Life has become more complicated for the United Automobile Workers union, a sometime antagonist and now a major shareholder.

G.M.’s New Owners, U.S. and Labor, Adjust to Roles

The longer the government holds on to its stake in General Motors, the more the pressures will build to intervene in its business.

Obama’s Test: Restoring G.M. at Arm’s Length

Fritz Henderson, a relative unknown in corporate America, has only a few months to turn General Motors around.

For G.M. Chief, Little Time and a Full Plate

That electronic cigarettes are unapproved by the government and virtually unstudied has not deterred thousands of smokers from buying them.

Cigarettes Without Smoke, or Regulation

Kim Jong-il has apparently chosen Kim Jong-un, his youngest son, to succeed him as North Korea’s leader, South Korea’s main intelligence agency said.

North Korean Leader Is Said to Pick a Son as Heir

U.S. personnel made major errors in carrying out airstrikes that killed dozens of Afghan civilians, a military investigation has concluded.

U.S. Report Finds Errors in Afghan Airstrikes

New-vehicle sales in the U.S. climbed to their highest levels of the year in May, but demand for vehicles is still below the level automakers need to make a profit.

New-Vehicle Sales Reach a 2009 High

The academy may wish to preserve a distinction, however blurry, between creative content and sponsorship, but that principle melted long ago.

Commercials You Can’t Zap

The insurance industry says it backs a health care overhaul, but it has made no promises regarding the small-employer segment of the market.

Health Insurers Balk at Some Changes

Marc Kelly Smith has expressed mixed feelings about the growing popularity and respectability of slam poetry, the art form that he created almost 25 years ago.

Is Slam in Danger of Going Soft?

Speakeasy-style bars and restaurants opening in cities across the country represent a strange exercise in nostalgia: an infatuation with the good old days of Prohibition.

Bar? What Bar?

The Dave Matthews Band was in song mode at the Beacon Theater featuring material from its new album for a live telecast on the Fuse cable channel.

Weighing Public Problems and Personal Pleasures

The curious specialty of the choreographer Alexei Ratmansky is to envision a 20th-century Soviet Union that might have been.

Cherry Blossom Season, and Love Is in Full Flower

Chinese investments in Australian mining have tapped queasiness in Australia over China’s rising influence.

Australia, Nourishing China’s Economic Engine, Questions Ties

Mike Doyle, who was killed off of NBC’s “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” on Tuesday night, has become an expert at meeting his end onscreen.

TV Actor Chalks Up Dramatic Demise No. 7

Computer animation, once one of the most isolated corners of Hollywood, is rapidly becoming one of the most crowded.

Animation Upstarts Are Joining the Fray

Investors are helping companies avoid some of litigation’s costs in exchange for part of any money paid out.

Investing in Lawsuits, for a Share of the Awards

The broader financial crisis certainly precipitated the demise of America’s largest carmaker, but it was not the ultimate cause.

G.M. Bankruptcy Loomed for Years

An article on May 22 about a political crisis in Guatemala created by the shooting death of Rodrigo Rosenberg, a prominent lawyer, said that Mr. Rosenberg had been in a relationship with Marjorie Musa, another murder victim. Although people familiar with the investigation into the deaths described such a relationship, longtime friends of Ms. Musa dispute it. The Times should not have stated the assertion as fact without attribution.

Editors’ Note

The On Religion column on Saturday, about two rabbis whose buildings in the Bronx had been the target of a suspected bomb plot, misstated the given name of one rabbi. He is Rabbi Jonathan I. Rosenblatt, not Joel I. Rosenblatt.

Corrections

The About New York column on Sunday, about a Ukrainian bookstore on the Lower East Side that has been in the same family for generations, misspelled the given name of the current proprietor. He is Markian Surmach, not Markina.

An article on Monday about a study that found promising results against breast cancer from a new class of drugs called PARP inhibitors misstated the name of one such drug from BiPar Sciences, a California biotechnology company. It is BSI-201 — not BS-201.

An article on May 25 about the Fox News Channel anchor Greta Van Susteren misstated the title for Bill Shine, an executive at the channel. He is senior vice president for programming, not executive vice president for programming.

A “Slap Shots” note on Saturday with an article about the Stanley Cup finals rematch between the Detroit Red Wings and the Pittsburgh Penguins referred incorrectly to the history of such rematches since 1927. There have been 10 others — not nine — and the reigning champions have compiled a 7-3 record, not 7-2. (In addition to the 1933 Rangers and the 1984 Edmonton Oilers, the 1956 Montreal Canadiens also defeated the team that had won the year before.).

A report in the Mets notebook in some editions on Saturday about the strong play of catcher Omir Santos misstated, in some copies, the given name of the Florida Marlins pitcher who yielded a home run to Santos on Friday. He is Sean West, not Mark.

David Carroll Eddings was an American fantasy writer. With his wife Leigh, he authored several best-selling epic fantasy novel series, including The Belgariad (1982–84), The Malloreon (1987–91), The Elenium (1989–91), The Tamuli (1992–94), and The Dreamers (2003–06).

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G.M.’s New Owners, U.S. and Labor, Adjust to Roles

Obama’s Test: Restoring G.M. at Arm’s Length

For G.M. Chief, Little Time and a Full Plate

Cigarettes Without Smoke, or Regulation

North Korean Leader Is Said to Pick a Son as Heir

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21st Century Breakdown

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