Suicide has become a phenomenon in India, alarming public health experts.

Suicides, Some for Separatist Cause, Jolt India

Officials have decided that Ahmed Wali Karzai, suspected of ties to drugs and insurgents,  will be allowed to stay.

Despite Doubt, Karzai Brother Retains Power

A pilot program championed by Mayor Bloomberg has not achieved what was hoped, according to an analysis.

City Will Stop Paying the Poor for Good Behavior

The digital age may end the free advertising that publishers got from readers of their books in printed form.

In E-Book Era, You Can’t Even Judge a Cover

America has not been as aggressive as it could be in alleviating toxic risks in everyday products.

Weak Rules on Toxins and Safety

Many biotechnology stocks fell as investors struggled to understand the impact of the far-reaching ruling.

After Patent on Genes Is Invalidated, Taking Stock

The proposed expansion would end a moratorium on oil exploration along the East Coast from the northern tip of Delaware to the central coast of Florida.

Obama to Open Offshore Areas to Oil Drilling for First Time

Doku K. Umarov, a former separatist, offered himself as the face of an increasingly lethal pan-Caucasus insurgency.

Chechen Rebel Says He Planned Attacks

Critics, naturally, disagree over whether there is a future for criticism in the age of the Internet.

A Critic’s Place, Thumb and All

Ellen DeGeneres has become a force to be reckoned with on the pop competition show since she was hired to be a judge.

Ellen, ‘Idol’ and the Power of Niceness

The New York Times critics Charles Isherwood (loved it) and Alastair Macaulay (loathed it) discuss their takes on Twyla Tharp’s “Come Fly Away.”

One Loves It. One Loathes It. ‘That’s Life.’

William Schuman, whose centennial is this year, was a composer and educator who continues to influence the American musical scene.

A Shaper of American Music, and Musicians

Mr. Nilsson, a designer known for leaving jobs almost as spectacularly as he enters them, is making a comeback with a new men’s wear collection. 

The Nine Lives of Designer Lars Nilsson

David S. Ferriero, the national archivist, oversees a collection that includes original copies of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

Collector in Chief Hoards Nation’s Irreplaceable Stuff

Gossip blogging now is a career path in its own right. Here are nine young practitioners who are set to become Web stars.

The Rising Stars of Gossip Blogs

The government violated a 1978 statute requiring court approval for domestic surveillance, a judge ruled.

Federal Judge Finds N.S.A. Wiretaps Were Illegal

The F.D.I.C.’s top officials for dealing with failed banks have sold $508 billion in assets in the last two years, and many more sales are expected.

Washington’s Scrap Dealers

Some scholars are turning to M.R.I.’s and evolutionary theory to explore how and why people read fiction.

Next Big Thing in English: Knowing They Know That You Know

The journalist Roger Lowenstein’s anecdotes and analysis cover the lead-up to the financial meltdown and the frantic steps to solve it.

Panoramic Hindsight on Wall St. Disaster

Kim Cattrall, the actress known for her work as Samantha in the “Sex and the City” franchise, has made herself at home in the West End.

The East Side Siren Conquers the West End

It burns and bites, but horseradish’s fans would not have it any other way.

Growing Your Own Horseradish

As concerns over identity theft grow, the shredder is emerging as a symbol for the Age of Anxiety, and users are trading up — sometimes way up.

Using Industrial-Strength Shredders at Home

Goldman Sachs and other Wall Street firms are increasingly concerned over their public image, how it effects their treatment by regulators as well as their bottom line.

Extreme Makeover Wall Street Edition

A map on Tuesday with the continuation of an article about the Moscow subway station bombings misidentified two subway lines. The line that crosses the Moscow River and passes the Lenin Library is Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya, not Zamoskvoretskaya. The line that crosses the Moscow River and passes Red Square is Zamoskvoretskaya, not Lyublinskaya.

Corrections

A picture caption on Monday with an article about a missing Chinese rights activist, Gao Zhisheng, who has resurfaced a year after being taken into custody by public security personnel, omitted the date of the photograph of Mr. Gao. It was taken in December 2005.

Jerald Franklin terHorst was an American journalist who served as the 14th White House Press Secretary during the first month of Gerald Ford's presidency. His resignation in protest of Ford's unconditional pardon of former president Richard Nixon is still regarded as a rare act of conscience by a high-ranking public official.

Jerald terHorst, American journalist (born 1922)

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Roger Addison was a Welsh rugby union player. A prop forward, he represented Wales at youth level and played club rugby for Pontypool RFC. He suffered a serious neck injury during a match in 1966 that left him paralysed. He lived in hospital for more than 40 years after the incident.

March 31, 2010

Headlines from March 31, 2010

Suicides, Some for Separatist Cause, Jolt India

Despite Doubt, Karzai Brother Retains Power

City Will Stop Paying the Poor for Good Behavior

In E-Book Era, You Can’t Even Judge a Cover

Weak Rules on Toxins and Safety

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Need You Now

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