By paying for nurses to track the sickest patients, Geisinger experienced a 23 percent drop in hospital admissions.

A Health Insurer Pays More to Save

New mining has provoked fears that riches will be used to subvert attempts to bring democracy to Zimbabwe.

Diamond Find Could Aid Zimbabwe, and Mugabe

In the last two years, at least 10 law schools have made their grading systems more lenient to give their students a better chance in a soft job market.

In Law Schools, Grades Go Up, Just Like That

Elon Musk, a serial entrepreneur who has made several fortunes, co-founded PayPal and is chairman of Tesla Motors, says he has no cash.

Elon Musk, PayPal Pioneer, Is Paper-Rich, Cash-Poor

Trade experts say that companies that export to China will benefit, while discount importers that rely on China may not.

Exporters Optimistic Over Move on Currency

Gone are the days when John McCain drew big crowds as he battled for the presidency. Now he is just trying to keep his job.

McCain Is Now Running Just to Stay in Place

The defendant in a failed Times Square bombing pleaded guilty in an abrupt end to a terrorism case that extended to Pakistan.

Guilty Plea in Times Square Bomb Plot

The budget calls for Britain’s deepest fiscal retrenchment since the early years of Margaret Thatcher’s rule. 

Britain Unveils Emergency Budget

President Obama said that Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal had shown “poor judgment” after his remarks in a magazine profile, and Pentagon officials said that the general had prepared a letter of resignation.

McChrystal’s Fate in Limbo 
as He Prepares to Meet Obama

New York’s hate-crime statute requires proof only that defendants committed a crime because of a belief they held about the group, not that they hate the group.

A Novel Twist for Prosecution of Hate Crimes

Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz travel the globe and try to crack wise in “Knight and Day.”

Opposites Attract

After a federal judge blocked a moratorium on deep-water drilling, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said he would issue a new order with additional information showing why it was necessary.

Drilling Ban Blocked; U.S. Will Issue New Order

There was little sympathy for a team that used an intentional handball to enter the World Cup and self-destructed on the way out.

Loss Completes France’s Dishonor

A rare performance of “Persephassa” by the Greek composer Iannis Xenakis was an ambitious offering of the fourth annual Make Music New York festival.

Rocked by Waves of Drumrolls

The iPhone 4 is slimmer, with an improved screen and audio. But it was a hit before the public knew that.

New iPhone Arrives; Rivals, Beware

Before he died last June, Michael Jackson was on the verge of financial disaster. Since then, his brand has generated hundreds of millions of dollars.

A Year Later, Jackson Estate Is Prospering

Households exchange home-cooked meals on a schedule, increasing variety and saving time and money.

Saving Time and Stress With Cooking Co-ops

“I am the son! — Of Sammy Davis Jr.!” shouts the tap star Savion Glover in his current show at the Joyce Theater.

Tapping Feet Keep Going and Going at Hummingbird Speed

A new community-supported agriculture program brings upstate produce to the South Bronx — and the potential for residents to own shares in a farm.

For a Healthier Bronx, a Farm of Their Own

The gallery show “Heroin Stamp Project” looks at the marketing of the drug on the streets.

The Art of the Potentially Deadly Deal: Marketing Heroin on the Street

Future brides and bridegrooms are deciding to throw culinary pre-wedding parties, trading in the bump and grind for the tasting menu.

Food Is the Thrill at Some Bachelor Parties


Ben Bernanke thinks that growth is too slow but that it shouldn’t be accelerated. With unemployment high, that’s risky.

When Caution Carries Risk

A film review on Friday about “8: The Mormon Proposition,” which looks at the campaign against gay marriage in California, referred incorrectly to the current status of same-sex marriages in that state from the time licenses for them began being granted in June 2008 until a constitutional amendment in November of that year limited marriage to a man and a woman. They retain all state-level marriage rights including  not excluding  recognition of the legal term “marriage.”

Corrections

Anadarko’s share of the bill for the gulf spill could be life-threateningly large.

June 22, 2010

Headlines from June 22, 2010

A Health Insurer Pays More to Save

Diamond Find Could Aid Zimbabwe, and Mugabe

In Law Schools, Grades Go Up, Just Like That

Elon Musk, PayPal Pioneer, Is Paper-Rich, Cash-Poor

Exporters Optimistic Over Move on Currency

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 22, 2010