April 5, 2008

As the price of gold rose sharply over the past year, thousands of Americans rushed to sell gold objects and heirlooms, some of which held deep emotional meaning.

Shelley Duncan and Melky Cabrera dropped their appeals of the three-game suspensions in exchange for having their penalties reduced to two games.

Two critical questions remain: Whether detectives identified themselves as officers, and if they had reason to believe Sean Bell and his friends had guns.

A private equity group backed out of a deal to invest $2.55 billion in the auto-parts maker, dealing a blow to General Motors, which relies heavily on Delphi parts.

Larry Brown, the basketball world’s very own Kevin Bacon, has ties to every team in this year’s Final Four.

William Wesley is known to basketball people in the know but remains a face in the crowd to most everyone else. And that is just how he likes it.

Sderot, which has been pounded by Palestinian rockets, is on the front line of Israel’s battle for legitimacy and self-respect .

Former Gov. George E. Pataki has shipped 12 years of press releases to the State Archives — while ignoring archivists’ requests for other, perhaps more revealing, internal documents.

A decision that Zimbabwe’s president should participate in a possible run-off dampened speculation that he would step down.

While experts have different opinions about investing in foreign currencies, they all agree that such investments are not for the faint of heart.

An influx of newly insured patients is widening the gap between the supply of primary care physicians and the demand for their services.

The men in the car with Sean Bell had no gun, no drugs and none of them had any outstanding warrants.