WORLD By ADAM NOSSITER The United Nations and France went on the offensive against Laurent Gbagbo, who was negotiating a possible surrender from a bunker beneath his residence. By LAURA KASINOF and J. DAVID GOODMAN Security forces and government supporters opened fire on tens of thousands of protesters, witnesses said. By C. J. CHIVERS and DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK As rebel fighters made modest gains Monday in the oil town of Brega, a senior rebel leader criticized NATO for bureaucratic delays. U.S. By LIZETTE ALVAREZ and DON VAN NATTA Jr. A lavish birthday party for a billionaire's wife that almost wasn't shines a spotlight on the conflict between those for whom Miami Beach is a playground and those for whom it is home. By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS Lawyers for Cleve Foster, a former Army recruiter scheduled to be executed on Tuesday, are challenging the state over substitution of pentobarbital for a drug that is in short supply. By MONICA DAVEY Fights over the agenda of Wisconsin's Republicans have politicized a state Supreme Court election. POLITICS By JEFF ZELENY and JACKIE CALMES The president's aides will focus on swing states and on surpassing the $750 million he raised in 2008. By STEVEN GREENHOUSE Labor unions and civil rights groups held hundreds of rallies and teach-ins to defend collective bargaining and to tie it to the cause the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was fighting for in the days before his death 43 years ago. By CARL HULSE The White House has scheduled a meeting for Tuesday to try to resolve the impasse as House Republicans demanded to additional federal spending cuts beyond $33 billion this year. BUSINESS By TOM ZELLER Jr. and NORMAN MAYERSOHN If Navistar's engine design works, it could be the simplest, most elegant way to reduce smog from truck exhaust. By GERALDINE FABRIKANT David L. Sokol has been involved in lawsuits that suggest Berkshire had warnings about his rule-pushing ways. By JAD MOUAWAD and CHRISTOPHER DREW The directive came after a five-foot hole ripped through the roof of a Southwest Airlines jet on Friday during a flight. TECHNOLOGY By MIGUEL HELFT A security breach has exposed the e-mail addresses of millions of customers for major banks and retailers. By MATT RICHTEL Texas Instruments said it planned to acquire National Semiconductor in a deal that would create the world's third-largest semiconductor company. By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER The amount of money involved signals how fierce the patent wars have become, particularly in Silicon Valley. SPORTS Connecticut 53, Butler 41 By PETE THAMEL An 11-game postseason run, equal parts stunning and historic, ended with a championship as Connecticut beat Butler. By GREG BISHOP Connecticut's Kemba Walker outplayed Butler's Matt Howard, if only by a little, in the Huskies' championship victory. By JULIET MACUR A recording between Steve Hoskins, Barry Bonds's former business manager, and Dr. Arthur Ting, his orthopedic surgeon, could resolve a discrepancy in the men's testimony. ARTS Exhibition Review By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN "Harry Potter: The Exhibition," opening Tuesday at Discovery Times Square, demonstrates how an imagined world is brought to life by meticulous attention to detail. By LARRY ROHTER The Film Society of Lincoln Center is close to completing a theater complex that constitutes the first new uptown art house in decades. Critic's Notebook By JON PARELES The Lollapalooza festival in Chile was not expected to break even, but that's not the point, its organizers say. NEW YORK / REGION By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN Lonnie Warner sells Newports at two for a dollar; he says taxes and smoking bans are great for business. By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN and TIM STELLOH Since the authorities began searching for a missing prostitute last year, the remains of eight people have been located. City Room By MANNY FERNANDEZ Kenneth Minor, who claimed he was asked to "do a Kevorkian," was sentenced to 20 years to life in the death of Jeffrey Locker, who was in financial difficulty. SCIENCE TIMES By WILLIAM J. BROAD As more meteorites have been discovered, an illegal sales market has emerged, to the dismay of those who want to study them. By CARL ZIMMER The conclusion that global warming can speed up extinctions is equally as strong as the difficulty in linking the fate of any single species to climate. Basics By NATALIE ANGIER A tribute to Thomas Eisner, the pioneer of chemical ecology and master photographer of insects, who died March 25. EDITORIALS Editorial The Obama administration gives in to Congress's baseless arguments, punting justice for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks offshore. Editorial A profoundly unfair and new anti-union law may help revive the labor movement. Editorial A study in Science magazine reveals just how important bats are to American agriculture. Editorial It's wonderful to experience the ongoing corruption and evolution of the English language. OP-ED Op-Ed Contributor By ALICIA H. MUNNELL Solving Social Security's problems would reassure Americans about their retirements and improve the country's creditworthiness. Op-Ed Columnist By JOE NOCERA Trying to lower the annual tax bill is as American as apple pie. Op-Ed Columnist By DAVID BROOKS Paul Ryan, the House Budget Committee chairman, has his budget. Where's yours? Op-Ed Columnist By ROGER COHEN How can the Islamophobes justify their grotesque caricature of Islam in the thinly veiled pursuit of political gain? Op-Ed Contributors By SCOTT M. STRINGER and ANDREW FRIEDMAN The federal government doesn't belong in New York City's jails. ON THIS DAY On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death for conspiring to commit espionage for the Soviet Union. |