Machinists Union at Boeing Says It Will Strike
The union that represents machinists at the Boeing Company said on Friday that it would go on strike early Saturday, potentially delaying the production of an important new aircraft, the Dreamliner.
Microsoft Works to Perfect Windows Vista
An advertising blitz intended to help Microsoft polish the tarnished brand of its Windows Vista operating system began this week with a head-scratcher of a commercial.
Obama Campaign Aims at Palin Speech, Experience
Robert Gibbs, a top strategist for the Obama campaign, opened direct fire this morning on the experience questions surrounding Gov. Sarah Palin in a way that signaled the campaigns are back on their fighting feet now that Hurricane Gustav has subsided.
Senator John McCain defended his choice of Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate in an interview with ABC News, predicting that her speech tonight would win over skeptics and persuade Americans of her abilities.
LIZETTE IRVIN, HEAVILY PREGNANT, reclined on a hospital bed, relaxed, considering the circumstances. A bag of fluid dripped into her blood through an IV line as Irvin sucked on ice cubes, trying to pass the time. The ice helped to minimize the metallic taste and heat in her mouth from 5-fluorouracil, an antimetabolite, which entered her bloodstream via a catheter inserted in her chest. It was June 16, Irvin’s fourth round of chemotherapy. She was 32 weeks pregnant and had breast cancer.
Indian Water Rights Give Hope for Better Health
More than a hundred years ago, the Gila River, siphoned off by farmers upstream, all but dried up here in the parched flats south of Phoenix, plunging an Indian community that had depended on it for centuries of farming into starvation and poverty.
Djokovic Gets Off Canvas for Victory Over Cilic
Known for his impersonations of fellow players, Novak Djokovic on Sunday night did his best imitation of a prize fighter peeling himself off the ropes and producing a late-round knockout. After losing the first set of his third-round match to the Croatian teenager Marin Cilic, Djokovic, the No. 3 seed, recovered for a 6-7 (7), 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 (0) victory that ended an hour after the weekend officially had.
Film: You have Come a Longish Way, Baby
The Clintons were optimistic about universal health care. Cellphones were a cool new accessory. New Line Cinema announced that Meg Ryan, 32, and Julia Roberts, 26, would produce and star in a remake of the 1939 classic “The Women.” Two years later cast members finally had a table reading with their director, James. L. Brooks. And then time passed. Directors came and went. Actresses too — among them Sandra Bullock, Ashley Judd, Marisa Tomei and Ms. Roberts. Other remake attempts had gone astray.
Revisiting film Country for Odd Men
The sound of hysterical laughter is heard. That line of dialogue and the stage direction that follows could have plausibly been found in many of the 13 major movies created by the Coen brothers: black comedies like “Blood Simple,” “Barton Fink” or “Fargo” where invariably something does go horribly wrong.
G.O.P. Rallies in Support of McCain, Poll Shows
Senator John McCain this week will officially claim the presidential nomination from a convention here that is united behind him, and confident of keeping the White House.