New York Times Top Online Stories: Tue 11/16/10

The New York Times lead headline online early Tuesday morning says "Europe Fears That Debt Crisis Is Ready to Spread." The paper says European Union officials are concerned that a crisis like the one that hit Greece could spread to Ireland and Portugal.

It says a system intended to put more power in the hands of citizens has been limited and circumvented by officials who can simply retry cases several times.

The paper says after finding abnormally thin eggshells in the wild, researchers suspect that California condors are being contaminated by the sea lions they eat.

The Times says for the United States, night raids have put pressure on the Taliban. For President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan, they are a rising political liability.

It says Apple is expected to announce that it has struck a deal with the Beatles, the best-selling band of all time, and their record company, EMI, to sell their music on iTunes.

And the most popular story is an op-ed by Paul Krugman which says on Wednesday David Axelrod, President Obama’s top political adviser, appeared to signal that the White House was ready to cave on tax cuts — to give in to Republican demands that tax cuts be extended for the wealthy as well as the middle class.