NY+Times+30+oct

 **** __Lapses Kept Scheme Alive, Madoff Told Investigators__ **** By DIANA B. HENRIQUES Nobody was more surprised that the Securities and Exchange Commission did not discover Bernard L. Madoff’s enormous Ponzi scheme years ago than Mr. Madoff himself.

**** __Schools Are Where Stimulus Saved Jobs, New Data Show__ **** By MICHAEL COOPER and RON NIXON Preliminary data showed that of the 640,239 jobs created or saved by stimulus funds, more than half were jobs in education while only 80,000 were in construction.

**** __Family Fights Odds, Retrieving Kidnapped Girl__ **** By NINA BERNSTEIN This winter in China, Olivia Karolys, an illegal Mexican immigrant from New York, lost her daughter to her estranged husband. They were reunited on Thursday.

**** __French Ideal of Bicycle-Sharing Meets Reality__ **** By STEVEN ERLANGER and MAÏA DE LA BAUME Paris’s bike-rental system has inspired a new urban ethos, along with some old urban curses: vandalism and theft.

**** __Chirac Ordered to Face Trial in France__ **** By ALAN COWELL If his case comes to trial, Jacques Chirac will be the first former French head of state to be prosecuted for corruption.

**** __Deal Set to Restore Ousted Honduran President__ **** By GINGER THOMPSON and ELISABETH MALKIN The de facto government agreed to a deal that would allow Manuel Zelaya, the deposed president, to return to office, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton confirmed on Friday.

**** __Deal in Senate on Protecting News Sources__ **** By CHARLIE SAVAGE The White House, top Senate Democrats and a coalition of news organizations reached a tentative deal on providing protection to reporters who refuse to identify sources.

**** __Prayers and Criticism in Wake of Detroit Imam’s Killing by F.B.I.__ **** By SUSAN SAULNY Federal court papers described Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah as a separatist Muslim intent on overthrowing the United States government.

**** __Obama Lifts a Ban on Entry Into U.S. by H.I.V.-Positive People__ **** By JULIA PRESTON Fulfilling a campaign promise, the president moved to end a 22-year-long restriction he said was “rooted in fear rather than fact.”

**** __Burden of Safety Law Imperils Small Toymakers__ **** By LESLIE WAYNE The law requiring safety standards for products used by children is costly for handcrafters and small businesses.

**** __Pushing Fresh Produce Instead of Cookies at the Corner Market__ **** By KEVIN GRANVILLE Cities across the country like Newark and Cleveland are joining in a new effort to improve the diets of low-income residents.

**** __Injunction Sought to Keep A.I.G. Assets in California__ **** By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH Lawyers in California asked a judge to bar A.I.G. from transferring money out of the state, out of concern the company may not have enough assets to back its policies.