NY+Times+17+nov

 **** __G.M. Shows Signs of Recovery Despite New Loss__ **** By BILL VLASIC G.M. said that while it was still losing money, it had stabilized enough to begin repaying a portion of its government loans.

**** __In Reversal, Panel Urges Mammograms at 50, Not 40__ **** By GINA KOLATA The new recommendations, released Monday by an influential group, reverse longstanding guidelines and are aimed at reducing harm from overtreatment.

**** __Taint of Corruption Is No Barrier to U.S. Visa for Millionaire__ **** By IAN URBINA Teodoro Nguema Obiang enters the country easily, although officials suspect that his wealth comes from corruption tied to his father’s regime in Equatorial Guinea.

**** __In Beijing, Obama Pushes Need for ‘Strong Dialogue’__ **** By EDWARD WONG and HELENE COOPER President Obama and President Hu Jintao said the U.S. and China would work together on climate change, nuclear proliferation and stabilizing the world economy.

**** __Inspectors Fear Iran Is Hiding Nuclear Plants__ **** By DAVID E. SANGER and WILLIAM J. BROAD International inspectors raised questions about whether Iran has concealed other nuclear factories in addition to the recently discovered site in Qum.

**** __Attacks Threaten Fragile Security Gains in Cradle of Iraq Insurgency__ **** By MARC SANTORA There are far fewer U.S. forces in Anbar Province now than there were at the peak of the violence, but insurgents have been trying to strike back. **** __A Racial Divide Is Bridged by Hard Times__ **** By SHAILA DEWAN In Henry County, Ga., the recession has begun to ease racial tensions, as both blacks and whites struggle financially and neighbors commiserate across racial lines.

**** __N.A.A.C.P. Prods Obama on Job Losses__ **** By STEVEN GREENHOUSE With black unemployment at more than 15 percent, a civil rights group decides to turn up the heat on a black president.

**** __When the Budget Director Talks, People Will Listen__ **** By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG Both sides of the health care debate in Washington are waiting to hear what Douglas W. Elmendorf has to say.

**** __A Change at the Top of GMAC as It Negotiates for Another Government Bailout__ **** By NICK BUNKLEY Michael Carpenter, a former Citigroup executive, is the new chief of GMAC, which sought to postpone a decision on the terms of its next federal bailout.

**** __Audit Faults New York Fed in A.I.G. Bailout__ **** By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH Officials managing the bailout of the insurance giant may have overpaid other banks to wind down business relationships with A.I.G., Neil Barofsky, the bailout inspector, says.

**** __Online Maps: Everyman Offers New Directions__ **** By MIGUEL HELFT From Petaluma to Peshawar, volunteer cartographers are logging details of neighborhoods near and far.