Minnesota scored four runs in the sixth inning and the winning run on an eight-inning homer, ensuring that the Detroit Tigers could not clinch the division on Saturday.

Twins Take Central Race to Final Day

An attack that killed eight Americans underscored the vulnerability of the kind of isolated bases that the top American commander wants to scale back.

Attacks on Remote Posts Highlight Afghan Risks

Hilary Mantel has written an arch, elegant, richly detailed biographical novel centered on Thomas Cromwell.

Cromwell Unshadowed, Razor Sharp

Carrie Fisher is the creator and cast of this brut-dry, deeply funny memoir of a show.

Just Me and My Celebrity Shadows

After amiably received sets by newcomers, 50 Cent took over with a two-and-a-half-hour gangsta extravaganza.

An Old-School Party With Bad-Guy Gangsta Rap

The most vibrant buzz this summer around the Warner Brothers lot focused on the sudden emergence of a series that had been on the air for two seasons.

The Big Surprise of ‘Big Bang’: The Bigger Audience

“Return to the Hundred Acre Wood” is the first authorized sequel to the A. A. Milne classic Winnie-the-Pooh books in more than 80 years.

The Same Pooh Bear, but an Otter Has Arrived

China plans to spend billions of dollars to develop media companies that it hopes can compete with the likes of News Corporation and Time Warner.

China Yearns to Form Its Own Media Empires

The Tribune Company wants to pay managers up to $66 million in bonuses, which would be the highest ever paid, even as the company struggles.

Of Layoffs, Bankruptcy and Bonuses

Some analysts call the resurgence a sign that credit markets have recovered. Others warn that bond prices could roll backward if the economy stumbles.

Bonds Boom as Investors Flock Back

To appreciate the impact of Isaiah Sheffer’s decision to step down as the artistic director of Symphony Space, try to conceive what it would be like to lose Zabar’s or H&H Bagels.

Artistic Director of Symphony Space to Step Down

Robert Greenwald demonstrates deft timing with his documentary questioning the American presence in Afghanistan.

Protesting the ‘Other War’

Tom Brady and Randy Moss conspired on the sideline and cooperated on the field as New England sent Baltimore to its first loss of the season.

Reaching Into Past, Patriots Move Forward

The archives of Octavia E. Butler will be made available next year to researchers at the Huntington Library in San Marino, Calif., the library has announced.

Sci-Fi Novelist’s Papers Go to California Library

Roman Polanski was to pay at least $500,000 to Samantha Geimer, the victim in his 1977 child-sex case, under a settlement in a civil suit Ms. Geimer later filed against him, The Los Angeles Times reported.

Polanski Civil Suit Outcome Unclear

“Zombieland” opened No. 1 at the weekend box office.

Zombies Storm the Box Office

Giuseppe Tornatore, whose “Cinema Paradiso” won the Oscar in 1990 for best foreign film, has become a center of controversy over his latest work.

Killing of Bull on Film Draws Protests in Italy

Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, said on Sunday that he expected the nation’s 9.8 percent unemployment rate to climb even higher.

Greenspan Foresees a Rise in Unemployment

Corrections

An article last Sunday about a series of high-profile crimes involving parolees in California misstated the circumstances surrounding the death of one parolee in July. In that incident, an Oakland parolee shot and killed four police officers and then was killed by other officers; the parolee did not kill himself.

An article last Sunday about the Obama administration’s efforts to round up votes for proposed health care legislation erroneously included one senator as a member of the Senate Finance Committee, which is currently considering the legislation. While Senator Mary L. Landrieu, Democrat of Louisiana, is on the Senate Appropriations Committee, among others, she is not on the Finance Committee.

The Local Stop feature last Sunday, about Hunters Point, Queens, misidentified the brands of bicycles available for rent at Spokesman Cycles, 49-04 Vernon Boulevard. The store offers Jamis and Fuji bikes, not Schwinn or Mongoose.

The City Critic column last Sunday, about GoMobo.com, a service that allows people to order and pay for takeout food online, then skip the line when picking it up, misstated the surname of its founder. He is Noah Glass, not Hess.

A picture credit on Page 11 this weekend with “The New Gender Gap,” by Lisa Belkin, misstates the name of the gallery that represents Lee Friedlander, the photographer whose image accompanied the article. The gallery is Janet Borden Inc., New York — not Jane Borden Inc.

The Yankees are using a season-ending series against the Rays to audition players for a chance to play in the American League playoffs.

Yankees Hold Off on Settling Postseason Roster

Gerhard Kaufhold was a German footballer who spent his entire career at Kickers Offenbach. He played a total of 396 games in the Oberliga Süd for the club, scoring 112 goals. He also represented West Germany in a 3–1 defeat against England in 1954.

Gerhard Kaufhold, German footballer (born 1928)

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Günther Rall was a highly decorated German military aviator, officer and General, whose military career spanned nearly forty years. Rall was the third most successful fighter pilot in aviation history, behind Gerhard Barkhorn, who is second, and Erich Hartmann, who is first.

October 4, 2009

Headlines from October 4, 2009

Twins Take Central Race to Final Day

Attacks on Remote Posts Highlight Afghan Risks

Cromwell Unshadowed, Razor Sharp

Just Me and My Celebrity Shadows

An Old-School Party With Bad-Guy Gangsta Rap

Billboard 200

The Blueprint 3

I Look To You

The Resistance

Man On The Moon: The End Of Day

The Time Of Our Lives (EP)

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for October 4, 2009