While corporate America’s family sagas are often mired in public drama, Comcast’s smooth father-to-son handoff offers a different model.

Giving Nepotism a Good Name

Government restrictions, imported fish and summer residents threaten a tradition in the Hamptons.

Fishing Fades Where All That Glitters Is Sea

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has increasingly been alluding to her spiritual life, but she has come under attack for it.

Faith Intertwines With Political Life for Clinton

Mike Pelfrey has made eight starts this season, losing seven after the Mets’ defeat to the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park on Friday night.

Houston Grounds the Mets to a Halt

Wimbledon is no longer a pigeon’s paradise thanks to Wayne Davis and his flock of Peregrine falcons.

Rain Aside, It’s Clear Skies

In three years, sales of 100-calorie snack packs have passed the $20-million-a-year mark, as consumers don’t seem to mind paying more for less.

In Small Packages, Fewer Calories and More Profit

With five more home runs, Barry Lamar Bonds will become baseball’s new home run king. In a perfect world, Bonds would then retire gracefully — as a San Francisco Giant — at the conclusion of this season. 

Maybe It’s Best if Bonds Marriage With Giants Runs Its Course

China sentenced a former top drug safety official to death and disclosed an investigation into cellphone batteries after one reportedly exploded, killing a man.

China Steps Up Its Safety Efforts

Two of the medical doctors arrested in connection with  the bungled car bomb attacks had made inquiries about practicing medicine in the United States.

2 Doctors Held in British Bomb Plots Had Looked to U.S.

Officials insist that there will be no Guyanese-American Family Fun Day this year, but they have no idea whether people will show up for the annual event anyway.

A Party Is Off, but Who’ll Stop the Guests?

When state legislators attacked Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, it gave him the opportunity to play the local hero defending his constituents from Albany.

So Far, Both Sides in Suffolk Tax and Immigration Impasse Are Ahead

The job market looked much like the economy as a whole last month: subdued but strong enough.

Jobs Report Finds Growth Still Moderate

A Brooklyn man hopes that Gov. Eliot Spitzer will show him the same mercy that President Bush recently showed to I. Lewis Libby Jr. 

One Man’s Plea for Mercy, With a Recent Precedent in Mind

A divided federal appeals court panel in Cincinnati ruled that a lawsuit’s plaintiffs could not show injury from a National Security Agency program.

Panel Dismisses Suit Challenging Secret Wiretaps

The United Automobile Workers union has cracked open the door a little wider to the kind of deal on retiree health benefits that Detroit auto companies would like to see.

U.A.W. Pact With Dana Signals Softer Stance

The team said it would sponsor a summer camp run by the Chinese Baseball Association, donate a video batting machine to the league and continue their grass roots and marketing efforts.

Yankees Are Taking Next Steps Into China

Thanks to a pair of little-known French players, Wimbledon had one of the greatest upsets in its history, and Andy Roddick had one of his career’s biggest disappointments to mull.

On Day of Surprises, Script Gets a French Twist

While Lebanon’s troubles are not principally about Islamic militancy, some fear the country could attract more of it, especially from the Iraq war.

Chaotic Lebanon Risks Becoming Militant Haven

The nation’s most common cardiac malfunction, once thought harmless, is now being treated with costly medical procedures.

Heart Therapy Strains Efforts to Limit Costs

A former high-ranking official at China’s top food and drug watchdog agency has been sentenced to death.

China Sentences Official to Death for Corruption

Connecticut’s Episcopal bishop has retaliated against the leadership of a congregation in Bristol for objecting to the church’s position on homosexuality. 

Parish Falls Out of Step, and Favor, With Diocese

To be an American cyclist in the Tour de France is to toil in the shadows of two prominent and controversial American riders: Lance Armstrong and Floyd Landis.

Americans Seek to Escape Shadows of Those Who Came Before Them

A front-page picture caption on Thursday with an article about an increase in the number of legal immigrants seeking to become United States citizens referred incorrectly to the group of service members shown being sworn in at a naturalization ceremony in Baghdad on Wednesday. They were all members of the United States Army; no members of the Marine Corps were shown, nor were any marines naturalized during the ceremony.

Corrections: For the Record

Gov. M. Jodi Rell has vetoed a bill that would have given the state comptroller the authority to prescribe special accounting rules for the state.

Connecticut Governor Vetoes Bill to Shift State’s Accounting

Dame Anne Laura Dorinthea McLaren, was a British scientist who was a leading figure in developmental biology. She paved the way for women in science and her work helped lead to human in vitro fertilisation (IVF). She left an enduring legacy marked by her research and ethical contributions to the field. She received many honors for her contributions to science, including election as fellow of the Royal Society.

Anne McLaren, British scientist (born 1927)

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Donald Michie was a British researcher in artificial intelligence. During World War II, Michie worked for the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, contributing to the effort to solve "Tunny", a German teleprinter cipher.

Donald Michie, British scientist (born 1923)

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Live Earth was a one-off event developed to combat climate change. The first series of benefit concerts were held on July 7, 2007. The concerts brought together more than 150 musical acts in twelve locations around the world which were broadcast to a mass global audience through televisions, radio, and streamed via the Internet. It was "unclear" where ticket proceeds from ticket sales went towards.

The first Live Earth benefit concert was held in 11 locations around the world.

July 7, 2007

Headlines from July 7, 2007

Giving Nepotism a Good Name

Fishing Fades Where All That Glitters Is Sea

Faith Intertwines With Political Life for Clinton

Houston Grounds the Mets to a Halt

Rain Aside, It’s Clear Skies

Billboard 200

Lost Highway

Icky Thump

5th Gear

Big Dog Daddy

Memory Almost Full

Notable Deaths

Historical Events

Historical Context for July 7, 2007