The City
- Stop Raiding the Ivory Tower
New York’s public universities should be able to control their own tuition rates and have the freedom to raise additional revenue.
- Jazz Takes an Easy Ride on the Smooth Cruise
The Smooth Cruise, in its 13th year, mixes stimulating views and easy listening.
- A Latin Dance Scene Spreads Across New York
A Latin dance scene spreads across New York, with plenty of choices for beginners and experts alike.
- The ‘Mad Men,’ Ossining and Cheever Nexus
One of television’s most acclaimed shows is partly set in the town where one of the country’s top writers lived. Coincidence? Hardly.
- Sanitation Department Test Seeks to Simulate Reality
The current Sanitation Department test involves dragging, lifting and dumping simulated garbage — sometimes around fake snowbanks and other obstacles.
- Albany Budget Deadlock Hits Legislators’ Wallets
A state law deprives legislators of their paychecks when the budget is late. Some say they are feeling the squeeze.
- Final Spree of Arthur Williams, Oxygen-Toting Robber
In his final days, Arthur Williams, a lifelong criminal, embarked on a three-state crime spree that defied logic.
- Court’s Leniency Ruling Is Too Late for Deportees
A ruling that the government was wrong to eject legal immigrants for minor offenses probably won’t help those already deported.
- New York Will Make Standardized Exams Tougher
Officials said that state standardized exams had become easier to pass and that they would recalibrate scoring.
- To Get an Internship at City Hall, It's Not Always What You Know
List obtained through Freedom of Information Act shows dozens of children and relatives of New York City moguls and financiers have landed internships at City Hall under Mayor Michael Bloomberg; while it is not unusual for young people with connections to win choice internships in all kinds of workplaces, records offer glimpse inside social and power circles of Bloomberg adminstration, which has accommodated dozens of young people with connections to Bloomberg's friends, business associates and...
- An Upstate N.Y. Co-op That Feels Like a Shtetl
Three Arrows, a co-op in Putnam Valley, N.Y., was started nearly 75 years ago by socialists who used this endearing pitch: “Cooperative living at proletarian prices.”
- For Relief From July Heat, City Pins Hopes on August
If the last two weeks of July turn out like the first 18 days, it will become the hottest month ever recorded in New York City.
- Ruling Backs Longer Detention for Man Who Spread H.I.V.
New York can try to keep a man who infected women with H.I.V. locked up beyond his sentence, a judge ruled.
- Fewer Homeless New Yorkers to Get Rent Help
The city, under pressure in a weak job market, says its plan to reduce rent subsidies for homeless families will motivate parents to work.
- In Manhattan Real Estate, Average Is $1.3 Million
Recent buyers consider their apartments well above average, but the prices say otherwise: the average New York City apartment is about $1.3 million.
Your Money
- Answers About Medicare: Part 4
Our Medicare expert answers reader questions about Medicare when you're self-employed, the details of the doughnut hole and gap insurance, who shouldn't elect Medicare part D and If widows who aren't 65 qualify for coverage after a spouse's death.
- Thursday Reading: The Escalating E-Reader Price War
The latest move in the e-reader price war, why hotel prices in New York could be rising and other consumer-focused items from Thursday's Times.
- What Not to Say to Your Insurer
When filing an insurance claim, you may want to avoid using certain words that set off alarm bells and may result in your claim being delayed or denied.
- The Web's View of Stocks
A new site aims to make it easier to tell the general mood of all the information available online about stocks.
- The Haggler: A Stop-Payment Fee That May Never End
A bank customer learns that he can pay $30 to stop payment on a check — but that the fee covers only the first six months.
- Your Money: A Step Toward More Clarity in 401(k) Fees
The fees have long been murky, but new rules from the Labor Department will make the charges a little clearer.
- Patient Money: For Chronic Care, Try Turning to Your Employer
Just about every major company offers some sort of chronic care program, but the quality of offerings can vary widely.
- HUD to Investigate Mortgage Denials
The agency will look into refusals by some lenders to make home loans to people who were pregnant or on short-term disability.
- S.E.C. Moves to Overhaul Mutual Fund Fees
The changes could reduce the amounts that investors pay for sales and marketing activities of brokers.
- Inspector Says Loan Modification Program Has Fallen Short
Only 340,000 homeowners have had their mortgages permanently adjusted under the program, a small fraction of those needing assistance.
- Seeking a Mortgage? Don’t Get Pregnant
Cautious lenders want borrowers to be on the job with guaranteed income, not on or preparing to go on maternity or paternity leave.
- Insurers Push Plans That Limit Health Choices
As the White House begins to enact the new national health care law, the biggest insurers are promoting plans with lower premiums that allow fewer doctors and hospitals.
- Mortgages: A Falling Homeownership Rate
A report by the New York Federal Reserve Bank puts the homeownership rate lower than levels indicated by census data.
- Strategies: Head for the Hills? No Way, Says Jeremy J. Siegel
Jeremy J. Siegel of the Wharton School says that “it’s exactly times like this” that investors should be poised to reap stock-market gains.
- Your Money: Three Auto Dealer Tactics That Financial Reform Missed
The financial regulation bill fails to provide oversight of some of the more troublesome loan practices of auto dealers.
- Shortcuts: To Avoid Fly-by-Night Cleaners, Make a Phone Call First
Consumers can save a bundle and avoid swindlers offering to clean ducts or to repair leaky basements by first calling the Better Business Bureau to check on the company.
- Patient Money: Losing Weight the Smartphone Way, With a Nutritionist in Your Pocket
Many experts and consumers are excited about the new weight-loss apps available for iPhone, BlackBerry and other smartphones.
- Steps to Prevent Identity Theft, and What to Do if It Happens
Quick action is needed if an unusual charge shows up on a credit card statement or a thief opens an account in your name.
- A Primer on Buying Life and Disability Insurance
What sort of insurance you need in the event of untimely death or disability depends on what your objectives are.
- Health Insurance: What You Need to Know
With Americans spending an ever increasing amount on medical costs, it’s more important than ever to have insurance that fits your health care needs.
- 401(k)’s: What You Need to Know
For many people, saving for retirement means squirreling away as much as possible through employer-provided plans, the most popular being the 401(k).
- About Financial Planners: What You Need to Know
If you’ve landed here, it means you’ve realized that you might need some professional advice in handling your financial affairs.
- Annuities: What You Need to Know
Annuities are a basic staple of modern portfolios, the financial equivalent of a backstop to guarantee a minimum of income in retirement.
- Credit Scores: What You Need to Know
You may not have checked your credit score lately, but there’s a good chance someone else has.
- Wealth Matters: If It Causes Stress, Is It Really a Vacation Home?
For many people, owning a vacation home is part of the American dream. But ask yourself some tough questions before you buy.
- Special Report: Net Worth: Estate Planning Step 1: Recognize You Are Going to Die
Estate planning is less a matter of how much you have than where it is and how and to whom it will be transferred when the time comes.
- The Way We Live Now: Paralyzed by Debt
Almost two years after the crash, Americans are still paying off credit-card balances and home-equity lines.
- Net-Worth Obsession
We all wonder how much money others have. Joey Kincer and other net-worth trackers are letting us in on the secret.
Sports
- Mets Hold Onto Niese as Phillies Near Oswalt Deal
As Roy Oswalt seemingly heads to Philadelphia, could the Mets have traded for him instead?
- Yankees 8, Indians 0: Yankees Win While Waiting for Rodriguez to Hit 600th
Aside from the final score, the only suspense swirling around Progressive Field after the third inning Wednesday night was whether Rodriguez could put a stop to his chase for history.
- Video Technology Added at New Meadowlands Stadium
The New Meadowlands Stadium will give fans free smart-phone applications and enhanced video.
- BMX Rider Hoffman’s Vision of Bigger Ramps Helps Launch Big Air
Supersize stunts by Mat Hoffman have contributed to Big Air events at the X Games, which begin Thursday in Los Angeles.
- Mountain Climbing: Afghan Climber Aims for Top of Everest
Nadjib Sirat is well aware of the risks he will face in climbing Mount Everest, but he says he is doing it for a cause.
- Dartmouth Coach Competes at U.S. Senior Open
Rich Parker played in one United States Open, in 1990, but 20 years later, now a college coach, he will compete in the United States Senior Open.
- Connecticut to Investigate Charities Helping Yale Hockey Player
The Connecticut attorney general will investigate two charities run by the man leading efforts to help a Yale hockey player who has leukemia.
- N.F.L. Roundup: Jets Sign Mark Brunell as Backup to Mark Sanchez
The signing of Mark Brunell could spell trouble for Kellen Clemens, the team’s perennial backup.
- Pac-10 Commissioner Envisions a Premier TV Channel
Commissioner Larry Scott wants to diverge somewhat from the strategy that the Big Ten followed when it carved out a schedule of football and basketball games for its network from the rights it sold to ESPN in a long-term extension.
- Yankees’ Gardner Teaching Opponents Not to Run on Him
Brett Gardner has improved his arm strength and accuracy and is tied for third among major league outfielders in assists.
- Hessman, the Real-Life Crash Davis, Makes Mets Debut
Mike Hessman, who has had only brief stints in the majors since he started playing professionally in 1996, is a call-up first baseman who can provide some power.
- Berra Released From Hospital After Fall
Yogi Berra, 85, the Yankees Hall of Fame catcher, sustained injuries in a fall and underwent rehabilitation to regain his ability to walk.
- Cardinals 8, Mets 7: Mets Fight Back From a Dismal Outing , but Fall in 13
The Mets erased an early six-run deficit against the Cardinals but Albert Pujols’ run-scoring single off Pedro Feliciano in the 13th sunk the Mets.
- Baseball Roundup: Red Sox Sweep Angels to Cap Trip
Marco Scutaro hit a tie-breaking grand slam in the eighth inning, and the Boston Red Sox wrapped up a 10-game West Coast trip with a 7-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday, sweeping the three-game series.
- Brazil on Track for 2014 Despite Early Criticism of Stadium Plan
Brazil, like South Africa, will use the World Cup to remake the physical infrastructure of the country, investing almost $19 billion in projects in the 12 host cities.
- U.S. Trims Roster; 3 Cuts Remain Before Worlds
The United States men's basketball team trimmed its roster to 15 players, which must be further cut, to 12, by Aug. 26 for the world championships.
- Adventure in Israel For Stoudemire
Amar'e Stoudemire, the Knicks' new power forward, said on Twitter that he was visiting Israel after reportedly learning that he had Jewish roots on his mother's side.
- Wright, EX-N.B.A. Player, Is Mourned
]Relatives and friends of Lorenzen Wright gathered Wednesday and grieved for the former N.B.A. player who has been missing for 10 days.
- Maradona Claims Betrayal by Argentina Officials
Diego Maradona said he was lied to and betrayed by Argentina soccer officials who decided not to renew his contract as coach of the national team.
- Retired N.F.L. Players Sue Lawyers
Several retired players are suing the lawyers who won a $26 million settlement from the N.F.L. Players Association on their behalf.
- Procter & Gamble Is Latest Global Olympic Sponsor
The world’s largest consumer products company signed on as a global Olympic sponsor Wednesday, the second multi-million-dollar marketing deal this month for the International Olympic Committee.
- Analysis: N.C.A.A. Sanctions Will Take Toll on Southern California
As the Pac-10 tries a bold makeover, the once-mighty Trojans are lurching into a new era.
- Keeping Score: The Unusual Case of Inexperience Winning the Day
Since 2000, the Yankees, the highest-scoring team over the past 11 years, are 3-8 with an average 2.73 runs scored in games against pitchers making their major league debut.
- Tony La Russa and the Logic Behind the Lineup
Tony La Russa sees the wisdom in batting the pitcher eighth. Few others do it, but then, nobody else has Albert Pujols.
- For A-Rod's 600th, It's Not Just When but Where
If you are in Cleveland and looking to catch a game (and maybe Alex Rodriguez's 600th home run ball), there is some other information you should know.
- Making Them Look Like All-Stars
The Yankees have now lost six straight games to pitchers making their major league debut, a streak that stretches to 2004.
- Second-Year Running Backs: Who Could Be a Surprise?
Fantasy owners are looking for second-year backs who are going to build on the momentum of their rookie season and take a Ray Rice leap to stardom.
- Chicago Bears 2010 Season Preview
There's too much talent for the Bears to fail completely, but there are also too many flaws (offensive line, receiving corps, Mike Martz's system, secondary) for them to succeed. Looks like another seven-to-nine-win season.
- Blood, Sweat and Chalk: Q. and A. With Tim Layden
Tim Layden, the esteemed Sports Illustrated senior writer, has written a book that explains football, through famous coaches and the concepts they helped make famous.
- M.L.S. All-Star Game Sells Out
Say what you will about the appeal of all-star games, a concept that is mostly alien outside North America, but when Major League Soccer gets it right, it gets it right.
- Blanc Brings Accountability to France Job
Since taking over as France coach after the World Cup, Laurent Blanc has introduced a sense of accountability that was lacking under his predecessor, Raymond Domenech.
- Thinking Back to Teaneck Armory, and Playing for the Sake of Playing
Yael Averbuch is attempting to recapture the passion of soccer that she once experienced as a high-school player indoors at the Teaneck Armory in New Jersey.
- Randolph Sees Opportunity in Knicks' System
Anthony Randolph, 21, expects to earn minutes in the Knicks' restocked frontline along with the team's marquee newcomer, Amar'e Stoudemire. On Monday, Randolph met with reporters before greeting children at the Knicks' summer basketball camp at Pace University's Pleasantville Campus.
- Paul Hasn't Yet Done the Full LeBron
Contrary to some reports, Chris Paul has not hired LeBron James's management firm -- yet.
- Lakers Make Ripples With Off-Season Improvements
The Lakers continued to bolster their team quietly this offseason, signing Matt Barnes and Theo Ratliff.
- 20 Years After His Only Open, Dartmouth Coach Is Teeing It Up Again
On the tee sheets for the United States Senior Open, he is listed as Richard Parker Jr., Lebanon, N.H., but around Dartmouth College, he is just "Coach" or "Rich." That is also how he is mostly known by the listeners of his Saturday morning radio show on WTSL-AM (1400), and by the folks who see him behind the counter at the nine-hole Carter Golf Club in Lebanon, where he is both the golf director and general manager.
- West Virginia Coal Baron Takes Greenbrier Back to the Future
After a week in St. Andrews, Scotland, followed by a week in Ontario, Canada, some touring pros at The Greenbrier's Old White Course for this week's Greenbrier Classic may feel they have been transported back to a more elegant time and place.
- The 10 Simple Habits of Popular Golf Partners
Simple behaviors, such as being generous, and knowing when to speak and when not to, can turn you into a sought-after golf partner.
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The Weather
Current Conditions : 87.0F / 30.6C, Rain - 1:55 PM EDT Jul. 29
Today - Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms likely late this morning...then a chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. West winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
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Tonight - Mostly cloudy in the evening...then clearing. Lows in the upper 60s. North winds around 10 mph.
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Friday - Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
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Metro Campaigns
- Candidates for State Office Make Their Bid for Conservative Party Support
The annual conference of the New York's Conservative Party drew a bevy of candidates well aware that no Republican has captured a statewide office in New York without Conservative backing in 30 years.
- Councilman Plans to Challenge Veteran Brooklyn Congressman
City Councilman Charles Barron of Brooklyn said he would challenge U.S. Representative Edolphus Towns, a 24-year incumbent, in this year's Democratic primary.
- A Corzine Pick Wins the Praise of Reformers
Governor-elect Jon S. Corzine nominated New Jersey's child advocate, Kevin M. Ryan, to run the state's Department of Human Services.
- Pataki Stresses Tax Cuts in Address Reprising Early Themes
In his final State of the State speech, Gov. George E. Pataki tried to recapture some of what got him elected nearly 12 years ago.
- Addressing an Audience Beyond New York, Like Farmers in Iowa
There was plenty in Governor Pataki's last official address to suggest that he was speaking, at least in part, to people outside of New York.
- Politicking in Albany, for a Day and a Year
After Governor Pataki delivered his final State of the State address, those who hope to succeed him as governor began talking.
Television
- Spike TV’s ‘Scrappers,’ Brooklyn Junkmen
A Brooklyn junkman finds the sweaty path to his own business leads him into a series on Spike TV.
- The Age of Laura Linney
She didn’t hit her stride until her mid-30s. Can her new role in a dark TV comedy make her a middle-aged success?
- Kuala Lumpur Journal: A Reality Show Where Islam Is the Biggest Star
A show in which contestants compete for a job offer as an imam has built a following among young Malaysians.
- Obama to Use National Television Platform to Discuss Horticulture
ABC offers a video preview of the president's appearance on its daytime talk show "The View."
- Cheyenne Jackson Tells Us What He Can About His New 'Glee' Role
Newly cast in the Fox musical comedy's second season, Mr. Jackson recalled how he was supposed to be in the freshman class of "Glee" - only to be felled by a horrible case of the flu.
- Much Ado About Grunting: Kevin Kline and Stephen Colbert's Shakespeare Showdown
Mr. Colbert and Mr. Kline test Shakespeare's maxim that "men of few words are the best men."
- Maury Chaykin, Character Actor, Dies at 61
Mr. Chaykin was a ubiquitous character actor in films and television who specialized in comic roles.
- Advertising: Fox Uses Previews to Give ‘Lone Star’ Wide Exposure
A new television series will be seen by Vanity Fair readers, cruise line passengers, hotel guests and iPad owners before its network premiere.
- Pac-10 Commissioner Envisions a Premier TV Channel
Commissioner Larry Scott wants to diverge somewhat from the strategy that the Big Ten followed when it carved out a schedule of football and basketball games for its network from the rights it sold to ESPN in a long-term extension.
- Television Review | 'Plain Jane': Louise Roe Gives an Ugly Duckling New Feathers on CW
On the new series beginning on Wednesday on CW, makeovers are dispensed without breaking any banks.
- Rumors of Nigel Lythgoe’s Return to ‘Idol’
An original executive producer’s return would come with other sweeping changes to fight a gradual decline in the franchise’s ratings.
- Reality Show Payrolls Rise With Stardom
The stars of “Jersey Shore” as a group earned about $25,000 for the first season. Now they will reportedly earn at least that much for each episode.
- Video Game Review: Dragon Quest IX, a New Game for the Nintendo DS
Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies, a role-playing game for the Nintendo DS, features both Western and Japanese flavors.
- Television Review | 'Breakthrough With Tony Robbins': Tony Robbins Applies Positive Thinking to Distressed Lives
A self-help author and motivational speaker uses his positive-thinking mantra to help those in deep distress in NBC’s new “Breakthrough With Tony Robbins.”
- Christie Says TV Show ‘Jersey Shore’ Bad for State
The governor said “Jersey Shore” “takes a bunch of New Yorkers” and “tries to make America feel like this is New Jersey.”
- Television Review: On HBO, Alexandra Pelosi Documentary About Poverty
In Alexandra Pelosi’s latest documentary, children are the charming guides to a world of poverty in the otherwise affluent Orange County, Calif.
- Blackboard | Noticed: ‘Glee’ Goes to College
Taking a cue from “Glee,” singing groups are cropping up on campuses around the country.
- Snooki’s Time on ‘Jersey Shore’
With her signature pouf, dark tan and glitter, the breakout star of “Jersey Shore” seems to provoke everybody’s opinion.
- Sherrod Announces She'll Sue Breitbart
Shirley Sherrod, the Agriculture Department official lost her job over a video clip doctored to maker her appear to make biased comments, announced that she will sue Andrew Breitbart, the conservative blogger who publicized the video.
- Speed Read for Thursday, July 29
Ebooks go multimedia and Post-Its go home in today's media coverage.
- Abrupt Shake-Up at the Top Ranks of ABC
Stephen McPherson, the president of ABC Entertainment, abruptly resigned late Tuesday following a six-year reign marked more for internal volatility than for hit programs.
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