There has been a rise in skirmishes over who has the right to walk up and accept an Academy Award as a named producer.

Deciding Eligibility for Oscar

The Dixie Chicks, Mary J. Blige and the Red Hot Chili Peppers won multiple honors at the 49th annual Grammy Awards.

Defiant Dixie Chicks Are Big Winners at the Grammys

Both campaigns during the weekend road tested their strategies for dealing with the war in the primaries and beyond.

For Clinton and Obama, Different Tests on Iraq

As a paleontologist and a creationist, Marcus R. Ross has produced academic work that contradicts his own beliefs.

Believing Scripture but Playing by Science’s Rules

Now that its second bid to acquire the London Stock Exchange has failed, Nasdaq will have to come up with a new international expansion strategy.

Failed Bid Is Setback for Growth at Nasdaq

In the battle for the market share in big-screen TVs, an upstart made a splash by selling its sets for almost half its regular price.

The No-Name Brand Behind the Latest Flat-Panel Price War

CNBC’s ratings are growing, and so are questions about Maria Bartiromo, the network’s  most recognizable face.


Questions Grow About a Top CNBC Anchor

Oswego County, on the southeastern rim of Lake Ontario, received between 5 and 10 feet of snow over eight days.

8 Days, 10 Feet and the Snow Isn’t Done Yet

Gov. Eliot Spitzer waited all of 39 days before turning on his fellow Democrats and attacking legislators in their home districts.

Picking Fights and Taking Sides

After three disappointing finishes to start the 2007 season, Phil Mickelson earned his 30th career PGA Tour victory Sunday, winning the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am by five shots.

A Weakness Corrected, Mickelson Moves Ahead

What seem to be ordinary, everyday objects to some people can carry a storehouse of information about the owner’s ideology.

Across the Great Divide: Investigating Links Between Personality and Politics

Bernie Williams, who appears to be finished in the Bronx, and Hank Bauer, who died last week, are from different eras but each is a Yankee to remember in a different way.

To Yankees Fans, Two of the Best Are Not Two of a Kind

Gary B. Pruitt, the head of the McClatchy Company, seems to have lost his place as the darling of the industry.

White Knight Turns Pragmatist, and Newspapers Tremble Again

Knicks Coach Isiah Thomas may not have the lineup, the rotation or the style he envisioned in training camp. But fate has formed a team that may yet save his job over the next two months.

For Better or Worse, the Knicks Embrace Their Starting Lineup

Senior U.S. military officials presented their first public evidence for the assertion that Iran is supplying Shiite extremists in Iraq with lethal weapons.

U.S. Says Arms Link Iranians to Iraqi Shiites

The waste-hauling industry has been lobbying the city to remove a price cap for garbage haulers credited with helping undo the mob’s grip on the business.

City to Revisit Cap on Prices in Trash Pickup

Some people have been trying to eliminate their gay desires through therapy or religious ministries dedicated to that end.

Some Tormented by Homosexuality Look to a Controversial Therapy

The protest at Our Lady Queen of Angels in East Harlem apparently took the church and the archdiocese by surprise.

Protest Vigil Begins at Church Set to Be Closed by Archdiocese

At a time when recorded music needs all the commercial help and television exposure it can get, the Grammy Awards broadcast retreated too often into memories.

A Celebration With a Soft Spot for the Oldies

The Metropolitan Opera’s affecting revival of its 1997 production of Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” is all the more impressive because it might have turned out so differently.

Star Power, Charisma and Ardor in ‘Onegin’

Many pitchers prepare for the season by hiring personal trainers. Others work out at their old high schools. And those who have tried everything come to Alan Jaeger for meditation and yoga. 

Deep Breath as Pitchers Rethink Routines

The negotiations appeared near collapse on Sunday over North Korea’s demands for huge shipments of fuel oil and electricity.

Nuclear Talks on North Korea Hit Roadblock

Nineteen months after entering bankruptcy amid heavy losses, St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers appears to have made a striking turnaround, poised to emerge from court protection as a much smaller, profitable company that says it can repay its debts.

Hospital to Exit Bankruptcy, Promising to Pay Back Debts

Hindalco Industries of India sai that it would buy a North American rival, Novelis, for $3.6 billion, another sign that cross-border deal making is heating up in India.

Hindalco of India Buys Aluminum Rival

Helen Mirren and Forest Whitaker are among the British Film Award winners, the Fall for Dance festival receives a $10 million windfall and more culture news.

Arts, Briefly

Ann Barzel was an American writer, critic and lecturer on dance.

Ann Barzel, American writer and dance critic (born 1905)

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Peggy Gilbert, born Margaret Fern Knechtges, was an American jazz saxophonist and bandleader.

February 12, 2007

Headlines from February 12, 2007

Deciding Eligibility for Oscar

Defiant Dixie Chicks Are Big Winners at the Grammys

For Clinton and Obama, Different Tests on Iraq

Believing Scripture but Playing by Science’s Rules

Failed Bid Is Setback for Growth at Nasdaq

Billboard 200

Late Night Special

Wincing The Night Away

Daughtry

Grammy Nominees 2007

Freedom's Road

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for February 12, 2007