A Los Angeles Bungalow That Doubles as a Sustainability Lab
Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen keep bees, grow vegetables and make their own cleaning products at their 1,000-square-foot house in Silver Lake.
Plan for China’s Water Crisis Spurs Concern
By EDWARD WONG
Gilles Sabrie for The New York Times
The project will divert six trillion gallons of water a year from the Yangtze, seen from Wuhan, Hubei Province.
The cost and environmental impact of the plan, and the sacrifices it imposes on the poor, are drawing criticism.
A Sliver of a Courtyard House in Paris
A designer’s 18th-century rental is only six-and-a-half-feet deep front to back.
The Next Wave of Shelter Magazines
The online start-ups Lonny, High Gloss, Rue and Matchbook try to fill the void left by their vanished print predecessors.
The Many Sides of Shaq
Shaquille O’Neil was one of the most dominant centers in N.B.A. history, but at times his celebrity transcended the sport.
Marc Jacobs Over the Years
Marc Jacobs has marched to his own baton, pivoting, when the mood took him, on a polished heel.
Scene City: Hamptons Parties
For many at a party for Hamptons magazine last Sunday at the new Southampton Social Club, it was a traditionally beautiful evening with a storied history.
On Location | Dream House in Mexico
The geometrically shaped three-story house on Isla Mujeres is made from pumice and tile and inspired by the modern, clean lines of a nearby boutique hotel.
In Venice, a Palazzo Penthouse on a Canal
A penthouse in a 17th-century palazzo on a canal in Venice is on the market for $1.96 million.
Homes for $345,000
A row house in Philadelphia, a log house outside Nashville, and three-bedroom house in Omaha.
Interactive Feature: Shopping for Patio Umbrellas With Christopher Myers
A designer of urban outdoor environments went shopping for both affordable and out-of-the-park patio umbrellas.
Shopping Snapshots for June 2
Pop-ups and openings in the Hamptons, Montauk T-shirts and a Stella McCartney sale in Manhattan.
‘Architecture in Uniform’
A new exhibition at the Canadian Center for Architecture in Montreal considers architects’ role in World War II.
Photo Replay: June 1
The day in sports from the Yankees’ game in Oakland to the N.H.L. finals in Vancouver.
‘Greater LA’ in SoHo
An exhibition of 100 works by nearly 50 Southern California artists in painting, sculpture, photography, drawing, collage, film and video and installation art.
Preview: ‘What’s Cooking, Uncle Sam?’
A few of the documents, posters, food labels and photographs from the upcoming exhibit at the National Archives.
Photo Replay: May 31
The day in sports from quarterfinal matches at the French Open to the N.B.A. finals in Miami.
Interactive: A Confession
Video and transcripts from the night Shanterrica Madden was arrested and questioned by police. She eventually confessed to killing her roommate.
Madden's Statement to Police 
Graphic: New Evidence on Iran’s Nuclear Aspirations
In a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency, seven categories of technology are cited as possible evidence that Tehran’s nuclear program aims to build an implosion nuclear device.
Graphic: The Not-as-Hot Art Market for Formerly Hot Artists
The contemporary art market has boomed in the last 10 years, characterized by the steep ascent of artists like Gerhard Richter. But the work of some contemporary artists has not appreciated at the same rate.
Interactive Feature: Housing’s Rise and Fall in 20 Cities
Not seasonally-adjusted Case-Shiller house prices for 20 U.S. metro-areas.
Interactive Feature: A Ballplayer. A Bookworm. A Killing.
Serge F. Kovaleski interviewed family members, friends and others close to Tina Stewart and Shanterrica Madden, revealing their personalities. There are no answers, just a world’s worth of sorrow.
Interactive Video: A Confession
Video Feature: YouTube's Next Stars
The winners of YouTube’s recent talent search contest spent last week in video training boot camp at Google’s headquarters in New York to elevate their production skills. Below are the contestants’ entries and pitches in their own words that helped them become one of YouTube’s rising stars.
A Wealth Gap in Equatorial Guinea
While American companies have invested billions of dollars in this small nation’s oil infrastructure, World Bank statistics point to widespread poverty among much of the population.
Trees Felled By Joplin Tornado Leaves Broken Landscape
Stripped bare by the swirling wind — as if ravaged by wildfire — the skeletons of oak, elm, and hickory stand sentinel over a wasteland.
Memorial Day Observed
Memorial Day events around New York included parades in Brooklyn and Staten Island and ceremonies at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum.
An Arboreal Census of Central Park
A tour of the trees in Central Park with Ken Chaya and Edward Sibley Barnard.
Photo Replay: May 29
A view of the day in sports, from the courts of Paris to the crashes in Indianapolis.
An Ark Built for Today
A man in Dordrecht, the Netherlands built an ark to teach others about the bible.
Riding the Rails to the Circus Ring
P.T. Barnum first took to the rails with his self-proclaimed “greatest show on earth” in 1872, and trains still keep the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus on the move.
Interactive Feature: The New Focus Group
An analysis of a type of market research that uses collages to learn about consumer feelings towards a brand or product.
In Russia, a Prison for the Police
Correctional Colony 13 houses law enforcement officials who have committed abuses of power such as accepting bribes or beating detainees.
Photographs: A Splintered Landscape
The tornado that carved through southwestern Missouri last Sunday leveled parts of Joplin so completely — taking landmarks, street signs, everything — that the community’s inner GPS remains out of whack.
From Russia, a Motorcycle Built for Two
Like so many other post-Communist enterprises, the Irbit motorcycle factory seemed to be sputtering into the sunset in the 1990s, but it found a new market for its sidecar bikes in the United States.
Stretch
Photographs: A Canvas That Flexes
For some yoga practitioners, the body presents a blank movable canvas for images that inspire and inform their practice.
Egypt Opens Border
Egypt lifted a four-year-old blockade on the Gaza Strip’s main link to the outside world Saturday, bringing relief to the crowded territory’s 1.5 million Palestinians but deepening a rift with Israel since the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak earlier this year.
More Room to Roam on the High Line
This summer, the second section of the High Line, the elevated railway turned city park, will open to eager visitors.
Video: On the Street | Snow Days
While fashion has evolved from its rigid dictates, it’s as true today as it ever was: after Memorial Day, white rules.
Fracking Raises Hope for an Onshore Oil Rush
Advocates of extracting oil from tightly packed rock say it could increase the nation’s oil output by 25 percent.
A Candidate Fights a Contested Legacy in Peru
Keiko Fujimori, daughter of currently incarcerated former President Alberto K. Fujimori, is in a tight race for the Peruvian presidency.
Schnitzels and Suds
With more that 50 beer gardens, New York City is becoming a bottomless beer stein.
Venturing Out in Pilsen, Czech Republic
Pilsen has cleaned itself up and opened several wonderful new attractions. The result is a worthwhile destination for visitors.
Civil War TV
An array of upcoming specials tied to the 150th anniversary of the Civil War explore both the big themes of the conflict and smaller artifacts.
Interactive Feature: Masterpiece or Mantelpiece?
A look at one man’s quest to prove his painting is a Michelangelo.
Living In | Malverne, L.I.
In this 1.1-square-mile village in Nassau, curving tree-lined streets are punctuated with primly kept colonials, Tudors and Capes on well-tended lots. Oh, and there’s a farm, too.
Graphic: The Youngest Kindergartners
Kindergarten cutoff dates in 2010 and 1975 in the United States.
Interactive Feature: The Weekly Health Quiz
In the news: A smoking ban, home births and a new obesity culprit. Test your knowledge of this week’s health news.
Shopping in Amsterdam’s Jordaan Section
In Amsterdam, the Jordaan neighborhood offers ambitious goods in small spaces.
Home Cooking in Georgia (Not That One)
In Kakheti, booming agritourism ventures offer a chance to see how private farming has revived since the end of Communism.
Decisions, Decisions
The 2011 Ford Edge Sport poses a question to drivers: When it comes to technology, is there such a thing as too many options?
Rubber City Classic
A 1917 roadster built by Ralph Mulford, whose testimony in a patent lawsuit helped save the tire industry in Akron, has become the passion of one Ohio man.
The Week in Pictures for May 27
A slide show of photographs from the past week in New York City and the region.
Interactive Feature: Panoramas of Joplin Before and After the Tornado
Interactive panoramas of devastation in two locations in Joplin, Mo., compared to images of the same locations before the storm.
This Week’s Business News in Photos
Law firms’ second-tier workers, Sony’s struggles, Chinese utilities’ government defiance, the pursuit of the I.M.F.’s top job and more.
In Sadr City, a Rally for American Military Withdrawal
Supporters of the anti-American cleric Moktada al-Sadr staged a large rally in Baghdad on Thursday to demand that American forces leave.
Photographs: War Crimes Suspect Ratko Mladic Caught
Mr. Mladic was blamed for the worst ethnically motivated mass murder since World War II.
A Tribute to Broadway
Images of New York City Ballet’s program set to music by Richard Rodgers, Leonard Bernstein and Duke Ellington.
A Home for ‘Life’
Images of the home featured in “The Tree of Life,” with commentary from the production designer Jack Fisk.
Sports Replay — May 26
The day in sports from a home-plate collision to the French Open to the Women’s Champions League final.
Streetscapes | Central Park
Christopher Gray takes a walk through the shadow park within Central Park. Observant visitors can find a buried reservoir, an Indian cave, and an ancient spring, among other things.
A Mind of Their Own
Tatiana and Krista Hogan are healthy, happy 4-year-olds who share everything — maybe even their thoughts.
Neighborhood Joint | Claudio’s Clam Bar
Claudio’s Clam Bar, eight miles from the tip of Long Island’s North Fork, is a low-brow place with high-brow views.
36 Hours Niagara Falls
It’s best to go back and forth between Canada and New York to get the best of both Niagaras.
Photographs: Joplin Sifts Through Tornado Wreckage
As rescue workers continue to sift through the wreckage of Joplin, Mo., local leaders have been wrestling with the question of when to start cleaning up the destroyed area.
New Works by Ballet Theater
The theater presented new ballets by Alexei Ratmansky, Benjamin Millepied and Christopher Wheeldon on Tuesday at the Met.
Interactive Map: Aerial Photographs of Joplin Before and After the Tornado
Aerial photographs of the area devastated by a tornado in Joplin, Mo.
Op-Art | A Month of...
Interactive Feature: Thursday Nights Out
The fifth chapter in this illustrated series by Leanne Shapton captures evenings with friends.
Scene City: The Whitney Heads Downtown
The Whitney Museum tries hard to show off a younger, hipper side.
Photo Replay: May 25
A look at the day sports from tennis at the French Open to baseball at Yankee Stadium.
Spy Planes Help Set Targets in NATO Air Campaign Over Libya
The air campaign in Libya relies heavily on 24 hour rotating air reconnaissance missions.
House Tour: Cheviot, N.Y.
A fully renovated Victorian house on the Hudson sits atop a gentle slope in a hamlet that dates to the 1700s.;
In Helsinki, an Attic Apartment With a Sea View
A two-bedroom attic apartment in the historic Katajanokka neighborhood of Helsinki is on the market at $1.6 million.
Interactive Feature: Shopping for Modernist Flatware With S. Russell Groves
Mr. Groves selects flatware, looking for silver pieces with an eye toward both shape and materials.
On Location
A building, in Arbúcies, Spain, houses a family butcher business on the bottom floor and living quarters on the top three floors.
Homes for $450,000
A log cabin in Lousiana, a 1912 bungalow in Idaho and a contemporary house in Maine.
Interactive Feature: Holding Out Hope in Missouri
In Joplin, Mo., rescue workers searched for survivors and victims in buildings leveled by the United States’ deadliest tornado in more than 60 years.
Interactive Feature: President Obama in Britain
The president’s two-day state visit includes some ceremony, and some serious business.
Status of the Nuclear Reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant
At the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant, explosions have damaged four of the buildings, and fuel is in danger of melting and releasing radioactive materials.
Satellite Photos of Japan, Before and After the Quake and Tsunami
Compare satellite images of areas of Japan before and after the disaster.
How Manhattan’s Grid Grew
Compare the proposed street grid for Manhattan, from 1811, with the current layout.
Rock-Paper-Scissors: You vs. the Computer
Test your strategy against the computer in this rock-paper-scissors game illustrating basic artificial intelligence.
Mixed America’s Family Trees
Examine the mixed-race family trees submitted by readers and listen to them describe their families, then submit your own.
A Year at War
Over their yearlong deployment, The New York Times follows the stories of the men and women of the First Battalion, 87th Infantry of the 10th Mountain Division.
Who Sat Where: The State of the Union Seating Chart
Many lawmakers broke the tradition of sitting with their own parties at the State of the Union address.
How the Rig Crew Responded to the Blowout
Video and diagram showing the final moments of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig.
South Korea's War on Dementia
In South Korea, thousands of people, including children, are being trained to help care for dementia patients.
Reviving Ground Zero
The Times’s David W. Dunlap describes how the new World Trade Center complex is taking shape.
Slide Show: Tangible Progress
Some 30,000 American soldiers are taking part in the Afghanistan surge. Here are the stories of the men and women of First Battalion, 87th Infantry.
The Swat Valley, After the Flood
Pakistani troops are being diverted from combating Islamist militants in the Swat Valley to help the nation recover from the worst floods in its history.
How Mariano Rivera Dominates Hitters
The closer has confounded hitters with mostly one pitch: his signature cutter.
Stop, Question and Frisk in New York Neighborhoods
Where the police stopped and questioned passersby in 2009.
The Watson Trivia Challenge
Test your knowledge of trivia against I.B.M.'s question-answering supercomputer.
The Vanishing Mind
By studying an extended family in Colombia where Alzheimer’s is seen in the early 40s, scientists hope to find a treatment for Alzheimer’s patients worldwide.
The Pride of Their Boroughs
Central Park in Manhattan and Prospect Park in Brooklyn both can lay claim to being the pride of their boroughs. How do they compare?
The Houses of Broadway
An interactive tour through the Jacobs and the Broadway theaters and an expanded interactive look at the histories of each theater on Broadway.
Haiti Earthquake Multimedia
Videos, photographs and interactive features documenting the desperation in Haiti in the weeks after a powerful earthquake devastated the country on Jan. 12.
Seeking Shelter in Haiti
In four different neighborhoods, residents face a spectrum of circumstances, from neglected encampments to planned tent cities to gleaming new shelters.
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.
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.
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.
Orphanages in Haiti
Since the earthquake, chronic problems in Haiti's orphanages -- like inadequate services and overwhelming poverty -- have only intensified.
Test How Fast You Juggle Tasks
Measure your cost of switching between different tasks in the test based on a Stanford study.
Test Your Focus
Measure your ability to filter out distractions in this test based on a Stanford study.
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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.
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: Libya and Elsewhere
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Photographs from Libya, Somalia, Japan and Georgia.
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