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Court Affirms Ban on Aiding Groups Tied to Terror

By ADAM LIPTAK

The Supreme Court rejected a First Amendment challenge to a federal law that bars giving “material support” to terrorist organizations.

• The Decision (pdf)
• Room for Debate: What Counts as Abetting Terrorists?
• More Rulings: Biotech Seed Sales | Hormone Therapy

Guilty Plea in Times Square Bomb Plot

By BENJAMIN WEISER

The defendant in a failed Times Square bombing pleaded guilty in an abrupt end to a terrorism case that extended to Pakistan.

• Times Topics: Times Square Bomb Attempt | Faisal Shahzad

Political Memo

From Run for the White House to a Run Just to Stay in Place

By JENNIFER STEINHAUER

Gone are the days when John McCain drew big crowds as he battled Barack Obama for the presidency. Now he is just trying to keep his job.

Diamond Find Could Lift Zimbabwe, or Bolster Mugabe

By CELIA W. DUGGER

New mining has provoked fears that riches will be used to subvert attempts to bring democracy to Zimbabwe and to finance conflicts.

• Times Topics:Zimbabwe | Robert Mugabe

Stores’ Treatment of Shoplifters Tests Rights

By COREY KILGANNON and JEFFREY E. SINGER

Groceries are using the Chinese custom of holding accused shoplifters, then ordering them to pay and posting their photographs.

• Video: If You Steal, Pose and Then Pay Up

In Law Schools, Grades Go Up, Just Like That

By CATHERINE RAMPELL

In the last two years, at least 10 law schools have made their grading systems more lenient to give their students a better chance in a soft job market.

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In Budget Crisis, States Take Aim at Pension Costs

By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH

Many states, acknowledging that they have promised pensions they cannot afford, are reining in benefits — but only for future hires.

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China Signals a Gradual Rise in Value of Its Currency

By KEITH BRADSHER

The move could deflect growing international criticism of the country’s fiscal policies.

• Times Topics: Yuan

Schools Struggle to Educate the Severely Disabled

By SHARON OTTERMAN

School districts across the country have struggled to find a balance between instruction in functional skills and academics while providing custodial care.

Cost of Seizing Fannie and Freddie Surges for Taxpayers

By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM

Now two of the country’s biggest landlords, the mortgage finance companies may wind up costing more than the banking industry rescue.

• Times Topics: Fannie Mae | Freddie Mac

Baghdad Nights Glitter, Behind Shatterproof Glass

By ANTHONY SHADID

Night life has returned in Baghdad with a restaurant that is part Beirut, part Dubai, part Miami circa “Scarface.”

G.O.P. Stalwart Says Come, the Gulf’s Fine

By MARK LEIBOVICH

Gov. Haley Barbour’s performance could help shift his image from that of an insider party boss to an out-front crisis manager — and possible presidential candidate.

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U.N. Approves New Sanctions to Deter Iran

By NEIL MacFARQUHAR

A new measure takes aim at the military in another attempt to pressure Iran over its nuclear program.

• Web of Shell Companies Veils Trade by Iran’s Ships (June 8)
• Document Reader: U.N. Final Draft Resolution

News Analysis

Calif. Voting Change Could Signal Big Political Shift

By JESSE McKINLEY

Under Proposition 14, traditional primaries will be replaced with open elections. It is a system that supporters hoped would spread to other states.

• Room for Debate: Will the ‘Top Two’ Primary Work?

Views of North Korea Show How a Policy Spread Misery

By SHARON LaFRANIERE

Interviews with eight North Koreans who recently left their country paint a haunting portrait of desperation and growing political resentment.

• Photographs: Currency Devaluation Increases Hardship for North Koreans

Efforts in Gulf to Limit Flow of Spill News

By JEREMY W. PETERS

Journalists have been turned away from public areas affected by the spill, not only by BP but by law enforcement, the Coast Guard and government officials.

• Lens: A Race Against Time for Gulf Fishermen
• Bits: Taking On the Gulf Oil Spill With Kites and Cameras

Court Lets City Withhold Data of Surveillance

By AL BAKER

A ruling said that New York City need not release documents on surveillance related to the 2004 Republican National Convention.

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Saving Chevrolet Means Sending ‘Chevy’ to Dump

By RICHARD S. CHANG

General Motors has asked employees to refer to its best-known brand of vehicles as Chevrolets, not Chevys.

• Wheels: A Chevy by Any Other Name | Post a Comment

This Shoe Had Prada Beat by 5,500 Years

By PAM BELLUCK

Scientists have discovered what they say is the world’s oldest leather shoe.

• Times Topics: Shoes and Boots

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