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Doctors Start to Say ‘I’m Sorry’ Long Before ‘See You in Court’
Doctors have long been advised not to admit fault in medical errors, but some prominent medical centers are now offering apologies and compensation to try to dilute patients’ anger. <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/us/18apology.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/us/18apology.html" border="0"/></a>

As Prices Rise, Crime Tipsters Work Overtime
To gas prices, the cost of rice and foreclosure rates, add this economic indicator: the number of tips to the police from people hoping to collect reward money. <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/us/18crimestopper.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/us/18crimestopper.html" border="0"/></a>

As Deaths Outpace Births, Cities Adjust
Changing demographics, a new phenomenon in some areas, are forcing municipalities to rethink how to serve the needs of an older population. <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/us/18pittsburgh.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/us/18pittsburgh.html" border="0"/></a>

Senator Kennedy Is Hospitalized After a Seizure
A family spokeswoman said Senator Edward Kennedy was “conscious, talking and joking with family.” <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/washington/18kennedy.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/washington/18kennedy.html" border="0"/></a>

California Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage Fuels a Battle, Rather Than Ending It
Despite the California Supreme Court’s ruling last week, those on both sides of the same-sex marriage issue anticipate a protracted and expensive battle ahead. <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/us/18gay.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/us/18gay.html" border="0"/></a>

Seeking a Few Good Shepherds
Hoping to encourage a new generation of shepherds, a North Dakota state group will be awarding sheep to select teens and ’tweens. <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/us/18sheep.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/us/18sheep.html" border="0"/></a>

New Leader for N.A.A.C.P. Is Its Youngest
Benjamin T. Jealous, 35, an activist and former news executive, became the new president of the N.A.A.C.P., the youngest in the organization’s 99-year history. <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/us/18naacp.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/us/18naacp.html" border="0"/></a>

In Rhode Island, Deficit Keeps Growing
Officials are warning that balancing the budget, which is required by law, will require major cuts in state services, employee benefits and local aid. <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/us/18rhode.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/us/18rhode.html" border="0"/></a>

The Language of Loss for the Jobless
Discussing a layoff can, for many, be an awkward or embarrassing moment. <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/fashion/18layoff.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/fashion/18layoff.html" border="0"/></a>

Woman Killed in Bus Crash
LUDLOW, Calif. (AP) — A charter bus crash in the Southern California desert killed one person and injured 22 others, the authorities have said. <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/us/18bus.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/us/18bus.html" border="0"/></a>

24 Hurt in California Carnival Ride Accident
California state investigators were trying to determine what caused a spinning ride called the Yo-Yo to collapse Friday evening and injure all those aboard. <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/us/18ride.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/us/18ride.html" border="0"/></a>

Thousands Evacuate as Train Leaks Acid
A freight train derailment in southern Louisiana caused a leak of hydrochloric acid, causing thousands of people to evacuate within one mile of the wreckage. <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/us/18derail.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/us/18derail.html" border="0"/></a>

The Long Run: Obama’s Story, Written by Obama
Barack Obama has packaged his life story into two hugely successful books that have made him a best-selling millionaire. <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/us/politics/18memoirs.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/us/politics/18memoirs.html" border="0"/></a>

The Poetry of Barack Obama
Two poems by Barack Obama that were published in the spring 1981 issue of an Occidental College student literary journal. <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/us/politics/18poems.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/us/politics/18poems.html" border="0"/></a>

Obama to Return to Iowa, Possibly to Claim Victory
If things go well for Barak Obama in Tuesday’s primaries, he could end up with enough pledged delegates to proclaim that he is now the Democratic nominee for president. <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/us/politics/18campaign.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/us/politics/18campaign.html" border="0"/></a>

A Haitian in U.S. Wins Case Over Forced Labor
Simone Celestin endured repeated beatings at the hands of her adoptive family while working for them as an unpaid servant for six years. <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/us/18labor.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/us/18labor.html" border="0"/></a>

Political Memo: Gaining Seats, Democrats Find Their House Ideologically Divided
By prevailing in conservative districts where it ordinarily would not have a chance, the Democratic Party is finding itself representing many with competing interests. <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/washington/18cong.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/washington/18cong.html" border="0"/></a>

Lucius Battle, Diplomat and Official, Dies at 89
Mr. Battle, a career diplomat, served in the administration of President Harry S. Truman, and led a reorganization of the State Department under President John F. Kennedy. <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/us/18battle.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/us/18battle.html" border="0"/></a>

Can a Dead Brand Live Again?
After a brand is discontinued, what’s left is a name and the memories in consumers’ minds. To make money, maybe those memories — real or imagined — are all you need. <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/magazine/18rebranding-t.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/magazine/18rebranding-t.html" border="0"/></a>

The World: One Country’s Table Scraps, Another Country’s Meal
Food riots are breaking out abroad but Americans toss a lot of their food in the garbage. <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/weekinreview/18martin.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=620774875118440bb14e0afe5c538165&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/weekinreview/18martin.html" border="0"/></a>