Most of Alexis de Tocqueville’s letters home from America have never been published in English. But Frederick Brown has translated them for a volume due out next year.

Postcards From the Edge: Tocqueville’s Letters Home

Over the years, “Sesame Street” has replaced the graffiti and gritty smudges of city life with green spaces, tofu and yoga.

Same Street, Different World: ‘Sesame’ Turns 40

Even in the age of ever-expanding recipe databases, cookbooks are still alluring. Here are this season’s most interesting titles. 

Cookbooks as Edible Adventures

A resort, one of the largest-ever foreign investments in China, would cover 1,000 acres and cost $3.5 billion.

China Approves Disney Theme Park in Shanghai

Proposals under consideration in Congress would require an online database showing the payments to doctors made by drug and device makers.

Health Bills Aim a Light on Doctors’ Conflicts

When an economy is just coming out of recession, its weaknesses are always more obvious than its potential strengths.

Through a Glass Less Darkly

Iraqi security forces at hundreds of checkpoints have been relying on a hand-held wand.

Iraq Swears by Bomb Detector U.S. Sees as Useless

In buying Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Warren E. Buffett is hoping that the demand for shipping by train will remain strong or even grow.

Buffett Bets Big on Railroads’ Future

Oshkosh’s off-road armored truck is proving to be worth billions of dollars for the company and a potential lifesaver for troops in Afghanistan.

A Pentagon Contract Revives Jobs at Oshkosh

Procedures in which dogs choose a suspect’s smell out of a group are under fire.

Picked From a Lineup, on a Whiff of Evidence

Some analysts are now predicting higher levels of holiday spending this season than last.

In October, Signs of Life at Retailers

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s strikingly thin margin of victory in Tuesday’s election could affect his influence.

Mayor No Longer Seems Invincible

Republicans took back two states run by Democrats, dealing a setback to President Obama.

G.O.P. Wins Two Key Governors’ Races; Bloomberg Prevails in a Close Contest

New York’s attorney general charged the company with abusing its dominant position in the chip market.

State Accuses Intel in an Antitrust Suit

Chrysler had $5.7 billion in cash on hand at the end of September, up from the $4 billion it had in June after emerging from bankruptcy, its chief executive said.

Party’s Over: A New Tone for Chrysler

For Kenneth Lonergan, the last few weeks of directing his drama “The Starry Messenger” have included moments of frustration and hope.

Playwright and Director in a Single Hair Shirt

J.P. Morgan Securities will forfeit fees on derivative contracts it sold to Jefferson County, Ala., to settle charges that it bribed officials to win business.

J.P. Morgan Settles Alabama Bribery Case

The Federal Reserve signaled that it wasn’t close to raising interest rates, saying the economy was still weak.

Fed Sees No Need to Raise Interest Rates Soon

Richard Foreman’s “Idiot Savant,” with Willem Dafoe in the title role, is some kind of wonderful.

Still Bouncing Off the Fun House Walls

Motorola offers the Droid, a mobile device that defies categories. It’s not exactly a smartphone, not exactly an iPhone. It’s...

A Place to Put Your Apps

In an era of computer animation, making laser scans of old monuments may not sound special, but a Scottish team has achieved unprecedented levels of sophistication.

Scots Aim Lasers at Landmarks

Roald Gundersen is an architect who may revolutionize the building industry.

Building With Whole Trees

Michael Specter’s hotly argued diatribe targets those he thinks are emblems of stubbornly anti-scientific thinking, like Prince Charles, Dr. Andrew Weil and Whole Foods.

Firing Bullets of Data at Cozy Anti-Science

The outspoken media darling of populist conservatism uses the plots of the novels as a springboard for issues.

For Thrillers, Glenn Beck Is Becoming New Oprah

An article on Saturday about an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission inspector general, H. David Kotz, into Bernard L. Madoff’s decades-long Ponzi scheme erroneously included one former S.E.C. chairman on a list of ex-chairmen interviewed by Mr. Kotz as part of his inquiry. Although he interviewed Arthur Levitt, William Donaldson and Christopher Cox, he did not interview Harvey Pitt. The error was repeated in a picture caption with the continuation of the article.

Corrections

Hubertus Brandenburg was a Catholic bishop of Stockholm. He was ordained priest in Osnabrück on 20 December 1952. On 12 December 1974, he was appointed by Pope Paul VI as auxiliary bishop of Osnabrück. On 21 November 1977, he was appointed as Bishop of Stockholm. He resigned in 1998, and was succeeded by Bishop Anders Arborelius.

November 4, 2009

Headlines from November 4, 2009

Postcards From the Edge: Tocqueville’s Letters Home

Same Street, Different World: ‘Sesame’ Turns 40

Cookbooks as Edible Adventures

China Approves Disney Theme Park in Shanghai

Health Bills Aim a Light on Doctors’ Conflicts

Billboard 200

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Southern Voice

Crazy Love

The Blueprint 3

The Time Of Our Lives (EP)

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for November 4, 2009