The full Senate is poised to consider the nonbinding, yet strongly symbolic, repudiation of President Bush as early as Wednesday.

Senate Panel Rejects Bush’s Plan for Iraq

The Knicks’ greatest concern after the final buzzer Wednesday night was the health of center Eddy Curry, who strained his left calf muscle early in the fourth quarter and did not return.

Knicks Avoid Rout, but Not Another Loss

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and the City Council announced that they would make more money available to arts groups, award it on a merit basis and widen a peer-review process to level the playing field.

Bloomberg and Council Change Arts Financing

The new policy includes an increased number of tests and adds financial penalties, with players who are suspended for drug use forfeiting part of their signing bonuses.

N.F.L. and Union to Strengthen Steroid Testing

In a courtroom, Ronell Wilson cataloged his sorrows for the 2003 killings of Detectives James V. Nemorin and Rodney J. Andrews.

A Halting Plea for Mercy, Heavily Edited

Netflix has rewritten the rules — this time, of the online movie-rental game. 

A Stream of Movies, Sort of Free

Illicit commerce thrives in the Republic of Georgia, where some regions have become criminal havens.

Smuggler’s Plot Highlights Fear Over Uranium

Shifts in the 2008 presidential primaries would force candidates of both parties to rethink their campaign strategies.

Big States’ Push for Earlier Vote Scrambles Race

The study said that illegal underpayments represent 15 percent to 20 percent of all the workers’ comp premiums that are supposed to be paid each year statewide.

Study Says Many Firms Cheat New York Workers’ Comp System

How to tackle the problem of 47 million Americans without health insurance? Start with the more than 8 million uninsured children.

With Health Care Topic A, Some Sketches for a Solution

A new six-CD boxed set documents the roots of virtually every important style of modern Brazilian popular music, from samba to mangue beat.

Long-Lost Trove of Music Connects Brazil to Its Roots

The public housing complex where Ronell Wilson lived is closely following the convicted cop-killer's trial.

Sorrow and Reflection in Killer’s Housing Project

The story of the gay sheep is an example of the distortion that can result when science meets the global news cycle.

Of Gay Sheep, Modern Science and Bad Publicity

Your “disposable” fashions add to global warming.

Can Polyester Save the World?

Hedge fund money, which now exceeds $1 trillion, has emerged as a potentially powerful force in politics.

Hedge Fund Chiefs, With Cash,  Join Political Fray

Hospitals participating in a Medicare experiment that pays them more to follow medical recommendations have steadily improved the quality of patient care.

Bonus Pay by Medicare Lifts Quality

Tommy Haas and Fernando González took radically different paths to their upsets. Haas had to win arguments with himself as well as win rallies for his victory while González, once again, could do little wrong.

Breakthrough for González Means Early Exit for No. 2 Nadal

I. Lewis Libby Jr.’s lawyers said he felt abandoned by the White House as the leak investigation intensified.

At the Libby Trial, Hints of Intrigue and Betrayal

“The Naked Brothers Band,” an ebullient mock documentary about a kids’ rock band, is both a movie and a new series on Nickelodeon and a tween fantasy in which no one over 18 has much sense.

A TV Family Bound by Blood and a Band

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey plans to acquire a 93-year lease on an airport 60 miles north of New York City.

4th Major Hub for Air Traffic Moves Ahead

Alexandra Pelosi’s documentary glances on the more intolerant and grotesque manifestations of Christian fundamentalism and also the faith’s vast following and political clout.

A Culture of Faith, Devoted Yet Complex

Americans may have a love affair with renewables and the idea of cutting oil imports and conserving energy, but it is a fickle one.

Energy Research on a Shoestring

The author has a new book, “Wish I Could Be There: Notes From a Phobic Life,” about his fears of open spaces, closed spaces and the road not traveled.

A Life Lived in Fear, but Not Half Bad

At Princeton, Meagan and Lauren are different players with different personalities, but remain bonded as teammates and members of a select sisterhood, daughters of a football coach named Cowher.

It’s Roundball 2, Square Jaw 1

The Police Department says the new system is hobbled by widespread interference that garbles communication.

January 25, 2007

Headlines from January 25, 2007

Senate Panel Rejects Bush’s Plan for Iraq

Knicks Avoid Rout, but Not Another Loss

Bloomberg and Council Change Arts Financing

N.F.L. and Union to Strengthen Steroid Testing

A Halting Plea for Mercy, Heavily Edited

Billboard 200

Dreamgirls

Konvicted

FutureSex/LoveSounds

Daughtry

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Historical Context for January 25, 2007