After cuts to financing, state parks are pursuing creative and sometimes controversial solutions simply to stay open.

In State Parks, the Sharpest Ax Is the Budget’s

Faced with growing losses, the Cleveland Clinic, which owns Huron Hospital, has decided to close it down.

Taps for a Community Hospital

After Representative Anthony D. Weiner said he had sent women explicit photos, the House minority leader, Nancy Pelosi, called for an ethics investigation.

Weiner Admits He Sent Lewd Photos; Says He Won’t Resign

The former Fox News host will charge $5 a month to watch his daily talk show and $10 to those who want access to all of GBTV, his new Web network.

Moving Online, Beck Will Charge Viewers a Fee

Carey Mulligan is a woman facing insanity in a stage adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s “Through a Glass Darkly.”

Under Pretty Skin, Madness Lurks

A foundation that operates 33 publicly financed charter schools in Texas has ties to a Turkish religious movement.

Charter Schools Tied to Turkey Grow in Texas

Nintendo unveils its video game console successor to the Wii, with a touch-sensitive screen as part of the hand-held controller.

In Nintendo’s Successor to Wii, a Hand-Held Screen

President Bashar al-Assad’s brother, Maher, has emerged as a lightning rod of dissent over his control of elite units in the army.

Syrian Leader’s Brother Seen as Enforcer of Crackdown

Ben Bernanke said Tuesday that the pace of recovery “seems likely” to increase during the rest of the year and he continues to see no evidence of enduring inflation despite recent increases in commodities prices.

Fed Wants Priority Put On Deficit

The story of the Shaggs, a bad band that became something of a legend, is based on an actual footnote in rock ‘n’ roll history.

Three Sisters, a Deluded Dad and Some Wretched Rock

It was hard to see New York City Opera’s “Treemonisha” and not wonder if the modest production were emblematic of the group’s downsized future.

For City Opera, Spare Show May Signal Future

A mock children’s book with an obscenity in the title has become a hit for a small Brooklyn publisher, which now has to gear up for what it hopes will be big sales.

A Heckuva Book Pitch. That’s Putting It Mildly.

The stars of “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,” Reeve Carney and Jennifer Damiano, are doing their all to sell the new version that opens next week.

A Superhero’s Day (and a Damsel’s) Never Ends

Some of the biggest developing nations seem to see the French finance minister Christine Lagarde as their best bet for increasing their power at the I.M.F.

Emerging Nations Warm to Lagarde for I.M.F. Role

The lessons from Germany’s economy aren’t liberal or conservative. They are both.

The German Example

Sam Walton’s descendants are poised to see their stake in the $190 billion company creep above 50 percent, without much fanfare, thanks to the latest $15 billion share buyback program.

Wal-Mart Control Soon to Tip to the Waltons

Corrections appearing in print on June 7, 2011.

Corrections

Simone Dinnerstein gave a Bach recital at St. Paul’s Chapel in Lower Manhattan.

Mourning, Bach and a 9/11 Theme

“Wax Wings” addresses conflicts between faith and rationality; the drive to reproduce and the impulse to resist; and the merits of expediency and caution in a crisis.

In the Labyrinth of Medical Research

Alan R. Mulally, chief executive of Ford, is to unveil plans on Tuesday that call for the company to accelerate expansion and set high growth targets, especially in Asia.

Ford Strategy Will Call for Stepping Up Expansion, Especially in Asia

A meeting in Paris also showed divergent national approaches to nuclear power after the disaster at a Japanese plant in March.

G-8 Energy Ministers Pledge Support for Stricter Nuclear Safety Tests

Vinicius Cantuária and Bill Frisell brought their guitars, but not many bells and whistles, to the Highline Ballroom.

Enjoying the Quiet Pleasures of a Meeting of Minds

A faculty performance featuring lieder, a sonata and the challenging “Hammerklavier.”

Beethoven Elegant and Beethoven Frenetic

“The Bachelorette” had the highest ratings in prime time on Monday, extending ABC’s winning streak to 13 weeks as the most-watched network on the night.

ABC Rules Again on Monday Night

Japan said that emissions from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the early days of the March 11 disaster might have been more than twice as large as a previous estimate.

June 7, 2011

Headlines from June 7, 2011

In State Parks, the Sharpest Ax Is the Budget’s

Taps for a Community Hospital

Weiner Admits He Sent Lewd Photos; Says He Won’t Resign

Moving Online, Beck Will Charge Viewers a Fee

Under Pretty Skin, Madness Lurks

Billboard 200

21

Holding Onto Strings Better Left To Fray

NOW 38

My Kinda Party

Sigh No More

Historical Context for June 7, 2011