TOP NEWS
Romney Claims Victory in Michigan and Arizona
By JEFF ZELENY
Mitt Romney
successfully fended off a challenge from Rick Santorum in Michigan, a
key battleground state, helping his chances of becoming the Republican
nominee.
Full Coverage of the Michigan and Arizona Primaries -
Video Feature: Michigan and Arizona Primaries: Candidates Speeches
9/11 Victims' Remains Disposed Of in Landfill
By ELISABETH BUMILLER
The disclosure
came as an independent panel concluded that the Dover Air Force Base
mortuary should have more oversight, training of employees and
inspections.
Syria's Sectarian Fears Keep Region on Edge
By TIM ARANGO
The insurrection is increasingly dangerous and unpredictable because it is aggravating tensions beyond Syria's borders.
QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"Every red flag on the planet should have gone off when this was offered for sale."
HERBERT V. LARSON JR.,
a New Orleans lawyer and antiquities expert, on a thousand-year-old
Khmer statue of a mythic warrior that sits in limbo at Sotheby's in New
York.
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Opinion
Room for Debate
Corporate Rights and Human Rights
Should the Alien Tort Statute hold corporations liable for heinous crimes? Is there a more effective way to do this?
WORLD
U.S. Sees Iran Attacks as Likely if Israel Strikes
By THOM SHANKER, HELENE COOPER and ETHAN BRONNER
American
officials assessed that Iran would retaliate to an Israeli strike by
launching missiles on Israel and terrorist-style attacks on United
States civilian and military personnel overseas.
Diplomats Warn Syria of Consequences for Violent Crackdown
By J. DAVID GOODMAN and NICK CUMMING-BRUCE
A long list of
governments urged an immediate cease-fire while Paul Conroy, a Western
journalist who had been trapped in Homs, escaped the country.
U.S. and Egypt in Talks to End Prosecution of Americans
By STEVEN LEE MYERS
Secretary of
State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the two countries were engaged in
"very intensive discussions" over the prosecution of staff members from
four American-financed nonprofit organizations.
U.S.
News Analysis
Romney Faces Stubborn Question, Despite Victories
By JIM RUTENBERG
Can a Northeasterner with a history of ideological migration win the nomination in the Tea Party era?
Ohio Shooting Suspect Confesses, Prosecutor Says
By SABRINA TAVERNISE and JENNIFER PRESTON
Prosecutors said the student who confessed told them that he had not known his victims, three of whom have died.
Virginia Senate Passes Ultrasound Bill as Other States Take Notice
By ERIK ECKHOLM and KIM SEVERSON
The revised bill
requires women to have an ultrasound before getting an abortion, but
says that they cannot be forced to have a vaginal ultrasound.
BUSINESS
DealBook
A Record Buyout Turns Sour for Investors
By PETER LATTMAN
A $45 billion
buyout of the Texas utility TXU in 2007, renamed Energy Future Holdings,
has turned out poorly for its investors because of declining natural
gas prices.
Bits Blog
Apple Loophole Gives Developers Access to Photos
By NICK BILTON
After a user
allows an application on an Apple mobile device to have access to
location information, the app can copy the user's entire photo library,
without any further warning.
Safety Alerts Cite Cholesterol Drugs' Side Effects
By GARDINER HARRIS
Federal health
officials are adding new alerts to statins about the rare risks of
memory loss, increased blood sugar levels and muscle pain.
SPORTS
Stopped on the Track, Racing Ahead on Twitter
By RICHARD SANDOMIR
Brad Keselowski's posts during a crash in the Daytona 500 helped him triple his Twitter followers.
Surviving Rain and Fire, Nascar Faces Its Critics
By VIV BERNSTEIN
The Daytona 500
will be remembered for a rain delay that pushed the race to prime time
on Monday, as well as a fiery crash that Juan Pablo Montoya and a truck
driver escaped unscathed.
Drug Test Collector in Braun Case Says He Followed Protocol
By KEN BELSON and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT
In a statement
Tuesday, Dino Laurenzi Jr., who handled Ryan Braun's urine sample last
October, said it was established protocol to take samples home if they
could not be mailed immediately.
ARTS
Critic's Notebook
At Sony, Portable Games Just Got Bigger
By SETH SCHIESEL
At a time when smartphones can be used to play video games, Sony's PlayStation Vita makes the case for a separate mobile device.
Mythic Warrior Is Captive in Global Art Conflict
By TOM MASHBERG and RALPH BLUMENTHAL
A statue from
the Khmer kingdom of ancient Cambodia, pulled out of an auction at
Sotheby's, remains in New York while parties argue the legality of its
removal from the country.
Opera Review
Fanaticism and Devotion in a Fragmented Russia
By ZACHARY WOOLFE
"Khovanshchina",
Mussorgsky's sweeping epic of political fragmentation and religious
fundamentalism in the Russia of the late 1600s, is back on the Met
stage, fiery finale and all.
DINING & WINE
A Pool of Memories
By JEFF GORDINIER
Tournedos Rossini and other classic dishes of decades past aren't gone just yet.
Slide Show
Putting Away His Knife and Those Cutting Words
By ADAM NAGOURNEY
Kazunori Nozawa,
a chef known as much for his personal style as his strict rules for
diners in his restaurant, Sushi Nozawa, is retiring.
Restaurant Review | Jungsik
Korean for the New World
By PETE WELLS
A young chef blends flavors from his Korean childhood with American restaurant techniques.
EDITORIALS
Editorial
Women's Health Care at Risk
A wave of
mergers between Roman Catholic and secular hospitals is threatening to
deprive women access to important reproductive services.
Editorial
The Challenge to Marriage Equality
Driven by bigotry, New Hampshire is poised to take a great leap backward and repeal its state law that allows same-sex marriage.
Editorial
Undermining State Campaign Laws
The cases in
Montana show how the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision is
upending critically important state campaign spending laws that ban
unlimited corporate donations.
OP-ED
Op-Ed Contributor
Life as a Landlord
By BERT STRATTON
At least for the moment, my tenants have lost faith in the homeownership dream.
Op-Ed Columnist
There Be Dragons
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Throughout the Arab Middle East, the prospects for stable transitions to democracy anytime soon are dimming.
Op-Ed Columnist
G.O.P. Greek Tragedy
By MAUREEN DOWD
In the Republican presidential primary, an unbridled id makes for id-iotic assertions.
