The union at The Boston Globe narrowly rejected cuts despite threats of deeper reductions in pay from The New York Times Company, which owns the paper.

Boston Globe Union Rejects Deal on Pay Cuts

Financial institutions are burnishing their images for public opinion and to try to influence lawmakers.

In Ads, Banks Try the Warm, Cozy Approach

Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and eight other large banks were deemed strong enough by federal regulators to return more than $68 billion in taxpayer aid.

10 Large Banks Allowed to Exit U.S. Aid Program

Questionable tax shelters earned their promoters hundreds of millions of dollars in fees and continue to plague the tax advisory industry.

7 Indicted on Charges of Selling Tax Shelters

The nonagenarian choreographer is planning for a world without him.

Merce Cunningham Sets Plan for His Dance Legacy

The United States Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to the Chrysler bankruptcy settlement, clearing the way for the sale of Chrysler’s key assets to a group led by Fiat.

As Court Clears Path, Chrysler Is Set to Exit Bankruptcy

As the state hemorrhages jobs, lawmakers and executives are seeking alternative industries — like filmmaking and solar panel production — to take up the slack.

Michigan Works to Remake Itself Without King Auto

Because of the recession, Reed College in Oregon, known for academic rigor and a free-spirited student body, has had to make budget cuts and reject some needy applicants.

College in Need Closes a Door to Needy Students

On Monday in “Giselle” the Georgian ballerina Nina Ananiashvili showed both the best Russian virtues and the qualities that have made her singularly beloved worldwide.

A Radiant, Russian-Inflected Giselle Floats Again

Broadway producers are counting on word of mouth and discounts to prevent closings and dark theaters this summer.

Broadway’s Tony Glow Goes Only So Far

The first phase of the High Line is one of the most thoughtful public spaces in New York in years.

On High, a Fresh Outlook

The underground fruit economy is growing, based on two principles: one, it’s a shame to let fruit go to waste. And two, neighborhood fruit tastes best when it’s free.

Neighbor, Can You Spare a Plum?

Scott’s Variety Store and Bar-B-Q in Hemingway, S.C., slow-smokes whole hogs over hardwood coals — a way of cooking that is disappearing.

Pig, Smoke, Pit: This Food Is Seriously Slow

The growing role of block voting threatens to disenfranchise some of the show’s most fervent fans.

For ‘American Idol,’ Voting Early and Often

The cooking of fish remains unchanged, but the buying of fish has become a logistical and ethical nightmare.

Loving Fish, This Time With the Fish in Mind

That the highest court in the land has now signaled a willingness to consider the merits of arguments made by those opposed to the deal is good for capitalism, not to mention democracy.

Court Will Take Look at Fiat Deal

Two Bank of America directors resigned and four new ones more were named.

Changeover on Bank of America’s Board

An article on Monday about Richard G. Strandlof, an advocate for veterans who falsely claimed to be a veteran of the Iraq war, misstated his involvement in the Congressional campaign of Jared Polis, who won a House seat from Colorado last year. Although Mr. Strandlof did appear at events with Mr. Polis, he did not appear in a commercial for him. 

Corrections

 An article on May 29 about President Obama’s call for Israelis and Palestinians to move swiftly toward peace talks misstated the title of Benjamin Netanyahu in some editions. He is the prime minister of Israel, not its president.

An article on Monday about a pending union vote on cuts in wages and benefits at The Boston Globe misstated the name of its publisher. He is P. Steven Ainsley, not Steven P.

An article in the Personal Tech pages on May 21 misstated the price of the Snif Tag, a device that attaches to a dog’s collar and records on a flash drive when the dog is walking, running or sleeping. It is $149, not $299.

The Advertising column on Friday, about ways that Microsoft is promoting its new search engine, Bing, misstated part of the name of an NBC television program that will feature sponsored segments about Bing. It is “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon,” not “Late Show With Jimmy Fallon.”

An article on Monday about the taping of “The Colbert Report” in Baghdad this week referred incorrectly to Bing West, a former guest on the show whom its host, Stephen Colbert, credited with the idea of taping in Iraq. Mr. West was an assistant secretary of defense during the Reagan administration, not last summer, when he appeared on the show. The article also misspelled the surname of a Navy lieutenant who reacted to the news of Mr. Colbert’s visit. He is Lt. Travis Klempan, not Klepman.

A report in the “Arts, Briefly” column on Friday about a revised schedule for the Neil LaBute play “reasons to be pretty” at the Lyceum Theater included an incomplete listing from a publicist. Starting June 15, there will be performances on Friday evenings as well as Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday evenings and Wednesday and Saturday afternoons.

Richard Shelton "Dick" May was an American NASCAR driver who competed in 185 races in the NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup Series between 1967 and 1985.

Dick May, American race car driver (born 1930)

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The Pearl Continental hotel bombing occurred on 9 June 2009 in Peshawar, Pakistan, in which 17 people were killed and at least 46 people injured. The blast occurred at the five-star Pearl Continental hotel in the city. The force of the explosion caused the hotel to partially collapse. Gunman also attacked the hotel, firing several shots at survivors. The United States had planned to purchase this hotel to convert it to a consulate.

An explosion kills 17 people and injures at least 46 at a hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan.

June 9, 2009

Headlines from June 9, 2009

Boston Globe Union Rejects Deal on Pay Cuts

In Ads, Banks Try the Warm, Cozy Approach

10 Large Banks Allowed to Exit U.S. Aid Program

7 Indicted on Charges of Selling Tax Shelters

Merce Cunningham Sets Plan for His Dance Legacy

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