In their own aggressive ways, with the same mandate to win, if disparate budgets to do it, Omar Minaya and Billy Beane have dared to become baseball’s prom king slayers.

On Coasts, Baseball Scales Are Tipped for One October

On the college hunt, there’s plenty of time to (gulp) talk.

The Farewell Tour

Religious organizations enjoy an abundance of exemptions from regulations and taxes. And the number is multiplying rapidly.

As Exemptions Grow, Religion Outweighs Regulation

When Volvo loyalists come to the time in life when the sheer decadence of a sunroof doesn’t do the trick, this is the car they will ease into.

2007 Volvo C70: Even in Fun, Volvo Plays It Safe

As of now, the Yankees officially are the Atlanta Braves. They have a nice little season. They qualify for the playoffs. And then bad stuff happens to them.

Rodriguez and Teammates Fall Apart, and Yankees Fall Short Again

Once again, in Middle Eastern guise, the United States confronts issues of containment or rollback, of moral principle or pragmatic caution, of liberty or stability.

In a Long-Ago Revolution, Echoes for Today

The defense secretary is allowing the Army to approach White House budget officials by itself to argue for substantial increases in resources.

Rumsfeld Shift Lets Army Seek Larger Budget

Behind contributions from Paul Lo Duca, Shawn Green and Guillermo Mota, the Mets stampeded to a victory against the Los Angeles Dodgers that completed a three-game sweep of their division series.

Mets Win Bullpen Battle to Sweep Dodgers

At the current rate, the person who tips the population past 300 million will emerge in a week or so.

The 300 Millionth Footprint on U.S. Soil

A picture caption on Sept. 24 with an article about immigrant workers who were photographed as superheroes misidentified one of the superheroes. Sergio García, a worker, was dressed as Mr. Fantastic, the Fantastic Four team member with an elastic body — not as Elastic Man.

Corrections

Forget a room with a view. The latest hotel trend in Europe is a room with art.

European Hotels Keep Artists Busy

The Media Frenzy column last Sunday, about the business challenges facing the newspaper industry, misidentified a tabloid newspaper published by Freedom Communications in Orange County, Calif. It is The OC Post, not The O.C. Report. The column also misidentified the owner of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. It is Cox Enterprises, not Cox Communications.

Excerpts from television talk show monologues.


David Letterman, Conan O’Brien and Jay Leno

In the world of high-end condominiums these days, developers seeking buyers are being forced to scale ever-greater heights of ingenuity.

Where Condos Offer Room Service

It’s election season again — but you wouldn’t know it in many offices.

How Office Politics and Real Politics Can Mix

In the death of the beautiful cigar girl found floating in the Hudson, enthralled New Yorkers saw a moral fable, a political indictment and artistic inspiration.

New York’s Black Dahlia

What the Oakland Athletics lacked in star power, they made up for in depth and savvy on their way to a major league-best 42-20 record from July 26 on to win the A.L. West.

Oakland Looks at Winning the Division Title as Only Another Step 

William Kennedy does, he says, read reviews of his own fiction. “Sometimes I smile when I read,” he said. “Sometimes I do not.”

Up Front

A night out with "Chorus Line" cast members.

Opening Night Fever

The strategy was once to try to conduct nuclear tests in secret. No more, or so it seems.

North Korea’s Nuclear Intentions, Out There for All to See

Fred Wilpon eagerly wants to grab some share of New York as the Mets’ own, and having the Mets in the playoffs while the Yankees stay home is a good start.

New York’s Other Owner Is Happy to Have Spotlight

A reader would like to warn travelers about problems they may have in getting their full mileage benefits from American’s AAdvantage program.

The Fine Print for Frequent Fliers

In a wacky game that featured seven turnovers and two critical L.S.U. special-teams gaffes, Tim Tebow’s performance ensured that Florida stayed undefeated and in the thick of the national title race.

Freshman Powers Florida by Making His Plays Matter

A new luxury pen designed to combine the free-flowing ease of ink with the convenience of a ball tip that works on multiple forms.

A Flowing Compromise With a Nod to Elegance

Bob Dylan's music is about to make its Broadway debut. But as he has admitted, it has some Off Broadway roots.

When Bobby Met Bertolt, Times Changed

Mark Robert "Didley" Porter was a New Zealand racing driver who competed in the Fujitsu V8 Supercar touring car racing series in Australia.

October 8, 2006

Headlines from October 8, 2006

On Coasts, Baseball Scales Are Tipped for One October

The Farewell Tour

As Exemptions Grow, Religion Outweighs Regulation

2007 Volvo C70: Even in Fun, Volvo Plays It Safe

Rodriguez and Teammates Fall Apart, and Yankees Fall Short Again

Billboard 200

FutureSex/LoveSounds

A Thousand Different Ways

The Dutchess

LIVE: Live Those Songs Again

Continuum

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for October 8, 2006