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Most E-mailed news on 22 July 2009 |
The Minimalist: 101 Simple Salads for the Season
Clockwise, from top left: tuna, egg, green beans (No. 56); carrots, blueberries, sunflower seeds (7); croutons, tomatoes, mozzarella (42); walnuts, blue cheese, raspberries (49); couscous, oranges, honey (95); strawberries, tomatoes, Parmesan (13).These summer salads minimize work at the stove and capitalize on the season, when great fruit and vegetables are plentiful.
The Puppy Diaries: Taking the Plunge With a New Dog
The first article in a weekly series about the challenges and satisfactions of raising a puppy through its first year of life.
Home Burials Offer an Intimate Alternative
In the downturn, the do-it-yourself ethos extends to families burying loved ones, sometimes in their yards.
Op-Ed Columnist: Liberal Suicide March
It once seemed as if President Obama would lead a center-left coalition, but instead, he has deferred to the Old Bulls on Capitol Hill on issue after issue.
Driven to Distraction: U.S. Withheld Data on Risks of Distracted Driving
In 2003, researchers at a federal agency proposed a long-term study of 10,000 drivers to assess the safety risk posed by cellphone use behind the wheel.
Considering Longer Chemotherapy
This X-ray shows a mass in the upper lobe of the right lung. A clinical trial?s results are spurring a move toward maintenance therapy for lung cancer.There is a growing push for cancer therapy even when it is not urgent.
Op-Ed Contributor: The Day Obscenity Became Art
Celebrating 50 years of the ?interchange of ideas? in D. H. Lawrence?s 1928 novel ?Lady Chatterley?s Lover.?
Op-Ed Columnist: Teacher, Can We Leave Now? No.
Watching the delight in the faces of Afghan girls crowded into a school waiting to learn put a new perspective on the war.
Barnes & Noble Plans an Extensive E-Bookstore
The retailer said users will have access to up to a million titles within the next year.
The Storyteller Begat the Teacher Who Begat the Writer
Frank McCourt?s students learned from him that literature was nothing more ? and nothing less ? than the telling of stories.
Stores Go Dark Where Buyers Once Roamed
The storefront vacancy rate in New York is at its highest point since the 1990s and is expected to grow.
Op-Ed Columnist: They Got Some ?Splainin? to Do
The Sotomayor show reduced the antics of Washington?s clueless ancien-régime to a spectacle as ridiculous as it was obsolescent.
Basics: When ?What Animals Do? Doesn?t Seem to Cover It
A precise definition of behavior? Even experts don?t agree.
Sidebar: 9/11 Case Could Bring Broad Shift on Civil Suits
A Supreme Court case that was, on its face, about the Sept. 11 attacks could make suits much easier to dismiss.
18 and Under: When Weight Is the Issue, Doctors Struggle Too
Good advice can be easier to give than to follow.
Op-Ed Columnist: Iran?s Tragic Joke
Iranians do not take kindly to seeing their country turned into a laughing stock.
Books of The Times: Inside the Meltdown: Financial Ruin and the Race to Contain It
Understanding what happened has become vitally important not just for bankers and economists, but for everyone affected by the fallout.
State Ruled by Crime and Chávez Family
Barinas is the setting for a terrifying surge in abductions, making it a contender for Latin America?s most likely place to get kidnapped.
News Analysis: Pinch of Reality Threatens the California Dream
The result of three decades of population growth, budget and tax problems and the rising cost of social services are finally being felt across California.
Is the Sun Missing Its Spots?
These photos show sunspots near solar maximum on July 19, 2000, and near solar minimum on March 18, 2009. Some global warming skeptics speculate that the Sun may be on the verge of an extended slumber.Sunspots, a bane of power grids, have been largely missing from the Sun, and no one knows why.
Frank McCourt, Whose Irish Childhood Illuminated His Prose, Is Dead at 78
Mr. McCourt, a former New York City schoolteacher, turned his miserable Irish childhood into a Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir, ?Angela?s Ashes.?
Artists Find Backers as Labels Wane
Companies are planning to invest in artists who lack record deals and help them find audiences online.
Large Study Points to the Brain Benefits of Eating Fish
A diet rich in fish may help ward off dementia, a study in developing countries has found.
Harvard Scholar Won?t Be Charged
Disorderly conduct charges are being dropped against Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., a leading scholar.
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