Some YouTube channels that were announced in October are beginning to provide content, raising hopes that they can attract enough subscribers to raise advertising rates.

New Layer of Content Amid Chaos on YouTube

Getting a tenant to downsize from a two-bedroom she doesn’t need anymore is a delicate problem for the New York City Housing Authority.

Alone in Public Housing, With a Spare Bedroom

Considered likely to join the Supreme Court majority either way the case is decided, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. may never encounter a more important ruling.

Health Care Act Offers Roberts a Signature Case

Pinterest, the most talked about start-up of the spring, lets users curate photographs online, essentially making scrapbooks that link back to the original source of each image.

A Site That Aims to Unleash the Scrapbook Maker in All of Us

With the inclusion of teams like Iona, Colorado State and Brigham Young, one could argue that the N.C.A.A. tournament selection committee is becoming more open-minded about lower-profile leagues.

Lower Profile, but No Longer Overlooked by N.C.A.A.

“The Kreutzer Sonata,” an adaptation of Tolstoy’s novella by the Gate Theater of London, comes to La MaMa.

Confession Spun Across the Miles

Recent studies seem to show that, despite conventional wisdom, curveballs pose no greater danger to young pitching arms than other pitches.

Young Arms and Curveballs: A Scientific Twist

The Federal Reserve this week will release the results of its latest stress tests, which are expected to show broadly improved balance sheets at most institutions.

Latest Stress Tests Are Expected to Show Progress at Most Banks

Volatile contests in Alabama and Mississippi, both of which hold primaries on Tuesday, suggest a fragmented and fickle Southern electorate.

Tight G.O.P. Primaries Suggest Less-Predictable South

Some small video game makers say the line between inspiration and shameless copying seems to have all but disappeared.

For Creators of Games, a Faint Line on Cloning

Pete Thamel, The New York Times college basketball reporter, offers his predictions on the men’s N.C.A.A. tournament Final Four.

Final Four Predictions

Khairat el-Shater, a leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and an advocate for moderation and modernization, says that recent elections have proved that Egyptians want an explicitly Islamic state.

Keeper of Islamic Flame Rises as Egypt’s New Decisive Voice

Once a believer in the offensive against the Taliban, Abdul Samad, who lost 11 family members in a rampage, is now insistent that United States forces get out. Officials said the attack was carried out by an American sergeant.

An Afghan Comes Home to a Massacre

In “Fashion Star,” an NBC competition show for up-and-coming designers, store buyers bid on the creations.

The Closet Question: Who Would Wear This Stuff?

The changes laid out a potential line of succession to Indra K. Nooyi and were aimed at addressing investor concerns over its stock price.

Pepsi Chief Shuffles Management to Soothe Investors

An extensive federal examination of banks’ foreclosure practices found that managers ignored widespread errors after the 2008 housing market collapse.

Bank Officials Cited in Churn of Foreclosures

Some companies contend that federal loans for developing fuel-efficient cars have dried up because of a political firestorm that followed the bankruptcy last year of the solar panel company Solyndra.

Solyndra Is Blamed as Clean-Energy Loan Program Stalls

Recent excavations have dispelled notions that nomadic societies on the arid Eurasian steppes were less developed than many sedentary ones.

Artifacts Show Sophistication of Ancient Nomads

Though legislators signed a pledge to turn over the redistricting process to an independent panel, in Albany, as they say, it is déjà vu all over again.

Albany Redrawing Political Map With Old Lines of Thought

Accountable care organizations, a new kind of health care practice, are gaining momentum in part because of the Affordable Care Act signed into law two years ago.

Small-Picture Approach Flips Medical Economics

In Carol Anshaw’s novel, a fatal accident becomes a lasting and looming shadow in the lives of the friends and lovers involved.

One Death That Haunts Many Lives

Ethan Lipton, a singer and songwriter, has written a musical ode to unemployment called “No Place to Go,” which opens at Joe’s Pub on Wednesday.

All the Jobs Are Moving to Mars

After shelving it midway through its third season, NBC is giving the comedy “Community” — and its passionate fans — another semester after “30 Rock” fared even worse in its Thursday time slot.

College’s Winter Break Finally Ends

Alexei Ratmansky’s version of “Le Corsaire” was broadcast live from the Bolshoi to theaters.

In a Pasha’s Seraglio, Even Flowers Turn Frisky

Two ambitious missions that NASA had hoped to launch to Mars, in 2016 and 2018, will be canceled.

Life on Mars? Funds to Find Answer Fade

Richard Alvin Harter was an American basketball coach who served as both a head and assistant coach in both the NBA and NCAA.

Dick Harter, American basketball player and coach (born 1930)

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Michael Joseph Hossack was an American drummer for the rock band The Doobie Brothers.

Michael Hossack, American drummer (born 1946)

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Friedhelm "Timo" Konietzka was a German professional football player and manager who played as a striker. He earned his nickname "Timo" due to a supposed resemblance to the Soviet commander Semyon Timoshenko.

March 12, 2012

Headlines from March 12, 2012

New Layer of Content Amid Chaos on YouTube

Alone in Public Housing, With a Spare Bedroom

Health Care Act Offers Roberts a Signature Case

A Site That Aims to Unleash the Scrapbook Maker in All of Us

Lower Profile, but No Longer Overlooked by N.C.A.A.

Billboard 200

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Whitney: The Greatest Hits

Some Nights

Careless World: Rise Of The Last King

NOW 41

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for March 12, 2012