8+DEC

 **** __U.S. Man Accused of Helping Plot 2008 Mumbai Attack__ **** By GINGER THOMPSON and DAVID JOHNSTON Prosecutors said that David C. Headley, charged in a plot against a Danish newspaper, helped survey targets for a 2008 massacre in Mumbai, India.

**** __Pakistan Told to Ratchet Up Fight Against the Taliban__ **** By DAVID E. SANGER and ERIC SCHMITT The Obama administration warned that if Pakistan does not act aggressively, the U.S. will use more force on the Pakistani side of the border, officials said.

**** __Bruno, Former State Leader, Guilty of Corruption__ **** By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE and DANNY HAKIM Joseph L. Bruno, the former top Republican in New York State, is facing up to 20 years and a $250,000 fine on each of two felony counts. **** __Under Banner of Urgency, Delegates Tackle Policy__ **** By ANDREW C. REVKIN and TOM ZELLER Jr. Evocations of Judgment Day were an undercurrent in speeches and materials on opening day in Copenhagen.

**** __Climate Talks Open With Calls for Urgent Action__ **** By TOM ZELLER Jr. A meeting of nearly 200 nations seeking what has so far been elusive common ground on climate began Monday.

**** __Officials Try to Unite on Afghan Plan__ **** By MARK LANDLER and HELENE COOPER When Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal and Ambassador Karl W. Eikenberry testify before Congress, they will have to work hard to project unity given their previous public disagreements. **** __Millions in U.S. Drink Dirty Water, Records Show__ **** By CHARLES DUHIGG More than 20 percent of water treatment systems have violated key provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act.

****BACK TO BUSINESS**** **** __Debt Raters Avoid Overhaul After Crisis__ **** By DAVID SEGAL As Washington rewrites the rules of Wall Street, how is the overhaul of the Big Three credit rating agencies coming? Experts say it isn’t.

**** __Former Dean Resurfaces, Leaving Scandal Behind__ **** By TAMAR LEWIN After resigning from M.I.T. in 2007 for lying on her résumé, Marilee Jones has re-emerged as a college admissions consultant. ****BACK TO BUSINESS**** **** __Debt Raters Avoid Overhaul After Crisis__ **** By DAVID SEGAL As Washington rewrites the rules of Wall Street, how is the overhaul of the Big Three credit rating agencies coming? Experts say it isn’t.

**** __Millions in U.S. Drink Dirty Water, Records Show__ **** By CHARLES DUHIGG More than 20 percent of water treatment systems have violated key provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act.

**** __Dark Side of a Natural Gas Boom__ **** By JAD MOUAWAD and CLIFFORD KRAUSS Some environmentalists are concerned that a technology called hydraulic fracturing used to produce natural gas could be leading to pollution.