C. C. Sabathia’s pitching led the Yankees to their third consecutive victory against the Red Sox.

Yankees Zero In on Sweep of Red Sox

Calls for more government control of the congested skies over the Hudson River were reignited after a crash.

Airspace Above Hudson a Highway With Few Signs

“That Old Cape Magic” is the only Richard Russo novel that has its own theme song. It’s also the only Russo book that needs one.

It’s Summer at the Cape, but This Is No Vacation

The Mexican novelist Mario Bellatin has emerged in recent years as one of the leading voices in experimental Spanish-language fiction.

A Mischievous Novelist With an Eye and an Ear for the Unusual

Marion Barry, whose career includes four terms as mayor of Washington and a trip to federal prison for possession of cocaine, is the subject of a new documentary on HBO.

The Mayor and the Myths: A Case of Political Survival

Students at public and private colleges and universities around the country will find arts programs, courses and teachers missing when they descend on campuses this fall.

Arts Programs in Academia Are Forced to Nip Here, Adjust There

The Vail International Dance Festival looked both forward and back at the career of Wendy Whelan.

Highlighting a Muse’s Full Résumé

Media companies know that they need a presence on smartphones, but they are still navigating financial questions.

There’s an App for That. But a Revenue Stream?

The newspaper has picked up most of its Web-only rival’s print subscribers and kept them, and says daily circulation has risen more than 30 percent.

Seattle Paper Is Resurgent as a Solo Act

China’s legal rights movement, already reeling from a crackdown on lawyers, has been shaken by the detention of Xu Zhiyong, a respected rights defender.

Arrest in China Rattles Backers of Legal Rights

The owner of News Corporation says he wants to go against the grain and “charge for all our news Web sites.”

For Murdoch, It’s Try, Try Again

Some of the most obscure players in baseball history have statistics  and cards  that make them attractive to APBA players.

Where Puccinelli Is as Good as Bonds

There’s been another setback for those eagerly awaiting Spider-Man’s arrival on Broadway early next year.

Broadway Spidey Hits a Bump

Louis Langrée conducted the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra and the pianist Stefan Vladar in a spirited reading of Haydn’s lithe Piano Concerto in D.

Mozart, Joined by His Friends and Heirs

“G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” sold an estimated $56.2 million in tickets at North American theaters for a No. 1 opening, according to box office tracking services.

‘G.I. Joe’ Is No. 1 at the Box Office

“Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side” extends through Aug. 23.

Footnote

News about the Flea Theater’s new season, a new comedy from Morris Panych and next month’s “Broadway on Broadway” concert.

In the Wings

The Taiwanese pop singer Jay Chou will be playing Kato to Seth Rogen’s Green Hornet in Columbia Pictures’ adaptation of the 1930s radio series.

The Hornet’s New Kato

ABC is actively recruiting the suddenly unemployed Paula Abdul.

Paula Abdul to ABC?

Danny DeVito and the cast of the FX comedy series “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” are going on tour with a live theater adaptation of the sitcom’s musical finale last season.

‘It’s Always Sunny’ on the Road

Visitors who reach a retail site through sponsored links are more likely to buy than those who click on organic search results.

The Payoff of Ads on Search Engines

An article last Sunday about the treatment of contestants on reality television shows misstated, in some copies, the number of aspiring chefs in the first episode of “Hell’s Kitchen” on Fox. The show began with 16 contestants, not 12.

Corrections

An article last Sunday about Andrew J. Hall, a commodities trader who is in line for a $100 million bonus, misstated the original name of Phibro, the trading firm he heads. It was Philipp Brothers, not Phillips Brothers.

An article last Sunday about Philip B. Schwab, who at 80 is still a player in New York’s rough-and-tumble demolition industry, misspelled the name of the military base in Florida that houses a federal prison camp where Mr. Schwab was incarcerated for several years after his conviction in a bribery case. It is Eglin Air Force Base, not Elgin.

An article on July 26 about deteriorating roads in the New York region, and the shortage of funds to repair them, misidentified the source of money that New Jersey is using to repave parts of the New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway. That work is being financed with toll revenue collected by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, not federal stimulus money.

August 9, 2009

Headlines from August 9, 2009

Yankees Zero In on Sweep of Red Sox

Airspace Above Hudson a Highway With Few Signs

It’s Summer at the Cape, but This Is No Vacation

A Mischievous Novelist With an Eye and an Ear for the Unusual

The Mayor and the Myths: A Case of Political Survival

Billboard 200

Here We Go Again

Leave This Town

BLACKsummers'night

NOW 31

Hannah Montana 3

Historical Context for August 9, 2009