The Times in Print for April 12, 2006

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Iran Reports Big Advance in Enrichment of Uranium
Iran Reports Big Advance in Enrichment of Uranium

The director of the U.N. atom agency is scheduled to arrive in Tehran on Wednesday to make another appeal for Iran to halt its enrichment program.

Berlusconi Says He Will Contest Vote
Berlusconi Says He Will Contest Vote

The Italian prime minister alternately suggested a recount, or a German-style coalition government.

Company Finds Clinton Useful, and Vice Versa
Company Finds Clinton Useful, and Vice Versa

Hillary Rodham Clinton has become a leading champion of Corning Inc., one of her largest sources of campaign contributions.

Judges Set Hurdles for Lethal Injection
Judges Set Hurdles for Lethal Injection

Judges in several states cite new evidence suggesting that prisoners have endured agonizing executions.

The DNA Age
Seeking Ancestry in DNA Ties Uncovered by Tests

Ethnic ancestry tests are spurring a thorough exploration of the question, What is in it for me?

Kennedy Tactics on Immigration Vex Democrats
Kennedy Tactics on Immigration Vex Democrats

Senator Edward M. Kennedy's drive to strike a deal with Republicans is making some Democrats nervous.

Principals' Jobs on Line as City Grades Schools
Police Seize Top Mafioso After 43 Years
Studies Challenge Traditional Breast Cancer Treatments
2 Wall Street Employees Charged With Insider Trading
Merck Jury Adds $9 Million in Damages
50 Killed in Bombing at a Sunni Prayer Service in Karachi
29 Are Indicted in Connection With Attacks in Madrid
Quote of the Day
"Iran has joined the nuclear countries of the world."
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD, the Iranian president.
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Nyt Headlines
from the past 7 days
e.g. April 21, 2001
International
Injuries Mount as Demonstrators Battle With Police in Nepal
By TILAK P. POKHAREL and SOMINI SENGUPTA
Police Seize Top Mafioso After 43 Years
By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO
Adiós for a Spanish Hotel Where They Dressed to Kill
By RENWICK McLEAN
Names of the Dead
Foreign Minister of Australia Rejects Reports About Kickbacks to Hussein
By RAYMOND BONNER
Deaths of U.S. Soldiers Climb Again in Iraq
By EDWARD WONG
Gaza Attacks Are on Rise as Factions Vie for Power
By JOHN KIFNER
World Bank Chief Outlines a War on Fraud
By CELIA W. DUGGER
At the White House, Engaging Iran With Words Over Action
By DAVID E. SANGER and ERIC SCHMITT
World Briefing: Asia, Europe, Africa
CARLOTTA GALL (NYT)
50 Killed in Bombing at a Sunni Prayer Service in Karachi
By SALMAN MASOOD
British Animal Rights Protesters Admit Plotting Against Farmers
By REUTERS
29 Are Indicted in Connection With Attacks in Madrid
By RENWICK McLEAN
National Report
Panel Considers Revamping College Aid and Accrediting
By SAM DILLON
Duke Inquiry to Continue, and So Will a Campaign
By JULIET MACUR and DUFF WILSON
Red Cross Plans Changes After Hurricane Problems
By STEPHANIE STROM
As Levees Rise Near New Orleans, Skepticism Falls
By JOHN SCHWARTZ
Kentucky Governor Voids Gay Measure
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
21 Immigrants Fired After Missing Work for Rally
By GRETCHEN RUETHLING
Strategy Sessions Fueled Immigrant Marches
By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD
Kennedy Tactics on Immigration Vex Democrats
By CARL HULSE
Lawmakers Vow Action on Immigration Legislation
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
In Courtroom 9/11 Horrors Are Relived a Second Day
By DAVID STOUT
Planet Discovered Last Year, Thought to Be Larger Than Pluto, Proves Roughly the Same Size
By KENNETH CHANG
Judges Set Hurdles for Lethal Injection
By ADAM LIPTAK
Bush Stumps for Drug Program as a Deadline Draws Near
By JIM RUTENBERG
West, Northwest, Midwest and South
(AP)
Studies Challenge Traditional Breast Cancer Treatments
By GINA KOLATA
Obituaries
Bobbie Nudie, Purveyor of Glitter to Rhinestone Cowboys, Dies at 92
By DOUGLAS MARTIN
Leslie Norris, 84, Poet Writing on Nature, Is Dead
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Gerard Reve, Provocative Author, Dies at 82
By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Billy Hitchcock, 89, Baseball Veteran, Dies
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Elizabeth Maguire, 47, Editor Specializing in Nonfiction, Is Dead
By MARGALIT FOX
Editorials, Op-Ed and Letters
As the Ethics Panel Ossifies
People Power
Memorial for the Nation
Corzine's School Cuts Aren't a Solution
Stone Age Achievement
Time for an Iraq Exit
Evaluating Doctors With Medicare Data
When Life Is a Prayer
FEMA's Root Problem
Italian Vote, American Echoes
Threats From Iran, and Against Iran (6 Letters)
Why Can't a Woman Be More Like Herself? (2 Letters)
TimesSelect  Wag the Camel
By MAUREEN DOWD
TimesSelect  The Hamas Dilemma
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
From Bombs to Bricks to Bombs Again
By JOHN S. BURNETT
The Metro Section
TimesSelect  For Once, a Psychic Looks Back
By DAN BARRY
TimesSelect  What Puts a Downed Hawk Back Up in the Clouds? The Dynamics of Air, and of People
By PETER APPLEBOME
Housing Groups Attack Luxury Units' Tax Breaks
By JANNY SCOTT
College Student's Killers Are Sentenced to Life in Prison
By MICHAEL BRICK
Indignant Father Gets 5 to 15 Years in the Death of 2 Toddlers
By ANAHAD O'CONNOR
Talk Show Host Muses on Princesses and Strippers
By ANTHONY RAMIREZ
Wal-Mart May Be Looking at Site in Queens
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Bloomberg Gives Bilingual Welcome to the Latin Grammys
By BEN SISARIO
Tea Bags in Hand, Senator Says Coffee Never Flew
By MICHAEL COOPER
The Quest
By SUZANNE DeCHILLO
Pataki Says He Will Cut $2 Billion From the Budget
By DANNY HAKIM and JENNIFER MEDINA
Mayor Fills 2 Positions Overseeing Welfare
By DIANE CARDWELL and SEWELL CHAN
Bar for Arresting Stern Is High, Experts Say
By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM
Lottery Numbers
Billionaire and Post Writer in Dance of Tips and Turns
By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON
New Jersey House Fire Takes Lives of Woman, 75, and Firefighter, 21
By JOHN HOLL
A Speech on the Economy, for 2006 or 2008?
By ANNE E. KORNBLUT
Plan to Move Ground Zero 'Cross' Upsets Priest
By DAVID W. DUNLAP
Murder Charge for Ex-Officer in Staten Island Shooting
By MICHAEL WILSON
As a Husband Lies Shot, His Kin Recall the Women
By ANDREW JACOBS and AL BAKER
Metro Briefing
KAREEM FAHIM (NYT)
Essay Stirs Debate About Influence of a Jewish Lobby
By ALAN FINDER
A District Coming to Terms With the American Swirl
By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN
Business Day
A Health Fix That Is Not Fantasy
By DAVID LEONHARDT
Nasdaq Buys Stake in London Exchange
By LANDON THOMAS Jr.
$50 Million Puts Ali in Ring With Elvis and 'American Idol'
By JULIE BOSMAN
European Regulators Approve Boston Scientific-Guidant Deal
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
I.R.S. Asks PayPal for Taxpayer Data
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Genentech Profit Rises 48% as Sales of Cancer Drugs Surge
By BLOOMBERG NEWS
MySpace.com Hires Official to Oversee Users' Safety
By MARIA NEWMAN
Skilling Denies Arranging Secret Side Deals at Enron to Benefit Fastow
By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO and KURT EICHENWALD
G.M. Plans to Sell Its 7.9% Stake in Isuzu
By MARTIN FACKLER
China's Trade Surplus With U.S. Surged in March
By KEITH BRADSHER
Merck Jury Adds $9 Million in Damages
By ALEX BERENSON
2 Wall Street Employees Charged With Insider Trading
By JENNY ANDERSON
From the Back Office, a Casino Can Change the Slot Machine in Seconds
By MATT RICHTEL
Profit at Levi Up 14% Despite Falling Sales
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nantucket Votes to Ban Chain Stores From Downtown
By STACEY STOWE
Nokia Raises Estimate on Cellphone Prices
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
S.& P. 500 Index to List Legg Mason
By REUTERS
Not Uptown, but Increasingly Upscale
By CLAIRE WILSON
Regulators Seen Leaning Toward Limits on a Wal-Mart Bank
By REUTERS
Shares Drop as Commodity Prices Stoke Inflation Fears
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Quickly Erasing 'I' and 'B' and 'M'
By GLENN RIFKIN and JENNA SMITH
UBS to Buy Wealth Management Unit of Piper
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
University Ends Boycott of Coke
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
2 Large Investors Now Own a Quarter of United's Parent
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sports Wednesday
TimesSelect  Jeter Is the Yankees' True Maximum Leader
By HARVEY ARATON
Jeter Provides Fireworks That Cap Home-Opening Victory
By TYLER KEPNER
From the Talk of the Town to Hardly Talking
By MURRAY CHASS
Stadium Voice in a Rare Miss for the Opener
By TYLER KEPNER
No Walks, Little Talk, but Rookie May Have Right Stuff
By BEN SHPIGEL
Young Friends Help Bond the Mets and the Nationals
By JACK CURRY
Red Sox' New Starter Already a Familiar Presence
By LEE JENKINS
Arroyo's Arm and Bat Lead Reds Over Cubs
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TimesSelect  Accountability Fails to Rise to the Top at Some Colleges
By SELENA ROBERTS
Using the Long Ball, Cleveland Stays Hot
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sports Briefs
Injury-Riddled Rangers Are Slumping Toward the Playoffs
By JASON DIAMOS
With a Lot More to Lose, Gordon and Bulls Don't
By JOHN ELIGON
No Wade, No Problem for the Heat
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Streaking Devils Earn Playoff Spot
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Auditions Done, Reviews Are Due for Spots on U.S. Team
By JERE LONGMAN
Alabama Booster Convicted of Bribery Is Found Slain
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tony from New Jersey Makes History for the U.S.
By JACK BELL
The Arts
Flaubert as 'an Old Romantic Mad Dog' Searching for a Literary Ideal
By WILLIAM GRIMES
Proof, a Rapper, Is Killed at Detroit Club
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Arts, Briefly
Compiled by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
In 'Sisters in Law,' the Wheels of Justice Grind Fine
By NATHAN LEE
The Enterprising Rapper T. I. Looks Beyond Hip-Hop
By LOLA OGUNNAIKE
Eliot Fisk and Paco Peña: Two Great Guitar Tastes That Are Great Together
By ALLAN KOZINN
Shane Endsley and Jonathan Finlayson Each Play Trumpet at Tonic
By BEN RATLIFF
'Based on a Totally True Story,' a Play by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
Indie-Rock Duo Quasi at Knitting Factory
By LAURA SINAGRA
Spinning Hope on Incarceration Station
By PAUL VON ZIELBAUER
Gergiev on Shostakovich: Revealing a Modern Master's Brutal Truths
By ANTHONY TOMMASINI
Giuliani Documentary Seeks to Get Beyond Heroic 9/11 Image
By PATRICK HEALY
Deaf Theater Troupes Reel From Federal Cuts
By ALISON LEIGH COWAN
Applauding the Unsung Heroes of a Global Crisis on PBS's 'Rx for Survival'
By ALESSANDRA STANLEY
Chronicling the Fantasies and Failings of One Man in 'I Am a Sex Addict'
By NATHAN LEE
Dining In, Dining Out
Got a Crowd Coming Over? Think Big Cuts of Meat
By MATT LEE and TED LEE
Cows, Pigs and Turkeys Muscle in on the Action, but Ever So Sweetly
By FLORENCE FABRICANT
Off the Menu
By FLORENCE FABRICANT
Sugar Snap Peas With Horseradish
Not the Same Old Stuffed
By MARK BITTMAN
Brussels Sprouts with Kimchi
Fish and Vegetables, Cozying Up to Meat
By MARK BITTMAN
Shrimp-Stuffed Cabbage
Razor Clams with Kielbasa
Who Takes the Cake When Class Is Over?
By SUSAN KANTOR
Correction
Neighborhood Prohibitionists May Limit New Restaurants
By FLORENCE FABRICANT
Fast-Food Chefs, Having It Their Way
By DANA BOWEN
Moroccan Leg of Lamb With Mint Dressing
Off the Charts
MATT LEE and TED LEE
Rieslings From Germany Scale the Heights
By ERIC ASIMOV
Letters
The Salvation in Ceviche and Tuna With Tapenade
By GINIA BELLAFANTE
Fat Fight Becomes a Rumble in the Jungle
By KIM SEVERSON
Chefs Flying, Chickens Frying
By FLORENCE FABRICANT
Mint Dressing
Adding It Up
Roasted Fresh Ham for a Crowd
In the Village, Homey Catalan Fare
By PETER MEEHAN
Meeting the Sicilian Side of the Family
By FRANK BRUNI
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