Giants fans take great joy in watching Brandon Jacobs flatten defenders. At home, the supersized trash-talking running back is a soft-spoken dad who “will cry at the drop of a hat.”

Jacobs Is a Bull of a Runner and a Teddy Bear of a Father

A 16-year-old boy must decide between moving to Georgia to be adopted by a family he barely knows and staying in a group home in New York, where he has friends and feels comfortable. 

Last Stop Before Adulthood

“Zodiac” is about working things through intellectually and about the dawning of awareness, which encapsulates the experience of watching it.

Building Suspense Along the Trail of an Invisible Man

There are many restaurants and upscale shops that feature local artists, but Grouchy Gabe’s Grill is the rare deli that doubles as an avant-garde gallery. 

Curator? No, the Deli Man.

Private spending, supported by a growing number of very wealthy families, is gaining ground on public investment.

Private Cash Sets Agenda for Urban Infrastructure

In the 911 Turbo Cabriolet, Porsche has wrapped luxury-car aesthetics around a racing machine.

Racing Toward the Sun

Barack Obama may have rediscovered an old truth: Partisan politics do not mean a partisan people.

We Agreed to Agree, and Forgot to Notice

Another small, eco-friendly business is scooped up by a corporation.

Can Burt’s Bees Turn Clorox Green?

The ski clubs created in the 1930s and ’40s are fighting to attract younger members who don’t mind traveling to the mountains by bus instead of S.U.V.

Oh, My Poor Arthritic Ski Club

A trial raises the question of whether it is appropriate to save tapes of 911 calls for years and then use them as evidence in court. 

911 Has a Long Memory

Redesigning a Connecticut home with a water view for the conservation-minded.

A Retreat for Nature Lovers

A Web site created by MTV promises users a virtual visit to the clubs of the Lower East Side. Is it a chance to party or some kind of sell-out?

I’ve Been in That Club, Just Not in Real Life

James Dier of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, has more than 50,000 record albums, and he is planning to sell at least half of them at a flea market opening in Fort Greene in April. 

When the Grooves of a Lifetime Start to Feel Like a Rut

Few people in college football have made more important quick decisions in the past few months than Louisiana State Coach Les Miles, both on and off the field. 

Miles Is Thriving by Making Quick Decisions That Work Out

The Jaguars proved that they were able copycats of a style that has defined the Steelers, withstanding a furious 18-point comeback by the Steelers in the fourth quarter and kicking a 25-yard field goal to win in the final 37 seconds.

Jaguars Beat Steelers at Their Own Game

A plan that could authorize more aggressive operations follows concern that Al Qaeda and the Taliban hope to destabilize the Pakistani government, officials said.

U.S. Considers New Covert Push Within Pakistan

After a death, family members must decide what to do with the real estate left behind. Brokers say that is often when trouble starts.

Heirs to a Headache

One of the best and most original series on television in decades, “The Wire” has never received an Emmy. 

No Happy Ending in Dickensian Baltimore

A medium breaks the bonds of time and expectation to find its inner razzle-dazzle.

Video Art Thinks Big: That’s Showbiz

Looking for the best food in Bangkok? Follow the locals as they head to their favorite sidewalk vendor or crowd into small cafes tucked down side alleyways.

Street Smarts in Bangkok

One of the most surreal moments in Julie Taymor’s passionate ’60s fantasia, “Across the Universe,” is a sequence at an Army induction center in New York City.

A Mystery Tour More Menacing Than Magical

John Edwards and Senator Barack Obama attacked Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton as never before.

At Debate, Two Rivals Go After Defiant Clinton

Now seems a peculiar time for shareholders to suspend their disbelief about the full impact the continuing credit crisis might have on financial services stocks.

Testing Investors’ Faith in State Street

Throughout history, violent death has rewritten the country’s political map.

Ghosts That Haunt Pakistan

After nearly 40 years and over 150,000 miles, a 1969 Dodge Dart is much more than just a keepsake in the garage.

A Starring Role in a Family Series

Shmuel Berenbaum was an Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva of the Mir yeshiva in Brooklyn, New York.

January 6, 2008

Headlines from January 6, 2008

Jacobs Is a Bull of a Runner and a Teddy Bear of a Father

Last Stop Before Adulthood

Building Suspense Along the Trail of an Invisible Man

Curator? No, the Deli Man.

Private Cash Sets Agenda for Urban Infrastructure

Billboard 200

Noel

Growing Pains

As I Am

Long Road Out Of Eden

Hannah Montana 2 (Soundtrack)/Meet Miley Cyrus

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for January 6, 2008