Senator John D. Rockefeller IV said that the White House portrayal of Iran was reminiscent of rhetoric about Iraq.

Leading Senator Assails Bush Over Iran Stance

How to get your name off lists, so sales people won’t call, junk mail won’t come, and spam won’t clog the in-box.

Don’t Call. Don’t Write. Let Me Be.

The measure would require lobbyists to disclose money they raise from clients and deliver as sheaves of checks.

Senate Measure Puts Spotlight on Fund-Raising

A popular Chinese takeout restaurant was the target of two botched robberies that caused serious injury and yielded no cash.

An Unthinkable Crime, Until Someone Finally Thought of It

The law would distribute all oil revenues through the federal government and grant Baghdad wide powers.

Draft Law Keeps Central Control Over Oil in Iraq

Although the dollar has lost a lot of ground, the nation’s trade imbalance with the world has continued to rise.

Trade Deficit Stubbornly Defies the Dollar’s Slide

Chris Nowinski’s book, “Head Games: Football’s Concussion Crisis,” is shedding light on one of the N.F.L.’s most persistently haunting safety issues.

In the N.F.L., Violence Sells, but at What Cost?

The Patriots seem to have a special hold on the Colts and quarterback Peyton Manning, who has thrown one touchdown and five interceptions against the Patriots in the playoffs.

A Colossus Blocks the Colts’ Path to a Title

The family was discovered after firefighters responded to a blaze that gutted the home.

Parents and 3 Children Found Slain in Burned Home

Cellphone subscribers could start to lower their bills by watching advertising on their mobile phones.

Madison Avenue Calling

The closures are part of a sweeping reorganization process that began several years ago and distressed thousands of parishioners.

21 Parishes Face Shutdown in New York

The trial over the patent for the drug Plavix will be critical for Bristol-Myers, which derives nearly a third of its revenue from it.

Patent Trial Near, Bristol-Myers Counts on Resilience

David Lee’s layup gave the Knicks a 100-99 lead with 9.7 seconds left. But Clifford Robinson’s putback of a Vince Carter miss with 2.8 seconds left gave the Nets a victory.

Nets Grab the Victory and First Place

State prosecutors have demanded Eli Lilly turn over information about the way it promoted the drug Zyprexa.

States Study Marketing of Lilly Pill

When it comes to new and emerging technologies like satellite radio, what exactly constitutes competition?

I Want My Howard Stern and Oprah

Rich Chinese-Americans are more likely to donate to mainstream institutions than to the poor, nonprofits say. 

Class Divide in Chinese-Americans’ Charity

The match between Andy Roddick and Marat Safin was a fine antidote to jet lag. When all the big swings — emotional and otherwise — had been completed, Roddick was in the fourth round.

With His Game on the Rise, Roddick Roars Past Safin

For the first time in a generation, an ethnic name is most popular for newborn Hispanic boys in New York City.

New Favor for a Name That Straddles Cultures

Confronted with higher natural gas and oil prices after a New Year’s confrontation with Russia, President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko of Belarus said that energy conservation had become a national security priority. Belarus long enjoyed discounted prices for energy from Russia, subsidizing its industries and generating profits from the refining and export of gasoline and other oil products. Russia more than doubled the price of natural gas  $100 per cubic meter, compared with $46  beginning Jan. 1. Belarus imposed a retaliatory fee on the transit of oil, but backed down last week after Russia turned off its main oil pipeline through Belarus, disrupting supplies across Europe. Mr. Lukashenko appeared to be bracing the country for austerity as energy-saving measures are adopted. “The next three, four years will not be an easy time,” he said, according to Interfax, “but we will have to bear it.”.

Belarus: Leader Warns of Hard Times

Thousands of civilians waving white flags fled from heavy fighting in the east of the country as government forces captured a strategic town held by the separatist Tamil Tigers after weeks of fierce fighting. The town, Vakarai, on the northeastern coast, is a main link between the northern and eastern areas controlled by the rebels. “Since dawn, 6,000 to 8,000 people have been moving on foot, by tractor and by sea,” a United Nations spokeswoman, Ola Clinton, said. “They were waving white flags and handkerchiefs.” She said that as fighting intensified in recent weeks, 25,000 people had already fled Vakarai, and she estimated that another 2,000 to 2,500 civilians remained, with food in short supply.

Sri Lanka: Thousands Flee Fallen Rebel Town

Chinese police have detained 22 people from several large companies, including ABB, McDonald’s, McKinsey & Company and Whirlpool.

Western Companies Caught Up in Chinese Bribery Inquiry

A Sports of The Times column on Wednesday, about Muhammad Ali’s 65th birthday, rendered incorrectly an antiwar quotation from him in the 1960s. He said, “I ain’t got no quarrel with them Vietcong” — not “I got nothin’ against them Vietcong.”.

Correction: For the Record

A chart in Business Day yesterday with an article about the chief executive of the Mesa Air Group referred incorrectly to the company’s revenue for the years 2002 through 2006. It was in billions, not millions. A corrected graphic can be found at nytimes.com/business.

After decades of debate over its potential as a tool for urban renewal, New Haven’s Coliseum will come tumbling down.

Coliseum Will Fall, Taking Grand-Scale Philosophy With It

A Queens grand jury that will weigh evidence in the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man on his wedding day in November will begin hearing testimony next week.

January 20, 2007

Headlines from January 20, 2007

Leading Senator Assails Bush Over Iran Stance

Don’t Call. Don’t Write. Let Me Be.

Senate Measure Puts Spotlight on Fund-Raising

An Unthinkable Crime, Until Someone Finally Thought of It

Draft Law Keeps Central Control Over Oil in Iraq

Billboard 200

Dreamgirls

Konvicted

Daughtry

FutureSex/LoveSounds

NOW 23

Historical Context for January 20, 2007