November 21, 2011

Media companies have discovered that formats, or the concepts behind a reality TV or game show, travel well and are very cheap to make.

Without a physical anchor, a movement’s way forward is unclear. But its impact may have already been made.

The latest clashes in Cairo are a reminder that the United States must balance support for democratic change, a desire for stability and wariness of Islamists in Egypt.

Occupy Wall Street has become something of an ideological litmus test, spawning accusations of media bias from the left and the right.

Google has lured some small businesses away from Microsoft Office by offering similar features at lower cost. But big companies have been harder to land.

Airlines have engaged in a global battle for the superwealthy, offering amenities on international flights once found only on corporate jets.

Not only could Democrats and Republicans not agree on a deficit deal, they could not even agree after it failed about what had gone wrong.

“Seminar,” a new comedy by Theresa Rebeck, concerns aspiring novelists who sign up for classes with a celebrated fiction guru, played by the droll Alan Rickman.

Jose Pimentel, who had been under surveillance, was arrested in Washington Heights after coming close to completing an explosive device, the police said.

Being around the Mainland Regional High School football team has turned out to be the best form of therapy for Ted Khoury and his ex-wife, Denise Gallagher.

Philadelphia’s backup quarterback, Vince Young, threw three interceptions, but he also fired the decisive touchdown pass in the fourth quarter.

After three days of increasingly violent demonstrations, Egypt’s interim civilian government submitted its resignation to the country’s ruling military council.