As much as second-homers might try to defy the pull of local issues, such resistance is sometimes in vain. 

The Principle of 2nd Home, 2nd Vote

The family that helped create the Pequot tribe’s casino wealth says the tribe has shunned it in recent years.

Family Behind Foxwoods Loses Hold in Tribe

With hiking, water skiing, kayaking and biking, the town is hoping to be America’s capital of extreme sports.

Outdoors Is the Way Up in Ogden, Utah

In a large study, the difference in I.Q. between siblings was a result of family dynamics, not biological factors.

Research Finds Firstborns Gain the Higher I.Q.

Michael Moore has never before made a film that stated his bedrock ideological principles as clearly and accessibly as “Sicko.”

Open Wide and Say ‘Shame’

The vice president suggested abolishing a National Archives unit that objected to his resistance to oversight.

Agency Is Target in Cheney Fight on Secrecy Data

Nearly 400 players took sides for Dark Angel, a 26-hour “scenario” paintball game based, in part, on the television show of the same name.

Splat! One Less Mutant to Deal With

The firefighter, Daniel F. Pujdak, 23, was fighting a blaze in an old warehouse ignited by a cigarette.

Firefighter Falls to His Death in Brooklyn Fire

After cutting their division deficit to seven and a half games a week ago, with the loss, the Yankees have fallen 10 ½ games behind the Boston Red Sox.

In Colorado, Yankees Take a Turn for the Worse

Ron Kind, a Democratic representative from Wisconsin dairyland, is making a name for himself as a crusader for big changes in farm policy.

Making Waves in Dairyland

ABC News said it lost its bid because the network was  unwilling to make a “high six-figure deal” with the Hilton family.

ABC Says It Was Outbid for Paris Hilton Interview

John Edwards’s use of a tax-exempt organization to finance travel and employ political staff was unusual among national candidates.

In Aiding Poor, Edwards Built Bridge to 2008

The decision dealt a blow to investors who want to sue companies and executives because of suspected fraud.

Investors’ Suits Face Higher Bar, Justices Rule

The company’s initial public offering was priced at $31 a unit, but its archrival Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is said to also be planning an initial offering of its own.

Blackstone Rival Plans Own I.P.O.

Geikel Conyedo, a catcher at Perth Amboy High School, has overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles on his journey to New Jersey from Cuba.

From Cuba, With a Dream of the Majors

The ballet superstar brings his wide-ranging and eclectic interests to the stage in a tribute to Hell’s Kitchen, the neighborhood of his multidisciplinary center, this weekend.

Reflections on Baryshnikov’s Latest (Not Last) Legs

Jason Giambi is believed to be the first active player to work with George J. Mitchell’s steroids investigation.

Giambi Will Cooperate With M.L.B.’s Probe

How does “Mayor Gotbaum” strike your ear? You never know.

Mike ’08? Better Dust Off City’s Charter

G.E. and Pearson have decided not to make an offer for Dow Jones, leaving Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation as the only bidder.

2 Companies Drop Pursuit of Dow Jones

The increasing numbers of veiled Muslim women are fueling the debate over the role of Muslims in British life.

Muslims’ Veils Test Limits of Britain’s Tolerance

The case of Universal Express shows how hard it can be for the commission to halt what it views as a fraud.

A Sad Tale of Fictional S.E.C. Filings

The Spitzer administration is seriously considering a revamped proposal that would include additional exhibition space but cost $4 billion, more than twice the previous estimate.

$4 Billion Price on Bigger Plan for Expansion of Javits Center

In the history of baseball’s amateur draft, only two players taken with the No. 1 pick have failed to make the major leagues. Matt Bush will do anything not to be the third.

Playing in Peoria, Former Top Pick of Padres Hopes to Salvage Career

An article on May 9 about a new course at the State University of New York at Stony Brook on how to be an informed consumer of print, broadcast and Internet journalism misspelled the surname of a vice president of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, which helps finance the course. He is Eric Newton, not Newtown. The error was pointed out by Mr. Newton in an e-mail message this week.

Corrections: For the Record

NANTUCKET, Mass., June 21 — A New York man was convicted on Thursday of stabbing to death a Manhattan woman three years ago on this affluent island two days after she ended their relationship.

New York Man Is Convicted in Nantucket Stabbing Death

Erik Robert Parlevliet was a Dutch field hockey player, who earned a total number of 155 caps, scoring 47 goals.

Erik Parlevliet, Dutch field hockey player (born 1964)

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Elie is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district in the Rural Municipality of Cartier in the Canadian province of Manitoba.

The small town of Elie, Manitoba is hit by Canada’s most intense tornado on record.

June 22, 2007

Headlines from June 22, 2007

The Principle of 2nd Home, 2nd Vote

Family Behind Foxwoods Loses Hold in Tribe

Outdoors Is the Way Up in Ogden, Utah

Research Finds Firstborns Gain the Higher I.Q.

Open Wide and Say ‘Shame’

Billboard 200

Epiphany

Good Girl Gone Bad

Memory Almost Full

Double Up

It Won't Be Soon Before Long

Notable Deaths

Historical Events

Historical Context for June 22, 2007