Big Brown appears to be on the doorstep of immortality as a rival may be from scratched from the Belmont Stakes.

Big Brown’s Path Could Be Missing a Rival

Nearly four years after his wife died during an Olympic warm-up tour, U.S. softball coach Mike Candrea will return to the spot where she suddenly collapsed.

Schedule Revives Memories of Coach’s Emotional Journey

Hopes that the U.S. might skirt a recession sank in the face of indications that the economy is gripped by a slowdown and pressured by record fuel prices.

Job Losses and Oil Surge Spread Economic Gloom

A program that provided poetic respite from ads for bunion cures and personal-injury lawyers on subways and buses, came to a quiet end last month.

The Gift of Prose to Soothe the Traveler

The case bears no direct relation to recent crane collapses, officials said, but it is a new blemish on a troubled agency.

Top City Crane Inspector Accused of Taking Bribes

Trailer park closings are testing oft-repeated promises on rectifying the social ills that Hurricane Katrina exposed.

Holdouts Test Aid’s Limitations as FEMA Shuts a Trailer Park

There is something undeniably old-fashioned and effectively clunky about these Boston Celtics.

Celtics Redux: Grit Over Glamour

Plenty of criminals head to prison still believing they’re above the law, but William S. Lerach, once a feared plaintiffs’ lawyer, takes the cake.

Serving Time, but Lacking Remorse

Company representatives said they did not recall considering the possibility of a climber when the building was being planned.

Times Imposes Security Measures After Climbers’ Stunts

Friday’s jump capped a second day of strong gains on energy markets, and fed suspicions that commodities might be caught in an investment bubble.

Oil Prices Take a Nerve-Rattling Jump Past $138

On a rare night when a Yankees starter lasted awhile, the team’s offense disappeared, allowing the Royals to win on the road for the first time in 12 games.

While Rasner Goes Deep, Yankees Don’t

Fund-raising for national party conventions could test the commitment of Barack Obama and John McCain to erase the influence of big money.

Candidates Forgo Soft Money, but Conventions Rake It In

The Federal Trade Commission’s decision to look into accusations about Intel’s pricing reversed a previous stance that had blocked the inquiry for many months.

In Turnabout, Antitrust Unit Looks at Intel

A decade ago, corporate whistle-blowing was almost unheard of in Japan. But a broad transformation of Japan and the global economy has occurred.

In Shift for Japan, Salarymen Blow the Whistle

The number of smaller foundations and other charities has increased 49 percent from 1995 to 2005.

Tax Laws Popularize the Small Foundation

Starbucks’s new rewards program demonstrates just how hard it is, in any industry, to build a program that inspires allegiance to a particular brand.

The Card-Carrying Starbucks Fan

The Grange, Alexander Hamilton’s historic home, is being moved into St. Nicholas Park at West 141st Street, as close as it can get these days to the rural setting for which it was originally designed.

Hamilton Home Heads to a Greener Address

In 2007, Newark ranked last among the nation’s 69 largest cities in the number of bookstores per capita, with 15 stores for 281,000 people.

Any Book Can Be a Rare Book in Bookstore-Hungry Newark

Concern is growing that Hamid Karzai, long a darling of the U.S., is not up to addressing his country’s troubles.

As Ills Persist, Afghan Leader Is Losing Luster

Lorena Ochoa was a joy to watch Friday, stringing together seven birdies to reach the halfway point of the second round of the L.P.G.A. Championship at 10-under-par 134.

Full of Laughs, Ochoa Makes Serious Charge Into Lead

After three tumultuous years, filled with public relations dustups and sluggish business performance, the nation’s largest retailer publicly relished a turnaround on both fronts.

Smiles All Around at Wal-Mart’s Annual Meeting

Microsoft is closing Windows Live Expo, the classified advertising Web site that was initially seen as a potential competitor to Craigslist.

Microsoft Is Closing a Classified Ad Site

John Atkinson, who won an essay contest explaining why he could shoot less than 100 on a golf course set up for a United States Open, failed to do so.

Dream Round of Golf Becomes a Humbling Test

Christina A. Gold is the chief executive of the Western Union Company.

Moving Money, Not Telegrams, Across Borders

Virgin America opposes an effort by six rivals to protect takeoff and landing slots they may not use in New York, Chicago and Washington this winter because of high fuel costs.

June 7, 2008

Headlines from June 7, 2008

Big Brown’s Path Could Be Missing a Rival

Schedule Revives Memories of Coach’s Emotional Journey

Job Losses and Oil Surge Spread Economic Gloom

The Gift of Prose to Soothe the Traveler

Top City Crane Inspector Accused of Taking Bribes

Billboard 200

3 Doors Down

II Trill

Julianne Hough

Nothing But The Best

Narrow Stairs

Historical Context for June 7, 2008