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 **** __Tensions Mount in Devastated Capital as Nations Step Up Aid Pledges to Haiti__ **** By MARC LACEY Signs of tension and urgency were growing in the devastated capital as the police and government had all but vanished.

**** __After Google’s Loud Stance on China, U.S. Treads Lightly__ **** By DAVID E. SANGER and JOHN MARKOFF The difficulty of proving that the Chinese government was behind a cyberattack has frozen the Obama administration’s response to the intrusion.

**** __From an Owner to the Quietest Sports Emperor__ **** By JERÉ LONGMAN Stan Kroenke has built a portfolio of teams that makes him one of the most powerful people in sports. **** __Haiti Relief Effort Faces ‘Major Challenge’__ **** By LIZ ROBBINS Relief agencies worried that aid could be slowed by damage to Haiti’s airport, roads and power supplies.

**** __Morgue Becomes Mountain of Anguish__ **** By SIMON ROMERO A grim pileup of bodies all but masked one positive note: Haiti’s barely functioning state had begun to work, if still just minimally, by sending the police to gather bodies.

**** __Obama Pledges Aid to Haiti__ **** By HELENE COOPER The president promised $100 million and thousands of American troops for Haitian relief, and asked two former presidents to help coordinate a global effort. **** __Accord Reached on Insurance Tax for Costly Plans__ **** By ROBERT PEAR and STEVEN GREENHOUSE The White House, Congressional leaders and labor unions said that they had reached agreement on a proposal to tax high-cost health insurance policies.

**** __In Power Push, Movement Sees Base in G.O.P.__ **** By KATE ZERNIKE First fueled by anti-establishment anger, Tea Party activists are now trying to take over the establishment.

**** __Black Schools Restored as Landmarks__ **** By ERIK ECKHOLM Dozens of schools built for blacks in the rural South in the 1920s at a turning point in black education are being restored. **** __For Google, a Threat to China With Little Revenue at Stake__ **** By MIGUEL HELFT Analysts say that staying in China would be risky for Google, and the economic pain of leaving would most likely not be felt for years.

**** __Far-Ranging Support for Google’s China Move__ **** By MICHAEL WINES Human rights and business groups are among those cheering the move to stop cooperating with censors.

**** __Executive Leaps to Leno’s Defense__ **** By BILL CARTER The battle in the late-night wars got louder Thursday as a top NBC executive struck back against on-air attacks by Conan O’Brien and David Letterman on Jay Leno.