Israel intensified its attacks on Palestinian targets in Gaza, including the offices of Fatah, but also allowed in a limited supply of fuel and food.

Israel Steps Up Raids in Bid to Free Soldier

New competitors, including cable companies and start-ups like Vonage, are putting intense pressure on traditional phone companies.

Online Calling Heralds an Era of Lower Costs

As the fall election season draws near, the unbuilt, multibillion-dollar development is shaping up as a major political issue in this corner of the borough.

Atlantic Yards, Still but a Plan, Shapes Politics in Brooklyn

The World Cup's first semifinal is set for Tuesday, and though the opponent is the host country, the matchup has sparked confidence, not trepidation, from Italy and its supporters.

Hardened by Cards It Has Been Dealt, Italy Chases 4th Title

New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine and Assembly leaders remained at odds on Sunday over how to end the state's first-ever shutdown.

 No Progress on Resolving Tax Standoff

Donna M. Lucey offers an irresistible account of two relatively obscure Gilded Age figures.

'Archie and Amélie': A Combustible Couple in a Torrid Descent Amid Opulence

Minutes after election officials said they could not immediately determine a winner, both front-runners declared victory.

Electoral Crisis in Mexico as Top 2 Declare Victory

The number of corporate headquarters and subsidiaries in Manhattan has more than doubled since 1990.

Top Executives Return Offices to Manhattan

New records from Johnny Cash, Rise Against, Tha Dogg Pound and the Source.

New CD's

Some San Franciscans are fighting to keep a medical marijuana dispensary from opening at a popular tourist destination. 

Marijuana Fight Envelops Fisherman's Wharf

London is flush with theatrical portraits of women who luxuriate in power, both from the distant past and of more recent vintage. 

In London, a Pious 'Evita' for a Star-Struck Age

Google is a solid member of the Fortune 500 with $9 billion in cash, but it is stubbornly sticking to its do-it-yourself approach to technology.

A Search Engine That's Becoming an Inventor

Some see President Bush and John McCain's relationship as more political calculation than personal evolution. 

A New Partnership Binds Old Republican Rivals

AT&T's new television service, U-verse, crams video, data and, soon, phone calls down one high-speed broadband line.

AT&T Is Calling to Ask About TV Service. Will Anyone Answer?

The founder of Gawker Media recently put 2 of his 15 sites on the block, reorganized others and laid off several people.

A Blog Mogul Turns Bearish on Blogs

Alex Rodriguez blasted a grand slam and a three-run homer, helping the Yankees score the most runs by any team in a Mets-Yankees game.

Rodriguez's Two Homers Quiet Mets and Win Over the Fans

"Nobody's Watching," a comedy that has become a hit online, seems to be another example of a story that the Internet world loves: the power of the amateur over the professionals.

Thanks to YouTube Fans, 'Nobody's Watching' May Return From the Dead

In a gesture that seemed to seal Bernard B. Kerik's fall from grace, his name has been removed from the Manhattan jail. 

Disgraced and Penalized, Kerik Finds His Name Stripped Off Jail

Annika Sorenstam missed a birdie putt on the 18th hole that would have won the U.S. Women's Open and now must face Pat Hurst in an 18-hole playoff. 

Sorenstam and Hurst Advance to Playoff

George Hincapie, the American co-leader of the Discovery Channel team, took over the leadership of the Tour de France.

Hincapie Dons Yellow Jersey for First Time

The Thomson Corporation, based in Toronto, may be the biggest media company most people have never heard of.

In Canada, the Torch Is Passed on a Quiet but Profitable Legacy

Competition in the phone business, intensifying this year as Internet-based calling has taken root, has reached the point where many industry experts are anticipating an era of remarkably cheap and even free calls.      That era would be built on a vast migration of phone service from traditional networks to the Internet, where the calls become just another way to use Internet connections that consumers are paying for anyway.  

Italy prepares to face Germany in World Cup semifinals; photos (M)

The Thomson Corporation may be the biggest media company most people have never heard of.      Those with long memories may recall it as the owner of The Times of London and a string of newspapers in small-town America. But Thomson, based in Toronto, sold those papers a long time ago and has turned itself into a major purveyor of media of a different sort -- specialized, high-end electronic information sold by subscription to lawyers, financial traders, academics and physicians.  

Ben Brantley Critic's Notebook on Michael Grandage London revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Evita; holds that in this production Eva Peron, played by Argentinian actress Elena Rogers, is ideal for year 2006: blond, cold and professional; photos (M)

Joseph Amadee Goguen was an American computer scientist. He was professor of Computer Science at the University of California and University of Oxford, and held research positions at IBM and SRI International.

July 3, 2006

Headlines from July 3, 2006

Israel Steps Up Raids in Bid to Free Soldier

Online Calling Heralds an Era of Lower Costs

Atlantic Yards, Still but a Plan, Shapes Politics in Brooklyn

Hardened by Cards It Has Been Dealt, Italy Chases 4th Title

No Progress on Resolving Tax Standoff

Billboard 200

The Big Bang

Taking The Long Way

Decemberunderground

High School Musical

One - X

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for July 3, 2006