The war in Iraq has become the key to the political future of many Republicans seeking re-election next year.

G.O.P. Senators Lug Weight of War Toward ’08

A British scholar finds patterns where others have seen only chaos.

Texts That Run Rings Around Everyday Linear Logic

A federal auction for a prized swath of spectrum has touched off an intense lobbying effort pitting cellular companies against new players interested in the mobile Internet.

Hot Spectrum Draws Cash, and Ideals

Lawyers said the release of documents could hurt New York’s ability to defend itself in lawsuits over mass arrests.

City Asks Court Not to Unseal Police Spy Files

Spurred by grim test results, districts are moving to longer days, but many teachers and parents are critical.

Failing Schools See a Solution in Longer Day

The system, which faces a financial deficit despite rising ridership, is a lifeline for many commuters who are not served by or cannot afford the train.

As Ridership Rises, Long Island Bus System Faces $4 Million Deficit

After defeating North Carolina, the Hoyas will face Ohio State while Florida will take on U.C.L.A. in the Final Four.

Georgetown Heads to Final Four

Luc Richard Mbah a Moute is getting ready to play in front of his father, the chief of his home village in Cameroon, for the first time in his life.

For a Chief and His Son, a Chance at a Final Four Reunion

Even with a big gun pointed at the newspaper business, most of the weapons at The Los Angeles Times seemed to be pointed inside.

The Circular Firing Squad in California

Celebrating author Larry Brown in Oxford, Miss.

Long Way Home: A ‘Rough South’ Lion Honored in His Old Lair

A new crop of books about Wall Street aims to capture, if not update, the rich mix of greed, striving, intrigue and vanity.

New Crop of Books on the Evils of Wall Street Misses Old Standards

Joakim Noah and the Florida Gators will return to the N.C.A.A. Tournament semifinals to seek a second consecutive championship.

Gators Get Defensive and Move Closer to Repeat

Samuel Zell, who made billions in real estate, is seeing inefficient markets once again, this time in newspapers. 

Buyer of Distressed Properties Sees Opportunity in Newspapers

Far more than in Shiite areas, sectarian hatred has shredded what remained of community life and created a cycle of violence in Sunni neighborhoods of Baghdad.

Sunni Baghdad Becomes Land of Silent Ruins

The line was long and raggedy, littered with empty coffee cups and the sleepless faces of beautiful women on a casting call for the ninth season of “America’s Next Top Model.”

Waiting to Show Model Behavior

Record labels are coming to grips with the loss of the album as their main product and chief moneymaker.

The Album, a Commodity in Disfavor

Many long-term-care policyholders say that years of premiums have resulted in only excuses about why insurers will not pay.

Aged, Frail and Denied Care by Their Insurers

With few big upsets, this year will be the first Final Four since 1993 with only No. 1 and  No. 2 seeds.

So You Picked the Final Four? Join the Club

No drastic change is expected in the Democrats’ slim 22-to-18 majority, but there is bound to be a change in the way the Senate goes about its business.

Changing of Guard as 11 Step Down in New Jersey

The departing senior envoy in Iraq held talks with men he believed represented major insurgent groups in a drive to bring militant Sunni Arabs into politics.

U.S. Envoy Says He Had Meetings With Iraq Rebels

New York’s highly lucrative thoroughbred horse racing franchise has attracted a frenzy of interest from major gambling and horse racing companies.

Vying to Run State’s Tracks, Racing Interests Woo Politicians

In his blistering family memoir, Robert Goolrick adeptly uses a slow, teasing way of revealing himself and the horrors of his young life to the reader.

Beautiful People, Wretched Childhood

New albums from Macy Gray, Lil’ Flip, Good Charlotte, Young Buck and Prodigy.

A Quirky Voice Now Grounded in R&B

A picture caption yesterday with the continuation of a front-page article about broad spying by the New York City police on people expected to protest in the city during the 2004 Republican National Convention referred incorrectly in some copies to the disposition of the property of one protester, Joshua Kinberg, who devised a bicycle equipped with cellphone, laptop and tubes that could spray the ground with messages in chalk. The spraying apparatus  not the bicycle  was held for more than a year before being returned; Mr. Kinberg says the authorities have still not returned his bicycle.

For the Record

The Treasury’s schedule of financing this week includes today’s regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills tomorrow.

March 26, 2007

Headlines from March 26, 2007

G.O.P. Senators Lug Weight of War Toward ’08

Texts That Run Rings Around Everyday Linear Logic

Hot Spectrum Draws Cash, and Ideals

City Asks Court Not to Unseal Police Spy Files

Failing Schools See a Solution in Longer Day

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