TOP NEWS
Dissident's Plea for Protection From China Deepens Crisis
By MARK LANDLER, JANE PERLEZ and STEVEN LEE MYERS
Facing criticism
amid fraying relations with China, American officials privately
acknowledged missteps in the handling of the Chinese dissident Chen
Guangcheng.
DealBook
Small Investors May Get to Own a Bit of Facebook
By SUSANNE CRAIG and EVELYN M. RUSLI
While shares of
the hottest initial public offerings go almost entirely to Wall Street
banks that oversee the stock sale, Facebook has discussed raising the
number of shares that will go to retail investors.
For Craftsmen, Fragile Lifeline From Craigslist
By MOTOKO RICH
Largely excluded
from the economic recovery, carpenters, electricians, plumbers and
other construction workers are pleading for work on the online
classified advertising site.
QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"You can follow the pulse of the economy just by watching what's going on with Craigslist."
JERRY PATTERSON,
a carpenter in Phoenix who once had plentiful work framing new homes
and remodeling older ones, on the increasing reliance among construction
and building trades workers on Craigslist want ads.
World
Document:
Letters From the Bin Laden Compound
The Combating
Terrorism Center at the United States Military Academy released a
selection of documents discovered during the 2011 raid in Abbottabbad,
Pakistan, that led to the killing of Osama bin Laden.
Opinion
Opinionator
What's in a Name? (Part 3)
By ERROL MORRIS
The conclusion to the series on impostors, fingerprinting and the nature of identity.
WORLD
Recovered Bin Laden Letters Show a Divided Al Qaeda
By PETER BAKER
Al Qaeda's
senior leadership was split by debates on tactics, strategy and even
marketing in the months leading up to the raid that killed Osama bin
Laden.
Palestinians Go Hungry to Make Their Voices Heard
By JODI RUDOREN
With the peace process stalled, analysts see nonviolent resistance as a critical tactic for the Palestinian national movement.
Slide Show: A Show of Solidarity for Hunger StrikersCalls Grow for Cardinal in Ireland to Resign
By DOUGLAS DALBY
Abuse survivors,
government ministers, priests, canon lawyers, police officials and
human rights advocates were among those calling on Cardinal Sean Brady
to step down.
U.S.
This Land
Stumbling Across a Rarity, Even for the Rare Book Room
By DAN BARRY
Marie Malchodi,
who works as a "book conservation technician" at Brown University,
recently came across a piece of paper signed by "P. Revere Sculp" - and
knew it might be a big find.
Vigilante Leader Was Among Five Shot Dead in Arizona
By FERNANDA SANTOS
The police in
Gilbert, Ariz., confirmed that J. T. Ready, an aspiring politician who
led a vigilante border militia group, died in what apparently was a
murder-suicide.
U.S. Study Cites Worries on Readiness for Cyberattacks
By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT
A report
assessing the nation's ability to respond to terrorist attacks and
various disasters found that state and local officials are the most
concerned about dealing with cyberattacks.
BUSINESS
DealBook
Once Remote, Goldman Sachs Puts on a Friendly Public Face
By MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED
By stepping into
the spotlight even a little, Goldman's chief executive, Lloyd C.
Blankfein, appears to be embarking on a subtle campaign to help repair
the company's reputation.
A Weight Hobbling G.M.
By BILL VLASIC
As long as General Motors' share price stays down, the automaker is likely to be saddled with its government stakeholder.
Timeline: G.M.'s Road From Prosperity to Crisis
Pension Plan Sues Wal-Mart Officials Over Failures
By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD
The lawsuit says
current and former executives and board members breached their
fiduciary duty in their handling of allegations involving a Mexican
subsidiary.
SPORTS
Royals 4, Yankees 3
Rivera Hurts Knee; Career May Be Over
By DAVID WALDSTEIN
Mariano Rivera,
42, tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee while chasing a
fly ball during batting practice before the Yankees' loss to the
Royals.
Game 3: Heat 87, Knicks 70
Knicks Are Off and Almost Out
By HOWARD BECK
Carmelo Anthony
shot 7 for 23 from the field as the Knicks, who set an N.B.A. record by
losing their 13th straight playoff game, fell to 0-3 in their series
against the Heat.
Former Player's Suicide Won't End His Widow's Fight
By MIKE TIERNEY
The widow of Ray
Easterling said that she had no plans to move and that she would
continue advocating for better medical coverage for retired N.F.L.
players with head injures.
ARTS
An Oasis, Once Gilded, Now Greened
By KATE ZERNIKE
Duke Farms in
Hillsborough, N.J., after a $45 million face-lift, has been turned into a
secluded public park with a specific mission: Teach visitors to be good
stewards of the environment.
Critic's Notebook
If I Had the Cash, I Wouldn't Buy That
By HOLLAND COTTER
The critic
Holland Cotter contemplates what he would do with about $120 million,
the amount recently spent at auction for a version of Edvard Munch's
"Scream."
Critic's Notebook
Lessons From the Dean of the School of Improv
By BEN RATLIFF
In advance of a
concert series honoring the jazz pianist Cecil Taylor, he and other
participating musicians discussed his improvisational work.
MOVIES
Superheroes, Super Battles, Super Egos
By A. O. SCOTT
Joss Whedon's
long-awaited superhero opus "The Avengers" arrives with a big cast,
frequent battles and abundant banter among its characters.
Movie Review | 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel'
Seven Tickets to India, Please, and Reservations for an Adventure
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Retirement-age Britons travel to India, where adventures await in the ensemble comedy "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel."
Comic Guerrilla Tries Sticking With the Script
By DENNIS LIM
"The Dictator,"
the latest movie from Sacha Baron Cohen, features a new guise for that
actor: an African despot who takes up residence in Brooklyn.
EDITORIALS
Editorial
'Beyond Debate'
The treatment of
Jose Padilla was indisputably cruel and in breach of the minimum
standard required for anyone in American custody, especially a citizen.
Editorial
The Risk From Chemical Plants
More than a decade after 9/11, the country still doesn't have tough rules to make Americans safer.
Editorial
Tampa's Plea for a Bit of Disarmament? Rejected
Florida's
governor refuses a sensible request to protect the public by banning
guns in downtown Tampa during the Republican National Convention in
August.
OP-ED
Op-Ed Contributor
Marshal Tito in Queens
By KENAN TREBINCEVIC
Thousands of former Yugoslavians may have settled in America, but echoes of the war still resound.
Op-Ed Columnist
The Campus Tsunami
By DAVID BROOKS
What happened to
the newspaper and magazine business is about to happen to higher
education: a rescrambling around the Web and online learning.
Op-Ed Columnist
Plutocracy, Paralysis, Perplexity
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Inequality is a
major reason the economy is still so depressed and unemployment so high,
and we have responded to crisis with a mix of inaction and confusion.
