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U.S. Planning Big New Prison in Afghanistan
By ERIC SCHMITT and TIM GOLDEN
Officials are scaling back plans to shift prisoners into Afghan custody in a stark acknowledgment that the U.S. is likely to hold prisoners overseas for years.
Famine Looms as Wars Rend Horn of Africa
By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN
Villagers say hundreds of Somalis are dying of hunger and thirst amid soaring global food prices, skimpy rainfall and rising violence.
Obama Says Bush and McCain Are ‘Fear Mongering’
By LARRY ROHTER
Senator Barack Obama responded sharply to attacks on his foreign policy and tried to turn the tables on his Republican critics.
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QUOTATION OF THE DAY
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"Parole is a system set up to find failure. If what you’re interested in is finding failure and putting people back in prison, it’s like shooting fish in a barrel. But it doesn’t work in terms of public safety or public spending."
MICHAEL JACOBSON,
a former chief of corrections and probation for New York City.
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WORLD
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Saudis Rebuff Bush, Politely, on Pumping More Oil
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and JAD MOUAWAD
The Saudis announced that they had increased output starting on May 10, but they seemed to reject a request by President Bush, who was visiting, to raise oil production further.
Glimpses of Survivors, Miraculous and Few, in Earthquake’s Ruins
By ANDREW JACOBS
Chinese officials said rescuers were still finding survivors of an earthquake that has killed at least 22,000 people.
U.S. Frustrated by Myanmar Junta’s Aid Limits
By HELENE COOPER and THOM SHANKER
The Bush administration’s calls for Myanmar to open its borders to international aid have gone unheeded, even as the government of Myanmar almost doubled the death toll from the cyclone to 78,000 on Friday.
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U.S.
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New Tack Offers Straying Parolees a Hand, Not Cuffs
By ERIK ECKHOLM
Several states are altering their parole systems to focus on rehabilitating offenders instead of punishing them for parole violations.
Chasing Utopia, Family Imagines No Possessions
By RALPH BLUMENTHAL and RACHEL MOSTELLER
Aimee and Jeff Harris of Austin, Tex., are donating virtually all their possessions to charity and hope to end up as organic homesteaders in Vermont.
NEWS ANALYSIS
Same-Sex Marriage and Racial Justice Find Common Ground
By ADAM LIPTAK
California Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald M. George’s argument in favor of same-sex marriage drew an analogy to interracial marriage bans of the past.
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WASHINGTON
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WHITE HOUSE MEMO
A Fast-Fading Sway: The Nation’s Leader, but Not His Party’s
By STEVEN LEE MYERS
With eight months left in office, President Bush’s ability to shape the country’s legislative and political agenda has diminished more quickly than his aides and allies expected.
U.S. Plans Steps to Ease Congestion at Airports
By MATTHEW L. WALD
The Bush administration proposed Friday to auction landing slots at two major airports, Kennedy and Newark, and to impose a limit on airline traffic at Newark.
F.B.I. Gets Mixed Review in Interrogation Report
By ERIC LICHTBLAU
The F.B.I.’s agents were praised for not being complicit in abuses at Guantánamo Bay, but the agency was found to be slow to respond to complaints about the tactics.
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BUSINESS
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High-Tech Japanese, Running Out of Engineers
By MARTIN FACKLER
Engineering skill made Japan an economic superpower, but its young people are now choosing other careers.
YOUR MONEY
Five Basics for Building a Solid Financial Future
By RON LIEBER
A new Times columnist offers guidance for making financial decisions, when making good ones is more critical than ever.
Congressional Pressure Prevails as U.S. Halts Filling of Oil Reserve
By JAD MOUAWAD
An Energy Department announcement that it would temporarily suspend a program to fill the nation’s strategic oil stocks failed to break the rally in oil prices, which hit another record Friday.
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TECHNOLOGY
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High-Tech Japanese, Running Out of Engineers
By MARTIN FACKLER
Engineering skill made Japan an economic superpower, but its young people are now choosing other careers.
WHAT'S ONLINE
Frustrating the Pirates
By DAN MITCHELL
Some argue that beating media piracy hinges on media companies offering more convenience and quality.
Yahoo’s Chairman Disputes Icahn’s Accusations
By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN and MIGUEL HELFT
Yahoo’s chairman rejected accusations from the billionaire investor Carl C. Icahn that the company’s board had acted irrationally in rejecting a $47.5 billion takeover offer from Microsoft.
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ARTS
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Pen in One Hand, Cricket Bat in the Other
By CHARLES McGRATH
The author Joseph O’Neill, a member of the Staten Island Cricket Club, has just written a novel about the sport.
Talk of Larry King’s Successor Won’t Stop, but Neither Does Larry King
By JACQUES STEINBERG
Despite suggestions in various news reports that Katie Couric or Ryan Seacrest might eventually take over for him, Larry King sought to tamp down speculation that any succession was imminent.
Networks Anticipate the Fall Cautiously
By BILL CARTER
Aside from Fox, the changed pattern of how the networks presented their plans for September left fundamental questions unanswered.
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NEW YORK/REGION
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U.S. Plans Steps to Ease Congestion at Airports
By MATTHEW L. WALD
The Bush administration proposed Friday to auction landing slots at two major airports, Kennedy and Newark, and to impose a limit on airline traffic at Newark.
Assembly Halts Bills With Analysis by Union-Paid Actuary
By DANNY HAKIM
Johathan Schwartz prepared fiscal notes on hundreds of union-backed bills involving New York City pensions in recent years, but his financial relationship with the unions was not disclosed.
Mayoral Hopeful, an Earmark Critic, Has His Own
By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ
Despite criticizing Christine C. Quinn and the City Council for doling out money to favored groups, Anthony D. Weiner has sponsored earmark funds as a congressman.
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TRAVEL
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Does the ‘Real’ Ireland Still Exist?
By DAN BARRY
In a land of ancient ways put under modern stresses, there’s a paradox: You will find what you want, as long as you don’t look for it.
FRUGAL TRAVELER | TORONTO
O Canada, Where Have Your Bargains Gone?
By MATT GROSS
The Frugal Traveler attempts a weekend of revelry in Toronto on a budget of $500.
36 Hours in Luang Prabang, Laos
By MARY BILLARD
The beguiling ancient capital of Luang Prabang is still a place that feels as if it is on the cusp of discovery.
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EDITORIALS
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A Victory for Equality and Justice
The California Supreme Court’s momentous 4-to-3 ruling upholding the right of same-sex couples to marry was a major victory for civil rights.
The President Goes Negative
It is damaging for America when President Bush’s penchant for slash-and-burn politics is put on display abroad.
Cleaner, Gentler Hustings?
Surely, a candidate for chief executive of the U.S. can be expected to show enough talent to confront and stifle his or her most out-of-control supporters.
Mr. Bloomberg’s Small Pot of Gold
The really fat slush funds at the City Council and in Albany don’t excuse a small one in Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s office.
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OP-ED
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OP-ED COLUMNIST
Hard Roads Ahead
By BOB HERBERT
At a time when the nation is faced with tough economic challenges, it’s incredible that more is not being done about the poor performance of American high schools.
OP-ED COLUMNIST
Skirting Appalachia
By CHARLES M. BLOW
Barack Obama is unlikely to win the heart of Appalachia in the general election, but he may not need to if he can make up ground elsewhere.
OP-ED COLUMNIST
McCain’s Superfuture
By GAIL COLLINS
If the Arizona senator’s domestic vision is far removed from reality, what does that say about his plan for international harmony via military interventions?
Bob the Builder
By DAVID BYRNE
Robert Rauschenberg’s openness and generosity of vision was contagious and inspired others in their work to see the whole world as a work of art.
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ON THIS DAY
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On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court issued its landmark Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka ruling, which declared that racially segregated public schools were inherently unequal.
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