November 9, 2006

The Democrats who will soon oversee tax, trade and economic issues are vowing a cooperative approach with the White House and Republicans.

The rapid rise of Senator Barack Obama’s “The Audacity of Hope” is something of a publishing stunner.

George Vecsey Sports of The Times column discusses success of Louisville University and Rutgers University football this season; undefeated teams prepare to face off; photo (M)

Microsoft and Universal Music Group enter agreement under which Universal will license its recordings for Microsoft's new digital music service in exchange for percentage of sales of Microsoft's new portable media play, Zune, and percentage of download revenue; Universal, unit of Vivendi, says it will pay half of what it receives on device to its artists, who include U2 and Jay-Z; deal reprsents big departure from standard set by Apple Computer, which pays record companies for songs sold through its iTunes service but does not give them cut of sales of its iPod; move reflects Universal's recognition that for all the runaway success of gadgets like iPod, consumers are still not buying enough digital music to make up for declining sales of music on compact disks (M)

New York Knicks defeat Denver Nuggets, 109-107; photo (M)

David Geffen, Los Angeles billionaire with reputation for ambition, drive and singlemindedness, is contemplating acquisition of Los Angeles Times, and many of those who know him well wonder what kind of owner he would be; several people who know him say they doubt he would take direct role in running Times; many journalists hope that local ownership might put end to heavy cost-cutting imposed on Times by its Chicago-based owner, Tribune Co, but journalism experts caution that local ownership has its perils as well as potential benefits; photo (M)

Teri Horton, retiree in Los Angeles area who found painting that may be by Jackson Pollock, is subject of Harry Moses documentary film Who the #$&% is Jackson Pollock?; she has turned down $9 million offer for painting and has made second career trying to get it authenticated; photos (M)

President Bush portrayed the election results as a cumulative “thumping” of Republicans and conceded that as head of the party, he bore some responsibility.

Police charge Bertilde Gabriel with criminally negligent homicide and leaving scene of accident after SUV swerves onto Brooklyn sidewalk, hitting Rachel Dorce and her three children, killing son Christopher Jehovah Frobrum and critically injuring Dorce; photo (M)

New York Giants receiver Amani Toomer will be sidelined for rest of regular season with knee injury; photo (M)

Boundaries melt like ice cubes in August in the Chekhov International Theater Festival’s blissful, all-male production of "Twelfth Night."

Christie’s sale of Impressionist and modern artworks included blockbuster paintings by Klimt and Gauguin.