The weekend boardroom purge at Airbus and EADS eased a management crisis, but doesn't solve the companies' underlying political problems.

Politics Joins Production as Problem for Airbus

Despite his best efforts on the field and off, Alex Rodriguez, for all of his talent and money, just can't seem to win.

Even in His Finest Moments, Yankees' Rodriguez Brings Out Detractors

Unofficial results in the fiercely contested election for president showed Felipe Calderón, the fiscal conservative, with a lead of one percentage point.

Conservative Has Slight Edge in Mexico Vote

Everything from the National Guard to baked casseroles are signs of one community's effort to rebuild after flooding.

A Little Town Near the Delaware Starts to Shake Off the Mud and Dirt

As New Jersey's budget standoff stretched into its third day, the two sides appeared to have moved slightly farther apart.

Corzine Calls Special Joint Session to Resolve Budget Crisis

Annika Sorenstam easily won the 3rd Open championship and 10th major of her career Monday in a playoff that offered little drama.

Sorenstam Cruises to Her 3rd Open, and Gets Back to the Top of the Hill

One man's return to the world has helped scientists study how the brain can suddenly recover from severe injury.

Mute 19 Years, He Helps Reveal Brain's Mysteries

The original audience for "Beowulf" knew something that modern adapters have lost sight of: that in the right circumstances it's extremely pleasant to be scared out of your wits.

Politically Aware 'Beowulfs' Miss an Ancient Delight: Terror

A new study suggests the Saharan desert ant has a built-in pedometer.

A Desert Ant's Gait Is Its Ticket Home

Shiva Brent Sharma's account of his exploits provides an insight into both the tools and the motivation of a thief.

Identity Thief Finds Easy Money Hard to Resist

For most people, the world is constant naïve novelty. The same cannot be said for professional physicists. 

Physics Awaits New Options as Standard Model Idles

The worst Wimbledon of the Open era for the U.S. is not an anomaly but a trend. Our foam finger — proclaiming we're No. 1 — has lost its point.

Face It: U.S. No Longer Dominates

The Pirates battered the Mets' bullpen and coasted to an 11-1 victory Monday night in front of a sellout crowd at Shea Stadium.

Maine Joins Mets, but Departs Too Quickly

Thomas Allen Harris's new film, "Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela: A Son's Tribute to Unsung Heroes," honors veterans of the struggle against apartheid.

Recalling the Exiled Foes of Apartheid

The Democratic senator's announcement underscores the increasing vulnerability he feels over his support for the Iraq war.

Lieberman Plans Independent Bid if Primary Fails

Nadia Habib, a fearless wedding planner extraordinaire, copes with bombs, checkpoints and 110 degree heat.

A Baghdad Commander, Armed With Pink Tulle

The boards of Nissan and Renault voted Monday to explore a historic three-way alliance with General Motors.

2 Rivals Authorize G.M. Talks

Now that it is no longer the name of a jail, "Bernard B. Kerik Complex" could describe a person who disgraces himself while displaying neither self-awareness nor remorse.

So Complex, and Yet So Disgraceful

The New York City Opera, which is still looking for a new home and an identity independent of its larger neighbor,  is very much a company at a crossroads.

City Opera, After Frustrating Year, Still Longs for New Home

An initial public offering of DLF Universal, India's largest builder, would make it worth more than General Motors.

Ambitions Worthy of a Boom

Federal prosecutors said Steven D. Green, a 21-year-old former private, raped an Iraqi woman and killed her and three family members.

Ex-G.I. Held in 4 Slayings and Rape in Iraq

DETROIT, July 3 — Stubbornly high gasoline prices sapped June sales of the profitable pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles made by Detroit's automakers, while Asian rivals reaped the benefits because of their reputation for fuel efficiency.

June Sales Were Painful for the Big 3

In the most ethnically diverse county in the nation, Independence Day is celebrated again and again and again.

In Queens, It's the Glorious 4th, and 6th, and 16th, and 25th...

Sen Joseph I Lieberman of Connecticut says that he will run as independent Democratic candidate if he loses state's Democratic primary in August and that if he wins in November, he will caucus with other Democratic senators; announcement signals growing concern over primary challenge he faces from Ned Lamont, who has criticized Lieberman for supporting Pres Bush on war in Iraq and other issues; also reflects Lieberman's apparent belief that his popularity with independents and Republicans will make him strong challenger in fall if Lamont wins primary; photo (M)

Development of Standard Model, collection of theories that describe all physical forces except gravity, in 1970's is last great physics model to be constructed and supported by physical evidence; prospect of confirming supersymmetry, which is concept that there is second corresponding set of particles for each known particle, continues to elude researchers, who instead find that research studies only reinforce Standard Model; Large Hadron Collider at CERN, which is outside Geneva and is scheduled to open in 2007, may offer more clues to supersymmetry; inflation, antigravitational force that may be linked to increasing speed of expansion of universe, poses many new questions for physicists to try and answer; drawing (M)

The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS), taken from a 1969 plan for a system of reusable spacecraft where it was the only item funded for development, as a proposed nuclear shuttle in the plan was cancelled in 1972. It flew 135 missions and carried 355 astronauts from 16 countries, many on multiple trips.

Space Shuttle program: Discovery launches STS-121 to the International Space Station. The event gained wide media attention as it was the only shuttle launch in the program's history to occur on the United States' Independence Day.

July 4, 2006

Headlines from July 4, 2006

Politics Joins Production as Problem for Airbus

Even in His Finest Moments, Yankees' Rodriguez Brings Out Detractors

Conservative Has Slight Edge in Mexico Vote

A Little Town Near the Delaware Starts to Shake Off the Mud and Dirt

Corzine Calls Special Joint Session to Resolve Budget Crisis

Billboard 200

The Big Bang

Taking The Long Way

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