The Supreme Court's fractured decision on the Clean Water Act is likely to lead to new regulatory battles and a push for new legislation.

Justices Divided on Protections Over Wetlands

The popularity of free laser eye surgery in the armed forces is transforming career choices.

Perfect Vision Is Helping and Hurting Navy

The three soldiers are suspected of killing three detainees and threatening a soldier with death if he reported the shootings.

Murder Charges for 3 G.I.'s in Iraq

When Goldman Sachs lost Henry M. Paulson Jr. to the Treasury, the firm ceded not only its chief executive, but a nonpareil globe-trotting client man as well.

Worldly Aid for the Chief of Goldman

How a Frenchman turned the tables on anti-Americana.

A McDonald's Ally in Paris

The U.S. has a greater pool of soccer talent than any nation competing in the World Cup, but we waste more of these human resources than most nations have at their disposal.

U.S. Suffers From Human Resources Problem

Wal-Mart has transformed the sedate rural community of Bentonville, Ark., into a teeming mini-metropolis.

In Wal-Mart's Home, Synagogue Signals Growth

Citigroup senior managers have been meeting to review the company's brand in an effort that might bring major changes to its marketing strategy.

What's Red, Familiar, Ubiquitous and May Be on Its Way Out?

Stores and restaurants that run air-conditioning at full tilt and then leave their front doors open are pleasing oil-rich countries even more than pedestrians.

Next Blackout, Remember the Open Doors

The company had quietly dropped  its petite women's clothing department several months ago because of poor sales.

By Demand, Saks Revives Petite Dept.

Ron Suskind's descriptions of the Bush administration's handling of the war on terror are nearly as disturbing as his revelations about Al Qaeda's plans.

Personality, Ideology and Bush's Terror Wars

As Nokia and Siemens announced plans to merge, the big unanswered question was not if, but when, the remaining telecommunications giants would team up.

A Mania in Telecom to Merge

A busy season for Richard Greenberg fizzles to a close with this unfocused and disappointing new play.

'The House in Town' Provides Scenes From a Pre-Crash Marriage

Europe likes to think of itself as beyond its sooty past, yet it still depends on a cheap, plentiful fuel.

Europe's Image Clashes With Reliance on Coal

His mere presence was a powerful symbol of what China is and would like to be.

Hawking Takes Beijing; Now, Will Science Follow?

The developer hired to expand Penn Station also has a plan to move the New York arena and build five towers.

Plan to Move Garden Augurs Change for Midtown

Discussions are to continue Tuesday, and the Italian Culture Minister Francesco Rutelli suggested that an agreement between the two sides was within reach.

Italians Are Upbeat After Talks With the Getty Over Disputed Artwork

Residents of Benton County, in the northwest corner of Arkansas, are proud citizens of the Bible Belt. At last count, they filled 39 Baptist, 27 United Methodist and 20 Assembly of God churches. For decades, a local hospital has begun meetings with a reading from the New Testament and the library has featured an elaborate Christmas display.     Then the Wal-Mart Jews arrived.  

Strings 2006, annual conference on string theory, is being held in Beijing, China; Dr Stephen Hawking, acclaimed cosmologist at Cambridge University who has spent most of his life in wheelchair from amytrophic lateral sclerosis, gives opening talk to packed house at Great Hall of People; broad reach of conference mirrors China's dedication to becoming nation of scientific leaders and ground-breaking research; skeptics about China's ability to compete internationally, despite growing national financial committment to scientific endeavors, say that political controls and corruption undermine progress; photos (M)

Cincinnati Reds defeat New York Mets, 4-2; photos (M)t

Arroyo Leaves the Mets Flailing

Steven Roth, the chairman of a company once known for operating suburban shopping centers, made a startling move nine years ago when he plunked down more than $2 billion for office towers, a hotel and retail space surrounding Madison Square Garden on a bet that the neighborhood was ripe for transformation.     Now, Mr. Roth is quietly circulating a $7 billion plan detailing just how radical a transformation he envisions for the district, including moving the Garden to a new home on Ninth Avenue. He wants state officials to rethink the plan they have hired him to develop, an expansion of Pennsylvania Station under Eighth Avenue into the landmark James A. Farley Post Office, which is to be renamed Moynihan Station for the senator who championed the project.  

Never mind that Denis Hennequin was the top executive here when a half-built McDonald's restaurant was bulldozed seven years ago to protest the Americanization of France.     ''We are an icon, a symbol, we don't claim to be otherwise,'' Mr. Hennequin said. ''Yes, we were shocked,'' he went on, recalling how his business meeting was interrupted by the news of the bulldozing.  

Holland Cotter reviews exhibition Legacies: Contemporary Artists Reflect on Slavery at New-York Historical Society; photos (M)

At Historical Society, Emancipation Remains a Work in Progress

Philadelphia Phillies defeat New York Yankees, 4-2; photos (M)0

Yanks Put Plenty of Men on Base, but Few on Plate

Italian Cultural Ministry and J Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles both report positive start to negotiations over return of 52 objects in Getty's collection that Italy contends were illegally excavated and secretly exported; former Getty curator Marion True is still on trial in Rome on charges of conspiring to purchase looted artifacts for museum; it has been suggested that cooperation by Getty in return of objects would be considered in her case (M)

June 20, 2006

Headlines from June 20, 2006

Justices Divided on Protections Over Wetlands

Perfect Vision Is Helping and Hurting Navy

Murder Charges for 3 G.I.'s in Iraq

Worldly Aid for the Chief of Goldman

A McDonald's Ally in Paris

Billboard 200

Taking The Long Way

High School Musical

Stadium Arcadium

Me And My Gang

American Idol Season 5: Encores

Historical Context for June 20, 2006