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Olympics Hero Phelps Splashes Down in the City

By CONN CORRIGAN
August 29, 2008

Less than 24 hours after arriving on American soil for the first time since becoming a 14-time Olympic gold medalist, Michael Phelps was in New York yesterday for one of the first of what will be many events: a press conference at a YMCA on 14th…

Staten Island Resident With West Nile Virus Dies

By E.B. SOLOMONT

City Smiles as Cool Crowds Out 'Bermuda High'

Judge Rejects Dismissing Indictment Against Senator

Man Arrested In Cab Drivers Robberies

Police Department Sued Over Planned Downtown Command Center

After Delays, Underground Water Plant Takes Shape

City Gives Out Free Blood Pressure Machines

Comptroller Audits State Thruway Gas Prices

Report: Commercial Property Subsidies Cost $512M This Year

By PETER KIEFER

Con Ed Installs Its First 'Green Roof'

 

Obama Declares: 'McCain Doesn't Get It'

Democrat Signals Readiness To Battle the Republicans

By JOSH GERSTEIN
August 29, 2008

DENVER — Senator Obama of Illinois is signaling that he will meet the assault head-on and return fire of his own when Republicans and their presumptive presidential nominee, Senator McCain of Arizona, attempt to use their upcoming convention to fuel…

On Katrina Anniversary, Another Storm Brews 11:51 am EDT

Prosecutors Beg For Leniency In Abramoff Case

Obama To Take On McCain Abortion Record

By ELI LAKE

Anti-Poverty Ad Cost $250K To Produce

By JOSH GERSTEIN

McCain Aiming for Quick Shift of Attention

By RUSSELL BERMAN

Scientists Track Protein Linked To Alzheimer's

Gustav Kills 59, Southeast States on High Alert

Feds Take Over Probe of Alleged Obama Threat

'Obama Is the Man for This Job'

By JOSH GERSTEIN

Drama on Floor as Clinton Cuts Roll Call Vote

By RUSSELL BERMAN

Al-Arian Files Habeas for Release

By JOSH GERSTEIN

Soros Behind Marijuana Decriminalization in Mass.

Judge Fears Secret Hearings Over Guantanamo Detainees

Bush Raises Stakes in Fight Over Congressional Authority

New Orleans Braces For Gustav

Obama Backers Worry Grand Acceptance May Backfire

Obama Adviser: 'Last Chance' for Peace

'This Is a Fight for the Future'

Clinton Delivers Her Most Forceful Plea for Obama

By JOSH GERSTEIN

At Denver Forum, Biden Swaps Attacks for Empathy

By JOSH GERSTEIN

Lieberman To Speak on Republican Convention's First Day

N.Y. Delegation Cheers as Paterson Takes National Stage

By RUSSELL BERMAN

Rangel a Late Add to DNC Speaking Roster

Hurricane Gustav Hits Haiti, Gains Strength

FBI Accused of Violating 1st Amendment

By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN

Georgian Official Seeks Support in Denver

Judge Refuses To Hold Subpoenas for Bush Appeal

'Pragmatist' Indian Americans Switch to Obama From Clinton

Census Data Will Put Economy Atop DNC Agenda

By RUSSELL BERMAN

Court Challenge to Sarbanes-Oxley Fails

By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN

Woodward Book May Credit Petraeus

By ELI LAKE

McCain Picks Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as Running Mate

By RUSSELL BERMAN 12:18 pm EDT

Celebrities Turn Out at Convention

Street Vendors Flourish At Democratic Convention

Speculation Over McCain Veep Turns To Alaska Gov.

McCain Picks Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as Running Mate 11:49 am EDT

 

Mongolian Opposition Leader Finds Limits to Protest

By JACOB GERSHMAN
August 29, 2008

'You Cannot Boycott Everything Endlessly,' 45-Year-Old Who Brought Government to a Halt Says

Georgia To Sever Diplomatic Ties With Russia 11:46 am EDT

Karadzic To Enter Pleas on War Crimes Charges

U.N. Ambassador Cuts Vacation Short Amid Memo Flap

By BENNY AVNI

China Refuses To Back Russia on Separatists

Georgia Lodges Ethnic Cleansing Charges

Deaf People May Soon Hear Again, Scientists Say

Scientists Warn of Global Warming 'Tipping Point'

Pakistan Averts Taliban Attack as Violence Flares

Russia Seeks Chinese Support in Recognizing Regions

Russia May Cut Poultry and Pork Quotas

Venezuela Officials Received Kickbacks, U.S. Lawyers Claim

U.N. Report Criticizes Lebanon Border Security

By BENNY AVNI

Fewer Marines Needed in Iraq Western Province

Sudanese Hijackers Surrender in Libya, Appeal for Asylum

Three Months After China Earthquake, Orphans Have Yet To Be Adopted

Indian Bishops Rally Catholics To Protest Killings

Israeli Release of Arab Prisoners Sparks Criticism

By BENNY AVNI

Western Nations Warn Russia To 'Change Course'

'Exhaustion' Prompts Canceled Travel for Dalai Lama

Marine Commandant Says Anbar Reduction Possible

Iraq Security Gains, Need in Afghanistan Cited

Hurricane Gustav Lands on Haiti

Sharif Maneuvers for Power in Pakistan

Pulling His Party Out of Government, Rupturing Coalition

By ELI LAKE

Judges at Heart of Pakistani Coalition Split

Russia Scorns West Over Response on Georgia

Five Killed During Kashmir Protests

Darfur Refugees Injured After Sudanese Attacks

Mugabe Faces Power Struggle as New Speaker is Elected in Zimbabwe

Iran Concedes Building Submarines To Maintain 'Security'

Iran Plans New Nuclear Facility

By ELI LAKE

Bush Scores Russians for Backing Abkhazia, Ossetia Secession

Iraqi Prime Minister Demands US Pullout Timetable

Use Iran To Force Putin's Hand

Turtle Bay

By BENNY AVNI

Olympic Panel Probes Chinese Gymnast's Age

By JOSH GERSTEIN

Beijing Being Lost in Development

By JOSH GERSTEIN

Thai Protesters Force Police From Compound

Russia, China Alliance Weakening Over Georgia

 

Unthinkable Happens: Manhattan Apartment Prices Fall

'This Clearly Indicates That the Market Is Not What It Was'

By CANDACE TAYLOR
August 29, 2008

The old adage that one can't lose money on Manhattan real estate doesn't seem to be holding up. Recently released city records indicate that apartments in prime Manhattan neighborhoods are selling for less than their purchase prices — a phenomenon…

Stocks Fall After Personal Income Data; Oil Rises 11:26 am EDT

July Incomes Drop by Largest Amount in 3 Years

Investors May Want To Take a Passage to India

By DAN DORFMAN

Lehman Is Poised To Cut As Many as 1,000 Jobs

GDP Growth Tops Estimates, Triggering a Market Rally

Dell's India Strategy Helps Increase Profits

Bush Tax Cuts Increased Tax Base, Study Says

By JULIE SATOW

Stocks Gain; Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Rise

Housing Values May Be Viewed as Golden

By CANDACE TAYLOR

Markets Shake Off Oil Hike, Reverse Earlier Fall

Russian Cut Back on Meat Imports Could Hurt U.S.

Obama Could Stymie Foreign Investment

By HAROLD FURCHTGOTT-ROTH

Fed Minutes Reflect Need To Raise Rate

Energy Shares Aid Market Rebound

Controls May Hurt China's Stock Market

By LIZ PEEK

FDIC: 117 Banks Declared 'Troubled'

Energy Stocks, Oil Drop May Be Over

Dow Sinks as Market Sees Trouble for Financial Stocks

This Week in New York Business

By V.L. HENDRICKSON

Forecasts for the Markets Turn Ultra-Bearish

By DAN DORFMAN

Gottlieb Estate Hews to Its Property Philosophy

By CANDACE TAYLOR

 

An Unusual Method for Keeping Limber

By GABRIELLE BIRKNER
August 25, 2008

Exercise physiologist and soft-tissue specialist Susan Hitzmann asks clients a series of questions when they come in for consultations or to sign up for their first group classes: Do you wake up feeling vibrant? Are your joints working optimally? Do…

Listening to Music May Give Immune System a Boost

America's Obesity Problem Takes Another Helping

By E.B. SOLOMONT

Radioactive Dye Used To Prove Alzheimer's

A New Kind of Supersizing Tempts at Healthy Salad Bars

By E.B. SOLOMONT

New Yorkers Discover Way of the Samurai

 

Manny Farber, 91, 'Eccentric' Film Critic

By BRUCE BENNETT
August 20, 2008

Manny Farber, who died August 18 at 91, was a critic who helped establish mainstream American filmmakers such as Howard Hawks, and even animation guru Chuck Jones, as legitimate subjects for serious artistic criticism. Farber was also an accomplished…

Pervis Jackson, 70, Sang Bass for the Spinners

Daniel Neal Heller, 83, Lawyer Who 'Beat the IRS'

Dorival Caymmi, 94, Brazilian Composer

Jerry Wexler, Legendary Record Producer

Sandy Allen, 53, World's Tallest Woman

Eva Reich, 84, Lectured on Reichian Psychology

Soul Singer Isaac Hayes, 1942-2008

Erik Darling, 74, Leader in Folk Revival

By STEPHEN MILLER

Nicola Rescigno, 92, Co-Founded Dallas Opera

By STEPHEN MILLER

Louis Teicher, 83, Half of a Virtuoso Pop Piano Duo

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, 1918-2008

Margaret Ringenberg, 87, High-Flying Aviatrix

By STEPHEN MILLER

 

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Olympics Hero Phelps Splashes Down in the City

Staten Island Resident With West Nile Virus Dies

City Smiles as Cool Crowds Out 'Bermuda High'

Judge Rejects Dismissing Indictment Against Senator

Man Arrested In Cab Drivers Robberies

Police Department Sued Over Planned Downtown Command Center

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Obama Declares: 'McCain Doesn't Get It'

On Katrina Anniversary, Another Storm Brews

Prosecutors Beg For Leniency In Abramoff Case

Obama To Take On McCain Abortion Record

Anti-Poverty Ad Cost $250K To Produce

McCain Aiming for Quick Shift of Attention

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