The visceral heat and rage of heavy metal have been tamed and reduced to nonthreatening levels in new works by Banks Violette.

Heavy Metal and Light: Always Serve Chilled

The authorities were struggling to explain why three young friends were lined up and shot dead Saturday.

Shooting of 4 College Friends Baffles Newark

The potential of new streaming video services is unleashing a torrent of programming aimed at narrowly defined audiences.

Nothing to Watch on TV? Streaming Video Appeals to Niche Audiences

Beyoncé’s two-hour set was a brilliant pop extravaganza that kept the songs at its center.

Romance as a Struggle That She Will Win

Despite federal efforts to eliminate the threat of lead in children’s jewelry, hundreds of thousands of tainted items are still being sold across the country.

Bid to Root Out Lead Trinkets Falters in U.S.

North Shore University Hospital is helping unveil the mysteries of a 2,000-year-old Egyptian mummy belonging to the Brooklyn Museum.

Mummy’s Log: Visited Scan God in Land of the Dead

Hoping to deliver personalized messages to consumers, advertising giant Publicis is pursuing an ambitious global digital ad strategy.

It’s an Ad, Ad, Ad, Ad World

Johnny’s Pizza, a fixture for decades in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, is about to get a new neighbor next door: a Papa John’s Pizza franchise.

A Neighborhood Balks at a Chain Restaurant

After several years of labor unrest in the United Arab Emirates, the government is seeking peace with the migrant workers who make local citizens a minority.

Fearful of Restive Foreign Labor, Dubai Eyes Reforms

Despite a law promising equal opportunity, women in Japan have had trouble reaching positions of authority.

Career Women in Japan Find a Blocked Path

The Mostly Mozart Festival presented more than two and a half hours of music, mostly drawn from the Akademie, a concert held in Vienna in 1808.

Just Like Beethoven’s Big Night, but Longer

The complex design of mortgage securities is confounding homeowners struggling to avoid defaulting on their loans.

Mortgage Maze May Increase Foreclosures 

Traditionally the sandbox of publishers, the editorial pages at The Wall Street Journal won guarantees of independence in Rupert Murdoch’s bargain to win control of Dow Jones.

Murdoch Gives In, So to Speak

A New Jersey mayor’s effort has affected middle-class Indians who rent to Indian students, technology workers and others seeking a foothold.

Housing Crackdown Hits Indian Immigrants

Tom Glavine became the 23rd pitcher to win 300 major league games, and the first to reach the mark while wearing a Mets uniform, on Sunday. 

Mets’ Glavine Reaches Milestone After a Week of Anxious Moments

Clay Hensley may worry about being the pitcher to have given up Barry Bonds’s 755th home run, but the real goat will be the next one to allow a Bonds homer.  

Two Pitchers: Fall Guys for a Few Days, Then Forgotten

Robert L. Nardelli, ousted from Home Depot amid shareholder discontent, has been picked to lead Chrysler by its new owner, Cerberus Capital Management.

Ex-Home Depot Chief to Take Reins at Chrysler

A mother has been indicted on two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor, and two counts of reckless endangerment since her child was placed on life support.

A Baby Girl’s Bath Becomes a Young Couple’s Nightmare

An editor at Forbes has been lampooning Steven P. Jobs, Apple’s chief executive, on a popular blog, “Fake Steve.”

‘Fake Steve’ Blogger Comes Clean

People familiar with the law said that it provided a legal framework for surveillance without warrants.

Bush Signs Law to Widen Reach for Wiretapping

The crisis in the credit markets has claimed a victim: Warren J. Spector, a co-president at Bear Stearns and a 24-year veteran of the organization.

A Top Official at Bear Stearns Ousted

The Bolshoi Ballet is becoming less colossal in scale but has a much greater appetite for detail in both acting and dancing.

The Bolshoi’s Whiz Kids on Display in London

An article in some copies on Wednesday about Congressional efforts to pass legislation to expand the government’s electronic wiretapping powers misspelled — yet again — the surname of the attorney general of the United States, in three of four references. He is Alberto R. Gonzales, not Gonzalez. (The Times has misspelled Mr. Gonzales’s name in at least 14 articles dating to 2001 when he became White House counsel. This year alone Mr. Gonzales’s name has been misspelled in February and March, and in two articles in April.).

Corrections: For the Record

Lottery Numbers

The ghostwriter of the aborted book “If I Did It” has contradicted O. J. Simpson’s accounts of its creation and content, including the hypothetical description of the slaying of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman, Reuters reported. 

Ghostwriter Disputes Simpson’s Account

Zsolt Daczi was a Hungarian guitarist. He was born in Kiskunhalas, Hungary.

August 6, 2007

Headlines from August 6, 2007

Heavy Metal and Light: Always Serve Chilled

Shooting of 4 College Friends Baffles Newark

Nothing to Watch on TV? Streaming Video Appeals to Niche Audiences

Romance as a Struggle That She Will Win

Bid to Root Out Lead Trinkets Falters in U.S.

Billboard 200

NOW 25

Hannah Montana 2 (Soundtrack)/Meet Miley Cyrus

T.I. Vs T.I.P.

Hairspray

Coco

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for August 6, 2007