Former Newark Mayor Sharpe James is seen as both a protector and a profiteer; whether he is convicted of fraud depends on which description seems more convincing.

Competing Biographies at Issue in the James Corruption Case

Only about 10 percent of people who are suitable candidates for two drugs received one of them last year.

Market Forces Cited in Lymphoma Drugs’ Disuse

John Maine, the Mets’ most consistent pitcher this season, put the first three runners on base and then allowed a grand slam as the Mets fell behind early and lost to the Reds.

Bumbling Follows Maine’s Stumbling

Is it cheating to write a “grab bag” column in the middle of July, when you’re days away from vacation?

Baseballs, Batteries and Bad Ads

Lawyers paid by the hour achieve worse results for their clients and are more costly for taxpayers, a study found.

Public Defenders Get Better Marks on Salary

Anyone who has spent time at Coney Island’s boardwalk will say there has always been an awful lot more than walking going on there.

Keeping Peace on Coney Island’s Salty Planks

Opportunism and indignation helped power Conrad M. Black’s rise to the heights of media life.

Conrad Black’s Downfall Shaped by Many Battles

Hollinger International’s former head was convicted of taking illegal payments from the company.

Conrad Black, Ex-Press Baron, Guilty of Fraud

A political dispute in Albany has cut off a critical source of low-cost financing for nonprofit organizations in New York City. 

Nonprofits Are Strained by Impasse

Two senators proposed requiring President Bush to present a plan by October that begins limiting the involvement of U.S. forces.

G.O.P. Senators Press to Change Strategy in Iraq

Khalid W. Hassan, an Iraqi reporter and interpreter for The Times, died in Iraq’s murderous turmoil.

In a Baghdad Killing, Questions That Haunt Iraq

The Yankees could not overcome the least effective outing of the season for Roger Clemens and continued their season-long struggle to hit left-handed pitching in a loss to the Devil Rays. 

Clemens Is Ineffective and So Are Yankees

In the summer of 1977, only the deranged or visionary could have imagined that New York in 2007 would be fat, happy and standing-room only. 

Even in a Dark Hour, the City’s Rebirth Awaited

Vinod Gupta, a wealthy Democratic donor, is pulling back, saying that controversies have become too much.

Clinton Backer’s Ties to Powerful Cut Both Ways

After a week of six long road stages, the Tour de France heads into the Alps on Saturday for four days of grueling mountain stages sure to cause a shake-up in the standings.

As the Altitude Changes, So Could the Standings

Boston Scientific agreed to pay $195 million to settle claims related to a potentially flawed defibrillator made by its subsidiary, Guidant.

Maker Settles Suit on Device for Hearts

His first game for the L.A. Galaxy is still a week away, but David Beckham greeted fans Friday at a reception that was part crusade, part contrived spectacle.

A U.S. Premiere That Already Looks Like a Blockbuster

Like an allowance that extends far past adolescence, parents are helping finance their children’s lives longer, and depleting their retirement savings in the process. 

Emptying Nest Eggs, Not the Nests

Drug makers are exploring the possibility of tying pharmaceutical prices to performance.

Pricing Pills by the Results

Conrad Black was found guilty while stocks soared, Alcan agreed to a buyout, and Whole Foods’ C.E.O. was revealed to have posted online under a pseudonym.

A Verdict, a Deal and an Online Masquerade Exposed

The Sports of The Times column yesterday, about tension amid the leadership ranks of the Mets, misspelled the given name of the man who holds baseball’s career record for stolen bases and who was hired as a coach for the team in a staff shakeup this week. He is Rickey Henderson, not Ricky. 

Corrections: For the Record

A theater entry in the Listings pages of Weekend yesterday about “Gypsy” at City Center misstated the opening date. It is tonight, not Tuesday.

Johnny Damon said that he enjoyed playing so close to home so much he might want to finish his career with the Devil Rays.

Despite Aches, Damon Happy to Play Near Home

An article in the Square Feet section of Business Day on Wednesday about an office and retail development in the Bronx referred incorrectly to a neighborhood where another shopping complex, the River Plaza, is situated. River Plaza is partly in the Bronx and partly in Marble Hill, which is in Manhattan  not in the Bronx.

The bill appeared to be a last-ditch effort to pass a plan by Monday, which federal officials have said is the deadline for a plan to be eligible for federal financing.

July 14, 2007

Headlines from July 14, 2007

Competing Biographies at Issue in the James Corruption Case

Market Forces Cited in Lymphoma Drugs’ Disuse

Bumbling Follows Maine’s Stumbling

Baseballs, Batteries and Bad Ads

Public Defenders Get Better Marks on Salary

Billboard 200

Hannah Montana 2 (Soundtrack)/Meet Miley Cyrus

My December

Lost Highway

Icky Thump

5th Gear

Historical Context for July 14, 2007