TOP NEWS
Chaos in Yemen Drives Economy to Edge of Ruin
By ROBERT F. WORTH and LAURA KASINOF
Even
if its political situation stabilizes and the fighting ends, Yemen
faces an economic collapse with shortages of oil, electricity and water
and rising food prices.
Moody's Warns of Downgrade for U.S. Credit
By JACKIE CALMES and CARL HULSE
The
unexpected report from Moody's puts a spur to sputtering talks between
party leaders and the White House to reach an agreement on a long-term
deficit-reduction plan.
E-Mail Fraud Hides Behind Friendly Face
By MATT RICHTEL and VERNE G. KOPYTOFF
The
Gmail attacks Google disclosed used a rapidly proliferating form of
e-mail fraud called spear phishing to steal passwords and monitor
accounts.
QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"This happens in Missouri. This happens in Kansas. This doesn't happen in Massachusetts."
BOB HORACEK, a landlord in Monson, Mass., whose apartment building was damaged by a tornado.
Magazine
Video:
Life and Death in Diepsloot
The Times's Barry Bearak examines the culture of crime and xenophobia in a town in South Africa. Warning: This video contains graphic scenes.
Opinion
Opinionator
Fall of the Wild
By TIMOTHY EGAN
Can there really be no possible alternative to California's plan to close one-fourth of its state parks?
WORLD
Syria Continues Attacks on Protesters While Calling for Dialogue
By LIAM STACK and SEBNEM ARSU
Government
forces shelled a string of towns even as Secretary of State Hillary
Rodham Clinton warned President Bashar al-Assad that his legitimacy had
"nearly run out."
Iraq Arrests Seen as Effort to Squelch More Protests
By JACK HEALY and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT
Rights
group see recent arrests in Baghdad as an attempt to nip dissent in the
bud, while fatal explosions in Ramadi raise new concerns about
security.
House Sets Votes on Two Resolutions Critical of U.S. Role in Libyan Conflict
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER and CHARLIE SAVAGE
The efforts, from the Republican leadership and a liberal Democrat, highlight tensions over a president's ability to wage war.
U.S.
Chemicals in Farm Runoff Rattle States on the Mississippi
By LESLIE KAUFMAN
Runoff
from the Mississippi River that has agricultural chemicals in it
threatens to create the largest dead zone ever in the Gulf of Mexico.
Rural Legislators' Power Ebbs as Populations Shift
By A. G. SULZBERGER
As
state capitals tackle the contentious work of redrawing legislative
districts, one sure loser will be rural representation, even in states
like Nebraska.
Six Dead in Southern Arizona Shooting, Including Gunman's Ex-Wife and Her Lawyer
By MARC LACEY
A
man who was apparently upset over a contentious divorce killed his ex
wife, his ex-wife's lawyer and three others in the border city of Yuma,
before killing himself.
BUSINESS
DealBook
A Trader, an F.B.I. Witness, and Then a Suicide
By PETER LATTMAN and WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM
The
widow of Ephraim G. Karpel says that being pressed by the F.B.I. to
record conversations about Wall Street trading drove her husband to
despair.
Legal Outsourcing Firms Creating Jobs for American Lawyers
By HEATHER TIMMONS
Companies
that added to the financial woes of the American legal profession by
sending work to low-cost countries are now creating jobs for lawyers in
the United States.
DealBook
Groupon Plans I.P.O. With $30 Billion Valuation
By EVELYN M. RUSLI and MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED
The social buying site Groupon filed to go public, with plans to raise an estimated $750 million.
Post a CommentSPORTS
Mavericks 95, Heat 93
Nowitzki Pulls Dallas Out of Hole to New Life
By JONATHAN ABRAMS
Dirk Nowitzki made a layup with three seconds to play as Dallas rallied from a 15-point deficit in the final quarter.
Marion's Shot Isn't Pretty, but It's Pretty Successful
By HOWARD BECK
Shawn Marion has come through for the Dallas Mavericks despite a jump shot that makes other N.B.A. players cringe.
Analysis
Collins Picks His Spots to Rant, but Doesn't Hold Back
By DAVID WALDSTEIN
The 62-year-old Mets manager, a combative, hypercompetitive baseball man, has limited his outbursts this season.
ARTS
Jazz in June: Sorting Through the Abundance
By BEN RATLIFF and NATE CHINEN
Three festivals are bringing jazz to New York this month, but the landscape is quite different from that of past years.
Art Review
Behold the Anonymous Downtrodden
By KEN JOHNSON
Boris Mikhailov's photographs of homeless people in Ukraine are not for the squeamish.
Fearless Ascent, as a God or a Jet
By GIA KOURLAS
At
just 20, Chase Finlay is a rising force at New York City Ballet. He has
triumphed recently in his roles as the god Apollo and as Tony in Jerome
Robbins's "West Side Story Suite."
MOVIES
Movie Review | 'X-Men: First Class'
Born That Way, and Proud Of It
By MANOHLA DARGIS
This latest installment of the "X-Men" series reaches back to the early 1960s for an origin story of mutants.
Movie Review | 'Beginners'
Remembering When Dad Came Out
By MANOHLA DARGIS
Christopher Plummer and Ewan McGregor star in "Beginners," a wistful memory piece about a straight son and his dying gay father.
Movie Review | 'Film Socialisme'
On a Mediterranean Cruise Ship Steered by a Godardian Crew
By A. O. SCOTT
"Film
Socialisme," Jean-Luc Godard's latest work to arrive in America, is an
assemblage of vignettes, allusions and tracts, by turns provocative,
grating, gorgeous and tiresome.
EDITORIALS
Editorial
When States Punish Women
Federal officials are right to block the Republican drive against Planned Parenthood.
Editorial
About That Precedent
The justices upheld a ban on corporate donations to candidates. Now Judge Cacheris can.
Editorial
The High Cost of Cheap Meat
Some
of the most important antibiotics ever developed should be used to
treat sick humans, not to promote growth among farm animals.
Editorial
Taking New Jersey for a Ride
After
asking sacrifices from the citizens of New Jersey, Gov. Chris Christie
was using a State Police helicopter for nonstate business.
OP-ED
Op-Ed Contributors
Heavy in School, Burdened for Life
By CHRISTY M. GLASS, STEVEN A. HAAS AND ERIC N. REITHER
Being overweight affects economic outcomes, not just health.
Op-Ed Columnist
The Mistake of 2010
By PAUL KRUGMAN
A look at some recent dismal economic data shows the results of a pivot away from jobs to other concerns.
Op-Ed Columnist
The Depravity Factor
By DAVID BROOKS
Peace cannot be found without acknowledging and wrestling with a government's moral character.
Op-Ed Columnist
A White Woman From Kansas
By ROGER COHEN
Barack Obama's mother, long relegated to a bit role, emerges in a new biography as a major influence.
Op-Ed Contributor
A Heritage in Ruins
By ANN MARLOWE
Why is Afghanistan letting its cultural sites fall to pieces?
