Topic: The New York Times Company

Paleontologist as rock star: How one tiny fossil sparked a media circus

Sri Lanka reveals evidence of rebel leader's death

President declares formal end to 26-year civil war and calls for unity.

Recession makes strange bedfellows in car-emissions debate

First Kuwaiti women win Parliament seats, but political deadlock may persist

The vote may do little to end volatility in Kuwait, which has seen three elections in three years.

A "plagiarized" account of Maureen Dowd's plagiarism

Where's the environment section on Google News?

Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers admit defeat

The militant group's chief of international relations announced Sunday that the war had reached its "bitter end."

A rifle in one hand, a laptop in the other. Behind the scene with pro-gun bloggers

"Cowboy Blob" and other online commentators fill the press box at the National Rifle Association convention.

Horizon highlights – New media/News media edition

Burma opposition leader Suu Kyi faces trial after visit by uninvited American

The military junta accuses her of violating her house arrest after a Vietnam vet swam across a lake to her home.

Is Cheney helping or hurting the GOP?

The former vice president is charging hard in defense of Bush-era antiterror policies, but some party analysts say other Republican voices need to emerge.

The Match King

A biography of Ivar Kreuger – audacious con man and the Bernard Madoff of his era.

Words that retain a certain roguish appeal

The Monitor's language columnist considers the swashbuckling vocabulary of piracy.

Opinion: What's happened to 'higher' education?

We've traded the foundations of elevated thought for the allure of scientific progress.

Glimmers of hope fading? Retail sales drop for second straight month

Tied to mom, for good

As my daughter twirls away, I twirl closer to my own mother.

Forget Obama, we're hoping to see Gossip Boys

At the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner -- the "nerd prom" -- Hollywood celebrities mix with the politically powerful.

Stability lets Basra, a city of poets, return to its roots

In the southern Iraqi city, poetry and music have returned since Iraqi forces wrested control from Shiite extremists last year.

Pentagon admits US airstrike may have killed Afghan civilians

But the military said that the estimated death toll of the bombing this week – 100 people – was "grossly exaggerated."

Horizon highlights – Higher standards edition

Pakistanis flee Swat Valley as military strikes Taliban

As Army bombs the area, militants are digging in and preparing for ground battle.

Murdoch: No more free lunch, and no Kindle love

The Kindle’s assault on academia

Column: Amazon wants to corner the textbook market. But don't think it's gonna be easy.

Introducing the super-sized Kindle DX

Georgia accuses Russia of backing attempted coup

Officials in Tbilisi say a revolt at an Army base was part of an attempt to disrupt the government and had support from Russia.