TOP NEWS
Spain to Accept Rescue From Europe for Its Ailing Banks
By RAPHAEL MINDER, NICHOLAS KULISH and PAUL GEITNER
European finance
ministers promised up to $125 billion in aid, which they hope will
quell rising financial turmoil ahead of elections in Greece next week
that could roil world markets.
Latino Growth Not Fully Felt at Voting Booth
By ADAM NAGOURNEY
Latinos are not
voting in numbers that fully reflect their potential strength, leaving
Hispanic leaders frustrated and Democrats worried as they increase
efforts to rally Latino support.
Risky Rise of the Good-Grade Pill
By ALAN SCHWARZ
At high schools
across the United States, pressure over grades and competition for
college admissions are encouraging students to abuse stimulants.
Tell Us Your StoryQUOTATION OF THE DAY
"I really don't enjoy living like this. I've got too much to do still."
CLARE KEANY, of Palm Springs, Calif., who turned 62 last fall and cannot find work.
World
Photographs:
In Brazil, Battles for Ancestral Land
The expansion of
huge cattle ranches and industrial-scale farms in remote regions has
produced a land scramble, with conflicts among indigenous groups often
ending in violent clashes.
Opinion
Opinion
Amelia Earhart, Found and Lost
By JANE MENDELSOHN
In the vanished aviator we have something, someone, to offer the 21st century: a heroine.
WORLD
Assad's Response to Syria Unrest Leaves His Own Sect Divided
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR
Some Alawites
are frustrated that security forces have not crushed the opposition,
while others say President Bashar al-Assad is risking the sect's future
by pushing it to the brink of civil war.
More Unrest Around Syria, in Hot Spots Old and New
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR
Shelling and
clashes between soldiers and rebel fighters in the city of Dara'a on
Saturday claimed 17 lives, activists said, a day after a United Nations
team collected evidence of a mass atrocity.
U.N. Monitors in Syria Find Grisly Traces of Massacre -
Video: U.N. Observers in Qubeir, Syria (YouTube)
War May Be Ending, but Fight Isn't Over for Soldiers in Remote Afghanistan
By GRAHAM BOWLEY
Back home, attention has shifted elsewhere, but for soldiers at an Afghan outpost, the battle is a tough day-to-day reality.
U.S.
A Roe, by Any Other Name
By SUSAN SAULNY
Global efforts
to all but ban the international trade of caviar from the Caspian Sea
have opened enormous opportunities for affordable substitutes from
unlikely places in America.
Tale of 3 Inmates Who Vanished From Alcatraz Maintains Intrigue 50 Years Later
By ROBERT D. McFADDEN
Some say three
bank robbers made a great escape from prison in the San Francisco Bay in
1962, while others say they could not have survived.
South Carolina's Pension Push Into High-Octane Investments
By JULIE CRESWELL
Shortfalls in
pension plans are causing many states to scour the more exotic corners
of Wall Street for investments. Just ask South Carolina.
BUSINESS
Forced to Early Social Security, Unemployed Pay a Steep Price
By MOTOKO RICH
The recession
and its aftermath have forced many older people who are out of work to
draw Social Security earlier than they had planned.
Nurturing a Baby and a Start-Up Business
By HANNAH SELIGSON
Some women are
combining the dual challenges of motherhood and start-up companies -
dispelling the image of the tech entrepreneur as a single, usually male,
wunderkind.
Affirming Slowdown, China Reports Second Month of Scant Economic Growth
By KEITH BRADSHER
Growth in
industrial production, retail sales and investment in fixed assets like
factories and office buildings was little changed from April.
SPORTS
Eastern Conference Finals: Heat 101, Celtics 88
Heat Beat Celtics to Reach N.B.A. Finals
By HOWARD BECK
Miami's Big
Three was better than Boston's, and the Heat reached the finals for the
second straight year. This time, they will play the Oklahoma City
Thunder for the championship.
Box ScoreDevils 2, Kings 1
Devils Snap Kings' Road Streak, Forcing Series Back to Los Angeles
By JEFF Z. KLEIN
The Devils
handed the Kings their first loss on the road in 11 games, winning their
second straight game and cutting their series deficit to 3-2.
A New Cast, a Winning Ride at the Belmont Stakes
By JOE DRAPE
Union Rags,
ridden by his new jockey John Velazquez, overtook Paynter in the final
stretch to win the 144th running of the Belmont Stakes.
ARTS
Interactive Feature: In Performance
A selection of
Tony Award nominees, including Josh Young from "Jesus Christ Superstar,"
perform songs and scenes from this year's shows.
This Just In
By DAVE ITZKOFF
Aaron Sorkin returns to topical, workplace television with "The Newsroom," starring Jeff Daniels on HBO.
Guitars, Groupies and Lots and Lots of Hair
By SIA MICHEL
Members of Guns
N' Roses, Poison and Skid Row reminisce about their days working and
playing hard on the Sunset Strip in the '80s, the setting for the movie
"Rock of Ages."
MAGAZINE
Prep-School Predators
By AMOS KAMIL
Many years
later, graduates of the Horace Mann School, an elite private school in
New York, are finally able to tell their stories of sexual abuse.
It's the Economy
Can Mom-and-Pop Shops Survive Extreme Gentrification?
By ADAM DAVIDSON
A small number of independent stores have weathered the luxury blitz in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. Were they lucky or good?
How Do You Live Knowing You Might Have an Alzheimer's Gene?
By GINA KOLATA
One family with a genetic mutation is helping scientists find a cure.
EDITORIALS
Editorial
Lost the Vote? Deny the Money
House Republicans propose gutting the agencies designed to prevent economic meltdowns like the Great Recession in 2007.
Editorial
Natural Gas, by the Book
Americans need to know that hydrofracturing is safe. Stronger federal rules are plainly needed.
Editorial
The Trouble With Bankruptcy Lawyers
By opposing
proposed guidelines to lower their high fees, bankruptcy lawyers show
they are out of touch with economic realities and undermine public
confidence in the bankruptcy process.
SUNDAY REVIEW
Op-Ed Columnist
The G.O.P.'s Gay Trajectory
By FRANK BRUNI
A billionaire's new "super PAC" suggests a party softening on same-sex marriage.
Op-Ed Columnist
Poppy Chic
By MAUREEN DOWD
With father and son presidents, pragmatism beats swagger in history's rearview mirror.
Op-Ed Columnist
Eugenics, Past and Future
By ROSS DOUTHAT
Will yesterday's pseudoscience become tomorrow's temptation?
ON THIS DAY
On June 10, 1967, the Six-Day War ended as Israel and Syria agreed to observe a United Nations-mediated cease-fire.
