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“We are facing the greatest economic challenge of our lifetime, and we’re going to have to act swiftly to resolve it.” Skip to next paragraph Related Times Topics: Presidential Election of 2008 Associated Press Franklin Roosevelt’s first ... [full story]

NEED a roommate? Skip to next paragraph Enlarge This Image Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times ‘LIKE A REGULAR FAMILY’ James Thompson rooms in Natalie Parisi's Staten Island home. One way ... [full story]

THE Spinning class at our local gym was winding down. People were wiping off their bikes, gathering their towels and water bottles, and walking out the door when a woman shouted to the instructor, “How many calories did we burn?” ... [full story]

The back seat of a stretch limo making a tight turn is no place to stick a pencil in your eye, but Queen Latifah didn’t flinch. En route to a meeting at Cover Girl, where she is the face — ... [full story]

LOS ANGELES — Dark days have finally come to the Magic Kingdom. Skip to next paragraph Enlarge This Image Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images Zac Efron, left, and Vanessa Hudgens of “High School Musical,” with Robert Iger of Disney. ... [full story]

WHEN one thinks of golf and Scotland, the first thing that comes to mind is usually St. Andrews, especially the famed Old Course. "North Berwick" hardly has the same ring, or the fame. But the North Berwick Golf Club, founded ... [full story]

Steven J. McCollom and B. J. Stiles were married Saturday at the National AIDS Memorial Grove in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Mark Leno, a San Francisco assemblyman, officiated. Skip to next paragraph ... [full story]

“All terrain” is not usually a designation associated with things as delicate as hard drives and high-speed memory chips. Dell, however, is betting that its Latitude ATG D620 — the ATG stands for All-Terrain Grade — can change that. ... [full story]

BARBARA SMITH, better known as B. Smith, the founder and chief creative officer of B. Smith Enterprises, says that no matter where she is or what she is doing, she is on the lookout for the next trend. Her husband, ... [full story]

Bill Mauldin (1921-2003) was my first artist hero, and a new two-volume collection of his wartime cartoons, WILLIE & JOE: The WWII Years (Fantagraphics, ), edited by Todd DePastino, reminds me why. In 1957, when I was 7, I found ... [full story]