NY+Times+15+nov

 **** __High Costs Weigh on Troop Debate for Afghan War__ **** By CHRISTOPHER DREW The budget implications of President Obama’s decision about sending more troops to Afghanistan are adding pressure to limit the commitment, senior administration officials say.

**** __Investigators Study Tangle of Clues on Fort Hood Suspect__ **** By SCOTT SHANE and JAMES DAO Investigators are trying to determine whether Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was a terrorist driven by extremism, a troubled loner, or both.

**** __China’s Role as U.S. Lender Alters Dynamics for Obama__ **** By HELENE COOPER, MICHAEL WINES and DAVID E. SANGER President Obama will likely spend more time reassuring Beijing than pushing reform.

**** __World Leaders Agree to Delay a Deal on Climate Change__ **** By HELENE COOPER President Obama and other world leaders have decided to put off the difficult task of reaching a climate change agreement at a global climate conference scheduled for next month.

**** __Forest People May Lose Home in Kenyan Plan__ **** By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN Officials are gearing up to evict tens of thousands from the Mau Forest, in a government conservation effort that has raised suspicion about less-altruistic motives.

**** __Broaching Birth Control With Afghan Mullahs__ **** By SABRINA TAVERNISE Afghan religious leaders attended a workshop on birth control, birth spacing and breast-feeding last month.

****MILBRIDGE JOURNAL**** **** __Maine Town Is Riven by Housing Dispute__ **** By ABBY GOODNOUGH A small town in Maine imposed a building moratorium that blocked a housing complex for immigrant laborers, and a discrimination lawsuit followed.

**** __Portrait of 9/11 ‘Jackal’ Emerges as He Awaits Trial__ **** By MARK MAZZETTI The boastful, calculating and fiercely independent Khalid Shaikh Mohammed has never fit the mold of Al Qaeda chieftain.

**** __In House, Many Spoke With One Voice: Lobbyists’__ **** By ROBERT PEAR More than a dozen lawmakers’ statements on the health care debate were ghostwritten by lobbyists working for Genentech, a biotechnology company.

**** __Is There a Method in Cellphone Madness?__ **** By SAUL HANSELL Despite all those wild pricing plans, American cellphone users spend about 5 cents a minute on talk time and a penny a text message — lower than anywhere else in the developed world.

****DIGITAL DOMAIN**** **** __Apple Wouldn’t Risk Its Cool Over a Gimmick, Would It?__ **** By RANDALL STROSS In a patent application, a new way to make consumers acknowledge a pop-up ad.

****SLIPSTREAM**** **** __Seeking a Shorter Path to New Drugs__ **** By NATASHA SINGER To foster faster innovation in the drug industry, big-picture thinkers are recommending some sharing of information.