The Red Sox rallied for five runs in the bottom of the eighth inning, overcoming a four-run deficit to upend Mariano Rivera and the Yankees Friday night.

Rodriguez Adds to Hot Streak, but Rivera Lets Lead Slip Away

Some universities use lenders to conduct workshops required by law for many students taking out loans.

Colleges Relying on Lenders to Counsel Students

The U.S. is offering Russia a new package of incentives to drop its opposition to U.S. missile defense sites in Poland and the Czech Republic.

Pentagon Invites Kremlin to Link Missile Systems

The New York City Council is considering a bill to shed light on the process of applying to buy a co-op apartment.

Pushing Co-ops to Explain Why You Can’t Buy

A restaurant owner cannot bring himself to reopen Brasserie LCB, which city officials had temporarily closed.

Health Inspector Calls and Chef’s Pride Cracks

Country Garden’s public offering is just the latest symbol of China’s meteoric rise, and the country’s continuing stock market fever.

China Adds Billionaires With I.P.O.

Gov. Jon S. Corzine of New Jersey was still in critical but stable condition, and doctors cautioned that a breathing tube could again be used for the governor.

Corzine, Still at Risk, Is Breathing on His Own

Wal-Mart’s chief took the unusual step of releasing portions of a former employee’s sworn testimony that denied surveillance on shareholders and employees.

A New Twist on Snooping at Wal-Mart

At stake in Friday's multihued predawn face-off was a $5 million contract to bring 21st-century illumination to Manhattan’s tallest skyscraper.

Seeking a High-Tech Way to Put Fresh Colors at the Top of the City

Tim Hudson overwhelmed the previously scorching Mets, shutting them out through eight innings before they scored three times in the ninth off Rafael Soriano.

Hudson Gives Glimpse of Pitcher He Used to Be

Executives, job seekers, college applicants and others are seeking help with anything from basic blogs to podcasts.

Auditioning in a Video Résumé

Increasing violence has rippled across energy markets, contributing to higher prices and tighter supplies.

Growing Unrest Posing a Threat to Nigerian Oil

Under federal law, the Virginia Tech gunman should have been prohibited from buying a gun after he was declared to be a danger to himself.

U.S. Rules Made Killer Ineligible to Purchase Gun

The Heat played to the mediocrity of its conference opponents during the regular season. Now Miami will try to become the lowest-seeded team to repeat as champion since 1995.

Heat Says It’s Ready for the Games That Really Matter

Sallie Mae was once an institution where profits took a back seat to performing a public good. That, alas, is no longer the case.

Sallie Mae Offers a Lesson on Cashing In

Even under the most optimistic conditions, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's congestion pricing is likely to be years away.

Drivers’ Fee Would Face Uphill Battle

David Hayden, a dot-com entrepreneur, put his faith in investment bankers who have now gone after him for all he’s worth — and more.

The Perils of Being Suddenly Rich

A front-page article yesterday about the angry writings of Seung-Hui Cho, who went on a shooting rampage at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, misspelled the surname of a novelist whose books were among those he studied in a class on contemporary horror films and literature. She is Patricia Cornwell, not Cornwall.

For the Record

Weysan Dun, a 25-year borough veteran, said that one of his first tasks would be to deal with trauma from the killing of Agent Barry Lee Bush.

F.B.I. Names New Leader for Its Office in Newark

A front-page article on Thursday about universities’ limited options in dealing with mentally ill students misidentified a university that requires four counseling sessions after suicide attempts. It is the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, not the University of Missouri.

On the larger steelhead rivers of the Pacific Northwest — the Skagit and Bulkley, among others — hooking a steelhead trout on a fly may require a thousand very long casts.

Spey Rod Is Long-Range Weapon in Anglers’ Arsenal

An article in The Arts last Saturday about the architect Jean Nouvel’s design for the new Philharmonie de Paris concert hall misstated the year in which his concert hall in Lucerne, Switzerland, opened. It was 1998, not 2000.

Several pending trade pacts have dissolved in a burst of charges and countercharges over the issue of labor rights.


Labor Rights Issues Are Stalling Trade Pacts

An article by The Associated Press in some copies last Saturday about the discovery of a man’s body under a pile of debris in a home in Woodmere, N.Y., included a quotation about the incident from a man who identified himself as Erik Kinney, a volunteer firefighter. Mr. Kinney has told The A.P. that he never spoke to a reporter, and the news agency says it does not know who at the fire station identified himself as Mr. Kinney.

Blackberry users’ thumbs were idle; private equity investors got a thumbs up from Sallie Mae; and a jury turned thumbs down on Joseph P. Nacchio.

China Surges, BlackBerries Fail and Sallie Gets Suitors

Princess Isabella of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat, is a member of the Danish royal family. She is the second child and elder daughter of King Frederik X and Queen Mary.

April 21, 2007

Headlines from April 21, 2007

Rodriguez Adds to Hot Streak, but Rivera Lets Lead Slip Away

Colleges Relying on Lenders to Counsel Students

Pentagon Invites Kremlin to Link Missile Systems

Pushing Co-ops to Explain Why You Can’t Buy

Health Inspector Calls and Chef’s Pride Cracks

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Let It Go

Dignity

Waking Up Laughing

Timbaland Presents Shock Value

Notable Births

Historical Context for April 21, 2007