Oliver Pérez baffled the Yankees for seven and two-thirds innings and the Mets rode Endy Chávez’s two-run homer to win the first of three games at Shea Stadium.

Pérez Shows Up the Yankees in a Crowd Pleaser

A majority of Verizon shareholders voted for the say-on-pay proposal, the clearest sign yet of investor irritation over chief executive compensation.

Say-on-Pay Gets Support at Verizon

It is not too far-fetched to suggest that the Yankees Empire during the steroid era was simply a sand castle that will not hold up as more dish on dope is spilled.

In an Era of Revelation, Even a Dynasty Is Questioned

Microsoft’s $6 billion acquisition of aQuantive signaled its struggle to build an Internet ad business on its own.

Internet Giants Vie to Snap Up Web Ad Firms

A report exposes failures that enabled Ralph J. Phillips to slip away repeatedly from pursuers in western New York who spotted but were unable to snare him.

Hunt for Fugitive Beset by Confusion, Report Says

A Long Island jury said that the Roman Catholic Church was negligent by hiring and retaining the man who abused the plaintiffs.

2 Raped by Minister Are Awarded $11.45 Million

The special valves could prevent hazardous substances from being sucked into the public water system. 

Thousands of Buildings Lack Required Water Valve, New York Records Show

Haitian migrants, facing more U.S. patrols, are increasingly seeking alternative routes.

New Routes and New Risk, as More Haitians Flee

Robert A. Lutz, vice chairman at General Motors, declared that its new hybrid-electric concept car may be among the most important vehicles that G.M. has ever developed.

G.M.’s Mr. Horsepower Has an Electric Conversion

A small but growing number of intrepid homeowners have figured out a way to make their prime locations pay.

Houseguests Who Pay, and Pay Well

After a season-ending defeat at the hands of the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Nets will move into a summer of uncertainty. 

Elimination May Break Up Nets’ 3 Best Players

More companies in Hawaii are looking to its agricultural past to supply its energy-independent future.

A Return to the Land, for Fuel

Six months after Republicans lost control of Congress, President Bush and the Democrats are working together, but Iraq may remain intractable.

A New Reality in Washington, but Can It Last?

Juicy details about The New York Post itself are the latest twist in a dispute with a former freelance contributor.

Page Six, Staple of Gossip, Reports on Its Own Tale

At least 146 contract workers were killed in the first three months of 2007, revealing the increased risks they face as the military steps up its effort.

Contractor Deaths in Iraq Soar to Record

Two average earners in Michigan have found that their economic life depends on how well they shuffle their debt.

Couple Learn the High Price of Easy Credit

The Bancrofts’ neglect has hurt the company they all profess to love and made Rupert Murdoch’s bid possible.

Destroying Dow Jones to Save It

Wildlife may seem scarce in New York, but it is actually just stashed in niches until it has to go elsewhere.

In Queens Fire, Pet Rescue Takes a Turn for the Wild

Roger Clemens pitched four innings, allowed one run and three hits and struck out two for the Class A Tampa Yankees in front of a capacity crowd of 10,257 on Friday.

Clemens Takes First Step in His Return to the Mound

A private equity fund and some well-known billionaires were in acquisitive moods this week. 

Shoppers Are Holding Back, but Billionaires Are Buying

An article on Tuesday about a case before the Connecticut Supreme Court that questions whether civil unions for same-sex couples fulfill the state’s constitutional obligation to treat individuals equally misidentified the legal standard that would be applied if the court found that gay men and lesbians were a “suspect class,” a status, like membership in a racial minority, that makes laws that categorize on that basis suspect. The standard is “heightened scrutiny,” which requires the state to prove that discrimination against gay men and lesbians is related to an important or compelling government interest; it is not “rational basis,” a more relaxed standard in which the state is required to show only that it had such a basis for making a distinction between single-sex and heterosexual couples.

Corrections: For the Record

The inspection plan came one day after a woman fell through a sidewalk grate in Midtown Thursday.

Con Ed Will Inspect Its Grates

A picture in The Arts on Tuesday with an article about the Broadway season was published in error. The photograph, of a scene from “Grey Gardens,” showed the Off Broadway production, not the one on Broadway. The actress on the left, Audrey Twitchell, is not in the Broadway production.

A front-page article yesterday about the role that Barack Obama’s wife, Michelle, is playing in his presidential campaign rendered incorrectly a word in a quotation from Valerie Jarrett, a friend of the Obamas who commented on their decision that he would run. She said in a telephone interview, “Barack and Michelle thought long and hard about this decision before they made it”  not that they “fought” long and hard.

An article on Sunday about the rising number of abortions among unmarried women in China gave the incorrect location in some copies for Qingdao, a city where a nongovernmental abortion clinic opened in 2003. It is on the Yellow Sea, not the Bohai Sea.

Bernard Adolf Blaut was a Polish footballer and manager. He is most famous for his 1960s performances in both Legia Warsaw and the Poland national team.

Bernard Blaut, Polish footballer and coach (born 1940)

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Dean Jack Eyre was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.

Dean Eyre, New Zealand politician (born 1914)

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The president of Romania is the head of state of Romania. The president is directly elected by a two-round system, and, following a modification to the Romanian Constitution in 2003, serves for five years. An individual may serve two terms that may be consecutive. During their term in office, the president may not be a formal member of a political party. The president of Romania is the supreme commander of the Romanian Armed Forces.

President of Romania Traian Băsescu survives an impeachment referendum and returns to office from suspension.

May 19, 2007

Headlines from May 19, 2007

Pérez Shows Up the Yankees in a Crowd Pleaser

Say-on-Pay Gets Support at Verizon

In an Era of Revelation, Even a Dynasty Is Questioned

Internet Giants Vie to Snap Up Web Ad Firms

Hunt for Fugitive Beset by Confusion, Report Says

Billboard 200

Because Of You

Call Me Irresponsible

Snakes & Arrows

The Best Damn Thing

American Doll Posse

Notable Deaths

Historical Events

Historical Context for May 19, 2007