November 6, 2006

Democrats have long charged that the drug industry is profiteering at taxpayers’ expense, which may haunt the companies if the party takes control of Congress.

Close to 800 new images of Japanese internment camps by the photographer Dorothea Lange have been unearthed in the National Archives.

The tax-free sale of steeply discounted cigarettes keeps the Shinnecock Indians alive, but now the trade is being threatened by both a federal lawsuit and a push by the state government.

Tight New Jersey senatorial race between Democratic Sen Robert Menendez and Republican Thomas H Kean Jr gets infusion from national parties of political advertising, volunteers and national political figures; New York State gubernatorial candidates Democrat Eliot Spitzer and Republican John Faso and Democratic senatorial candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton attend rallies for candidates in New York; Connecticut senatorial candidates Democrat Ned Lamont and independent Joseph I Lieberman continue their campaigning; photos (M)

Reports of recent failed talks between Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co and Vivendi for potential $50 billion takeover bid signals possibility of largest leveraged buyout offer in history; company has long been considered prime target for takeover or breakup due to its large size and diverse businesses; bid shows that even companies as large as Vivendi are not immune to increasing consolidation of media industry; company has been remaking itself since 2002 in transformation that created industry giant; chief executive Jean-Bernard Levy comments; photo (M)