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TOP NEWS Blow to Transition as Court Dissolves Egypt's Parliament By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK A panel of judges also blessed the presidential bid of Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister, putting Egypt's troubled move to democracy in grave doubt. Egypt's Elections: Full Coverage Graphic: Key Events in Egypt's Transition Slide Show | The Lede: Reaction in Egypt Accused Chinese Party Members Face Harsh Discipline By ANDREW JACOBS Communist Party members suspected of corruption in China often vanish into an extrajudicial disciplinary system, called "shuanggui," where they face torture and enforced confessions. Vast Defenses Now Shielding New Orleans By JOHN SCHWARTZ A $14.5 billion system is designed to prevent the problems of another Hurricane Katrina. • NYTimes.com Home Page » QUOTATION OF THE DAY "Do not be invited here. If you come here, your days will seem like years." CHU ZHAOXIAN, a Chinese blogger who was permitted to tour a facility that is part of the government's detention system, known as "shuanggui," that features physical torture and brutal interrogations.

U.S. Interactive Feature: How the Supreme Court Could Rule on the Health Care Law What could happen to the health care law depending on what the Supreme Court decides on key questions. Opinion Opinionator The Clown and the Cop By TIMOTHY EGAN Despite what you might hear, not all government spending is bad.

WORLD Suspect in '95 Tokyo Attack Is Said to Be Caught By HIROKO TABUCHI Japan's public broadcaster said that Katsuya Takahashi, a former member of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, was arrested Friday on suspicion of murder in the 1995 subway gas attack. With Science, New Portrait of the Cave Artist By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD Paintings on cave walls in northwestern Spain are far older than previously thought - some of them more than 40,000 years old, scientists said, raising a possibility that Neanderthals were the artists. Bahrain Court Upholds Convictions of 9 Doctors By KAREEM FAHIM The doctors were charged with crimes related to the popular uprising last year, in a case widely seen as a test of the Bahraini monarchy's commitment to political reform. • More World News » U.S. In the Facebook Era, Reminders of Loss if Families Fracture By CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social media can add to the pain of family estrangements because they provide a peek into private lives and a reminder of what has been lost. Vast Defenses Now Shielding New Orleans By JOHN SCHWARTZ A $14.5 billion system is designed to prevent the problems of another Hurricane Katrina. Green Blog Pressured, E.P.A. Proposes Soot Limit By LESLIE KAUFMAN A rule proposed in response to a lawsuit filed by 11 states would set significantly tighter limits on fine-particulate emissions from the energy and manufacturing sectors. • More U.S. News » POLITICS Obama Says Election Offers a Clear Choice on the Economy's Long-Term Path By HELENE COOPER and MICHAEL BARBARO President Obama laid out his re-election bid as a stark choice between strong government action to lift the middle class and Republican policies he said had led to a deep recession. Obama Visits New York for Star-Studded Fund-Raisers Romney Assails Obama for Favoring Words Over Action By MICHAEL BARBARO Speaking at a family-owned factory in Cincinnati, Mitt Romney tried to take the steam out of President Obama's economic speech. Green Blog Pressured, E.P.A. Proposes Soot Limit By LESLIE KAUFMAN A rule proposed in response to a lawsuit filed by 11 states would set significantly tighter limits on fine-particulate emissions from the energy and manufacturing sectors. • More Political News » BUSINESS Europe Braces for Greek Vote - and Maybe More By JACK EWING and PAUL GEITNER Greek elections on Sunday could soon bring real-world urgency to a debate that had been largely academic: Whether the euro zone can withstand the departure of one of its members. Cyprus Weighs Russian Loan or a Bailout From Europe Graphic: Understanding the European Crisis Merkel Stresses Limits to Germany's Strength By NICHOLAS KULISH and PAUL GEITNER Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany told lawmakers the country could not prop up the faltering euro zone. Stanford Sentenced to 110-Year Term in $7 Billion Ponzi Case By CLIFFORD KRAUSS A federal jury in March convicted R. Allen Stanford of 13 out of 14 counts of fraud in connection with a worldwide scheme over more than two decades. • More Business News » TECHNOLOGY Nokia to Cut 10,000 Jobs and Close 3 Facilities By KEVIN J. O'BRIEN The Finnish company, struggling to restart its mobile phone business with Microsoft, also said it would post a wider loss in the second quarter. DealBook Forthcoming Facebook Motion Said to Discuss Nasdaq's Role in I.P.O. By EVELYN M. RUSLI A month after its botched I.P.O., the social network is set to file a motion to consolidate all shareholder lawsuits against the company - a filing that could place some blame on Nasdaq. Research in Motion Reveals Multimillion-Dollar Pay for Former Chief Executives The company said that the two former executives "revolutionized the worldwide wireless industry with the introduction of the BlackBerry and forever changed how the world communicates." • More Technology News » SPORTS Game 2: Heat 100, Thunder 96 James Makes a Stand, and Delivers By HOWARD BECK The Heat held off a fourth-quarter rally by the Thunder as LeBron James scored 32 points and Miami claimed home-court advantage in the N.B.A. finals by winning Game 2. Box Score | Play-by-Play Off the Dribble: Battier Turns Back the Clock In a Star Pairing, Woods Is the Star By BILL PENNINGTON Tiger Woods, playing with Phil Mickelson and Bubba Watson, showed who was in charge with a one-under par 69 in the featured pairing of the first round of the United States Open. In Return, Martin Has 'Good Day' With a 74 From First Hole, Accuracy and Nerves Will Be Tested A Player in His Third Major Grabs the Lead and the Attention By KAREN CROUSE The 27-year-old Michael Thompson grabbed the spotlight at the United States Open as he put together a front-running round of four-under-par 66, which he capped with a birdie at 18. U.S. Open Leaderboard | On Par: First Round Analysis and Recap • More Sports News » ARTS Art Review Islands Buffeted by Currents of Change By HOLLAND COTTER The three-museum exhibition "Caribbean: Crossroads of the World" is the big art event of the summer in New York in size, cultural scope and freshness of material. Slide Show Living in the Past Is a Full-Time Gig By HELENE STAPINSKI The musician Michael Arenella not only plays the music of the Jazz Age, but he also tries to live in its style. Video: Living Retro | Slide Show Critic's Notebook Heroes, Villains and the Invisible By STEPHEN HOLDEN "The Invisible War," about the epidemic of rape within the United States military, is one of the most shocking documentaries in the 2012 Human Rights Watch Film Festival. • More Arts News » NEW YORK / REGION Mayoral Hopes Seen as Muting Quinn's Voice By DAVID W. CHEN As a pivotal decision-maker on a proposal to expand Chelsea Market, the City Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, is facing pressure from big campaign donors and neighborhood loyalists. Behind Those Cool Squirts in Summer, Many Plumbers By LISA W. FODERARO The parks department's 43 plumbers must battle stolen parts, children's pranks and nature to keep the city's 3,114 drinking fountains providing fresh water to the masses. After Century-Long Wait, Stage Is Set for Man Daring to Cross the Falls By DANNY HAKIM Nik Wallenda will try to walk on a wire across Niagara Falls, right above the tumultuous mists, on Friday, drawing news media and tourists from afar. • More New York / Region News » MOVIES Movie Review | 'Rock of Ages' A Smell of Wine and Cheap Perfume By MANOHLA DARGIS Tom Cruise stars in "Rock of Ages," a musical, based on the Broadway show, set in the 1980s and featuring rock songs of the time. A Hair Metal Colloquy Slide Show: Appetite for Depravity Movie Review | 'Your Sister's Sister' Solitary Retreat to a Remote Island Leads to Many Mix-Ups By A. O. SCOTT In "Your Sister's Sister," Lynn Shelton's new comedy, the three main characters are engagingly familiar, yet each is a bit of a cipher. Scriptless in Seattle: A Filmmaker's Map Video: Interview: Lynn Shelton Movie Review | 'The Woman in the Fifth' What He Sees May Be Closer Than He Thinks By MANOHLA DARGIS In "The Woman in the Fifth," Ethan Hawke plays an American novelist in Paris who takes on an odd job and takes up with a mysterious woman. • More Movies News » EDITORIALS Editorial The Political Contrast President Obama makes his case against Mitt Romney's tried and discredited economic policies. Editorial Bahrain Compounds the Injustice Shiite doctors who treated protesters never should have been arrested. Imprisoning them will only feed the Shiite majority's legitimate resentment of the Sunni-led monarchy. Editorial Sensible Sentences for Nonviolent Offenders Several states are reforming their criminal justice policies after finding that ever longer prison terms add huge costs to their budgets with little benefit to public safety. • More Opinion » OP-ED Op-Ed Columnist What Republicans Think By DAVID BROOKS This election is about whether we try to work within the existing governing model or render it obsolete to build something fresh. Columnist Page | Blog Op-Ed Columnist We Don't Need No Education By PAUL KRUGMAN A look at Mitt Romney's accidental truth-telling reveals a lot about what conservatives really mean when they talk about shrinking government. Columnist Page | Blog Op-Ed Contributor Give Schools the Power to Punish By DENNIS M. WALCOTT In theory and practice, the system for disciplining teachers and administrators for sexual misconduct is a recipe for disaster. • More Opinion » ON THIS DAY On June 15, 1904, more than 1,000 people died when fire erupted aboard the steamboat General Slocum in New York City's East River. • See This Front Page • Buy This Front Page