August 27, 2008

A small but growing number of brewers, beer experts and importers are turning toward well-made low-alcohol beers.

Running a restaurant has perhaps never been so tempting, thanks in part to the Food Network and celebrity chefs, but statistics show it is still very easy to fail.

The Bloomberg administration is asking elementary school principals across New York City to give standardized tests in English and math to children as young as kindergarten.

The city drastically cut the number of parking permits given to Education Department employees for parking around schools, to 11,150 from 63,212.

Underground restaurants that string together the farm-to-table movement and a bloggy kind of interactivity have gained a following among food lovers.

Lucita Cangemi is the last working New York member of the Missionary Servants of the Most Blessed Trinity, who have served as social workers with Catholic Charities since 1953.

A June jailbreak highlighted the Afghan government’s frailty, and the security situation has worsened since.

Roger Federer dismissed Máximo González in an easy three-set match, a bright spot in what has been a rocky season for a player who is not No. 1 for the first time since 2004.

Players in the Ladies Professional Golf Association will be required to be conversant in English by 2009.

Governments are overcoming their wariness of private funds as they struggle to finance public improvements.

With the Yankees playing a series that may be the closest they get to the postseason this year, Alex Rodriguez was in October form.

Gov. David A. Paterson of New York and his aides considered his short speech at the Democratic National Convention an important appearance as he tries to raise his national profile.