The program was designed after the Sept. 11 attacks, but the plans were never carried out before Leon E. Panetta, the C.I.A. director, canceled it last month.

C.I.A. Had Plan to Assassinate Qaeda Leaders

When U.S. energy and commerce officials arrive in Beijing on Tuesday, they will confront policies that protect China’s solar panel and wind farm industries.

China Builds High Wall to Guard Energy Industry

The once-dubious prospect that Microsoft could shake up the search business has become just a bit more likely.

Bing Delivers Credibility to Microsoft

The program is a joint venture with a biotech company founded by the genomics pioneer J. Craig Venter.

Exxon to Invest Millions to Make Fuel From Algae

With meth lab seizures rising, attention is being focused on contamination that can cause various health issues.

Illnesses Afflict Homes With a Criminal Past

The river is drying up as a result of the water policies of Iraq’s neighbors, a drought and years of misuse by Iraq.

Iraq Suffers as the Euphrates River Dwindles

The bank posted the richest quarterly profit in its 140-year history and announced its plans to pay huge bonuses this year.

With Big Profit, Goldman Sees Big Payday Ahead

Judge Sonia Sotomayor insisted in the face of skeptical questioning from Republicans that she would never allow personal bias to influence her rulings.

Republicans Press Judge About Bias

The New York Times Company will sell WQXR-FM to WNYC Radio and Univision in a deal that preserves WQXR as the only station devoted solely to classical music in New York City.

Times Co. Agrees to Sell WQXR Radio

The latest big-screen iteration of the global “Harry Potter” phenomenon has begun to show signs of stress.

In Latest ‘Harry Potter,’ Rage and Hormones

The insurgency’s improvised explosive devices are becoming more common and sophisticated each week.

Afghan War’s Buried Bombs Put Risk in Every Step

The chip company reported second-quarter sales of $8 billion, which analysts say indicate how well the overall computer industry is doing.

Intel’s Results Give Hope to Industry

Democrats introduced a health care bill that would expand coverage and raise taxes on high-income people.

House Health Plan Outlines Higher Taxes on Rich

No topic is more hotly debated in book circles at the moment than the timing, pricing and ultimate impact of e-books on the financial health of publishers and retailers.

A New World: Scheduling E-Books

“Dark Blue,” a new TNT drama beginning Wednesday, follows a brooding, renegade detective, played by Dylan McDermott, and the deep undercover operation he runs.

Undercover, Uprooting Crime

The artist Song Dong has turned the contents of his mother’s former home in Beijing into the installation titled “Waste Not” at the Museum of Modern Art.

The Collected Ingredients of a Beijing Life

The 21st century has arrived in Ribeira Sacra, an ancient wine region in northwest Spain where vineyards are being renewed and stunningly good wine is being made.

In Spain, These Hills Are Alive (Again!)

For Las Vegas’s high-end restaurants, feast has transitioned to famine: fewer revelers are arriving, and they are spending less.

For Las Vegas Chefs, the Odds Grow Longer

A federal guarantee, which Bank of American does not want to repay, may have helped calm investors’ fears about the bank.

An Unsigned Deal Could Be Costly

The accord would reduce tariffs and other barriers to trade. Seoul’s deal with Washington remains stalled over automakers’ access to Korea.

Seoul Says European Trade Deal Is Near

The strike follows the first set of labor negotiations between the United Steelworkers of America and Vale since it acquired Inco in 2007.

3,100 on Strike at Vale Inco in Canada

There are some questions whether the big lunar designs NASA has drawn up over the past five years will be built.

Grand Plans for Moon and Mars, Budget Permitting

Global Consumer Acquisition Corporation is creating a bank holding company by buying the assets of two Nevada banks.

Acquisition Firm to Announce a Bank Deal

An article on July 5 about the opening of the Statue of Liberty’s crown to the public for the first time in almost eight years referred incorrectly in some editions to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who were on Liberty Island during the reopening ceremony. They were there only to watch the ceremony; they were not armed and were not patrolling the island.

Correction

An article on Friday about the life of Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, referred incorrectly at one point in some editions to the court on which she sits. As the article correctly noted elsewhere, it is the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, not the United States District Court of Appeals.

July 14, 2009

Headlines from July 14, 2009

C.I.A. Had Plan to Assassinate Qaeda Leaders

China Builds High Wall to Guard Energy Industry

Bing Delivers Credibility to Microsoft

Exxon to Invest Millions to Make Fuel From Algae

Illnesses Afflict Homes With a Criminal Past

Billboard 200

The E.N.D.

Lines; Vines And Trying Times

Far

Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King

Relapse

Historical Context for July 14, 2009