The best quarterbacks have always been at their best in the Super Bowl. Peyton Manning validated his spot in that exclusive club Sunday night.

Game Becomes a Proving Ground for a Quarterback

“The Rules of Engagement” is not a groundbreaking new series by any means, but it has some redeeming virtues.

The Sitcom Question: Tie the Knot or Not?

A year after DreamWorks was sold to Paramount, Steven Spielberg is fighting to retain control of his company’s independence.

The Director Lines Up a Shot

Hurricane Katrina loosened the fragile social restraints in New Orleans, making the city perhaps more dangerous.

In New Orleans, Dysfunction Fuels Cycle of Killing

Peyton Manning no longer has to worry about a career without a Super Bowl title after the Colts defeated the Bears, 29-17. 

Late Interceptions Seal Sloppy Win Against the Bears

Simon Property Group and Farallon Capital Management are planning a $1.56 billion cash bid for the outlet mall developer Mills Corporation.

New Suitor Ignites Battle for Ailing Mills Corp.

The war in Iraq seemed to linger just below the surface of many of this year’s Super Bowl commercials.

Super Bowl Ads of Cartoonish Violence, Perhaps Reflecting Toll of War

Rick Rubin, who has worked with Jay-Z, Johnny Cash and others, has been offered a top job at Columbia Records.

Job Offer Affirms Value of a Hit-Making Producer

Congressional Democrats and the Treasury Department disagree over how much unpaid taxes could be collected.

Democrats Seek Unpaid Taxes, Setting Up Clash

Robert D. Novak, the writer who first named a C.I.A. spy, has remained on the sidelines of a game he started.

Skipping Merrily Along as Others Take the Heat

John Edwards is staking out provocative positions on big issues in an effort to gain an edge in a crowded field.

Familiar Face, but a New Tone to the Message

The effort would try to duplicate the recent commission that recommended shutting down at least 20 hospitals across New York.

Spitzer Seeks Panel to Study Prison Closings

This concert of new experimental folk music at Carnegie Hall used about 25 musicians working as a large cast, with instrumentation constantly changing. Amazingly, it worked; the show felt almost windborne.

Free Spirits in a Groove That’s Folky and Tribal

The number of times the police stopped people on the streets of New York last year varied greatly depending on the neighborhood, according to new data.

Numbers Show How Police Work Varies by Precinct

Richard Foreman has thoughtfully whipped up a dazzling exercise in reality-shifting that is as invigorating as it is mournful.

Throw a Bucket of Ice Water on Your Brain

New rules will allow the collection of DNA from most people arrested or detained by federal authorities.

U.S. Set to Begin a Vast Expansion of DNA Sampling

In a mist left over from a steady rain, with his fists raised high after the Super Bowl XLI title, Tony Dungy rocked and swayed aboard the shoulders of his Colts players as a man on a joy ride.

Proud Moment for a Coach Finally Arrives

Project Panama is Yahoo’s effort to close the wide gap with Google in the race for search advertising dollars.

A Long-Delayed Ad System Has Yahoo Crossing Its Fingers

Two men died in a Queens apartment building when an elevator door gave way as they scuffled and they plunged 11 stories down the shaft.

Queens Elevator Accident Kills 2, Just After Similar Death at a Club

Welcome to the Theater for a New Audience’s smackdown between two of the most notorious villains of the Elizabethan stage, both starring F. Murray Abraham.

O, Villain, Villain, Loosed in Elizabethan Minds

Instant messaging and game-playing are major obsessions, now central to Chinese culture.

Internet Boom in China Is Built on Virtual Fun

There are at least 100,000 Haitian-Americans in New York, but none have been elected to the City Council or State Legislature.

Haitian Candidate Seeks to Add His Voice

A growing number of Iraqis blamed the United States for creating conditions that led to the single worst suicide bombing in the war.

Iraqis Fault Pace of U.S. Plan in Attack

Jeff Zucker is expected to be named chairman and chief executive of NBC Universal, succeeding Bob Wright.

Meeting of NBC Board May Mean Change at  Top

The arrests followed a promise by the interim government to cleanse politics of organized crime and corruption.

Former Cabinet Officials Arrested in Bangladesh Corruption Sweep

Leo Tarcissus McCarthy was an American politician and businessman. He served as the 43rd lieutenant governor of California from 1983 to 1995.

February 5, 2007

Headlines from February 5, 2007

Game Becomes a Proving Ground for a Quarterback

The Sitcom Question: Tie the Knot or Not?

The Director Lines Up a Shot

In New Orleans, Dysfunction Fuels Cycle of Killing

Late Interceptions Seal Sloppy Win Against the Bears

Billboard 200

Daughtry

Dreamgirls

Jump In!

Corinne Bailey Rae

Konvicted

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for February 5, 2007