people's lives. So what is all dislocation going to cost?
Millions in U.S. drink dirty water, records showMore than 20 percent of the nation's water treatment systems have violated key provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act over the last five years, according to an analysis of federal data.
U.S. forecasts smaller loss from bank bailoutThe new estimates, for a loss of $42 billion out of $370 billion lent to banks, could lower the administration's deficit forecast for this fiscal year.
Details emerge on Obama's surge decisionWhen the history of the Obama presidency is written, one particular day may prove to be a turning point, the moment a president set in motion a high-stakes gamble to turn around a losing war.
Parallels between troop surges mask risksWhile some similarities do exist, President Obama is being warned that many of the conditions that made the Iraq surge work do not exist in Afghanistan.
Between the lines, an expansion in PakistanPresident Obama focused his speech on Afghanistan. He left much unsaid about Pakistan, where the main terrorists he is targeting are located, but where he can send no troops.
Bad boys, bad boys ... avoid Steven SeagalIn separate reality shows being introduced next month, Steven Seagal and Jesse Ventura hope to blaze a trail by showing a celebrity can do something other than make fun of his own irrelevance.
With foothold in Iraq, oil giants eye futureMajor oil companies are finally gaining access to Iraq's petroleum reserves, but at far less advantageous terms than they once envisioned.
South Carolina rift highlights debate in GOPThe contrasting strategies of South Carolina's two senators reflect the struggle over the future of the Republican Party.
From the hospital room to bankruptcy courtLawyers and court officials say that medical debt is leading to more bankruptcies.
Seeking airfare deals, travelers start earlyThe holiday crush at the nation's airports has taken hold several days earlier as travelers sought less expensive flights.
Price war brews between Amazon, Wal-MartAli had Frazier. Coke has Pepsi. The Yankees have the Red Sox. Now Wal-Mart, the mightiest retail giant in history, may have met its own worthy adversary: Amazon.com.
Health bill revives abortion groupsLobbying over abortion was turning into a sleepy business. But the health care debate has brought a new boom, and both sides are exploiting it with fund-raising appeals.
Debt-hit U.S. faces surge in interest paymentsThe government is financing its more than trillion-dollar-a-year borrowing with i.o.u.'s on terms that seem too good to be true - a happy situation that may not last much longer.
Two films, two routes out of povertyIt is possible to imagine "Precious" and "The Blind Side" in dialogue with each other, taking part in a conversation on race that the American public is always supposedly eager to have, but never right now.
U.S. officials see hope in anti-Taliban militiasAmerican and Afghan officials have begun helping a number of anti-Taliban militias that have independently taken up arms against insurgents in several parts of Afghanistan.
U.S. fears Iraq projects will go to wasteThe U.S. has spent $53 billion for relief and reconstruction in Iraq, but Iraqis' inability to maintain what's left behind could waste hundreds of millions of dollars and jeopardize basic services.
Battling binge drinking on college game daysNYT: Shortly before the kickoff of the Minnesota-Illinois college football game at the new TCF Bank Stadium this month, two Minnesota students - one male, one female - slipped into an unmarked entrance about five minutes apart.
Just because it's on Twitter, it (still) isn't trueContrary to those who blame the Internet for, well, everything - in this case, our willingness to believe pretty much anything - don't blame it for our love for hoaxes.
Air defense reviewed to thwart terror from skiesNYT: The commander of military forces protecting North America has ordered a review of the costly air defenses intended to prevent another Sept. 11-style attack.
Born in the U.S., a radical cleric inspires terrorSuspects in many recent terrorism cases, including Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, shared a devotion to Anwar al-Awlaki, a Muslim cleric born in New Mexico.
'Glitch' could cut jobless benefits for a millionAbout one million laid-off workers will see their unemployment benefits end in January unless Congress acts quickly to renew existing federally paid extensions.
'I have so much regret,' N.M. soccer player saysNYT: Nearly two weeks later, the University of New Mexico soccer player Elizabeth Lambert said she still could not fully explain what led her to yank an opponent from Brigham Young down by her ponytail in what has become a highly publicized incident of violent behavior.
While in China, Obama keeps his distanceNYT: During his first visit to China, President Obama is steering clear of public meetings with Chinese liberals, free press advocates and even ordinary Chinese.
Hunger in U.S. at a 14-year highAn Agriculture Department report says the number of Americans who lacked reliable access to sufficient food shot up last year to its highest point since the government began surveying in 1995.
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