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World 1:48 PM ET	Republicans Consider Changing Electoral Vote Counting to Improve Presidential Odds By ALBERT R. HUNT As more states fall reliably in the Democrat or Republican column, some swing states controlled by Republicans are considering changing how they apportion their Electoral College votes.
Business Day 1:47 PM ET	A Rush to Split Up Big Bank Deposits to Keep Them Safe By NATHANIEL POPPER and JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG Next year, $1.5 trillion of bank deposits will lose an unlimited government guarantee granted during the financial crisis, and boutique firms are offering new shelters for the cash.
Science 1:40 PM ET	Dr. Rita Levi-Montalcini, a Revolutionary in the Study of the Brain, Dies at 103 By BENEDICT CAREY By studying chicken embryos in the bedroom of her house in Turin, Italy, Dr. Levi-Montalcini discovered how embryo cells built a latticework of intricate connections.
Opinion 1:36 PM ET	Is Our Austerians Learning? By PAUL KRUGMAN Not a chance.
U.S. 1:23 PM ET	Newtown Shooting the Worst Day of His Presidency, Obama Says By JOHN M. BRODER The president says he will wait for a report from a task force chaired by the vice president before proposing specific legislation.
Arts 1:20 PM ET	What’s on Monday By ADAM W. KEPLER Television highlights.
Arts 1:14 PM ET	'The Hobbit' Holds Lead at Busy Movie Theaters By BROOKS BARNES "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," distributed by Warner Brothers, took in $32.9 million, for a new three-week domestic total of $222.7 million.
World 1:07 PM ET	Cold Afghan Camps Receive Some Aid, but Shortages Loom By ROD NORDLAND Vikram Singh for The New York Times The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Sunday distributed emergency cold weather supplies to families in a refugee camp where two days earlier a 3-year-old child died of exposure to the cold.
Opinion 1:07 PM ET	The Hostage Drama Begins By PAUL KRUGMAN Here comes very big trouble.
U.S. 12:20 PM ET	Lessons From the 2012 U.S. Election By ALBERT R. HUNT | BLOOMBERG NEWS The presidential election in November revealed the degree to which the United States is a deeply divided country, one in which the news media add complexity to political campaigns.
Business Day 12:10 PM ET	In Europe, Debate Slowly Shifts to Speed of a Recovery By JACK EWING The probability of catastrophe has fallen substantially because of a fundamental change in the way that European leaders are dealing with the crisis.
World 11:05 AM ET	Bomb Kills at Least 19 Shiite Pilgrims in Pakistan By SALMAN MASOOD Banaras Khan/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images The remotely detonated bomb, which struck buses bearing passengers on a religious pilgrimage, also wounded at least 25 people in southwestern Pakistan.
Technology 11:04 AM ET	Several Eras End at One Lower East Side Building By DAVID W. DUNLAP After more than four decades, two married artists are being evicted from a 19th-century synagogue on the Lower East Side where they had found an affordable home even as gentrification crept into the neighborhood.
Technology 11:04 AM ET	Disruptions: Devices on Planes Are Dangerous Because of F.A.A. Rules By NICK BILTON Airbus, via European Pressphoto Agency If the Federal Aviation Administration does not re-evaluate its ban on device use during takeoff and landing, someone will be hurt, but not because of interference with the plane's avionics.
Arts 9:04 AM ET	Game Theory: The Year of Antisocial Gaming By GAVIN PURCELL They say 2012 was the year of the social game. Don't believe them. This was actually the year of the antisocial game.
U.S. 9:03 AM ET	Obama Accuses Republicans of Blocking Tax Compromise By JOHN M. BRODER Pete Souza/The White House, via NBC President Obama, taking a confrontational tone during an appearance on NBC, implored Congress to reach a deal in the next 48 hours but there were indications that negotiations on Capitol Hill were not going well.
Arts 8:28 AM ET	With New Year, Design Geared to Personal Use By ALICE RAWSTHORN IKSV A plethora of experiments in rapidly evolving areas of design, like 3-D printing and other digital production technologies, could eventually benefit millions of people.
Opinion 8:06 AM ET	Empty Promises Patrick Chappatte Next year’s No. 1 resolution.
World 7:32 AM ET	At Delhi Protest Ground, Talk of Causes Behind Violence Against Women By ANJANI TRIVEDI Men spoke of frustration and economic disparity, while women said mothers should teach children better.
Sports 7:09 AM ET	In Walcott, Echoes of King Henry By ROB HUGHES When Thierry Henry was in his pomp at Arsenal, he displayed almost feline speed of movement with impeccable ball skills.Theo Walcott is hoping to evolve into his successor. COPY http://www.nytimes.com