May 23, 2007

The gas-guzzling Ford Crown Victoria would be replaced by hybrid vehicles under a five-year plan proposed by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg.

With the arrival of “Live Free or Die Hard,” 20th Century Fox bets on the only straight-ahead studio action movie of the summer.

It’s almost as easy to cook a really great burger as it is to cook a mediocre one.

At the Children’s Museum of Manhattan, Greek mythology gets real in an interactive museum show.

Five members of a Brooklyn community board whose terms were not renewed have one thing in common: they voted yes on a resolution denouncing Atlantic Yards, the $4 billion development project.

The Canadian aluminum producer Alcan rejected a $27.4 billion hostile bid from a rival, Alcoa, calling the offer inadequate.

The chief for the home improvement chain will try to make up for past mistakes by laying out his vision for the future at its annual meeting Wednesday.

Spared from demolition by two New York designers, a 1956 Paul Rudolph dwelling will move 200 miles from Watch Hill, R.I., to Catskill, N.Y.

The cost of producing beef and the demand for it have risen so much that prices are soaring and the supply of top quality beef has dropped.

The relationship between the governor and a union president is a fascinating topic in New Jersey politics.

The World Bank, the I.M.F. and the W.T.O. are now facing questions about their relevance in a global economy.

The number of eighth graders reading on grade level climbed impressively this year, tests indicate.