Consumer Reports, a monthly magazine, continues to thrive with a subscription-only model, even on the Web.

Success Without Ads

What began with an undercover F.B.I. agent’s posing as a corrupt hedge fund manager led to the arrest of six people  on charges of fraud in the shadowy world of penny stocks.

6 Arrested Over Plots to Pump Up Share Prices

Rutgers Coach Greg Schiano has rejected overtures to become the next coach at Michigan, providing another public blow to that university’s search for a successor to Lloyd Carr.

Resisting Michigan, Schiano Is Staying Put

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s wealth and sprawling business interests make him a novel mayor.

The Roles Blur for the Mayor and the Mogul

A proposed school financing formula for New Jersey may direct a larger share of the $1 billion the state spends on special education to students in poor districts.

New Jersey Suburbs Fear a Drop in Special Education Aid

The charges against Detective Christopher Perino stemming from a secretly taped interrogation show just how ungovernable history has become in the age of digital technology. 

A Switch Is Flipped, and Justice Listens In

Gold has a long history of waxing and waning in allure. At the moment, it holds a particular attraction, given fears of  inflation, the risks in the financial market and the falling value of the dollar.

Gold’s Quirk: It’s Volatile, but Holders Feel Secure

The employment picture offered assurance that the economy was not plummeting, but the Federal Reserve may feel less pressure to aggressively ease interest rates.

Slowing Job Growth Seen as Ominous Sign for Economy

Barry Bonds pleaded not guilty to five felony charges of perjury and obstruction of justice Friday.

Bonds Pleads Not Guilty to Federal Charges

Robert A. Hawkins made a five-year journey through a maze of juvenile services before killing eight people and himself in a mall. 

From ‘Troubled’ to ‘Killer,’ Despite Many Efforts

One man died and another was gravely injured when they plunged from the roof of an Upper East Side apartment building. 

Two Window Washers Fall 47 Floors

The Central Intelligence Agency ignored advice from the White House, Congress and the Justice Department to preserve the tapes.

C.I.A. Was Urged to Keep Interrogation Videotapes

The need for an association of professional athletes was never more apparent than in the aftermath of the murder of Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor.

A Separate Union, of Athletes, for Athletes

Every night, columns of hulking freight trucks invade China’s major cities with a reverberating roar and dark clouds of diesel exhaust so thick it dims headlights.

Trucks Power China’s Economy, at a Suffocating Cost

Congressional leaders plan to provide President Bush with war money in return for spending on domestic programs.

Budget Makers Plan Tradeoff for War Funds

Friday’s was no ordinary game for Stephon Marbury, who was playing for the first time since his father died of a heart attack on Sunday.

Marbury Returns as Knicks Come Up Empty

The Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor, an agency created to root out corruption on the docks that was immortalized by Marlon Brando, is itself now at the center of a wide-ranging investigation.

Authorities Investigate a Watchdog of the Docks

In some cases, litigation can look more like a racket for income redistribution than a search for fairness. 

The Pursuit of Justice, or Money?

The Justice Department said it would consider an investigation into the destruction of interrogation tapes, and Congressional committees said that they would begin their own.

Congress Looks Into Obstruction as Calls for Justice Inquiry Rise

McNeil S. Fiske Jr. is trying to work the same magic at Eddie Bauer that he did at Bath & Body Works.

Looking Back to Eddie Bauer to Rescue Eddie Bauer

A picture caption with an article in some editions on Tuesday about a charity project called the Penny Harvest Field, to be unveiled on Monday in Rockefeller Plaza, reversed the identities of the two leaders of the project. Teddy Gross, of the nonprofit education group Common Cents, was second from left, and James S. Polshek, an architect, was at the right.

Corrections

The Advertising column in Business Day on Monday, about a campaign for Dr. Martens boots, referred incorrectly to one designer’s use of the footwear and to the fashion show at which they were featured. While the designer Yohji Yamamoto used actual Dr. Martens shoes, the designer Chloé featured boots that were inspired by Dr. Martens; both showed their designs at the ready-to-wear show in Paris in February this year, not during New York Fashion Week in September. The article also misstated the headquarters of Dr. Martens’s advertising agency, Exposure Communications. It is based in New York, not London. (Its parent company, Exposure Promotions, is based in London, and the campaign was photographed there.).

Corrections: For the Record

A Spare Times listing in Weekend yesterday about a winter festival at Riverside Church today misstated the church’s address. It is 490 Riverside Drive, not 91. (The entrance for today’s event is at 91 Claremont Avenue, between 120th and 122nd Streets.).

An article in Weekend yesterday about the Grammy nominations omitted part of the title of an album, by the Foo Fighters, that was nominated for the album of the year award. It is “Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace,” not “Echoes, Patience & Grace.”.

City education officials said that they planned to close three additional schools that received poor marks on the Department of Education’s new report cards. 

More Schools Being Closed for Low Score

Gerardo Israel García Pimentel was a Mexican journalist and crime reporter.

December 8, 2007

Headlines from December 8, 2007

Success Without Ads

6 Arrested Over Plots to Pump Up Share Prices

Resisting Michigan, Schiano Is Staying Put

The Roles Blur for the Mayor and the Mogul

New Jersey Suburbs Fear a Drop in Special Education Aid

Billboard 200

Noel

As I Am

NOW 26

The Ultimate Hits

Long Road Out Of Eden

Notable Deaths

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