Monks in Rhode Island have taken to the Internet with an elaborate ad campaign featuring videos, a blog and a Gregorian chant ringtone.

Monks Embrace Web to Reach Recruits

Michael Klingensmith went to Minneapolis as publisher of The Star Tribune, where things are looking up.

A Native Son Revitalizes His Paper

Fans have taken to connecting with recruits using social networking sites like Facebook, but it may violate N.C.A.A. regulations.

A Recruit’s Friend, a Team’s Fan and a Headache for Colleges

It can be hard to examine items on a small screen, pages can be slow to load and typing in information requires either surgical precision or tiny fingers.

Retailers Retool Sites to Ease Mobile Shopping

Friends say Lloyd C. Blankfein has said he would consider stepping down as chief of Goldman Sachs, heightening speculation about a successor.

Seeking Clues in Goldman’s Succession Plan

A CBS News report questioned several facts in Greg Mortenson’s memoir, which has fed a charity he runs.

‘Three Cups of Tea’ Author Defends Book

The grainlike crop appeals to Jews avoiding leavened bread, but some question its acceptability.

For Passover, Quinoa Is Popular, but Kosher?

Metal fatigue is a persistent problem, as a hole in the roof of a 737 this month showed, and critics say inspection rules are an unreliable patchwork.

Scrutiny Lags as Jetliners Show the Effects of Age

An overcrowded tent in the rebel holdout city of Misurata illustrates the grim results of modern weapons on human life.

In a Medical Tent in Libya, a Grim Procession

“Wonderland,” a peppy new Broadway musical inspired by Lewis Carroll’s books, is a contemporary parable about reconnecting with your inner child.

There’s No Place Like Queens

The video-games rating board plans to announce that the main evaluation of games will no longer be based on direct human judgment but on a detailed digital questionnaire designed to bestow an age-appropriate rating.

Busy Job of Judging Video-Game Content to Be Ceded to Machines

The Knicks played the Boston Celtics, the defending Eastern Conference champions, to the final seconds, losing only when Ray Allen struck from the arc.

Knicks Battle Shot for Shot, but Celtics Make the Last One

Stocks fell on Monday as Standard & Poor’s said there was a risk that American lawmakers would not address “long-term fiscal pressures.”

S.&P. Lowers Outlook for U.S., Sending Stocks Down

Emergency workers tallied the devastation from more than 200 tornadoes that ripped across the South, killing at least 45 people.

After Storms, a Path of Death and Damage

Though social networking for Broadway shows is the rage, the real economic engine remains the sales agents tapping through decades-old databases to pitch to group buyers.

Good Tweets Are Nice, but Group Sales Fill Seats

Scientists are trying to understand and quantify what makes music expressive, and the results are contributing to a greater understanding of how the brain works.

To Tug Hearts, Music First Must Tickle the Neurons

Legal and language differences hamper debt recovery across borders, posing a deterrent to commerce and economic growth.

Slow Payers Hinder Trade in Europe

An emerging view in Europe is that a permanent solution to Greece’s debt problem will require investors to take losses in a restructuring.

Expectations Grow for Greek Debt Restructuring

A $10,000-per-dose drug is being used in cases in which it was not rigorously tested 97 percent of the time, new studies show.

Drug That Stops Bleeding Shows Off-Label Dangers

A generation after it was first proposed, the Montreal Symphony looks forward to moving into a new performance space in time for the fall season.

For Montreal Symphony, Shoebox Is a Grand Home

The Belarus Free Theater, now performing three plays in repertory at La MaMa, should be seen by everyone who wants confirmation of the continuing relevance and vitality of theater.

From Belarus, Dynamic Drama With Limited Means

A photographer has created 25 true-scale pictures, including two full portraits — each composed from dozens of photographs of different sections of the whale’s body.

Whales’ Grandeur and Grace, Up Close

Performances at the Coachella festival by Kanye West, Arcade Fire and others have become career markers, watched by up to 75,000 fans on the field, and live-streamed around the world on YouTube.

At Coachella, Every Note Is Writ Large

Some critics say Zahi Hawass was selling history and possibly endangering antiquities, but he denies those accusations.

Using History to Sell Clothes? Don’t Try It With the Pharaohs

Auto production in Japan is at only half the normal level for Honda — as it is for Honda’s bigger rivals, Toyota and Nissan.

April 18, 2011

Headlines from April 18, 2011

Monks Embrace Web to Reach Recruits

A Native Son Revitalizes His Paper

A Recruit’s Friend, a Team’s Fan and a Headache for Colleges

Retailers Retool Sites to Ease Mobile Shopping

Seeking Clues in Goldman’s Succession Plan

Billboard 200

Femme Fatale

Rolling Papers

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F.A.M.E.

Songs For Japan

Historical Context for April 18, 2011