November 11, 2011

Edwin Morales and Noemi Rivera, who both had cerebral palsy, eloped in 1996 and promised never to leave each other. On Thursday, Mr. Morales buried his wife, proud that the vow had been kept.

For months, Gov. Tom Corbett of Pennsylvania had reason to suspect a sexual abuse scandal was going to explode at Penn State University. He also had no way to talk about it, or to prepare for it.

The question in both countries is whether the new leaders can succeed where their predecessors failed and dislodge the entrenched cultures of political patronage.

In “Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway” the impossibly talented, impossibly energetic Mr. Jackman is a glorious dinosaur among live entertainers of the 21st century: an old-fashioned matinee idol.

Real estate transactions in China have slowed so quickly that in the last two weeks, real estate companies have laid off thousands of brokers and closed hundreds of offices.

A power company that was expected to demonstrate a carbon-capture technology has said it cannot take part, leaving the remaining partners at risk of losing $1 billion in federal funds.

The debt crisis was fed by governments that borrowed too much, regulators that let banks treat the bonds as without risk and investors who viewed the bonds of all countries as solid.

Retailers eager to be the first to draw customers on Black Friday have crossed a line for some shoppers with plans to open stores on Thanksgiving Day.

The former choreographer for “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” is in Shanghai working on “Nutcracker Magic.”

The Hispanic Society of America is making changes to raise its profile and to connect better with its Latino neighborhood.

Stocks rallied after the Italian Senate passed a package of austerity measures.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship, criticized for its brutal nature, will appear for the first time on network television with a title fight on Saturday on Fox.