David Wright hit the game-winning single as the Mets won 8-7 before a crowd of 39,826 that endured two rain delays.

Yet Again, a Final Swing From Wright Settles It

Americans are increasingly identifying global warming as a serious problem, and a few companies are taking special steps to curb carbon emissions.

The Greener Guys

Thanks to one admiral's doggedness, the Medal of Honor for Peter Tomich, who died at Pearl Harbor, finally made it to his relatives in Croatia.

After 65 Years, a Hero's Medal Finds a Home

Just when it seemed that the traditional Miami aesthetic had made a national comeback, a new chapter has opened for the city's architecture.

Miami Is All About Its Celebrity Architects

Representative Nancy Pelosi, who would lead the House if Democrats win a majority, is an unapologetic liberal.

Talk of Pelosi as Speaker Delights Both Parties

A deadly accident caused by a U.S. military convoy quickly touched off a full-blown anti-American riot.

Anti-U.S. Rioting Erupts in Kabul; at Least 14 Dead

It's disconcerting to read a scientific paper and feel an emotional connection to the experimental animals.

The Great Salamander Crisis

Randy Johnson's six two-hit innings carried the Yankees to a 4-0 victory over the Tigers, who have baseball's best record.

Johnson Shows He Can Still Play the Ace

Experts say the flood protection system in New Orleans was flawed from the start because the model storm it was designed to stop was simplistic.

An Autopsy of Katrina: Four Storms, Not Just One

A hero to many in Louisiana, Ivor van Heerden has drawn the ire of L.S.U. officials for threatening the university's relationship with the federal government and the research money that comes with that.

Ivor van Heerden's 'Storm' Draws Fire at L.S.U.

Engineers are designing spacecraft that can think for themselves, then execute their own commands, without waiting for cues from ground controllers. 

Intelligent Beings in Space!

The police said at least 31 other people were killed in one of the worst days of bloodshed in the Iraqi capital in weeks.



2 at CBS News Die in Baghdad on Bloody Day

A trend is fueling a debate over whether the students should be in college at all.

Can't Complete High School? Go Right to College

One in six adults in Arizona had their identities stolen in the last five years, about twice the national rate.

Technology and Easy Credit Give Identity Thieves an Edge

The industry is spending tens of millions of dollars on marketing campaigns to court Hispanic customers.

Cell Carriers Seek Growth by Catering to Hispanics

Barry Bonds gets to the real record now, chasing Hank Aaron while trying to outpace old knees and a federal grand jury.


Bonds Will Beat Out Aaron, but He'll Never Beat the Rap

Almost the inverse of the world of "The Da Vinci Code," this exhibition explores Leonardo's efforts to discern and disclose the world's workings, leaving nothing about them secret and hidden.

In Chicago, Leonardo the Inventor and Decoder

As the summer travel season began, many Americans said they were looking for ways to cut their spending.

Holiday Travelers Hit the Road, but Scrimped a Bit

A nine-foot Steinway-D grand piano, hidden away in a dormitory of Columbia University's medical school, has achieved near-mythic status for its fuzzy relationship to Sergei Rachmaninoff.

Tale of Rachmaninoff and Medical Education

A group led by Richard D. Kinder announced a buyout offer Monday valued at $22 billion for Kinder Morgan Inc.

Gas Giant Gets Offer for Buyout

When Timberland, the outdoor clothing company, studied ways to reduce its carbon emissions four years ago, it weighed several options: building a wind farm in the Dominican Republic, buying power generated by renewable resources and setting up a vast bank of solar panels at one of its distribution centers in Ontario, Calif.      It chose to do all those things, but that was the easy part. When Jeffrey B. Swartz, Timberland's president and chief executive, considered how much carbon dioxide was produced in making leather for the company's famous boots, the answer came as a surprise.  

A group led by Richard D. Kinder announced a buyout offer yesterday valued at $22 billion for Kinder Morgan Inc., the parent of the pipeline giant he founded in 1997.      The deal, which includes the assumption of about $8 billion in debt, would be the largest leveraged buyout since Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company bought RJR Nabisco in 1989 for $25 billion.  

Harvey Araton Sports of The Times column contends that San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds could surpass Hank Aaron's record of 755 career home runs, but may not be able to fully escape steroid allegations; diagram; photo (M)

The top American commander in Iraq has decided to move reserve troops now deployed in Kuwait into the volatile Anbar Province in western Iraq to help quell a rise in insurgent attacks there, two American officials said Monday.     Although some soldiers from the 3,500-member brigade in Kuwait have moved into Iraq in recent months, Gen. George W. Casey Jr. has decided to send in the remainder of the unit after consultations with Iraqi officials in recent days, the officials said.  

U.S. Is Sending Reserve Troops to Iraq's West

Experts examining Hurricane Katrina's disastrous impact on New Orleans, La, agree that model Army Corps of Engineers used as base for city protection plan was outdated and insufficient to handle onslaught of storm surge; discuss how Katrina hit city four different ways as storm moved accross area; 40-year-old protection system, which was authorized after 1965 flood caused by Hurricane Betsy, was never completed; photo; maps; graphs (M)

Shōhei Imamura  was a Japanese film director. His main interest as a filmmaker lay in the depiction of the lower strata of Japanese society. A key figure in the Japanese New Wave, who continued working into the 21st century, Imamura is the only director from Japan to win two Palme d'Or awards.

Shohei Imamura, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1926)

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David Graham Lloyd was an evolutionary biologist and the seventh New Zealander to be elected as a fellow of the Royal Society in London. He did pioneering work in the field of plant reproduction.

David Lloyd, New Zealand biologist and academic (born 1938)

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Robert Sterling was an American actor. He was best known for starring in the television series Topper (1953–1955).

May 30, 2006

Headlines from May 30, 2006

Yet Again, a Final Swing From Wright Settles It

The Greener Guys

After 65 Years, a Hero's Medal Finds a Home

Miami Is All About Its Celebrity Architects

Talk of Pelosi as Speaker Delights Both Parties

Billboard 200

Stadium Arcadium

What's Left Of Me

10;000 Days

Jagged Edge

Baby Makin' Music

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for May 30, 2006