"The Road to Guantánamo," based on the testimony of three British Muslims captured in Afghanistan in 2001, is a wrenching and dismaying account of cruelty and bureaucratic indifference.

'The Road to Guantánamo' Offers Grim Chronicles That Anger and Stir

One of the nation's most prominent hedge funds, Pequot Capital Management, is said to be under investigation for possible insider trading, according to officials.

S.E.C. Is Reported to Be Examining a Big Hedge Fund

Stung by a borderline penalty kick awarded late in the first half, the United States exited from the World Cup with a defeat to Ghana.

American Attack Falls Flat

This team deserved better than the knee-jerk call that doomed the players to an immediate trip home from the World Cup.

Vanquished U.S. Goes Back to Drawing Board

This is a war story, a redeeming one, a tale full of mirrors and echoes and acts very different from the deeds at Abu Ghraib or at Haditha.

A Soldier Reaches Back to a Rich Legacy

Language tucked into a House measure would allow one company to gain permanent access to business open only to American companies.

Drilling Firm Seeks Favor as Expatriate

Congo's civil war has officially been over since a peace agreement was signed four years ago, but the transition to peace has yet to come.

In Congo, Hunger and Disease Erode Democracy

On Saturday, a stretch of West 103rd, between Broadway and West End Avenue, will be redesignated Humphrey Bogart Place.

Of All Streets in All the Cities in All the World

In East Orange, N.J., a church group called G-fy-G, which is short for "Glorify God," is running strong in its sixth year.

Singing, With Their Eyes on the Prize

A secret program has given counterterrorism officials access to financial records involving thousands of Americans, officials said.

Bank Data Is Sifted by U.S. in Secret to Block Terror

For teenage volunteer emergency workers, being first responders brings excitement, experience and the satisfaction of doing good.

When Saving Lives Is More Than Child's Play

The effort to roll back the protections of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is under way, and the attack on regulation may be greater than could have been imagined four years ago.

Trusting Bosses Not to Cheat

Medical experts say the current method of lethal injection could easily be changed, but no state has moved to do so.

Doctors See Way to Cut Suffering in Executions

Merck's cholesterol-lowering drug Zocor is losing its U.S. patent protection, becoming the largest-selling drug yet to be opened to cheap generic competition.

Merck Loses Protection for Patent on Zocor

Kay Rosaire keeps cats on Long Island, the same type of kitty that took a bite out of one-half of her more famous contemporaries, Siegfried and Roy, in Las Vegas awhile back.

The Wild Kingdom of a Lady Lion Tamer

Democrats had expected their proposals to fail, but they declared themselves on the same side as the majority of Americans.

Senate Rejects Calls to Begin Iraq Pullback

It is always about Jim Dolan, about whether he is the right man to run Madison Square Garden.

A Bad Seed Is to Blame for the Mess at the Garden

In a long-expected move, the team lets Larry Brown go, and it may try to avoid paying the more than $40 million owed him. Isiah Thomas, the Knicks' president, will now also be the coach.

Knicks End Year of Disharmony

Property taxes are soaring and upstaters are fleeing New York but lawmakers decided that they had to tackle the ladybug question first.

A Few Things Lawmakers Can Agree On

Miguel Hernández of Ossining is the only Hispanic mayor in New York State, though that distinction took effect early this month and will last only until year's end.

A Hispanic Mayor, Without Ethnic Boundaries

Thousands of acres of land in northern China are sinking because of the ravages of underground coal mining.

The Not So Good Earth

The new owners of Lord & Taylor said that the Fifth Avenue store would remain a store and much of the entire chain would be left in place.

Lord & Taylor Is Sold but Will Stay Put

Clyde Haberman NYC column on success of Gary Dennis, owner of video rental store Movie Place, in getting New York City to name West 103th Street, between Broadway and West End Avenue, Humphrey Bogart Place (M)

Selena Roberts Sports of The Times column discusses Madison Square Garden chairman James L Dolan's role in New York Knicks' demise over past three years (M)0

Sports of The Times; A Bad Seed Is to Blame For the Mess at the Garden

The language in the House measure seems innocuous enough. Tucked into the Coast Guard budget bill, it says merely that Section 608 ( c ) (1) ''is amended by striking the second sentence.''     But what that language would do is allow one company, Nabors Industries, to gain permanent access to business open only to American companies. The language is needed because Nabors, a big oil drilling company, moved its tax headquarters to Bermuda and its legal headquarters to Barbados in 2001 to avoid American taxes.  

Aaron Spelling was an American film and television producer and occasional actor. His productions included the television series Family (1976–1980), Charlie's Angels (1976–1981), The Love Boat (1977–1986), Hart to Hart (1979–1984), Dynasty (1981–1989), Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–2000), Melrose Place (1992–1999), 7th Heaven (1996–2007), and Charmed (1998–2006). He also served as producer of The Mod Squad (1968–1973), The Rookies (1972–1976), and Sunset Beach (1997–1999).

June 23, 2006

Headlines from June 23, 2006

'The Road to Guantánamo' Offers Grim Chronicles That Anger and Stir

S.E.C. Is Reported to Be Examining a Big Hedge Fund

American Attack Falls Flat

Vanquished U.S. Goes Back to Drawing Board

A Soldier Reaches Back to a Rich Legacy

Billboard 200

Decemberunderground

Taking The Long Way

New Joc City

Laugh Now; Cry Later

High School Musical

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for June 23, 2006