Steve Jobs, the secretive head of Apple, has been busy sending replies to e-mail messages from customers.

Ding! Mail. OMG! It’s Steve Jobs.

Vatican officials, including the future Pope Benedict XVI, did not defrock a priest who molested as many as 200 deaf boys, even after warnings from several bishops, church files show.

Vatican Declined to Defrock U.S. Priest Who Abused Boys

Government outlays eat up half the nation’s economic output, but voters are having second thoughts about the Tories’ call to shrink the budget.

Britons Cling to Services, Despite Debt

So-called flash mobs of teenagers take to  the streets of Philadelphia, sometimes brawling and vandalizing. 

Mobs Are Born as Word Grows by Text Message

To prepare for retirement, financial advisers suggest, formulate a saving plan early — and then be prepared to adjust it.

Start Saving Early, and Keep an Eye on Shifting Needs

The system is projected to pay out more in benefits this year than it receives in taxes, a tipping point toward insolvency that was not expected before 2016.

Social Security to See Payout Exceed Pay-In This Year

City officials in San Antonio, Fla., are determined not to let residents be undercounted in the census again.

The Importance of Being Counted (Pop. 842)

Labor groups have a complicated relationship with Wall Street: they capitalize on populist anger against banks, and yet the unions represent a huge bloc of shareholders.

Unions Make Strides as They Attack Banks

Keeping a financial to-do list and tackling it once a year can put significant money back in your wallet.

Take a Few Hours and Unlock Some Cash

The Federal Reserve chairman hinted the central bank might sell part of its large portfolio of mortgage-backed securities when the time comes to start tightening credit.

Bernanke Hints at Timing of Exit Strategy

The plan for intervention, if needed, would use money from the International Monetary Fund and bilateral loans from the 16 countries that use the euro.

Europeans Reach Deal on Rescue Plan for Greece

The dance floor never clears in the bustling nightclub of “Come Fly Away,” Twyla Tharp’s celebration of the music of Frank Sinatra.

Up and Down, Over and Out, That’s Sinatra (and Tharp)

Dan Schneider of “iCarly” fame has guided many a child actor to stardom; now he is providing a platform for their musical skills.

First the Tween Heart, Now the Soul

In “Hot Tub Time Machine,” three guys revisit the ’80s. Nostalgia naturally ensues.

Times May Change, but Regret Endures

Alex Rodriguez’s landlord wants to combine his place with another to create a $55 million apartment, a record.

A-Rod’s Landlord Swings for the Bleachers

After nearly three decades, the syndicated television program that introduced many viewers to the film critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert will cease production this summer.

Final Season for ‘At the Movies’

The delivery of medical care is changing as more young physicians take jobs with heath systems.

More Doctors Giving Up Private Practices

The Obama administration plans to announce a broad initiative to provide more assistance to homeowners who are behind on their mortgage or owe more than their house is worth.

U.S. Plans Big Expansion in Effort to Aid Homeowners

A handful of budgeting services are using iPhone and BlackBerry apps, or Twitter messages, to help users track their spending to the penny.

Tracking Cash Purchases Without the Receipts

Gauge the well-being of your finances by asking yourself the questions that a professional planner would ask.

How to Self-Diagnose Your Financial Health

An article in some editions on Saturday about Lt. Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III as the leading candidate to succeed Gen. Ray Odierno as the top American commander in Iraq misspelled the surname of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He is Adm. Mike Mullen  not Mullin.

Corrections

A headline and an article on Wednesday about President Obama’s signing the health care overhaul into law misstated the number of pens he used. It was 22, not 20. (The president handed out 19 as mementoes, kept one for himself and set two aside to be archived.) The error was repeated in a caption on the front page. 

An article on March 3 about a survey by Public Agenda, a nonprofit research group, of the opinions of high school graduates in the last dozen years toward their guidance counselors referred incorrectly to two ratios cited in the survey. The ratio of students to counselors that is considered optimal by the American School Counselor Association is 250 to 1, not 100 to 1. The average student to counselor ratio nationally is nearly 470 to 1, not 265 to 1.

Dr. Timothy R. Kuklo, who was accused of lying about bone-growth research, would have to be called back to active duty to face such a trial.

Inquiry Could Lead to Court-Martial for Ex-Army Surgeon

An article on Tuesday about a Toyota policy on replacing accelerator pedals in models recalled for pedal repairs referred incorrectly to the beginning of the policy. It was put into place in February, when the company announced its repair program, not earlier this month.

March 25, 2010

Headlines from March 25, 2010

Ding! Mail. OMG! It’s Steve Jobs.

Vatican Declined to Defrock U.S. Priest Who Abused Boys

Britons Cling to Services, Despite Debt

Mobs Are Born as Word Grows by Text Message

Start Saving Early, and Keep an Eye on Shifting Needs

Billboard 200

Battle Of The Sexes

Plastic Beach

Need You Now

Valleys Of Neptune

Get Off On The Pain

Historical Context for March 25, 2010