After Germany's 4-2 victory over Costa Rica, a tense standoff developed between German and English fans. 

Joy and Conflict in Germany as World Cup Opens

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is trying to recast the political disaster of 1994 as a symbol of lessons learned.

Wounds Salved, Clinton Returns to Health Care

For the seniors at Harry S. Truman High School in Levittown, Pa., graduation day offered one final lesson.

After Gang Threat, It's Cap, Gown and Lockdown

The news came as American forces raided dozens of suspected hideouts of Al Qaeda across Iraq.

U.S. Says Zarqawi Survived Briefly After Airstrike

What makes this French Open final all the more intriguing is that Roger Federer, the world's dominant player, is trying to make history against Rafael Nadal, who has dominated their rivalry.

No. 1 vs. No. 2 When Federer and Nadal Meet

If you think it is tough living on very little now, imagine what it will be like when you are old and sick.

Advice to All You Graduates: Let's Start With That Daily Latte . . .

Music can be a subtle bone of contention among the members of a surgical team or a practical aid.

While in Surgery, Do You Prefer Abba or Verdi?

The 138th running of the Belmont Stakes will be a bittersweet affair for a small fraternity of people with direct links to the most recent Triple Crown champions.

Triple Crown Insiders Share Success Recipe

Organic meat is the fastest-growing segment of the organic food business, and many of the biggest producers want a piece of the market.

The Range Gets Crowded for Natural Beef

Nervous hope will now be joined by growing optimism and expectation after Germany opened its quest for a fourth World Cup title with a riveting victory over Costa Rica.

Germany Exults, and Its Fans Finally Exhale

Delphi expanded its buyout deal to include all  U.A.W. members, signaling a stepped-up effort to avoid a strike.

Parts Supplier Reaches Buyout Deal With U.A.W.

Patrick M. Byrne, the conspiracy-mongering trash-talking lawsuit-filing chief of Overstock.com, has been keeping himself busy!

New Crusade for Master of Overstock

Music fills operating rooms at New York-Presbyterian Hospital much of time; surgeons say music relaxes them, focuses their attention and helps pass time; mention of subject in medical journals goes back 50 years, and recent research shows mild benefits for patient going under knife; music can become subtle bone of contention among members of surgical team or practical aid; they say loud rock 'n' roll is good for routine operations, Mozart for trickier ones; there is even genre called 'closing music': raucous sounds to suture by; photos (M)

US officials say Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Jordanian terrorist leader killed in airstrike, initially survived bombing and died from his wounds after Iraqi police and US soldiers arrived on scene; say two 500-pound bombs dropped on house where Zarqawi was staying north of Baghdad killed five other people instantly; Pres Bush congratulates Lt Gen Stanley McChrystal on success of attack; McChrystal commands military's most secretive commando units, including Army's Delta Force and Naval Special Warfare Development Group, which were part of raid (M)

Hamas declares that it will renew its attacks on Israel after deaths of at least seven Palestinian civilians on Gaza beach from apparently errant Israeli artillery shell; Israeli military officials say attack was mistake; Palestinian Pres Mahmoud Abbas condemns Israel for what he calls bloody massacre; Ayman al-Zawahiri, senior Al Qaeda official, urges Palestinians to reject platform that implicitly recognizes Israel alongside Palestinian state within pre-1967 borders; photos (M)

Hamas Fires Rockets at Israel After Calling Off Truce

Former Triple Crown winners and those connected to famed horses discuss ways for another horse today to win Triple Crown; photos (M)

Nicholas Minucci is found guilty of racially motivated assault and robbery of black man in Howard Beach section of Queens in June 2005; Minucci's use of racial epithet was debated extensively during trial, where it was often referred to as 'n' world; Glenn Moore, victim, expresses satisfaction with verdict; photos (M)

Batsman Convicted of Howard Beach Hate Crimes

Joe Nocera column on successful crusade by Overstock.com chief executive Patrick Byrne against naked short selling; notes Byrne's home state of Utah has passed law that takes aim against practice; photo (M)

Judge John Gleason sentences Kevin Walker of Brooklyn to eight years in prison for bank fraud, two more than top end of recommended sentencing guidelines; cites what he calls Walker's 'unstoppable impulse to commit fraud'; Walker assumed identity of another man with same name as part of bank fraud scheme and, after being caught and convicted, assumed identity of yet another Kevin Walker, this time one who was terminally ill, in effort to fake his own death; photo (M)

The Man With One Name and a Series of Identities

Delphi Corp reaches agrement with United Auto workers and General Motors, financed by GM, that offers buyouts to all 24,000 workers and reduces possibility of crippling strike; agreement allows companies and union to focus negotiations on other substantive issues; photos (M)

New York State Legislature reaches impasse over what to do about Medicaid fraud, with Senate Republicans resisting proposal by Democrats in Assembly that private citizens be allowed to bring Medicaid fraud lawsuits on behalf of government and public and share proceeds; Speaker Sheldon Silver works at Weitz & Luxenberg, one of largest plaintiffs' law firms, and Sen Dean G Skelos, outspoken opponent of whistleblower lawsuits, works for Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, firm that defends hospitals and their health care providers in Medicaid fraud cases; Atty Gen Eliot Spitzer, Democratic candidate for governor, supports whistleblower lawsuits, whose biggest champion nationally is Sen Charles E Grassley, Iowa Republican (M)

Medicaid Fraud Mired in Debate by Lawmakers

Article on challenges facing independent producers of natural and organic beef as large producers show more interest in entering market; Mel Coleman Jr, whose father pioneered natural beef with Coleman Natural Foods in 1979 and whose company is now owned by investment firm, comments on how industry is changing; photos (L)

Germany defeats Costa Rica, 4-2, in first round of World Cup; photos (M)0

Roger Federer defeats David Nalbandian to advance to French Open final; photo (M)8

Levittown, Pa, police ban Tyrone Lewis, senior class president at Harry S Truman High School, from attending commencement ceremony after members of Bloods street gang reportedly threatened to kill him; Lewis's sister had agreed to testify against gang members in New Jersey murder trial, and Lewis was recently shot at by three men who police believed belonged to gang; also absent from ceremony was Ahman Fralin, senior who has been paralyzed from neck down since April, when he was shot in spine as he sat beside Lewis; Lewis delivers his speech from secret spot as crowd watches on large television screen; law enforcement experts say episode is sign of expansion of street gangs in Northeast; photo (M)

June 10, 2006

Headlines from June 10, 2006

Joy and Conflict in Germany as World Cup Opens

Wounds Salved, Clinton Returns to Health Care

After Gang Threat, It's Cap, Gown and Lockdown

U.S. Says Zarqawi Survived Briefly After Airstrike

No. 1 vs. No. 2 When Federer and Nadal Meet

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 10, 2006