Newspaper: New York Times 05/09/2008 02:01 PM On Flooded Burmese Coast, the Smell of Rot and Death Six days after a cyclone, it is clear the damage is great and that little aid has made it to villagers along the sea south of Yangon. 05/09/2008 04:41 PM Burmese Junta Seizes Aid and Blocks Foreigners The refusal to allow doctors and relief experts to enter in large numbers contributed to a concern that starvation and disease could kill as many people as the cyclone. 05/09/2008 04:22 PM Shiite Militias Seize Beirut Neighborhoods Pro-government fighters have mostly left their posts and handed their weapons over to the Shiite militias. 05/09/2008 12:52 PM News Analysis: Israel Readying for a Post-Olmert Era Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is a survivor, but he faces a bribery inquiry that is widely viewed as serious. 05/09/2008 03:35 PM Hints of Shift at OPEC About Output An oil official signaled for the first time in months that the oil cartel might increase its output if prices keep rising. 05/09/2008 04:37 PM Obama Pulls Ahead of Clinton in Superdelegates The superdelegate count was one of the few areas where Hillary Rodham Clinton still maintained an advantage. 05/09/2008 04:00 PM Illegal Immigrants Turn to Traditional Healing Health care for many migrant workers is provided by a parallel system of spiritual healers and home remedies. 05/09/2008 03:51 PM New Signs of Attacks in Zimbabwe as Mbeki Arrives As South Africa’s president arrived for talks, new evidence emerged of government attacks on the opposition. 05/09/2008 04:38 PM City Room: Con Ed Proposes Rate Increase The utility asked state regulators to approve a three-year plan that would would raise rates by 4.9 percent a year through March 2012, or a total of $1.67 billion over the three years. 05/09/2008 03:27 PM N.F.L. Says Spying Evidence Isn’t New The N.F.L. said eight videotapes submitted by a former Patriots employee that showed the team spying on opponents were consistent with what the league already knew.

Newspaper: Los Angeles Times 05/09/2008 12:18 AM Fame found artist Alfredo Santos, but not wealth The painter and sculptor's greatest work adorns the dining hall walls in San Quentin. His post-prison career mixed prolific work and poor business sense. His masterpiece has been on display for decades in a place no one wants to visit, admired by a rough crowd of critics who study its beauty and nuance for years on end -- or until the parole board lets them out. 05/09/2008 01:00 AM Eddy Arnold, 89; country music's all-time hit maker The elegant, pop-influenced singer, who once had 57 consecutive top 10 hits, helped transform country from 'hillbilly music' to mass appeal. Eddy Arnold, the most successful country hit maker of all time, who played a crucial role in transforming what had long been considered "hillbilly music" from a rural phenomenon into music with broad-based national appeal, died Thursday. He was 89, a week short of his 90th birthday. 05/09/2008 12:18 AM California tax proposals target beer-loving, pornography-watching yacht owners Democratic lawmakers search far and wide for new revenue to balance the state budget, though Republicans have vowed to stop any tax hikes. As state leaders hunt for politically palatable solutions to the swelling budget shortfall, some Democrats are proposing unorthodox ways to generate cash. 05/09/2008 01:00 AM Drug cartel suspected in Mexico City killing The nation's top organized crime officer, Edgar Millan Gomez, is shot dead in his home, the third police killing in a week. Officials blame the Sinaloa drug cartel. The national coordinator of Mexico's battle against organized crime was slain Thursday by an assassin hiding in his home in what appeared to be the latest revenge killing by one of the country's most notorious drug cartels. 05/09/2008 01:00 AM House passes mortgage rescue The plan gains support as pressure mounts on both political parties. The House on Thursday passed the most sweeping government plan yet to shore up the troubled housing market and help people struggling to pay their mortgages, adopting legislation that would underwrite $300 billion in new loans and keep an estimated 500,000 homeowners out of foreclosure. 05/09/2008 01:00 AM Myanmar businesses gouge as more rain falls With the regime barely allowing aid in, many profiteers are charging exorbitant prices for essentials. Meanwhile, new flooding hits some areas as monsoon season looms. New rains lashed this city Thursday as Myanmar's military government was only beginning to allow in foreign aid, leaving residents to pay exorbitant prices for bare essentials, bathe in the streets and stew in frustration. 05/08/2008 01:00 AM For some Palestinians, one state with Israel is better than none Frustrated by years of failed peace talks for a two-state solution, some are giving up hope of independence and pushing the idea of a single democratic state with equal rights for all. Frustrated by years of on-and-off peace talks with Israel, Palestinians are losing hope for an independent homeland, and some are proposing a radically different cause: a shared state with equal rights for Palestinians and Jews. 05/08/2008 01:00 AM Aid begins to trickle in to cyclone-ravaged Myanmar Humanitarian groups show signs of frustration as they wait for approval of worker visas and relief supply flights. Frustration mounted Wednesday as humanitarian groups waited for Myanmar's government to grant visas and allow more relief flights into the country, steps deemed essential to easing the plight of as many as 1 million left homeless by a cyclone last weekend. 05/08/2008 01:00 AM Cuba's two-currency system adds up to a social divide Those who earn the old peso are seeing its purchasing power decline. To them, powdered milk and sweet potatoes are luxuries. Pushed to the fringes by a money-driven social divide, Rosa is what Cubans call a "marginal" person. 05/08/2008 01:00 AM Tejon Ranch pact would allow 26,000 homes on the range Activists and builders OK a conservation plan for the sprawling property in Kern and L.A. counties that would permit some development. A coalition of environmental groups and a developer have agreed on a landmark plan to conserve 90% of the largest chunk of privately owned wilderness remaining in Southern California.