The Brewers avoided postseason elimination with a victory against the Phillies in Game 3 of their National League division series, their first in eight games against Philadelphia.

Brewers Stave Off Elimination With Win

Jerry Hirsch has owned more exotic cars, but his 1973 BMW 2002 stands out for its distinctive simplicity.

A Smooth 35-Year Ride

In the western part of the state, you can push yourself to the physical limit by day and relax with a good meal (and an even better glass of wine) at night.

Biking Colorado’s Wine Country

Since the original model went on sale, the Toyota Corolla has become the planet’s all-time best-selling line of passenger cars.

A New Term for the World Leader

After two decades of searching, the Dodgers found their way back to the National League Championship Series. The Cubs fell apart in October to make it 100 years since they last won the World Series.

Wait Till 101st Year: Dodgers Eliminate Cubs

Time obsesses Madonna on her Sticky and Sweet Tour, which made its first American stop at the Izod Center.

Aerobic, Not Erotic: The Concert as Workout

Eli Manning threw two touchdowns and Brandon Jacobs ran for two more for a victory that embarrassed the Seattle Seahawks.

Giants Are 4-0 and at the Top of the Heap

Pat Burrell clobbered two home runs to lead the Phillies to a victory over the Milwaukee Brewers that clinched their first trip to the N.L. Championship since 1993.

The Phillies Pour It on Early, and Then the Champagne Flows

The film “Fireproof,” about a firefighter who saves his marriage by turning to God, has become a box office success.

It’s a Healthy Marriage of Faith and Filmmaking

A gift of art from New Guinea that was promised to the de Young Museum in San Francisco is in dispute.

A Collection of Tribal Art Is Embroiled in a Modern Family Feud

New York City Opera opened what is going to be a modest season, devoid of staged productions, with a very fine concert of notable 20th-century works at St. George Theater on Staten Island.

Feeling Modern, City Opera Starts an Itinerant Season

On Beekman Place, a tall fence has made it almost impossible for one homeowner to sell a $25 million town house.

Brick Wall Barrier

The Habitats article last Sunday about a loft in Long Island City, Queens, where the artist Ilan Averbach and his family live among his sculptures gave an incorrect explanation for the name of the family’s cat, Mitsi. It is a word that Israelis use to call a cat; it is not the Hebrew word for cat.

Correction

Collecting of petroliana — memorabilia from gas stations — has grown greatly in recent years.

Filling Up the Backyard With a Gas Station

An article last Sunday about the spouses of candidates for high-profile jobs misstated, in one reference, the surname of the former director of the Whitney Museum of American Art, who was hired away by the Indianapolis Museum of Art. As the article noted elsewhere, he is Maxwell L. Anderson, not Maxwell L. Alexander.

Correction: The Significant Other

Many brokers believe that buyers at the top of the market are unlikely to be deterred by stock market losses.

Business as Usual

When is a listing just a listing, and not a social commentary on the excesses of wealth and the evils of Wall Street?

Timing the Market?

An article and a picture caption on Sept. 7 about the executive director of the Westchester Arts Council misstated her given name. She is Janet T. Langsam, not Janice.

A year after scoring only six runs in a three-game sweep by Arizona, the Cubs produced the same meager output in another early exit.

Cubs Again Save Their Worst for Last

Treasury’s schedule of financing this week.

Treasury Auctions Set for This Week

If anything could convince a committed disbeliever to question that stance, it might be the organ music of Olivier Messiaen.

Reverence and Rapture, Expressed by an Organ

The Mexican ranchera star Vicente Fernández owned the stage with a studied theatricality, businesslike in his looseness.

Mexican Star Holds Forth on a Long Thirsty Evening

The new Disney comedy “Beverly Hills Chihuahua” took the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office.

At Box Office, a Dog Has Its Days

The big draw for a crowd of nearly 50,000 at a get-out-the-vote rally in Philadelphia was not Senator Barack Obama, whose campaign was sponsoring the rally, but Bruce Springsteen.

Springsteen for Obama

Sidney Poitier and Oprah Winfrey were among the thousands of guests at the grand opening of Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta.

October 5, 2008

Headlines from October 5, 2008

Brewers Stave Off Elimination With Win

A Smooth 35-Year Ride

Biking Colorado’s Wine Country

A New Term for the World Leader

Wait Till 101st Year: Dodgers Eliminate Cubs

Billboard 200

Death Magnetic

Year Of The Gentleman

Brass Knuckles

Rock N Roll Jesus

Learn To Live

Historical Context for October 5, 2008