News Briefing: At City Opera, Concern Over a Visionary Whose Eye Seems to Wander

• Three European scientists share the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine.  [Associated Press]

• The Board of New York City Opera is slightly taken aback by news that Gerard Mortier is also seeking a directorship in Germany.  [New York Times]

• Across New York, nonprofit organizations are anxiously tracking the demise of longtime donors.  [Washington Post]

• The Make-A-Wish Foundation of America is pushing to revoke the charter of its Rhode Island chapter.  [Boston Globe]