Students understand the economic downturn, and many are cutting back on shopping.

Recession? Teenagers Get It, and Are Cutting Back

Google sponsored research to detect differences in how children and adults search and to identify barriers children face when seeking information.

Helping Children Find What They Need on the Internet

Companies like Mary Kay Cosmetics and Amway have created hundreds of thousands of jobs in China, mainly among women. But direct selling has its skeptics.

Direct Selling Flourishes in China

Some renewable energy technologies rely on a group of elements that mainly come from harmful Chinese mines.

Earth-Friendly Elements, Mined Destructively

Extremely low interest rates on savings accounts have been hard on the elderly and others on fixed incomes.

At Tiny Rates, Saving Money Costs Investors

Catholic hospitals have apparently split with bishops on an abortion-financing compromise in the health bill.

Catholic Group Supports Senate on Abortion Aid

The Ravens’ Ray Rice, a 5-foot-8 running back, has become one of the N.F.L.’s most dangerous offensive players.

From Rutgers to Ravens, Rice Wins Believers

Despite the billions spent on counterterrorism efforts since 2001, something simpler averted disaster on a Christmas Day flight.

Passengers’ Quick Action Halted Attack

An overtime victory in December 1977 on a dreadful day sent Chicago to the N.F.L. postseason.

For ’77 Bears, Giants Stadium Was a Special Place

The third-year cornerback Darrelle Revis was named the Jets team M.V.P., and Coach Rex Ryan believes he is the top defensive player in the league this season.

Making Mr. Right: Jets’ Revis Is Finished Product

Secretive branches of the military’s Special Operations forces have increased counterterrorism missions against some of the most lethal groups.

Elite U.S. Force Expanding Hunt in Afghanistan

Some ex-directors of financial firms that imploded during the credit crisis seemed to skate away from those boardrooms to serve on boards of other public companies.

What Iceberg? Just Glide to the Next Boardroom

States that have already broadened health care coverage say that the Senate overhaul bill unfairly penalizes them.

States With Expanded Health Coverage Fight Bill

Despite overall improvement in the economy, the top financial stories of 2009 are still unfinished.

Back From the Brink (but Watch Your Step)

The Nigerian man charged in a failed attack on a jet told investigators that he had obtained the explosives from an expert in Yemen linked to Al Qaeda. The suspect’s father had warned the U.S. about his son.

Officials Point to Suspect’s Claim of Qaeda Ties in Yemen

Tighter security and new in-flight restrictions imposed in the wake of Friday’s attempted attack could complicate air travel.

New Restrictions Quickly Added for Air Passengers

Inducing sleep with drugs near the end of life is a widely used treatment even as it vexes families and doctors.

Hard Choice for a Comfortable Death: Sedation

An article on Wednesday about a former detainee at Guantánamo Bay, Sami al-Hajj, who now leads a news desk at Al Jazeera that covers human rights and public liberties, misspelled the surname of the editor in chief of the Arabic satellite news network in some copies. He is Ahmed Sheikh, not Sheik. 

Corrections

An article last Saturday about the portrayal of women’s sexuality in popular culture, which mentioned recent developments in plastic surgery and the treatment of sexual dysfunction in women, misstated the timing of the so-called Phase III trials of a drug intended to increase a women’s sexual desire by the German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim. The trials have been completed, according to a publicist for the company, and the data was presented last month at a medical meeting in Europe. The company did not announce last month that it was starting the trials.

The Practical Traveler column on Page 3 this weekend, about January discounts on beach and ski vacations and on cruise lines, misstates the number of nights the Norwegian Gem, which departs New York City on Jan. 2 and 23, spends at sea. It is a one-night cruise, not a two-night cruise. 

Gaborik has scored 25.7 percent of his team’s goals this season, by far the highest percentage in the N.H.L.

Gaborik Does His Share and Much More for the Rangers

Playing on Buffalo’s No. 1 pairing, against the N.H.L.’s premier forwards, the 6-foot-8 Tyler Myers has piled up impressive statistics.

Imposing Buffalo Rookie
Tops High Expectations

Russia, the world champion, announced its 23-man Olympic roster, a team led by the high-powered N.H.L. forwards Alex Ovechkin, Evgeni Malkin and Ilya Kovalchuk.

Russia Picks Team Loaded on Offense

A biographical note last Sunday about Matt Tyrnauer, who wrote about lying during the holiday season, misstated his connection to Vanity Fair. Mr. Tyrnauer is a special correspondent for the magazine, not a “former writer.”.

Correction

Felix Wurman was an American cellist and composer.

December 26, 2009

Headlines from December 26, 2009

Recession? Teenagers Get It, and Are Cutting Back

Helping Children Find What They Need on the Internet

Direct Selling Flourishes in China

Earth-Friendly Elements, Mined Destructively

At Tiny Rates, Saving Money Costs Investors

Billboard 200

I Dreamed A Dream

My Christmas

Glee: Season One: The Music Volume 2

Fearless

Play On

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for December 26, 2009