Obituaries
In the early years of his long congressional career, Philip M.
Nov. 10, 2014
World & Nation
Two Oklahoma men identified as right-wing extremists were indicted for conspiring to assassinate President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua in a plot that included asking Rep.
May 7, 1987
Entertainment & Arts
The Tailhook scandal was a disgrace to the Navy.
July 2, 1994
Books
David Leavitt’s “The Lost Language of Cranes” is a first novel about the gay world which, ironically, is displayed as a very bleak one indeed.
Sept. 14, 1986
The House passed legislation that would require the Internal Revenue Service to step up audits of corporations and the rich.
June 19, 1991
Emo Philips represents stand-up comedy’s revenge of the nerd.
Dec. 10, 1987
A bill emerges to impose business-friendly U.S. and IMF development standards on sub-Saharan countries.
March 11, 1998
The House passed legislation outlawing sexually explicit telephone services, beating back a softer, alternative measure that would have restricted the so-called dial-a-porn to adult subscribers.
April 20, 1988
Rose Kaufman, who co-wrote ‘Henry & June’ with husband, dies at 70; Herbert J. Miller Jr., lawyer who brokered Nixon’s pardon, dies at 85; Robert Allan Crane, founder of Crane Realty & Management
Dec. 12, 2009
Quick Takes: Philip Seymour Hoffman joins ‘Hunger Games’ sequel
July 10, 2012