The Giant’s Michael Strahan became best friend for a day to 13-year-old sweepstakes winner Michael Villegas.

It’s Show-and-Tell Day: Bring Strahan to School

It is easy to forget that a plain bowl of smooth, simple mashed potatoes, a cornerstone of the Thanksgiving meal, can be both easy and celestial.

The Secret? It’s Not the Potatoes

Once considered among the premier point guards in the N.B.A., Stephon Marbury has clashed with his coach for a third straight fall, and it has apparently endangered his career.

Marbury Leaves Knicks in Dispute

Gov. Eliot Spitzer said opposition to his proposal to issue licenses to illegal immigrants has been too overwhelming.

Spitzer Dropping His Driver’s License Plan

A generation of digital-era Henry Fords are trying to apply to carmaking the same entrepreneurial spirit that built the information superhighway.

Taking a Whack at Making a Car

After giving up his world championship medal and serving a two-year suspension, British cyclist David Millar is motivated to use his experience to change his damaged sport for the better.

Disgraced Rider and New U.S. Team Take the Lead Against Doping

The main attraction on Broadway this week continues to be the street theater of picketing stagehands. So what are the union and an industry trade group actually fighting over?

Broadway’s Showdown: The Lowdown

The police gave their version of events in the fatal shooting of an unarmed, 18-year-old man in Brooklyn.

A Troubled Man and 20 Police Bullets in Brooklyn 

Recent economic developments probably will not turn out to be as bad as you think. Some are downright welcome.

Good News: Housing’s Down, Market’s Off, Oil’s Up

Cathy Wilkerson, who was part of the Weatherman group, has written a memoir about a blast that killed three young people, and also sobered their movement.

An Infamous Explosion, and the Smoldering Memory of Radicalism

Barring a quick settlement of the producers and the stagehands’ union, Local 1, Broadway will have to wait for actress Alexandra Wilson.

As She Awaits Broadway Debut, Her Opening-Night Dress Is on Standby

An investigation of the shooting deaths of 17 Iraqi civilians by Blackwater personnel found that all but three of the shootings were unjustified, officials said.

F.B.I. Says Guards Killed 14 Iraqis Without Cause

The Federal Communications Commission’s new deregulatory proposal may actually force some large media companies to shed stations or newspapers.

Few Friends for Proposal on Media

In a lawsuit, Judith Regan says that a News Corporation executive encouraged her to lie to federal investigators about her past affair with Bernard B. Kerik.

Ex-Publisher’s Suit Plays a Giuliani-Kerik Angle

Twin New York Times/CBS News polls suggest that the outcome for the presidential nominating battle is far from settled in either Iowa or New Hampshire.

Polls Find Voters Weighing Issues vs. Electability

Like many small businesses that hit the big time, Adiri, a company that makes baby bottles, will survive if it can cope with the shifts in scope and scale that accompany success.

From Boutique to Big Time

The news on Monday was the technically astonishing and powerfully communicative playing of these dedicated and accomplished young musicians, who range in age, roughly, from 15 to 25.

Youth Handles the Serving, in Large, Robust Portions

The Yankees’ latest offer to Mariano Rivera — three years for $45 million — would make him by far the highest-paid closer ever.

Rivera Turns the Tables, Making the Yanks Wait

This year, General Motors has been getting some warm reviews for its new cars. Yet the company still has a hard time getting on drivers’ shopping lists.

For G.M., Better Cars, Worse Sales

“The emergency is to ensure elections go in an undisturbed manner,” Gen. Pervez Musharraf said in an interview with The New York Times.

Rebuffing U.S., Musharraf Calls Crackdown Crucial to a Fair Vote

In another sign of turmoil in the credit markets, large financial firms are being forced to protect money market funds from losses brought on by investments that no longer seem safe.

Investor Safe Haven Becomes a Concern

In a fight reminiscent of the brouhaha over an anti-Bush statement by Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks in 2003, a team of women who represented the United States at the world bridge championships in Shanghai last month is facing sanctions for a spur-of-the-moment protest.

Anti-Bush Sign Has Bridge World in an Uproar

On Dec. 3, when Don Imus returns not only to radio but also to television, it will be on RFD-TV, a cable and satellite channel that caters to farmers, ranchers and equestrians.

Rural Channel Will Carry Imus Show

Jokes about race and racial tensions are suddenly all over television, or more precisely, all over comedies that pride themselves on tweaking convention and political correctness.

Pushing Their Luck, Sitcoms Are Playing With Race Cards

The Dow Jones industrials surged on sunnier forecasts from Wal-Mart and two major banks, but many analysts doubted the high spirits would last.

November 14, 2007

Headlines from November 14, 2007

It’s Show-and-Tell Day: Bring Strahan to School

The Secret? It’s Not the Potatoes

Marbury Leaves Knicks in Dispute

Spitzer Dropping His Driver’s License Plan

Taking a Whack at Making a Car

Billboard 200

Long Road Out Of Eden

Blackout

Carnival Ride

Avenged Sevenfold

Everything Is Fine

Historical Context for November 14, 2007