Trimming the Times

Facebook's Bank, the Beach Boys are Back, and Torturing Libya's Torturers

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Dashiell Bennett 345 Views May 9, 2012

Now that The New York Times pay wall is live, you only get 10 free clicks a month. For those worried about hitting their limit, we're taking a look through the paper each morning to find the stories that can make your clicks count.

Top Stories: How the negotiations between China and the United States over Chen Guangcheng were helped by a growing relationship between the two nations. A profile of Richard Mourdock, who knocked off Richard Lugar in Indiana. A major kickback scandal in the Baltimore Police Department is one of the worst in the city's history.

Business: Morgan Stanley, which will handle Facebook's IPO, has helped 28 technology companies through this pivotal step in development.

Sunday Magazine: Many of the men who beat and tortured prisoners for Muam­mar Qaddafi in Libya are now themselves captives of the prisoners they used to abuse.

Health: The doctors working on psychiatry's main diagnostic manual have backed down on two controversial definitions of psychosis.  

Television: Gay characters are becoming more common and less controversial than ever on TV.

Music: A review of the Beach Boys reunion tour.

Travel: A frequent flyer gets his first chance to ride in business class.

Sports: Legendary reporter Frank Deford has a memoir about his life as a sportswriter.

Politics: New York City's Soviet immigrants tend to support Republicans in an overwhelmingly Democratic city. George Soros' plan to give $100 million to grass roots organizations (instead of Super PACs) worries some Democratic leaders.

Obituaries: Children's author Maurice Sendak.

Photo Gallery of the Day: Moto-polo (that's polo played on motorcycles instead of horses) is a popular sport in Rwanda.

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