In this compact exhibition devoted to Soviet-era prison camps, small things tell large truths more plainly than larger arguments.

'Gulag,' a Show at Ellis Island, Depicts a Penal System Gone Awry

The plot involved a series of violent attacks and the beheading of Canada's prime minister, prosecutors said.

Canada Saw Plot to Seize Officials

Republicans deserted William F. Weld as their best hope against Attorney General Eliot Spitzer in the November election.

After Setbacks, Weld Ends Bid to Be Governor

Ms. Barrio plans to make a believer out of the most jaded spectator of flamenco in her new three-week show at Theater 80.

A Dancer's Flamenco in Intimate Quarters: Soledad Barrio and Noche Flamenca

While the Yankees prepared for yet another game against the Red Sox, another pretend Armageddon, Bernie Williams said that baseball's most storied rivalry was beginning to feel a bit like spring training.

Armageddon, Again

The U.S. military said the decision to free the detainees had been agreed to in a joint review by Iraqi and American officials. 

Iraq to Release Detainees in Bid to Ease Tensions

With the kickoff of the World Cup just days away, even this most buttoned-down of German cities is cutting loose.

The Hard Sell in Frankfurt

Is Argentina's rebuilt team, with its new coach and younger players, the legitimate contender it seems to be? Or should it be steeling itself for more heartbreak and disillusionment?

Argentina Unsure if It Should Dream 

When it closes on Sunday night, "Hairspray" will become the second Broadway-to-Vegas show to fold within the last three weeks.

'Hairspray' Is to Close in Las Vegas, Following 'Avenue Q,' Another Broadway Offshoot

Offering Barbie-pink hardware for scrapbookers has not worked, but finding ways for women to preserve their families' memories sets the cash register ringing.

The Once-Humble Hobby of Scrapbooking Has Moved On.

A report said closing the Indian Point nuclear reactors would make electricity more costly and leave New York more vulnerable to natural gas shortages.

U.S. Science Panel Sees Big Problems if Indian Point Reactors Are Closed

Love may wax and wane, but the opportunity to stock a kitchen comes once in a lifetime. 

Just Registered

South Africa's real estate boom is spreading to townships, the slums erected during apartheid for black citizens.

Shacks in South Africa Can Garner Fancy Prices 

If every camera is essentially alike, what's left to attract buyers? The answer: specialization. Adapt or die.

Pick Your One Special Power

A New Jersey Superior Court judge dropped two judicial bombs on a pair of Bergen County towns last month over zoning and development.

Side Effects to a Remedy for Housing

When the game needed to be saved, a home run ball found the glove of Melky Cabrera, the youngest player on the roster, a homegrown Yankee best known, until recently, for failing a brief audition last summer.

Yankees' Cabrera Leaps at His Chance

For G.M. the votes were another reflection of the company's diminished fortunes and dissatisfaction among many investors.

In Switch, G.M. Shareholders Ask Board for Stronger Say in Elections

In a federal graft case in New Jersey against a former local official, the trial has turned out to be a story of its own.

Witness Recovers From Overdose to Describe New Jersey Graft

José Reyes didn't start the game because of an injury, Cliff Floyd and Carlos Beltrán were injured during the game,  and Pedro Martínez extended his streak without a victory to seven starts.

Mets Are Bruised, and Martínez Is Battered 

Some scrapbooking enthusiasts are using computers to create layouts that would have taken many hours of painstaking cutting and pasting; women, who comprise bulk of scrapbookers, are not traditionally those who make major computer purchases, so companies like Adobe and Hewlett-Packard are taking notice and marketing products specifically to them; several Web sites have been created to support digital scrapbooking; photos (M)

Goodbye, Glue. Hello, Digital. The Once-Humble Hobby of Scrapbooking Has Moved On.

New York Yankees defeat Boston Red Sox, 2-1; photos (M)

Senate Republicans, pushing once again to abolish the estate tax on inherited wealth, are split about whether to push for a full repeal that would probably fail, or seek a more cautious compromise with Democrats that could pass.     Permanently repealing the estate tax, or what Republicans have branded the ''death tax,'' is a priority for President Bush and many Republican lawmakers.  

Estate Tax Showdown Is Splitting The G.O.P.

 Lethal Breast Cancer Likelier in Young Blacks  Young black women with breast cancer are more prone than whites or older blacks to develop a type of tumor with genetic traits that make it especially deadly, a study found. The finding helps explain why black women are more likely to die when they get breast cancer.    PAGE A16    Iran Receptive to Incentives  Tehran welcomed international incentives aimed at freezing Iran's nuclear activities, but said there were still unresolved issues.    PAGE A14    Billy Preston Dies  The exuberant gospel-rooted keyboardist, known for solo hits and his work with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, was 59.    PAGE C10    Arnold Newman, Portraitist, Is Dead  The portraitist, whose pictures of some of the world's most eminent figures, including Igor Stravinsky, above, set a standard for artistic interpretation and stylistic integrity in the picture-magazine era, was 88.    PAGE C11    Device Warning Wasn't Sent  A draft letter written at Guidant -- warning doctors about problems with two defibrillators and saying that all the devices not yet implanted had been pulled back -- was never sent and patients continued to get the devices.    BUSINESS DAY, PAGE C1    Clemens Starts Comeback  Roger Clemens played a game with his son Koby and got the full minor league treatment, including a milking contest with a ceramic cow, in the first step of his latest comeback in Lexington, Ky.   SPORTSWEDNESDAY, PAGE D1    Progress for Homeless Plan  A strategy of putting chronically homeless people into apartments of their own, no strings attached, has reduced their numbers in many cities.    PAGE A19    SPECIAL TODAY  Circuits/Digital Photography  Making a scrapbook used to mean scissors, glue, fabric and, above all, time. PC's, software and CD burners have changed that.    SECTION G

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Las Vegas production of Broadway musical Hairspray is closing after less than four months; Broadway production has grossed $180 million and is still attracting large audiences (M)

Peter Applebome: Our Towns: Side Effects to a Remedy for Housing**Peter Applebome Our Towns column criticizes decision by Judge Jonathan Harris to strip New Jersey towns of East Rutherford and Carlstadt of their ability to regulate development within their own borders; says because they did not come up with legally mandated number of affordable housing units, Harris has awarded 'builder's remedy' appproval to private developers for two 20-story towers on environmentally fragile site on Hackensack River; says if $1.2 billion Xanadu project and Giants Stadium improvements go through, East Rutherford could be expected to come up with perhaps 1,000 more low-priced units and Meadowlands could see worst kind of overdevelopment (M)

June 7, 2006

Headlines from June 7, 2006

'Gulag,' a Show at Ellis Island, Depicts a Penal System Gone Awry

Canada Saw Plot to Seize Officials

After Setbacks, Weld Ends Bid to Be Governor

A Dancer's Flamenco in Intimate Quarters: Soledad Barrio and Noche Flamenca

Armageddon, Again

Billboard 200

Taking The Long Way

High School Musical

American Idol Season 5: Encores

We Don't Need To Whisper

Stadium Arcadium

Historical Context for June 7, 2006