After fleeing the Taliban, landowners are not coming back to the Swat Valley, in a blow to Pakistan’s effort to restore stability.

Landowners Still in Exile From Unstable Pakistan Area

The changes at NBC Universal’s television entertainment unit are seen as a sign that cable TV is in the ascendancy over traditional broadcasting.

Silverman Quits NBC Universal; Cable Executive Succeeds Him

The health system overhaul largely rests on six senators who have tossed aside core Democratic priorities.

Health Policy Is Carved Out at Table for 6

The island nation is locked in a fierce debate over how to pay off its creditors without ceding too much of its vaunted independence.

A Debate Rages in Iceland: Independence vs. I.M.F. Cash

A contest with a $1 million prize for improving on Netflix’s movie recommendations ended in a dead heat, but has already produced an impressive legacy.

Netflix Competitors Learn the Power of Teamwork

U.S. soldiers are at the center of an effort to understand how it is that some people’s brains can sense danger before others’ do.

In Battle, Hunches Prove to Be Valuable

Accounting rules did not cause the financial crisis, and they still allow banks to overstate the value of their assets, according to a report to be released Tuesday.

Politicians Accused of Meddling in Bank Rules

Stories of abuse, relayed by relatives and on Web sites, in Iran’s post-election crackdown have provoked outrage, including among prominent conservatives.

Reports of Prison Abuse and Deaths Anger Iranians

After a plunge lasting three years, houses have become cheap enough to lure buyers, raising hopes that the housing market has finally hit bottom.

Recovery Signs in Housing Market Stir Some Hope

The top commodity market regulator said that the U.S. should consider limiting some energy futures trading.

Call to Curb Speculators in Energy

Two of the dancers behind the Broadway musical “Burn the Floor” met as children at a dance studio in Australia.

Sassy Steps, From Salsa to Swing and Australia to Broadway

In his new book, Zev Chafets suggests that the Baseball Hall of Fame is built on a foundation of deceit.

Taking a Swing at Baseball’s Hall of Fame (and Infamy)

The new movie “Julie & Julia” is the latest film to feature food that is edible and even delicious -- no half-cooked turkeys colored with motor oil or ice cream carved from Crisco.

Film Food, Ready for Its ‘Bon Appetit’

Consumers were told not to use body-building products that are sold as supplements but may contain steroids.

Supplements for Athletes Draw Alert From F.D.A.

William T. Vollmann’s new book, about the vast, flat, arid region in the southeastern part of California, is an extreme production.

An Author Without Borders

The melding of art gallery and grain elevator into what its creators call the Wassaic Project in New York may be a first in the United States.

Elevator for Grain, Reinvented for Art

Roy Andersson’s film is slow, rigorously morose and often painful in its blunt reckoning of disappointment and failure. It is also extremely funny.

Life: Perplexing, Painful, Precious

The Russian airline, which is reinventing itself as a business carrier, will soon be mostly using planes made by Airbus and Boeing.

Aeroflot Sheds Its Soviet Legacy and Turns to a Western Fleet

After a third try at making an exit, the parts maker may finally have an agreement to pull it out of bankruptcy.

Delphi Board Approves Plan to Exit Bankruptcy

Because of an editing error, an article on July 19 about services that offer advice on getting into college provided incomplete context and attribution for a statement that a claim on the Web site of an advising group called IvyWise “runs afoul” of an admonition from an independent consultants association. In an interview conducted for the article, Mark H. Sklarow, the executive director of the association, said the group’s members “should not brag to potential clients about how many people they got in.” Mr. Sklarow also said he would urge IvyWise to take down the claim, which stated that “100 percent of IvyWise students were admitted to one of their top three choices in 2009.” But the claim does not specifically violate any provision of the association’s formal written principles.

Corrections

A picture caption with an article on Sunday about local elections in northern Iraq’s semiautonomous Kurdistan region referred incorrectly in some editions to the politician shown and to his organization, known as Gorran. The politician, Nawshirwan Mustafa, is the leader of Gorran, not a regional presidential candidate. Gorran, which means Change, is a coalition, not a political party.

An article on Saturday about the Burnley Football Club, which is returning to the top division of professional soccer in England after a long absence, misstated the timing of the club’s last championship at that level. It was the 1959-60 season, not 1950.

A picture caption on Saturday with an article about Tony Kubek, the former baseball analyst who was honored by the Hall of Fame over the weekend, referred incorrectly to the image of him in a stadium broadcast booth. It was taken at some point before the 1974 All-Star Game, not at the game or even at the same stadium. (The picture appears to have been taken in Kansas City; the 1974 All-Star Game was in Pittsburgh.).

A report in the “Arts, Briefly” column on Monday about the Directors Guild of America’s election of officers misstated part of the name of the post to which Steven Soderbergh was re-elected. It is national vice president, not executive vice president.

Because of an editing error, an obituary on Friday about Les Lye, an actor and broadcaster who appeared for many years on the children’s television show “You Can’t Do That on Television,” attributed a distinction to him erroneously. After the first few seasons, beginning in 1982, the actress Abby Hagyard joined the show; Mr. Lye was not the only adult cast member.

Jim Johnson was an American professional football player and coach in the National Football League (NFL). He was a defensive coordinator for nine seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles. Widely regarded as one of the best defensive coordinators in NFL history, he was especially known for being a master architect of blitzes, disguising them skillfully and keeping offenses off balance.

July 28, 2009

Headlines from July 28, 2009

Landowners Still in Exile From Unstable Pakistan Area

Silverman Quits NBC Universal; Cable Executive Succeeds Him

Health Policy Is Carved Out at Table for 6

A Debate Rages in Iceland: Independence vs. I.M.F. Cash

Netflix Competitors Learn the Power of Teamwork

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Nothing Personal

The E.N.D.

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