After amassing a fortune in excess of $300 billion over the last decade, Norway has started pulling investments for what it claims are ethical failings.

Norway Keeps Nest Egg From Some U.S. Companies

If ever a movie had a case of the blues and the blahs, it’s “Spider-Man 3,” a sequel that is fizzled rather than fizzy.

Superhero Sandbagged

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s proposal sharpens her own political positioning by confronting the White House.

Clinton Proposes Vote to Reverse Authorizing War

Zarqa, Jordan, known as a cradle of Islamic militancy, is now a breeding ground for would-be jihadists.

In Jihadist Haven, a Goal: To Kill and Die in Iraq

Science-fiction conventions are havens for fans to congregate and bicker with fellow readers from around the country, and to fawn over and pester their favorite writers.

Welcome, Interstate Satyrs

Even in charity, the titans of hedge funds and private equity do nothing small.

Big Names, Big Wallets, Big Cause

Scientists hope a test for the variant will enable physicians to assess patients at risk more accurately.

Gene Identified as Risk Factor for Heart Ills

The Kokee forest, on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, is a place of spectacular mountain crags, fertile valleys, treacherous hidden paths — and few people.  

Heart of Hawaii

Rupert Murdoch shared his opinions on The Wall Street Journal and on the family that owns the company.

Murdoch on Owning The Wall Street Journal

The changes are intended to incorporate lessons from the World Trade Center collapse in revising a code whose origins date to the city’s early days.

Bloomberg Outlines Plan to Rewrite City’s Construction Codes

Plans to open a public school dedicated to the study of the Arabic culture have become a test of tolerance.

Plan for Arabic School in Brooklyn Spurs Protests

A handful of schools are abandoning one-to-one computing programs as educationally empty — and worse.

Seeing No Progress, Some Schools Drop Laptops

Officials in other states said Florida’s move would only create more chaos around the nominating process.

Seeking an Edge, Florida Changes Its Primary Date

There was a rare direct conversation between representatives of the two antagonistic nations today at a conference on Iraq.

U.S. Officials Meet Briefly With Iranians

This bio-musical about the marital and professional relationship of the German-born composer Kurt Weill and the actress Lotte Lenya is sluggish, tedious and unmissable.

Speaking Love With Kurt and Lotte

If you are going to commit fraud, you may need a good lawyer. In some cases, you have to have a lawyer to pull off the fraud at all.

Should S.E.C. Act Against Lawyers?

Making their first playoff appearance since 1994, the Golden State Warriors have plenty of experience with losing. But they are still learning how to lose gracefully.

In Victory or Defeat, the 8th-Seeded Warriors Never Go by Unnoticed

The long, fastidious reach of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia now extends to perhaps the riskiest industry of all: groceries.

Next Venture From Stewart: Costco Food

New lower-cost business-class airlines to London and Paris are making vacation properties in Europe more attractive to some American buyers. 

Friendlier Skies to a Home Abroad

The bullpen blew a victory for Andy Pettitte for the third time this season, but the Yankees rallied to win the first game of a doubleheader.

With Pettitte Struggling, Yankees Find Just Enough to Get By

The banker is charged with illegally leaking confidential information on nine deals, including the $45 billion buyout of the Texas energy giant TXU.

Wall St. Banker Jailed in Trading on 9 Deals

Offering a $1 million bonus to a horse that wins by more than 6-and-a-half lengths is a gimmick that debases the name of Barbaro.

For the Love of Barbaro and the Love of Money

A Chinese food restaurant became a news story after a man said he was refused service when he tried to pay for his order with some pennies.

When Pennies Fail to Pay the Bill, a Bronx Man Pushes for Change

A front-page article yesterday about divisions among Republican presidential candidates on how to deal with the record of President Bush incorrectly identified one of the two candidates whose advisers said it was foolhardy to attack Mr. Bush. In addition to the campaign of Mitt Romney, advisers to Rudolph W. Giuliani — not Senator John McCain — made that assertion. The article also misstated the name of the California town where Mr. McCain spent the day Wednesday, preparing for a Thursday night debate. It is Coronado, not Coronado Beach.

Corrections

A study that found that N.B.A. referees called fouls at a greater rate against black players than against white ones is a fascinating study of the human condition.

N.B.A.’s Denials Overlook a Larger Point

Greensburg is a city in and the county seat of Kiowa County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the population of the city was 740. It is home to the world's largest hand-dug well.

Greensburg, Kansas is almost completely destroyed by the 2007 Greensburg tornado, a 1.7-mile wide EF5 tornado. It was the first-ever tornado to be rated as such with the new Enhanced Fujita scale.

May 4, 2007

Headlines from May 4, 2007

Norway Keeps Nest Egg From Some U.S. Companies

Superhero Sandbagged

Clinton Proposes Vote to Reverse Authorizing War

In Jihadist Haven, a Goal: To Kill and Die in Iraq

Welcome, Interstate Satyrs

Billboard 200

The Best Damn Thing

Year Zero

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Bucky Covington

Waking Up Laughing

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Historical Context for May 4, 2007