With the 102nd anniversary of Bloomsday approaching, Sheila Callaghan, whose latest play roughly follows the outline of "Ulysses," takes a Joycean tour of the city.

Playwright of 'Dead City' Substitutes Manhattan for Dublin

As emerging stock markets submerge, the analysts have figured out who is to blame: the big central banks.

When Markets Plunge, Blame Central Banks

Somewhere along the way to riches in the Tiger Woods era, the blue-collar job of caddying went white collar.

Blue-Collar Caddies Now White Collar

The nation's private sector is divided into two very different labor movements, the declining manufacturing unions and the expanding service sector.

The New Face of Solidarity

A mild-mannered shore bird whose progeny resemble Q-tips on stilts is again holding a town's fireworks show hostage.

Unwelcome Guests at the Fireworks

The United States has filed a lawsuit to block subpoenas that the New Jersey attorney general issued to telephone companies to see if records were sent to the National Security Agency.

New Jersey Demands Data on Phone Call Surveillance and Is Sued by U.S.

In his endearingly ridiculous new comedy, Jack Black plays a half-Mexican, half-Scandinavian monastery cook from Oaxaca who moonlights as a masked wrestler.

A Tender Heart in Stretchy Pants and Ankle Boots in 'Nacho Libre'

In a backlash against the trend of wealthy buyers replacing houses with outsize second homes, communities across the nation are enacting stricter guidelines for home renovations and demolitions.

The Teardown Wars

American military officers released a photograph and details of the man they say succeeded Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Iraq. 

U.S. Portrayal Helps Flesh Out Zarqawi's Heir

The move, analysts said, points to the changes sweeping the software industry. 

Gates to Cede Software Reins

Stocks gained for a second day after five tumultuous weeks in which they gave back all of their gains for the year.

Stocks Soar as Fed Chief Eases Fears on Inflation

The Mets are 42-23, one victory behind but 4 percentage points ahead of Detroit for the best record in baseball. It is not yet summer, and the Mets are playing as if it is fall.

Fast Starts, Fine Finishes for the Mets on the Road

By recognizing gay marriages performed elsewhere, Westchester has added momentum to the movement to accord gay relationships the same rights as straight ones.

Acknowledging the Gay Part of Gay Marriage

Forget Holsteins. More and more, fanciful breeds of livestock are dotting the local landscape.

The New Face of Farming

The shift is coming from the increased use of international comparisons, which are not really all that international.

U.S.-Style Pay Packages Are All the Rage in Europe

A report puts hard numbers on a cost squeeze that has intensified with the real estate boom in New York City.

Housing Tighter for New Yorkers of Moderate Pay

Luanda's slums are now the center of one of the worst cholera epidemics to strike Africa in nearly a decade.

In Oil-Rich Angola, Cholera Preys Upon Poorest

The team from thin air, Ecuador, is thick with success at the World Cup.  Ecuador dominated Costa Rica, advancing with Germany and England to the second round.

Lowland-Loving Andeans Cruise Into Second Round

In the House, lawmakers moved toward a vote Friday on a Republican resolution opposing any "arbitrary date for withdrawal."

Partisan Fight Over Iraq War Erupts on Hill

An ambitious redevelopment plan for the Bayonne waterfront is making residents wonder who and what will come to the shoreline in the future.

In Bayonne, a Shoreline Redefined

At his best, nobody is more subversively funny or more appealing than David Letterman, but it's been a while since he put his best efforts on air.

Leno vs. Letterman: A Battle of Wits With No Clear Winner

Share prices turned up sharply yesterday in a broad rally that was fed by tame inflation remarks from the Federal Reserve chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, even as it added to concerns about increasing volatility in the market.      Stocks gained for a second day after five tumultuous weeks in which they gave back all of their gains for the year.  

New Jersey Attorney General Zulima V Farber subpoenas five telephone companies to determine whether they violated state consumer protection laws by providing records to National Security Agency; experts call it first legal move questioning NSA's program to use calling records to track terrorist activity; Justice Department files suit to block subpoenas, asserting New Jersey is straying into federal matter and compliance with subpoenas threatens national security (M)

Colin Montgomerie takes first-round lead at US Open; photos (M)1

They Played It, and the Course Won

The House and the Senate engaged in angry, intensely partisan debate on Thursday over the war in Iraq, as Republicans sought to rally support for the Bush administration's policies and exploit Democratic divisions in an election year shadowed by unease over the war.     It was one of the sharpest legislative clashes yet over the three-year-old conflict, and it came after three days in which President Bush and his aides had sought to portray Iraq as moving gradually toward a stable, functioning democracy, and to portray Democrats as lacking the will to see the conflict through to victory.  

June 16, 2006

Headlines from June 16, 2006

Playwright of 'Dead City' Substitutes Manhattan for Dublin

When Markets Plunge, Blame Central Banks

Blue-Collar Caddies Now White Collar

The New Face of Solidarity

Unwelcome Guests at the Fireworks

Billboard 200

Taking The Long Way

High School Musical

Stadium Arcadium

Me And My Gang

American Idol Season 5: Encores

Historical Context for June 16, 2006