NY+Times+22+nov

 **** __Senate Votes to Open Health Care Debate__ **** By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN and ROBERT PEAR The Senate voted 60 to 39 on Saturday night to begin full debate on major health care legislation, propelling the bill over a crucial, preliminary hurdle.

**** __As Afghans Resist Taliban, U.S. Spurs Rise of Militias__ **** By DEXTER FILKINS The Americans hope the militias will encourage an increasingly demoralized Afghan population to take a stake in the war against the Taliban.

**** __A Terror Suspect With Feet in East and West__ **** By GINGER THOMPSON The profile that has emerged of David Headley, a U.S. citizen accused of plotting revenge against a Danish newspaper, suggests a man pulled between two cultures. **** __Cleric Wields Religion to Challenge Iran’s Theocracy__ **** By MICHAEL SLACKMAN Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, who played a role in the founding of the Islamic Republic, has emerged as the spiritual leader of the opposition.

**** __Survey of Pakistan’s Young Predicts ‘Disaster’ if Their Needs Aren’t Addressed__ **** By SABRINA TAVERNISE A majority of the country’s young people think the nation is on the wrong course, and they are divided between a preference for democracy and Islamic law, a report says.

**** __In Turkey, Trial Casts Wide Net of Mistrust__ **** By DAN BILEFSKY The investigation of an underground group known as Ergenekon has strained ties between a secular elite and a growing population of observant Muslims.

**** __Blanche Lincoln Cements Role at Heart of Health Debate__ **** By CARL HULSE In advance of her re-election bid next year, Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas sided with her fellow Democrats for one vote, but was cautious about the overall health bill.

****ON THE HILL**** **** __Legislative Pileup Looms in the Senate__ **** By CARL HULSE Even popular bills and generally acceptable nominees have had to traverse a procedural thicket.

**** __Enthusiasm for Palin, and Echoes of 2008 Divide__ **** By KATE ZERNIKE On her book tour, Sarah Palin has skipped the big cities authors usually visit in favor of smaller places where she and Senator John McCain performed well on the presidential ticket. ****DRIVEN TO DISTRACTION**** **** __High-Tech Baby Sitters Get Drivers Off Phone__ **** By SAM GROBART Which is safer: technology that disables a cellphone in a moving car, or that makes the conversation completely hands-free?

****BACK TO BUSINESS**** **** __Wall St. Finds Profits Again, Now by Reducing Mortgages__ **** By LOUISE STORY Investment funds are buying mortgages, trimming some of them to the benefit of homeowners, and shifting any risk to the federal government.

**** __Best Soup Ever? Suits Over Ads Demand Proof__ **** By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD Companies that were once content to fight in store aisles and on commercials are choosing a different route — formal grievances challenging their competitors’ claims.