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U.S. Envoy Says Saudis Failed to Respond to Security Pleas
By DOUGLAS JEHLand DAVID JOHNSTON  10:37 AM ET
A U.S. envoy said today that the U.S. sought unsuccessfully to persuade the Saudi government to tighten security around compounds in Riyadh before Monday night's attacks.
• U.S. and Saudis Sensed Attacks Were Imminent
• Slide Show: Attacks in Riyadh
• Complete Coverage: Targeting Terror

2nd Suicide Blast in Week Claims New Victims in Chechnya
By STEVEN LEE MYERS  8:27 AM ET
At least 12 people were killed in the latest suicide attack, which signaled an intensification of the conflict.
• Powell in Moscow for Talks on Iraq

Taiwan's Top Hospital Is Shut in a New Outbreak of SARS
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.  10:22 AM ET
More than 250 staff members at the crown jewel in Taiwan's medical system were placed in quarantine, including at least 40 doctors.
• Complete Coverage: The SARS Epidemic

New Policy in Iraq to Authorize G.I.'s to Shoot Looters
By PATRICK E. TYLER
The far more muscular approach to bringing order to postwar Iraq was outlined by the new American administrator.
• An Open Secret Is Laid Bare at Mass Grave
• Complete Coverage: After the War

Texas' Republicans Fume; Democrats Remain AWOL
Associated Press
Has Anyone Seen These Men?
Representative Dan Branch, Republican of Dallas, with playing cards featuring Texas House Democratic members who have shut down the state legislature by leaving the state.  Go to Article

NATIONAL
16 Bodies Found in Truck in Southern Texas

NATIONAL
Bush's Support Strong Despite Tax Cut Doubts

EDITORIALS/OP-ED
• Editorial: Death in Riyadh
• Dowd: Osama's Offspring
• Friedman: Secure Mass Graves

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BUSINESS

Portfolios, Etc.: How High Can the Euro Go? Analysts Raise Targets

Stocks Poised to Rise as Wall St. Watches for Retail Sales Reports

Retail Sales Eased Unexpectedly in April

NATIONAL

Graduates Lower Sights in Stagnant Job Market

Report Faults F.D.A. on Tissue Implants

College President's Rιsumι Fails Student Exam

WASHINGTON

Bush Condemns Saudi Blasts; 7 Americans Are Dead

Bills on Tax Cut and Debt Are Set to Collide in Senate

Justice Dept. Plans to Step Up Gun-Crime Prosecutions

HEALTH

Experimental Drug May Fight SARS, Researchers Say

Report Faults F.D.A. on Tissue Implants

Autism Diagnoses Double in California

SCIENCE

Doing Science at the Top of the World

Japanese Cult Vows to Save a Seal and the World

Quake Forecasting Booms, but Results Lag

ARTS

Writer's Youths in Pain Have the Will to Survive

TV Watch: A Whiff of Camelot as 'West Wing' Ends an Era

As Funds Disappear, So Do Orchestras

DINING & WINE

First, You Have to Catch the Fish

At My Table | Nigella Lawson: A Carnivore Finds Joy, Meatlessly

Popping Corks: A Sound Bound for Oblivion?

REAL ESTATE

Apartment Market: Small Is Big

Habitats | Battery Park City: Interrupted by Sept. 11, a Filmmaker Resumes

If You're Thinking of Living In | Baldwin: Solidly Middle Class, but Still Diverse




INTERNATIONAL

Bush Condemns Saudi Blasts; 7 Americans Are Dead

U.S. and Saudis Sensed Attacks Were Imminent

Sharon Sets Hard Line on Settlements Policy

NEW YORK REGION

Pataki Banks Heavily on Gambling in New Plan to Rescue New York City

Crown Heights Jury Says It Is Deadlocked but Will Continue

A Master of Pulp Art Lives to See a Tribute

SPORTS

Spurs Lead Series, 3-2: Lakers Ignore the Spurs' Lead, Until It's Too Late

A.C.C. Is Closer to Expansion; Big East Is Closer to Breakup

Rising Costs Threaten Field at Indy

TECHNOLOGY

Verizon Sets Up Phone Booths to Give Access to the Internet

Commercial Real Estate: EBay Expands in Silicon Valley

Sony Takes on Nintendo With New Player

TRAVEL

Business Travel: Smaller U.S. Airports Are Increasingly Popular

Fort Worth Updates Its Museums

Los Angeles Clubs of the Moment

BOOKS

Books of The Times | 'A Look Over My Shoulder': From the Grave, Helms Tells How, Not What

Leonard Michaels, Writer, Dies at 70

Books of The Times | 'Oryx and Crake': Lone Human in a Land Filled With Humanoids

HOME & GARDEN

Open Season on Open Houses: The Great Wallpaper Chase

Nature: A Peek at How the Other Half Gardens

Cuttings: A Volunteer Army Devoted to Street Trees

AUTOMOBILES

Cool. Dumb. Daring. Love the Chase.

Giving a Car to Charity May Aid Giver the Most

Free Air or Not, Your Tires Need It

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Review: 'The Matrix Reloaded'
The action sequences are viciously elegant, but there is a dispiriting more-of-the-same aspect to the first "Matrix" sequel.

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Special Report: CNN.com SARS in China
Too early to tell if virus is under control, officials say.

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Protecting the Evidence?
Human rights groups criticize security at a mass grave in Iraq.

Special Report: The New Iraq
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• Life After War
• Rebuilding Iraq
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Wire Services U.S. - Saudi Ties Seen Stressed but Surviving 10:47 a.m. ET

Seles Quits Italian Open With Foot Injury 10:46 a.m. ET

2 U.S. Servicemen Die in Iraq Accidents 10:44 a.m. ET

Foot Injury Forces Seles Out of Rome Masters 10:44 a.m. ET

Death Toll in Chechen Bombing Reportedly Passes 30 10:42 a.m. ET

Detroit Ex - Deputy Says Probe Cost Him Job 10:42 a.m. ET

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CORRECTING THE RECORD
Times Reporter Who Resigned Leaves Long Trail of Deception Jayson Blair committed frequent acts of journalistic fraud while covering significant news events in recent months.
• Blair's Articles Since Oct. 2002
• The Deceptions | Editors' Note
• Audio: Howell Raines, executive editor of The Times, on The NewsHour (pbs.org)
• Op-Ed: William Safire
• Letters to the Editor



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Nigella's Vegetarian Feast
Nigella Lawson writes that you do not have to be a vegetarian to appreciate the pleasure to be gained from these dishes.
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