August 21, 2008

In a revealing interview, Gov. David A. Paterson opened up about his sensitivity to criticism, but also noted the steps he had taken to assert himself as a leader in a capital.

A new screenplay from retired Justice Edwin Torres, author of “Carlito’s Way,” recalls a turbulent era of East Harlem’s history.

A New York-style luxury high-rise lifestyle is creeping into the wealthiest echelons of society in Los Angeles.

Contractors never had a formal demolition permit at the former Deutsche Bank building in New York, the site of a deadly 2007 fire, a report found.

Medicare officials’ 2006 statements that they had reduced the number of fraudulent and improper claims were misleading, a draft report says.

First-generation Chinese tend to maintain that sports are an impediment to academic and professional achievement, while the more assimilated promote sports as integral to a child’s maturation.

As policy makers work to ease the strain on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a consensus is emerging that the two companies will have to look substantially different in the long term.

Once solidly Democratic, western Pennsylvania has become an uncertain political terrain and a target for John McCain.

Taking a step that professors may view as a bit counterproductive, some universities are doling out Apple iPhones and Internet-capable iPods to students.

The International Table Tennis Federation wants to update players’ uniforms, inspired by the styles worn by athletes in sports like badminton and beach volleyball.

Photosynth, a sophisticated technology from Microsoft, turns a bunch of overlapping photos into a 3-D panorama.

U.S. combat troops will leave Iraqi cities by next June and the rest of the country by the end of 2011 if conditions stay relatively stable, officials said.