July 24, 2008

A coalition of arts organizations has asked the city for $15 million that would go to so-called culturally specific organizations, serving blacks, Hispanics, Asian-Americans and American Indians.

Horses will depart for the Olympic Games as part of a global migration that will ultimately include 297 horses from 47 nations traveling on 57 airplanes.

Lee Israel forged more than 400 letters from Noël Coward, Dorothy Parker and other literary celebrities, a criminal career she recounts in her book, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which had already announced plans to raise fares and tolls in July 2009, now says it wants to increase them again in early 2011.

Carlos Sastre, who at one point during Wednesday’s stage was fetching water bottles for his teammate and race leader Frank Schleck, ended the day taking the yellow jersey off his shoulders.

As the popularity of granite countertops has increased, so have reports that some are emitting radiation and radon at surprisingly high levels.

Zimmer Holdings, the nation’s biggest producer of orthopedic devices, says it will suspend sales of an artificial hip component that some doctors have complained was failing at a high rate.

With gas at $4, Ford is redirecting billions of dollars to build more small cars in a move that Alan R. Mulally, Ford’s chief, hopes will help the automaker thrive, not just survive.

Just when it looked like the Yankees and Red Sox were drifting into cozy familiarity, along came Jonathan Papelbon, poking a sharp stick into the cage of somnolent Yankee fans.

There are wrong ways to dismiss someone. But is there really a right way to do it?

The U.S. plans to shift nearly $230 million to upgrading planes that critics say are not used to fight terrorism.

Bill Gates and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced on Wednesday that they would spend $500 million to stop people around the world from smoking.