The Yankees trail in the series, two games to none, and face elimination in Game 3 Sunday at Yankee Stadium.

Again, the Indians Create the Buzz

Merrill Lynch’s Friday announcement that it would write down $5 billion primarily in its fixed-income sector raised questions about the company’s discipline.

A Big Loss at Merrill Stirs Unease

John Fox, 20, was convicted of manslaughter and attempted robbery as hate crimes, but acquitted of murder, for his role in a robbery of a gay man in which the victim died. 

Conviction in Death of Gay Man in Traffic

G.M. has agreed to spend up to $15 million over the next few years to establish an institute to develop strategies for national health care reform.

G.M. Pact Calls for a Push for Health Care Reform

Behind Carol Gotbaum’s death in custody of the Phoenix police is a story of a wife and mother fighting her demons.

Life of Comfort and Pain Ends in an Airport Cell

City Hall Academy, which symbolized the Bloomberg administration’s  passion for improving the schools, has quietly closed without notice. 

Academy That Symbolized Innovation in Schools Is Closed

Sports content is expensive and valuable, but some cable TV companies are starting to think the leagues may have exaggerated their worth.

Of Tiers, Football and Dollars

The State Department said it would now send its own personnel as monitors on all of Blackwater USA’s security convoys in and around Baghdad.

State Dept. Plans Tighter Control of Security Firm

At Cristo Rey New York High School on East 106th Street every student works to pay the tuition, part of a bold venture in schooling and life.

Opening Minds, and Doors

Topps Meat Company could not recover after pulling back more than 21.7 million pounds of ground beef products in one of the largest meat recalls in recent years. 

After Extensive Beef Recall, Topps Goes Out of Business

After paying top dollar for an apartment, most buyers among the newly wealthy see the need for more work.

$6 Million for the Co-op, Then Start to Renovate

Patrick Desbois roams Ukraine’s back roads and forgotten fields to document the Nazis’ murder of 1.5 million Jews.

A Priest Methodically Reveals Ukrainian Jews’ Fate

“I have betrayed your trust,” said Marion Jones, who won five track-and-field medals at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Jones Admits to Doping and Enters Guilty Plea

Job growth was much stronger this summer than the government had first estimated, making it less likely that the Fed will cut interest rates again later this month.

Job Growth Looks Rosier, Easing Recession Fears

In a new model for California vintners, start-ups share supply and distribution but retain the independence of their individual labels.

Wine Made the Co-op Way

The president championed a once-secret program to detain and interrogate high-profile terror suspects, provoking recriminations on Capitol Hill.

Bush Says Interrogation Methods Aren’t Torture

No amount of OFF! repellent or waving hands or swatting Yankee caps could prevent insects from ravaging a playoff game that had been so sublime for the pinstripe pinups.

Vintage Performance by Pettitte Is Derailed

When someone finally writes the definitive history of New York City drinking, the odds are good that several pages in the index — if not an entire chapter — will be given over to Thomas Carney, the legendary barman at Elaine’s.

Pour Me One Last Round, Barkeep, for the Old Times

Manny Ramírez crushed a three-run homer that powered the Red Sox to a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series.

Walking Ortiz, Angels Allow Ramírez to Play the Hero

Lottery Numbers

Benton J. Campbell will be the interim United States attorney for the Eastern District of New York, the department announced Friday.

Interim U.S. Attorney Is Picked for Eastern District

An article in The Arts on Thursday about a decision by the New York radio station WBAI-FM not to broadcast a reading of Allen Ginsberg’s poem “Howl” because it feared being fined by the Federal Communications Commission misspelled the surname of a lawyer who commented on the decision and who argued in a 1957 trial that “Howl” was not obscene. He is Al Bendich, not Bendichs.

Correction: For the Record

A news analysis article on Sept. 26 about the protests in Myanmar against the military junta misspelled the name of the remote town that junta generals chose to replace Yangon as the capital in 2005, apparently a move to protect themselves from enemies. It is Naypyidaw, not Nyapidaw.

David C. Novak, the chief executive of Yum Brands, says he believes that sharing his mistakes is a good way to teach aspiring executives.

Just to Add to the Pressure, the Name Is Yum

An article in the Dining section on Sept. 26 by Eric Asimov reported on the restaurant scene in Portland, Ore., and one of the establishments mentioned was Paley’s Place, owned by Vitaly and Kimberly Paley. Mr. Asimov said it had “a warm and intimate dining room” and that Paley’s Place “is recognized as one of the top restaurants in the Northwest, if not the country.” He also wrote that Paley’s Place was one of several restaurants that had “served as an incubator for much of the talent that is making its mark today.”.

Editors’ Note

Babasaheb Anantrao Bhosale was an Indian lawyer and politician who served as Chief Minister of Maharashtra from January 1982 until February 1983.

Babasaheb Bhosale, Indian lawyer and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (born 1921)

Babasaheb_Bhosale

Laxmi Mall Singhvi was an Indian jurist, parliamentarian, scholar, writer and diplomat. He was, after V. K. Krishna Menon, the second-longest-serving High Commissioner for India in the United Kingdom (1991–97). He was conferred with a Padma Bhushan in 1998.

Laxmi Mall Singhvi, Indian scholar, jurist, and politician (born 1931)

Laxmi_Mall_Singhvi

Jason Lewis is an English author, explorer and sustainability campaigner credited with being the first person to circumnavigate the globe by human power. He is also the first person to cross North America on inline skates (1996), and the first to cross the Pacific Ocean by pedal power (2000). Together with Stevie Smith, Lewis completed the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean from mainland Europe to North America by human power (1995).

Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth.

October 6, 2007

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Again, the Indians Create the Buzz

A Big Loss at Merrill Stirs Unease

Conviction in Death of Gay Man in Traffic

G.M. Pact Calls for a Push for Health Care Reform

Life of Comfort and Pain Ends in an Airport Cell

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