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| JULY 9, 2011 |
Job Growth Falters Badly, Clouding Hope for Recovery
By MOTOKO RICH
For the second month in a row, employers added a dismally small number of jobs, showing that the United States economy is barely creaking along.
Stocks Sag After U.S. Jobs Data 4:22 PM ET
Economix: Austerity; Too Much Optimism; and More
Video: President Obama on June Jobs Report
Video: TimesCast David Leonhardt on Job Growth
Trailing G.O.P. With Cameras, Seeking Gaffes
By MICHAEL D. SHEAR
A group is looking for gotcha moments that could that could derail political ambitions or provide fodder for television ads.
Video: A New Breed of Campaign Tracker
Interactive Feature: Uploaded Upheaval: Famous Tracker Videos
An Appraisal
3, 2, 1, and the Last Shuttle Leaves an Era Behind
By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD
The Atlantis launch was as festive as the 134 that preceded it. But this time, those who care about NASA worried for nothing less than the future of American spaceflight.
Atlantis Lifts Off for Last Space Shuttle Mission
Shuttle Launchings Lost Television Coverage Over Time
Slide Show
Graphic: 30 Years of the Space Shuttle
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QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"We've come full circle since 1961, back to when we had yet to show we could launch people into space. We will be hitching rides from the Russians to go to the space station that is mainly ours."
STEVEN J. DICK, a retired NASA chief historian, on the last launching in the space shuttle program.
U.S.
Slide Show: Betty Ford Dies
Betty Ford, the outspoken and much-admired wife of President Gerald R. Ford, has died at 93.
Opinion
Opinionator
The Thread
Just Sign Here
By PETER CATAPANO
Michele Bachmann's signing of a conservative "marriage vow" pledge in Iowa raised ire in the blogosphere.
WORLD
Night Raids Curbing Taliban, but Afghans Cite Civilian Toll
By CARLOTTA GALL
Night raids have become an effective tool against the insurgents even as they stir resentment and accusations of abuse among Afghans.
Phone Scandal Poses Defining Test for a Murdoch Son
By TIM ARANGO
James Murdoch, the son of Rupert Murdoch, faces a new test as he jockeys to run his father's company, the News Corporation, and salvage the biggest deal in the Murdochs' history.
Former Aide to Cameron Is Arrested in Tabloid Scandal
By JOHN F. BURNS and ALAN COWELL
Andy Coulson, a former editor of The News of the World and a former aide to Prime Minister David Cameron, was arrested on Friday.
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U.S.
Betty Ford, Former First Lady, Dies at 93
By ENID NEMY
The outspoken and much-admired wife of President Gerald R. Ford overcame alcoholism and an addiction to pills and helped found one of the most well-known rehabilitation centers in the nation.
Slide Show: Betty Ford Dies
California Cuts Weigh Heavily on Its Colleges
By JENNIFER MEDINA
Sharp tuition increases and cutbacks in services threaten to erode a much-admired college and university system.
Shutdown in Minnesota Ripples Out to Day Care
By TALYA MINSBERG and TIMOTHY WILLIAMS
The shutdown has suspended payments for child care for the poor, and families and day care centers are feeling the impact.
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POLITICS
Jobs Report Reinforces Parties in Deficit Talks
By MARK LANDLER
President Obama appeared largely alone in seeing the bad employment news as a call to boldness.
The Caucus: Debt Deal Could Rewrite 2012 Political Calculus
Family Battles U.S. Over 10 Coins Worth Millions
By JOHN SCHWARTZ
The family of a gold dealer who died 21 years ago and the U.S. are fighting over 10 rare double eagle coins, minted in 1933.
Document: The Family vs. The U.S. Department of Treasury
As Same-Sex Marriage Becomes Legal, Some Choices May Be Lost
By TARA SIEGEL BERNARD
Companies like Corning, I.B.M. and Raytheon are requiring employees to marry if they want their same-sex partners to qualify for health insurance.
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BUSINESS
Air Service Cutbacks Hit Hardest Where Recession Did
By JAD MOUAWAD
Government data shows that cities where house prices collapsed and jobs disappeared, like Las Vegas and Detroit, were among those that lost the most flights.
Allegations Link U.S. Companies to Brazilian Sex Tourism
By BARRY MEIER
Cases in the United States and Brazil are pursuing connections between an Atlanta-area businessman and trafficking in underage girls along the Amazon, according to court papers.
DealBook
News Corp. Deal for BSkyB in Limbo
By CHRIS V. NICHOLSON
Amid the widening phone-hacking controversy at the media empire, British officials said it could take awhile to assess the proposed acquisition of BSkyB.
Scandal Poses Defining Test for a Murdoch Son
DealBook Video: The Fallout for the BSkyB Deal
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TECHNOLOGY
App City
Bringing Past, Present and Future Into Focus
By JOSHUA BRUSTEIN
A few new apps will tell you what used to be nearby, or even what might have been nearby - less practical but often thoroughly satisfying experiences.
Off the Charts
The Boom and Crash Cycle of I.P.O.'s
By FLOYD NORRIS
The 98 canceled offerings in 2011's second quarter hark back to the dot-com crash in 2000.
To Slow Piracy, Internet Providers Ready Penalties
By BEN SISARIO
Internet providers agreed to a system to identify those suspected of digital copyright infringement and impose progressively harsher consequences.
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SPORTS
Grief and Questions After Death at Ballpark
By TOM SPOUSTA and LYNN ZINSER
A fan fell over a railing at Rangers Ballpark while trying to catch a ball, prompting a look at previous accidents.
Turbine Potsdam Still Powers Women's Soccer
By NICHOLAS KULISH and JERÉ LONGMAN
The top women's professional soccer team combines the traditions of the East German sports academy with the sponsorships and fan clubs of capitalist soccer culture.
Slide Show: A Women's Soccer Wellspring for 40 Years
Mets 5, Giants 2
Mets Beat Giants with Three Runs in Ninth
By DAVID WALDSTEIN
Scott Hairston hit a pinch-hit home run off Giants closer Brian Wilson in the ninth to break a 2-2 tie.
Box Score
Inning by Inning
A Natural Talent Who Reaches Unnatural Speeds
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ARTS
Art Review
Combining People and Machines in Venice
By ROBERTA SMITH
A political commentary from the United States with Allora & Calzadilla's works at the Venice Biennale.
Slide Show
Interactive: Everyone's a Critic
Theater Review
'As You Like It'
Love's Hard, Comic Work, on a Stage Most Worldly
By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
With "As You Like It," the Royal Shakespeare Company begins a six-week residency at a transformed Park Avenue Armory.
Video: Scene from 'As You Like It'
Theater Review
'The Judy Show: My Life as a Sitcom'
She Wanted a TV Show, but the Stage Will Do, Too
By DAVID ROONEY
Judy Gold stars in her own memoir with music, at the DR2 Theater in Manhattan.
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NEW YORK / REGION
Central Park Cyclists Get Wish to Share Shortcut. But Slowly.
By JOSEPH BERGER
Two pedestrian paths across the park will be opened up to bicyclists, who will be required to ride at a very slow pace.
On Boardwalk, Faded Casino Decides to Fly Rainbow Flag
By PETER APPLEBOME
The nightclub Prohibition, perhaps the first of its kind at any big American casino, may help modernize the brands of Resorts Casino Hotel and the city.
Slide Show: A Pioneering Gay Bar in Atlantic City
Some Companies Want Gays to Wed to Get Health Benefits
Crime Scene
Memory AWOL, Robbery Suspect Still Figures He Didn't Do It
By MICHAEL WILSON
A suspect in the armed robbery of four musicians in Brooklyn says some spiked marijuana has stolen much of his memory of the night.
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TRAVEL
A Turkish Idyll Lost in Time
By LIESL SCHILLINGER
Istanbul's island of Buyukada is a living diorama of the Ottoman era, a place of grand churches, filigreed mansions, horse-drawn buggies and retro beach clubs.
Slide Show
Frugal Traveler Blog
$100 Weekend in Istanbul
By SETH KUGEL
Can the Frugal Traveler enjoy a weekend in Istanbul on a $100 budget? No problem.
Explorer
Crossing the Nation on 2 Wheels - Again
By BRUCE WEBER
With a brand new bike and a growing list of aches and pains, retracing a trip last made in the twilight of youth.
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EDITORIALS
Editorial
The New State of South Sudan
After the celebrations of its independence, the new country and its supporters cannot relax.
Editorial
How to Promote a Merger
AT&T lobbying muscle and cash win support for its deal with T-Mobile.
Editorial
Safe, Not Sorry, on Drilling
A New York State report on natural gas seeks to balance environmental and economic concerns.
Editorial
Perils of Smoking, on Graphic Display
A World Health Organization report notes that large pictorial warnings on cigarette packages are effective in deterring smoking.
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OP-ED
Op-Ed Contributor
From the Gutter, Into the Sewer
By A. C. GRAYLING
Rupert Murdoch's achievement was to take the tabloid press from the gutter into the sewer, widening its range from coverage of celebrity scandals to the performance of criminal acts.
Op-Ed Columnist
Murdoch's Fatal Flaw
By JOE NOCERA
There is nothing more thrilling to Rupert Murdoch than a scoop by one of his papers - the more salacious, the better.
Columnist Page
Op-Ed Columnist
The D.S.K. Endgame
By ROGER COHEN
It's time for Dominique Strauss-Kahn to start on that memoir.
Columnist Page
Op-Ed Contributor
Death Penalty, Still Racist and Arbitrary
by DAVID R. DOW
Those who kill white people are more likely to be sentenced to death than those who kill blacks.
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ON THIS DAY
On July 9, 1896, William Jennings Bryan caused a sensation at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago with his "cross of gold" speech denouncing supporters of the gold standard. Bryan went on to win the party's nomination.
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