Greece and Italy Seek a Solution From Technocrats

By RACHEL DONADIO

The question in both countries is whether the new leaders can succeed where their predecessors failed and dislodge the entrenched cultures of political patronage.

Europe’s Banks Turned to Safe Bonds and Found Illusion

By LIZ ALDERMAN and SUSANNE CRAIG

The debt crisis was fed by governments that borrowed too much, regulators that let banks treat the bonds as without risk and investors who viewed the bonds of all countries as solid.

• Interactive Feature: Tracking Europe's Debt Crisis
• Timeline: European Debt Crisis
• Graphic: Europe’s Debt Problems

U.S. Delays Decision on Pipeline Until After Election

By JOHN M. BRODER and DAN FROSCH

The White House on Thursday delayed a decision on the contested $7 billion Keystone XL pipeline for 12 to 18 months while it studies an alternate route.

Thanksgiving as Day to Shop Meets Rejection

By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD

Retailers eager to be the first to draw customers on Black Friday have crossed a line for some shoppers with plans to open stores on Thanksgiving Day.

Abuse Inquiry Set Tricky Path for a Governor

By JO BECKER

For months, Gov. Tom Corbett of Pennsylvania had reason to suspect a sexual abuse scandal was going to explode at Penn State University. He also had no way to talk about it, or to prepare for it.

• McQueary Won’t Coach in Game vs. Nebraska
• Paterno Is Finished at Penn State, and President Is Out

About New York

Bound by Love and Disability, and Keeping a Vow Until the End

By JIM DWYER

Edwin Morales and Noemi Rivera, who both had cerebral palsy, eloped in 1996 and promised never to leave each other. On Thursday, Mr. Morales buried his wife, proud that the vow had been kept.

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