TOP NEWS
Obama Finds Oil in Markets Is Sufficient to Sideline Iran
By ANNIE LOWREY
President
Obama's determination cleared the way for severe new sanctions intended
to slash Iran's oil revenue and press Tehran to abandon its nuclear
ambitions.
In Afghanistan, Businesses Plan Their Own Exits
By GRAHAM BOWLEY and MATTHEW ROSENBERG
Anxiety is
running high in Afghanistan's domestic and international business
communities as the Afghan-United States relationship deteriorates and
the Western drawdown begins.
U.S. and China Press for Influence in Myanmar
By JANE PERLEZ
As strategically
placed Myanmar loosens the grip of dictatorship, each side is doing
whatever it can to gain the country's favor.
QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"I don't have the energy to take the gun again and start fighting. That's why I am looking for a way out."
ABDUL WASAY MANANI, a butcher who, like many Afghan businessmen, is plotting his own exit strategy for when American forces pull out.
U.S.
Slide Show:
A Legacy of Solitary
California has
for decades used long-term solitary confinement as a way to combat the
gang violence in its overcrowded prisons. But the state is now proposing
changes in its policy that could decrease the use of isolation.
Opinion
Op-Ed Contributor
Taking Responsibility for Death
By SUSAN JACOBY
More Americans
should take the initiative to spell out what treatments they do - and do
not - want by writing living wills and appointing health care proxies.
WORLD
Militia Member Drugs and Kills Afghan Colleagues
By FAROOQ JAN MANGAL and MATTHEW ROSENBERG
A member of an
Afghan militia promoted by the American military to protect rural
villages drugged his colleagues and killed at least nine of them as they
slept on Friday, the police chief of Paktika said.
Pressed on All Sides, Leader of Coup in Mali Digs In
By ADAM NOSSITER
Mali's new
Constitution makes Amadou Haya Sanogo the supreme boss and wipes out
Parliament, and the opposition is being harassed. Yet nothing is
settled.
Disabled Britons Say Changes to Aid Endanger Them
By SARAH LYALL
Prime Minister
David Cameron's new get-tough policy has left his coalition government
in conflict with thousands of ill and disabled Britons.
U.S.
Fighting a Drawn-Out Battle Against Solitary Confinement
By ERICA GOODE
California is proposing changes in its efforts against gang violence that could decrease the use of long-term segregation.
Speak Up? Raise Your Hand? That May No Longer Be Necessary
By JAN HOFFMAN
The use of
clickers has spread from classroom pop quizzes to corporate
presentations and church sermons, as efforts increase to encourage
participation and gauge opinions.
Tale of Love and Illness Ends in Deaths
By MATT FLEGENHEIMER
After six decades of marriage and his wife's decline, the author of a poignant essay killed himself and her, too.
BUSINESS
Warned of an Attack on the Internet, and Getting Ready
By SOMINI SENGUPTA
The largely
unseen forces that keep the Internet running have fortified crucial
parts of it after learning of plans for an attack by Anonymous on the
Domain Name System.
A Health Law at Risk Gives Insurers Pause
By REED ABELSON and KATIE THOMAS
Policy experts
and others are weighing the repercussions of the Supreme Court possibly
striking down the entire health care law passed in 2010.
Chinese Company and Employee Deny Any Involvement in Hacking Attacks
By DAVID BARBOZA
After being
accused of attacks across several countries, Tencent, a Chinese Internet
company, and one of its employees suggested that his identity may have
been confused with someone else's.
SPORTS
Hawks 100, Knicks 90
Anthony Is Hurt Late and Knicks Fade Fast
By RAY GLIER
As Jeremy Lin
continued to rest his sore left knee, Carmelo Anthony hurt his groin in
the fourth quarter of the Knicks' loss to Atlanta on Friday night.
Box ScoreBackup to Starter to Phenomenon. Repeat.
By SAM BORDEN
The immense
interest in Tim Tebow started when he was a home-schooled student who
helped turned around his high school football team.
Saints Coach Files Appeal of Suspension; Decision Is Expected Soon
By JUDY BATTISTA
Sean Payton is
scheduled to begin a one-year suspension Sunday for his role in the
team's bounty system, but he will be allowed to keep working while the
decision is being reached.
ARTS
Television Review | 'Great Expectations'
Another Feast for the Jilted Bride
By MIKE HALE
The next
Masterpiece Classic entry on PBS, "Great Expectations," is a BBC
production starring Gillian Anderson, as Miss Havisham, and Ray
Winstone, as Magwitch.
2 Families Tangle Over Diamonds
By PATRICIA COHEN
The fate of the
Aurora Pyramid of Hope, a rare collection of 295 naturally colored
diamonds that has been exhibited in prestigious museums, is being
decided in Surrogate's Court in the Bronx.
Video Game Review
Saving a Dynasty From Enemies Both Familiar and Not
By SETH SCHIESEL
In Crusader Kings II, players aim to build an enduring legacy through centuries of conquest and intrigue.
TRAVEL
Rockers At Sea
By JOE LEVY
Festivals on the waves give music fans a chance to lean on the rails with idols like Kid Rock and Weezer.
Studio Tour Casts Spells Just Like Harry
By SARAH LYALL
A mostly
self-guided tour is now available at two vast Warner Bros. sound studios
on the Leavesden Studios lot, about 20 miles northwest of London, where
the Harry Potter movies were filmed.
36 Hours: Cologne, Germany
By EVAN RAIL
After crossing
off bucket-list items like exploring the cathedral and crawling through
legendary Kölsch pubs, focus on the city's new shops, restaurants and
hotels.
EDITORIALS
Editorial
Big Oil's Bogus Campaign
As the industry
spends heavily and blames President Obama for rising gas prices,
Congress continues to refuse to end unnecessary tax breaks.
Editorial
Gov. Cuomo Budgets His Way
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is celebrating the on-time completion of a new state budget, but he broke a key campaign promise.
Editorial
Leading the World Bank
President
Obama's nomination of Jim Yong Kim to head the World Bank is an inspired
choice, but other candidates should be considered.
OP-ED
Op-Ed Columnist
Time to Elect the Worst Idea
By GAIL COLLINS
Get ready, people. A new-generation movement is ready to fill the most powerful job on the globe, "Project Runway"-style.
Op-Ed Columnist
Orwell and March Madness
By JOE NOCERA
Propaganda and hypocrisy reign this weekend at the Final Four. Who knew the whole thing was about great graduation rates?
Opinionator
Groucho Lives! (In Two Places)
By DICK CAVETT
An appreciation of the great comedian's manifest skill as a writer.
