Backup running back David Wilson had three touchdowns, Eli Manning threw for four more scores and the Giants maintained a one-game lead in the N.F.C. East.

With a Breakout Game From Wilson, Giants Topple Saints

As News Corporation splits into two companies, The Wall Street Journal’s future lies in the hands of two executives with mixed track records.

For The Journal, Leadership at a Crossroads

A canny manipulator of the press, the software pioneer John McAfee teased many a reporter to his Central American lairs only to spin tales that were surreal and often unverifiable.

In Pursuit of McAfee, Media Are Part of Story

Michael R. Bloomberg, who has an affinity for The Financial Times, is said to be weighing the wisdom of buying the newspaper if it is put up for sale by Pearson.

Bloomberg Weighs Making Bid for The Financial Times

The Supreme Court’s hearing of two cases on gay marriage could result in a split decision that would provide benefits to couples in some states, but permit other states to forbid same-sex marriages.

Same-Sex Issue Pushes Justices Into Overdrive

The sale of A123, a battery maker, to Wanxiang Group, a Chinese auto parts maker, is the latest acquisition of an American energy and manufacturing company by a Chinese firm.

Chinese Firm Wins Bid for Auto Battery Maker

Instead of fresh faces, many of the recently elected members of the House of Representatives are career bureaucrats and policy wonks with deep histories in politics and government.

113th Congress: This Time, It’s Out With the New

The New York City Housing Authority was woefully unprepared to reach its residents stranded by Hurricane Sandy without heat, power or access to supplies.

Housing Agency’s Flaws Revealed by Storm

In a bid to bolster its drug discovery efforts, the biotechnology giant Amgen said on Monday that it would pay $415 million to acquire deCODE Genetics, a gene-hunting business known for its headline-grabbing discoveries linking genetic variations to disease.

Amgen to Acquire the Gene-Hunting Firm deCODE

Only 20 percent of mobile apps for children provided disclosures about their data collection practices, according to a new Federal Trade Commission report.

Apps for Children Fall Short on Disclosure to Parents, Report Says

The depths have become a noisy place because of human activity, and experts say the rising clamor is particularly dangerous to marine mammals.

A Rising Tide of Noise Is Now Easy to See

Nechemya Weberman, an unlicensed ultra-Orthodox Jewish counselor, was convicted of repeatedly sexually abusing a girl in his care.

Abuse Verdict Topples a Hasidic Wall of Secrecy

The American Psychiatric Association’s board has approved the fifth edition of the association’s diagnostic manual, ending more than five years of controversy.

A Tense Compromise on Defining Disorders

The announcement of a settlement on Tuesday came after state and federal authorities decided against indicting the British bank in a money-laundering case.

HSBC to Pay $1.92 Billion to Settle Charges of Money Laundering

With a few semi-autobiographical exceptions, the stories in Alice Munro’s latest volume have a terseness and a sense of impatience that her earlier ones did not.

Recalling Lives Altered, in Ways Vivid and Untidy

The government will sell its final holdings of the American International Group, the insurance giant it bailed out in 2008 — and at a profit.

Bailout Over, U.S. Treasury Plans to Sell A.I.G. Shares

Small but significant declines in childhood obesity offer the first indication that one of the nation’s most intractable health problems may be reversing course.

Obesity in Young Is Seen as Falling in Several Cities

Ayana Mathis’s first novel, “The Twelve Tribes of Hattie,” has brought her a wave of attention since Oprah Winfrey chose it for her book club.

The Wind at Her Back, a Writer’s Buzz Gets Louder

“Dear Elizabeth” distills hundreds of letters between Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop into a play at the Yale Repertory Theater.

A Stamp on the Outside, Intimacy on the Inside

In her finale after more than 30 years of professional dancing, Renee Robinson was still a compelling image of style.

A Compelling Salute to Posterity

Big Boi releases his second solo album, “Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors”; Wiz Khalifa has his second major-label album, “O.N.I.F.C.”; and Lifehouse is out with its sixth studio album, “Almería.”

Swagger With a Bit of Angst

New regulations in Mongolia could stifle a deal to develop the Oyu Tolgoi mine, the world’s biggest new source of copper, and hurt the country’s broader economy.

Boom in Mongolia Deflates After Deal That Started It Is Threatened

Data will include earnings reports from Costco Wholesale and Adobe Systems, and the producer and consumer price indexes for November.

Economic Reports for the Week Ahead

The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week.

Treasury Auctions Set for This Week

A.I.G. will sell up to 90 percent of its stake in the International Lease Finance Corporation to a group that includes the New China Trust Company, the China Aviation Industrial Fund and P3 Investments, in a deal that values the business at $5.28 billion.

A.I.G. to Sell Most of Leasing Unit to Chinese Investors

Iajuddin Ahmed was the President of Bangladesh, serving from 6 September 2002 until 12 February 2009.

Iajuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi academic and politician, 13th President of Bangladesh (born 1931)

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Antonio de León Cubillo Ferreira was a Spanish Independentist, politician, lawyer and militant from the Canary Islands.

Antonio Cubillo, Spanish lawyer and politician (born 1930)

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Thomas Steven Roberts was an English designer and fashion entrepreneur who operated prominent independent retail outlets including pop art boutique, Mr Freedom, and the 1980s decorative arts and homewares store, Practical Styling.

December 10, 2012

Headlines from December 10, 2012

With a Breakout Game From Wilson, Giants Topple Saints

For The Journal, Leadership at a Crossroads

In Pursuit of McAfee, Media Are Part of Story

Bloomberg Weighs Making Bid for The Financial Times

Same-Sex Issue Pushes Justices Into Overdrive

Billboard 200

Unapologetic

Red

Take Me Home

The World From The Side Of The Moon

Rebel Soul

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for December 10, 2012