Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton have never faced a scrape quite like Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary, when their would-be dynasty will be on the line.

A Campaign Retools to Seek Second Clinton Comeback

African-Americans voiced pride and amazement over Senator Barack Obama’s victory in Iowa, with some seeing the result as a signal moment in race relations.

Daring to Believe, Blacks Savor Obama Victory

A boxing charity on Long Island is caught up in a fierce battle over alleged dirty tricks between an investment bank and an insurance company.

This Round, Accusations of Spying and Thievery

Hollywood’s squabble over which of two technologies will replace standard DVDs skewed in the direction of Sony Corporation on Friday, with Warner Brothers casting the deciding vote.

Warner Backs Blu-ray, Tilting DVD Battle

Out of the turmoil facing the Republican field may rise another opportunity for Senator John McCain.

McCain May Benefit From Huckabee’s Jolt to G.O.P.

For Web video, lunchtime has become the new prime time, and media companies have started responding.

Noontime Web Video Revitalizes Lunch at Desk

The star pitcher Roger Clemens, his former trainer Brian McNamee and three others will be asked to testify under oath before a Congressional committee on Jan. 16.

Congress Calls on Clemens and 4 Others to Testify

Competition to publish the nastiest, most breathless and up-to-the-moment celebrity gossip has always been fierce, but the Internet has pushed it to a new level.

In Race for Gossip, TV Shows Turn to Blogs

New Yorkers were talking or blogging or posting about Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s plan to reduce by 20 percent the number of parking permits issued to employees of an array of city agencies.

Paring Down Parking Permits, and Raising a Fuss

Heading into the playoffs, cold weather teams known for their running game are throwing the ball, and those known for passing are piling up the rushing yardage.

N.F.L. Offenses Undergo a Thaw in Thinking

A series of minor, seemingly unrelated events helped create the fire that claimed the life of a veteran fire lieutenant in Brooklyn on Thursday.

Unexceptional Events Set Off Fatal Blaze

When the closing bell rang on Friday, the Dow Jones industrials had fallen 256.54 points, nearly 2 percent, to 12,800.18.

Fears on Inflation and Jobs Give 2008 a Stumbling Start

The Chappaqua lawyer accused of murdering his wife admitted he sent flowers to his longtime mistress on her birthday in November 2006, according to an indictment made public Friday.

Man Charged in Wife’s Death Acknowledged Having Affairs

The difference between the defending N.B.A. champions and the Knicks seemed remarkably small at times Friday evening. But the true gap showed up in the final seconds of a tight game.

Knicks Stay Close, but Spurs Show How to Win

President Bush’s initiative, which has helped 1.4 million people, may be his most lasting bipartisan achievement.

In Global Battle on AIDS, Bush Creates Legacy

As the case of Amazon.com reveals, maybe taking care of customers is something worth doing when you are trying to create a lasting company. 

Put Buyers First? What a Concept

The Redskins have stood by Coach Joe Gibbs through the lows of their season, illness in his family and the death of  Sean Taylor.

Redskins Rally (Around Gibbs) to Salvage Season

Worker abuse is still commonplace in many of the Chinese factories that supply Western companies, according to labor rights groups.

In Chinese Factories, Lost Fingers and Low Pay

Economists viewed a surge in unemployment as the most powerful sign to date of a possible recessionary downturn.

Unemployment Sounds Warning About Economy

Neediest Cases Fund-Raising Totals

The Chicago Sun-Times, the flagship newspaper of the Sun-Times Media Group, has proposed cutting 35 union newsroom positions, or about 19 percent of the paper’s nonmanagement news jobs. The union has two weeks to make a counterproposal and plans to ask Sun-Times management to offer a buyout package, said Misha Davenport, a features writer and co-chairwoman of the Chicago Newspaper Guild. Sun-Times Media, formerly Hollinger International, is under pressure from shareholders to sell the company after revenue fell 10 percent to $279 million last year through Sept. 30.

Job Cuts at Sun-Times

A picture caption with an article on Sunday about the motivations of the C.I.A. in taping some interrogations and then destroying the tapes misidentified the position held by John A. Rizzo at the intelligence agency. He serves as the acting general counsel; he was never confirmed by the Senate as general counsel. (The White House withdrew his nomination because of mounting opposition from Democrats over Mr. Rizzo’s role in the harsh interrogation of C.I.A. detainees.).

Corrections: For the Record

Every phone call, fax and personal computer connection in North America depends on a little-known company called NeuStar, and its chief executive, Jeffrey E. Ganek.

The Company With the Biggest Little Black Book

An article on Page 8 of Arts & Leisure this weekend about Jock Soto’s transition to teaching dance after a career as principal dancer with the New York City Ballet misstates the given name of his father. He is Jose Soto, not Joseph.

January 5, 2008

Headlines from January 5, 2008

A Campaign Retools to Seek Second Clinton Comeback

Daring to Believe, Blacks Savor Obama Victory

This Round, Accusations of Spying and Thievery

Warner Backs Blu-ray, Tilting DVD Battle

McCain May Benefit From Huckabee’s Jolt to G.O.P.

Billboard 200

Noel

Growing Pains

As I Am

Long Road Out Of Eden

Hannah Montana 2 (Soundtrack)/Meet Miley Cyrus

Historical Context for January 5, 2008