TOP NEWS
Justices Rule for Wal-Mart in Class-Action Bias Case
By ADAM LIPTAK
The
Supreme Court ruled for Wal-Mart in blocking a lawsuit that had sought
to consolidate claims of up to 1.5 million women who worked there.
A Blow for Big Cases, and Lawyers Who Bring Them - Despite Setback, Plaintiffs to Pursue Wal-Mart Cases
Assad Offers Path to Change in Syria, but Few Specifics
By ANTHONY SHADID
President Bashar al-Assad has offered a dialogue, but the question remains: If the government is sincere, whom would it talk to?
As Secession Nears, Sudan Steps Up Drive to Stop Rebels
By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN
Demanding
political reform and autonomy, tens of thousands of rebel fighters in
the Nuba Mountains have refused the Sudanese government's threat to
disarm.
QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"Humans want nothing more than to connect, and the companies that are
connecting us electronically want to know who's saying what, where. As a
result, we're more known than ever before."
Susan Crawford, a professor at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.
Science
Slide Show:
Historical Health Advertisements
A
selection of posters from the art exhibit "Health for Sale: Posters
from the William H. Helfand Collection" at the Philadelphia Museum of
Art.
Opinion
Room for Debate
A Death Blow to Class Action?
By
siding with Wal-Mart, the Supreme Court has signaled that it wants job
bias disputes handled in the workplace, not the courts.
WORLD
Ex-Tunisian President Found Guilty, in Absentia
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
Zine el Abidine Ben Ali and his wife received prison sentences and fines for embezzlement and misuse of funds.
Protests Aside, Yemen's Leader Has His Followers
By LAURA KASINOF
Backers of President Ali Abdullah Saleh have varied motivations, but many cite a sense of security in Sana.
Libyan Media Minders Nervous After Guard Death
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
A guard assigned to protect a pro-Qaddafi journalist was killed over the weekend, possibly by rebel snipers.
U.S.
Murder Rate and Fear Rise in Puerto Rico
By LIZETTE ALVAREZ
As
the number of murders in Puerto Rico is approaching a record high,
police are rolling out new strategies to bring the crime rate under
control while residents try to protect themselves.
Levees Save a Farmhouse, but Farming Is Still a Risk
By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON
Todd
Hart and his family saved their place from flooding by building levees
in a matter of days. A decision on whether to keep farming may take
longer.
Upending Anonymity, These Days the Web Unmasks Everyone
By BRIAN STELTER
Pervasive
social media services, cheap cellphone cameras, free photo and video
Web hosts have made privacy all but a thing of the past.
BUSINESS
Vote of Confidence Is Only the First Step for Greece
By GRAHAM BOWLEY
If the government wins a vote of confidence, it will also win an immediate infusion of cash that will tide it over.
Map: Debt Rising in EuropeNew Hurdle Is Placed for Loan to Greece
By RACHEL DONADIO and NIKI KITSANTONIS
Euro
zone finance ministers decided Monday to delay a loan payment to the
struggling country, making delivery contingent on the successful passage
of a confidence vote on new austerity measures.
Health Law in a Swirl of Forecasts
By MILT FREUDENHEIM
A
survey by McKinsey & Company about health coverage under the new
law has come under fire, while other polls show conflicting predictions.
SPORTS
Power Broker Steps Down After Years of Whispers
By JERÉ LONGMAN and DOREEN CARVAJAL
Jack Warner, who resigned as vice president of FIFA and president of Concacaf, was a polarizing figure for decades.
Yankees 5, Reds 3
Potential on Display, Nova Dismantles Powerful Reds
By BEN SHPIGEL
The right-hander retired 24 of the last 26 hitters he faced in holding Cincinnati to four hits over eight innings.
- Box Score | Inning by Inning
- Bats: Yanks' Newcomer Is Ready for Second Time Around
- Pujols Is Likely to Be Out Six Weeks
Baseball Commissioner Rejects Dodgers' TV Deal
By RICHARD SANDOMIR
Bud Selig denied a proposed television deal by the Los Angeles Dodgers, scrambling its financial future.
ARTS
Hoping to Survive This Round. Literally.
By BRIAN STELTER
In
"101 Ways to Leave a Game Show," beginning on Tuesday on ABC,
contestants try to avoid being ejected over cliffs, out of cannons or
off of trucks.
Video ExcerptThe TV Watch
Viewers Still Drool for Frosting Fantasies
By ALESSANDRA STANLEY
There
seem to be as many cream-filled series on cable as there are cupcake
flavors at Crumbs. On Tuesday "Staten Island Cakes" and a documentary,
"Kings of Pastry," are being added to the mix.
ArtsBeat
The 'Killing' Finale: Clearer Than You Thought
By GINIA BELLAFANTE
The
first season of AMC's "The Killing'' ended on Sunday night with what
many viewers and most critics believe was an ambiguous conclusion. I do
not share that view.
Post a CommentSCIENCE TIMES
In Tiny Worm, Unlocking Secrets of the Brain
By NICHOLAS WADE
Studying the nervous system of the roundworm is a promising approach for understanding the human brain.
Graphic: Mapping a Roundworm's BrainRecomposing Life's Details From Scraps
By DAVID STOUT
Frank
Bender, a forensic sculptor, is trying to help investigators identify a
woman whose decomposed remains were found by a deer hunter in 2001.
Books
A Feat of Engineering That Doubles as a Home
By HENRY FOUNTAIN
"Avian
Architecture" provides what it calls "case studies" of each of 10 broad
categories of nests, with photographs and detailed drawings.
EDITORIALS
Editorial
Wal-Mart Wins. Workers Lose.
The Supreme Court makes it harder and more expensive to seek class-action remedies.
Editorial
Doing Right by the Poorest Countries
The big trading nations need to fulfill their promises to help the world's poorest nations rise out of destitution.
Editorial
Hypocrisy, Locked and Loaded
Congress
needs to be candid about how loophole-ridden laws have created a huge
market for guns, and it should re-enact the assault weapons ban and
impose other needed controls.
Appreciations | Serge Schmemann
Elena Georgievna Bonner, a True Human Rights Activist for 40 Years
By SERGE SCHMEMANN
The Soviet dissident and widow of Andrei Sakharov told the truth, even when it didn't advance her cause.
OP-ED
Op-Ed Contributor
Legal Acrobatics, Illegal War
By BRUCE ACKERMAN
The legal acrobatics President Obama has used to justify war without Congressional consent set a dangerous precedent.
Op-Ed Columnist
Smart Power Setback
By DAVID BROOKS
Discouraging
reports about aid in Afghanistan should drive us to consider the deeper
forces underlying societal instability. Hint: It's not always about the
material stuff.
Op-Ed Columnist
Banking's Moment of Truth
By JOE NOCERA
Why banks shouldn't win the fight over capital requirements.
Op-Ed Contributor
The Sun Is the Best Optometrist
By SANDRA AAMODT and SAM WANG
Too much time indoors can damage the eye's development.
Op-Ed Columnist
The Great Greek Illusion
By ROGER COHEN
Greece
was never ready to join the euro zone. But Europe's union required an
Athenian imprimatur, so everyone turned a blind eye.
