Those who know Sgt. Denise A. Lannaman of Queens say that questions about her death remain unsettled, and go well beyond psychic agonies that she struggled with her entire life.

From Queens to Kuwait, Where a Life Was Ended

The wines we recommend in the $10-and-under price range are gulpable and satisfying with a modest level of intrigue.

Happiness for $10 or Less

The retailer unveiled a plan intended to expand coverage and offer workers cheap prescription drugs.

Health Plan Overhauled at Wal-Mart

With Gaza almost entirely shut off from normal trade, Palestinian businesses are enduring a deep depression.

Isolation of Gaza Chokes Off Trade

The Fed’s forceful move was intended to limit the damage from the disorder in the housing and credit markets. 

Fed Cuts Rate Half Point, and Markets Soar

Relatives of some victims said they would continue fighting in court to address their questions about how terrorists bypassed airport security, commandeered four jets and killed thousands of people.

Settlements Do Not Deter 9/11 Plaintiffs Seeking Trials

In recent years, the authorities in New Jersey have struggled to successfully prosecute cases involving all sorts of homicides, as the state’s murder rate has climbed and the problem of witness intimidation has spread.

In Prosecution of Gang, a Chilling Adversary: The Code of the Streets

Nonetheless, economists and market specialists cautioned that the cut would take time to work through the system. 

Fed’s Move Helps Mood on the Street

A pragmatism that allowed Mitt Romney to run the 2002 Winter Games now haunts him.

In Olympics Success, Romney Found New Edge

In a move certain to highlight the growing importance of China to both the National Basketball Association and the sport, the N.B.A. plans to announce Wednesday the formation of a Chinese subsidiary.

New Push Into China by N.B.A.

Alice Waters works at leveraging her role as the high priestess of the local, sustainable food revolution, one household at a time.

Lunch With Alice Waters, Food Revolutionary

The ties run deep between Rudolph W. Giuliani and the attorney general nominee, Michael B. Mukasey.

An Old Friend Joins Giuliani in a Spotlight

A vast ethnic and sectarian displacement, as revealed in new data, could make a partition of the country more difficult.

Future Look of Iraq Complicated by Internal Migration

Something wicked this way comes in the nifty horror film “The Last Winter,” crawling through the hallways and howling into the dread night.

That Red on White Is Blood on Snow

Visits to the Peter Luger steakhouse around its 120th birthday have suggested an inconsistency at odds with its legend.

The Original Master of Blood and Butter

A violent, rapacious and brutally murdered society dentist and his scheming and probably murderous mistress finally have headstones on their graves.

A Lurid Tale From 1857 Is Revived in Granite

Many songwriters would kill for the predicament that James Blunt is in: famous for one song, and only one.

Making a Career After a Monster Hit

Polshek Partnership Architects does not specialize in media buildings. But in an odd confluence, three such projects by this firm are opening in succession.

Three New Buildings About Communication Are Also Designed to Communicate

Newly discovered snapshots donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum provide a stunning counterpoint to what up until now has been the only major source of preliberation Auschwitz photos.

In the Shadow of Horror, SS Guardians Frolic

There are good reasons to believe that the real estate slump has a long way to go, and that’s the main reason the Fed went further than most analysts expected in cutting interest rates. 

Will the Fed Reverse the Housing Slump?

Lavishness is being replaced by caution at hedge funds due to the recent turmoil in the markets and calls from Capitol Hill to increase taxes on the industry.

Suddenly, a Hesitation About Splurging

It seems preposterous even to type the following sentence: The television version of “Gossip Girl” on CW tonight does not quite live up to the novels.

Reading, Writing and Raunch: Mean Girls Rule Prep School

A after Madison Square Garden Chairman James L. Dolan said that he fired Anucha Browne Sanders without talking to her supervisor, lawyers for Knicks Coach Isiah Thomas were to begin their defense case.

MSG Chairman Says Decision to Fire Knicks V.P. Was His Alone

Who better than Bill Russell, in his informal, meditative manner, to lecture the freshly minted rookie class of 2007 about the wagon train of critics awaiting them?

Teaching the Importance of Staying Centered

The Mets frittered away three separate four-run leads in their latest loss while the Phillies won their sixth straight game and now trail the Mets by only a game and a half in the N.L. East. 

September 19, 2007

Headlines from September 19, 2007

From Queens to Kuwait, Where a Life Was Ended

Happiness for $10 or Less

Health Plan Overhauled at Wal-Mart

Isolation of Gaza Chokes Off Trade

Fed Cuts Rate Half Point, and Markets Soar

Billboard 200

High School Musical 2

The Dutchess

Hannah Montana 2 (Soundtrack)/Meet Miley Cyrus

The Altar And The Door

Bone Palace Ballet

Historical Context for September 19, 2007