December 11, 2006

On Sunday, the first valid second-guess of Tom Coughlin took nearly all day to materialize.

Greek cultural officials contend that a rare fourth-century B.C. funerary wreath was illegally taken.

Hundreds of babies are being born to Latino immigrant workers, legal and illegal, who flocked to New Orleans to toil on its reconstruction after Hurricane Katrina; throng of new babies in handful of operational maternity wards adds unexpected load to decimated health infrastructure in city abandoned by many of its doctors; historically black and white city had only small Latino community and virtually no experience of illegal immigration before hurricane; expectant immigrant mothers, lacking health insurance and barred from most government assistance, can go to only handful of charitable clinics that do not question immigration status; many immigrant women are forgoing prenatal care and showing up, ready to deliver, in hospital emergency rooms, where they are required to be seen regardless of their immigration status; photos (M)

hottest ad space in times sq may be on tourists' cameras** Advertisers are hosting elaborate events in Times Square, where army of tourists and residents spread advertisers' messages well beyond Manhattan using their cell phones and video cameras; marketers say people around world recognize Times Square in photos and videos online and are more likely to view them; amount of marketers in Times Square has soared this year in large part because three traffic islands there have been made available on regular basis for first time as part of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's broader initiative to attract more tourists to New York City; various events described; photo (M)

Iraq's president criticized the United States's effort to train security forces and its plans to increase advisers to the Iraqi Army. Page A12.