After two difficult years in Oakland, where injuries and attitude slowed him, Randy Moss has reset himself on the path to the Hall of Fame.

After Finding the Right Fit, Moss Is Proving Critics Wrong

How could Marion Jones — a poised, college-educated woman — have failed to comprehend the difference between public spin and the risk of legal self-destruction?

Blinded and Broken by Ambition

Its coffee shops of the past are gone, but the chain can rebound by slowing down.

Curing What Ails Starbucks

A spy mystery and diplomatic imbroglio began with the discovery of nearly $800,000 at a Buenos Aires airport.

Suitcase of Cash Tangles U.S. and 2 Latin Nations in Intrigue

For the Acoma tribe in New Mexico, the Dallas Cowboys connect a community fighting to maintain ancient traditions while adapting to the modern world.

In an Ancient Culture, a Team Takes Root

The financial giant is in talks to sell a stake to a Chinese bank and other investors, people briefed on the plan said.

Escalating Losses Force Citigroup to Seek More Foreign Investment

A proposal by Gov. Jon S. Corzine suggests highway toll increases of 50 percent every four years from 2010 to 2022.

Toll Increases in New Jersey Would Be Steep, and the Debate Will Be Fierce

Sharp-eyed criminals engage in the profitable practice of stealing PIN numbers at the A.T.M.

Picking Pockets? Nah, Surfing Shoulders

The Hollywood writers’ strike is threatening a beloved Tinseltown institution: the swag bag of free luxury items.

Awards Season, and the Swag Goes to ... Few

Legislation pending in Congress could spur still more people to choose Chapter 13 to save their homes.

Debt Relief Made Harder for Homeowners

Concern about a possible recession is bringing the president and lawmakers closer to agreeing on an economic stimulus package.

Bush and Congress Seen Pushing for Stimulus Plan

Kenneth D. Lewis has gambled on bold acquisitions, but 
few of his bets match a deal to buy Countrywide Financial Corporation.

Bank of America’s Chief Makes Big Bet

Brian McNamee told federal authorities last summer that Roger Clemens developed an abscess on his buttocks at around the same time that McNamee said he was giving him steroid injections during the 1998 season.

For McNamee and Clemens, a New Dispute

Tiffany’s weak holiday sales sent jitters through the luxury-goods industry, which had seemed invulnerable to the economic slowdown.

Anxiety for Luxury Brands as Tiffany Reports Slowdown

New York State prosecutors are investigating whether Wall Street banks withheld information about the risks posed by investments linked to subprime mortgages.

Inquiry Focuses on Withholding of Data on Loans

New York’s Democratic presidential primary on is shaping up as the most competitive since 1992.

Obama Giving Clinton a Race in Her Backyard

While seating the jury in the Nixzmary Brown killing, the prosecutor posed questions on the disciplining of children.

At a Child-Murder Trial, Raising Questions All Parents Face

In a military simulation, small speedboats were able to inflict devastating damage on more powerful warships.

Iran Encounter Grimly Echoes ’02 War Game

Though more drawn to mountaintops than to city lights, Sir Edmund Hillary is remembered in New York.

Hailed, From Everest to Park Avenue

Because of an editing error, a front-page article on Monday about prisoner overcrowding at the American detention center at the Bagram military base in Afghanistan omitted a reporting credit. Kirk Semple, Carlotta Gall and Abdul Waheed Wafa contributed from Kabul.

Corrections: For the Record

A state judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed by a coalition of community groups against the Atlantic Yards project near Downtown Brooklyn, dealing a major setback to opponents of the $4 billion development plan.

Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Seeking to Block Atlantic Yards

It was supposed to be a world-class golf course that would cost the city next to nothing. But nearly 10 years and $15 million later, the Ferry Point golf course in the Bronx is still a duffer’s dream waiting to happen.

Many Mulligans Later, City Is to Start Anew, and Alone, on Bronx Golf Course

More than bronzed slackers in board shorts, big wave surfers study oceanography and weather patterns to help them ride waves that can be more than 50 feet high.

Big Waves Mean No Small Preparation for Surfers

Corrections

An article in some editions on Thursday about the Knicks’ 101-92 loss to the Houston Rockets misidentified the referee who ejected Coach Isiah Thomas after there was incidental contact between them. It was Eric Lewis — not Dan Crawford, another official working the game. Because of an editing error, an article on Friday repeated the error. And a picture caption in some editions with the article on Friday, using information from the European Pressphoto Agency, misidentified the referee shown with Mr. Thomas. It was Mr. Lewis, not Mr. Crawford.

Max Beck was an American intersex advocate, who was active in the now-defunct Intersex Society of North America (ISNA). On October 26, 1996 in Boston, Beck participated in the first known public demonstration against human rights violations on intersex people. The event is now annually commemorated and recognized as Intersex Awareness Day.

January 12, 2008

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After Finding the Right Fit, Moss Is Proving Critics Wrong

Blinded and Broken by Ambition

Curing What Ails Starbucks

Suitcase of Cash Tangles U.S. and 2 Latin Nations in Intrigue

In an Ancient Culture, a Team Takes Root

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Growing Pains

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