Oliver Perez limited the Yankees to five hits in 7 1/3 innings to lift the Mets in the opener of the season’s second Subway Series. 

Spark From Reyes Overcomes Heat From Clemens

A tax law quirk allows private equity firms to operate as partnerships and to pay lower tax rates than corporations.

Tax Gap Puts Private Equity Firms on Hot Seat

Since the early 1970s, when environmental education began to take root, schools have been sending students into the woods to learn about nature — and themselves.

At Camp, Conquering Fears and Hearing Cheers

The generous corporate tax breaks and cash grants that once seemed so critical to propping up downtown are being questioned.

As Lower Manhattan Recovers, Many Question Use of Subsidies

At a disciplinary hearing, Michael B. Nifong apologized to three lacrosse players and their families.

Facing Sanction, Duke Prosecutor Plans to Resign

In Los Angeles, a drought has increased business for people who enjoy removing snakes from the property of others.

Pests That Bite and Slither? Call Snake Wranglers

The best golfers in the world finally met Oakmont Country Club and all of its twisted toughness on Friday, leaving the scorecards ugly and the golfers hugging their caddies.

Course Is Hard, No Matter How You Cut It

People in Gaza worried about how a round of deadly infighting postponed hope for an independent and unified Palestinian state.

In Aftermath of Gaza Battle, Grim Realities

It took Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg to actually bar Rafael Martínez Alequin, the publisher of a small independent newspaper, from City Hall news conferences.

Shunned by Bloomberg, Newsman Is a Gadfly in Exile

How did an innocent man come to confess, and conversely, how has a guilty person gotten away with murder?

Considering the Crime, Not the Suspect

Most Americans have enough difficulty building up a nest egg, and cracking it prematurely could mean living on Social Security later.

With a Few Exceptions, the Advice Remains: Don’t Touch That Nest Egg

Roger Clemens is a man who lives unapologetically large, who consumes attention the way his beloved Hummers guzzle gas, whose competitive ego was made for the kind of seductions the Yankees do best. 

He Wants to Make It Here, Again

Some people who have seen Mitt Romney at recent events say he is impressive but somewhat detached.

Polished and Upbeat, Romney Tries to Connect

Americans faced higher gas prices and eroding wages, even as an important gauge of inflation drifted lower.

Cost of Gas and Food Rose Sharply Last Month

The lowering of trade barriers has pushed food companies to scour the globe for the cheapest ingredients to compete in a global marketplace.

Globalization in Every Loaf

A new dispute over whether diplomacy has any hope of reining in Iran’s nuclear program pits the secretary of state against hawks in the vice president’s office.

Iran Strategy Stirs Debate at White House

Golf’s caretakers seem complacent with the sport the way it is: safely suburban, affluently anchored. The private politics of the United States Golf Association say so.

U.S.G.A.’s Urban Drive Is Well Short

Some economists say that while Jeffrey Sachs means well, he is peddling a dream that will always be just that: a dream.

Can a Vision Save All of Africa?

New Web sites have helped fuel the rampant mortgage fraud that has caused a huge spike in loan defaults.

Web Help for Getting Mortgage the Criminal Way

A report on theater news in the “Arts, Briefly” column on Thursday included incorrect information from the Godlight Theater Company about its plans to present a stage adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse-Five” at 59E59 Theaters. It might be presented there this winter or next spring; it is not scheduled for September.

Corrections: For the Record

An eruv, a line that delineates the concept of domestic space for Orthodox Jews, has been extended from Midtown to Houston Street.

Ritual Fence Set for Jews in Manhattan Is Extended

A pop music entry in the Listings pages of Weekend yesterday about Accordionology, a festival this weekend at Barbès in Park Slope, Brooklyn, misidentified the bass player shown in the accompanying picture. He is Trevor Dunn, not Drew Gress. The entry also misidentified the title of the new album by Will Holshouser, who is playing in the festival. It is “Singing to a Bee,” not “Reed Song,” which was an earlier recording.

The Spurs-Cavaliers series attracted less than half the highest-average viewership for the finals this decade, as measured by Nielsen Media Research.

N.B.A. Finals Have Lowest Viewership

Pearson, the publisher of The Financial Times, is exploring a rival takeover offer for Dow Jones and has discussed a joint bid with G.E. and the Hearst Corporation.

Pearson Is Said to Seek a Partner for a Takeover of Dow Jones

The Spurs’ unassuming hegemony starts with the calculating mind of Coach Gregg Popovich and emanates from forward Tim Duncan.

June 16, 2007

Headlines from June 16, 2007

Spark From Reyes Overcomes Heat From Clemens

Tax Gap Puts Private Equity Firms on Hot Seat

At Camp, Conquering Fears and Hearing Cheers

As Lower Manhattan Recovers, Many Question Use of Subsidies

Facing Sanction, Duke Prosecutor Plans to Resign

Billboard 200

Double Up

It Won't Be Soon Before Long

Minutes To Midnight

Relentless

Daughtry

Historical Context for June 16, 2007