June 25, 2007

Rupert Murdoch’s vast media holdings give him a gamut of tools to enhance his financial interests.

New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez, a Cuban-American, is finding it politically useful to position himself as the Democrat’s conscience on immigration.

A judge gave five death sentences to the man known as Chemical Ali for his role in gas attacks on Kurdish villagers, but Iraqi interest in the trials has flagged.

At the end of the new Kelly Clarkson album it finally arrives: a song worth all the fuss. It’s called “Irvine,” and it’s a gentle prayer, sweetened by a strummed guitar, a ghostly hint of pedal steel and (every now and then) a digitized string section.

Some environmentalists say that Home Depot is being too inclusive in its new Eco Options marketing campaign.

Serena Williams finds herself in a peculiar position: playing the role of favorite, with little pressure to win.

Listening to hip-hop and growing up playing pickup basketball in Shenzhen, Yi Jianlian stands as a symbol of basketball discovery that is rippling through China.

Not even Roger Clemens in relief could help the Yankees, who have lost five out of their last six games to fall back under .500.

Jason Binn will announce this week that his magazine company, Niche Media, will merge with Greenspun Media Group of Las Vegas, creating a network of 16 publications.

The protest against Wal-Mart in the Hasidic town of Monsey, N.Y., has a decidedly religious overtone.

Yahoo said Sunday that Wenda Harris Millard, its longtime chief sales officer, is leaving amid a reorganization of Yahoo’s sales team.

Tears fell at the New York State Theater for Kyra Nichols’s farewell after 33 years with New York City Ballet, but there were fewer tears than flowers.