A Learjet that belongs to the religious broadcaster Pat Robertson crashed in Long Island Sound while trying to land in heavy fog in Groton, Conn.

Jet Crashes in L.I. Sound, but 3 of 5 Aboard Survive, Largely Unhurt

The American team arrived at the World Cup with a been-here, done-that attitude — not cocky by any means, simply professionals who have been this way before.

No Longer Innocents Abroad

Wen Ho Lee, an atomic scientist once suspected of espionage, settled an invasion of privacy lawsuit against the government for $1,645,000.

News Media Pay in Scientist Suit

Kinder Morgan goes private, Home Depot spins its CEO's salary and Philadelphia has a new ownership model for newspapers.

A Column That Needs No Introduction

A day at the grandly titled Administrative Tribunal of the Department of Health, which tackles the mundane but crucial matters of Gotham.

Of Mice, Monkeys and Cheese

A practice where anonymous Web users investigate others and mete out punishment has set off alarms in China.

Online Throngs Impose a Stern Morality in China

To understand why Detroit is having so much trouble competing against Asian car companies, look no further than the Chevrolet Impala.

On Route of Chevrolet Impala, Signposts to Detroit's Decline

The news was seen as an indication that higher gas prices and interest rates were starting to crimp growth.

Job Growth and Wages Were Weak Last Month

A tiny case in Florida has cost the law firm of Boies, Schiller & Flexner thousands of hours of manpower and millions of dollars in fees.

Gardening Bogs Down a Law Firm

With so many stars injured, sore or sick, it's a wonder the Yankees beat the Orioles in a game that offered a little bit of everything.  The Yankees have won eight of their last 10 games.

Neither Injuries Nor Orioles Can Stop Yankees

Marion Jones and Barry Bonds fight drug allegations the best way they know.

Same Cloud, Same Need to Compete

Prosecutors are looking into Letitia Hoadley White's ties to her old boss, Representative Jerry Lewis of California.

Rise of Lobbyist Shines a Light on House Ties

Dan Barry About New York column on New York City Department of Health's Administrative Tribunal, which hears cases of people and businesses accused of violating health and hygiene codes (M)

New York Yankees defeat Baltimore Orioles, 6-5; photos (M)0

Marine commanders in Iraq learned within two days of killings in Haditha last Nov that Iraqi civilians had died from gunfire, not roadside bomb as initially reported, but officers involved saw no reason to investigate further; commanders tell investigators they had not viewed as unusual discrepancies that emerged in accounts about how two dozen Iraqis died; handling of matter by senior Marine commanders and whether officers and enlisted personnel tried to cover up what happened has become major element of investigation by Army Maj Gen Eldon A Bargewell; map (M)

Initial Response to Marine Raid Draws Scrutiny

Two people are killed and three slightly injured when twin-engine Learjet belonging to televangelist Pat Robertson crashes into Long Island Sound while on way to Ledyard, Conn; plane hit light fixture during heavy fog while trying to land at Groton-New London Airport; Robertson was not on board; map; photos (M)

US national team arrive in Germany for World Cup preparations;photos (M)2

Wen Ho Lee, atomic scientist once suspected of espionage, settles invasion of privacy lawsuit against government for $1,645,000; ABC News, Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, New York Times and Washington Post are paying almost half that sum to avoid contempt sanctions against their reporters; five reporters had been held in contempt of court for refusing to testify and ordered to pay fines of $500 a day for refusing to disclose identities of their confidential sources; Lee photo (M)

Letitia Hoadley White, former top aide to Rep Jerry Lewis, became K Street's queen of earmarks after she left Capitol Hill three years ago, landing tens of millions of federal dollars lobbying for her clients; federal prosecutors are investigating whether Lewis and other lawmakers may have traded earmarks for illicit payments from lobbyists and contractors--outgrowth of bribery indictment of former Rep Randy Cunningham; prosecutors are looking into White's ties to Lewis and to former Rep Bill Lowery, who is now White's lobbying partner; White, while working for Lewis, helped direct several hundred million dollars in contracts to clients of Lowery's firm; firm and its clients accounted for more than third of $1.3 million Lewis's political action committee has raised since 2000 (M)

Florida Circuit Court Judge Amy Smith finds Amy Habie, chief financial officer of Boies Schiller & Flexner law firm and owner of Palm Beach lawn care company Nical, guilty of civil contempt; sentences Habie to 90 days in jail and orders her to pay $500,000 fine to gardening competitor Scott Lewis Gardening and Trimming (M)

Scene at Wal-Mart's annual shareholders' meeting in Fayetteville, Ark, described as cast of two dozen New York actors perform musical about company and its employees; show underscores growing influence of new marketing team, whose message seems to be that company is no longer taking itself so seriously; photo (M)

A Touch of Broadway Near Bentonville

New York Republican gubernatorial hopeful John Faso begins his campaign after winning party endorsement in convention; faces primary battle with William F Weld, who received enough votes to be on ballot; observers note that Faso will have to gather enough financing to make his quest for governor successful and rally Republican leadership that wanted Weld as party flag bearer; photo (M)

To Some New York Republicans, a Victor Remains an Underdog

Labor Department reports unemployment rate dropped to 4.6 percent in May, nearly five-year low; says employers added 75,000 jobs; report, much weaker than analysts expected, prompts new concerns about unexpected economic downturn; graphs (M)

Growing phenomenon in China called Internet hunting, where online throngs administer morality lessons and anonymous Web users investigate others and mete out punishment, has set off alarms in China; many draw disturbing parallels to Cultural Revolution when mobs of students taunted and beat their professors, and mass denunciations and show trials became order of day for decade; government in recent years has tightened controls on Internet, censuring popular search engines like Google; many Chinese worry that wave of online vigilantism could serve as pretext to impose new limits on users (M)

Chevrolet Impala was king of road in 1960's; General Motors sold over million of them in 1965; Impala is still best-selling American car, but it is selling less than third of that total; Impala also lags behind Toyota Camry and Corolla and Honda Accord and Civic in annual race to be best-selling car in America; strength of Camry and Accord is reason Asian auto companies took record 40 percent of American market in May, when Detroit's market share fell to its second-lowest level in history, less than 53 percent; graph; photos (M)

Canon Clinton Robert Jones Jr. was an Episcopal priest and gay rights activist based in Hartford, Connecticut.

Clinton Jones, American Episcopal priest and gay rights activist (born 1916)

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The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro or simply Serbia and Montenegro, known until 2003 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and commonly referred to as FR Yugoslavia (FRY) or simply Yugoslavia, was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The state was founded on 27 April 1992 as a federation comprising the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Montenegro. In February 2003, it was transformed from a federal republic to a political union until Montenegro seceded from the union in June 2006, leading to the full independence of both Serbia and Montenegro.

The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end with Montenegro's formal declaration of independence.

June 3, 2006

Headlines from June 3, 2006

Jet Crashes in L.I. Sound, but 3 of 5 Aboard Survive, Largely Unhurt

No Longer Innocents Abroad

News Media Pay in Scientist Suit

A Column That Needs No Introduction

Of Mice, Monkeys and Cheese

Billboard 200

Stadium Arcadium

Killa Season

10;000 Days

High School Musical

Soundtrack To Your Life

Notable Deaths

Historical Events

Historical Context for June 3, 2006