Vice President Dick Cheney harshly criticized the news media for disclosing an operation he said was legal and "absolutely essential" to fighting terrorism.

Cheney Assails Press on Report on Bank Data

Professional societies for family doctors and internists are urging their members to break with tradition by making it easier to schedule appointments.

Market Forces Pushing Doctors to Be More Available

Residents of a Baghdad neighborhood worry that a wave of violence will begin to encroach on them.

Fear Invades a Once-Comfortable Iraqi Enclave

A plot to topple the Sears Tower in Chicago was "more aspirational than operational," an official said.

F.B.I. Killed Plot in Talking Stage, a Top Aide Says

Gov. George E. Pataki and lawmakers agreed to send property tax rebate checks to homeowners and add more than $1 billion to the state budget.

Pataki and Lawmakers Agree on Spending and a Tax Rebate

Female commuters around New York City complain about the violation they often feel as victims of groping.

Women Have Seen It All on Subway, Unwillingly

Squeegee men in Manhattan? How, how, so last century.

Squeegee Men, Still Around, Still Relentless

Most investors — professionals and amateurs — have reacted with relative calm to the recent downdraft in global financial markets.

Investors Are Looking on the Sunny Side of a Downturn

Jürgen Klinsmann, the coach of the German national team, has silenced a swarm of critics by leading Germany to its best start in the World Cup in 36 years.

German Coach Wins Over Critics as He Raises Ante

It would be hard to imagine a day in court more bizarre than Friday's postscript to the so-called Mafia Cops corruption trial.

In 'Mafia Cops' Case, the Prosecution Comes to the Defense of the Defense

Fifty years later, The Perfect Game still ushers Don Larsen wherever he wants to go.

Larsen's Legacy Is Etched in a Legendary Linescore

The authors of "The Wages of Wins" are frank about their desire to have their book be seen as the "Freakonomics" of sports, but does it really matter whether Shaq is better than Kobe? 



Sportonomics Beguiles 3 Economists

Physical fitness seems to be a mainstay of New York politics this year. Take John Faso, who is running for New York governor, for example.

Running for Office, on a Treadmill

David Wright broke open the game with a three-run homer in the third, and Xavier Nady and Paul Lo Duca added run-scoring hits as the Mets defeated the Blue Jays for their ninth consecutive road victory, a franchise record.

Mets' Theme Song: On the Road Again

A federal appeals court ruled that the commission exceeded its power by treating investors in a hedge fund as "clients" of the fund manager. 

Court Says S.E.C. Lacks Authority on Hedge Funds

Mansour is Baghdad's Upper East Side, but it is no longer address everyone wants; insurgents have come to Mansour in past two months to gun down city councilman, kidnap four Russian Embassy workers, shoot tailor dead in his shop and bomb pastry shop; Mansour, religiously mixed area just three miles from fortified Green Zone, feels more like wartime Beirut than Park Avenue, and its affluent residents worry that wave of violence that has devoured large swaths of Baghdad has begun encroaching on them; map; photos (M)

Full Gospel New York Church, Flushing (Queens), assistant pastor Ben Hur organizes viewing of World Cup Soccer match in church worship space; hopes event will draw new members to church and help spread evangelism; church caters to Korean immigrants; fans watch game between South Korea and Switzerland; photos (M)

Fervent About God and World Cup Soccer

Coach Jurgen Klinsmann has led Germany to best World Cup start in 36 years, with three wins in first round; photo (M)

Article on growing number of physicians who have streamlined their schedules, added Internet services and taken other steps to better meet needs of their patients as competition from walk-in medical offices and retail-store clinics increases; American Academy of Family Physicians is spending $8 million on consultants who visit doctors nationwide to suggest improvements to patient care; American College of Physicians is promoting 'patient-centric' care; changes at office of Dr Melissa Gerdes in Whitehouse, Tex, described; photos (M)

Anadarko Petroleum, in move that would create one of US's largest independent oil companies, agrees to buy Kerr-McGee for $16.4 billion and Western Gas Resources for $4.7 billion to expand its operations into Gulf of Mexico and Rocky Mountains; photo (M)

Anadarko to Pay $21 Billion for 2 Rivals

Joe Nocera column on new book The Wages of Wins: Taking Measure of the Many Myths of Modern Sports by economists David Berri of California State University, Martin Schmidt of College of William and Mary and Stacey Brook of University of Sioux Falls; photo (M)

Former New York City Detectives Louis J Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa, convicted of murder in Federal District Court, Brooklyn, argue that lawyers Bruce Cutler and Edward Hayes mismanaged their defense; in surprise move, prosecutor Robert Henoch defends Cutler and Hayes; suggests Eppolito's charges against lawyers are untrue; photo (M)

FBI Deputy Dir John S Pistole, day after seven Florida men were arrested on terrorism charges, says plot to topple Sears Tower in Chicago and attack FBI headquarters in Miami was more aspirational than operational; Atty Gen Alberto R Gonzales says authorities chose to head off would-be plot when it was at discussion stage; says men posed no immediate threat; authorities identify Narseal Batiste as ringleader of group, and other suspects as Burson Augustin, Rothschild Augustine, Naudimar Herrera, Stanley G Phanor, Patrick Abraham and Lyglenson Lemorin; photo (M)

Police Dept recently announced arrest of 13 men charged with groping and flashing women in New York subways; crackdown followed number of highly publicized cases in which women helped police arrest flashers by snapping pictures of them with cellphone cameras; many women say they were not so much frightened by subway encounters as they were appalled that men would do something so pathetic; photos (M)

Dave Anderson Sports of The Times column discusses former New York Yankees pitcher Don Larsen's perfect game, which helped team defeat Brooklyn Dodgers to win 1956 World Series; photos (M)

June 24, 2006

Headlines from June 24, 2006

Cheney Assails Press on Report on Bank Data

Market Forces Pushing Doctors to Be More Available

Fear Invades a Once-Comfortable Iraqi Enclave

F.B.I. Killed Plot in Talking Stage, a Top Aide Says

Pataki and Lawmakers Agree on Spending and a Tax Rebate

Billboard 200

Decemberunderground

Taking The Long Way

New Joc City

Laugh Now; Cry Later

High School Musical

Historical Context for June 24, 2006