Madison Avenue is optimistic that there can be long-term benefits from the disruptions caused to the broadcast television season by the writers’ strike.

Agencies See a Window to Alter the Business of Television

Publish or perish has long been the burden of every aspiring university professor. But the question the Harvard faculty will decide on Tuesday is whether to publish — on the Web, at least — free.

At Harvard, a Proposal to Publish Free on Web

A law that aims to diminish the influence of special interests on city campaigns would make it more difficult for minority candidates to run, according to a lawsuit.

Suit Against New Campaign Finance Law Claims Racial Bias

The N.B.A. All-Star Game arrives Sunday to shine a spotlight on New Orleans, but also to embrace a local franchise that continues to lag in the stands despite contending in the standings.

Despite Empty Seats at Home, Hornets are Thriving

When the Writers Guild of America held its awards ceremony Saturday night, it felt more like a victory celebration. So after the long strike, the writers won, right?

Who Won the Writers Strike?

Barack Obama had hoped to be above racial tensions, but his campaign has been pulled into the thick of them from early on.

Seeking Unity, Obama Feels Pull of Racial Divide

In her new book, Diandra Leslie-Pelecky explains everything from the mechanics of racing engines to the molecular properties of the drivers’ fire-retardant suits.

Nascar’s Screech and Slam? It’s All Aerodynamics

Trying to decode the subtle cues that lead to human rapport, scientists have trained their focus on mimicry.

You Remind Me of Me

Scientists are reporting that they have determined why muscles get tired and devised, for mice, an experimental drug that can eliminate fatigue.

Finding May Solve Riddle of Fatigue in Muscles

A $2 billion hedge fund fails, and there will be more, analysts say.

Bad Bets and Accounting Flaws Bring Staggering Losses

On the eve of Tuesday’s primaries, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign increasingly believes that she must win in Ohio and Texas in March.

For Clinton, Bid Hinges on Texas and Ohio

After more than 15 years with New York City Ballet, Nikolaj Hübbe danced his farewell performance on Sunday  not as if he were delivering the last word on his roles, but as if they were brave new worlds he was still exploring.

A Godlike Dancer’s Company Farewell Keeps Adventures Rolling to the End

“River: The Joni Letters,” by Herbie Hancock can be understood as a celebration of the academy’s more high-minded pop impulses.

A Victory for Jazz, or Just Grammy Being Grammy?

New York hospitals are spending hundreds of millions of dollars rebuilding and expanding their emergency rooms.

City Hospitals Reinvent Role of Emergency

On Monday, a nearly 3-year-old, 15-inch-tall beagle named Uno took one small step toward the coveted title for his breed by winning the hound group, the first beagle to do so since 1939.

Beagle Is Top Hound at Westminster Dog Show

In an unusual educational experiment the Curtis Institute of Music has established Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 11 in F minor (Op. 95) as the touchstone of the academic year for its 160 students.

What’s in a Beethoven Quartet? A Full Curriculum

Gov. Jon S. Corzine is telling thousands of people that his plan to ease New Jersey’s fiscal woes will hurt a lot. But not adopting it, he warns, will hurt a lot more.

A Hard-Times Road Show on New Jersey Finances

In one corner of Wall Street, money is still gushing. Early shareholders may be protected, but long-term investors may be the suckers.

$300 Million to Burn, With a Catch

The cases of those accused with roles in 9/11 represent a major part of President Bush’s “unfinished business.”

Focus of Detainee Trial Is Likely to Suit Bush

The Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation sold an unwanted firetruck on Craigslist to a fire company in southern Pennsylvania for more than $75,000.

An Island’s Fire Truck, Idle for Years, Goes Quickly on the Web

For Ronald K. Brown, the choreographer and dancer who formed Evidence Dance Company in 1985 at 19, evidence is a twin concept.

Making Rich Tales of Diaspora Take Flight

Andy Pettitte’s recusal came amid growing indications that he had given evidence against Roger Clemens in his deposition. Chuck Knoblauch and Kirk Radomski will also not testify.

Pettitte Will Not Testify at Public Hearing

If solar flares and cosmic rays are known to be dangerous to life, how can scientists speculate about life forms on Mars?

Martian Umbrellas

Each day before dawn about 50 to 70 riders take the X32 bus to Bronx Science. It is the only public line that delivers students directly to one of the city’s nine specialized high schools.

The Trip to Bronx Science: A Long Ride to a Choice School

A headline on Monday with an article about pressure on the Israeli government to respond more forcefully to rocket attacks on Israel from Gaza misstated the condition of two brothers, ages 8 and 19, after an attack on their town, Sderot. They were seriously wounded; they are not dead.

Corrections: For the Record

David Lawrence Groh was an American actor best known for his portrayal of Joe Gerard in the 1970s television series Rhoda, opposite Valerie Harper.

February 12, 2008

Headlines from February 12, 2008

Agencies See a Window to Alter the Business of Television

At Harvard, a Proposal to Publish Free on Web

Suit Against New Campaign Finance Law Claims Racial Bias

Despite Empty Seats at Home, Hornets are Thriving

Who Won the Writers Strike?

Billboard 200

Juno

As I Am

Pocketful Of Sunshine

Growing Pains

In Rainbows

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for February 12, 2008