Don’t look now, but Nick Saban has Alabama rolling.

Dominating Victory Makes Tide a Factor

Kelly Johnson hit an R.B.I. double off Pedro Martínez in Atlanta’s three-run first inning and the Braves won to end the Mets’ three-game winning streak.

Martínez Falls Short, but Mets Stay in Place for Wild Card

Alberto W. Vilar, who spread his largess throughout the cultural world before being arrested on fraud charges, sounds defiant about his legal troubles.

As His Fraud Trial Begins, Fallen Arts Patron Decries His Prosecution

“Drawing Babar: Early Drafts and Watercolors,” at the Morgan Library & Museum, is a compact, elegant exhibition.

All About Mr. Elephant, in His Becoming Green Suit

The American bailout plan, which originally excluded foreign banks with U.S. units, may expand, a move that could raise its cost and intensify scrutiny by Congress and critics.

Foreign Banks Hope Bailout Will Be Global

Uncertainty over the company’s finance unit may present challenges to its financial performance, its strategy and perhaps even its business model.

G.E., a Giant of Lending, Is Dragged Down Along With Banks

Patricia Q. Stonesifer, who stepped down as chief executive of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is expected to be named as chairwoman of the Smithsonian Institution.

New Chairwoman Poised to Reform Smithsonian

“Heroes” gives its fans cathartic validation: You inherited a screwed-up world, and it’s not your fault.

Supernatural Powers, Yes. Gen-Y Problems, Also Yes.

Traders and investors spent the weekend dissecting the bailout and its implications, amid worries that Friday’s stock market rally would prove fleeting.

Wall Street Fastens Its Seatbelt, Preparing for This Week’s Ride

Kate Atkinson has written a deliciously underhanded, echo-filled novel.

Watch Out, Inspector: Parallel Plots Collide

Hedge funds, which typically thrive in volatile markets, are on course for their worst year on record.

In Newest Crisis, Hedge Funds Face Chaos

An article last Sunday about the Arts Access Program at Matheny Medical and Education Center in Peapack referred incorrectly to the recruitment of Lyn Sanders, the current director. She was asked to participate by SuzAnne Barabas, then director of the program — not by Dr. Gabor Barabas, then medical director of Matheny, and Robert Schonhorn, then president.

Promoting Self-Expression

A headline and a picture caption last Sunday with the Night Out column, about two executive producers of the television series “Lost,” misspelled the given name of one of them. He is Carlton Cuse, not Carleton.

Correction: 	The Beat Goes On

Events in Madrid, Zurich and Boston are worth getting on a plane for.

Datebook: Madrid, Zurich and Boston

Because of an editing error, an article last Sunday about the conversion of methane at landfills into energy misstated the process used to create power at the Covanta Energy Corporation’s American Ref-Fuel incinerator in Hempstead, N.Y. The power results from the combustion of solid waste, not from the capturing of methane.

Tapping Power From Trash

Treasury’s schedule of financing this week.

Treasury Bills Set for This Week

The Broadway musical “[title of show]” will end its run at the Lyceum Theater on Oct. 12.

'[title]' to Close

“Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words” is a merry compendium of the witlessness and wisdom of the rich and famous.

The Lives, Loves and Ducks of Luminary Literature

Lisa Kron will be the host for the New York Innovative Theater Awards.

Footnotes

Travis Barker, the former drummer of the band Blink-182 and the disc jockey Adam Goldstein were expected to recover fully from burns incurred in a plane crash.

Full Recovery Expected for Crash Survivors

“Lakeview Terrace” earned $15.6 million, ousting the Coen brothers’ “Burn After Reading” from first place at the box office over the weekend.

Suburban Thriller Is Box Office Hit

The singer George Michael was released with a warning, after being arrested for suspicion of possession of drugs in a public toilet in London, the BBC reported.

George Michael Given a Warning

The Sikh Art & Film Foundation will present its annual Sikh Film Festival at the Asia Society and Museum.

Celebrating Sikh Culture

When Ulrike Hessler takes over as general director of the Saxon State Opera Dresden in 2010, she will be the first woman to hold the post in the company’s 169-year history.

A First for Saxon Opera

Matt Lauer is the subject of this year’s Friars Club Annual Celebrity Roast Luncheon.

September 21, 2008

Headlines from September 21, 2008

Dominating Victory Makes Tide a Factor

Martínez Falls Short, but Mets Stay in Place for Wild Card

As His Fraud Trial Begins, Fallen Arts Patron Decries His Prosecution

All About Mr. Elephant, in His Becoming Green Suit

Foreign Banks Hope Bailout Will Be Global

Billboard 200

The Recession

The Block

LAX

Rock N Roll Jesus

All Hope Is Gone

Historical Context for September 21, 2008