New York Yankees defeat San Diego Padres, 6-5, in extra innings; photos (M)

Yankees Come Back, First to Tie, Then to Win

Kelefa Sanneh reviews performance by 50 Cent and G-Unit at Summer Jam 2004 in Giants Stadium; photo (M)

Listen, 50 Cent, Enough of the Reheated Beef

New Jersey is proving economic powerhouse, surpassing New York City in leading region out of recession and unemployment; accounts for two-thirds of almost 60,000 new jobs created in region, Mar 2003-Mar 2004; has recouped almost all of its jobs lost in recession; companies across state are adding workers; New York City has added just 12,600 new jobs since Apr 2003 and is still over 200,000 jobs short of its Dec 2000 employment peak; NJ's unemployment rate was 5.3% in Apr, compared with NY's 7.5 percent; NJ also did better than any other locale in region and is beating national economy in terms of job creation; economists say NJ's rapid growth is return to norm after unusual period in which NYC overtook state; NJ job graph (M)

New Jersey Bounce Helps Lead Region Toward a Recovery

Disclosure that Microsoft held merger talks with SAP, German supplier of back-office software to big corporations, turns SAP into a hot property; Henning Kagermann, SAP chief executive, hopes word of talks will give SAP higher profile; insists that SAP can be world giant even without merger; says there are good arguments for merger with Microsoft; says negotiations never progressed far enough for SAP to consider regulatory obstacles; photo (M)

Its Brief Fling With Microsoft Makes SAP Almost Famous

Ben Brantley reviews Playwrights Horizons presentation of Lynn Nottage play Fabulation Or, the Re-Education of Undine, directed by Kate Whoriskey; Charlayne Woodard stars; photo (M)

A Mighty Diva's Humbling Fall To Rough Roots In the Projects

Joyce Purnick column on rights of New Yorkers to know backgrounds of judges; some state and local judges say that they have no objections to judicial directory limited to their professional careers, but most cite judicial independence and security concerns for refusing to do so; issue is highlighted by incident in Queens court in which Justice Laura D Blackburne ordered drug dealer to elude police detective trying to arrest him on additional charge of robbery (M)

Metro Matters; Bench Players Are Mysteries In Black Robes

Article on debate that has been raised over plan by Sotheby's to auction William Wilson's master copy of working draft of Alcoholics Anonymous, manuscript of movement's philosophy that is referred to as Big Book; Sotheby's has estimated its value at $300,000 to $500,000 and sale has created speculation among collectors and scholars about who will buy it and debate about its value and rightful place; photos (M)

My Name Is the Big Book. My Future Is Open.

Article in series The War at Home, on effects of Iraq deployment on American soldiers and their families, focuses on military recruitment; Army recruiters say parents are urging children to resist lure of recruitment bonuses and easy cash to pay for college; recruiters are pitching broad range of options, including shorter enlistment of 15 months, and spending more time with prospects; recruitment efforts in Kansas and youths who plan to enlist noted; recruitment graphs; photos (M)

Recruiters Try New Tactics to Sell Wartime Army

Four Iraqi police officers were among 12 people who died in a car-bomb explosion near an American military base and sewage-treatment plant in southeast Baghdad. Page A7.

12 Killed in Iraq Car Bombing

Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, site of this year's US Open, promises notoriously high rough; photos (M)

Shinnecock's Rough, Where Golf Balls Go to Die

 Europe Yawns, and Votes  The European Union's parliamentary elections concluded, after a dismal turnout and with apathy over the outcome. But in many countries the elections served as a rebuke to the government in power.   PAGE A4    Pistons Near Title  Detroit beat the Los Angeles Lakers, 88-80, to take a 3-1 lead in the four-of-seven-game N.B.A. finals.   SPORTSMONDAY, PAGE D1

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Housing advocates charge that New York City, once pioneer in fair housing, is falling behind and has become one of most segregated places to live in nation; deplore closing in 2003 of Open Housing Center, which pursued bias claims for 40 years; cite discriminatory practices by real estate brokers against blacks and Hispanics; say Department of Housing and Urban Development is not doing enough; score city's Human Rights Commission for not pursuing enough cases in court and not seeking stiff penalties against violators; city says conditions have improved under Bloomberg administration; HUD says it has awarded grants to fair-housing groups in April (L)

Fair-Housing Groups Say New York City Is Falling Behind

New flat-rate subscription service from RealNetworks and Starz Encore Group will allow high-speed users to download and watch many of movies shown on Starz cable channel on their computers or on television sets wired to those computers; $12.95 a month will give users access to 100 or movies a month; service, an early attempt by Hollywood to build business out of downloadable movies and head off sort of piracy that has hurt music industry, uses technology that allows movies to be played only by given subscriber and only within certain time period; is expected to be more attractive to consumers than pay-per-view services and to offer more profitable business model; photo (M)

Selling 'Nemo' Online, Trying to Repel Pirates

Interview with novelist Karen Joy Fowler, who comments on her best-selling fourth novel, The Jane Austen Book Club; photo (M)

Parlaying an Affinity for Austen Into an Unexpected Best Seller

Documents provided by Smithsonian Institution to Senate Finance Committee suggest that museum, without formal independent appraisals, placed value of $50 million on four Stradivari instruments donated in 1997 by New Jersey businessman Herbert Axelrod; some experts challenge figure; gift allowed Axelrod, who fled to Cuba in March after being indicted on unrelated tax evasion charges, to claim tax break of about $32 million; committee is looking into whether donors nationwide are inflating value of gifts as tax dodges; photos (M)

Donor's Windfall Vexes Museum; Senate Committee Questions Actions By Smithsonian

American-led occupation has failed by wide margin to meet its long-stated goal of raising Iraq's electricity output well above prewar level for start of searing summer, tripped up by problems ranging from sabotage to reliance on by-the-book engineering; capacity has been stuck in range around 4,000 megawatts for months, compared with prewar level of about 4,500 megawatts; lag has damaged occupation's efforts to foster stabiity and good will among populace; occupation is now talking about succeeding well into summer; map and graphs of power output; photos (M)

In Race to Give Power to Iraqis, Electricity Lags

Changes in golf equipment, technology, payouts, fitness of golfers and course conditions since last time US Open was played at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in 1995 are discussed; photos (M)

TALKING ABOUT A REVOLUTION

Handwritten autobiographies by former slaves John Washington and Wallace Turnage have recently surfaced and come to attention of historian David W Blight; are likely to generate great interest in academic world, in part because they speak to debate over Abraham Lincoln's role in emancipating slaves; both men liberated selves during Civil War, stealing away from masters at great risk, and were taken in by Union Army, easing risk of recapture; Blight says he will publish narratives together, along with his research into author's lives, interview; photos (M)

Journals of 2 Former Slaves Draw Vivid Portraits

Harvey Araton Sports of The Times column discusses Los Angeles Lakers player Karl Malone, whose has knee injury and scored only 2 points in Game 4 against Detroit Pistons in NBA finals; photo (M)

Sports of The Times; A Teammate Winces as Malone Hits the Wall

Former Pres Bill Clinton's aides say he will use cross-country book tour to promote both his memoirs My Life, and Sen John Kerry's presidential campaign; say he is eager to plug Kerry and subtly put down Republicans at book-selling events and to speak at fund-raisers or campaign stops on his tour; is going out of his way not to overshadow Kerry; Kerry aides say he will embrace Clinton, despite risks, capitalizing on his support as much as possible in places where he is popular; say two men speak personally about every 10 days; photo (M)

CLINTON PLANNING TO USE BOOK TOUR TO ASSIST KERRY

Steroid use in Major League Baseball, though difficult to assess, is controversial subject of debate as experts argue over what, exactly, drug use could do for hitters; photos (M)

Taking a Swing With Steroids

Tribune Co orders Los Angeles Times to cut its budget despite editors' plea that this could stall momentum that came from winning five Pulitzer Prizes this year; newsroom employees are being offered voluntary buyout program, and involunatary layoffs may follow if that does not get big enough response; plans for weekly fashion section and redesign of Sunday magazine are postponed; Tribune attributes cost-saving initiatives to shortfalls in ad revenue that came up very quickly during second quarter; photos; graph (M)

After the Peaks Of Journalism, Budget Realities

Detroit Pistons defeat Los Angeles Lakers, 88-80, to lead NBA finals, 3-1; photos (M)

Pistons Show Fangs, Lakers Show Age

News Corp, whose media properties are popular with conservatives, joins forces with Democrats, including people who have worked with Pres Bill Clinton and Sen Hillary Rodham Clinton, in effort to stop Nielsen Media Research from making changes to way it measures television viewership in big urban centers; Fox Television Stations Group, News Corp division, owns local stations in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York that are part of Fox and UPN networks, which have significant numbers of black and Hispanic viewers; tests in New York using Nielsen's new measuring system, which involves people meters, showed steep declines in ratings for series on UPN that are favored by black viewers and increase in ratings of programs on stations not owned by Fox stations group; photos (M)

The Odd Couple vs. Nielsen

It would have been much easier for Ed Koch if the Democrats, not the Republicans, were coming to town for their national nominating convention this summer.    After all, how dangerous could a donkey be?  

Make Nice to Strangers With Trunks, Koch Tells Fellow New Yorkers

Ulrich Inderbinen was a Swiss mountain guide famous for his longevity and love for mountain climbing. He had been on the top of Matterhorn over 370 times and made his last ascent of it when he was 90. Though he was not the first to summit the Matterhorn, he may have done it the best. His fame laid not in conquering mountains but safely guiding visitors to the top.

June 14, 2004

Headlines from June 14, 2004

Yankees Come Back, First to Tie, Then to Win

Listen, 50 Cent, Enough of the Reheated Beef

New Jersey Bounce Helps Lead Region Toward a Recovery

Its Brief Fling With Microsoft Makes SAP Almost Famous

A Mighty Diva's Humbling Fall To Rough Roots In the Projects

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Under My Skin

Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)

Confessions

Here For The Party

Tical 0: The Prequel

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