Unmarried Pastor, Seeking a Job, Sees Bias

By ERIK ECKHOLM

Jim Wilson/The New York Times

Mark Almlie, an unemployed evangelical minister, suspects that being unmarried has hurt his chances to find a new job.

Among conservative Protestants, there is often a requirement — whether clearly stated or implicit — that the pastor be married, ideally with children.

Picasso's “Guernica” at the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid. It had entered the public domain, but a 1994 law now being challenged restored copyright protection to it and many other foreign works.

Once in the Public’s Hands, Now Back in Picasso’s

By ADAM LIPTAK

The Supreme Court will hear a case testing whether there is a constitutional line Congress may not cross when it comes to copyright and the public domain.

Court to Hear Case Stalled by Mistake in Mailroom

By ADAM LIPTAK

The justices will consider whether a missed filing deadline in a case involving a death row inmate may be excused in unusual circumstances.

Supreme Court Denies Effort to Bar Details of Fed Bailout

Ann Louise Bardach's interviews are scrutinized in Luis Posada Carriles's perjury trial.

Lawyer in Perjury Case Tries to Discredit Reporter

By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr.

Ann Louise Bardach, a former contract writer for The Times, denied a defense lawyer’s charge that she had misrepresented what Luis Posada Carriles said during three days of interviews in 1998.

Details about Monty, the Yale Law School therapy dog, have been kept quiet. The dog pictured is Mugsy, who had a stint as Yale's mascot, Handsome Dan, starting in 2005.

For Law Students With Everything, Dog Therapy for Stress

By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS

For three days, a pup named Monty will be available for Yale law students to check out of the library for half-hour “stress-therapy” sessions.

Jessica Tata was arrested in Nigeria and transferred to the U.S. to face manslaughter charges.

Day Care Owner Is Returned; Fled Country After Fatal Fire

By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS

A woman who fled to Nigeria now faces four manslaughter counts in the deaths of four children who died in a fire at her day care center in Houston.

NEW RECOMMENDATION A study found that children under 2 are 75 percent less likely to suffer severe or fatal injuries in a crash if they face backward.

Rear-Facing Car Seats Advised at Least to Age of 2

By MADONNA BEHEN

A pediatricians’ group now says that toddlers shouldn’t move to a forward-facing seat until at least age 2.

Incentives Offered to Raise College Graduation Rates

By TAMAR LEWIN

With a goal of producing eight million additional college graduates by 2020, the Department of Education will offer states millions of dollars in incentives.

Attack Renews Debate Over Congressional Consent

By CHARLIE SAVAGE

The president said his role as commander in chief gave him the constitutional authority to authorize the military to join in coalition strikes against Libyan targets.

Allies Attack Targets in Tripoli as Europeans Feud Over Leadership

Judge Orders Loughner to Have Mental Exam in Missouri

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 12:38 AM ET

A federal judge on Monday ordered the suspect in the January shooting rampage in Tucson to undergo a mental evaluation at a specialized facility in Missouri as soon as possible.

Radiation Over U.S. Is Harmless, Officials Say

By WILLIAM J. BROAD

Officials tracking the plume drifting eastward from Japan say it arrived, enormously diluted, from the west and was moving toward Europe.

Radiation, Once Free, Can Follow Tricky Path

Deryk Lamb, right, was injured at work and seeks pain relief.

A Panel Decides Washington State’s Health Care Costs

By ANDREW POLLACK

The committee has authority to determine which medical devices and procedures the state will cover for its employees, Medicaid patients and injured workers.

Recent Series

Race Remixed

By SUSAN SAULNY

Articles in this series explore the growing number of mixed-race Americans.

Drilling Down

By IAN URBINA

The Drilling Down series examines the risks of natural-gas drilling and efforts to regulate this rapidly growing industry.

Articles in this series chronicle the yearlong deployment of the First Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, based in Kunduz Province, Afghanistan. The series follows the battalion’s part in the surge in northern Afghanistan and the impact of war on individual soldiers and their families back home.

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Interactive Feature: The Victims of the Shooting

Retirees, a federal judge and a 9-year-old girl born on 9/11 were among those killed when a gunman opened fire outside a supermarket in Tucson on Saturday, Jan. 8.

Interactive Feature: How the Rig Crew Responded to the Blowout

Video and diagram showing the final moments of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig.

Interactive Map: Every City, Every Block

Browse data from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, based on samples from 2005 to 2009.

Interactive Feature: Faces of the Dead

As we mark the seventh anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, we remember the fallen service members who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Gov. Haley Barbour, the Republican governor of Mississippi, has been visiting Iowa this month as he tests the waters for a presidential candidacy.

A Proud ‘Lobbyist’ and ‘Southerner’ Weighs ‘President’

By JEFF ZELENY

Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi is embracing his insider role as a former lobbyist and Republican Party chairman.

Times Topics: Haley Barbour

Tim Pawlenty, a former Minnesota governor, became the first candidate in the Republican field.

Ex-Governor of Minnesota Enters Race for President

By JEFF ZELENY

Tim Pawlenty, a former Minnesota governor, became the first candidate in the Republican field. Mr. Pawlenty announced an exploratory committee through a video on his Facebook page.

A Conversation With Samantha B. Joye

RESEARCHING “Often you saw this oily mucus, blanketing everything,” said Samantha Joye, in the Gulf of Mexico.

Revisiting the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

By CLAUDIA DREIFUS

Dr. Joye, of the University of Georgia, directs a team seeking to understand the long-term effects of the leak on the chemistry and creatures of the gulf.

Multimedia

Slide Show

Modern Mining, for Gold and Prizes

Competition at the 33rd International Intercollegiate Mining Competition is not as easy as it looks.

At Mining Championship, Winning Might Mean a Job

War Dogs

Thirty thousand American soldiers are taking part in the Afghanistan surge. Here are the stories of the men and women of the First Battalion, 87th Infantry.