The newspaper faces a self-imposed deadline to drum up financial backing at a time when the industry is reeling.

A Deadline for Survival at The Sun

The parents at Public School 363 in the East Village were stumped by the D on its report card. How had the school fallen so far, so fast?

A School’s Grade Plummets, and Parents Are Confused

A week of intense negotiation is expected as Congressional Democrats said they wanted greater oversight of the Treasury, among other measures.

Democrats Set Terms as Bailout Debate Begins

Even as all details of the $700 billion bailout of the financial industry had not been hammered out, financial firms were searching for ways to profit from it.

Big Financiers Start Lobbying for Wider Aid

Gov. David A. Paterson said New York’s attorney general would probe possible abuses at the Long Island Rail Road.

Paterson Seeks Study of Benefits at L.I.R.R.

Donors are financing initiatives to restore what some see as the casualties of the culture wars of the ’80s and ’90s.

Conservatives Try New Tack on Campuses

In Dubai, religion has become more of a personal choice and Islam less of a common bond than national identity.

Young and Arab in Land of Mosques and Bars

Thousands of Yankee fans turned out for the night the curtain fell on baseball’s grandest stage.

A Long Goodbye to an 85-Year Run

A new approach to managing trains and workers by appointing a general manager for each subway line will expand to the rest of the system in the coming months.

Subway to Expand Experiment

Teenagers observing the markets gyrate and the government officials scramble are seeing institutions that they had every reason to trust flailing in ineptitude.

At School of Finance, a Building Block Takes a Tumble

Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley will transform themselves into bank holding companies subject to greater regulation.

Shift for Goldman and Morgan Marks the End of an Era

Shorter courses of treatment are as effective as longer courses for early-stage breast cancer, a new study shows.

Shorter Radiation for Cancer of the Breast

Everything Derek Jeter, the Yankees’ quiet captain, said Sunday night was pitched perfectly for his teammates and the fans.

Jeter’s Actions True to Example Set by Ripken

Simon Baker, playing the title character of CBS’s “The Mentalist,” keeps this latest entry into the detective-with-a-gimmick genre easy on the eyes and brain.

A Detective Sharpens His Eye and Charm

My Bloody Valentine headlined the All Tomorrow’s Parties festival in Monticello, N.Y.

Reunited, Loud and Finding the Love

“Democracy in America: The National Campaign” is a nonpartisan, nonelectoral but intensely political convention-as-art-exhibition.

With Politics in the Air, a Freedom Free-for-All Comes to Town

The hosts and producers of the ABC daytime talk show want to be part of the nation’s political conversation this fall.

‘The View’ Has Its Eye on Politics This Year

Older Americans with investments are among the hardest hit, and have the least opportunity to recover.

Retirees Filling the Front Line in Market Fears

The Sunni-dominated citizen patrols paid by the Americans to fight the insurgency have become increasingly unpredictable.

Friction Infiltrates Sunni Patrols on Safer Iraqi Streets

A young owner of hermit crabs finds her pets’ friends in a market’s lobster tank.

Metropolitan Diary

Crowds of fans had been flocking to Monument Park at Yankee Stadium all week to pay respects to their childhood heroes.

In the Bronx, at the Intersection of History and Memory

Stories poured forth from people outside Yankee Stadium who remembered small, touching moments in the life of the hulking stadium.

Fans in Mourning as Sun Sets on the Old Yankee Stadium

After two years of not attending a game at Yankee Stadium, Bernie Williams returned to a place he called “my home away from home.”

Homecoming for Williams After 2 Years of Silence

“Lakeview Terrace” (Sony/Screen Gems), the new thriller starring Samuel L. Jackson as a policeman terrorizing his new neighbors, Patrick Wilson and Kerry Washington, earned $15.6 million, ousting the Coen brothers’ “Burn After Reading” from first place at the box office over the weekend, according to estimates from Media by Numbers, a box office tracking firm. “Burn After Reading” (Focus Features), starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt, slipped to second place with earnings of $11.3 million. It has made $36.4 million in two weeks. New releases grabbed third and fourth positions: “My Best Friend’s Girl” (LionsGate), the romantic comedy starring Kate Hudson, Dane Cook and Jason Biggs, earned $8.3 million and the animated comedy “Igor” (MGM) was close behind with $8 million. “Righteous Kill” (Overture Films), the action film starring Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, took fifth place with $7.7 million for the weekend and $28.8 million in two weeks. Over all the weekend was relatively weak with revenues of $93 million, 4 percent lower than the same weekend last year.

‘Lakeview Terrace’ Is Box Office Hit

“Lakeview Terrace,” the new thriller starring Samuel L. Jackson as a creepy cop terrorizing his new neighbors, Patrick Wilson and Kerry Washington, earned $15.6 million this weekend.

Creepy Cop Is Box Office Hit

Thomas Dörflein was a German zookeeper at the Berlin Zoological Garden for 26 years. After the baby polar bear Knut was abandoned by his mother shortly after his birth in 2006, Dörflein—who cared for both the zoo's wolves and the bears—was assigned as the cub's caretaker. As a result of the zoo's decision to raise Knut by hand, and the resultant close relationship between keeper and animal, Dörflein became a reluctant celebrity.

Thomas Dörflein, German zookeeper (born 1963)

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Petrus Graf von Schaesberg was a German art historian, artist, editor, and teacher.

September 22, 2008

Headlines from September 22, 2008

A Deadline for Survival at The Sun

A School’s Grade Plummets, and Parents Are Confused

Democrats Set Terms as Bailout Debate Begins

Big Financiers Start Lobbying for Wider Aid

Paterson Seeks Study of Benefits at L.I.R.R.

Billboard 200

The Recession

The Block

LAX

Rock N Roll Jesus

All Hope Is Gone

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for September 22, 2008