October 3, 2007

On the courthouse steps, Isiah Thomas flashed indignation and insisted on his innocence. Standing in a gymnasium hallway, he calmly tried to push the conversation back to basketball.

The dark side of Madison Square Garden remained a secret until Anucha Browne Sanders took the stand.

For Toronto-Dominion, the deal to buy Commerce Bancorp provides another way for the Canadian bank to overcome limited growth opportunities at home.

On Wall Street, writing checks to political candidates can be as much about doing favors for friends and business associates as supporting deeply held political beliefs.

Firefighters weren’t aware of a plan to allow emergency use of the stairs in the former Deutsche Bank building.

Though this show has a few giddy high spots, it is also a sobering reminder that even the most inspired satirist can be defeated by emaciated targets.

Dancers, choreographers, audience members and passers-by mingle and commune each night of the 10-performance Fall for Dance festival at City Center.

In a region known for wines to be drunk and forgotten, there are serious producers creating wines of depth and class that nonetheless retain the joyous nature imbued in Beaujolais.

The top-ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee has asked 11 long-term care insurance companies to explain “troubling data” regarding how policyholders’ claims are handled and paid.

Since costing the Cubs a precious out in Game 6 of the 2003 N.L.C.S., Steve Bartman’s desire for privacy and his place in Chicago’s civic lore have made him an odd blend of Bill Buckner and Greta Garbo.

One lesson of “Lake of Fire” is the galvanizing power of the visual image. Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words, and sometimes pictures are not enough.

“Walking With Dinosaurs: The Live Experience” is a show with life-size animatronic dinosaurs that walk and talk (well, roar), not simply on screen, but also in three dimensions.