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NEW YORK TIMES - TOP NEWS Worry for Italy Quickly Replaces Relief for Spain By LIZ ALDERMAN and ELISABETTA POVOLEDO The prime minister of Italy faces a host of problems at home that may ultimately lead investors to take aim at the too-big-to-fail, 2-trillion-euro economy. Family Net Worth Drops to Level of Early '90s, Fed Says By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM The recent downturn left the median American family in 2010 with no more wealth than in the early 1990s, erasing almost two decades of accumulated prosperity, the Federal Reserve said. Economix Blog: Where Wealth Declined Most (and an Income Riddle) 4:01 PM ET Raids Target Putin's Critics Before Protest By ELLEN BARRY The Kremlin raised pressure on Russia's opposition movement on Monday, searching the homes of several of its leading figures ahead of a large demonstration in central Moscow planned for Tuesday. Russia Arrests 5 in Inquiry on Protest • NYTimes.com Home Page » QUOTATION OF THE DAY "The next big rain will carry away more, and before long it will all be gone." ARIS TSARAVOPOULOS, a former government archaeologist in Greece, on ancient pottery shards that are washing out to sea because the state agency is overburdened.

<> Aaron Sorkin returns to TV Also on NYTimes.com Op-Docs: Transition Watch "Punched-Out" on Hulu Business Slide Show: A Few Jobs Come Back From China When American Mug and Stein, a company in East Liverpool, Ohio, got the job of making coffee mugs for Starbucks, it hired eight people. It's a small step, but a welcome one for a town that was once considered the pottery capital of the nation. Related Article Opinion Room for Debate Could Reagan Lead This G.O.P.? In the current Republican Party, would Ronald Reagan still be a leader, or would he be seen as too accommodating?

WORLD Chávez Forces Venezuela to Contemplate a Void By WILLIAM NEUMAN President Hugo Chávez, battling cancer as he runs for re-election, has not declared an heir apparent, raising speculation about who could take his place. Slide Show: Campaign Season in Venezuela China Is Excluded From Waivers for Oil Trade With Iran By MARK LANDLER The Obama administration said that it would exempt seven more nations, but not China, from sanctions against countries and banks that do business with Iran. Tensions on a Campus Mirror Turbulence in a New Tunisia By SUZANNE DALEY A university dean's experience dealing with ultraconservative Salafist students on a secular campus offers a window into the larger forces at work in Tunisia today. Slide Show: In Tunisia, Balancing Democracy and Religion • More World News » U.S.                                Vouchers Unspoken, Romney Hails School Choice By TRIP GABRIEL As president, Mitt Romney said, he would seek to overhaul the federal government's largest school programs into a voucherlike system, replacing top-down Washington mandates. Keeping a Mountain Rescue Team on Its Game By SALLIE DEAN SHATZ Mountain Rescue-Aspen, Rocky Mountain volunteers who rescue from 50 to 75 backcountry travelers a year, recently underwent a five-year recertification. Slide Show: Keeping the Mountains Safe North Dakota Considers Eliminating Property Tax By MONICA DAVEY If a ballot measure is approved, North Dakota would become the first state to abolish the property tax. • More U.S. News » POLITICS Jeb Bush Questions G.O.P.'s Shift to the Right By JIM RUTENBERG Mr. Bush said today's Republican Party is out of step with the legacy of his father and Ronald Reagan. The Caucus Obama Nominates Two to Appeals Court By CHARLIE SAVAGE President Obama is sending the nominations of Caitlin Halligan and Sri Srinivasan to the Senate, which so far has blocked him from naming anyone to the powerful District of Columbia appeals court. Debate's Main Quarrel: If Rangel Should Retire By KATE TAYLOR There were few policy disagreements between Representative Charles B. Rangel and his primary challengers, but the latter group all agreed it was time for the congressman to go. • More Political News » BUSINESS For Ohio Pottery, a Small Revival By STEPHANIE STROM Starbucks helps bring at least a few jobs back to the United States by hiring a plant in East Liverpool, Ohio, to make its new line of coffee mugs. Slide Show: A Few Jobs Come Back From China Shaky Battery Maker Claims a Breakthrough By BILL VLASIC and MATTHEW L. WALD A123 Systems represents the risks of the government's battery technology program, and it represents its promise with a new technology it plans to introduce Tuesday. Rally Fizzles After Relief About Bailout Yields to Fears By CHRISTINE HAUSER and DAVID JOLLY Stocks in the United States and Europe fell and borrowing costs soared for some of the euro zone's most indebted members. • More Business News » TECHNOLOGY Apple Updates Laptops and Mobile Software By BRIAN X. CHEN and NICK WINGFIELD The company's high-end laptop computer, the MacBook Pro, will have a high-resolution "retina display" like the one on the screens of new iPads and iPhones. Bits Blog: Apple's Conference Keynote Pogue's Posts Blog: An Explanation of the News From Apple Bits Blog: Driving Miss Siri 9:21 PM ET Google Outsells, but Apple Cultivates Loyalty of App Developers By NICK WINGFIELD and BRIAN X. CHEN Apps have become vital in marketing mobile technologies to consumers, and the allegiance of app developers to Apple has helped propel the success of its devices. The Antidote to e-Books By STACY A. ANDERSON | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Self-publishing has been made easier since the Espresso Book Machine by On Demand Books made its debut in 2006. • More Technology News » SPORTS Kings 6, Devils 1 Kings Capture the Cup With an Early Outburst By JEFF Z. KLEIN After two months of playoff domination, the Los Angeles Kings completed their improbable Stanley Cup run Monday night with a victory over the New Jersey Devils. Box Score | Play-by-Play Slide Show: Stanley Cup Game 6 Devils' Hopes Disappear in a Flurry of Penalties By JOSEPH D'HIPPOLITO By losing their discipline early on Monday night, the Devils lost any chance they had to win their fourth Stanley Cup. The Kings scored three power-play goals in four minutes. Slap Shot: Game 6 in Los Angeles: Distractions and Motivation Galore Yankees 3, Braves 0 Nova's Strong Outing Helps Yankees Vault Into First By DAVID WALDSTEIN Ivan Nova pitched seven shutout inning to send the Yankees past the Braves in Atlanta and a season-high 10 games over .500, good enough for a half-game lead in the American League East. • More Sports News » ARTS Greek Antiquities, Long Fragile, Are Endangered by Austerity By RANDY KENNEDY Greek budget cuts are affecting archaeology, where scholars fear irreparable losses in their field. Slide Show The New Stars in Vegas: D.J.'s and Dance Music By BEN SISARIO After years on the margins, the blaring, pulsating sound of electronic dance music is ascendant, and Las Vegas has embraced the trend the only way it knows how: by going all in. Slide Show Critic's Notebook Favorites Return to Bonnaroo By JON PARELES Radiohead, Phish and the Red Hot Chili Peppers headlined this year's Bonnaroo festival. Slide Show | More Coverage in ArtsBeat • More Arts News » NEW YORK / REGION Aided by Orthodox, City's Jewish Population Is Growing Again By JOSEPH BERGER "Explosive" growth among deeply religious groups has fueled the population rise, a study says, challenging the entrenched image of New York Jews as liberal, affluent and well educated. Graphic: Growing Jewish Population, Especially in Brooklyn Obesity Ills That Won't Budge Fuel Soda Battle by Bloomberg By WINNIE HU Stubborn obesity rates in areas like the Bronx suggest that New York City's previous initiatives have not been enough to change unhealthy behaviors. Institute's Gas Drilling Report Leads to Claims of Bias and Concern for a University's Image By MIREYA NAVARRO Questions about data and the authors' industry ties have surrounded a study about hydrofracking in Pennsylvania that was done by a new research arm at the State University at Buffalo. • More New York / Region News » SCIENCE TIMES Incentives for Drivers Who Avoid Traffic Jams By JOHN MARKOFF New experiments have found success in reducing congestion not by assessing fees but by offering discounts or cash to get drivers to change their habits. Books on Science The Games Crows Play, and Other Winged Tales By JAMES GORMAN From crows that stick pellets of dung in deer ears, to robins that can hear for worms, two new books offer remarkable stories and insight on the winged creatures. Notebooks Shed Light on an Antibiotic's Contested Discovery By PETER PRINGLE A lab notebook discovered in a dusty archive at Rutgers may help settle a 70-year argument over credit for the Nobel-winning discovery of streptomycin. • More Science News » EDITORIALS Editorial Now, Spain The latest European bailout has not calmed anyone's nerves, with good reason. The next potential calamity is just days away. Editorial Health Reforms Consumers Want UnitedHealthcare's commitment to keep elements of the health care reform is welcome, but it is not a substitute for the broader mandatory changes under the law. Editorial Detained in Libya A Libyan militia has detained four officials of the International Criminal Court since last Thursday on spurious charges. They should be released immediately. • More Opinion » OP-ED Op-Ed Contributor Reagan at the Wall By TED WIDMER At the Brandenburg Gate, Ronald Reagan's inner actor proved shrewder than most who would have counseled realpolitik. Op-Ed Columnist The Follower Problem By DAVID BROOKS Some of our more recent national memorials expose a modern inability to describe and proclaim an authority that is just. Columnist Page | Blog Op-Ed Columnist An Election Half Empty By FRANK BRUNI The 2012 presidential race isn't about how to soar but how not to slide. Columnist Page | Blog • More Opinion » ON THIS DAY On June 12, 1987, during a visit to the divided German city of Berlin, President Ronald Reagan publicly challenged Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev to ''tear down this wall.'' • See This Front Page • Buy This Front Page