February 18, 2012

Sorting through the proliferation of hybrid technologies can be a confusing task. Here is a primer on the most common hybrid systems.

The ActiveE, a converted 1 Series that serves as a test platform for BMW’s electric vehicle program, delivers engaging performance and impressive range, along with a few kinks to be worked out.

The creative energy that goes into the design and splendor of Fashion Week in New York means all the stops are pulled out.

A new law will permit drones of all kinds in American airspace by 2015, which concerns privacy advocates who decry expanding surveillance boundaries.

A new generation of outrageous animation on television is exemplified by Cartoon Network’s “China, IL.”

Anthony Haden-Guest — gadfly, socialite, New York man of letters — had a party to protest what he said were the misdeeds of a storage company.

“Ice Loves Coco” and “Khloé & Lamar,” two series on E! that begin their second seasons on Sunday, are two of the best examples of highly functional love in all of television.

Coinstar, the self-service retail business, prepares for the decline of movie rentals by experimenting with kiosks for products like coffee and electronics.

J. R. Smith likes to shoot 3-pointers and his seven-year N.B.A. résumé reads like a flashing caution sign: suspensions, benchings, clashes with his coach and traffic accidents.

President Hugo Chávez’s embrace of the musical education program El Sistema has angered some of its supporters and provoked rare criticism of two of Venezuela’s most celebrated figures.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo says the measures relating to spending are needed to bring reforms to a dysfunctional capital.

A public battle over her out-of-wedlock son with the married legal journalist Jeffrey Toobin has broadened the expertise Ms. Greenfield brings to her new family law practice.