Rebecca Paul Hargrove has built multibillion-dollar lotteries that have helped fuel the industry’s growth.

The Lottery Industry’s Own Powerball

Julian Schnabel has made a lot of paintings, but his new movie, “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,” is threatening to upend his résumé.

Don’t Call Him a Filmmaker, at Least Not First

For a month and a half, one ballet beckons the inner child in (almost) everyone.

So Many ‘Nutcrackers,’ So Little Time

An interior designer and a retired estate planner own a colonial home in yellow — pure, intense and bright as lemon peel.

The Perfect Shade of Papaya

Heartbreak can happen at 80, but probably without the rage against the dying of the light.

Love in the Time of Dementia

Should nonprofit art museums accept money from commercial galleries with a clear financial stake in the artist’s career, and in some cases in the artworks on display?

Museums Solicit Dealers’ Largess

Tony Duquette's fantastical whimsy makes today’s fashion seem generic.

In Luxurious Detail

The claim that medical sales practices are draining millions of dollars from public programs is key to what could be one of the largest whistle-blower lawsuits on record.

Blowing the Whistle, Many Times

Debate is growing about whether an American classified program has done enough to help protect Pakistan’s nuclear weapons.

U.S. Secretly Aids Pakistan in Guarding Nuclear Arms

In South Korea, which boasts of its wired society, a camp to treat cyberspace addiction may be a first.

In Korea, a Boot Camp Cure for Web Obsession

A culinary pilgrimage to Prince Edward Island, where nature has created a watery heaven on earth for shellfish.

Beckoned by Bivalves

An improbable newspaper, with a dozen refugees from the Yorktown Heights-based North County News, has managed every week to hit the diners and delis of Mount Kisco and Pleasantville.

New Weekly Makes News and Waves

Four years ago, Patricia F. D’Ascoli used her 40th birthday as a turning point to return to her first love — literature.

One-Woman Connecticut Book Tour

The Los Angeles Auto Show may be short on new models this year, but it is long on talk about alternative fuels, hybrid drivetrains and sustainable mobility.

California Dreaming, Tinted Green

Ohio State won its fourth consecutive game over Michigan, and if Wolverines Coach Lloyd Carr retires, as expected, it will mean that he ended his career with a 1-6 record against his rival Jim Tressel.

Ohio State Heads Into B.C.S., and Michigan Into Unknown

The reporter visits Mooney’s Pub on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, which is closing after 28 years, and bears the same name as his family. 

Where Everybody Really Did Know His Name

Selling off building rights provides a double bonus: top-floor (or other) residents can expand their living space and cash-strapped buildings can bring in more income.

Through the Roof

A nine-time Olympic medalist, Dara Torres trains on the cutting edge so that her personal pharmacy does not have to be.

Torres Is Getting Older, but Swimming Faster 

Studies indicating that executions are a deterrent against future murders have been the subject of sharp criticism.

Does Death Penalty Save Lives? A New Debate

Undiscovered treasures may await customers at auction houses around the region.

Up, Up and Away

The Vantage is a serious curve-chaser, not a mature grand touring car like other Aston Martin offerings.

A Bond-Worthy Beauty

The I.R.S. agent who dug up the evidence used to indict Barry Bonds has been doggedly following the trail of performance-enhancing drugs in sports.

A Harvest of Trash and Turmoil for an Agent Fighting Steroids

The Knicks (2-7) were punchless in every possible way on Saturday, losing their sixth game in a row and closing an 0-4 western trip.

With Tank Drained, Knicks Fall Again

How did the media mogul end up in the middle of hostilities on the rim of the old Soviet empire?

Rupert Murdoch, Embroiled in the Caucasus

From “toikey” to turkey, from nonevent to event, a holiday’s stirring and simmering is passed on.

November 18, 2007

Headlines from November 18, 2007

The Lottery Industry’s Own Powerball

Don’t Call Him a Filmmaker, at Least Not First

So Many ‘Nutcrackers,’ So Little Time

The Perfect Shade of Papaya

Love in the Time of Dementia

Billboard 200

Long Road Out Of Eden

Blackout

Carnival Ride

Avenged Sevenfold

Everything Is Fine

Historical Context for November 18, 2007