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		Monday, August 30, 2010   Compiled 2 AM E.T. In This E-Mail: World |  Politics |  Customize Today's Headlines  |  Search TOP STORIES Advertisement China Fortifies State Businesses to Fuel Growth By MICHAEL WINES While China owes its rapid growth to private business, it is often the state’s companies that are on the march, in part because of state-bank financing and stimulus spending. Border Sweeps in North Reach Miles Into U.S. By NINA BERNSTEIN Hundreds of passengers are taken into detention each year from domestic trains and buses along the nation’s northern border. Risk-Taking Rises as Oil Rigs in Gulf Drill Deeper By JAD MOUAWAD and BARRY MEIER As regulators investigate the causes of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the broader dangers posed by the oil industry’s push into deeper waters have gone largely unscrutinized. • NYTimes.com Homepage Back to Top QUOTATION OF THE DAY "For days or weeks, every site I went to seemed to be showing me ads for those shoes. It is a pretty clever marketing tool. But it’s a little creepy, especially if you don’t know what’s going on." By JULIE MATLIN, on ads designed to follow customers as they use the Web. SPORTS OPINION Video: Point/Counterpoint: Nadal Does Rafael Nadal need a U.S. Open title to cemet his legacy? The Times’s Lynn Zinser and Thomas Lin debate. The Stone: Plato’s Pop Culture Problem, and Ours Alexander Nehamas on Plato’s criticisms of poetry. WORLD For Arms Sales Suspect, Secrets Are Bargaining Chips By SCOTT SHANE Viktor Bout’s future may hang on whether he can trade on what officials believe is his vast knowledge of global criminal networks. Cricket Scandal Rocks Pakistan By JOHN F. BURNS For many Pakistanis, weighed down by violence and floods, a betting scandal was the final straw. Early Obstacle, and Test, at Start of Mideast Talks By HELENE COOPER If the Israeli and Palestinian leaders move beyond the Sept. 26 expiration of Israel’s settlement moratorium, they will demonstrate that this time, they mean business. • More World News Back to Top POLITICS Orange County Is No Longer Nixon Country By ADAM NAGOURNEY Changes in Orange County, Calif., long a conservative symbol, reflect the state and much of the nation. Powell vs. Rangel: Testy Remake After 40 Years By MICHAEL BARBARO Adam Clayton Powell IV and Charles B. Rangel, the 20-term Harlem congressman who succeeded Mr. Powell’s father, have been trading angry attacks. Obama Pledges Commitment to New Orleans By HELENE COOPER At Xavier University five years after Hurricane Katrina, President Obama celebrated New Orleans’s revival. • More Politics News Back to Top ON THIS DAY On Aug. 30, 1963, the hot-line communications link between Washington, D.C., and Moscow went into operation. • See this front page • Buy this front page Back to Top   About This E-Mail You received these headlines because you are subscribed to Today's Headlines from NYTimes.com. Unsubscribe   |   Manage My Subscriptions   |   Suggestions   |   How to Advertise Please include the following ID number when writing to feedback@nytimes.com so that we can track any reports of problems:  60863088 Copyright 2010 | The New York Times Company | Privacy Policy NYTimes.com 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018