At 400 million members, Facebook might just replace restaurants as the go-to place for couples to cause a scene. 

I Need to Vent. Hello, Facebook. 

The Japanese government has urged the monetary authorities to stimulate the economy further by flooding the banking sector with cash.

As Deflation Fears Persist, Japan Eases Monetary Policy

For tax officials, indirect levies — or stealth taxes — are stable, less prone to be avoided and easy to collect.

Governments Turn to ‘Stealth’ Taxes to Fill Gaps

American companies with factories in China are now  building high-tech research labs there as well.    

China Drawing High-Tech Research From U.S.

Steve Levy, a popular Long Island Democrat, is planning to announce his switch on Friday, laying the groundwork for a run as a Republican candidate. 

Planned Switch
to G.O.P. Stirs New York Governor Race

A photographer uses his art to push for social change for gays in the military.

He Asked. They Told.

A major beneficiary of the Judith Rothschild Foundation, besides the artists it promotes, has been its only trustee.

Foundation Promotes Art as Well as Sole Trustee

As Apple builds its electronic bookstore, Amazon is trying to use its clout to hold on to its early lead in the market.

Amazon Threatens Publishers as Apple Looms

The Annapurna Circuit is one of the world’s great treks. But a road is coming in, and vehicles’ dust may cloud the experience.

Last Footfall in Nepal

In this frequently hilarious memoir, the acclaimed cartoonist Jules Feiffer offers a vision of New York City during the cultural and political foment of the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s.

Drawn From Life

In his most detailed examination of the causes of the financial crisis, however, the former Fed chairman says the policy of low interest rates was not to blame.

Greenspan Concedes That the Fed Failed to Gauge the Bubble

The charge was one of many made by Viacom in filings in its copyright lawsuit against YouTube and Google.

Viacom Says YouTube Ignored Copyrights

In a production that brings to mind a desperately assembled television variety show from the 1970s, Dame Edna Everage and Michael Feinstein clash like polka dots paired with plaid.

Two on a Seesaw

“Kirstie Alley’s Big Life,” a new reality show on A&E, takes its place in a widening spectrum of obesity television.

It’s Not Easy Being Fat Again

Democrats unveiled the completed version of the health care legislation they intend to bring to a vote, saying that it would extend insurance coverage to most of those who lack it.

Democrats Say Health Bill Will
Pay for Itself in the Long Run

“Greenberg” is the funniest and saddest movie Noah Baumbach has made so far, and also the riskiest.

Why Even Bother Trying to Connect?

On Wednesday at City Center, Ángel Corella’s own ballet company, Ballet Corella Castilla y León, from Spain made its New York debut.

Pomp and Pyrotechnics on Point

A psychiatrist said that the German archdiocese led by the future Pope Benedict XVI ignored his warnings in the early 1980s about a priest accused of sexually abusing boys.

Doctor Asserts Church Ignored Abuse Warnings

The online payment company PayPal would continue to grow if its parent, eBay, let it leave the nest.

Time Seems Right for Paypal to Fly

A headline on Tuesday about state cuts in funding for Medicaid referred imprecisely in some editions to the response of patients whose doctors have dropped out of the program and no longer treat them. While some patients have chosen to forgo health care, they have not themselves dropped out of the Medicaid program. 

Corrections

An article on March 10 about new security measures at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport imposed after Alberto Stegeman, an investigative journalist, reported that he had smuggled a refilled liquor bottle through its screening system, misspelled the name of an aviation school in Daytona Beach, Fla., where Robert Raffel, a security expert who complimented Mr. Stegeman for having “imaginatively uncovered a weakness in the system,” is a professor. It is Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, not Emory-Riddle.

An article on Wednesday about the deep spending cuts planned by Gov. Christopher J. Christie of New Jersey referred incorrectly to his call for new $310 deductibles and a doubling of some drug co-payments. Those measures would apply to participants in a state prescription-drug plan for the elderly and disabled, not to Medicaid patients.

An article in some editions last Thursday about a raid by Manhattan prosecutors on the offices of Lehr Construction as part of an investigation into the interior construction industry referred erroneously to Lehr’s criminal record. Although the company was investigated previously for its role in a bid-rigging scheme, and its owners pleaded guilty to bribery in 1998 in connection with that case, a plea agreement allowed the company to avoid charges; it did not plead guilty.

The Advertising column on Wednesday, about a new advertising strategy for Tupperware, misstated the date, in some copies, for a publicity event in Midtown Manhattan featuring the football player Reggie Bush and the actor Peter Facinelli. It is today; it was not held on Wednesday.

The Sports of The Times column on Tuesday, about Jets Coach Rex Ryan’s recent bariatric surgery to help him lose weight, misidentified the organization that fined him $50,000 for a gesture he made in January in response to heckling by Miami Dolphins fans. He was fined by the Jets, not by the National Football League.

Fess Elisha Parker Jr. was an American film and television actor best known for his portrayals of the title characters in the Walt Disney television miniseries Davy Crockett and the television series Daniel Boone.

March 18, 2010

Headlines from March 18, 2010

I Need to Vent. Hello, Facebook.

As Deflation Fears Persist, Japan Eases Monetary Policy

Governments Turn to ‘Stealth’ Taxes to Fill Gaps

China Drawing High-Tech Research From U.S.

Planned Switch to G.O.P. Stirs New York Governor Race

Billboard 200

Need You Now

Soldier Of Love

Hillbilly Bone (EP)

My Best Days

Alice In Wonderland: Almost Alice

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for March 18, 2010