At first glance, the case against four people accused of running an online escort business seemed routine. Then elements piqued interest for some reporters.

4 Arrests, Then 6 Days to a Resignation

Ashley Alexandra Dupré, 22, the woman called Kristen in an affidavit describing her rendezvous with Eliot Spitzer, said in an interview, “I just don’t want to be thought of as a monster.”

For an Aspiring Singer, a Harsher Spotlight

The federal government reversed course and said Wednesday it would continue to cover the use of an increasingly popular procedure to detect heart disease.

Heart Scans Still Covered by Medicare

Authorities took a second employee at the French bank Société Générale into custody in connection with a $7 billion trading scandal.

French Police Questioning Bank Worker

Over the past three weeks “SNL” has put itself back into the national discussion with a series of political sketches.

Pro-Clinton? ‘SNL’ Says You’re Joking

The episode raises further questions about Southwest’s maintenance procedures and about oversight by the Federal Aviation Administration.

New Inspections Ground 38 Southwest Jets

Many lawmakers are predicting a return to comity between the Legislature and governor.

Hope for Harmony in a Shaken Albany

The initial findings represent the first official acknowledgment that interrogators taped some sessions with detainees.

Pentagon Cites Tapes Showing Interrogations

Eliot Spitzer became the first New York governor to leave office amid scandal in nearly a century.

Felled by Scandal, Spitzer Says Focus Is on His Family

Banning journalists from fashion shows seems as quaint as the practice itself. Indeed, fashion is the only creative field that attempts to bar the news media.

My Invitation Isn’t in the Mail

One year after Syracuse was snubbed from the N.C.A.A. tournament, its bubble has burst.

Syracuse Is Sent Home After Rout by Villanova

Impresarios, directors and conductors are salivating at the possibilities of classical music returning to the Armory.

Armory Will Again Be Host to Music

The green movement comes to media players with the introduction of two music players that function without batteries or power from a cord.

Media Players, Untethered

Three players and two coaches were ejected in separate incidents during a spring training game between the Yankees and the Tampa Bay Rays.

A Slide Leads to a Cut and a Festering Wound

User demand for the Internet could outpace network capacity by 2011, some analysts warn.

Video Road Hogs Stir Fear of Internet Traffic Jam

Frances Whitehead and James Elniski have found a conceptual art project in their effort to live sustainably.

In Chicago, Tinted Green

Seeking stability, Chrysler turns to James E. Press, a 37-year veteran of rival automaker Toyota.

Can a Toyota Man Fix Chrysler?

With his latest commission, “Last Acts,” now onstage as Houston Grand Opera’s 37th world premiere, and “Moby-Dick” in the works for the Dallas Opera, Jake Heggie continues his exploration of dark themes.

For an Operatic Life, Check Out the Composer’s

In an era of local food, an increasing number of Americans are turning their yards into mini orchards, even in dense urban areas.

Backyards, Beware: An Orchard Wants Your Spot

Anne Rice's second novel narrated by Jesus of Nazareth, now over 30,  perches on the brink of blasphemy. But it succeeds in treating his humanity as an essential part of his divinity.

Telling His Own Tale of Passions and Piety

See Otto mope. See Otto pricked with needles. See Otto go!

Old Dog, New Trick: Acupuncture

Tiger Woods’s overall game is most often compared to that of Jack Nicklaus, but there are some stylistic elements of the hard-charging, risk-taking Arnold Palmer there too.

Bridging Eras: What Palmer Did, Woods Is Doing

Remodeling coaches assist homeowners in figuring out what they want in a renovation, and help make sure that the project is actually carried out.

Calling in the House Therapist

A comment by Geraldine A. Ferraro, a close ally of Hillary Rodham Clinton, has put race at the center of the contest.

Democrats Face Racial Issue Again

Opening Ceremony may be small and hard to find, but its influence on fashion can’t be missed.

March 13, 2008

Headlines from March 13, 2008

4 Arrests, Then 6 Days to a Resignation

For an Aspiring Singer, a Harsher Spotlight

Heart Scans Still Covered by Medicare

French Police Questioning Bank Worker

Pro-Clinton? ‘SNL’ Says You’re Joking

Billboard 200

Discipline

New Amerykah: Part One (4th World War)

Sleep Through The Static

Savage Life 2

As I Am

Historical Context for March 13, 2008