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Myanmar Restricting Aid Delivery (HomePage)
Myanmar continued to restrict most large-scale aid deliveries Tuesday, one day after the U.N. secretary general pressed the junta to accept international assistance. 6PM 11 May
Rescuers Struggle to Reach Quake Survivors (HomePage)
Tens of thousands of people across southwest China remained buried beneath rubble as rescue workers struggled to reach areas cut off by a massive earthquake that has left 12,000 dead. 6PM 11 May
Société Générale’s First-Quarter Profit Drops 23.4% (Business)
Despite the drop in profits, the large French bank pummeled by a rogue trading scandal, beat the average market earnings forecast. 6PM 11 May
World Business Briefing | Americas: Venezuela: Steel Company Is Nationalized (WorldBusiness)
President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela signed a law to formally assume state control of the Venezuelan unit of Ternium, a steel maker based in Luxembourg. 6PM 11 May
World Business Briefing | Europe: Britain: Power Supply Maker Rejects Bid (WorldBusiness)
The Chloride Group, the largest maker of backup power supplies in Europe, rejected a preliminary $1.3 billion takeover approach from the Emerson Electric Company of St. Louis, setting off a 35 percent gain in its share price. 6PM 11 May
World Business Briefing | Asia: India: Industrial Output Growth Slows (WorldBusiness)
India’s industrial production in March grew at the slowest pace since 2002, as borrowing costs hit a six-year high and discouraged consumer spending. 6PM 11 May
Big Australian Bank in Merger Talks With Rival (WorldBusiness)
Westpac Banking said that it was in talks to merge with St. George Bank, a deal that would rank as one of the largest corporate mergers in Australia . 6PM 11 May
Extra Time: Rangers Keep Busy Before UEFA Cup Final (Soccer)
Glasgow Rangers are in their first European final since 1972, when they won the Cup Winners’ Cup. And their success this season is reflected in their workload. 6PM 11 May
Twisting the Truth (1 Letter) (Science)
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Letters: Intelligent Species (1 Letter) (Science)
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Letters: A Fear of Tempting Fate (2 Letters) (Science)
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Letters: Genes and Diseases (1 Letter) (Science)
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Q & A: It Must Have Been Moonglow (Science)
Can a moon make a rainbow? 6PM 11 May
Observatory: Seaweed Suggests First Humans in America Took the Coastal Route (Science)
New findings support the idea that humans spread southward along the Pacific Coast after entering the Americas. 6PM 11 May
Observatory: Steel Chompers Help Make a Mouth That’s Almost Human (Science)
What goes on in the mouth goes a long way to determining the flavor of food. 6PM 11 May
How I Was Struck by Lightning (and Lived to Crack Wise About It) (Science)
I got struck by lightning the other day at the Maker Faire, but it didn’t hurt a bit. 6PM 11 May
Two New Ways to Explore the Virtual Universe, in Vivid 3-D (Science)
The WorldWide Telescope allows anyone to see stars and planets thousands of light-years away. 6PM 11 May
Basics: A Gene Map for the Cute Side of the Family (Science)
The genetic map for a cute, yet unique, creature turned more heads than those maps for less-interesting creatures. 6PM 11 May
This, From That (Science)
A new breed of tinkerers mix science and craft to make things both goofy and grand. 6PM 11 May
Rewinding the Tape: Playing Back a Controversy, a Frame at a Time (ProFootball)
Matt Walsh, a former video assistant for the New England Patriots, will meet with the N.F.L. commissioner on Tuesday. The following is a timeline of how Walsh, the Patriots and the league got to this point. 6PM 11 May
Taking Aim at Gender Barriers In a Full-Contact Sport (ProFootball)
Jennifer Blum is a lawyer. She’s also the career leading scorer for the New York Sharks, one of more than 80 women’s tackle-football teams in the country. 6PM 11 May
N.B.A. Roundup: James Gets to Rim and Rattles the Celtics (ProBasketball)
LeBron James scored 21 points, jamming a powerful dunk in the final two minutes, as the host Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Boston Celtics, 88-77, on Monday night. 6PM 11 May
Want to Play for D’Antoni? Start Running (ProBasketball)
Having been on the wrong end of the Suns’ warp-speed attack, the Knicks have been granted the chance to adopt it — if their lungs and legs can handle the burden. 6PM 11 May
Op-Ed Contributor: A Two-for-One Campaign (Opinion)
To reduce the risk of the kind of divisions that afflicted Democrats during my campaigns, I have a proposal that I hope Senators Clinton and Obama and our party will consider. 6PM 11 May
Op-Ed Columnist: The Neural Buddhists (Opinion)
The cognitive revolution is not going to undermine faith in God — it’s going to challenge faith in the Bible. 6PM 11 May
Op-Ed Columnist: Here Come the Millennials (Opinion)
Senator Barack Obama has tapped into a generation that is in danger of being left out of the American dream. 6PM 11 May
Letter: Mixed-Race Marriage (Opinion)
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Letter: Ensuring Access to Student Loans (Opinion)
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Letter: Rich School, Poor School: The Gulf Is Wide (Opinion)
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Letter: Young Lions on the Podium (Opinion)
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Letter: Help From City Council (Opinion)
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Letter: A Fundamental Right (Opinion)
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Letters: A Mother’s Love (Opinion)
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Letters: Obama vs. Clinton: Toward the Finish (Opinion)
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Appreciations: Nuala O’Faolain (Opinion)
Nuala O’Faolain, the former Irish Times columnist who died last week, will be remembered for her fearless self-examination and her unflinching insights. 6PM 11 May
Editorial: Saving Tejon Ranch (Opinion)
The agreement to protect this much land so close to Los Angeles is a remarkable testament to the cooperative spirit in which this conservation plan was formed. 6PM 11 May
Editorial: Not a Time for Rivalry (Opinion)
Political leaders who have Pakistan’s interests at heart should be able to find a compromise that restores its dismissed judges and promotes judicial reform. 6PM 11 May
Editorial: The Myth of Voter Fraud (Opinion)
Requiring voters to prove their citizenship is not based on any evidence of voter fraud, but rather on Republicans’ electoral calculations. 6PM 11 May
Leyla Gencer, Turkish-Born Soprano and a Popular Star of La Scala, Dies (Obituaries)
Ms. Gencer was an operatic soprano who was among the last of a generation of larger-than-life divas that included Maria Callas. 6PM 11 May
Names of the Dead (National)
The Department of Defense has identified 4,069 American service members who have died since the start of the Iraq war. It confirmed the death of the following American on Monday:. 6PM 11 May
National Briefing | Caribbean: Puerto Rico: Charge Dropped in Terror Case (National)
The Pentagon has dropped charges against a Saudi held at Guántanamo Bay, Cuba, whom prosecutors called the ”20th hijacker” in the Sept. 11 attacks, his military defense lawyer said. The defendant, Mohamed al-Kahtani was charged in February with murder and war crimes in the 2001 attacks. The authorities said Kahtani missed taking part in the attacks because he had been denied entry to the United States. In reviewing the case, the convening authority for military commissions, Susan Crawford, decided to dismiss the charges against Kahtani and proceed with the arraignment for the other five, said Lt. Col. Bryan Broyles of the Army, the Saudi’s military lawyer. 6PM 11 May
National Briefing | Washington: Four Military Branches Hit Recruiting Goals (National)
The Marine Corps far surpassed its recruiting goal last month, enlisting 2,233 people, which was 142 percent of its goal, the Pentagon said. The Army recruited 5,681 people, 101 percent of its goal. The Navy and Air Force also met their goals, 2,905 sailors and 2,435 airmen. A Defense Department spokesman, Bryan Whitman, said that if the Marine Corps continued its recruiting success, it could reach its goal of growing to 202,000 people by the end of 2009, more than a year early. 6PM 11 May
National Briefing | Washington: Rhode Island: New Settlement in Nightclub Fire (National)
Several foam makers have agreed to pay $30 million to settle lawsuits brought by survivors and family members of those who died in a 2003 nightclub fire that killed 100 people, according to court papers. The companies that agreed to settle include Leggett & Platt, based in Carthage, Mo., and Wm. T. Burnett & Company, based in Baltimore. More than $100 million has now been offered to victims of the fire at the Station nightclub in West Warwick from several companies, including Home Depot and Clear Channel Broadcasting. The fire was started when a pyrotechnics display for the rock band Great White ignited the flammable foam soundproofing material. 6PM 11 May
National Briefing | South: South Carolina: Verdict Overturned in Baby’s Death (National)
The State Supreme Court has overturned the conviction of a Conway woman who was found guilty of homicide by child abuse after her stillborn baby tested positive for cocaine. In a unanimous ruling, Chief Justice Jean H. Toal wrote that the woman, Regina D. McKnight, had not received adequate counsel and that other factors could have caused the child’s death. Ms. McKnight’s first trial ended in a mistrial in January 2001. She was convicted in a second trial in May 2001 and was sentenced to 12 years in prison. 6PM 11 May
Natioal Briefing | South: Florida: Coastal Wildfires Cause Evacuations (National)
Dry, windy weather fueled wildfires along the central Atlantic coast, destroying at least three homes and driving out hundreds of residents as the governor declared a state of emergency. The largest fire, a 3,000-acre blaze in Brevard County, destroyed at least two homes. Another fire in nearby Palm Bay destroyed one home. In Daytona Beach, about 800 acres had burned, said Timber Weller, a spokesman for the Division of Forestry. The authorities ordered about 500 homes in the northwest part of Daytona to be evacuated. 6PM 11 May
National Briefing | Midwest: Illinois: Closing Arguments in Fund-raiser’s Trial (National)
In closing arguments, lawyers painted two vastly different pictures of Antoin Rezko, a businessman and former political fund-raiser accused of soliciting kickbacks from companies seeking state business or regulatory approval. Reid J. Schar, an assistant United States attorney, summarized weeks of testimony from dozens of government witnesses that, he told jurors, proved that Mr. Rezko had used his influence to benefit himself and his friends. But Joseph J. Duffy, Mr. Rezko’s chief lawyer, told jurors that the case was not believable because it hinged on Stuart Levine, who has pleaded guilty and was a member of the two state boards central to the case. Mr. Duffy called Mr. Levine a liar who was trying to get a reduced sentence. 6PM 11 May
Confronting Questions, Obama Assures Jews of His Support (National)
Since the beginning of his campaign, Senator Barack Obama has combated rumors and e-mails suggesting he was a Muslim or was hostile to Israel. 6PM 11 May
Legal but Controversial, It Helped Get Out the Vote (National)
Needing help in Texas, the Clinton campaign paid locals to round up votes, a legal but controversial tool known as “street money.” 6PM 11 May
Black Woman in Powerful Job in California (National)
On Tuesday, the California Assembly becomes the first state legislative body in the nation to be led by a black woman, Karen Bass. 6PM 11 May
When Literary and Prosecutorial License Collide (National)
Prosecutors who draw on their professional experiences to write novels and assist screenwriters can breathe a little easier after a pair of rulings issued on Monday by the California Supreme Court. 6PM 11 May
Justices’ Conflicts Halt Apartheid Appeal (National)
The case calls attention to the occasionally uncomfortable consequences of justices’ ownership of individual stocks. 6PM 11 May
Republicans Use Obama as Weapon in House Contest in Mississippi (National)
Hoping to hang on to a seat in a tight special election, Republicans are trying to make the vote into a referendum on Barack Obama. 6PM 11 May
Ewing Journal: A Tax Quirk Holds Out Promise for a Hard-Pressed Town (National)
Leaders of Ewing, in the bluegrass country of northeast Kentucky, are facing a problem any mayor would envy. 6PM 11 May
NYC: 35 Years of Rockefeller Drug Laws, and Hope There Won’t Be 36 (NYRegion)
For true endurance, the statutes known as the Rockefeller-era drug laws are hard to beat. The same may be said about attempts to scrap those laws. 6PM 11 May
Lottery Numbers (NYRegion)
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Search Suspended for Woman at Sea (NYRegion)
Rescuers spent hours searching the Atlantic Ocean for a 46-year-old woman who apparently fell from a cruise ship about 45 miles northeast of Atlantic City, the Coast Guard said. 6PM 11 May
Woman, 27, Found Dead on a Street in Brooklyn (NYRegion)
The body of a woman who had been slashed to death was discovered on Monday on a Brooklyn street, about 30 feet from her car, and her 1-year-old son was found unharmed in the car, the police said. 6PM 11 May
Suspect in Schoolyard Killings Gets 8 Years (NYRegion)
Jose Lachira Carranza, one of six suspects accused of killing three people in a playground last summer, was sentenced to eight years in prison for assaulting two men during a bar fight in 2006. 6PM 11 May
In a Word, the Mayor Clearly Abhors This One (NYRegion)
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg may have a few words, like “unconscionable,” that he cannot say frequently enough, but there is at least one word he apparently cannot tolerate: “maintain.” 6PM 11 May
Choice of Heliport Operator Stirs Criticism and a Lawsuit (NYRegion)
City officials have chosen to turn over the heliport near Wall Street to FirstFlight, an upstate company that has not operated a similar facility in any big city. 6PM 11 May
14 Months After He Was Killed, an Officer’s Novel Arrives in Bookstores (NYRegion)
Nicholas Pekearo was shot while working as an auxiliary police officer on March 14, 2007, just four days after his manuscript, about a crime-fighting werewolf, was accepted for publication. 6PM 11 May
Awaiting Sentencing for Fraud, Sharpe James Is Spared a Second Trial (NYRegion)
Federal prosecutors announced they would not pursue fraud charges against the former mayor of Newark because a conviction was unlikely to add prison time to what he was already facing. 6PM 11 May
3 Baby Hawks Feared Dead After One’s Body Is Found (NYRegion)
The city’s avid bird-watchers have confirmed that the other two baby red-tailed hawks are not in their nest in the south end of Riverside Park. 6PM 11 May
A Commute From Rockaway, Now With a Harbor View (NYRegion)
A new ferry service was born Monday, setting sail from Breezy Point, at the tip of the Rockaways, to Lower Manhattan, with a stop in Brooklyn. 6PM 11 May
Bronx Journal: Borough Gets Scant Notice for Hospitality (NYRegion)
The people who published AAA’s 2008 New York tour book had a hard time recommending any hotels in the Bronx. They could find only one, in fact. 6PM 11 May
Bluestone Boom Opens Quarries to New Allies, and to Change (NYRegion)
Mining permits could become permanent for New York’s bluestone industry, which is one of the state’s oldest. 6PM 11 May
World Brief | Middle East: Iran: U.S. and Britain to Be Sued (International)
Iran’s judiciary said it would file lawsuits against the U.S. and Britain, accusing them of providing support to those behind a blast in a mosque that killed 14 people. 6PM 11 May
Rocket Fired From Gaza Kills Woman in Southern Israel (International)
An elderly woman was killed Monday as Israeli officials mulled an Egyptian-brokered proposal for a temporary cease-fire in the south. 6PM 11 May
Missile Is Fired at Copter Over Baghdad, U.S. Says (International)
The attack represents the first time that a helicopter has come under missile attack in Sadr City since fighting erupted in the Shiite enclave in March. 6PM 11 May
Lebanese Army Says It Will Use Force to Quell Fighting (International)
The announcement was made as violence eased across Lebanon, despite some renewed street battles in the north. 6PM 11 May
Plea Expected in Ring Tied to Spitzer (HomePage)
The woman accused of being the primary booker for the Emperor’s Club V.I.P. prostitution ring is expected to plead guilty this week, people involved in the matter said. 6PM 11 May
A Liberal Wit Builds Bridges to the G.O.P. (HomePage)
Barney Frank, the rumpled, cantankerous Massachusetts Democrat, has emerged as a key deal-maker in the House. 6PM 11 May
Generation Faithful: Love on Girls’ Side of the Saudi Divide (HomePage)
The separation between the sexes in Saudi Arabia is so extreme that it is difficult to overstate. 6PM 11 May
Political Memo: Clinton Running Hard as West Virginia Votes (HomePage)
Hillary Rodham Clinton is determined to rack up two victories in the next eight days as she seeks to prove her continued political viability, aides say. 6PM 11 May
N.H.L. Roundup: Datsyuk Lifts Red Wings to 3-0 Lead (Hockey)
Pavel Datsyuk scored twice in the first period and then again with 2 minutes 41 seconds remaining in the Detroit Red Wings’ 5-2 victory over the Stars in Dallas. 6PM 11 May
A Conversation With Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa: A Surgeon’s Path From Migrant Fields to Operating Room (Health)
Dr. Quiñones-Hinojosa, 40, was an illegal immigrant working in the vegetable fields of the Central Valley in California before becoming a neurosurgeon. 6PM 11 May
Really?: The Claim: If You’re Hyperventilating, Breathe Into a Paper Bag (Health)
Like a bandage for a cut or a crutch for a broken leg, the brown paper bag is a symbol for hyperventilation. But does it help? 6PM 11 May
Personal Health: Mosquito Thrives; So Does Dengue Fever (Health)
Dengue fever has increased rapidly in tropical and subtropical areas worldwide in recent years, thanks to factors both natural and man-made. 6PM 11 May
Vital Signs: Nutrition: Breast-Feeding Tied to Intelligence (Health)
Researchers have found evidence that prolonged breast-feeding is associated with improved scores on some intelligence tests in childhood. 6PM 11 May
Murray Jarvik, 84, Whose Research Helped Lead to Nicotine Patch, Dies (Health)
Dr. Jarvik was among the first to study the hallucinogenic drug LSD and researched the physiology and psychology of smoking. 6PM 11 May
Breasts: Reducing Your Risk for Breast Cancer (Health)
There’s solid evidence that exercise, alcohol consumption and other lifestyle factors can play a role in susceptibility to breast cancer. 6PM 11 May
Feet: Think of Your Poor Feet (Health)
Though some foot problems are inevitable as the body ages, preventive measures can keep you from being sidelined. 6PM 11 May
Joints: New Advice for Surgery on the Knees (Health)
Medical experts say some patients with chronic joint problems wait too long before opting for replacement surgery. 6PM 11 May
Ears: There’s More to Ears Than Just Wax (Health)
Turning down your iPod is one way to guard against hearing loss due to chronic exposure to loud noises. 6PM 11 May
Heart: Eating Your Way to a Sturdy Heart (Health)
When it comes to improving heart health, it’s important to look beyond the medicine cabinet and to the kitchen. 6PM 11 May
Prostate: For Men, Relief in Sight (Health)
Doctors are urging men with B.P.H., or enlargement of the prostate, to become proactive now to prevent chronic health problems later. 6PM 11 May
Vital Statistics: Northwest Fishery Posts Highest Fatality Rate (Health)
Commercial fishing is a dangerous occupation, and fishing for Dungeness crab off California, Oregon and Washington may be the most dangerous of all. 6PM 11 May
Back: Back Pain Eludes Perfect Solutions (Health)
The sudden onset of back pain can be the start of a long and confusing medical journey for some people. 6PM 11 May
Vital Signs: Vision: Vitamin E Benefit for Cataracts in Dispute (Health)
A large 10-year randomized trial has found no difference in cataract formation between those who took vitamin E and those who did not. 6PM 11 May
Vital Signs: Having a Baby: Mother’s Touch Helps Cut Newborns’ Pain (Health)
Even very premature babies benefit from skin-to-skin contact with their mothers during painful medical procedures, a Canadian study has found. 6PM 11 May
Oral Cancer in Men Associated With HPV (Health)
Researchers are discovering that a large percentage of oral cancers in men as associated with HPV. 6PM 11 May
Engineering by Scientists on Embryo Stirs Criticism (Health)
Researchers in New York have created what is believed to be the first genetically engineered human embryo, which critics immediately branded as a step toward “designer babies.” 6PM 11 May
Cases: In Delusions of Romance, Genuine Comfort (Health)
Schizophrenia offers a unique relief from the rigors of cancer. 6PM 11 May
Well: A Guided Tour of Your Body (Health)
Changes in our health are inevitable as we get older. What do we need to know about staying well as we age? 6PM 11 May
Rough Transition to a New Asthma Inhaler (Health)
For many people with asthma, the transition to CFC-free inhalers will not be a easy one. 6PM 11 May
A Child, a Bizarre Tumor and a Perilous Operation (Health)
A little girl, a rare tumor and a new surgical procedure that may make everything normal again. 6PM 11 May
World Brief | Europe: Russia: Chechen Fugitive Charged as Killer of Journalist in 2006 (Europe)
Investigators in Moscow said they had charged a man with killing Anna Politkovskaya, the independent journalist shot in a contract-style killing in 2006. 6PM 11 May
World Brief | Europe: Georgia: Abkhaz Separatists Say They Shot Down More Drones (Europe)
The de facto government of Abkhazia claimed to have shot down two of Georgia’s remotely piloted aerial reconnaissance planes in a day. 6PM 11 May
Irena Sendler, Lifeline to Young Jews, Is Dead at 98 (Europe)
Mrs. Sendler created a network of rescuers in Poland who smuggled about 2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw ghetto in World War II. 6PM 11 May
Paul Haeberlin, 3-Star Chef, Dies at 84 (Europe)
Mr. Haeberlin’s innovative spin on classical French cuisine helped transform his family’s modest restaurant on the Ill River in Alsace into a culinary powerhouse. 6PM 11 May
Russian Curator Subpoenaed Over Censored Art (Europe)
A museum director who helped organize an exhibition of censored Soviet and post-Soviet art in defense of Russian artistic freedom now faces censure himself. 6PM 11 May
Putin Bolsters Power With Cabinet Choices (Europe)
Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin announced the formation of a new Russian government, leaving the team that that had governed in his final term largely intact. 6PM 11 May
Serbia Braces for Electoral Showdown (Europe)
A pro-Western coalition said it won the election, but nationalist rival parties vowed to team up to block it from governing, and to form a government themselves. 6PM 11 May
Observatory: Microwave Is Redirected to Kill Shipboard Pests (Environment)
A researcher has discovered a unique use for your microwave oven — fighting invasive species. 6PM 11 May
McCain Differs With Bush on Climate Change (Environment)
Senator John McCain called for a limit on greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. 6PM 11 May
Blunt Federal Letters Tell Students They’re Security Threats (Education)
Rejected applicants for an ID card meant to guard against acts of terrorism received a letter from a security administration official that warned: “I have determined that you pose a security threat.” 6PM 11 May
Sports of The Times: A Season of Indulgence in the N.B.A.’s Waiting Line (CollegeBasketball)
If the O.J. Mayo story is true, the N.C.A.A. investigators should be in Los Angeles, turning over every coffee mug in the Trojans’ athletic department. 6PM 11 May
Dealbook: A Wish List for Fixing Wall Street (Business)
For Kenneth C. Griffin, who runs one of the biggest and most successful hedge fund firms, the entire banking industry needs to overhaul its thinking, and perhaps accept greater regulation. 6PM 11 May
Itineraries | Frequent Flier: If You Didn’t Play Gin Rummy, You Sat in the Co-Pilot Seat (Business)
Back in the 1960s, one aspect of my P.R. job involved “making up a load” on the company plane, a twin-engine Beechcraft, used mostly to travel to our plant in Florida. 6PM 11 May
On the Road: Hints That ‘Fare Sale’ May Be Heard Before Long (Business)
Airlines have been able to raise prices in concert all year and still keep seats filled at record levels. But there are now early signs that the market may be rebelling. 6PM 11 May
Memo Pad (Business)
News about the airlines. 6PM 11 May
A Flavoring Seen as a Means of Marketing to Blacks (Business)
It is unclear how African-American preference for menthol cigarettes developed in the first place, but it seems the answer involves cultural and taste preferences as well as tobacco industry marketing. 6PM 11 May
Charter Lowers Quarterly Loss (Business)
Charter Communications, the cable TV provider, said Monday it narrowed its first-quarter loss on a 13 percent increase in average revenue per user and a rise in subscribers. 6PM 11 May
A New Editor at the Forward (Business)
Jane R. Eisner, former editorial page editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer, was nominated Monday to become editor of The Forward, the Jewish newsweekly. 6PM 11 May
Italian Aerospace Company to Buy U.S. Technology Firm (Business)
The Italian aerospace company Finmeccanica reached a $5.2 billion deal to buy DRS Technologies, securing a bigger presence in the growing United States military market. 6PM 11 May
IndyMac Posts Loss on Mortgage Troubles (Business)
In addition to posting a $184 million loss for the first quarter of 2008, the mortgage lender warned Monday it would not post a profitable quarter this year. 6PM 11 May
Stocks & Bonds: Oil Prices Slide, and Wall Street Cheers (Business)
Wall Street rallied on Monday as oil prices fell, easing some investors’ concerns about accelerating inflation. The Dow Jones industrials gained more than 130 points. 6PM 11 May
Former Chief Tells Board That A.I.G. Is in ‘Crisis’ (Business)
Maurice R. Greenberg, the former chief executive of the American International Group, also urged a delay in its annual general meeting, scheduled for Wednesday, in a letter to the board. 6PM 11 May
Court Hears More Claims of Vaccine-Autism Link (Business)
The United States Court of Federal Claims is considering whether the government should pay millions of dollars to the parents of some 4,800 autistic children. 6PM 11 May
Hundreds Are Arrested in U.S. Sweep of Meat Plant (Business)
In the biggest workplace immigration raid this year, federal agents swept into a kosher meat plant on Monday in Postville, Iowa, and arrested more than 300 workers. 6PM 11 May
Negotiations Under Way to Ease Ground Zero Deal (Business)
City and state officials have begun talks with Goldman Sachs in the hope of negotiating a new agreement that would avoid hefty penalties for delays in rebuilding at the World Trade Center site. 6PM 11 May
Losses at XM and Sirius as They Pursue a Merger (Business)
Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio, the pay radio stations that are seeking to merge, both reported solid gains in subscribers on Monday although both also posted quarterly losses. 6PM 11 May
Advertising: ABC Fall Roster Is Heavy on the Already Proven (Business)
Having lost four months of its development season to the writers’ strike, the network will, at least initially, rely heavily on fan favorites. 6PM 11 May
HBO Shows May Sell on iTunes, for $1.99+ (Business)
The higher pricing for some HBO shows is a departure for Apple which for years has insisted on standard pricing for digital downloads, at $1.99. 6PM 11 May
G.M. Plans to Close Canadian Transmission Plant (Business)
News of the closing of the Windsor, Ontario, facility, which produces four-speed transmissions, comes as General Motors is shifting to more fuel efficient six-speed gearboxes. 6PM 11 May
Retiring Microsoft Official to Run Gates Foundation (Business)
A Microsoft executive has been named the new chief executive of the largest foundation in the world, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. 6PM 11 May
Sprint Nextel Posts Loss and Offers Gloomy Outlook (Business)
The wireless carrier said that its lackluster performance would continue in the coming quarters as it fights to keep customers and struggles with a merger that has not lived up to its promise. 6PM 11 May
Wachovia Faces S.E.C. Inquiry Over Auction-Rate Securities (Business)
The bank said that it was cooperating with inquiries into underwriting and sales of the securities that had been started by the Securities Exchange Commission and several state regulators. 6PM 11 May
MBIA Posts Loss of $2.4 Billion in Quarter (Business)
The bond insurer said on Monday that unrealized losses on insured derivatives skyrocketed in the first quarter, pushing the company into a sharp quarterly loss. 6PM 11 May
For HSBC, Asia Offsets Loan Problems in the U. S. (Business)
Europe’s biggest bank put aside $3.2 billion for bad loans in the United States in the first quarter, in line with its expectations. 6PM 11 May
Itineraries: Coping With the Tall Traveler’s Curse (Business)
For the extra-tall business traveler, there are now some ways to find some relief, both in the air and on the ground. 6PM 11 May
Clear Channel Sale Appears to Be Close (Business)
After a year of trouble and courtroom battles, two private equity firms looking to buy Clear Channel were close to settling with the banks financing the deal. 6PM 11 May
Cablevision in Deal to Buy Newsday (Business)
The $650 million deal with the Tribune Company will give Cablevision a 97 percent stake in Newsday and return the paper to Long Island ownership. 6PM 11 May
Many Hispanics Are Hit Hard by Economic Slump (Business)
What had been a story of steady advances for Hispanics has given way to growing joblessness and lost homes. 6PM 11 May
Hewlett-Packard Said to Be Close to Buying E.D.S. (Business)
The deal, for $12 billion to $13 billion, would be Hewlett-Packard’s largest since its merger with Compaq. 6PM 11 May
Bloomberg L.P. Fills Post, Suggesting Shift to News (Business)
Norman Pearlstine, the former top editor of Time Inc. and The Wall Street Journal, was named to the new position of chief content officer of Bloomberg on Monday. 6PM 11 May
Cigarette Bill Treats Menthol With Leniency (Business)
A ban of most flavored cigarettes would exempt menthol cigarettes, popular among African-Americans. 6PM 11 May
Major League Roundup: Unassisted Triple Play for the Indians (Baseball)
Carmona pitched a five-hitter for Cleveland’s second consecutive shutout against the visiting Toronto Blue Jays, a 3-0 victory Monday the first game of a doubleheader. 6PM 11 May
Santana Receives an Extra Day of Rest and a Date With the Yankees (Baseball)
Johan Santana, who may start against the Yankees on Friday, has excellent career statistics at Yankee Stadium. 6PM 11 May
Nationals 10, Mets 4: Only Applause for Mets Comes From Nationals (Baseball)
The Mets made it difficult for the crowd to stick around in the cold past a sloppy fifth inning, when the Nationals scored three runs to snap a tie on their way to a victory. 6PM 11 May
Rodriguez Is Unlikely to Play Against Mets (Baseball)
On Monday, Manager Joe Girardi said Alex Rodriguez would most likely be out through the weekend with a quadriceps injury. 6PM 11 May
For Youthful Rays, Changes in Stands and in Standings (Baseball)
During their first 10 seasons, the Tampa Bay Rays grew accustomed to serving as gracious hosts whenever they faced the Yankees or the Boston Red Sox at Tropicana Field. But that’s beginning to change. 6PM 11 May
Rays 7, Yankees 1: Renewed Rays Become Tough Out for Yankees (Baseball)
The Yankees and Andy Pettitte became the latest team to fall to the sprightly Rays, who have swept their last two series at home. 6PM 11 May
Nissan Plans Electric Car in U.S. by ’10 (Automobiles)
The commitment, announced Tuesday, will be the first by a major automaker to bring a zero-emission vehicle to the American market. 6PM 11 May
World Brief | Asia: Australia: Swimmer, 1; Shark, 0 (AsiaPacific)
An Australian swimmer says he survived a mauling by a 16-foot shark by wrestling with the beast, finally getting free by poking it in the eye. 6PM 11 May
World Brief | Asia: Bangladesh: Elections Plan Announced (AsiaPacific)
Signaling an end to military-backed emergency rule in Bangladesh, the caretaker administrator announced that the country would hold elections in December. 6PM 11 May
TV Sports: Images of a Familiar Face Smiling in a Foreign Land (AsiaPacific)
The Bobby Valentine on view in the documentary “The Zen of Bobby V” is both familiar and alien to those who recall him managing the Mets and the Texas Rangers. 6PM 11 May
Disaster Set Off by Colliding Land Masses (AsiaPacific)
As a result of a continuing collision between India and Asia, an upward thrust fault broke on Monday afternoon, generating an earthquake in the Sichuan Province of China. 6PM 11 May
Dalai Lama Expects Talks to Resume (AsiaPacific)
In an interview, the Dalai Lama said that it was too soon to say whether China was negotiating in good faith. 6PM 11 May
Partner Leaves Pakistan’s Cabinet (AsiaPacific)
The move, in response to an impasse over Supreme Court judges, was a sign of the fragility of the new government. 6PM 11 May
U.N. Leader Tells Myanmar to Hurry on Aid (AsiaPacific)
The warning came as authorities raised the death toll to nearly 32,000 and let in the first large-scale aid delivery. 6PM 11 May
‘No Hope’ for Children Buried in Earthquake (AsiaPacific)
As dawn crept across the shattered town of Dujiangyan, the site of a school collapse became a center of mourning. 6PM 11 May
Powerful Quake Ravages China, Killing Thousands (AsiaPacific)
An earthquake struck in China, toppling thousands of buildings and killing at least 10,000 people. 6PM 11 May
Arts, Briefly: Free Entertainment (Arts)
Free folk music will return to Governors Island this summer, beginning with a performance by Janis Ian on July 5. The second annual Folks on the Island: A Folk Music Festival on Governors Island will run for five Saturdays, ending Aug. 2. Other performers include Slaid Cleaves (July 12), Bearfoot (July 19), Eric Bibb (July 26) and Ronny Cox. Free ferry service to the island will leave from the Battery Maritime Building every hour on the hour beginning at 10 a.m. The concerts, at Colonel’s Row, begin at 1:30 p.m. Information: folksontheisland.com. ... Free performances of Shakespeare’s “Cymbeline” will be offered by New York Classic Theater at 7 p.m. Thursday through Sunday from May 29 to June 22 inside Central Park at West 103rd Street. Scenes in these “Shakespeare on the Run” performances, using footbridges, trees, rocks and benches as scenery, move from place to place in the park. Information: (212) 252-4531 or newyorkclassical.org. 6PM 11 May
Arts, Briefly: 'Survivor' Limps (Arts)
“Survivor: Micronesia,” the 16th edition of the CBS franchise, ended on Sunday, drawing the lowest ratings ever for a season finale of the eight-year-old series. Nielsen estimated it averaged 12.9 million viewers from 8 to 10 p.m., just short of the previous low record, last May’s conclusion of “Survivor: Fiji” (13.6 million). In December the final episode of “Survivor: China” fared better than either edition, attracting 15.2 million viewers. Still, the show managed to lead the 8 p.m. hour for CBS against ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” (11.9 million), helping make CBS the most watched network on the night by the slimmest of margins. But CBS trailed ABC later in the evening as ABC’s “Desperate Housewives” remained dominant at 9 (15.2 million) and “Brothers & Sisters” (11 million) eked out a victory over CBS’s customary “Survivor” reunion special in the 10 p.m. hour (10.8 million). ABC retained a slight edge for the night ahead of CBS in the important demographic of adults 18 to 49. Fox finished a distant third overall, followed by NBC in fourth. 6PM 11 May
Arts, Briefly: Many-Legged Neil Young (Arts)
Neil Young, below left, already a singer and songwriter, is now spider man. No, not Peter Parker of comic book fame, but the man whose name has been bestowed on a new species of spider. The tribute was rendered to the 62-year-old musician by Jason E. Bond, a biologist at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C., who discovered a new trapdoor spider and chose to call it Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi, above. In a statement Dr. Bond said: “There are rather strict rules about how you name new species. As long as these rules are followed, you can give a new species just about any name you please. With regards to Neil Young, I really enjoy his music and have a great appreciation of him as an activist for peace and justice.”. 6PM 11 May
Arts, Briefly: The Booker All-Stars (Arts)
Salman Rushdie was the bookies’ favorite to win the Best of the Booker award when his 1981 novel, “Midnight’s Children,” was chosen Monday for the six-book shortlist, a competition to be named the best of the 41 winners in the history of the Booker Prize, The Associated Press reported. The bookmakers William Hill fixed the odds on Mr. Rushdie’s novel at 5-1. Other nominees for the award, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the prize, which was established in 1969 (it was shared in 1974 and 1992) were: “Disgrace” by the Nobel laureate J. M. Coetzee (10-1); “The Ghost Road” by Pat Barker (20-1); “Oscar and Lucinda” by Peter Carey (25-1); “The Conservationist” by Nadine Gordimer (40-1); “The Siege of Krishnapur” by J. G. Farrell (80-1). The short list was chosen by a panel of judges. The winner of the Best of the Booker prize will be chosen by a vote of the public and will be announced in London on July 10. The award, now called the Man Booker Prize goes annually to the best work of fiction by an author from the British Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland. 6PM 11 May
Arts, Briefly: Papa Non Grata on 'Idol' (Arts)
The father of David Archuleta, one of the three finalists remaining in the competition on “American Idol,” has been banned from attending rehearsals for the show after disputes with the program’s production staff. A person close to the program, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to speak about the matter, confirmed the account, first reported Friday by the celebrity gossip site TMZ.com. A spokeswoman for Fox, which broadcasts “American Idol,” declined to comment. Jeff Archuleta, above left, the father of David — who at 17 is the youngest current “Idol” contestant — has been the subject of reports in recent months about his active role in his son’s performances and song choices. Last month Naomi Judd, during an appearance on the “Today” program, said that when she was a judge on “Star Search” in 2003, Mr. Archuleta was “the worst stage dad,” a characterization Mr. Archuleta disputed in a subsequent interview with Us magazine. The latest dispute arose after David Archuleta, at his father’s urging, disregarded warnings from the producers against including lyrics from a song by Sean Kingston into his performance of the Ben E. King hit “Stand By Me.” The change required additional rights clearances and royalty payments by the producers. 6PM 11 May
Arts, Briefly: Teaching an Old Building New Vibes (Arts)
First Talking Heads; now a singing building. That was the prospect for the former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne on Monday, when state officials disclosed plans for him to transform a landmark Lower Manhattan building into a huge musical instrument, The Associated Press reported. The officials said Mr. Byrne’s “Playing the Building” installation, in the Battery Maritime Building, would use devices attached to ceiling beams, plumbing, electrical conduits and other structural elements to produce sound through vibration. The temporary installation and a new waiting room for ferry passengers are to open this month in the 1909 Beaux Arts structure. Mr. Byrne, 55, (above, in situ) is now a solo musician and visual artist. 6PM 11 May
Museum Kills Live Exhibit (Arts)
A “living coat” made out of mice stem cells had to be killed before it grew out of control. 6PM 11 May
Dance Review: A New Work About an Old Heartache: You’re Often Ignored by the One You Love (Arts)
Over the last two decades Kim Brandstrup has created pieces for many of the major classical and contemporary companies in Britain, and his most recent commission is from none other than the Royal Ballet. 6PM 11 May
Music Review: Ensemble With a Mind of Its Own (Arts)
The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra's fortunes have risen and fallen several times, but judging from its concert at Zankel Hall on Sunday, it is on the upswing. 6PM 11 May
Music Review: Modernizing a Baroque French Opera (Arts)
A new production of the rarely staged work,“David et Jonathas,” directed by Timothy Nelson, the 28-year-old founder of the American Opera Theater, brought David and Jonathan out of the closet, interpreting their relationship as a modern audience would. 6PM 11 May
Music Review: American Operas, Sifted and Sampled (Arts)
Since 1999 New York City Opera’s lively Vox series has offered concert performances of excerpts from new operas by American composers. 6PM 11 May
An NBC Goodbye for Leno After ‘Tonight’? (Arts)
Ben Silverman, the co-chairman of NBC Entertainment, acknowledged that the changing late-night landscape at the network would probably mean that Jay Leno would leave it. 6PM 11 May
Critic’s Choice: New DVDs: Mitchell Leisen and ‘The Big Trail’ (Arts)
This week’s DVDs include two films from the director Mitchell Leisen and Raoul Walsh’s 1930 epic western, “The Big Trail.” 6PM 11 May
Dance Review: Favorites Served With Punch, Not Pomp (Arts)
Ballet Boyz make dance immediate, accessible and exhilarating. 6PM 11 May
Theater Review | 'Curse of the Starving Class': Shepard’s Debtors of 1978, Sounding Like Today’s Poor (Arts)
The 30th-anniversary revival of Sam Shepard’s “Curse of the Starving Class,” at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, is respectable but timid. 6PM 11 May
Music: Trailblazers, but Selling a Romantic Kind of Love (Arts)
As fiercely as the rock counterculture rejected its parents’ tastes in music, all three women in Sheila Weller's “Girls Like Us" are revealed as heavily indebted to traditional pop and its quasi-religious faith in romantic love. 6PM 11 May
Books of The Times: A World of Stories From a Son of Vietnam (Arts)
Whether it’s the prospect of dying at sea or being shot by a drug kingpin or losing family members in a war, Nam Le’s people are individuals trapped in the cross hairs of fate. 6PM 11 May
A Season With an Unpredictable Plot (Arts)
Broadway is bracing for the Tony Awards in a year that flouted the rule book. 6PM 11 May
Art Review: An Artist’s Concocted World, Starring Himself, Is Too True to Be Real (ArtandDesign)
“Mike’s World: Michael Smith & Joshua White (and other collaborators)” is a terrifically entertaining and philosophically compelling survey, at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia, of Mr. Smith’s 30-year career. 6PM 11 May
San Isidro Tilantongo Journal: Ways of Ancient Mexico Reviving Barren Lands (Americas)
Jesús León Santos’s fight to keep farmers from abandoning their parched land is much more than a refusal to give up a millennial way of life. 6PM 11 May
World Brief | Americas: Haiti: At Least 12 Dead as Ferry Sinks (Americas)
At least 12 people drowned and others were missing and feared dead after a packed ferry sank off the southern coast of Haiti, the authorities said. 6PM 11 May
6 Charged in Shooting of Officer in Mexico (Americas)
Investigators said the group that carried out the assassination was led by a federal police officer, who was arrested with several incriminating documents. 6PM 11 May
World Brief | Africa: Liberia: Ban Imposed on Food Exports (Africa)
Liberia banned all food exports on Monday, saying profiteers had been taking advantage of its cheap rice prices to truck the grain to neighboring countries to sell at higher prices. 6PM 11 May
Global Update: Fake Malaria Drugs Emerging in Vulnerable Countries in Africa (Africa)
A recent study suggests that an epidemic of fake malaria drugs are spreading to Africa. 6PM 11 May
Sudan Briefly Arrests Islamist Leader (Africa)
Sudanese officials accused Hassan Turabi of working with a Darfurian rebel force that staged a bold attack on Khartoum on Saturday. 6PM 11 May
In Kenya, Violence Shakes Running Community (Africa)
The Olympic hopes of many of Kenya’s runners have been disrupted by the ethnic violence that followed a disputed presidential election last December. 6PM 11 May
Pro Surfer’s Death Exposes Beach Town’s Violent Side (pop_top)
A California beach clique known as the Bird Rock Bandits are facing prosecution under strict gang laws in connection with a surfer’s beating death. 6PM 11 May
Op-Ed Columnist: The Oil Nonbubble (pop_top)
Are speculators mainly responsible for high oil prices? And if they aren’t, why have so many commentators insisted, year after year, that there’s an oil bubble? 6PM 11 May
Op-Ed Columnist: The Jewish State at 60 (pop_top)
In 2008, the defense of the state of Israel, and everything it stands for, requires a kind of courage very much out of accord with the perpetual click-clack of our politics. 6PM 11 May
Voter ID Battle Shifts to Proof of Citizenship (Washington)
Supporters of a measure in Missouri cite concerns about illegal immigrants voting, but critics say tens of thousands of legal residents could be disenfranchised. 6PM 11 May
State Programs Add Safety Net for the Poorest (Washington)
At least a dozen states are giving monthly payments to low-income workers, hoping to keep them off welfare rolls. 6PM 11 May
Arts, Briefly: Footnotes (Theater)
Alan Alda writes a play for the World Science Festival, “The Sound and the Fury” extends and more theater news. 6PM 11 May
Arts, Briefly: Encores! For Bernstein (Theater)
Leonard Bernstein is coming back to New York City Center as part of a celebration of what would have been his 90th birthday. 6PM 11 May
Arts, Briefly: ‘Little Mermaid’ Actor Has Surgery on Wrists (Theater)
The actor who plummeted through a trapdoor before a matinee of “The Little Mermaid” remained hospitalized. 6PM 11 May
Deutsche Telekom May Gain Control of Greek Company (Technology)
The purchase of a large stake of Greece’s former phone monopoly would give Deutsche Telekom access to Europe’s fastest-growing telecommunications market: the Balkans. 6PM 11 May
E-Commerce Report: Real Estate Lists Grow Comfortable With the Web (Technology)
The triple threat of a weak market, legal pressure and increasing competition has compelled real estate professionals to offer their information more freely online. 6PM 11 May
Sports of The Times: Accepting the Costs of a Life in Football (ProFootball)
Reggie Williams, a former Bengals linebacker who received implants for his knees in 2005, has no regrets about his violent occupation. 6PM 11 May
Celtics’ Road Struggles Draw Cavaliers Closer (ProBasketball)
Boston, which went a league-best 31-10 in away games during the regular season, has dropped all of its road games so far this postseason. 6PM 11 May
Spurs 100, Hornets 80: An Overlooked Duncan Draws San Antonio Even (ProBasketball)
Tim Duncan had team highs of 22 points and 15 rebounds to lead the Spurs. The series resumes Tuesday night in New Orleans. 6PM 11 May
Jazz 123, Lakers 115 O.T.: Joyful Noise From Fans Rouses the Jazz (ProBasketball)
Deron Williams had 29 points and 14 assists, as the Utah evened its Western Conference semifinal series at two games apiece. 6PM 11 May
Expect D’Antoni to Defy Expectations (ProBasketball)
Mike D’Antoni prefers a quick-paced game. But if the Knicks are not fit to play run-and-gun — and the current lineup is not — D’Antoni will find another way. 6PM 11 May
Johns Hopkins and Star Avenge Loss to Hofstra (OtherSports)
Fifth-seeded Johns Hopkins defeated unseeded Hofstra, 10-4, in an N.C.A.A. tournament first-round game at Homewood Field 6PM 11 May
A Horse Trainer’s Rough Ride (OtherSports)
Big Brown, winner of this year’s Kentucky Derby, is perfect. The colt’s trainer, Rick Dutrow, once a drug-addled horseman, admittedly is not. 6PM 11 May
Op-Ed Contributor: President Apostate? (Opinion)
Of all the well-meaning desires projected on Barack Obama, the hope that he would decisively improve relations with the world’s Muslims is the least realistic. 6PM 11 May
Editorial: What Social Security Isn’t Meant to Do (Opinion)
Expanding E-Verify and forcing Social Security to take on the enormous burden of immigration enforcement would have frightening implications for millions of people. 6PM 11 May
Witold Woyda, Fencer Who Won Gold for Poland, Is Dead at 68 (Obituaries)
Mr. Woyda was an Olympic champion fencer who was atypically short for his native Poland but who compensated for a lack of reach with dazzling dexterity. 6PM 11 May
Diana Barnato Walker, Acclaimed Pilot, Dies at 90 (Obituaries)
Mrs. Walker took up flying in the 1930s and became celebrated as one of a group of women who delivered new fighters and bombers to combat squadrons in World War II. 6PM 11 May
Crews Search for Storm Survivors (National)
Emergency crews began rescue operations on Monday in areas that were hit by violent storms that killed at least 23 people in Missouri, Oklahoma and Georgia. 6PM 11 May
Music Review | Paul Lewis: Mozart and Schubert With Pipe and Slippers (Music)
Isaac Babel said that “if the world could write by itself, it would write like Tolstoy.” Something similar drew me admiringly to Paul Lewis’s evening of piano music. 6PM 11 May
Music Review | 'Macbeth': There’s a New Thane in Town, a New Lady, Too (Music)
Adrian Noble’s production of Verdi’s “Macbeth” returned to the Met with new singers in the four main roles. 6PM 11 May
Music Review | 'The First Emperor': Downsizing a Larger-Than-Life Warlord (Music)
“The First Emperor” was given an attractive, stylized production by Zhang Yimou. 6PM 11 May
Music Review | 'Miles From India': Recalling Miles Davis by Crossing Cultures (Music)
“Miles From India” was a boldly expansive concert. 6PM 11 May
Music Review | Felicity Lott: Art of Recital, From Serious to Playful (Music)
Few vocalists approach the song recital with as much thought and inspiration as the soprano Felicity Lott. 6PM 11 May
Music Review | Mitsuko Uchida: Strains of Humor in a Classical Vein (Music)
Music has a hard time being funny, especially music of the last 100 years. Gyorgy Kurtag’s piano pieces, as played by Mitsuko Uchida, come close today. 6PM 11 May
Critics’ Choice: New CDs (Music)
New releases from T Bone Burnett, Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band, Foxy Brown and Vetiver. 6PM 11 May
New Hub for Music: Practice, Practice (Music)
The Orchestra of St. Luke’s intends to buy half of a building in Clinton to create a permanent home for itself as well as rehearsal space for local orchestras. 6PM 11 May
Music Review | Erykah Badu: Idealism and Bawdiness Under Many Guises (Music)
Ms. Badu’s Vortex Tour was a visit to her eccentric pop cosmos. 6PM 11 May
Arts, Briefly: ‘Iron Man’ Shows Muscle (Movies)
“Iron Man” extended its run as the No. 1 box-office attraction by pulling in $50.5 million over the weekend at movie theaters in North America. 6PM 11 May
Generation Faithful: Young Saudis, Vexed and Entranced by Love’s Rules (MiddleEast)
Young people in Saudi Arabia may chafe against the rules, but they can be merciless in their condemnation of those who flout them too brazenly. 6PM 11 May
In Sadr City, a Cease-Fire Is Put to the Test, and Fails (MiddleEast)
A durable accord in the densely populated neighborhood, where intense fighting has been going on for more than a month, has yet to be achieved. 6PM 11 May
Fierce Fighting Breaks Out East of Beirut (MiddleEast)
The fighting followed overnight clashes in the northern city of Tripoli that left at least two people dead and five wounded, according to security officials. 6PM 11 May
Drive in Basra by Iraqi Army Makes Gains (MiddleEast)
Three hundred miles south of Baghdad, Basra has been transformed by its own surge, now seven weeks old. 6PM 11 May
The Media Equation: A Knock in the Night in Phoenix (MediaandAdvertising)
The two principal owners of Village Voice Media have decided to match the legal aggression from local authorities in Arizona with some aggression of their own. 6PM 11 May
Webdenda: Accounts, People, Miscellany (MediaandAdvertising)
News about advertising. 6PM 11 May
GodTube, Where Networking Is More Spiritual Than Social (MediaandAdvertising)
GodTube.com, a YouTube knockoff for the evangelical set, is a success with users and with investors as well. 6PM 11 May
Production of a Movie Stops Over Funds to Pay Its Stars (MediaandAdvertising)
Production was halted after producers of the film failed to keep sufficient funds to pay actors in a union-mandated account. 6PM 11 May
Fox Business Refines Lineup in Daytime (MediaandAdvertising)
Changes to the lineup of the network, which was introduced in October, will affect almost every daytime hour. 6PM 11 May
Playboy Has a Losing Quarter, and Its Chief Talks of Media Transformation (MediaandAdvertising)
Playboy Enterprises reported that it had lost money in the first quarter of 2008, making it another casualty of the economic downturn and the squeeze between old media and new media. 6PM 11 May
The United States Open Changes Its Cable Home (MediaandAdvertising)
ESPN and the Tennis Channel will start televising the United States Open starting next year through 2014. 6PM 11 May
Citi’s New Slogan Is Said to Be Second Choice (MediaandAdvertising)
Replacing a tagline that fizzled last year, Citigroup’s new slogan, “Citi Never sleeps”, had previously been scratched. 6PM 11 May
McCain’s TV Preferences Emerge: Office Farce, Not Soap (MediaandAdvertising)
Presidential candidates long ago learned the power of pop culture, but this year they seem to be leaning particularly hard on it. 6PM 11 May
It’s Official: Jimmy Fallon Is Next for ‘Late Night’ (MediaandAdvertising)
Jimmy Fallon, the former cast member of “Saturday Night Live,” is to be named the host of NBC’s “Late Night” talk show. 6PM 11 May
Advertising: Marketers Welcome Television’s Shift to a 52-Week Season (MediaandAdvertising)
The writers’ strike this TV season was only the catalyst of the change to upfront week, when networks offer springtime previews of prime-time programs for the coming fall. 6PM 11 May
Craig (of the List) Looks Beyond the Web (MediaandAdvertising)
In the face of the expansion of the classified ads Web site Craigslist, its founder, Craig Newmark, is capitalizing on his success to promote causes he holds dear. 6PM 11 May
In the Age of TiVo and Web Video, What Is Prime Time? (MediaandAdvertising)
The missing six million viewers who were watching prime television last May and have disappeared this year are still watching, but on their own terms. 6PM 11 May
That Pundit on Fox News? An Upstart Named Rove (MediaandAdvertising)
The bête noire of Democrats has turned pundit, and his old nemeses do not always know what to make of it. 6PM 11 May
N.H.L. Roundup: Penguins Pull Away for a 2-0 Series Lead (Hockey)
Maxime Talbot scored the go-ahead goal Sunday night for the Pittsburgh Penguins in a 4-2 victory over the visiting Philadelphia Flyers. 6PM 11 May
On Par: Serious-Minded Golfers Tackle a Whimsical Game (Golf)
Miniature golf: One person’s leisurely respite puttering around while on vacation is another person’s workday passion. 6PM 11 May
García Clears Water and Ends a Drought (Golf)
At the Players Championship on Sunday, Sergio García shot a final-round 71 to win the first sudden-death playoff in 21 years at the T.P.C. Sawgrass. 6PM 11 May
Tilt to West Is Seen in Elections in Serbia (Europe)
The elections were viewed as a referendum on whether Serbia would turn toward the West or revert to the nationalism and isolation of the Slobodan Milosevic years. 6PM 11 May
Joseph Egan, Lawyer Who Fought Nuclear Waste Site, Is Dead at 53 (Environment)
Mr. Egan, a nuclear engineer-turned-lawyer, led Nevada’s legal campaign to block a nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain. 6PM 11 May
Planning a Web Site, Publisher Buys a Harvard Alumni Magazine (Education)
Plans for 02138, a magazine for Harvard alumni, include expanding it into social networking and event sponsorship, and then duplicating the operation for each Ivy League school. 6PM 11 May
PBS Revives a Show That Shines a Light on Reading (Education)
The 2009 version of “The Electric Company” is a weekly, more danceable version of its former daily self. 6PM 11 May
To Curb Truancy, Dallas Tries Electronic Monitoring (Education)
Instead of sending truant students to juvenile detention, school officials in East Dallas have begun an electronic monitoring program to improve attendance rates. 6PM 11 May
A Kosher Soup Kitchen Offers a Dignified Place to Eat, and Steak for One Day (DiningandWine)
A soup kitchen honors a grand rabbi by giving the down and out in Borough Park a place to dine well. 6PM 11 May
Big City: Once a Hostess, Now a Bar’s Grande Dame (DiningandWine)
Claire Oesch, the trim woman seated at the bar at Café des Artistes, is, at 93, most likely the city’s oldest and most refined barfly. 6PM 11 May
Associate Says Mayo Received Gifts (CollegeBasketball)
A former associate of U.S.C. freshman O. J. Mayo claims Mayo received thousands of dollars in cash and other gifts that would violate N.C.A.A. rules. 6PM 11 May
Arts, Briefly: Pro-Palestinian Rally at Turin Book Fair (Books)
Protesters in the thousands massed in Turin, Italy, to demonstrate their opposition to that city’s book fair, which highlights the 60th anniversary of Israeli independence. 6PM 11 May
Books of The Times: Little Pieces of Los Angeles, Done His Way (Books)
James Frey stepped up to the plate and hit one out of the park with his new book. 6PM 11 May
Rainout Spoils Chance for Jeter to Bat Fourth (Baseball)
Derek Jeter was scheduled to bat fourth Sunday against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park, but the game was rained out. 6PM 11 May
Snapping Out of a Slump, Beltrán Is Starting to Click (Baseball)
After more than a month of searching for that natural feeling, Carlos Beltrán, the Mets’ center fielder, is finally finding his comfort zone in the batter’s box. 6PM 11 May
Mets 8, Reds 3: Pérez Is Able to Have Fun and Get Mets a Victory, Too (Baseball)
Carlos Beltrán continued his hot hitting, going 2 for 5 with a two-run homer and three runs batted in, to support Oliver Pérez and give the Mets the victory. 6PM 11 May
When Burmese Offer a Hand, Rulers Slap It (AsiaPacific)
For political reasons, the junta is clearly not allowing some prominent local donors to aid cyclone victims. 6PM 11 May
Attack in Kashmir Leaves 7 Dead (AsiaPacific)
A lull in violence in the Indian-administered province of Kashmir broke on Sunday as a gun battle between militants and Indian soldiers left seven dead. 6PM 11 May
Venezuela’s President Scorned by Bitter Political Foe: His Ex-Wife (Americas)
President Hugo Chávez’s ex-wife, Marisabel Rodríguez, is a political figure here as well, making a custody dispute more fodder for the country’s polarized politics. 6PM 11 May
Manta Journal: Ecuador Opposes Outpost in American War on Drugs (Americas)
To Ecuadoreans the American base in Manta, Ecuador, is a flash point in a regional debate over the limits of American power in Latin America. 6PM 11 May
News Analysis: After a Quixotic Attack in Sudan, a Question Lingers: Why? (Africa)
In the past, Darfurian rebels have largely confined their attacks to government positions in Darfur, never once attempting an assault on the heavily fortified capital, Khartoum. 6PM 11 May
Op-Ed Columnist: Call Your Mother (pop_top)
Much of the outlook that infuses my own writings was bred into me from my mom, who believed that even if pessimists were usually right, optimists were behind great changes. 6PM 11 May
Fundamentally: How to Tell if a Rally Is Real (YourMoney)
In fits and starts, blue-chip stocks have been climbing higher since mid-March. But many market watchers aren’t convinced that the worst of this market storm is behind us 6PM 11 May
Checking In: Arriving in London: Hotels Made in China (WorldBusiness)
The aggressive expansion plans of Travelodge, one of the largest budget hotel chains in Britain, hinge on the use of prefabricated hotel rooms, manufactured in China. 6PM 11 May
The World: Oil Prices Are Up and Politicians Are Angry. Yawn. (WeekinReview)
What can Washington do to reduce gas prices in the near term? The short answer, alas, is not much. 6PM 11 May
The World: The Dangers of the Deltas (WeekinReview)
From the Mekong to the Mississippi, river mouths have long lured farmers, fishers and traders. But the same geography also guarantees they will be periodically inundated. 6PM 11 May
The Nation: In Dixie, Signs of a Rising Biracial Politics (WeekinReview)
The South went solidly red state in the ’90s, but that tide may be receding. 6PM 11 May
Almighty: The Dollar: Shrinkable but (So Far) Unsinkable (WeekinReview)
What are the chances that a day of reckoning is coming, when the dollar would be so weak that America would have to play by the rules that apply to every other country? 6PM 11 May
Lessons Learned: The Upside of Being Knocked Around (WeekinReview)
Maybe hard-hitting Hillary Rodham Clinton has been the best thing that could have happened to Barack Obama — a teaching adversary who made him stronger. 6PM 11 May
How to Submit an Announcement (Weddings)
Everything you need to know about submitting information to The Times about wedding and celebration announcements. 6PM 11 May
Datebook (Travel)
Events in Montreal, New Orleans and Sarasota, Fla., are worth getting on a plane for. 6PM 11 May
Bitten: Little Tastes of Amsterdam (Travel)
Amsterdam has plenty to offer the traveling foodie. 6PM 11 May
Practical Traveler | Water Recreation: The Spring Thaw Means a River Rush (Travel)
A significant spring thaw is expected to make the boating and rafting season stronger and longer this summer — especially out West. 6PM 11 May
Weekend in New York: Balcony? Not at These Intimate Listening Spots (Travel)
Intimate music spots in the city cover genres, from rock to classical, in cozy, friendly and comfortable atmospheres. 6PM 11 May
36 Hours in Liverpool, England (Travel)
There’s more to Liverpool than just the Beatles. Avant-garde architecture dots the skyline and the legendary music scene continues to pump out new sounds. 6PM 11 May
Music Issue | Next Stop: Stockholm Is More Than Abba's Town (Travel)
Years ago, Sweden was best-known for its saccharine pop, but now it’s home to an array of performers who are starting to earn international acclaim. 6PM 11 May
Music Issue | Why We Travel: In Mali, S.U.V.'s and Camels Deliver the Fans (Travel)
Every year, Tuareg nomads and mainstream musicians converge on the remote dunes of Essakane, Mali, for the Festival au Desert. 6PM 11 May
Music Issue: Check In, Check Out: Mount Tremper, N.Y.: Kate’s Lazy Meadow (Travel)
If you spent your teenage years blasting B-52s’ albums like “Whammy!” the groovy suites at this motel are a dream come true. 6PM 11 May
[TS] Op-Ed Columnist: Hillary Clinton, From Revolution to Evolution David Brooks (TimesSelect)
Hillary Clinton’s health care plan is much simpler than the one she came up with 14 years ago. 6PM 11 May
[TS] Op-Ed Columnist: G.O.P.’s Dirty Tricks Begin Bob Herbert (TimesSelect)
The folks who gave us the Willie Horton ads, the Swift boat campaign, the purges of black voters in Florida and endless other dirty electoral tricks are at it again. 6PM 11 May
[TS] Sports of The Times: Mangini Risks Fury of Scorned Hoodie Selena Roberts (TimesSelect)
Eric Mangini didn’t just flip on Bill Belichick, costing his former mentor a celebrated image, he also humiliated the respected Patriots owner and league power player Robert K. Kraft. 6PM 11 May
[TS] NYC: Becoming an American Citizen, the Hardest Way Clyde Haberman (TimesSelect)
Juan Mariel Alcántara, one of the 21,000 noncitizens serving in the armed forces, became an American only after a homemade bomb ended his life in Baquba, Iraq. 6PM 11 May
Theater Review | 'Steve & Idi': A Lesson Before Writing, Courtesy of Idi Amin’s Ghost (Theater)
David Grimm’s annoying new play is a self-indulgent work about how hard it is to be a writer. 6PM 11 May
Theater Review | 'The Importance of Being Earnest': A Thoroughly Modern Oscar and Algernon (Theater)
Deep in the third act of the Pearl Theater Company’s entertaining production of “The Importance of Being Earnest,” I realized how much the sitcom “Frasier” owes to Oscar Wilde. 6PM 11 May
Theater Review | 'Top Girls': Ladies Who Lunch? No, Here’s to the Power Players (Theater)
Caryl Churchill’s “Top Girls” opened in a well-acted revival directed with intelligence and sensitivity by James Macdonald. 6PM 11 May
Theater Review | 'Eccentricities of a Nightingale': A Heroine’s Inner Flame, Fueled by an Excess of Feeling (Theater)
One of the pleasures of this excellent production is how clearly and sympathetically it renders the character of Alma. 6PM 11 May
Theater Review | 'Stretch (a Fantasia)': Nixon’s Secretary on Her Days of Glory and After (Theater)
Kristin Griffith gives a commanding performance in this inventive play about President Richard M. Nixon’s loyal-to-the-end secretary. 6PM 11 May
Theater Review | 'Rafta, Rafta . . .': No Sex, Please, We’re British Indians (Theater)
This tale of a beleaguered honeymoon exposes its characters’ foibles with gentleness and compassion. 6PM 11 May
‘Mermaid’ Actor Breaks Wrists in Fall From High Over Stage (Theater)
An actor in the Broadway show “The Little Mermaid” fell through a trap door on the deck of a suspended boat and onto the stage just before the start of the Saturday matinee performance. 6PM 11 May
Theater Review: In a Fantasy Realm With Joys and Disappointments (Theater)
In José Rivera’s new play, “Boleros for the Disenchanted,” the dreams of lovers and emigrants commingle. 6PM 11 May
Theater Review: Back From the ’80s, Eyeing Other People’s Money (Theater)
In “Other People’s Money,” at the John W. Engeman Theater in Northport, one wonders if Larry the Liquidator have been able to take over Yahoo. 6PM 11 May
Theater Review: Doubling Up for Shakespeare’s Twin-Laden ‘Comedy of Errors’ (Theater)
If one set of identical twins doesn’t generate enough mayhem for a comedy to take flight, the presence of two doppelgänger duos should ensure total bedlam. 6PM 11 May
Arts and Entertainment: Musical Goes Silent, Its Star Felled by Illness (Theater)
The world premiere run of “Pure Heaven” was postponed after the lead lost her voice. 6PM 11 May
Comings and Goings: Shakespeare in England, in Luxury (Theater)
Watch the English countryside roll by while having brunch on the Orient Express. 6PM 11 May
Theater Review | 'The Fever Chart': Enemies Face to Face, Exchanging Tales of Loss (Theater)
“The Fever Chart,” a well-made trilogy by Naomi Wallace, explores that cauldron that is the Middle East. 6PM 11 May
Theater Review | 'No, No Nanette': Roaring Twenties Speakeasies With Tubs Full of Ginger Ale Fizz (Theater)
The Encores! presentation of “No, No, Nanette” is secondhand nostalgia, a reworking of a 1970s take on the 1920s. 6PM 11 May
Theater Review | 'The Unconquered': Questions of Freedom, Set in Black and White (Theater)
In his furious satire “The Unconquered,” part of the Brits Off Broadway festival at 59E59 Theaters, the British playwright Torben Betts shakes the daylights out of the smarmy idea of freedom. 6PM 11 May
Theater Review | 'Moby Dick Rehearsed': Close Your Eyes and Smell the Brine (Theater)
In the Acting Company production of Orson Welles’s “Moby Dick Rehearsed,” gung-ho actors bring everything to life with no more than some crates and ladders for scenery. 6PM 11 May
The Play Is Over, but the Party Lingers On (Theater)
Some of Off Broadway’s most prominent houses are moving beyond the usual slate of plays, musicals and talkbacks. 6PM 11 May
How to Deal With Midlife: Keep Dancing (Theater)
It’s been four years since Bill Irwin last presented a full evening in clown mode. He’s ready for more. 6PM 11 May
Good Eating | Park Slope: Avenues of Change (TheCity)
New wrinkles keep coming in the competition between the incumbent Fifth Avenue and the challenger Seventh Avenue as Park Slope’s restaurant row. 6PM 11 May
Letters: Buildings Rising, Buildings Tumbling Down (TheCity)
Responses to recent articles. 6PM 11 May
F. Y. I.: Pastors and Politics (TheCity)
What are the details of a 19th-century New York presidential candidate and a minister-adviser who had a run-in similar to that of Senator Barack Obama and his former pastor? 6PM 11 May
Dispatches: For Rooftop Antennas, It’s Showtime (TheCity)
A mini-industry has emerged to help confused building managers and tenants make the transition from analog television to digital. 6PM 11 May
Urban Studies | Bidding: Going Once, Twice, Sold to the Guy on the Curb (TheCity)
An apartment was being auctioned in Park Slope, but the people assembled on a sidewalk mostly came out of curiosity. 6PM 11 May
Douglaston: Woodsman, Don’t Spare That Tree (TheCity)
In Udalls Cove Park Preserve, the cutting down of trees is part of a restoration plan to reintroduce native species like oak, gum and dogwood. 6PM 11 May
New York Up Close: All in Favor, Say ‘Word’ (TheCity)
State and city bills introduced last month would allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote on community boards. 6PM 11 May
Riverdale: To Smell the Roses, Take the Bus (TheCity)
Concern about parking problems has resulted in a parking fee at Wave Hill, the pristine, 28-acre public garden in Riverdale. 6PM 11 May
Washington Heights: My Landlord, My Curator (TheCity)
A landlord has transformed the family business — three five-story yellow brick apartment buildings in Washington Heights — into what he calls living galleries. 6PM 11 May
Reading New York: Baseball Legends, and a Beloved Song (TheCity)
Like the first crack of the bat, an array of new books about the sport is a sure sign of spring. 6PM 11 May
New York Observed: Her Brilliant Career (TheCity)
Filming took place in an abandoned storefront. The script was unintelligible. Then came the night the director pulled out the very real handgun her co-star was to use. 6PM 11 May
The City Visible: After Hard Pasts, a Sanctuary by the Sea (TheCity)
Brighton Beach is defined by contradictions: deep shadows and bright light. 6PM 11 May
‘Scrubs’ Near the D Train (TheCity)
When the resident from Nebraska arrived at Maimonides Medical Center, he had heard of Brooklyn, sort of, but he was hardly prepared for the medical dramas playing out in Borough Park. 6PM 11 May
Television: A Deadly Day on the Top of the World (Television)
A documentary features survivors of a tragic climb on Mount Everest. 6PM 11 May
Television: Take My Wife. Please. I’ll Take Yours. (Television)
A son of the suburbs, inspired by his parents’ adventures, takes TV back to the ’70s with “Swingtown.” 6PM 11 May
A.M.D. Jumps to 12-Core Chip (Technology)
The 12-core processor, code-named Magny-Cours, will be targeted at servers and is due for release in the first half of 2010, according to the company’s updated road map. 6PM 11 May
Slipstream: Do You Have That Portable in a Midsize? (Technology)
Between laptop-sized computers and hand-held devices, is there room for a third category whose size would fall between the two? 6PM 11 May
Novelties: A Buyer’s Guide to Inventions, in Plain English (Technology)
A Web-based service under development offers a new tool intended to help with the matchmaking of inventors and companies. 6PM 11 May
Microsoft Launches Video on Messenger (Technology)
Microsoft has launched a new online service in 20 countries which will allow users to watch video clips at the same time as a network of friends and chat via Windows Live Messenger. 6PM 11 May
SingTel, Associates to Bring iPhone to Asia This Year (Technology)
Singapore Telecommunications will bring the iPhone to Singapore, India, Australia and the Philippines later this year, Southeast Asia’s largest phone company said. 6PM 11 May
New BlackBerry Doubles Screen Resolution (Technology)
R.I.M. introduced its first major new BlackBerry model in more than a year: the Bold, a high-end model that further demonstrates the company’s desire to make tools for both work and play. 6PM 11 May
The Lede: Text Messaging vs. Space Transmissions (Technology)
A space scientist has concluded that sending a text message costs at least four times as much as transmitting scientific data from the Hubble telescope. 6PM 11 May
Bits: Powerset Debuts With Search of Wikipedia (Technology)
Powerset launches its natural language search engine on Wikipedia. Its promise to best Google remains a long ways off. 6PM 11 May
Bits: Why Yelp Works (Technology)
Jeremy Stoppelman, Yelp’s chief executive, said the Web site has catered to the small group of people who made reviewing a hobby and also saw it as a way to make new friends. 6PM 11 May
Bits: Google Wants to Help Web Sites Make New Friends (Technology)
Google Friend Connect lets small Web sites offer social networking features by tapping into the existing systems run by AOL, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, LinkedIn and others. 6PM 11 May
Browsing Books: Paperback Row (SundayBookReview)
Paperback books of particular interest. 6PM 11 May
Browsing Books: Editors’ Choice (SundayBookReview)
Recently reviewed books of particular interest. 6PM 11 May
TBR: Inside the List (SundayBookReview)
After a 10-year run, J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books have fallen off The Times’s best-seller list. 6PM 11 May
Up Front (SundayBookReview)
No conservative writer was tougher on Richard Nixon than George F. Will, the longtime columnist for The Washington Post and Newsweek. 6PM 11 May
Letters: South Korea’s Postwar (SundayBookReview)
To the Editor:. 6PM 11 May
Letters: ‘The Second Plane’ (SundayBookReview)
To the Editor:. 6PM 11 May
Letters: This Is Your Brain on Evolution (SundayBookReview)
To the Editor:. 6PM 11 May
Time of Her Life (SundayBookReview)
A 75-year-old journal resurrects a girl and a city. 6PM 11 May
The Fog of Love (SundayBookReview)
Andrew Sean Greer’s novel is appropriately set in San Francisco’s Sunset district. 6PM 11 May
The Mother Hood (SundayBookReview)
Meg Wolitzer’s novel is about New York women who have stayed home too long. 6PM 11 May
The Lede: NASA Elated by Orbital Putty John Schwartz (Space)
When astronauts tried out the sticky stuff NASA developed to repair chips and gouges in the shuttle’s thermal skin, it seemed to work fine. 6PM 11 May
Ronaldo goes into hiding in Brazil (Soccer)
The soccer star went into hiding Tuesday after a run-in with cross-dressing prostitutes that prompted a police investigation. 6PM 11 May
Manchester United 1, Barcelona 0: Scholes’s Strike Sends Man U to Final (Soccer)
Manchester United advanced to the UEFA Champions League final, where they will face either Chelsea or Liverpool. 6PM 11 May
Champions League: Chelsea Advances to First Major European Final (Soccer)
Chelsea advanced to the European Champions League final for the first time, with Frank Lampard scoring the go-ahead goal on a penalty kick in a 3-2 overtime victory over Liverpool. 6PM 11 May
Soccer Roundup: Kai’s First Hat Trick Leads U.S. Over Canada (Soccer)
Natasha Kai had her first career hat trick with three second-half goals to lead the United States women’s soccer team to a 6-0 victory against Canada on Saturday. 6PM 11 May
Goal Blog: It’s Over: Manchester United Wins Premier League (Soccer)
Manchester United beat Wigan, 2-0, and Bolton held Chelsea to a 1-1 draw, enabling the Red Devils to win the English Premier League title for the second straight season. 6PM 11 May
Big Deal: Stylish School Expansion (RealEstate)
The Spence School signed a contract to buy a mansion on East 90th Street, which was formerly the home of an international socialite. 6PM 11 May
Big Deal: Selling Isn’t Poetry (RealEstate)
Owners of co-ops and condos lingering on the market have been trimming prices and considering unusual inducements to get a second look from buyers. 6PM 11 May
In the Region | Long Island: Bridal Gown? Caterer? Mortgage? (RealEstate)
As they seek to offset the downturn in sales, real estate and mortgage brokers have recently started courting the newly engaged. 6PM 11 May
In the Region | New Jersey: Spring in a Cold Climate (RealEstate)
The latest residential real estate numbers from New Jersey make it clear that the housing market has further to fall. 6PM 11 May
In the Region | Westchester: Parking Space as Living Space? (RealEstate)
A report suggested using land in office parks for moderate-cost housing, but officials are wary. 6PM 11 May
Q & A: The Trunk Is in Their Yard, the Branches Are in Yours (RealEstate)
What rights do I have to get the railroad to take care of trees intruding into my property? 6PM 11 May
Q & A: Can the Sponsor Vote for His Ex-Wife? (RealEstate)
The ex-wife of a co-op sponsor wants to serve on the board. If the sponsor is paying her alimony, can he vote for her? 6PM 11 May
Mortgages: A Fixed-Fee Refinancing (RealEstate)
A new kind of adjustable-rate mortgage allows users to refinance the loan for a flat fee. 6PM 11 May
Your Home: Can a Bargain Rent Have Staying Power? (RealEstate)
For landlords and tenants in rent-stabilized buildings, few issues are more important than “preferential rent.” 6PM 11 May
The Hunt: Home Again (or Still) (RealEstate)
Feeling caged after a few years in one place, a couple searched the Upper West Side for a two-bedroom. 6PM 11 May
Habitats | Ridgewood, Queens: A ‘Farmhouse’ Near the L Train (RealEstate)
In search of a space to renovate, a family was drawn to a 1908 row house in Ridgewood, Queens. 6PM 11 May
Posting: Brooklyn Churches Come and Go (RealEstate)
More than two dozen churches and synagogues in Manhattan and Brooklyn have been repurposed for residential and commercial development since the 1980s. 6PM 11 May
Streetscapes | SoHo Historic District: Not Exactly the Wild West (RealEstate)
One side of a SoHo street received protection as a historic district in 1973. Why does the unprotected side look so similar? 6PM 11 May
Living in Rossville, S.I.: Steeped in History, With a Feel of the Brand New (RealEstate)
Families in search of a suburban setting have flocked to Rossville to fill the new houses that keep popping up. 6PM 11 May
Worth the Climb (RealEstate)
Some of the best deals in New York right now are for top-floor apartments in walk-ups. Buyers who make the effort are finding lots of light and great views. 6PM 11 May
Cheering Section: Dying of Cancer, but Full of Life Lessons (ProFootball)
Randy Pausch, who has pancreatic cancer and whose book, “The Last Lecture,” has been an inspiration to many, was invited to a Pittsburgh Steelers practice. 6PM 11 May
If N.F.L. Doesn’t Call, the Army Will (ProFootball)
If Owen Tolson makes the Giants roster, a new Army program will allow him to delay his active-service commitment to play professional sports while serving as a recruiter. 6PM 11 May
In Cat and Mouse Game, Patriots Are Central Players (ProFootball)
In discussions of changes to the N.F.L.’s confidential rulebook, known as the game operations manual, one team, the New England Patriots, has surfaced more than any other. 6PM 11 May
Sports of The Times: It’s the End of the World as the Knicks Know It (ProBasketball)
Whatever system Mike D’Antoni installs in New York, the Knicks won’t be winners until their roster is turned over, until better and more coachable players are found. 6PM 11 May
Lakers 120, Jazz 110: Lakers Beat Jazz and Take 2-0 Lead (ProBasketball)
Kobe Bryant had 34 points, eight rebounds and six assists Wednesday night, and the Lakers beat the Utah Jazz 120-110. 6PM 11 May
Pistons 90, Magic 89: Pistons Don’t Need Billups to Push Magic to Brink (ProBasketball)
Tayshaun Prince hit an 11-foot runner for the go-ahead basket with 8.9 seconds left, to help the Pistons take a 3-1 lead in their Eastern Conference semifinal series. 6PM 11 May
Cavaliers 108, Celtics 84: Despite Dizziness, Wallace Boosts Cavs in Game 3 (ProBasketball)
Ben Wallace’s defensive presence inside was a major factor in the Cavaliers’ win, which pulled them within 2-1 in their Eastern Conference semifinal series. 6PM 11 May
Gasol Ceding the Spotlight, but Still Shining (ProBasketball)
The transition from playing the lead in Memphis to being Kobe Bryant’s stage partner in Los Angeles has not been as difficult for Pau Gasol as people may think. 6PM 11 May
D’Antoni Accepts Offer to Coach Knicks (ProBasketball)
Mike D’Antoni turned the Phoenix Suns into one of the N.B.A.’s most entertaining and successful teams of the last half-decade. 6PM 11 May
Sports of The Times: Racing Industry Is Stuck in Perpetual Post Time (OtherSports)
An insular industry built on horses and gambling is out of step, out of touch and out of sync with contemporary American culture. 6PM 11 May
Kyle Busch Overcomes a Penalty and Wins (OtherSports)
Kyle Busch won a battle of attrition Saturday night to convincingly win the Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway. 6PM 11 May
Ohio State Tops Cornell for Its First N.C.A.A. Victory (OtherSports)
The Buckeyes defeated the Ivy League champion Big Red, 15-7, in a first-round game of the N.C.A.A. Division I men’s lacrosse tournament Saturday. 6PM 11 May
An Indian Billionaire Turns the Key in Formula One (OtherSports)
The arrival of the newest and tallest motor homes in the Formula One paddock is an overt statement of intent by the sport’s youngest team, Force India. 6PM 11 May
Von der Lippe Is Still Making a Splash at 42 (OtherSports)
Susan Von der Lippe, a three-time Olympian and a 42-year-old mother of two, will compete at the Olympic trials next month. 6PM 11 May
Breeding for Speed, Ignoring Durability (OtherSports)
Long before Eight Belles shattered her front ankles and was euthanized on the track on May 3, the industry had conceded that American racehorses were less sound than ever. 6PM 11 May
Op-Ed Contributor: Dial M for Mother (Opinion)
Calling “Mom” when you find a lost cellphone is satisfying because, of all the people on the address list, she is the one who will clean up the owner’s messes and wipe up the next one. 6PM 11 May
Op-Ed Contributor: Change We Can Stomach (Opinion)
Farming has the potential to go through the greatest upheaval since the Green Revolution, bringing harvests that are more healthful, sustainable and flavorful. 6PM 11 May
Editorial: Rethinking Ethanol (Opinion)
Congress should realign its tax and subsidy programs to encourage the biofuels that will not compete for the world’s food supply. 6PM 11 May
Talk Show: Polygraphically Perverse (Opinion)
Outwitting a lie detector, with the help of the city of Detroit. 6PM 11 May
Allison Arieff: The Class Isn’t Always Greener (but It Could Be) (Opinion)
School design doesn’t need to be numbingly institutional — it can be inspiring and, yes, green. 6PM 11 May
Campaign Stops: The Widening Gap (Opinion)
Although voters nationwide lean Democratic, older voters could reverse that trend this fall. 6PM 11 May
Measure for Measure: Cheap Thrills (Opinion)
In a Chicago recording studio, the musician and his cohorts employ any means necessary to get just the right sound. 6PM 11 May
The Opinionator: Battle of the Albatrosses? (Opinion)
Some polls show that George W. Bush may damage John McCain's chances as much as Jeremiah Wright hurt Barack Obama's. 6PM 11 May
Obituaries: Nuala O’Faolain, 68, Irish Memoirist, Is Dead (Obituaries)
Often seen as a feminine (and feminist) counterpart to Frank McCourt’s “Angela’s Ashes,” Ms. O’Faolain’s “Are You Somebody?,” (1996) created a sensation. 6PM 11 May
Music Issue | Surfacing: Istanbul's Beat Is International (Music)
The modern beats pulsing through this cosmopolitan city are as diverse as its cultural history. 6PM 11 May
Music Issue | Cultured Traveler: An Indie Scene That Comes With a Texas Twang in Denton (Music)
Denton, Tex., has emerged as a hotbed of alternative music with a lo-fi sound that’s a mélange of Southern twang and experimental indie-rock. 6PM 11 May
Ideas & Trends: Time to Tie a String Around That Strad (Music)
Why do musicians keep getting separated from their precious, often priceless instruments? 6PM 11 May
Classical Recordings: Songs of Tragedy, Triumph and Hope (Music)
Reviews of performances by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, London Sinfonietta and Anne Sofie von Otter. 6PM 11 May
Playlist: Quiet Jazz, Roaring Noise, Hip-Hop Wizardry (Music)
Releases by Jonah Jones, Bennie Maupin, Burning Star Core, Steinski and Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra. 6PM 11 May
Music: City Opera’s Man in Waiting, Thinking Ahead (Music)
Construction disruption and a leadership change mean nervous times at the people’s opera. 6PM 11 May
Music Issue | Heads Up: Taking a Break From Life to Live the Fantasy (Music)
More adults are leaving their briefcases behind and becoming swept up in the celebratory world of summer music camps. 6PM 11 May