NY+Times+23+nov

 **** __Wave of Debt Payments Facing U.S. Government__ **** By EDMUND L. ANDREWS The ultralow interest rates the U.S. has been paying on its colossal debt may not last much longer, and the White House estimates that the tab will exceed $700 billion a year in 2019.

**** __Sewers at Capacity, Waste Poisons Waterways__ **** By CHARLES DUHIGG Many sewer systems are frequently overwhelmed, spilling human excrement, medical waste and dangerous industrial chemicals into waterways.

**** __N.F.L. to Shift in Its Handling of Concussions__ **** By ALAN SCHWARZ Teams will soon be required to receive advice from neurologists while treating players with brain injuries.

**** __Iran’s Death Penalty Is Seen as a Political Tactic__ **** By MICHAEL SLACKMAN A flurry of executions has raised concern that the government is using judicially sanctioned killing to quell pockets of unrest around the nation.

**** __Amnesty List Puts Pressure on Pakistan Leader__ **** By SAHAR HABIB GHAZI and SABRINA TAVERNISE In another blow to Pakistan’s president, authorities released the names of politicians who benefited from an amnesty decree that dismissed past alleged crimes.

**** __Apology Opens Wounds of British Migrant Program__ **** By JOHN F. BURNS Officials disagree on whether governments should compensate people who were uprooted as children and sent overseas, where many were abused.

**** __Democrats Focus on G.O.P. Senators From Maine__ **** By CARL HULSE Anxious about how little maneuvering room the weekend victory on health care provided, Democrats are stepping up overtures to two moderate Republican senators from Maine.

**** __Shortage Slows a Program to Detect Nuclear Bombs__ **** By MATTHEW L. WALD The Department of Homeland Security has had to stop deploying new detectors because the U.S. has run out of a crucial raw material, experts say.

**** __White House Wants to Promote Math and Science__ **** By KENNETH CHANG The plan will enlist companies and nonprofits, including “Sesame Street,” to spend money and time to encourage students to pursue science, technology, engineering and math.

**** __Looking for a Leader in the Post-Oprah Landscape__ **** By BRIAN STELTER A wide range of contenders, some of them linked to Oprah Winfrey herself, will vie for the dominant role in daytime.

**** __In Chicago, Ex-Editor Fights Back__ **** By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA Internet-based local news organizations are drawing big-name journalists, including veterans of the established news outlets they are competing with.

**** __Some Rivals Weigh Bids for Cadbury__ **** By MICHAEL J. de la MERCED and ANDREW ROSS SORKIN Cadbury has spent months stonewalling Kraft Foods’ hostile offer. But the entrance of another bidder could help its negotiating position against Kraft.