Pardus Capital Management, a New York hedge fund, has sent a letter to the management of Delta Air Lines asking it to seek a merger with UAL, the parent of United Airlines, in a deal that would create the world's largest airline. ...more

November 15, 2007

The first to audition this evening is a baritone and computer consultant of 51 who has tried and failed twice before. He is wearing a blue blazer that offsets his pale expression of calm terror. It is time to stand naked, vocally speaking; it is time to sing. ...more

November 4, 2007

I confess to diving gleefully into the computer age, embracing the Internet with zeal. 'Google' is one of my favorite words. But, as a genealogist, I'm not yet sold on 'wiki.' ...more

October 28, 2007

As a child in Italy during World War II, he lived for years on the streets and in orphanages. Six decades later, as a scientist in the United States, Mario Capecchi joined two other researchers in winning the Nobel Prize in medicine. ...more

October 9, 2007

The world, it seems, was its salad bar. Scientists are amazed at the chomping ability of a newly described duck-billed dinosaur. The herbivore's powerful jaw, more than 800 teeth and compact skull meant that no leaf, branch or bush would have been safe, they say. ...more

October 4, 2007

Sure, says Mayor Frank Hibbard. It can be a little unsettling sometimes: throngs of Scientologists wandering Clearwater's streets in their blue or khaki trousers and crisp dress shirts. ...more

September 24, 2007

LAKE PLACID — Chelsea Seignous, former Miss Lake Placid, recently won a national pageant competition and was named Miss Teen U.S. Continental, in Salt Lake City. ...more

September 5, 2007