Urban Meyer, one of the most successful coaches in college football, cited his health when he said he would step down after the Sugar Bowl.

Meyer Says He’s Quitting as Coach of Florida

Mr. Sutton was a pioneering figure who represented Malcolm X as a young lawyer and became one of the nation’s most prominent black political and business leaders.

Percy E. Sutton, Political Trailblazer, Dies at 89

As criticism mounted that security lapses had led to a brush with disaster, President Obama ordered a review of the two major planks of the aviation security system.

Questions on Why Suspect Wasn’t Stopped

The police opened fire on protesters, killing at least 10 people, including a nephew of the opposition leader.

Police Are Said to Have Killed 10 in Iran Protests

Florida Coach Urban Meyer told his team he would not step down but would take an indefinite leave of absence.

Florida’s Meyer Will Take Leave, Not Resign

“Avatar” surged past “Sherlock Holmes” for top position in a film lineup that took in a record $278 million in the U.S.

Hollywood Grosses Shatter Record

Alanna Nash’s new book is a long look at Elvis Presley’s bizarre history with women.

Love Me Plenty, Presley Pleads

Percussion has gradually grabbed the spotlight over the last century. If you think about it, drums are the new violins.

Percussionists Go From Background to Podium

The founders of the Spanish company Noche Flamenca are at once choreographer and muse, director and performer, husband and wife.

A 24/7 Partnership Forged in the Heat of Flamenco

DVDs of beloved old shows — “F Troop,” “The Munsters” and others — have destroyed a small boy’s sense of wonder.

Innocence Undone, Frame by Frame

The actor Charlie Sheen has been ordered to return to court in Aspen, Colo., on Feb. 8, after his arrest there on Christmas morning, The Associated Press reported.

Sheen Faces Court Date Over Domestic Violence Charges

“Madea’s Big Happy Family” begins the first leg of its tour on Jan. 4 in El Paso, Tex., and continues through May 9 in cities across the United States.

New ‘Madea’ Play Will Tour

The British metal band Def Leppard is getting animated.

Def Leppard on Saturday Mornings?

The actress Sharon Gless will star in a new play by Jane Prowse.

Sharon Gless to Play a Trollope Fan

The Venice Film Festival announced that the director John Woo will be the recipient of its 2010 lifetime achievement award in September, BBC News reported.

Woo and Tarantino to Be Honored

As the appetite for risk revives, the creators of innovations like collateralized-debt obligations are sharpening their pencils.

More Ideas From the Financial Engineers

An article last Sunday about Philip Carlo, a true-crime horror writer who is fighting Lou Gehrig’s disease, misidentified, in some editions, the Mafia family that included Salvatore Gravano, who Mr. Carlo said had ordered the brother of a childhood friend of his killed. Mr. Gravano was an underboss in the Gambino  not Bonanno  family.

Corrections

An article last Sunday about Mossa Bildner, a singer facing eviction who was helped by The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund, misidentified the employer of Karen Norden, a social worker who helped Ms. Bildner, and referred incorrectly to the federal emergency shelter aid Ms. Bildner received. Ms. Norden works for the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services, not the UJA-Federation of New York, and the federal aid is not in fact restricted to people who have lost their jobs.

A roundup last Sunday of words and phrases that gained currency in 2009 misspelled the given name of the newest member of the Supreme Court, who used the term “wise Latina woman” in a speech before she became a justice. She is Sonia Sotomayor, not Sonya.

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.

A map in some editions last Sunday showing autumn precipitation reflected erroneous rankings for the wettest and driest seasons. The figures on the key should have given 1 as the wettest season on record since 1895 and 115 as the driest, not the other way around.

The United Arab Emirates said Sunday that it had chosen a South Korean-led consortium for a $20 billion contract to create the Arab world’s first nuclear power reactors.

South Korea to Build Reactors in Middle East

New releases from Rakim, Hurricane Chris, Mikado Lab and the Darius Jones Trio.

New CDs

In line with pullbacks in other media, television advertising dropped precipitously in the third quarter compared with last year.

TV Ad Revenue Slips, but Hope Persists

Isaac Iosifovich Schwartz, also known as Isaak Shvarts, was a Soviet composer.

Isaac Schwartz,  Ukrainian-Russian composer and educator (born 1923)

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After incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared victory in the 2009 Iranian presidential election, protests broke out in major cities across Iran in support of opposition candidates Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi. The protests continued until 2010, and were titled the Iranian Green Movement by their proponents, reflecting Mousavi's campaign theme, and Persian Awakening, Persian Spring or Green Revolution.

Iranian election protests: On the Day of Ashura in Tehran, Iran, government security forces fire upon demonstrators.

December 27, 2009

Headlines from December 27, 2009

Meyer Says He’s Quitting as Coach of Florida

Percy E. Sutton, Political Trailblazer, Dies at 89

Questions on Why Suspect Wasn’t Stopped

Police Are Said to Have Killed 10 in Iran Protests

Florida’s Meyer Will Take Leave, Not Resign

Billboard 200

I Dreamed A Dream

My Christmas

Glee: Season One: The Music Volume 2

Fearless

Play On

Notable Deaths

Historical Events

Historical Context for December 27, 2009