Pride Marches On
The 2010 Pride March celebrating the city’s gay population filled the streets of Greenwich Village with thousands of spectators on Sunday.
One Battalion’s Wrenching Deployment to Afghanistan
By JAMES DAO
Damon Winter/The New York Times
For the next year, the First Battalion, 87th Infantry of the 10th Mountain Division will be in Afghanistan, part of the additional 30,000 troops at the backbone of President Obama’s plan for ending the war.
World Cup Replay: June 27
Images from Sunday’s games at the World Cup, which included a few more breathtaking goals by the players and another stunning mistake by the officials.
Alabama Town Struggles Amid Oil Cleanup Effort
Nine weeks into the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, there is more money in Bayou La Batre than there has been in decades, residents say. There are also more traffic accidents, more drug and alcohol use, more resentment, more rumors, more hunger and more worry.
Principal Matters
With open arms and a touch of style, Pedro Santana, the principal of Middle School 391 in the South Bronx, has transformed the students and faculty.
A Go-It-Alone Strategy
Though Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana has criticized the response to the oil spill by BP and the Coast Guard, interviews suggest that Louisiana has often disregarded its own plans and experts in favor of proposals that many have questioned.
World Cup Photo Replay: Ghana vs. U.S.
The United States’ match against Ghana, the Americans’ last at the World Cup in South Africa.
Slide Show: Uruguay vs. South Korea
A Blooming Democracy in the Desert
Each successful election feeds hope in Somaliland that it will be recognized as a separate nation for carving a functioning space out of one of the world’s most chaotic countries.
Video: On the Street | Leg Show
With summer's heat comes shorts in all lengths, from pin-up-girl hot pants to men's office wear, with tie and jacket.
Tuscany and Umbria as Henry James Knew Them
An 1874 essay by the author Henry James can be used as a modern guide to Italy.
The Work of a Rising Star
In a field in which so many people want to be the next Philippe Starck, Tobias Wong stood out as a designer who wanted to be the next Duchamp. Here are images of some of his art.
Graphic: Untested Drilling in a Sensitive Area of Alaska
BP plans to use a risky technology to reach oil in northern Alaska.
In New Orleans, New Life by the River
As the city prepares for a new riverfront park, the neighborhood nearby has lots to explore.
Living in Greenlawn, N.Y.
A hamlet in the town of Huntington offers a small-town feel, with good schools and homes on generous lots.
Local Stop: Brighton Beach
Known as Little Odessa, the neighborhood offers an urban seaside feel, with a Russian accent.
Paris Men’s Shows Offer Order Amid Chaos
Photos from the men’s wear shows in Paris, including Dries Von Noten, Louis Vuitton, Rick Owens and more.
Reinventing Oakland’s Restaurant Scene
Jack London Square has been reborn through a number of noteworthy restaurants.
Interactive Graphic: World Cup Powerhouses
Argentina, Brazil, Germany and Italy have won all but four of the 18 World Cups, and at least one of them has played in every final.
World Cup Photo Replay: Day 15, June 25
The round of 16 is set, as Brazil, Portugal, Chile and Spain advanced.
Learning Hebrew
At a charter school in Brooklyn, students from diverse backgrounds learn a language traditionally studied and spoken by Jews.
Trailer: New York Asian Film Festival
World Cup Photo Replay: Day 14, June 24
Italy is shocked by Slovakia and eliminated, while Paraguay moves on after a tie with New Zealand.
‘The Paintings of Charles Burchfield’
Images from a new exhibit at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
On Location: A Tiny Victorian Cottage
A cottage in the Catskills that she renovated herself fulfills a dream for a woman who was once homeless.
Epic Match Breaks All Records
John Isner of the United States and Nicolas Mahut of France fought to a fifth-set standoff, 59-59, after 10 hours of record-setting play in their first-round match at the 2010 Wimbledon championships.
Roses Without Scents at the New York Botanical Garden
Luscious roses like Rosanna, Aloha, Red Corsair and Amadeus are all on display.
U.S. Soccer’s Moment to Savor
A game fraught with tension ended happily for the United States soccer team and its fans.
Unlocking New York
The Keys to the City art project, conceived by the Brooklyn artist Paul Ramírez Jonas, offers participants a key that grants access to generally off-limits parts of the city. One participant, Lauren Burke, is using her key to set up blind dates with guys at each location and blog about it.
A Villa on the Lake
A five-bedroom four-bath villa in the village of Villeneuve is on the market for 3 million Swiss Frances, or about $2.7 million.
Mermaids Everywhere You Turn
By RUTH LA FERLA
An annual Brooklyn parade draws creative minds and photographers.
Inside Painkiller Bar
A new bar with an Essex Street address has struck out for Polynesia, serving tiki drinks.
Restaurant Review
Annisa
Anita Lo’s Greenwich Village restaurant, recently reopened after a fire, enters its second decade as a successful and serious enterprise.
World Cup Photo Replay: Day 12, June 22
Tuesday’s action saw reasons for hope in South Africa and worry in France, despite both teams being eliminated from the tournament.
A Field Study of Subway Rats
Resourceful rodents at work and play in the city’s underground. A selection of readers’ photos.
Audio Slide Show: A Link to Better Health
In rural Pennsylvania, one health care network hopes to improve the quality of care by providing its patients with a direct link to the doctor’s office.
How Would You Make an Apartment Photo-Ready?
Before-and-after: what photographers do to make apartments look great.
World Cup Photo Replay: Day 11, June 21
The day’s action featured a lot of scoring, if only by Portugal, and plenty of physical play.
Death Valley Days
Images from the war photographer Tim Hetherington of some of the soldiers appearing in “Restrepo.”
'The Sleeping Beauty'
Two performances of American Ballet Theater’s “Sleeping Beauty” made New York look like the indisputable capital of world ballet.
Educating Donovan
After being in the New York City public school system for 15 years, Donovan Forde, 20, who has severe cognitive disabilities, is still being taught the most basic of facts.
In Chicago, Anger Over the Sale of Park National Bank
Eight months later, anger continues to boil after a beloved local bank was shut by federal regulators.
Video: On the Street | Garden Party
Guests at the 100th anniversary of the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens wore their own clothes and their own jewelry - unlike the extravagantly dressed guests at many of the high-profile events.
World Cup Photo Replay: Day 9, June 19
The Netherlands advanced and Cameroon was knocked out during a busy day of action in South Africa.
Keeping Children Out of the Fields
Facing new scrutiny by the Obama administration to detect underage-workers and wage violations on farms, blueberry growers in North Carolina are trying to clean up their act.
A Weekend in Bordeaux, France
Bordeaux sparkles with the addition of stellar restaurants and innovative wine bars.
World Cup Replay: Day 8, June 18
Serbia upset Germany, which played much of the game short-handed and could not convert a penalty kick.
U.S. Efforts to Secure Kandahar Shift to Expanding Police Presence
The daily patrols are oriented not toward fighting but toward trying to extend influence in an area where the Taliban first took root.
U.S. Keeps World Cup Hopes Alive
A furious second-half comeback allowed the United States to tie Slovenia, 2-2.
Hayward Gets a Grilling
BP’s chief executive went to Capitol Hill to testify before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Legal Eagle
Gloria Allred started out as a pioneering legal advocate for women’s rights. Now, she is the fierce go-to lawyer for the tabloid-friendly mistresses of celebrities like Tiger Woods. You have a problem with that?
Along the Waterfront in Lerici, Italy
The beautiful seaside town on the Italian Riviera has evaded the radar of foreign tourists.
Another Championship for Los Angeles
The Los Angeles Lakers beat the Boston Celtics, 83-79, to win Game 7 of the finals and successfully defend their N.B.A. title.
Interactive Feature: Living in Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Crown Heights, Brooklyn, might not have always seemed a safe bet. But residents today are attracted to the area’s ethnic diversity, affordability and relative greenness.
A Young Father’s Balancing Act
Leon Britton Jr. is a graduate of the Bronx Fatherhood Program, a service that trains men ages 16 to 24 in the ways of fatherhood.
A Culinary Tour Through Monrovia
In the Liberian capital, Southern cooking takes on a coastal African twist.
Battered by Oil
The Niger Delta has endured the equivalent of the Exxon Valdez spill every year for 50 years by some estimates.
Clipper Master
Whimsical patterns shaved into hair are making a comeback. These are from the repertory of Rico London at Levels Unisex in East Harlem.
‘Catio’ Enclosures Protect Cats Outside
New Yorkers who would never let their cats roam free outside have created special outdoor spaces at home.
A Midcentury Tree House
A California home in the redwoods where each room is designed to face the view.
Season Spanning
Looks from the Lanvin, Donna Karan, Oscar de la Renta, Diane Von Furstenberg, Michael Kors and Calvin Klein resort collections.
Audio & Photos
Choosing to Stay, Fighting to Rebuild
After January’s quake in Haiti, most residents of Fort National fled their homes. Some, however, stayed behind.
The 7th Annual Great Performers in Film
This year's stars and on-screen couples, five actresses who broke through in 2009 and nine days on the road with Jeff Bridges.
Olympic Voices: Riding the Pipe
Five snowboarding halfpipe medal contenders talk about their sport, their first tricks and the music they listen to.
Interactive Graphic: How Shaun White Won 2nd Gold
Inside the Action
The Snowboard Halfpipe
The United States halfpipe coach, Mike Jankowski, explains the snap, grabs and “big air” of an Olympic halfpipe run.
Olympic Stars of Yesteryear
Photographs by DAN WINTERS
Nine legends remember the Games and describe life after competition.
A Growing Risk in Haiti
The problem of human waste disposal has become impossible to overlook in Port-au-Prince, with the stench of decomposing bodies replaced by that of excrement.
Scenes From a Ruined Boulevard
A view of the destruction along a quarter-mile stretch
of Boulevard Jean-Jacques Dessalines, one of the main commercial arteries in the heart of Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Orphanages in Haiti
Since the earthquake, chronic problems in Haiti's orphanages -- like inadequate services and overwhelming poverty -- have only intensified.
Giving Birth in Haiti
Haitians must wait in line to give birth in a tent in the wake of the earthquake that hit the country more than two weeks ago.
Haiti Earthquake Multimedia
Videos, photographs and interactive features documenting the desperation in Haiti after a powerful earthquake devastated the country on Jan. 12.
Memories of Sugar Hill
Stories of people who grew up in a part of Harlem in the 1930s and ’40s and found success all around them.
Tell Us the Best Places to Go in 2010
Where do you want to travel? What are your favorite spots? Share your recommendations and comments on our global map.
A Peek Into Netflix Queues
Examine maps of Netflix rental patterns, neighborhood by neighborhood, in a dozen cities across the nation.
2009: The Year in Pictures
A collection of the most gripping, and poignant, photographs of 2009, as selected by the editors of The New York Times.
The 9th Annual Year in Ideas
From A to Z, the most clever, important, silly and just plain weird innovations from all corners of the thinking world.
A Conflicted Mission in Congo
United Nations peacekeepers have an especially difficult task in Congo because the two main tenets of their mission — protecting civilians and helping the Congolese Army wipe out rebel forces — often collide.
Timeline: The Selling of the Cellphone — and Warnings Unheeded
Since 1984, when car phones came into fashion, they were quickly marketed to drivers as a means to mobile freedom.
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7 Months, 10 Days in Captivity
A series about the Taliban kidnapping of The Times's David Rohde and his two Afghan colleagues.
Flipped: Inside the Private Equity Game
A look at how private equity dealmakers can win while their companies, like Simmons Bedding, lose.
The Family Tree of Michelle Obama, the First Lady
New revelations have emerged recently from the research of Megan Smolenyak, a genealogist, and from reporting by Jodi Kantor and Rachel L. Swarns of The New York Times.
How Different Groups Spend Their Day
The American Time Use Survey asks thousands of American residents to recall every minute of a day. Here is how people over age 15 spent their time in 2008.
Gauging Your Distraction
A game illustrates the potential consequences of distractions like texting on your driving ability.
Talk to the Newsroom
Talk to The Times: One in 8 Million
The staff members involved with One in 8 Million answered questions.
Talk to the Newsroom: Assistant Managing Editor Michele McNally
Michele McNally, who oversees photography, answered questions from readers.
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Pictures of the Day: Gaza and Elsewhere
By MERRILL D. OLIVER
Palestinian officials said they retrieved the bodies of two Palestinians killed after Israel bombed a weapons smuggling tunnel.
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