A growing number of psychiatrists are using telemedicine technology to reach patients in rural swaths of the nation.

TV Screen, Not Couch, Is Required for This Session

Amid the somber procession of injustices paraded by the annual Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, rays of light inevitably filter through. 

At Human Rights Film Festival, Horror and Occasional Hope

A covert C.I.A. effort to finance Somali warlords has empowered the Islamic groups it was intended to marginalize, critics say.

Efforts by C.I.A. Fail in Somalia, Officials Charge

Young workers are willing to quit rather than limit their vacation adventures to two weeks.

A Life Between Jobs

For families on the move, can community be invented?

New Urbanism: It's in the Army Now

Even though he never gets close to the flinty Harper Lee, Charles J. Shields constructs a worthwhile portrait of the artist.

A Biography of Harper Lee, Author of 'To Kill a Mockingbird'

In a game where the details often make the difference, the slide is a vital component of clay-court tennis and determining who will hold up the trophies this weekend.

Slip Sliding Away on Clay, and Into the Semifinals

Joan Jett, the primal 80's rocker now hailed as a feminist hero, was in top form for her sold-out performance at Southpaw on Tuesday.

Embracing a Proud Past, Joan Jett Keeps It Simple

The outcome of a California special election was worrisome to Republicans but also a disappointment for Democrats.

Narrow Victory by G.O.P. Signals Fall Problems

The annual Council of Fashion Designers of America awards dinner is the industry toast to style, celebrity, and especially, youth.

Roll Over, (Famous Designer's Name Here)

Players, referees and coaches are being required to sign pledges that they will not wager on the World Cup.

Betting Scandals Have the World Cup on Guard

Jason Grimsley, a journeyman pitcher, has admitted to drug use and implicated other players, investigators say. 

A New Front in Baseball's Drug War

The men had been burning the insulation off copper wires, sparking the spectacular fire on the Brooklyn waterfront.

2 Homeless Men Blamed for Fire on Waterfront

A desert pincer is squeezing Minqin, a struggling oasis town, and China's long campaign to cultivate its vast arid northwest is in retreat.

A Sea of Sand Is Threatening China's Heart

The Q is an eye-catching, extremely thin slab but getting anything done on it requires more steps than the Empire State Building.

Motorola's Q: Lovely Phone; Ugly Software

Avery Johnson and Del Harris maintain balance on the bench and equilibrium will be key as the Dallas Mavericks make their N.B.A. finals debut against the Miami Heat.

The Odd Couple of Coaching Guides the Mavs

The return of a senior investment banker is a small coup for Morgan Stanley, which has worked hard to replenish its pool of top investment banking talent.

Morgan Lures Back a Defector of Rank

For two decades, as wealthy residents of both coasts have converged on Montana, buying chunks of its wide open spaces, Montanans have felt torn.

Small Footprints on a Vast Montana Landscape

Maternity wear so chic even the nonpregnant have been known to covet it.

Showing? It's Time to Show Off

In Tijuana, Mexico a junction of the first and third worlds where unequal economies flourish symbiotically, a vibrant new art movement has emerged.

Tijuana Transforms Into  a Cultural Hotbed

Villages at Belvoir are 15 New Urbanist towns that provide on-post housing for soldiers and their families at Fort Belvoir, Va; Army is seeing value of creating attractive neighborhoods that provide support to families when soldiers are deployed; New Urbanism focuses on details of traditional design, providing porches, alleys, sidewalks and shared village greens and playgrounds; photos (M)

Rafael Nadal defeats Novak Djokovic in French Open quarterfinals; photos (M)

Kyle Kevorkian McCann on 10th anniversary of being attacked, discusses how her life has changed; was woman known as 'piano teacher' who was severely beaten in Central Park (NYC) in broad daylight in 1996; John J Royster was convicted of attacking McCann and three other women, one of whom died; is serving life sentence; doctors say McCann's level of recovery is rare; still plays piano, but says she is very different person since attack; photos (M)

A Central Park Victim Recalls 'When I Was Hurt,' and Her Healing

China's own favorite military strategist, Sun Tzu, surely would have warned against letting two mighty enemies, the Tengger and the Badain Jaran, form a united front.     Yet a desert pincer is squeezing this struggling oasis town, and China's long campaign to cultivate its vast arid northwest is in retreat.  

A covert effort by the Central Intelligence Agency to finance Somali warlords has drawn sharp criticism from American government officials who say the campaign has thwarted counterterrorism efforts inside Somalia and empowered the same Islamic groups it was intended to marginalize.      The criticism was expressed privately by United States government officials with direct knowledge of the debate. And the comments flared even before the apparent victory this week by Islamist militias in the country dealt a sharp setback to American policy in the region and broke the warlords' hold on the capital, Mogadishu.  

Jack Edward Jackson, better known by his pen name Jaxon, was an American cartoonist, illustrator, historian, and writer. He co-founded Rip Off Press, and some consider him to be the first underground comix artist, due to his most well-known satirical comic strip God Nose.

Jaxon, American illustrator and publisher, co-founded Rip Off Press (born 1941)

Jaxon_(cartoonist)

Matta El Meskeen, born Youssef Iskandar, was a Coptic Orthodox monk. He was the key figure in the revival of Coptic monasticism, a movement which began in 1969 when he was appointed to the Monastery of St Macarius in the Wadi El Natrun in Egypt. By the time of his death the community had grown from 6 aged monks to 130 monks, and as many other monasteries were revived, new ones also began to open. He was twice nominated to become Coptic Pope, but was not chosen in either case.

June 8, 2006

Headlines from June 8, 2006

TV Screen, Not Couch, Is Required for This Session

At Human Rights Film Festival, Horror and Occasional Hope

Efforts by C.I.A. Fail in Somalia, Officials Charge

A Life Between Jobs

New Urbanism: It's in the Army Now

Billboard 200

Taking The Long Way

High School Musical

American Idol Season 5: Encores

We Don't Need To Whisper

Stadium Arcadium

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for June 8, 2006