Baseball season ended this week, as basketball season got underway. For more, NPR’s Tony Cox speaks with New York Times sports columnist Bill Rhoden.

NEW YORK: The winner of Americas presidential election will inherit a perfect storm of problems, both economic and international. He will face the most difficult opening-day agenda of any president since ” and I say this in all seriousness ” the man who

A theatrical director, driven by ambition and anxiety, restages his own life — on a full-scale New York set he builds in the shelter of a huge warehouse. Bob Mondello says it’s one heck of a head-trip. (Recommended)

The DOW was down around 250 before 3 PM in New York. It is now up 150, as the PPT showed up once again with their patented Hail Mary play. I went in to check out and saw a gushing CNBC Maria Bartomo marveling at the DOW rally.All day long The Muppets were ranting about [...]

Among the companies being actively trading in Friday’s session are Celestica Inc.(CLS), Developers Diversified Realty Corp. (DDR) and VCA Antech Inc. (WOOF).Celestica ($4.29, $0.63, 17.21%) posted weaker quarterly results, but earningsexcluding items topped analysts’ expectations for the third-party electronicsmanufacturer.Developers Diversified Realty ($10.92, $2.42, 28.47%) will sell 13 properties toan unnamed joint venture, cancel its fourth-quarter [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — How could a $24 billion loss possibly be good news? When it comes from Wachovia as an effort to primp itself for its acquisition by Wells Fargo.Wachovia Corp.’s staggering loss for the third quarter resulted primarily because it wrote down the value of intangible assets by almost $19 billion and built [...]

The New York Jets are auctioning 2,000 personal seat licenses for their new stadium. The licenses allow holders the right to buy season tickets — the PSLs are not actual tickets. Other NFL teams are watching to see if the auction is affected by the recent downturn in the economy.

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Eaton Corp. on Monday is forecasting a U.S. economic recession starting in the fourth quarter, with a possible recovery beginning at the end of next year, Chief Executive Alexander Cutler said Monday in a post-earnings call. The Cleveland company, which makes electrical, aerospace and automotive markets, predicts “an extremely difficult environment” [...]

New York, October 18 : Actress Michelle Williams has walked back into the limelight with her new movie 'Synecdoche, New York' - and a new man.

This week, Barack Obama and John McCain had their final debate at Hofstra University in New York. David Brooks of The New York Times says McCain should press the idea of a divided government as both the Senate and the House look likely to have strong Democratic government. E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post says [...]