Officials fear that a new law will prevent poor people who are unable to come up with citizenship documents from receiving Medicaid benefits.

Medicaid Hurdle for Immigrants May Hurt Others

Tax protesters, sensing more support, are moving to stop growing school budgets.

Adding Revolt to the 3 R's

As sectarian violence continues to destabilize Iraq, 
American forces are trying to keep the country from violently partitioning the way Bosnia did.

In Iraqi Divide, Echoes of Bosnia for U.S. Troops

For families already torn apart by separation and divorce, Hurricane Katrina produced painful new battles over child custody.

Torn by Storm, Families Tangle Anew on Custody

WITH his vintage blue-and-red rep tie, carefully tousled hair and old metal lapel pin reading ''I  3/5sheart 4/5 Grandpa,'' Loren Kreiss looks like a typical style-conscious 24-year-old. He collects cool things, like 2,194 ''friends'' on myspace.com, an antique Coke machine and 15,000 songs on his hard drive. His vintage wristwatch is a fashion accessory, not a tool.     ''My watch and all my clocks are set to the wrong time,'' Mr. Kreiss said recently. ''It's symbolic of me. I don't like to look at time.''  

Where Time Is of the Essence

IT is not hard to spot the buildings that Robert M. Scarano Jr., an architect, has designed in New York City: they tend to be a lot bigger than the other buildings around them.     In Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Mr. Scarano's building at 78 Ten Eyck Street is about twice as tall as the modest three-story houses on either side of it. In the East Village, the new building at 4 East Third Street, at the Bowery, rises to 16 stories, far above the other buildings on the block, including a row of 18th-century town houses.  

How Big Is Too Big?

Minnesota Twins defeat New York Yankees, 6-5; photo (M)1

Yanks Cover for Wright, Then Rivera Blows Save

 Dozens Reported Killed in Afghan Raid on Taliban  Afghan security forces backed by coalition helicopters attacked a suspected Taliban hideout in southern Afghanistan, setting off an intense gun battle in which dozens of rebels and six policemen were reported killed.   PAGE 12    Poker's Saturation Point  Television executives are pumping out more poker shows, even as there are signs that the national poker craze may already be past its peak.   SUNDAY BUSINESS    Aching to Remain Active  Baby boomers who grew up exercising regularly are bearing the toll as vulnerable knees and hips begin to wear out. They are looking for relief in operating rooms and orthopedists' offices.   SPORTSSUNDAY    Three Voices on Immigration  An illegal immigrant from Colombia, a construction company owner who hires foreigners and an advocate for the poor lend voice to the complexities of the immigration issue.   PAGE 23    Author of 'Jean Brodie' Dies  Muriel Spark, whose novels, including ''The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie,'' put her in the top rank of British writers of the post World War II years, died at 88.   PAGE 32    Trapped Cats: A Long Story  Stories about trapped cats like Molly, who was stuck in the wall of a Greenwich Village store for two weeks, have gripped New Yorkers for decades.   PAGE 27  

INSIDE

Profile of Geoff Goodfellow, Silicon Valley entrepreneur who developed idea in 1982 of sending electronic mail wirelessly to portable devices--like BlackBerry--which had not yet been invented; Thomas Campana Jr, founder of NTP who died in 2004, patented idea almost decade aftger Goodfellow's work; company has been granted $612.5 million in settlement of patent infringement suit against BlackBerry maker Research in Motion; photos (M)

In Silicon Valley, a Man Without a Patent

Baby boomers are upping their exercise routines, which has brought more and more boomers to doctors' offices seeking surgery or physical therapy for sports injuries; photos (M)

Baby Boomers Stay Active, and So Do Their Doctors

Celebrities are choosing more exotic names for their babies; skeptics see it as another bid for more attention and headlines or sheer narcissism, but some psychologists say naming of children can function as opportunity to express parents' obsessions, ambitions and inner quirks in manner that is not scripted or managed by publicists; photos (M)

Why Stars Name Babies Moxie, Moses and Apple

James Wood reviews book Flaubert: A Biography by Frederick Brown; drawings (L)

The Man Behind Bovary

Guide to 2006 New York Auto Show; photos (M)

An Irreverent Guide to the Auto Show

Gretchen Morgenson column supports call by Vanguard Group founder John Bogle to have Securities and Exchange Commission require that salaries of managers who run mutual funds be made public (M)

Fund Managers May Have Some Pay Secrets, Too

State officials worry that many blacks, American Indians and other poor people may be unable to come up with documents necessary to prove citizenship in order to receive Medicaid benefits under new law; hospitals also worry law will increase their costs by reducing number of people with insurance; requirement is meant to exclude illegal immigrants, with projected savings of $220 million for federal government over five years; estimate suggests 35,000 people will lose coverage by 2015, most of whom will be illegal immigrants (L)

Saab and Volvo celebrate 50th anniversary of marketing cars in United States; photo (M)

Gothenburg on the Hudson

Street Level column on Cali Rivera, 68, who has been making drums and bells in his shop, JCR Percussion Instruments on Ogden Avenue in Highbridge section of Bronx for nearly 40 years; City Council has voted to authorize plans for new Yankee Stadium, short walk from Rivera's shop, and Rivera says he may be forced out by rising rents; photo (M)

The End of an Era, to the Beat of a Drum

Growing sectarian violence in Iraq is reminiscent of conditions US troops found in Bosnia; American commanders, especially in mixed Sunni-Shiite areas, are throwing their armor, troops and money directly into divide in effort to keep Iraq from violently partitioning as Bosnia did, while mutating insurgency still rages around them; experiments to turn things around include microloans to re-establish trade between Sunni and Shiite merchants, political program to restore Sunni participation in government and joint Sunni-Shiite police patrols; photos; map (L)

Article describes two new New York office buildings, Seven World Trade Center and Hearst Tower, which were designed to be certified by US Green Building Council; describes energy-saving techniques such as radiant floor for both heating and cooling, daylight dimming system to adjust amount of available sunlight and large tanks to conserve rain water; green buildings use less energy, but can be leased for more money because studies show healthy offices lead to increased productivity; photos, drawings (L)

7 World Trade Center and Hearst Building: New York's Test Cases for Environmentally Aware Office Towers

Article profiles Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, whose glory days of cello dominance are largely behind him and who has expanded his work as conductor; discusses Rostropovich's views on Dmitri Shostakovich and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn; photos (L)

Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Britten and Me

Dixon's Civility Lightened Load at West Point

Prime Min Junichiro Koizumi's Reaganesque policies have helped revive Japan's economy but Japanese worry about increasing signs that new economy is destroying country's cherished egalitarianism; critics see rising gaps in income, education and social status, and charge that some of Koizumi's reforms go too far in favoring rich; number of families reporting no savings has doubled since 2000 to 24 percent; number of households receiving welfare has risen 37 percent to more than one million households; graph; photo (L)

Revival in Japan Brings Widening of Economic Gap

Article on continuing commercialization and transformation of poker, even as Fox and other companies and networks that produce and broadcast game dismiss contention that it is losing popularity among television viewers and Internet users; World Poker Tour is modeling major new tournament after invitation-only golf events and some major players worry they will be cut out of lucrative licensing deals; graph; photos; drawing; diagrams (M)

Is Poker Losing Its First Flush?

Republican Party faces much same challenge in 2006 election, with both House and Senate in balance, that it did in 2004, when Karl Rove declared that Pres Bush would win re-election if Republicans turned out millions of religious and other conservative voters; party leaders say this time conservative base seems enervated by administration missteps and unfulfilled expectations, and recent polls have reflected this; photo (M)

Looking to Win in November, With a 2-Year-Old Playbook

Fallout from Hurricane Katrina has been especially damaging for some families already torn apart by separation and divorce, producing painful new battles over child custody and visitation, financial support and division of assets; cases include noncustodial parents who have spirited away children, custodial parents who have moved without good cause, and parents who have tried to avoid paying child support; photos (L)

April 16, 2006

Headlines from April 16, 2006

Medicaid Hurdle for Immigrants May Hurt Others

Adding Revolt to the 3 R's

In Iraqi Divide, Echoes of Bosnia for U.S. Troops

Torn by Storm, Families Tangle Anew on Custody

Where Time Is of the Essence

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King

Greatest Hits Vol 2: Reflected

High School Musical

FishScale

Educated Horses

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