November 16, 2008

The leaders of 20 countries agreed to work more closely, but put off thornier questions until next year in an early challenge for the Obama administration.

With their credit cards drained, the latest bankruptcy filers are deeper in debt than those in previous downturns.

Iraq’s cabinet approved a security agreement that calls for a full withdrawal of American troops from the country by the end of 2011.

The protean Wallace Shawn, an actor, playwright and emissary from the New York intelligentsia, has a recurring role on the prime-time CW soap opera.

The Giants improved to 9-1 Sunday and solidified their hold on first place in the N.F.C. East with an impressive rushing attack against the tough Baltimore Ravens’ defense.

Robert Pattinson, the heartthrob star of the coming film adaptation of the vampire romance novel “Twilight,” meets his squealing fans.

Recent art auctions seemed to signal a new era in sales, one that featured the return of the seasoned collector and more-sober business practices.

“NCIS,” a six-year-old series on CBS that lands on few magazine covers and enjoys almost no love from critics, is suddenly the hottest show on the air.

“Waves,” a remarkable, genre-defying multimedia translation of “The Waves,” Virginia Woolf’s most challenging novel, raises the bar for literary adaptations.

The Rangers clawed back from a two-goal deficit and ended the game against the Bruins with a shootout in which center Chris Drury scored the only goal in four rounds to win it.

An article last Sunday about blue-collar voters in Levittown, Pa., who gravitated to Senator Barack Obama in the presidential election misstated the month of the Pennsylvania primary. It was April, not May.

A Calendar listing last Sunday about a screening of the film “Man of Aran,” at the Monroe Lecture Center Theater at Hofstra University on Wednesday, omitted the names and phone numbers of two professors with information about the screening. They are Prof. Leandra Reilly at (516) 463-5424 and Prof. Greg Maney at (516) 463-6182.