Floyd Landis finished the three-week, 2,267-mile Tour de France 57 seconds ahead of  his former teammate Oscar Pereiro of Spain.

Gritted Teeth Give Way to Smile for Landis in Paris

Former President Bill Clinton will campaign for Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, who is fighting the perception that he is too closely aligned with President Bush.

Lieberman and Lamont Call on Allies for Help

Tiger Woods’s victory justified his unusual strategy on the hard, fast, brownish fairways and greens at the British Open. 

A Father’s Legacy Is Honored in Tactics and Tears

Vernon Wells hit two of Toronto’s five homers Sunday and the Blue Jays scored eight times in the third inning.

Erratic Outing by Ponson Is Sorry Reminder for Yanks

Painful events at the Pilobolus Dance Theater in the last year are connected to the sticky business of deciding who controls the rights to a piece of choreography. 

Pilobolus Suffers Bitter Breach Over Rights to Choreography

Bravo labels this new reality series a look inside a “fast-paced, cutthroat newsroom,” but it lingers on the human decency hidden behind gruff exteriors. 

Seeing the News Distilled on Paper in 'Tabloid Wars'

Commercial and residential development has transformed the South Bronx, filling in the empty topography that  came to symbolize the decline and abandonment of American cities.

Vacant Lot Was Their Paradise

Wilbur L. Ross Jr., the New York investor who has made a fortune buying troubled companies, is selling his own firm in an effort to make it bigger.


Ross, Buyer of Assets, Is Selling Own Firm

Following fraud after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, officials plan to cut cash assistance and confirm identities.

U.S. Government Plans Overhaul in Disaster Aid

A southern Lebanon family fleeing to the north was struck by an Israeli rocket minutes after they departed, killing three.

To Flee or to Stay? Family Chooses Too Late and Pays Dearly

Recruiting efforts face a vicious insurgent campaign to intimidate Iraq’s fledgling security services.

Wary Iraqis Are Recruited as Policemen

After decades of resisting foreign intervention, Israel is embracing the idea of having an international force on its northern border with Lebanon.

Weighing Foreign Forces: Sea Change for Israel

It would be hard for any actress to top the layers of self-contempt and self-knowledge in Margaret Colin’s fine performance in the Williamstown Theater Festival's revival of "Sweet Bird of Youth."

A ‘Sweet Bird’ Diva Who Evokes Williams

The producers of the reality show “Unwrapping Macy’s” bill it as a revealing behind-the-scenes look at the nation’s largest department store chain.

Macy's Is Set to Become a Reality TV Star

If the mayor’s taut description of the extended blackout yesterday captured his own feeling of powerlessness — “It is what it is” — it did not even begin to describe the frustration of Queens residents like Monica Trevino.

Sponge Baths and Flashlights: Still Bearing Up in Queens

This novel is another of George Pelecanos’s beautifully delineated moral tales, filled with gut-wrenching turns of fate and razor-sharp, boisterously vivid characters.

While Lives Are Lost, Another Is Redeemed

Israeli officials expressed interest in a multinational armed force as the military again pounded southern Lebanon from the air and ground and Hezbollah rockets hit northern Israel.

Israel Weighs Foreign Troops on Border

Times music critics listen to new releases from Tom Petty, Pharrell, Michael Franti and Spearhead and Pimp C.

From Autumnal Lyrics to Engaging Beats

Capitol Fishing Tackle, which is moving to West 36th Street, sells to fisher folk as if it were located in Montana or the Florida Panhandle.

Shop That Sells Bait to the Stars Is Moving Soon

After his two-shot victory over Chris DiMarco, Tiger Woods is seven short of the record number of professional major championships held by Jack Nicklaus.

Woods Dominates Another Sunday to Win British Open

Power has been restored to more than 19,800 of the approximately 25,000 customers affected by a blackout.

Lights Go On in Queens, One Block at a Time

Do Internet users prefer predictable services like Yahoo, or are they more interested in Google’s wow factor?

In the Race With Google, It’s Consistency vs. ‘Wow’

Some reporters have stared down grim realities of the news business and decided that there may be opportunity amid all the mayhem.

A Sideline That Competes With a Byline

Bloggers in Israel and Lebanon are using the Internet to give the world a first-hand look at the conflict in the Mideast.

Anne Frank 2006: War Diaries Online

Tiger Woods wins British Open and 11th major tournament; photos (M)/

July 24, 2006

Headlines from July 24, 2006

Gritted Teeth Give Way to Smile for Landis in Paris

Lieberman and Lamont Call on Allies for Help

A Father’s Legacy Is Honored in Tactics and Tears

Erratic Outing by Ponson Is Sorry Reminder for Yanks

Pilobolus Suffers Bitter Breach Over Rights to Choreography

Billboard 200

American V: A Hundred Highways

Loose

Testimony: Vol. 1; Life & Relationship (Bonus Track Edition)

Taking The Long Way

St. Elsewhere

Historical Context for July 24, 2006