In the regions of Lombardy and Piedmont, a nascent craft beer scene has begun to emerge, bringing well-made brews into the dining rooms of some of the country’s best restaurants.

Savoring Italy, One Beer at a Time

The only place more excited than Lubbock, Tex., may be State College, Pa.

Another No. 1 Falls; Texas Tech Isn’t Only Winner

The former Yankees catcher Jim Leyritz is awaiting trial in Florida on charges of manslaughter and driving under the influence of alcohol.

For Leyritz, Future in Balance After a Fall

Battling recent stress fractures and a pair of Olympic disappointments, Paula Radcliffe of Britain won New York for the third time. Marilson Gomes dos Santos won the men’s race.

Radcliffe Reasserts Her Supremacy

Marilson Gomes dos Santos won the men’s race, and Britain’s Paula Radcliffe won the women’s race.

Brazilian and Briton Are Fastest to the Finish

The centenary celebrations of the choreographer Antony Tudor reached their climax on Friday night with American Ballet Theater at City Center.

Centenary-Season Revelations of Some Currents in Antony Tudor

Three sets of researchers recently concluded that professors have virtually no impact on the political views and ideology of their students.

Professors’ Liberalism Contagious? Maybe Not

On Saturday, Renée Fleming returned to the title role of Donizetti’s “Lucrezia Borgia” at the Washington National Opera when a new production, directed and designed by John Pascoe and conducted by Plácido Domingo, was introduced at the Kennedy Center.

In a Man’s World, Poison Is Her Best Revenge

To become a playoff team — a respected team — the Jets needed to win games like this one against a division rival, on the road.

With Help From Bills, Jets Realize Potential

At Madison Square Garden on Saturday, Janet Jackson strutted through a full-tilt arena spectacle like those she has mounted since her multimillion-selling days in the 1980s and ’90s.

High-Gloss Pop With Spectacle to Spare

It is, in fact, impossible to separate Studs Terkel’s political vision from the contours of his oral history.

He Gave Voice to Many, Among Them Himself

Because of an editing error, a theater review last Sunday of “Talley’s Folly,” at the McCarter Theater in Princeton, misstated the name of the scenic designer who tied for the 1980 Tony with John Lee Beatty. He is David Mitchell, not John Lee Mitchell.

Correction

A calendar listing last Sunday misstated dates and ticket prices for “It Ain’t Nothin’ but the Blues” at the Crossroads Theater in New Brunswick. It runs Nov. 6 to 16, not until Nov. 23; ticket prices are $55 on opening night, $45 at other times, not $175 and $90.

An article last Sunday about learning to be a political pundit on television referred incorrectly to the Fox program “Hannity & Colmes.” Its hosts present opposing conservative and liberal views on issues; it is not a conservative show.

Correction: At Pundit School, Learning to Smile and Interrupt

Events in Florence, California and Paris are worth getting on a plane for.

Datebook: Exhibition in Florence, Surf Festival in California and High Tea in Paris

An article last Sunday about the views of Connecticut residents on the presidential campaign misidentified the occupation of one voter, Jay Wood of Darien. He is a financial adviser for Merrill Lynch, not a financial analyst. The article also misstated Mr. Wood’s attitude toward his employment. He did not say he was worried about his job.

An article in some copies on Oct. 19 about Hollywood’s caution in making films that focus on African-American themes misspelled the name of a character in a series of films by the writer, director and actor Tyler Perry. The character is Madea, not Medea.

Correction: Race and the Safe Hollywood Bet

Karen Kohler’s new two-act show is as cosmopolitan a work of musical theater as I can remember.

Cosmopolitan Cabaret, From Schubert to Tom Dooley

Thing were not looking so good on Friday, when the target audience for the Walt Disney Company’s tween confection “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” seemed more preoccupied with Halloween.

High School Seniors Rebound After Halloween

Plans to build Ireland’s tallest building, a $250 million Dublin skyscraper that would include a recording studio for the band U2, have been put on hold.

U2 Tower on Hold

The Los Angeles Opera, which is scheduled to present its first cycle of Wagner’s “Ring des Nibelungen” in summer 2010, is expected to announce on Monday that more than 50 cultural and educational organizations in Los Angeles County will join it in a 10-week festival revolving around the opera performances.

Los Angeles on the Rhine: Citywide Ring Festival

The York Theater Company’s recent production of “Enter Laughing: The Musical” will return to the Theater at St. Peter’s for an encore engagement.

In the Wings

The actress Mackenzie Phillips, who starred in the television series “One Day at a Time” from 1975 to 1983, pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine and heroin.

Actress Pleads Guilty to Drug Charge

Two war films, “Resolution 819,” about the Srebrenica massacre during the final months of the 1992-95 war in Bosnia, and “Opium War,” set in present-day Afghanistan, took the top awards at the Rome film festival .

War Movies Top Rome Film Festival

The 92nd Street Y has announced casting for the 2009 season of Lyrics & Lyricists, the long-running series devoted to the American songbook.

Stars Line Up for Song Series

Madelyn Lee Payne Dunham was an American banker and the maternal grandmother of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States. She and her husband Stanley Armour Dunham raised Obama from age ten in their Honolulu apartment. She died on November 2, 2008, two days before her grandson was elected president.

Madelyn Dunham, American banker and business executive (born 1922)

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Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton is a British racing driver who competes in Formula One for Ferrari. Hamilton has won a joint-record seven Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles—tied with Michael Schumacher—and holds the records for most wins (105), pole positions (104), and podium finishes (202), among others.

Lewis Hamilton secured his maiden Formula One Drivers' Championship Title by one point ahead of Felipe Massa at the Brazilian Grand Prix, after a pass for fifth place against the Toyota of Timo Glock on the final lap of the race.

November 2, 2008

Headlines from November 2, 2008

Savoring Italy, One Beer at a Time

Another No. 1 Falls; Texas Tech Isn’t Only Winner

For Leyritz, Future in Balance After a Fall

Radcliffe Reasserts Her Supremacy

Brazilian and Briton Are Fastest to the Finish

Billboard 200

Lucky Old Sun

Paper Trail

Gossip In The Grain

Death Magnetic

Jennifer Hudson

Notable Deaths

Historical Events

Historical Context for November 2, 2008