Growing numbers of families are choosing the ultimate in private school: bringing teachers into their own homes.

The Gilded Age of Home Schooling

The maverick presidential candidate and former governor of California is running for attorney general of the state.

This Time, Jerry Brown Wants to Be a Lawman

More than 150,000 masks were distributed, but most ground zero workers did not have them or did not use them.

Air Masks at Issue in Claims of 9/11 Illnesses

While pictures of Iraqi dead are ubiquitous on television and in print, there are very few images of dead American soldiers.

Show Me the Bodies

A wan, predictable romantic comedy, "The Break-Up" reveals a lot about the problems behind Jennifer Aniston's wavering career.

Aniston Agonistes: Good Girl, Odd Film Choices

James Kudelka's production of "Cinderella" was a choreographically enticing, visually stunning success. 

This Cinderella Finds Jazz, New Toeshoes and Happiness

"Lovespring International" is very funny in the same vein as "The Office" or "Reno 911!": icy-dry satire laced with moments of farce and inspired lunacy.

On 'Lovespring International,' Dating Agency Seeks Elite, Patient Clients Who Appreciate Deadpan

Investigators said a 13-year-old girl kidnapped a boy from a tattoo parlor and then disappeared.

Police Seek Boy, 3, They Say Was Abducted by Girl in Bronx

Publishers, editors and writers are grappling with the Web's ability to connect readers and writers more quickly and intimately.

Digital Publishing Is Scrambling the Industry's Rules

Mr. Fletcher's exhibit is an ingenious little show. It would be a pity to miss.

'The American War': Harrell Fletcher's Vietnam Photographs at White Columns

The New York State Theater Institute, which receives $2.1 million in state aid, faces questions about possible nepotism, and the rental of a Manhattan apartment.

A Theater on the Defense Over Spending

A grave contains victims of Saddam Hussein's suppression of the Shiite uprising across southern Iraq in early 1991. 

Uncovering Iraq's Horrors in Desert Graves

The Al-Rahman Islamic Centre for Islamic Education is one of the few known links between the suspects.

Six of 17 Arrested in Canada's Antiterror Sweep Have Ties to Mosque Near Toronto

Indian-Americans are lobbying heavily for President Bush's plan to aid India's civilian nuclear program.

Indian-Americans Test Their Clout on Atom Pact

Society of skeptics and scientists known as 9/11 Truth meets in Chicago as part of effort to prove attacks on World Trade Center and Pentagon in 2001 were result of government scheme to implement policies which were otherwise not feasible; photos (M)

500 Conspiracy Buffs Meet to Seek the Truth of 9/11

Big Pharma has discovered cancer.      For several years biotechnology companies like Genentech and ImClone have garnered most of the attention at the nation's largest cancer meeting with new so-called targeted drugs that were in general less toxic than traditional chemotherapy.  

New Drugs for Cancer Could Soon Flood Market

Among experts on the American-led team investigating Iraq's mass graves, the skeletal remains lying face-up at the rear of the tangled grave here have been given a name -- the Blue Man -- that speaks for a sorrowful familiarity developed by some of those who work with victims of mass murder.     But more than his blue shirt, and his blue-striped trousers, what distinguishes the remains is the way they speak for the terror of death under Saddam Hussein. The man was thrown backward by automatic weapons fire, his eyes blindfolded and his arms tied behind his back, his skull jerked upward at the neck, his fleshless mouth gaping, his two rows of teeth stretched apart, as though in a primal scream.  

At least 6 of the 17 people arrested by Canadian authorities in a sweeping counterterrorism operation over the weekend regularly attended the same storefront mosque in this middle-class Toronto suburb of modest brick rental townhouses and well-kept lawns, fellow worshipers said Sunday.      Their attendance at the mosque, Al-Rahman Islamic Centre for Islamic Education, is one of the few public pieces of information that clearly link any of the suspects -- 12 adults and 5 youths -- in one of the biggest antiterrorism arrests in North America since the Sept. 11 attacks.  

Digital publishing is currently one of hottest debates in book world as publishers, editors and writers grapple with Web's ability to connect readers and writers more quickly and intimately, new technologies make it easier to search books electronically and advent of digital devices promises to make books easily downloadable and completely portable; for unknown authors struggling to capture attention of busy readers, Web offers unprecedented way to catapult out of obscurity; question of how technology will shape book publishing inevitably leads to question of how writers will be paid; some writers are embracing trend and access to free information, while others are fretting over possible death of traditional book; photos (M)

With mounting evidence that exposure to the toxic smoke and ash at ground zero during the nine-month cleanup has made many people sick, attention is now focusing on the role of air-filtering masks, or respirators, that cost less than $50 and could have shielded workers from some of the toxins.      More than 150,000 such masks were distributed and only 40,000 people worked on the pile, but most workers either did not have the masks or did not use them.  

Artist Harrell Fletcher has photographed items at War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, memorial to what Vietnamese call American War; exhibition, wich mainly consists of photographs of photographs, has been traveling United States and is currently at Center for Advanced Visual Studies at MIT; photos (M)

Maxim, the raucous men's magazine, has never been shy about putting its name out there. But nothing compares to its latest brand extension, which will affix the Maxim name to a new hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip.      Maxim's parent company, Dennis Publishing, is expected to announce today that it has signed a deal with a real estate developer, Concord Wilshire Partners, to build the Maxim Hotel and Casino, a $1.2 billion destination hotel with 2,300 rooms and a 60,000-square-foot casino that is to open in 2010.  

A Lad Mag and a Brand in Las Vegas

In his nearly four decades in American politics, Jerry Brown has been a lot of things to a lot of people: a two-term California governor, a three-time presidential candidate and, most recently, the mayor of Oakland, this Rodney Dangerfield-like city across the bay from San Francisco.      But now, Mr. Brown is trying to become something that no one who remembers the freewheeling days of ''Governor Moonbeam'' could possibly expect: a lawman.  

More security on the Canadian border would offer little help against terrorist plots that arise in North America, experts say. Page A10.  

Terrorist Plots and the Border

Caryn James Critic's Notebook on actress Jennifer Aniston; holds that after independent film The Good Girl, it seemed that Aniston was destined for movie star status, but she has made bad choices of roles and delivered disappointing performances; asserts that rumors surrounding her break-up with husband Brad Pitt and possible romance with The Break-Up co-star Vince Vaughn have given her attention that might yet propel her to real stardom; says that while actress that made $18.5 million last year cannot be called failure, audiences should root for Aniston to fufill her potential with better film choices; photo (M)

Frederick Sigfred Franck was a painter, sculptor, and author of more than 30 books on Buddhism and other subjects, who was known for his interest in human spirituality. He became a United States citizen in 1945. He was a dental surgeon by trade, and worked with Dr. Albert Schweitzer in Africa from 1958 to 1961.

Frederick Franck, Dutch-American painter, sculptor, and author (born 1909)

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Edward L. Moyers, Jr. was an American railroad executive of the 20th century. He served as president and CEO of several railroads including MidSouth Rail, Illinois Central Railroad and Southern Pacific Railroad. In 1995, Railway Age magazine named Moyers its "Railroader of the Year".

Edward L. Moyers, American businessman (born 1928)

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Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia, is a landlocked country in Southeast and Central Europe. Located in the Balkans, it borders Hungary to the north, Romania to the northeast, Bulgaria to the southeast, North Macedonia to the south, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the west, and Montenegro to the southwest. Serbia claims a border with Albania through the disputed territory of Kosovo. Serbia has about 6.6 million inhabitants, excluding Kosovo. Its capital Belgrade is also the largest city.

Serbia declares independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.

June 5, 2006

Headlines from June 5, 2006

The Gilded Age of Home Schooling

This Time, Jerry Brown Wants to Be a Lawman

Air Masks at Issue in Claims of 9/11 Illnesses

Show Me the Bodies

Aniston Agonistes: Good Girl, Odd Film Choices

Billboard 200

Stadium Arcadium

Killa Season

10;000 Days

High School Musical

Soundtrack To Your Life

Notable Deaths

Historical Events

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