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Top News Key Parts of Patriot Act Expire Temporarily as Senate Moves Toward Limits on Spying By JENNIFER STEINHAUER and JONATHAN WEISMAN The government's authority to sweep up bulk phone data in the hunt for terrorists expired temporarily at 12:01 a.m. Monday, but the Senate indicated that legislation to curtail the program is likely to pass this week. NEWS ANALYSIS A Gap in Surveillance, but Ways Around It By CHARLIE SAVAGE The fact that Congress allowed counterterrorism laws to lapse is an extraordinary moment in the story of the tensions between post-9/11 policies and privacy rights. Use of Tasers Is Scrutinized After Walter Scott Shooting By ALAN BLINDER, MANNY FERNANDEZ and BENJAMIN MUELLER Records show that a North Charleston, S.C., police officer, who fatally shot Mr. Scott in April, like others in the department frequently made use of a Taser. For more top news, go to NYTimes.com »

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Editors' Picks U.S. The Unrealized Horrors of Population Explosion By CLYDE HABERMAN In 1968, a book by a Stanford biologist predicted doom for the planet in coming decades. Whatever became of the population bomb? OPINION | OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR The Risk of Over-Thanking Our Veterans By KEN HARBAUGH Knee-jerk support for veterans has resulted in harmful policy choices. RECOMMENDED FOR YOU U.S. | Beau Biden, Vice President Joe Biden’s Son, Dies at 46 OPINION | Hooray for Hillarywood? WORLD | Grim History Traced in Sunken Slave Ship Found Off South Africa

QUOTATION OF THE DAY "I fell on the ground. It shocks you. It hurts you. It shivers your body." PAULA B. PETE, on being shot with a Taser in North Charleston, S.C., where the police department's use of the device has drawn complaints and lawsuits.

World Grim History Traced in Sunken Slave Ship Found Off South Africa By HELENE COOPER The Smithsonian will announce Tuesday that the wreckage of a vessel that sank in 1794 has been found, the first time a slaving ship that went down with slaves aboard has been recovered. For Swapped Taliban Prisoners From Guantánamo Bay, Few Doors to Exit Qatar By ROD NORDLAND As the United States pressed Qatar for a six-month travel ban for the former Guantánamo detainees exchanged for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, no countries appeared eager to let them in. China Says It Could Set Up Air Defense Zone in South China Sea By EDWARD WONG A Chinese admiral told a security forum in Singapore that Beijing could create a zone above disputed areas if it felt it was facing a large enough threat. For more world news, go to NYTimes.com/World »

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U.S. For Some in Chicago, Spike Lee's 'Chiraq' Has a Title That Rankles By JULIE BOSMAN City officials and some residents object to the film's name, a reference to Chicago's gun violence, but others say a movie title is not the problem. Federal Investigators Fault Medicare's Reliance on Doctors for Pay Standards By ROBERT PEAR An overreliance on the American Medical Association may result in inaccuracies in the distribution of more than $70 billion a year to doctors treating Medicare patients, investigators said. Hastert's Name Removed by Alma Mater By ASHLEY SOUTHALL Wheaton College scrubbed J. Dennis Hastert's name from its public policy center after the former House speaker's indictment on charges that he lied to the F.B.I. about financial transactions. For more U.S. news, go to NYTimes.com/US »

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Business Groups Press F.D.A. to Approve 'Women's Viagra' By ANDREW POLLACK A campaign for a drug that aims to restore lost libido accuses the Food and Drug Administration of gender bias for approving Viagra and 25 other drugs to help men have sex, but none for women. Beyond Publish or Perish, Academic Papers Look to Make a Splash By NOAM SCHEIBER The benefits of generating media attention may be skewing research studies and broadening their findings. Obama's Trade Deal Faces Bipartisan Peril in the House By JONATHAN WEISMAN After clearing the Senate last month, the bill to give the president fast-track authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership will meet skepticism from both sides of the aisle. For more business news, go to NYTimes.com/Business »

Sports And They're Off: Crowd Numbers Will Be Smaller at the Belmont Stakes By MELISSA HOPPERT After a variety of problems at Belmont Park during California Chrome's bid for a Triple Crown last year, crowd size will be curtailed to 90,000 as American Pharoah takes his shot. Families of 1972 Munich Victims Find New Hope for Remembrance By SAM BORDEN A memorial for the 1972 attack will be built in Munich this year, and Olympic officials have shown support for recognition at the Rio Games. Betrayed by the 76ers, a Warriors Fan Is Born By TYLER KEPNER Two devastating trades by the author's hometown basketball team caused him to look elsewhere for a franchise to support, and he found one in California. For more sports news, go to NYTimes.com/Sports »

Arts Review: Matthew Aucoin's 'Crossing' Is a Taut, Inspired Opera By ANTHONY TOMMASINI The opera, which had its premiere in Boston on Friday, is based on the diaries of Walt Whitman from his experience tending to wounded Civil War soldiers.  Matthew Aucoin, Opera's Great 25-Year-Old Hope Review: 'A Human Being Died That Night,' a Look at an Apartheid Assassin, at BAM By CHARLES ISHERWOOD Nicholas Wright's play, based on the book by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, reveals the atrocities committed by the South African police forces during apartheid. BOOKS OF THE TIMES Review: Stephen King Leaps Through Time in 'Finders Keepers' By JANET MASLIN This middle volume of a trilogy that began with "Mr. Mercedes" lacks the high drama of the opening installment, but it has greater depth and time for reflection. For more arts news, go to NYTimes.com/Arts »

Media & Advertising Capturing a Prize in Cable By EMILY STEEL Charter Communications' announcement of a deal for Time Warner Cable represents the fulfillment of a long-sought goal for the company's chief executive, Thomas M. Rutledge. GRACE NOTES A Peep Inside the Former Home of Walter Winchell, America's Top Transom Peeper By JAMES BARRON Eric and Lori Friedman have lived in a house in Edgemont, N.Y., once owned by Mr. Winchell, since 2001. Now, as Mr. Winchell would say, they are ready to scram.  More Grace Notes Columns OPEN SOURCE Ex-FIFA Official Cites Satirical Article From The Onion in His Self-Defense By ROBERT MACKEY Jack Warner, arrested last week in connection with a criminal investigation, held up the faux news report as evidence, he said, of an American conspiracy. For more media and advertising news, go to NYTimes.com/Media »

Obituaries Louis Johnson, Bassist and Singer for the Brothers Johnson, Dies at 60 By DANIEL E. SLOTNIK Mr. Johnson, who collaborated with his brother George on 1970s funk hits, was also in demand as a session musician for Quincy Jones and others. Doris Hart, a Tennis Star Who Deftly Overcame Leg Ailments, Dies at 89 By FRANK LITSKY Although leg and knee conditions left her bowlegged and relatively slow - a leg infection when she was a child led a specialist to recommend amputation - Hart became one of the world's best players. Lennie Merullo, the Last Cub to Play in a World Series, Dies at 98