November 30, 2006

Much of the money will be spent on buyout and retirement packages for 30,000 U.A.W. union members who opted to leave the automaker.

New York City Police Comr Raymond W Kelly's handling of probe into police shooting of unarmed black men will have potential political consequences for him if, as rumored, he runs for mayor in 2009; fatal shooting has makings of combustible controversy involving race, politics and police use of deadly force, situation Kelly faced in his first tour as commissioner during Dinkins admininstration in 1992 and 1993; since then, Kelly's relationships with police critics like Rev Al Sharpton have eased somewhat, and this time Kelly took more forceful step of putting five officers who together fired 50 rounds on paid administrative leave and stripping them of their weapons; he is caught between Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has called shooting 'inexplicable,' array of black leaders who want answers that he has yet to deliver, and his own officers; photos (M)

Bowhunters in New York State adapt to hunting deer in suburbs because of encroachment of development into once-rural areas; municipalities have come to rely on bowhunters to help thin out deer that are now invading human habitats; photos (M)

What is the Free City Supershop? Hard to say. Maybe it’s the future of retail.

Defensive end Michael Strahan had a chance to defuse an evolving he-said, he-said that he started with receiver Plaxico Burress. He instead turned the episode into the latest potentially divisive controversy for the Giants.