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Israel Vows to Rout Hezbollah
By STEVEN ERLANGER
Israeli news reports said a Hezbollah drone aircraft packed with explosives struck an Israeli naval vessel, causing severe damage.
New House Majority Leader Keeps Old Ties to Lobbyists
By MIKE McINTIRE
Far from trying to put the brakes on Washington lobbyists, Representative John A. Boehner has stepped on the gas.
Public Schools Perform Near Private Ones in Study
By DIANA JEAN SCHEMO
The study found that fourth graders in public schools did as well or better than children in private schools in math and reading.
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QUOTATION OF THE DAY
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"If he’s willing to shoot a state trooper, I’m convinced he’s willing to shoot anyone. We would like this to end peacefully. We’d like if he turned himself in peacefully and these people can all get back to their normal lives."
REBECCA GIBBONS,
a state trooper, on the hunt for an escaped prisoner in western New York.
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WORLD
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Radical Shiite Cleric Hints at Militia Attacks to Protest Israel’s Actions
By EDWARD WONG
The radical Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr said that Iraqis would not “sit by with folded hands” while Israel struck at Lebanon.
U.S. and Russia Will Police Nuclear Terrorists
By DAVID E. SANGER
President Bush and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia plan to announce a program to track nuclear terrorists.
India’s Prime Minister Scolds Pakistan
By SOMINI SENGUPTA
Manmohan Singh scolded Pakistan for failing to rein in terrorism, a marked shift in relations between the countries.
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U.S.
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In Nebraska and Tennessee, More Setbacks to Gay Rights
By PAM BELLUCK and GRETCHEN RUETHLING
Courts in Nebraska and Tennessee sided with efforts to amend state constitutions to prohibit same-sex marriages.
Missouri Says It Can’t Hire Doctor for Executions
By MONICA DAVEY
A federal judge had demanded that the state overhaul the way it executes prisoners by lethal injection.
Killer of Civil Rights Workers Is Denied Release on Bond
By SHAILA DEWAN
It was the second time Edgar Ray Killen, convicted in the killing of three civil rights workers, asked to be freed on bond because of his poor health.
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WASHINGTON
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Wiretapping Review Is Criticized
By ERIC LICHTBLAU
Critics of the program said they would fight a new White House agreement to let a secret court decide the constitutionality of the operation.
NEWS ANALYSIS
Scholars Agree That Congress Could Reject Conventions, but Not That It Should
By ADAM LIPTAK
Legal scholars agree that Congress has the power to restrict the application of the Geneva Conventions, but it could put the United States on the wrong side of history.
Bush, in a Shift, May Speak at N.A.A.C.P. Convention
By ADAM NAGOURNEY
After not appearing before the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People for five years, President Bush has tentatively agreed to speak to the group on Wednesday.
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BUSINESS
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Carmakers Plan a Study of a 3-Way Alliance
By MICHELINE MAYNARD and NICK BUNKLEY
The American, French and Japanese companies said the review would take approximately 90 days.
A Bad Week Gets Worse for Markets
By JEREMY W. PETERS
With oil approaching $80 a barrel, American stocks continued a three-day losing streak.
Keep Eyes Fixed on Your Variable-Rate Mortgage
By DAMON DARLIN
As a large portion of adjustable rates move up next year, homeowners who opted for exotic mortgages could find their payments doubled.
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TECHNOLOGY
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PUBLIC LIVES
A Visionary Seeking to Connect the World, Wirelessly
By ROBIN FINN
Marshall Brown is making good on a personal vision this summer by staking New Yorkers to free wireless Web access at 18 locales in 10 city parks.
34 States to Sue Chip Makers, Charging Broad Price Fixing
By LAURIE J. FLYNN
Seven semiconductor makers are accused of overcharging customers, opening the latest chapter in a four-year-old investigation.
School Cellphone Ban Violates Rights of Parents, Lawsuit Says
By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS
Parents in New York City, saying cellphones are helpful, filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the city’s rule banning students from carrying cellphones in schools.
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ARTS
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THEATER REVIEW
An Active ‘Hamlet’ at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Mass.
By BEN BRANTLEY
Jason Asprey plays the young prince—smoldering, charismatic, and mad as a hornet, not as a hatter.
MUSIC REVIEW
‘American Idols Live,’ at Continental Airlines Arena and Nassau Coliseum
By KELEFA SANNEH
One show off and one no-show keep usually predictable "Idols Live" concert a little less than predictable.
For $15, Admission to the Metropolitan. For 50 Cents, a Real Museum Experience.
By RANDY KENNEDY
On Thursday, The Times dispatched a reporter with a pocket full of quarters to conduct a small, slightly mischievous sociological experiment at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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NEW YORK/REGION
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Dragnet Yields Whimsy and Dread Upstate
By MICHAEL WILSON
Bucky Phillips, who escaped from jail more than 100 days ago, has become a minor folk hero in upstate New York.
NEWS ANALYSIS
A New Tone on Concessions
By STEVEN GREENHOUSE
After a deal with the city's unions that included no concessions, New York City officials said they are focusing on the spiraling costs for health care and pensions.
Off the Street, in Need of a Gift or Two
By APRIL SIMPSON
Gift registries are helping to furnish rooms at an Upper East Side shelter that helps formerly homeless women to become self-sufficient.
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TRAVEL
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Helsinki’s Shining Season
By R.W. APPLE Jr.
Out of the Soviet shadow and deep into the middle of the European mainstream, Helsinki, Finland is a design-conscious city of important architecture and fine food that sparkles in the long, long days of summer.
SURFACING
The San Fernando Valley? Hip? Like, Totally!
By MARC WEINGARTEN
Just as the city of Los Angeles has undergone a process of rediscovery in long-neglected regions like the downtown area, so this suburban outpost across the Santa Monica mountains has also experienced an image makeover.
NEXT STOP
Johannesburg Rises Above Its Apartheid Past
By MICHAEL WINES
Johannesburg is the biggest city in Africa and the most transformed. Today, it is a stewpot of colors and languages, the fruit not only of liberation but also of a huge influx of immigrants and refugees.
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EDITORIALS
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Playing Hamas’s Game
Israel needs to be careful that its far-reaching military responses, however legally and morally justified, do not end up advancing the agenda of Hamas and Hezbollah.
The Hand That Rocks the Pump
The expansion of state control over business and the persistent drag of corruption on the Russian economy should concern the members of the Group of 8.
Why Newark Matters
If Newark is to rid itself of corruption and shady dealing, and if businesses are to be convinced that the city is a sound investment, Mayor Cory Booker cannot afford to linger.
Watching the Watchers
As we refine the ratings of commercials, can it be very long until the networks are demanding the most popular ads?
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OP-ED
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OP-ED COLUMNIST
 What’s Up, Slut?
By MAUREEN DOWD
After eons of being a summary judgment that a woman is damaged goods, the word slut has shifted into more ambiguous territory.
OP-ED COLUMNIST
The Complaint Gap
By JOHN TIERNEY
The girls are O.K., even if they don’t sound that way.
OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR
Railroad to Perdition
By RICHARD GERE
The railway from Beijing to Lhasa, Tibet, is a staggering engineering achievement and a threat to Tibet’s identity.
OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR
Al Qaeda, American Style
By JESSICA STERN
Al Qaeda's recent recruiting video exploits our own shame.
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ON THIS DAY
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On July 15, 1918, the Second Battle of the Marne began during World War I.
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