It’s amazing how the Yankees and the Mets have wound up this season, on damaged wings and desperate prayers.

All That Payroll, Just Enough Pitching

Warner Independent Pictures is trying to sell “Infamous,” its new Truman Capote biopic, by comparing it to last year’s critically acclaimed “Capote.”

A Second Capote Film, Pitched as the Same but Different

Ann Huntress Lamont is one of the most successful women ever in the lofty realm of venture capital, and is the not-so-hidden hand behind her husband’s campaign.

Not-So-Hidden Asset, His Wife, Is Force in Lamont’s Senate Bid

Coast Guard officials want to mount machine guns on their boats around the Great Lakes as a counterterrorism measure.

U.S. Firing Plans for Great Lakes Raise Concerns

Advertisers hope to use social networking sites to get the attention of tens of millions of young people who increasingly avoid television commercials.

Joining the Party, Eager to Make Friends

Three newly restored panels from bronze doors created by the early-Renaissance sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti are scheduled to tour North America for the first time.

One of Florence’s Renaissance Prizes to Go on U.S. Tour

Questions are being raised about the role hedge funds play in the flow of information on Wall Street.

Hedge Funds Draw Insider Scrutiny

Sunday night was the last concert at CBGB, the famously crumbling rock club that has been in continuous, loud operation since December 1973.

CBGB Brings Down the Curtain With Nostalgia and One Last Night of Rock

Republicans seem to be conceding some seats and moving money and other resources into more promising races.

In Final Weeks, G.O.P. Focuses on Best Bets

The head of UnitedHealth Group was forced to step down and to give up some of the $1.78 billion in stock options he had received.

Chief Executive at Health Insurer Is Forced Out in Options Inquiry

Bartering, one of the world’s oldest forms of commerce, is finally gaining a foothold on the Internet, bolstered by sites where users trade books, albums and movies.

I’ll Trade You My ‘Titanic’ for Your ‘Spider-Man’

The two candidates spent an hour attacking and undercutting each other in their first televised debate.

Pirro Attacks, Cuomo Parries at First Debate

After being convicted 20 months ago on terror charges, Lynne F. Stewart now faces the possibility of living out her life in federal prison.

Lawyer Is Due for Sentencing in Terror Case

The Royal Courts production of “My Name Is Rachel Corrie,” a small, intense one-woman drama, can feel dramatically flat, even listless.

Notes From a Young Idealist in a World Gone Awry

Laveranues Coles scored two touchdowns in the second half as the Jets recorded their first victory of the season at Giants Stadium.

Against Dolphins, Coles Comes Out Feeling Just Fine

South Korea and China indicated they will preserve economic ties with North Korea, despite  sanctions.

Questions Grow Over U.N. Curbs on North Korea

Ronald S. Lauder, the art collector and cosmetics heir, sold half his stake in Central European Media Enterprises in August for $190 million.

It’s Not a Klimt, but the Eastern European TV Venture Is Sweet

New releases from Ruben Studdard, JoJo, Kevin Devine and Bert Jansch.

New CD’s

Oliver Pérez kept the Mets in the game long enough for their revived offense to roll to a 12-5 victory over the Cardinals and even the N.L.C.S. at 2-2.

Pérez Helps Mets and Gets Plenty in Return

The Giants have won two games in a row using a familiar, well-worn formula: run the ball, and slow the other team’s running game.

Falcons Land the First Punch, but the Giants Win on Points

Michael Connelly has woven entirely unsurprising elements into a surprisingly suspense-filled story.

Imagine if This Guy Really Existed

Computers have become so effective at making time disappear that they threaten to make traditional models of wasting hours (i.e., television) disappear, too.

Idiosyncratic and Personal, PC Edges TV

On a recent weekday afternoon, Dennis Lehane, the best-selling crime writer, stood in front of 17 imprisoned teenagers, trying to establish his street credentials.

For Violent and Lost Boys, Crime Stories Offer Hope

Jack Davis, the multimillionaire businessman trying to unseat one of the most powerful Republicans in Congress, makes his fellow Democrats a little nervous.

A Maverick Who Worries Both Parties

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John Victor Murra was a Ukrainian-American professor of anthropology and a researcher of the Inca Empire.

John Victor Murra, Ukrainian-American anthropologist and academic (born 1916)

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Valentín Toribio Demetrio Agustin Paniagua Corazao was a Peruvian lawyer and politician who briefly served as 55th President of Peru from 2000 to 2001. Elected President of Congress on 16 November 2000, he ascended to the presidency as incumbent Alberto Fujimori and both his Vice Presidents resigned by 22 November 2000.

October 16, 2006

Headlines from October 16, 2006

All That Payroll, Just Enough Pitching

A Second Capote Film, Pitched as the Same but Different

Not-So-Hidden Asset, His Wife, Is Force in Lamont’s Senate Bid

U.S. Firing Plans for Great Lakes Raise Concerns

Joining the Party, Eager to Make Friends

Billboard 200

Release Therapy

20 Y.O.

Duets: An American Classic

Like Red On A Rose

FutureSex/LoveSounds

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for October 16, 2006