Florida’s victory over L.S.U., No. 5 Texas’ 45-35 victory over No. 1 Oklahoma and No. 17 Oklahoma State’s 28-23 road upset of No. 3 Missouri provided yet another day of chaos.

Three More Tumble From the Top Ranks

When B. J. Upton’s sacrifice fly delivered pinch-runner Fernando Perez from third base, the Rays prevailed in 11 innings in Game 2 of the A.L.C.S.

In Long Night of Home Runs, Upton’s Sacrifice Pulls Rays Even

Brett Favre turned the ball over three times, but strong defense helped New York beat winless Cincinnati.

Jets Win Ugly Against Bengals

A bumbling president, a rube candidate, a greedy politician — such are the caricatures of political life. Whether accurate or not, they can be more powerful than any argument.

The Power of Political Pratfalls

The Japanese bank demanded better terms after Morgan Stanley’s stock lost about 59 percent of its value.

Morgan Agrees to Revise Terms of Mitsubishi Deal

Most people sometimes wake up on the wrong side of bed. The hero of “My Own Worst Enemy” on NBC wakes up on the wrong side of his brain.

Jekyll and Hyde, With a Dash of James Bond

A hostile cultural climate forced Haroon Bacha, a Pashtun musician, to leave his homeland and come to New York.

U.S. Refuge for Singer Fleeing the Taliban

“The Brass Verdict” has the sneaky metabolism of any Michael Connelly book.

Two Kindred Souls, Working Side by Side

A new exhibition offers further evidence that China has become the most fertile territory on the globe for experimentation by architects.

In Modern China, ‘Little Kingdoms’ for the People

People who finance Hollywood continue to make large bets that people will still go to the movies.

L.A. Follows Its Own Script

Charlie Manuel and outfielder Shane Victorino will not miss any games to attend the funerals of family members who died Friday.

Manuel and Victorino Will Stay

An article last Sunday about the business strategy of JetBlue Airways misstated the size of its new Terminal 5 at Kennedy International Airport in New York. It is 635,000 square feet — not 55,000 square feet, the size of the retail and food court area within the terminal.

Correction

The 36 Hours column on Sept. 28, about Brighton, England, misspelled the name of a musician who performed at the Brighton Dome, a former stable turned concert hall. It is Jimi Hendrix, not Jimmy. The column also referred incompletely to the schedule for the Volk’s Electric Railway. Although the railway was operating when the writer toured Brighton in June, it closed the end of August and will re-open in April.

Correction: 36 Hours in Brighton, England

Treasury’s schedule of financing this week.

Treasury Auctions Set for This Week

Senator John McCain has agreed to appear on David Letterman’s “Late Show” on CBS, according to the show’s Web site.

McCain Reschedules With Letterman

The Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan was admitted to a hospital in Mumbai for acute abdominal pain, Agence France-Presse reported.

A Bollywood Star Is Hospitalized

The Web site absolutepunk.net reported an unlikely collaboration on Saturday: Elvis Costello is singing on the new album by the pop-punk band Fall Out Boy.

Elvis Costello Sings With Fall Out Boy

The BBC reported that the music producer and rapper Pharrell Williams made a surprise appearance onstage with Madonna.

Election Season Sounds

M. John Richard has been selected as the new president and chief executive of the two-year-old Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County.

Footnotes

The music of Judy Collins has so many aspects that any survey of her nearly-50-year career as a singer-songwriter confronts you with what might seem like multiple personalities.

A Writer and a Muse

With everyone trying hard to keep a depression away, the authorities ought to be able to win the monetary battle in relatively short order.

Crisis Is Milder Outside Finance

For David Ortiz, the Tampa Bay Rays’ expressions on Friday night made them seem tentative, perhaps even tight.

To Ortiz, the Rays Appear to Be Feeling the Pressure

Hideki Kuroda will bring his straight-laced, straight-man countenance to the mound Sunday night, when he will try to help the Dodgers get out of their 2-0 hole against the Phillies.

Pitcher’s Actions, Not Words, Matter to Dodgers

The directors Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker call their new documentary “The Return of the War Room.” But the political strategists who inhabited that fabled room never really left.

Back to 1992: Revisiting the Clinton ‘War Room’

A picture about talking dogs, “Beverly Hills Chihuahua,” trampled Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe at the weekend box office.

‘Chihuahua’ Is Top Draw at Box Office

Karl Chircop was a family doctor and Maltese politician. He was Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives of Malta of the Malta Labour Party from 1996 to 2008, served as shadow Minister for post, Social Policy, and Health.

October 12, 2008

Headlines from October 12, 2008

Three More Tumble From the Top Ranks

In Long Night of Home Runs, Upton’s Sacrifice Pulls Rays Even

Jets Win Ugly Against Bengals

The Power of Political Pratfalls

Morgan Agrees to Revise Terms of Mitsubishi Deal

Billboard 200

Death Magnetic

Don't Forget

Year Of The Gentleman

Doll Domination

Only By The Night

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for October 12, 2008