TOP NEWS
Obama Signs Pact in Kabul, Turning Page in Afghan War
By MARK LANDLER
President Obama,
speaking to an American television audience from an air base in Kabul,
said he had traveled there to herald a new era in the relationship
between the United States and Afghanistan.
News Analysis: A Visit Well Timed to Future Uncertainties in Afghanistan - The Caucus: Obama's Afghanistan Trip Latest in Tradition of Covert Travel
- Obama's Speech: Video | Text | Mitt Romney's Response
Panel in Hacking Case Finds Murdoch Unfit as News Titan
By JOHN F. BURNS and RAVI SOMAIYA
A damning report
on the hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch's British papers convulsed the
political and media worlds in Britain and threatens a core asset of
News Corporation.
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Document: The Full Parliamentary Report (pdf) - Response from News Corporation
- Findings Bolster Calls for News Corp. Changes
In Pursuit of Mayor Bloomberg, the Reluctant Endorser
By MICHAEL BARBARO
Though President
Obama and Mitt Romney publicly disagree with New York Mayor Michael R.
Bloomberg on a range of issues, they are both determined to score his
endorsement.
QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"We've
traveled through more than a decade under the dark cloud of war. Yet
here, in the pre-dawn darkness of Afghanistan, we can see the light of
new day on the horizon."
PRESIDENT OBAMA, in an address from a military base near Kabul, Afghanistan.
U.S.
Slide Show:
An Exuberant Prom Night, With Just the Girls
Tharima Ahmed,
who had dreamed of the senior prom since her freshman year, organized a
high school prom that held to Muslim beliefs.
Opinion
Opinionator
What's In a Name? (Part 2)
By ERROL MORRIS
Fingerprinting, photography, bertillonage and the question of what makes each of us unique.
WORLD
6 Afghans Die as Suicide Attacker Strikes in Kabul
By GRAHAM BOWLEY and SANGAR RAHIMI
Less than two
hours after President Obama left Afghanistan on Wednesday, a large bomb
exploded at the gates of the Green Village, a compound used by
foreigners.
News Analysis
A Visit Well Timed to Future Uncertainties in Afghanistan
By ALISSA J. RUBIN
President
Obama's visit to Afghanistan for the first time in 17 months was a
chance to make the most of a brief window when relations between the two
governments are improving after months of crisis.
Cameron Stands to Lose Much as Scandal Wears On
By JOHN F. BURNS
Politicians and
media commentators are asking whether Prime Minister David Cameron of
Britain can survive any further revelations about his close ties with
the Murdochs.
U.S.
Complacency and Concern as St. Louis Faces Vulnerability to Deadly Storms
By JOHN ELIGON
A fast-moving
storm that raced through downtown St. Louis on Saturday raised questions
about how seriously people in the area heed bad-weather warnings.
This Prom Has Everything, Except for Boys
By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN
A dream to take part in an American rite of passage came true for girls whose faith forbids them to date or dance with boys.
Charges Are Planned in Florida A&M Hazing Death
By ROBBIE BROWN
The Orange
County Sheriff's Office said charges would be brought against members of
the school band involved in the death of Robert Champion.
BUSINESS
DealBook
Once an Ambitious Law Firm, Reduced to Grim Dispatches
By PETER LATTMAN
Forged by a 2007
merger, Dewey & LeBoeuf set its sights on quickly becoming a global
powerhouse in corporate law. Now, the company finds itself on the brink
of collapse amid a partner exodus and too much debt.
Pfizer Races to Reinvent Itself
By KATIE THOMAS
With its
best-selling drugs losing patent protection, Pfizer is shedding
money-making but noncore businesses to focus on pharmaceutical sciences.
Chesapeake to Replace Chairman
By CLIFFORD KRAUSS and MICHAEL J. de la MERCED
Chesapeake Energy announced that it would replace Aubrey K. McClendon as chairman and end his controversial compensation plan.
SPORTS
Game 2: Devils 4, Flyers 1
Bullying Flyers, Devils Grab Win and Momentum
By BEN SHPIGEL
The Devils
battered the Flyers with four third-period goals, sending their
conference semifinal matchup back to Newark tied at one game apiece.
Box Score For Rangers, the Playoffs Becoming the Old Grind
By JEFF Z. KLEIN
For the second
consecutive series in the N.H.L. playoffs, the Rangers won Game 1, but
lost Game 2 after the opposition made timely tactical changes.
In Testimony, Pettitte Says Clemens Spoke of Drug Use
By JULIET MACUR
The Yankees
pitcher Andy Pettitte testified in federal court on Tuesday that Roger
Clemens said he had used human growth hormone.
ARTS
Tonys' Net Is Wide, With Nods to 'Once' and the Gershwins
By PATRICK HEALY
This year the
Tony Awards paid attention to more shows than usual and set up
exceptionally competitive races in several categories.
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Video | Slide Shows: Musicals | Plays - List of Nominations (TonyAwards.com) | Special Section: The Tonys
Dallas Museum Simmers in a Neighbor's Glare
By ROBIN POGREBIN
Renzo Piano's
Nasher museum in Dallas is suffering from excessive glare shining off a
new condo tower the museum's fame helped attract to the area.
Theater Review
Casual Joy and Dread, Mingling Every Day
By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
"The Realistic Joneses" is a tender, funny, terrific new play by Will Eno at the Yale Repertory Theater.
DINING & WINE
Because Explorers Need New Horizons
By JEFF GORDINIER
The chef Wylie Dufresne is changing the entire menu at his groundbreaking restaurant WD-50.
Restaurant Review | Café China
Showing the Chile Who's Boss
By PETE WELLS
Demure and quaint, Café China in Midtown serves uncompromising Sichuan food that can stand with Manhattan's best.
How the Taco Gained in Translation
By JULIA MOSKIN
Gustavo
Arellano, a journalist and Orange County native, is perhaps the greatest
(and only) living scholar of Mexican-American fast food.
EDITORIALS
Editorial
Missed Chance
President
Obama's speech from the Bagram Air Base near Kabul was frustratingly
weak on details of his exit strategy from a war that Americans are
desperate to see end.
Editorial
The Boss and Everyone Else
The recent
shareholder challenges to excessive executive pay are only a start. It's
time that all parts of the Dodd-Frank reform law be carried out.
Editorial
A New Lawyer's Duty
Requiring
prospective New York State lawyers to perform 50 hours of pro bono
services before they are approved to practice law is a worthy step in
the right direction.
OP-ED
Op-Ed Contributor
New Politics, Ahoy!
By STEVE KETTMANN
A niche party in
Germany is using the Internet to create a new political structure to
solve the problem of energizing citizens for both campaigns and
governing.
Op-Ed Columnist
Libertine on the Loose
By MAUREEN DOWD
A chilling
election ghost story: How Dominique Strauss-Kahn haunts the Socialist
Party he once was poised to take to the Élysée Palace.
Op-Ed Columnist
Tanks, Jets or Scholarships?
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Let's stop
sending planes and tanks to the Arab world and start sending
scholarships instead. Just look at the difference it's making in
Lebanon.
