The Niger Delta region continues to endure spills due to poor regulation, insufficient maintenance and sabotage.    

Far From Gulf, a Spill Scourge 5 Decades Old

A vast marketing campaign has set off debate over what constitutes a normal range of sexual desire for women.

Push to Market Pill Stirs Debate on Sexual Desire

Buyers are walking away when sellers refuse last-minute demands, making a drop in sales worse than expected.

Housing Market Slows as Buyers Get Picky

Spider webs, stars, arrows: a skilled barber can turn these into tonsorial sculpture.

Redoing Those ’80s ’Dos

Workers on strike told their stories and tapped into a communications web allowing the working class in China to share grievances and strategies.

In China, Labor Movement Enabled by Technology

Americans own half of the stock in the British oil company, which has lost $88 billion on paper since the oil spill began last month.

BP’s Shareholders Take It on the Chin

Bob King was elected U.A.W. president, and will negotiate with carmakers on a union contract next year, when the Big Three are expected to be profitable.

New Autoworkers Leader Hopes to Revitalize Union

Global warming remains a secondary concern as China drafts a comprehensive energy law.

Security Tops the Environment in China’s Energy Plan

G.M. plans to skip a summer shutdown at nine factories to increase production, while Toyota aims to make Corollas at a new Mississippi plant in fall 2011.

Bullish Signals From G.M. and Toyota

Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the cast from the first two “Toy Story” installments are joined by a new set of playthings.

Voyage to the Bottom of the Day Care Center

A new breed of hotels is trying to stand out from the masses with designer details, memorable perks and prices around $250 a night.

Affordable Boutique Hotels in New York City

The 25th anniversary production of “Nunsense” will open at the Cherry Lane Theater, where it had its Off Broadway debut in 1985.

To Stage a Spoof Is Human. To Run and Run? Divine.

Natalia Osipova endures a mugging and prepares to dance Princess Aurora in “The Sleeping Beauty.”

A Determined Ballerina, Propelled to the Top

In this memoir, Christopher Hitchens converts his tender memories to larger observation about politics.

Do I Contradict Myself?

The provisional government has lost control of southern areas because it has not quelled attacks on ethnic Uzbeks.

In Kyrgyzstan, Failure to Act Adds to Crisis

Because of an editing error, an article on Wednesday about the film “Empires of the Deep,” an effort by Chinese businessmen to establish China as a global moviemaking powerhouse, omitted a credit. Xiyun Yang contributed reporting.

Corrections

Under the deal, Sun Capital Partners, which has a 75 percent stake in The Limited, will buy the rest for about $32 million.

Limited Brands to Cut Ties to The Limited

The mortgage financing giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange.

Fannie and Freddie Falling Off the Big Board

Here’s a nod to Mr. Kozinn’s implicit reminder that creativity, and the breadth of life through artistic perspective are what must be infused in music performance.

Rearranging Music: Fresh, or Authentic?

Shakespeare Roles: Well, I Have Four Parts

Musical Theater: Planet Broadway

The commission is looking to give itself the authority to regulate the transmission component of broadband Internet service.

F.C.C. Moves to Expand Role in Broadband

The Brooklyn Heights town house of the children’s author Karla Kuskin, who died last year, recently got a price reduction, and is listed for $3.4 million.

Author’s Brooklyn Town House Gets a Price Trim

The actor Griffin Dunne and his wife, Anna Bingemann, bought a SoHo condo for $2.8 million.

June 17, 2010

Headlines from June 17, 2010

Far From Gulf, a Spill Scourge 5 Decades Old

Push to Market Pill Stirs Debate on Sexual Desire

Housing Market Slows as Buyers Get Picky

Redoing Those ’80s ’Dos

In China, Labor Movement Enabled by Technology

Billboard 200

To The Sea

My World 2.0

Glee: The Music; Volume 3: Showstoppers:

Need You Now

Raymond V Raymond

Historical Context for June 17, 2010