The Underbelly Project, an exhibition of street art in an abandoned New York subway station, is extravagantly out of reach of the public.

Street Art Way Below the Street

Republicans made final arguments for capturing control of Congress as the ranks of vulnerable Democrats deepened and the White House sought to minimize the damage.

Candidates Advance Final Arguments

At his Rally to Restore Sanity, Jon Stewart was unwilling to take a stand in the culture wars. So he opened fire on a bystander: the news media.

Rally to Shift the Blame

Not yet two years after serving time for insider trading, Samuel Waksal is again making deals.

ImClone Ex-Chief Embarks on New Biotech Venture

John A. Boehner, who hopes to be the next speaker, is running against Washington after 18 years in Congress.

Boehner Offers G.O.P. for 2010 Version of Change

Kander and Ebb’s musical, “The Scottsboro Boys,” which dares to present ugly American history as bawdy burlesque, opens on Broadway.

Revisiting an Outrage With Gallows Humor

Debt buyers used questionable tactics well before the recent foreclosure mess, lawyers say.

Debt Collectors Face a Hazard: Writer’s Cramp

Whatever the election outcome, the Federal Reserve is widely expected to take new steps this week to spur the nation’s snail-paced recovery.

Awaiting Fed’s Plans, Markets Are in Limbo

Buoyed by the impact that their campaigns have had, two large, new conservative groups are planning to keep pushing their agenda.

Conservative Donor Groups Lay a Base for 2012 Elections

The locus of control in the family room is being replaced, mostly by smartphones.

Lost the Remote? Another Reason to Use an App

Questions are being raised over the Fox Business Network’s failure to disclose the News Corporation’s $1.3 million donation to defeat Proposition 24.

A Donation Clouds Fox News Report

Madison Bumgarner, the youngest pitcher to start a World Series game since 1981, pitched eight scoreless innings.

Rookie’s Gem Has Giants on the Verge of a Title

U.S. intelligence officials tracked shipments from Yemen to Chicago in September and considered the possibility they might be a test for a terrorist attack, an official said.

Earlier Flight May Have Been Dry Run for Plotters

Stacy Schiff gives us a cinematic portrait of Cleopatra that is far more compelling than any fictional creation.

The Woman Who Had the World Enthralled

The campaign has been all about irreconcilable differences, but recent research suggests that several psychological factors will be pushing the parties toward engagement instead of name-calling and nastiness.

Cede Political Turf? Never! Well, Maybe.

Some economists doubt the Federal Reserve’s expected resumption of buying Treasuries will have a big effect.

Fed Is Poised to Aid Economy, but Impact Is Cloudy

Physicists are tracking the subatomic chaos of protons colliding 300 feet underground in the bowels of a giant particle detector at the Large Hadron Collider.

Trillions of Reasons to Be Excited

Richard Strauss’s “Intermezzo” was presented by New York City Opera at the David H. Koch Theater on Sunday afternoon.

Strauss’s Take on the Life of Strauss

Scientists have identified and mathematically anatomized an array of processes that reveal the superb efficiency of natural systems.

Seeing the Natural World With a Physicist’s Lens

Beyond the results of the more than 500 House, Senate and governor’s races, the nation will be looking at the returns for answers to bigger questions.

Battle for Congress Comes to an End

Four decades ago, Robert Moog came up with a synthesizer that gradually changed the face of music. A three-day festival Asheville, N.C., marked the achievement.

Honoring the Moment When Music Met Moog

“Zora and Me” is a new children’s novel featuring a young, fictionalized Zora Neale Hurston as a girl detective in central Florida.

Revered Writer Becomes Girl Detective

The careers of politicians, especially governors who get elected during hard times and then preside over an upswing, benefit from economic recovery.

Winners Tuesday May Benefit From Economic Cycle

The Potash Corporation’s battle against BHP Billiton’s hostile takeover bears a striking resemblance to the one that Cadbury unsuccessfully waged against Kraft Foods.

Potash’s Fight Against Takeover Resembles Cadbury’s

The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week.

Treasury Auctions Set for This Week

Shannon Skye Tavarez was an American child actress and singer. She played young Nala in the Broadway theatre production of The Lion King by Walt Disney Theatrical.

Shannon Tavarez, American actress (born 1999)

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Diana Ruth Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington, was the wife of Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, and a British intelligence officer during World War II.

November 1, 2010

Headlines from November 1, 2010

Street Art Way Below the Street

Candidates Advance Final Arguments

Rally to Shift the Blame

ImClone Ex-Chief Embarks on New Biotech Venture

Boehner Offers G.O.P. for 2010 Version of Change

Billboard 200

I Am Not A Human Being

Charleston; SC 1966

BTR (Soundtrack)

The Band Perry

Recovery

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for November 1, 2010