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		Saturday, October 2, 2010   Compiled 2 AM E.T. In This E-Mail: World |  Politics |  Customize Today's Headlines  |  Search TOP STORIES Advertisement Accord Paves Way for Re-election of Iraq Premier By STEVEN LEE MYERS The deal allows for the return of an anti-American Shiite Islamic movement that could reshape U.S. relations. In California Bid, Whitman Spends Record but Struggles By ADAM NAGOURNEY Meg Whitman has struggled to master the state’s vast and convoluted electoral landscape despite spending $119 million of her own money on the race. U.S. Apologizes for Syphilis Program in Guatemala By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Officials called the study, which infected prisoners, soldiers and mental patients, “clearly unethical.” • NYTimes.com Homepage Back to Top QUOTATION OF THE DAY "It’s ironic — no, it’s worse than that, it’s appalling — that, at the same time as the United States was prosecuting Nazi doctors for crimes against humanity, the U.S. government was supporting research that placed human subjects at enormous risk." DR. MARK SIEGLER, of the Maclean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, on a program in the late 1940’s to deliberately infect Guatemalans with venereal diseases, in a test of penicillin. T MAGAZINE OPINION Fall Design 2010 The fall issue of T Design looks at different visions of domestic bliss. The Thread: Will TARP Turn to Gold? Will the program go to the grave spurned despite the Obama administration’s rosy predictions? WORLD Mexico Seeks to Unify Police to Curb Graft and Fight Drugs By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD The proposal to alter the nation’s police comes at a critical moment for President Felipe Calderón, who faces pressure to demonstrate progress in defeating the drug cartels. Russian Party Gains in Latvia Amid Economic Bust By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ As Latvians prepare to go to the polls on Saturday, a party rooted in the large Russian-speaking population here is expected to be the largest vote getter. China’s Mandatory Vacation, With a Catch By ANDREW JACOBS A holiday schedule granted seven straight days off, but workers will have to make up for some on weekends. • More World News Back to Top POLITICS Movement of the Moment Looks to Long-Ago Texts By KATE ZERNIKE Books like “The Law,” from 1850, and “The Road to Serfdom” from 1944, have risen to best-seller status among Tea Party followers. The Political Wild Card By MARK LEIBOVICH Christine O’Donnell grew up in a household with an appreciation for the dramatic, the eccentric and the media spotlight. Pact Ends California Budget Impasse By BLOOMBERG NEWS Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and top lawmakers agreed to a compromise to close a $19.1 billion deficit and give California a budget. • More Politics News Back to Top ON THIS DAY On Oct. 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the first black to serve on the high court. • 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