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Most E-mailed news on 24 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.
44 Charged by U.S. in New Jersey Corruption Sweep
Three New Jersey mayors, two state assemblymen and others were charged on Thursday in a two-year corruption and money-laundering investigation.
Summer Camp ?09: A Swim, a Cough, a Quarantine
Tamiflu and hand sanitizer are added to the usual routines of swimming and crafts.
Mom-and-Pop Operators Turn to Social Media
For many mom-and-pop businesses with no ad budget, the microblogging service is their sole means of marketing.
The Unchilled Life
Lisa Finkelstein lives without air-conditioning in her Florida cottage, mostly for economic reasons. "You acclimate to it," she said.As summer finally heats up, Americans may be questioning whether air-conditioning has become a luxury they can no longer afford.
Where Thin People Roam, and Sometimes Even Eat
After the news that Manhattan was the thinnest county in New York State, the borough?s wiry and willowy were eager to dissect how they brought home such an honor.
Op-Ed Columnist: Whirling Dervish Drivers
Americans are so addicted to techno-surfing that they?ve gotten hubristic about how many machines they can juggle simultaneously.
Slow, Costly and Often Dangerous Road to Wind Power
As demand for clean energy grows, towns are finding their traffic patterns roiled by convoys carrying huge windmills.
For High Line Visitors, Park Is a Railway Out of Manhattan
The High Line is still under construction. Yet the park already seems like a permanent fixture, almost a small town in the air.
Harry Potter Is Their Peter Pan
A lively game of Quidditch at Middlebury College.Generation Y: they?re in their 20s and already they?re nostalgic for the pop culture of their childhood.
Op-Ed Columnist: The Health Care Sausage
President Obama took a step closer to health care reform after pulling out all the stops to give wavering senators the spine to take a stand against financing the F-22 fighter jet, a $1.75 billion piece of pork.
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.
Art Review: The van Gogh of the Gross-Out
Basil Wolverton?s images in pen and ink were a virtuoso exercise in bad taste, made all the weirder for being so meticulously executed.
At Camp Sankaty Head, Young Caddies Learn to Carry That Weight
Since 1930, Camp Sankaty Head, one of the nation?s last caddie camps, has been molding young men from places as far flung as Washington Heights and Ireland.
Practical Traveler: Grab Airfare Deals Now, or Wait?
Should you book now, and take advantage of a recent spate of midsummer sales from the airlines? Or hold out?
State of the Art: The Irksome Cellphone Industry
Unfair and anticompetitive practices include text-messaging fees, double billing and international roaming charges.
Obama Wades Into a Volatile Racial Issue
President Obama said that police had ?acted stupidly in arresting? Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Wipe That Smirk Off Your T-Shirt
Jessica Bradley, right, who has spent summers in Montauk since she was 5, models a shirt from Ditch Witch.In the Hamptons, where exclusivity is the stock in trade, the truest symbol of status may be the one on your back.
2 Mayors Arrested in Broad N.J. Corruption Sweep
The mayors of two New Jersey cities, an assemblyman and several rabbis are among dozens of people arrested.
Sudden Finale
The dancers who were recently laid off at the New York City Ballet were left questioning their identity and their future.
Editorial: The Truth About Cars and Cellphones
If research that warned about the dangers of cellphone use while driving had been released six years ago, it could have saved lives.
Skin Deep: Can Ulta Muss Up Sephora?s Makeup?
Jackie Schneider, left, waxes Nichole Bedore?s eyebrows at an Ulta in Chicago.Sephora may have pioneered the concept of glitzy stores as playgrounds, but now Ulta, with 331 stores nationwide, is trying to go Sephora one better.
Maximum Security and a Starring Role
A thriving theater company at a maximum-security prison in Italy is giving convicts a new identity: actor.
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