Some of the documents released by WikiLeaks contain the names of Afghans who gave information to NATO troops.

U.S. Military Scrutinizes Leaks for Risks to Afghans

Stimulus money sometimes goes to private companies to hire workers, instead of funding public projects.

Job Subsidies Also Provide Help to Private Sector

The New Meadowlands Stadium will give fans free smart-phone applications and enhanced video.

To Pack a Stadium, Provide Video Better Than TV

A retired judge looking into Gov. David A. Paterson’s intervention in a domestic violence case involving a former aide will not recommend charges for the governor.

Inquiry by State Clears Paterson of Criminal Acts

Like DVDs, electronic books for the iPad are now being loaded with extras, including video clips that are integrated with text.

E-Books Fly Beyond Mere Text

A Fed member warned that the agency’s current policies put the United States economy at risk of  “Japanese-style” deflation.

Within the Fed, Worries of Deflation

“Dinner for Schmucks” is in some ways an exemplary modern Hollywood comedy.

What? We Might Be the Real Losers?

Besides the bank, two executives were singled out for not disclosing information about mortgage investments.

Citigroup Pays $75 Million to Settle Subprime Claims

A Brooklyn junkman finds the sweaty path to his own business leads him into a series on Spike TV.

The Real Junkmen of Kings County

Representative Charles B. Rangel’s trial before the House ethics committee is  a potential embarrassment for Democrats during election season.

Rangel Case Poses Test for Democrats as Elections Near 

A bike trip in the Southwest includes remote canyons, spectacularly empty roads, challenging climbs and, happily,  strategically placed hotels. 

Four Corners, Two Wheels

Zach Braff follows “Scrubs” with a dream job Off Broadway, in Paul Weitz’s new play, “Trust,” at the Second Stage Theater.

Shakespeare to ‘Scrubs’ to a Stint Off Broadway

The Basel committee that was supposed to toughen banking regulations seems caught in a battle to do so.

In Basel, Eternal Work In Progress

President Obama’s appearance on “The View” was an example of how politicians co-opt entertainment shows to make news.

Daytime Diplomacy

The two Dallas billionaires, large donors to conservative causes, were charged with an extensive securities fraud.

S.E.C. Charges Brothers With $550 Million Fraud

Investment banking chiefs must be astute risk managers, overseers of strategic and legal changes and be able to inspire the troops while dealing with regulators, shareholders and the press.

Investment Banks in a New World

Corrections

Two authoritative performers of old-time American music, Willie Nelson and Levon Helm, brought their bands to Radio City Music Hall on Wednesday night.

Slipping Away With Two Country Gentlemen

Companies that promise to settle debt problems for consumers will no longer be allowed to charge an upfront fee.

New Restrictions Placed on Debt Settlement Companies

The actor bought a one-bedroom on West 21st Street for $701,000.

Dylan McDermott Buys Co-op

The chef and restaurateur sold his East 10th Street co-op for $1.4 million.

David Bouley Sells Apartment

Tom’s Citgo is one of the few places in Queens that still has a gas dock for boaters.

Gas and a Six-Pack of Squid

Ethel plays a variety of styles at Lincoln Center Out of Doors.

Where Classical, Rock, Pop and Folk Meet

“Come Fly Away,” the Broadway musical that married the choreography of Twyla Tharp with the music of Frank Sinatra, announced it would close at the Marquis Theater on Sept. 5. (At right, Karine Plantadit and Keith Roberts.) It will have played 26 previews and 187 regular performances. A national tour is scheduled to open in Chicago in March. The show’s weekly grosses climbed after the musical opened last March, hitting a peak of $918,318 in the final week of April. But grosses have since declined steadily. Last week the show grossed $574,485 and sold about half of the 1,611 seats in the Marquis. Ms. Tharp was nominated for a Tony for her choreography, but the award went to Bill T. Jones, the choreographer of “Fela!”

‘Come Fly Away’ to Close on Broadway in September

American Ballet Theater will perform in Cuba for the first time in 50 years as part of the Havana International Ballet Festival.

American Ballet Theater to Return to Cuba for Havana Festival

Charles Edward Wicks was an American chemical engineer. He was a professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at Oregon State University. His focus was mass transfer, which was the subject of the textbook he coauthored, Fundamentals of Momentum, Heat, and Mass Transfer.

Charles E. Wicks, American chemist and academic (born 1925)

Charles_E._Wicks

The 2010 Kasai River ferry capsizing took place on July 29, 2010, when an overloaded passenger ferry capsized on the Kasai River in the Bandundu Province, east of Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. At least 80 people were confirmed to have died, with other accounts putting this figure closer to 140.

An overloaded passenger ferry capsizes on the Kasai River in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, resulting in at least 80 deaths.

July 29, 2010

Headlines from July 29, 2010

U.S. Military Scrutinizes Leaks for Risks to Afghans

Job Subsidies Also Provide Help to Private Sector

To Pack a Stadium, Provide Video Better Than TV

Inquiry by State Clears Paterson of Criminal Acts

E-Books Fly Beyond Mere Text

Billboard 200

Recovery

Korn III: Remember Who You Are

Thank Me Later

Born Again

My World 2.0

Notable Deaths

Historical Events

Historical Context for July 29, 2010