The Yankees and the Angels battled each other in a taut, exciting game that finally unraveled on an Angels throwing error in the 13th inning. The Yankees lead the series 2-0.

Yankees Win Deep Into a Cold, Wet Night

As economists, pundits and politicians debate the reasons for the dollar’s rapid fall, Robert Stevenson and his workers in Buffalo are watching the slide with glee.

In Dollar’s Fall, Upside for U.S. Exports

Michael Chabon demonstrates once again his ability to write about the big subjects of love and memory and regret.

Boy to Man: Amazing Adventures

The delay of R Kelly’s new album either freed or forced him to put more emphasis on his nonmusical life in his show.

A Stream of Medleys, a Flash of Sincerity

No game so far this year delivers a deeper, more fully realized aesthetic experience than Brütal Legend.

Where Metal, in Its Infinite Variety, Reigns

Ron Warren, the longtime right-hand man of the art dealer Mary Boone, is the subject of a 30-artist exhibition.

Artists Salute Undersung Multitasker

A report by Leonard Downie Jr., formerly of The Washington Post, sets forth a number of ways to pay for journalism. One of them is government money.

A Newsroom Subsidized? Minds Reel

After being kidnapped in Afghanistan, David Rohde, a Times reporter, and two Afghan colleagues were moved into the tribal areas of Pakistan. The second installment in a series offering Mr. Rohde’s account of his captivity.

Inside the Islamic Emirate

A social networking service where the operative question is not “what are you doing?” but “where are you going?”

Face-to-Face Socializing Starts With a Mobile Post

At the Frankfurt Book Fair, what Beijing hoped would be a celebration of cultural achievements became a tug of war between control and free speech.

At Book Fair, a Subplot About Chinese Rights

Ciaran O’Reilly’s inspired revival of Eugene O’Neill’s play stars a wondrous John Douglas Thompson.

Absolutely Corrupt

Often maligned for his failure to produce in the postseason, Alex Rodriguez has become a story of redemption during these playoffs.

Rodriguez Is at Ease With Himself and October

The artist Shepard Fairey said an error over the Barack Obama “Hope” poster he designed should not be viewed as “premeditated and sinister,” The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported.

‘Hope’ Poster Artist Defends Himself

The nonprofit Center for Arts Education found that New York City high schools with the highest graduation rates also offered students the most access to arts education.

Arts Education and Graduation Rates

After a member of the group Calle 13 criticized the planned layoffs of Puerto Rican government workers, island officials canceled a show featuring that duo, according to The Associated Press.

Puerto Rico Cancels Calle 13 Concert

“Where the Wild Things Are” sold an unexpectedly robust $32.5 million in tickets at North American theaters on the film’s opening weekend.

Wild Things Roar Their Lucrative Roar

A stage manager for the Broadway revival of “South Pacific” has been accused of secretly recording an actress in her dressing room, The Associated Press reported.

Stage Manager Arrested

The director Roman Polanski has been moved from prison for medical treatment, his French lawyer said, according to Reuters.

Polanski Receives Medical Treatment

The Brooklyn Academy of Music is to host its first opera festival, and Lincoln Center is making additions to its Great Performers series.

In the Wings

Corrections

A picture caption in some editions last Sunday with a review of “Weather Channel,” an exhibition at the Islip Art Museum on Long Island, included an erroneous description from the museum for an untitled work by Maureen McQuillan. It is a photogram based on a sculpture; it is not a sculpture.

After the reliable Angels made three errors and another startling miscue in a 4-1 loss to the Yankees in the opener of the A.L.C.S., Manager Mike Scioscia gave his team a pep talk.

Angels’ Master Tactician Has Plan to Avoid Panic

Because of an editing error, an Associated Press article last Sunday about soccer teams that have qualified for next year’s World Cup misstated, in some editions, a step in the process. Eight of the nine second-place UEFA group finishers will qualify for a playoff to determine four spots in the World Cup finals; they will not all qualify.

Cynthia Oliver delved into the riotously beautiful art of winding, a powerful, erotically charged rhythmic dance named for its sinuous, circular pelvic motion.

Calypso Is Fractured, but the Hips Are Intact

New releases from Michael Bublé, Tim McGraw, Buika y Chucho and others.

New CDs

Adriaan Kortlandt was a Dutch ethologist. He has been described together with Vernon Reynolds and Jane Goodall as "...one of a trio of pioneers ... who founded field studies of chimpanzees in the 1960s."

Adriaan Kortlandt, Dutch ethologist and biologist (born 1918)

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Nancy Spero was an American visual artist known for her political and feminist paintings and hand pulled prints.

October 18, 2009

Headlines from October 18, 2009

Yankees Win Deep Into a Cold, Wet Night

In Dollar’s Fall, Upside for U.S. Exports

Boy to Man: Amazing Adventures

A Stream of Medleys, a Flash of Sincerity

Where Metal, in Its Infinite Variety, Reigns

Billboard 200

Love Is The Answer

Brand New Eyes

Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel

Dear Agony

Black Gives Way To Blue

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for October 18, 2009