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Postseason baseball has only one certainty: If and when those victories come there will be bubbles. And a mess.

Is Carl Pope, executive director of the Sierra Club, an environmental pragmatist? In this Times video, Kate Galbraith probes Mr. Pope's views on energy, the presidential election, and the marketplace.

A study of 10 bottled-water brands finds an array of chemical contaminants in their products, but a manufacturer's group calls the study alarmist.

The City Council speaker says once the effects of the economic crisis on Wall Street are taken into account, the city will need to find ways to raise revenue.

Scientists are finding striking evidence of the steps by which marine vertebrates evolved into land animals.

Mr. Hefti was a forward-looking composer and arranger.

Oil sands: Proponents see it as a viable and cost-effective alternative to conventional oil. Opponents argue that nearly all methods for separating useable oil from earthen deposits is energy-intensive and profoundly polluting.

FRANKFURT – A crowd of international publishers went mostly quiet here in a ballroom at the Frankfurter Hof, a luxury hotel that serves as the putative headquarters for the Frankfurt Book Fair, when five flat panel screen televisions tuned in to the announcement of the Man Booker Prize for fiction late Tuesday night.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Nancy Reagan was hospitalized with a broken pelvis after a fall at home, her spokeswoman said Wednesday.

The chairman of the Federal Reserve warned that the economy was headed toward an extended period of difficulty.

American conflicts — from slavery to the Civil War to the war on terror — dominate the non-fiction finalists for the National Book Awards.

Vice President Dick Cheney, who has a history of heart trouble, has experienced an irregular heartbeat that will be treated at a Washington Hospital on Wednesday afternoon, his office announced.

Vice President Dick Cheney experienced an abnormal heart beat on Wednesday morning and will see doctors to “restore his normal rhythm” — the second time in less than a year that he will have the procedure.

There was trouble in the skies over Belarus today. According to reports from Russian and Turkish news services, a drunken passenger flying on a Turkish Airlines flight claimed he had a bomb and threatened to detonate it unless he was taken to the cockpit of the Airbus A-320. But other passengers tackled the man, and [...].

Americans cut back spending for a third consecutive month in another sign of a looming recession.

The American military said that its soldiers had killed the second in command of Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, identified as Abu Qaswarah.

Google and Yahoo play in different advertising markets, making a big impact on their financial health.

Will gun-toting, churchgoing white guys pull the lever for Barack Obama?

Eight men and women who have struggled with eating disorders share their stories in this audio feature.

Russia and Georgia began direct talks for the first time since their five-day war in August, but Russia’s negotiator arrived nearly an hour late.