TOP NEWS
Hospitals Performed Needless Double CT Scans, Records Show
By WALT BOGDANICH and JO CRAVEN McGINTY
Hundreds
of hospitals across the country needlessly exposed patients to
radiation by scanning their chests twice on the same day, records
indicate.
2 Top Lawyers Lost to Obama in Libya War Policy Debate
By CHARLIE SAVAGE
President
Obama rejected the views of the lawyers when he decided he had the
authority to continue U.S. participation in Libya without Congressional
authorization.
U.S. Pressing Its Crackdown Against Leaks
By SCOTT SHANE
The
case of Stephen J. Kim, an arms expert, is next in line in the Obama
administration's unprecedented crackdown against leaks to the media.
QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"These politicians just don't realize how important that one $240 check is."
FRANK BALLESTEROS, 62, whose unemployment benefits will run out next week because Arizona legislators declined an extension with federal money.
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The Week in Privacy (Just Between Us)
By PETER CATAPANO
How much should the F.B.I., the C.I.A. and Mark Zuckerberg know about the lives of American citizens?
WORLD
In Libya, More Novice Soldiers in Defense of Qaddafi
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
With
professional soldiers called away to rebel hot spots, amateurs are an
increasingly important part of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi's defense of the
capital.
Violent Clashes as Thousands Protest in Cities Across Syria
By ANTHONY SHADID
Deaths and injuries are reported as government forces attack demonstrators in two large cities.
Syrian Town Is Strained by Flood of Refugees
By LIAM STACK
Syrian security forces were coming nearer to makeshift refugee camps lining the border with Turkey.
U.S.
In the Town of Phil Campbell, a Gathering of Phil Campbells
By KIM SEVERSON
What
started as a joke, a centennial celebration for Phil Campbell, Ala.,
turned into a relief effort in the aftermath of a tornado that killed 26
people in the little town.
Frozen Dead Guy Festival for Sale (the Man Himself Stays on Ice)
By KIRK JOHNSON
The
Nederland Area Chamber of Commerce is selling the name and rights to
their annual late-winter "Frozen Dead Guy Days," festival.
Meditating in Silence as the Fire Draws Near
By MARC LACEY
The
outside world, in the form of a huge wildfire, threatens the serenity
of 39 Buddhists living in seclusion and silence who are about six months
into a planned three-year retreat.
BUSINESS
For Want of a Word, Arizona's Jobless Lose Checks
By CATHERINE RAMPELL
Because
of ideological opposition and other priorities, Arizona and some other
states have not made the change needed to keep federally financed
unemployment checks going.
A Watchdog Professor, Now Defending Himself
By DAVID CARR and JOHN SCHWARTZ
David
Protess made a name for himself as the Innocence Project he led
exonerated a dozen wrongly convicted defendants. Then he locked horns
with a prosecutor.
DealBook
Abracadabra! Magic Trumps Math at Web Start-Ups
By MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED
Internet start-ups are using a variety of nonstandard financial approaches to spin their results into a more favorable light.
SPORTS
Highest Praise for McIlroy Comes From Inside the Ropes
By BILL PENNINGTON
Phil
Mickelson was one of many who watched Rory McIlroy's record-setting
shotmaking in wonder during the second round of the United States Open.
U.S. Open Leader Board - McIlroy Runs Away With the Lead
- White House Memo: Obama vs. Boehner: Tee-Off Time
A Normal Teenager, Who's Playing in the Open
By JULIET MACUR
At 16, Beau Hossler is the youngest player at the Open this week - and one of the youngest in Open history.
Angels 4, Mets 3
Mets' Resilience Falls Flat for a Night
By ANDREW KEH
The
Mets have been consistent in their inconsistency this season, and on
Friday they suffered their second straight one-run loss.
ARTS
American Star Shines in Hall of Mirrors
By MAÏA DE LA BAUME
Craig Ferguson tapes a week of "The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson" in Paris.
Slide ShowNo Season for Loners: People (and Penguins) Stick Together in Films
By MICHAEL CIEPLY
What
is the force bringing people together in the plots of the spring crop
of movies, from "Thor" to "The Hangover Part II"? The economy?
Evolution? Twitter?
Video Game Review
14 Years of Waiting Have Come to an End
By SETH SCHIESEL
The video game Duke Nukem Forever has been released after 14 years of development.
TRAVEL
Back to Provence
By NICHOLAS DELBANCO
Forty years after the honeymoon, a couple returns. What has changed more, the landscape or them?
36 Hours in Newport, R.I.
By FREDA MOON
This
harbor town is more than model ships and mansions: upstart restaurants,
a boisterous night life and a beachy surf culture belie Newport's staid
reputation.
Footsteps
Blood, Sand, Sherry: Hemingway's Madrid
By DAVID FARLEY
Ernest Hemingway loved Madrid, leaving a distinct, mostly booze-stained trail.
EDITORIALS
Editorial
Debt Limit Endgame
Damage control may be the best outcome to hope for in the negotiations between the White House and Republicans.
Editorial
Syria's Nightmare
It is past time for President Assad to "get out of the way."
Editorial
The Treaty and the Law
Congress should pass a law to ensure that foreign nationals who are arrested are told of their right to contact their embassy.
Editorial
A Book at the Beach
With
sand, seawater, suntan lotion, melting ice cream and who knows what
else blowing by, can you actually read while relaxing seaside?
OP-ED
Op-Ed Contributor
How to End the N.F.L. Deadlock
By ARLEN SPECTER
Congress can - and should - intervene to force a resolution to the dispute.
Op-Ed Columnist
The Banking Miracle
By JOE NOCERA
The Glass-Steagall Act, signed into law in 1933, was amazingly radical, not just for its time, but for any time.
Op-Ed Columnist
Remembrances of My Father
By CHARLES M. BLOW
Regardless
of how damaged the relationship, it's always possible for a father to
leave a stamp of love - no matter how small or seemingly inconsequential
- on his child.
Op-Ed Contributor
Arab Spring, Kurdish Summer
By SEBAHAT TUNCEL
It is time for Turkey's oppressed Kurdish minority to demand greater autonomy and freedom.
