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Top News Optimism Faces Grave Realities at Climate Talks By CORAL DAVENPORT Even as United Nations negotiators expressed optimism that they may finally achieve an elusive deal, experts caution that it probably will not be enough to stave off the near-term impact of global warming. Hong Kong Police Turn Back Pro-Democracy Demonstrators By CHRIS BUCKLEY and AUSTIN RAMZY The police used pepper spray to try to subdue thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators who surged around the Hong Kong leader's offices in an escalation of the protests. Ebola Now Preoccupies Once-Skeptical Leader in Guinea By ADAM NOSSITER President Alpha Condé, whose bureaucracy once played down the Ebola epidemic to avoid scaring investors, has become aggressively involved in the fight. For more top news, go to NYTimes.com »

Editors' Picks TECHNOLOGY Working the Land and the Data By QUENTIN HARDY Technology offers some family-owned farms an opportunity to thrive and compete with giant agribusinesses. OPINION | OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR The Billionaires' Park By DAVID CALLAHAN Public spaces are increasingly built and cared for with private funds.

QUOTATION OF THE DAY "While shaving I think of Ebola, while eating I think of Ebola, while sleeping I think of Ebola. When you are at war, how can you think of anything else?" PRESIDENT ALPHA CONDÉ OF GUINEA, who has aggressively led his nation's fight against the disease after initially playing down its threat.

Today's Videos  VIDEO: Power Line Fears News media coverage in the 1980s and early 1990s fueled fears of a national cancer epidemic caused by power lines and generated a debate that still lingers today.  Related Article  VIDEO: Gun Play for Grownups A married couple bonds over their shared love of the local shooting range.  Related Article  VIDEO: Movies, Meet Theme Park To increase attendance, theaters are trying to redefine the moviegoing experience with amenities and effects like mist, scents and moving seats.  Related Article For more video, go to NYTimes.com/Video »

World Qatar Frees U.S. Couple in Death of Daughter By SHABINA S. KHATRI and RICK GLADSTONE After being cleared in Qatar of wrongdoing in the death of their daughter, an American couple was held by immigration officials when trying to depart Doha's airport. Russian Money Suspected Behind Fracking Protests By ANDREW HIGGINS Circumstantial evidence, plus large dollops of Cold War-style suspicion, have added to mounting alarm over covert Russian meddling to block threats to its energy stranglehold on Europe. Egyptian President Won't Pursue Action Against Mubarak By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK A day after a court dropped all charges against the former leader, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said he would not try to hold him accountable for abuses. For more world news, go to NYTimes.com/World »

U.S. Churches Urge Healing, but Also Activism, After Stormy Week in Ferguson By MONICA DAVEY, MITCH SMITH and JOHN ELIGON At worship services around the region, clergy on Sunday called for recovery and healing after a week of tensions and chaos in Ferguson, Mo. West Virginia Coal Country Sees New Era as Donald Blankenship Is Indicted By TRIP GABRIEL Deadly coal mining disasters are nothing new to West Virginia, but a 2010 explosion is different in one important respect: A C.E.O., Donald L. Blankenship, is being charged over the 29 lives lost. Old Tactic Gets New Use: Public Schools Separate Girls and Boys By MOTOKO RICH Single-sex classes are increasingly common in the nation's public schools, particularly in poor areas, prompting new scrutiny. For more U.S. news, go to NYTimes.com/US »

Politics Boehner Faces the First Days of New Power in Congress By CARL HULSE and JEREMY W. PETERS Speaker John A. Boehner is working to persuade the G.O.P. rank and file that engaging in a politically explosive spending confrontation is the wrong way to counter the White House. Obama Plans Meetings on Ferguson Unrest at the White House By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS The president is to talk on Monday with members of his cabinet, young civil rights leaders and officials from communities around the country. Case Seeking Job Protections for Pregnant Women Heads to Supreme Court By ADAM LIPTAK A United Parcel Service driver who was placed on unpaid leave over restrictions on lifting claims a violation of federal law. UPS, which later changed its policy, says it treated her like comparable workers. For more political news, go to NYTimes.com/Politics »

Business Thanksgiving Weekend Sales, at Stores and Online, Slide 11 Percent By HIROKO TABUCHI Discounts were fierce, but spending and traffic still fell. Experts were puzzled, but remained upbeat on prospects for the entire holiday season. An Art Form Rises: Audio Without the Book By ALEXANDRA ALTER "The Starling Project," a thriller by Jeffery Deaver, went straight to audiobook on Audible. In fact, Mr. Deaver's story will not be appearing in print at all. A Last Hurrah for 'Night at the Museum' Franchise, and for Robin Williams By MICHAEL CIEPLY "Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb," which opens in the United States on Dec. 19, features Robin Williams in his final film role. For more business news, go to NYTimes.com/Business »

Technology Working the Land and the Data By QUENTIN HARDY Technology offers some family-owned farms an opportunity to thrive and compete with giant agribusinesses. Star Witness in Apple Lawsuit Is Steve Jobs By BRIAN X. CHEN The Apple co-founder's emails in past lawsuits - a mix of blunt threats and cheery financial promises - have made him an exceptional witness against his own company, even from beyond the grave. For more technology news, go to NYTimes.com/Technology »

Sports JAGUARS 25, GIANTS 24 A Certain Win for the Giants? Not So Fast By TOM SPOUSTA The Giants appeared to be saved by a 33-yard Josh Brown field goal with 3 minutes 26 seconds to play, but Josh Scobee delivered a winning 43-yarder with 28 seconds left. A Big Man Shrinks Into a New Role By BILLY WITZ Marc Gasol, who "looks like he lost 50 pounds," according to one teammate, was averaging 20.2 points a game entering Sunday amid speculation he might leave the Memphis Grizzlies as a free agent. Missing for Four Days, Kosta Karageorge, an Ohio State Defensive Lineman, Is Found Dead By TIM ROHAN The police told news media outlets that they found the body of the 22-year-old Kosta Karageorge in a trash bin. For more sports news, go to NYTimes.com/Sports »

Arts DANCE REVIEW New Sugarplum Memories By GIA KOURLAS Philip Henry Duclos plays the Nutcracker and Sterling Hyltin the Sugarplum Fairy in "George Balanchine's The Nutcracker," from New York City Ballet. BOOKS OF THE TIMES Funny, This Little Town Is Full of C.I.A. Operatives By JANET MASLIN In "The Happiest People in the World," Brock Clarke's latest novel, a cartoonist has to move to upstate New York.

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