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<><><> TOP NEWS Fed Leaning Closer to New Stimulus if No Growth Is Seen By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM A growing number of officials have concluded that the Federal Reserve needs to expand its stimulus campaign unless the economy soon shows signs of improvement. Al Qaeda Taking Deadly New Role in Syria Conflict By ROD NORDLAND Al Qaeda has helped to change the nature of the conflict, injecting the weapon they perfected in Iraq - suicide bombings - into the battle against President Bashar al-Assad with growing frequency. Romney Blasts Security Leaks as a Betrayal By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. On the eve of a trip abroad intended to burnish his presidential qualifications, Mitt Romney opened a new and aggressive attack against President Obama on national security. Video: Mitt Romney in Reno • NYTimes.com Home Page » QUOTATION OF THE DAY "You knew full well what was right, Monsignor Lynn, but you chose wrong." M. TERESA SARMINA, a judge sentencing Msgr. William J. Lynn, a former aide to the archbishop of Philadelphia, to up to six years in prison for covering up the sexual abuse of children.

<><><> What would Don Draper do? Also in Business » This week in small business: Women rule Will this business ever make money? N.Y. / Region Video: The Subway Shuffle Commuters at the 34th Street subway platform try to guess which of two trains will leave first, darting across the platform with mixed results. Related Article Opinion Op-Ed Contributor A Way Out of the Gun Stalemate By CRAIG R. WHITNEY Unless gun-control advocates and gun-rights supporters stop screaming at each other and look for common ground on how to deal with gun violence, the next massacre is only a matter of time.

WORLD Phone-Hacking Charges Seen as Chill on British Journalism By JOHN F. BURNS The newsroom culture that has gone untrammeled for years at the British tabloids could be a casualty of a new culture of caution, media analysts say. News Analysis Euro's Medicine May Be Making Greece's Symptoms Worse By RACHEL DONADIO and SUZANNE DALEY Many experts say that the austerity targets set for Greece were unrealistic from the start and that compliance itself has harmed its economy. 'Experienced' Team Carried Out Bulgaria Bombing, Prime Minister Says By MATTHEW BRUNWASSER and NICHOLAS KULISH The prime minister's statements offered the first confirmation that the suicide bomber in an attack last week that killed five Israeli tourists and a local bus driver worked with accomplices. • More World News » U.S. New Orleans Police, Mired in Scandal, Accept Plan for Overhaul By JOHN SCHWARTZ The far-reaching agreement with the Justice Department is also intended to improve safety in a city that has had little of it. Church Official in Philadelphia Gets Prison in Abuse Case By JON HURDLE and ERIK ECKHOLM The sentence for Msgr. William J. Lynn, convicted of covering up sexual abuses by priests, was just short of the maximum. Court's Ruling May Blunt Reach of the Health Law By ROBERT PEAR The Supreme Court decision on President Obama's health law will probably reduce the number of people who gain insurance, the Congressional Budget Office said in a report. Graphic: Effects of the Supreme Court's Health Care Decision • More U.S. News » POLITICS Mogul's Latest Foray Courts Jews for the G.O.P. By JEFF ZELENY The Republican Jewish Coalition, backed by the casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, is starting a new effort in battleground states to win over Jewish voters. Obama Rewarded '08 Fund-Raisers, Barring Some From Helping Now By MARK LANDLER Some of President Obama's big fund-raisers are now ambassadors, and as federal employees they are not allowed to engage in campaigning. The Caucus New Obama Ads Were Filmed in the West Wing By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and PETER BAKER Two ads released in the last two days were filmed just a few feet from the Oval Office, an unusual but not unprecedented use of the official space of the White House for campaign purposes. • More Political News » BUSINESS In Bid for BP's Stake of Venture, a Former Spy Becomes the Focus By ANDREW E. KRAMER Rosneft announced that it had begun negotiations to buy BP's share of its Russian joint venture, as Russia's oil industry faces challenges to finding new sources of oil to replace aging fields. DealBook New York Fed Faces Questions Over Policing Wall Street By BEN PROTESS and JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG While the regulator has revamped its approach to overseeing the nation's biggest banks since the crisis, recent black eyes suggest that fundamental problems persist. Graphic: Libor and the Financial Crisis Congress to Examine Data Sellers By NATASHA SINGER Data brokers, companies that collect consumer information and sell it, are being asked to give details about how they work, and that could lead to more regulation. • More Business News » TECHNOLOGY Softer Sales of iPhones Hurt Apple By NICK WINGFIELD Apple sold 28 percent more iPhones last quarter than it did a year earlier, but the growth failed to meet the lofty expectations of analysts. DealBook Square Expects New Financing and a Loftier Value By EVELYN M. RUSLI The mobile payments start-up, best known for its pint-size credit card reader, is close to raising roughly $200 million, which would give the company an implied valuation of $3.25 billion. DealBook Ancestry.com Is Said to Be in Talks for a Buyout By EVELYN M. RUSLI The genealogy Web site is in discussions with TPG Capital and Providence Equity Partners and Permira, according to people with knowledge of the matter. • More Technology News » SPORTS On the Thames, a Race Almost 300 Years Old for a Coat and Badge By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON In Olympics-saturated London, a small group of watermen recently gathered, as they have annually since 1715, to row in the Doggett's Coat and Badge race. On Baseball Suzuki and Matsui's Careers Intertwined Opposites in temperament and talent, Ichiro Suzuki, above right in 2003, and Hideki Matsui are the two best Japanese ballplayers to succeed in America. Rush Is on for Penn State Players and Recruits By TIM ROHAN Along with the sanctions against Penn State, the N.C.A.A. granted current players and incoming freshmen the right to transfer, without being blocked and without having to sit out a year. News Analysis: Real N.C.A.A. Penalty for Penn State, but No Cheers Yet Sanctions Decimate the Nittany Lions Now and for Years to Come • More Sports News » ARTS Still Life Joystick or Leash, It's All About Love By CHRIS SUELLENTROP Pet ownership has more than a little in common with video games. Movie Review | 'Ruby Sparks' She's Everything He Wants, and Therein Lies the Problem By STEPHEN HOLDEN "Ruby Sparks," written by and starring Zoe Kazan, is a variation of the Pygmalion myth, featuring Paul Dano as a struggling novelist. Critic's Notebook A 'Homeland' in Its Original Packaging, Subtitles, Too By MIKE HALE The differences between "Homeland," and its less glossy Israeli inspiration, "Prisoners of War," make it difficult to decide which is better. • More Arts News » NEW YORK / REGION City Room In Commuters' Daily Gamble, Dashing to Victory, or Despair By MATT FLEGENHEIMER A wrong guess can lead to frustration for subway riders in Manhattan, who must weigh whether to remain on their train or abandon it for one that might leave sooner. Video: The Subway Shuffle Army Prosecutor Details Racial Abuse That Preceded Soldier's Suicide By KIRK SEMPLE The first court-martial in the death of Pvt. Danny Chen opened on Tuesday with declarations that Private Chen committed suicide last year after enduring repeated abuse by a fellow soldier. Summer Nights For Money or Just to Strut, Living Out Loud on a Transgender Stage By SARAH MASLIN NIR When the weather gets warm, members of the gay and transgender community gather on Christopher Street after dark to promenade, air kiss, catcall or brawl. • More New York / Region News » DINING & WINE Restaurant Review | Mission Chinese Food Pastrami's Strange Dream By PETE WELLS Mission Chinese Food does to Chinese food what Led Zeppelin did to the blues. It both pays respectful homage to its inspiration and takes wild, flagrant liberties with it. Slide Show The Pour Wine's Sweet Spot Is a $20 Bill By ERIC ASIMOV Exciting wines that tell stories of places and people and cultures are available for relatively little money, from good reds and whites to sparklers and rosés. Memorable Bottles for $20 Diner's Journal Memories of Sylvia's, 'the Mecca of Soul Food' By JACOB BERNSTEIN Ed Koch, Doug E. Fresh and others among Sylvia Woods's best-known patrons recall the time they spent at her restaurant. • More Dining & Wine » EDITORIALS Editorial The Candidates Talk Foreign Policy In a speech about foreign affairs, Mitt Romney had the chance to show that he could be a better international leader than President Obama. He fell far short. Editorial Drought and the Farm Bills America is experiencing the worst drought in decades. But this is not a reason to rush forward with the bad farm bills that preserve an inequitable status quo. Editorial Faulty Criminal Background Checks The federal government needs to regulate this out-of-control industry and require that the data collected by companies about an applicant's criminal history is accurate. • More Opinion » OP-ED Op-Ed Contributor Alone in the Void By ADAM FRANK Like it or not, we are probably trapped in the solar system for a long, long time. Op-Ed Columnist Hiding in Plain Sight By MAUREEN DOWD Welcome to The Secret Life of Willard Mitty. The man who skirted around the draft slams the man who hunted down Osama. Columnist Page Syria Is Iraq By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN What if the opposition forces in Syria can't prevail on their own? Any solution is going to be very hard. Columnist Page • More Opinion » ON THIS DAY On July 25, 1956, the Italian liner Andrea Doria collided with the Swedish ship Stockholm off the New England coast, claiming the lives of 51 people. • See This Front Page • Buy This Front Page