TOP NEWS
Medicare Plan for Payments Irks Hospitals
By ROBERT PEAR
The government plans to reward hospitals that hold down costs and penalize those whose patients prove most expensive.
In Japan, a Culture That Promotes Nuclear Dependency
By MARTIN FACKLER and NORIMITSU ONISHI
Tokyo has showered generous subsidies, payouts and jobs on local communities that host or expand nuclear power plants.
Germany, in Reversal, Will Close Nuclear Plants by 2022 - Moody's Warns of Possible Downgrade to Japan's Debt Rating
Housing Index Is Expected to Show a New Low in Prices
By DAVID STREITFELD
The
downward spiral of the housing market, which experts expect will
continue, has not only lowered home ownership, but tarnished a piece of
the American dream.
QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"Most
people still want the big house with the big lot in the desirable
school district in the suburbs. No one ever renovated the kitchen or
redid a room for the kids in a rental. I think - I hope - we'll be O.K."
DOUGLAS C. YEARLEY JR., chief executive of Toll Brothers, on the downturn in the housing market.
N.Y. / Region
Slide Show:
An Arboreal Census of Central Park
A tour of the trees in Central Park with Ken Chaya and Edward Sibley Barnard.
Opinion
Room For Debate
Testing Students to Grade Teachers
What do we know about using student achievement tests to judge teacher performance?
WORLD
Malabo Journal
U.S. Engages With an Iron Leader in Equatorial Guinea
By ADAM NOSSITER
Despite a poor human rights record, the U.S. still broadly engages with the country's dictator, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.
From Spain, Charges Against 20 in the Killing of 6 Priests in El Salvador in 1989
By ELISABETH MALKIN
The
killing of six Jesuit priests, as well as their housekeeper and her
daughter, was a watershed moment in El Salvador's brutal civil war.
Egypt's Christians Fear Violence as Changes Embolden Islamists
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
A
surge of sectarian violence in Cairo has turned Christian-Muslim
tensions into one of the gravest threats to the revolution's stability.
U.S.
Putting a Crimp in the Hookah
By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
Although water pipes are commonly viewed as less dangerous to health than cigarettes, they are just as bad, researchers say.
Once-Stately Trees Tell a Tale of Destruction in Joplin
By A.G. SULZBERGER
The thick skeletons of oak, elm and hickory trees stand sentinel over a wasteland.
Sidebar
Justice Stevens Is Off the Bench but Not Out of Opinions
By ADAM LIPTAK
Justice
John Paul Stevens may be 91 and retired, but he appears more active
than ever - making speeches, writing a book and telling people what he
thinks of recent decisions.
BUSINESS
DealBook
Madoff Victim Seeks Divorce Do-Over
By PETER LATTMAN
When
Steven Simkin and Laura Blank divorced and split their assets, the
largest chunk of money was invested with Bernard Madoff, and Mr. Simkin
is now suing to revise the deal.
Not a Flashy Investor, Just Successful
By JULIE CRESWELL
Martin
Sass runs a boutique investment firm with $8 billion in assets. He
doesn't believe in get-rich-quick schemes and has "a healthy degree of
paranoia."
China's Economy Slows, but Inflation Still Looms
By KEITH BRADSHER
The
big question now is how much economic growth may slow, before the
authorities shift their priority from controlling inflation to revving
the growth engine.
SPORTS
Accusations Are Replaced by Anger at FIFA
By JERÉ LONGMAN
FIFA has repeatedly faced charges of corruption while operating with a lack of transparency and little oversight.
Post a CommentMets 7, Pirates 3
Reyes Goes on Leave, and Mets Slug 15 Hits
By KEN BELSON
After Jose Reyes left the club on bereavement leave, the Mets juggled their lineup and found a way to beat the Pirates.
Yankees 5, Athletics 0
With Shutout, Colon Continues to Be a Surprise
By BEN SHPIGEL
Bartolo Colon retired 23 of his first 26 hitters, allowing four hits, in the Yankees victory in Oakland.
ARTS
Art Review
A Storied Paradise, Tempered by Reality
By HOLLAND COTTER
"Bali:
Art, Ritual, Performance," an exhibition at the Asian Art Museum in San
Francisco, strikes a balance between exoticism and realism.
Suspended In Space, 103 Stories Over Chicago
By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN
The
Ledge, a series of glass boxes that extend off the 103rd floor of the
Willis Tower in Chicago, gives visitors a unique perspective on the
world.
Does Money Grow on Art Market Trees? Not for Everyone
By ROBIN POGREBIN and KEVIN FLYNN
Not
all contemporary artists are enjoying a surge in the value of their
work. Prices for the work of some, including Eric Fischl and Francesco
Clemente, have declined or stayed flat at auction.
SCIENCE TIMES
Groundwater Depletion Is Detected From Space
By FELICITY BARRINGER
Scientists
have used small variations in the Earth's gravity to identify trouble
spots around the globe where people are making unsustainable demands on
groundwater.
A Conversation With Ellen Bialystok
The Bilingual Advantage
By CLAUDIA DREIFUS
Among other benefits, the regular use of two languages appears to delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease symptoms.
Inspectors Pierce Iran's Cloak of Nuclear Secrecy
By WILLIAM J. BROAD
The world's atomic watchdogs unveiled new details of what they call "possible military dimensions" of Iran's nuclear program.
Graphic: New Evidence on Iran's Nuclear AspirationsEDITORIALS
Editorial
The Numbers Are Grim
The economy is not growing nearly fast enough to dent unemployment, but help is not forthcoming.
Editorial
Gov. Christie Abandons a Good Idea
New Jersey's self-proclaimed "clean-energy advocate" has proved to be anything but.
Editorial
Making Data Roam
A
new federal rule requires wireless broadband providers to offer data
roaming on reasonable terms. That goes for the giants, too.
Editorial
Crossing the Church-State Divide by Ark
Kentucky's citizens should ask themselves if a Bible-based theme park is really the best use of taxpayer dollars.
OP-ED
Op-Ed Contributor
Sudan's Peaceful Partition, at Risk
By DOUGLAS H. JOHNSON
Sudan
is on the verge of civil war, and the North's occupation of Abyei could
reignite the conflict between North and South unless foreign powers use
their leverage to stop it.
Op-Ed Columnist
It's Not About You
By DAVID BROOKS
America needs to adjust its message to college graduates.
Op-Ed Columnist
The Good Banker
By JOE NOCERA
Finally, an insider who's willing to tell the truth about banking.
Op-Ed Columnist
DSK and Conspiracy Theory
By ROGER COHEN
The greater a society's culture of dependency, the more its citizens will tend to see hidden hands at work everywhere.
Op-Ed Contributor
The Right Way to Shrink Prisons
By SHIMA BARADARAN
How judges can safely release more pretrial defendants.
